Could not care less about the fans or my legacy if I could sell a few frames and make a living, nothing bad about that, considering bookies are regular and prolific thieves
trump attempts shots no one else would, but stephen lee's cue action and spin is just amazing to watch, they're the best for me. under achieved for the skill he had.
They compare his cue action to a Rolls Royce because it’s so smooth and elegant. If it wasn’t for his cheating scandal he definitely would have done well Such a shame really as he had great skill
English Pool & Snooker he had 10 years in the top 10 and was ranked 8th when he got banned. He also earned 2 million quid. I’d say he was doing pretty well!!
mrb018538 I probably wrote that wrong. I know he had a very successful career, what I meant was he dropped out of the top 16 a few times which is around the same time as the games that were being investigated. He then had some better results and moved back up the rankings just before his ban.
Bilal Manzoor thanks glad you like it, hopefully Judd will get his form back, not been so good the last few tournaments. He is great to watch when he is playing well. 👍🏼
It's so sad to see Stephen Lee. Loved watching him play and seeing this reminds me of how amazing he was. He'll be back in about 3 years but it's hard to believe he'll be of the same level as he was being away from competition so long. Such a shame, all the amazing snooker that could have happened... sad.
For me it has to be Alex Higgins because he was a pioneer for doing those type of shots. Yes you can argue there are players who could execute them better but in those days the things he was doing was crazy! Especially on those older and slower tables and it laid the foundations for more players to go for those attacking aggressive shots
Alex Higgins invented all these shots, so that puts him ahead of everyone else in this video Also, Higgins produced some of these shots for his immortal 69 break which he needed to stay in the World Championship Anyone can showboat when the stakes are low, but Higgins did an entire break of these shots under the most extreme pressure possible
What I like about the Higgins one at the end, the frame was already over and Davis had won it but the colours were still on the table so instead of conceding, Alex just started playing exhibition pots to ensure he got the biggest cheer even though he lost the frame! No wonder Steve had a sour face at the end.
Stephen Lee at 3:21 is absolutely stunning! To play a shot like that! No exhibition stuff when the frame was already secured. Nope, he played this beauty when he was 42 - 35 behind. Impressive 👌
Couldn’t agree more. An absolute monster in cue power. I watched alot of his matches and god damn, this guy can do things with white ball that noone could even think of.
danny Mack86 I suppose we will never know, he wasn’t getting very good results though in the lead up to his ban. Top cue action is one thing, winning tournaments is another.
Ástvaldur Einar Jónsson he was banned from 2013 for 12 years for match fixing and suspicious betting patterns. He won’t be able to return until he is 50.
No doubt about it!!!! Alex Higgins is the father of royal snooker who it snooker to the next level who has been the greatest inspiration for all current top players, needless to mention some of the important players's names starting from Ronnie/J.Higgins/Selby/Neil/ Shaun /the player of the current era - Judd Trump
Nice compilation. Another player with incredible cue power from back in the day was Neal Foulds although you'd have to go back to the 1980's to get some of his. I think he was the first player I recall being able to play a full length of the table shot and being able to screw the white back into baulk. And prior to Jimmy White there was a left hander from South Africa (I think) called Perrie Mans who used to play some of those ridiculous screwbacks that Jimmy later made famous.
Thank you. I remember Neal Foulds but not that well, I think he was ranked number 3 when I started watching snooker and I went to one of his exhibitions. I don’t really remember much about his playing style. Perrie Mans is a little before my time.
Higgins had the most cue power out of all these players. I've seen loads of shots on yt vids that only have about 20 views with him putting more banana into and spin into shots than any here. The famous blue is just absurd, you have to hit it so so so hard it's a miracle how he did it on a slow early 80s table
The tables were better in the 80’s and90’s ,the cloths now are less nap and thinner and table heaters make them so fast .the aramith balls are the same weight as the old super crystalite balls strangely enough but they react slightly differently .
Thanks glad you like it. Good point about Robertson, although he has amazing cue power but doesn’t do that many banana shots. If I do an exhibition shot compilation I will put some of his in there. 😊
I still believe that Jimmy White is the pioneer and king of the banana shot, even more so than Alex Higgins and recently Judd Trump. Quite a few of Jimmy White's classics were not featured here... such as the one where he smashes in the black off its spot, bounces the cue ball off the top cushion, bananas the cue ball into the side cushion near the centre pocket, where it rebounds all the way to the balk cushion and lined up perfectly for the yellow sitting on the balk cushion.
@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Absolutely. And I find that Judd Trump is more cold and calculating with his "naughty snooker", whereas Jimmy and Alex Higgins just had that natural whirlwind and hurricane flair with their massive cue power and spin shots. So entertaining.
Great video! Judd's shot at 5:45 is pretty impressive, but the opposite handed shot Ronnie played on the final red of his twelvth maxi puts it to shame. If I'd as much cue power as that with my good hand, I'd be more than happy! Don't know if it had much banana, but still some shot.
Thanks glad you liked it. Yes that shot from Ronnie is in my other upload of the best shots of all time. Still can’t believe he did that left handed, difficult pot anyway and landed perfect on the black.
I didn’t put him in the video. He has amazing cue power but doesn’t play that many ‘banana’ shots. I have done another video based only on Robertson called snooker from the gods. 😊
This is an amaing compilation. You got every one of them spot on but with all due respect to Ronnie, he belongs no where on this list. I would rather you included players such as Neil Robertson, Shawn Murphy, Ali Carter or even Jack Lisowski . This is not hating on Ronnie on any way because in my view he is the GOAT. But what makes him so good is his break-building ability. Another thing I noticed in this video was how much movement Trump generates with so little effort. Jimmy White and Stephen Lee are amazing but they use so much brute strength.
Thanks I 100% agree about Ronnie. It was hard to find any of this type of shot for him but I wanted to put him in it. I would like to add some Robertson, Lisowski, Drago etc if I do another. I want to do a compilation of exhibition shots.
Stephen Lee should never have gotten punished to the extent he did. The case against Higgins was much more solid and he didn't even get close to the same punishment as Lee. It's shame on the rest of the professionals for not pointing it out as well.
It was a harsh punishment, they made him a example to the others. The bottom line is he shouldn’t have done it. Quinten Hann was also banned. Stuart Bingham also got off lightly but it was different circumstances
@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Of course I'm not excusing his behaviour, but the punishment is vastly disproportionate. It should've been corrected a long time ago. A one year ban and a fine would've been enough. And once again, I can't stress enough how incredibly two-faced the response of the sport was considering how people reacted to Higgins, even though in his (much more severe, he made more money out of cheating) case there was video evidence as well as documents etc.
I mean, I can go ahead and watch the video of Higgins arranging for matchfixing right now, and on top of that there's a paper trail and witnesses etc. And he was back competing after 9 months I think (correct me if I'm wrong there).
I agree Higgins punishment was disproportionate. I think Higgins should have been punished more than he was, and possibly Stephen Lee a slightly shorter ban as he should have learnt a lesson by now
Some of Stephen Lee’s shots were next level!!! His blue to get on the red is my fav shot of all time The angle just doesn’t look on and then boom Perfect tracking and played it Hope he comes back Ban must be up soon All is forgiven bud! John Higgins got off lightly imo
All player surely can do these things. But the only player make this stuff look so pretty belong to Stephen Lee The Rolls Royce and The Ace Mr Judd. They make this shot not only for exhibition like others do.
In my opinion the majority of players wouldn’t be able to do these shots. Maybe some could re-create them on a practice table with several attempts. The likes of Judd and Lee can pull these shots off to perfection during matches.
Jimmy and Ronnie tried to replicate it about a year ago on Eurosport for a bit of fun. Jimmy nearly did it again after several attempts but Ronnie could not do any sort of masse.
He was banned in 2014 for match fixing, and still has time left to serve. It’s unlikely he will return as he will be 50. He was a great player with lots of potential.
That Higgins blue still seems to defy logic to get the white ball there. Jimmy White and O'Sullivan have both tried to recreate that shot and neither got close.