Alex Higgins vs Terry Griffiths 1987 Masters Final Frame Part 2.avi 

ive been on a snooker buzz the last while watching older games from players i remember as a kid and watching some of alex's shots blows my mind, he was one of the greats... sorry about colin aswell may they both RIP bed of heaven to them both

Was going to comment the same, he "snatches" shots, leaves half the cue over the table, (when he could easily get his bridge hand on the cloth,) and don't even mention "staying perfectly still" on the shot, everything coaches tell you NOT to do, HE does, ..... just pure TALENT !! He's like the "Jedi" of snooker, just, .... "use the force!!"

He always seemed different to all other players and thats coming from someone who is no expert

@Floydrush2112 Perfectly said. Only player in history to win TWO WC titles playing the game just by instinct ALONE. Fking mind boggling 🤪

Pablo Piscasso, Antônio Vivaldi, Srinivāsa Rāmānujan, Oscar Ó Wilde, Jean Baptiste Lully, Alan Turing, Heitor Villa Lobos. . .the list is long. Thank God for the Alex Higgins's of this Middle Earth.

Agree

Ronnie is the greatest ever,that's just not up for debate with Hendry at number 2. Alex changed the game and is one of the most entertaining players ever a natural talent but come on,he's not in the same league as Ronnie

Natural talent... even one of the best Steve Davis said he was the only true genius to play the game..no coaching was required for Alex

@Bach Wagner its called the peoples Champion

wish I could give that 100 thumbs up.

Best commentator for me and could play too. His ‘Good luck mate’ on Thorburns 147 is legendary.

@Craig Yates Thats right Ronnie copied Davis' technique. However, i'm referring to the culture of the sport. Higgins revolusionised it, and whether or not ronnie copied his exactstyle, he certainly played a brand of snooker of that ilk

@@TheJohnCooper Ronnie plays allot of scoop down and up shots that's not many players seem to do.

I noticed that. 🤣 I also think it was a psyching out tactic used to let his opponent know he was ready for the kill

What's your problem Paul, too much of the black stuff?

Wow u lucky guy, i was lucky to see him play hendry in Birmingham , was one of happiest days of my life , I loved Alex as a kid ❤️🌹👍💕

Good memory re capture... Alex always my lifetime best..😃😃😃

Greatest tachtition of all time, a true icon of the sport, such a waste of a good talent and man, he is sorely missed by all family friend fans and I know he was a true pal if Jimmy white🙏👌god bless

@Paul Gallagher wtf has that got to do with snooker laddy unless you are right dickhead

If he was alive today, he would have tore Selby a new ass hole, literally

Indeed, Higgins was an entertainer first.

Sorry this is a myth. Alex was not the greatest ever. His positional play was suspect. He was more a sideshow novelty than a showman. If he was such as showman how come his century career total is the same as Griffiths at 86? All huff and puff - did not have it mentally to do it consistently. The true greats master all aspects of the game of snooker - application, tactics, potting, composure.

@@nigefal Pathetic comment. Just proves you know nothing.

Nigefal, Ray Reardon won 6 world titles during the time Higgins was in his prime. People conveniently overlook that Higgins only won the title twice.

legend

o

Ooooooo

O.on,,mmmmmm,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.m,mmmmmmmmo

Aaaaaaaaa

Discard

and also that he was a good billiards player which helps when he does those little stun cannons when he moved the pink away for the last red

Probably because the tables have steel rails a much tighter pockets

in fairness the modern star tables are much tighter

@Bach Wagner Thats simply not true, in the 80s they were playing on a BCE westbury which has much bigger pockets than a regulation star table, the pro cuts on star templates are even more difficult as well.

@Bach Wagner Tables never play the same day to day, which is why you hear players comment "theyre playing like buckets" its all based on external factors (humidity, surface temperature, wear and tear, etc) as well as how the mechanics fit the tables. with how good the conditions are that the players play on, they seem to play generous at times but also keep in mind that the players are professionals and they know the tables inside out... they play the right paces and various amounts of helping side to give the balls every chance to drop. The template is always the same and trust me they are tight, ive played on them.

peopeschamp

@taxid3rmy He won two World Championships although the first one wasn't the embassy. Why are you throwing a tantrum ? The comment above wasn't exactly a negative comment ?

@taxid3rmy I feel you did not understand my comment. The best ...for me...is the people with most tiles. Alas his demons robbed him. He was the greatest player ever to grace the green cloth. I may suggest that in future you should read and digest a comment before you make a total fool of yourself as on this occasion.

@@paulr6881 thanks Paul

Big hair indeed...

What is that kind of hairstyle known as in the hairdressing industry?

@@a.tanner8524 Bouffant 😂

David Icke?

They wouldn't have been using the old heavier balls as late as the 1980s I wouldn't have thought.

the balls wernt heavier but the cloth was deffintely slower, tho the pockets were all bigger...

Even then it was normal play speed :-)

@@momentumstocks3493 Lol, wrote this several months ago and your reply in rendering a revisit to this 'conversation' has made me laugh and happy :-D :-)

Terry was so boring

I once heard Terry took over a hour for a frame

Jim Meadowcroft was shit!

@@JohnSmith-su3ze Pissed on his fire there 😃

What?

@@johnmc3862 and what,if,how,why.what the fuck.💋

I never saw a vampire with blonde hair.

Teddi786 OG Ray Reardon was nicknamed Dracula,check him out if you don't know him.

To get rid of too much chalk.

Alex didn't like blowing chalk off of his cue tip....... preferred to snort after the game, with Jimmy and Kirk....

The Donald Trump of snooker

"most watchable player ever" I 100% agree with you, not the best player ever but certainly the most captivating. Knowing what he was capable of on his day always drew me in.

Correctum.

Ronnie would eat them both alive

@@underneonloneliness2 they wouldn't give him the chance.

Wonder if Alex was a Lizard ?

2 masters lol.

" So Alex Higgins goes through to the quarter finals ", this is not the first round you muppet.

It is in the masters as there is only 16 players entered. Muppet !!!

He got to the final. Losing 9 8 to Dennis taylor having lead 8 5

I saw it a while ago and it's a lovely frame!! One handed in the middle! And that pink??!!

Who is it?

@@JohnSmith-su3ze David Icke : The Prophet

JiminyPopapill ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_1Z94SVrBW0.html

Yes, who would have thought that with Alex on the scene the most nutty one would turn out to be the calm presenter!

Andrew Morton yeah I thought same when he interviewed Jimmy white and Kirk Stevens , both much more sensible than him

Icke has been right about plenty. ( paedophile rings, royal family involvement, Jimmy saville, Ted Heath etc )

@@andrewmorton3344 you're an idiot.

He was a great player but a thuggish individual who attracted some thuggish fans.

Higgins got to the final, and lost 9-8 to Dennis Taylor

Aka the messiah

You are right these guys would be swept away by the likes of Selby, O'Sullivan, Judd and Robertson but I suppose you can only be the best in your era. The 1966 World cup winning England team would be beaten 8-0 by the current Liverpool side. I've been told that the two main characters in Chariots of Fire wouldn't even qualify for the women's Olympics now and Roger Bannister probably wouldn't make the mile final. But at the time we thought they were great.

@@gregerlach your forgetting the difference in sports wear and the improvement of running tracks in that equation.

lighter you mean, thick cloth not heated that time so much more work to do to split reds

i played well with the BCE tables 3X years ago but then completely lost confidence with the RILEY and STAR now

amarsbarr it was a time when everyone was more relaxed! Now everyone is pressured into certain rules and regulations! Humans have become worse

@@underneonloneliness2Those fellas who mobbed him at the end are anything but “relaxed”.

Son of god to you mate.