Check out Alex clearance he did it's probably the best in Snooker history he had to clear the table to win one shot if he missed he probably loses the blue shot he did is just mind bogging in that clearance if you notice this match is on older tables the nap of the cloth was double the size as to the new cloth today witch means you only have to hit it half as hard for the same juice is why you see alot new players get so much juice I wish I could see Alex on these new cloths he would love them a ball about a foot away from the corner poket the cue ball was down pass bulk line I believe he put back spin on the ball after he attempted to pot the ball in the corner he acculy drew that cue ball back to the rail it's unbelievable the talent this man had cuz that was on the old cloth and that shot is very very difficult gl tc
It still amazes me that he was able to play a technical game to this high standard whilst totally wasted alot of the time. Such a legend, never to be repeated. Rest in peace champ
Everyone plays better after a few drinks. It's like driving a car. And I bet plenty of players have a drink, before the game, and during breaks. All that's changed is they're not allowed to do it in public. Ronnie smokes weed during breaks in sessions😂
That plant at 5.44 is truly phenomenal. To miss that and to know that the frame is done. I was 10 when he won that world championship back in 1982. I love Alex Higgins like I love Jimmy White like I love Ronnie O'Sullivan. They are just so special ❤. R.I.P. Alex 😢
Thanks for this gem. We watched this live when shown all those years ago. Alex has always been a hero of mine. He made snooker. he was also the finest player I have seen. The George Best of snooker. Thanks for memories Alex. RIP
Alex' play is so raw, natural, and somehow emotional. It is relatable and exciting. All about instinct, staying in the moment and visualizing it as well as possbile to pull stuff off. It's sad that frame 6 and 8 are missing where Higgins won. Still great to see this stuff Cesar-edited, thanks!! Perhaps some Jimmy White match in the future? 🙂
With Higgins talent he should have worked harder on his game to have enabled him to beat Davis most or all the time.Fact is he usually just didn't have the game to do this.Davis beat him almost every time.Sorry but at his best Higgins was mesmerising but this was rare.
Higgins would not have been able to play that way in today's game. He had very little if no safety game which doesn't get you anywhere with today's air hockey tables and break building skill. One mistake and you lose the frame.
Cesar … thank you so much for posting this. I do not know how many game videos are available from the 70s and 80s, but I for one would not be discouraged by imperfect video quality. I’d love to see more Riordan, or Alex Higgins, or any of the old guys play. I think it gives a real sense of history and valuable context. Also, I love hearing people cough.
I enjoy watching anything that puts the play of Ronnie O'Sullivan into context. I very much enjoyed watching Steve Davis in his prime, but ROS seems to be from another planet. Alex Higgins deserved so much better.
I think it's a good action too. Many people comment on the body movement he has but the way he actually delivers the cue is an excellent example of long straight follow through and excellent timing.
Today's cloths are far superior & thinner which enables slicker play & easier potting. Some tables in the 70/80's were so slow, like playing on a knitted sweater. Higgins defeated players like White, Hendry & Davis - all of whom I believe would have held their own at top level now.
correct. that point isn't made often enough. alex had a mesmeric quality that o''sullivan has never had, largely because his personality was more interesting. o'sullivan was and is a bit of a bore
@@paulhiggins1577 very well said and so true big-time ,couldn't of put it better freind and some of ,the great celebrations with Alex and fans were so intense it was like ,a football crowd celebrating ,a big goal but it was just us with the hurricane.
@@paulhiggins1577 Why do you think Ronnie O'sullivan Say's Alex Higgins was the Best, That's why he picked up a cue in the first place Mate, Alex doesn't get enough Credit though does he to be fair.
@@paulhiggins1577very boring, awful trying to see people pass him off as a bit of a rockstar and it wasn't fair back in the 90's either when he was just a young lad.
I love Clive Everton. Sharp, distinctive, professionally critical. And the huge bouquets of flowers are so 70s. “Do something to brighten up the stage, Bertie!”
Love the flowers. But not as much as I used to love the big globes they decorated the arena with at the Embassy World Championships. These online gambling companies now have no class at all - just tacky and homogenous with their brand logos plastered across every inch of the arena.
Have a look at pictures of Alex in his last years. He was only 61 when he died and looked like 91. That is what happens when you don't give a fuck, particularly about smoking. His 80 a day habit left his mouth, throat and teeth absolutely wrecked.
doesn't take long to realise his technique wasn't "crazy" at all, he did all the textbook things apart from the twitching at the end of the shot. Very talented player
It was crazy though,compared to the other players conventional techniques. All other professionals say they were surprised how good he was playing like he did
drunken master without any disrespect to the best snooker player ever.Did you ever play pool when you start to get a feeling and you feel invicible.He was the best at it sadly it had repercussions.
Higgins was decent, but let’s be honest, Davis took the game to another level and spawned the relentless high break snooker required in the modern game, hendry then O’Sullivan have taken it even further
Hey Cesar, the heading at the beginning: "...before he died. Years later..." sounds like it was "years later" after he died. Gave me a laugh. Anyway, just more superb editing. Love your vids! Hope you're good because it's been a few months since you posted!
It was a great feeling when Alex beat Davis. Shame the rivalry didn't last longer, probably missed the peak of Alex Higgins, when you see how good players are in their 40s now. Reardon was great in his 40s, but I don't think he drank as much vodka😂
Higgins beat Davis again in the Irish Masters a few weeks after this match 6-2 but overall Davis gave Higgins some heavy beatings. 25-5 in career matches to Davis. After the 6-2 Irish Masters defeat they played 12 more matches with Davis winning 11 in a row before the last was a 4-4 draw. This match was played on Wed 30th January at 7.30pm. I was at Wembley for the afternoon match between Big Bill and Griffiths. I saw Higgins inside the venue at the interval and asked him politely if he'd sign my programme. There was no crowd of people around him, I was the only person who asked him. He said "later, later" and walked off. Davis was a far better player and was also very approachable, he had time for everyone.
We need a new Alex Higgins to come on the scene. Enthralling and exciting and reckless and entertaining and a top player to booth. Who out there matches him for this?
There are quite a few "entertainers" in today's snooker (Trump, Brecel and Ronnie are a pleasure to watch on their good days), but a truly reckless player will probably never reach the top (8) ranks again. You simply can't afford that against a Selby or a Higgins, because they will punish you just like Steve did in the two frames lost by Higgins. That's why even Trump only plays his "naughty snooker" when the frame's already won.
An icon Alex. Funny cue action but superb. Another one Paul Hunter given to cancer. He was a cool good looker and won three Masters. Not forgetting Ray Readon. RIP.
Alex was the rock in roll of snooker, just a pure natural maybe taking a snort of the white stuff as well as a bevvy.. but its ok cause bands do it all of the time 😂😂 he is a legend for sure we forget how good he was and Steve was.. just incredible how good these were, then you get Steven Hendry and Ronnie.. how can you ever over take them two.. ❤❤❤👍🤟✌️
The thing about Alex is that EVERYTHING about his stroke was wrong. He played across the ball. He snatched at shots. He often threw his whole body into shots. He nearly always moved his head. His game was based on pure raw talent, incredible hand to eye co-ordination that somehow overcame all the faults that would make the game impossible for anyone else. Playing for money from 11 years of age against grown men in smoky clubs leads to a different player than the ones whose rich Dad built them snooker rooms to practice in. Those now wealthy players owe Alex everything. Those garden snooker rooms would never have been built but for him.
Remember watching this live... its apparent how brilliant his close ball control/touch was.. all modern players have really just become more prolific with breakbuilding but definitely not more than Higgins had in terms of ability and position
5:45 To score the winning goal in the World Cup final against Germany or to make this monster shot against the winning machine that was Steve Davis? I'd choose this pot every time!
alex plays how we all wish we could...thats how we know he is an original and a freak...people go on about the standard these days...perhaps they are right...but i bet all the top players of today envy him
Alex even after all these years in a match gone almost gives you a heart attack watching. Davies was a wonderful player and not as slow as some portrayed. Ronnie is the Goat for sure, no doubt, but Alex pulled on your heart like no other.
The 80s and 90s saw quite a few good players from India...Geet Sethi and Michael Ferreira to name just two. Geet had quite a good rivalry with Steve Davis. Can you manage a few retro videos of a few matches featuring players from India?
@@johndean8295 Geet was primarily a billiards player, but he did play snooker too. Yasin Merchant, Sonic Multani were the better snooker players those days.
The cloths were thicker, the slates weren't as well heated and the balls were made of different material and heavier, called "Crystalate" snooker balls.
Everyone talks about the Taylor Davis final rightly so , but Higgins also came back from 7-0 down to beat davis a few years earlier . Higgins had that period when hen could of been 4 or 5 times world champion and masters champion 3 times and uk maybe 2 times.
How Steve Davis changed the game was his positional play. For instance, if you watch Higgins and White play in the 1980s, they are often out of position, and just makes up for it with long pots. That's how people played. But Steve's positional play in the 1980s is similar to the standards you get today - very exact. He was decades ahead of his time
Why does he dip down the cue at every shot just before impact? Looks to me to be less precise than today's technique -- even from aggressive players like Trump or Sullivan, I have never seen such a violent "dip", looks less controlled. Trump & Sullivan are aggressive and controlled simultaneously. Would appreciate if someone much more expert in snooker technique could help me explain.
He died in 2010 he was still fit and playing mosconi cup.pool through the late 90's so couldve went to oasis concerts no problem for 10 years if he wanted
4:05 ok just to make sure… Higgins fouled for 7 points. Did Davis presumably have the option to also make Higgins go again? I’m not too familiar with snooker.
Great memories of Alex playing entertaining snooker , his weakest point was his positional play it kept letting him down , I watched him all jus carrer as I was a big fan if he could have better position play he would have won loads more .
It wasn't that Alex couldn't play great position at all. He could and had incredible cue ball control. He often ran out of position for various reasons.one was that in taking on certain shots, getting initial position on the first colour was often very tricky and once already not quite right it can be very difficult to recover position, sometimes he did sometimes as in the famous 82 semi final break he had to keep pulling out ridiculous pots, making the pot and having to rely on a bit of luck on pace on very slow cloths etc. Another factor was his preference for almost perversely attempting to get position using deep screw or and loads of side when there were easier options. This was at times baffling, particularly given the context of the match. Psychologically Alex just seemed unable to do the boring but necessary thing. Adrenaline was a factor that also affected his position at times. I saw Alex play close up , not on TV(Alex suffered terrible nerves and would often throw up before going out in front of the cameras) and his cue ball control was exceptional. If people think he was good, watching him on TV, then I can assure you that in his prime when not in front of the cameras he was something else. I've never seen anyone play snooker(even the great Ronnie O'Sullivan) at that level. I once saw him make total clearances in consecutive frames(146+142 I think) in which he played at least 4 or 5 shots that I've never seen anyone even attempt. Sometimes you would see him play on TV and think he was not the same guy or not even trying.
Crazy how much better Steve Davis is than Alex. Although Alex won this match I think it’s more accurate to say Steve let him lose. Steve Davis’s technique and play is so smooth and consistent compared to the players of his day. Steve could totally compete with the roster of today while Alex wouldn’t be close.
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I am new to watching snooker and I am totally hooked. I have been binge watching current matches but I thoroughly enjoyed this classic as well.
Check out Alex clearance he did it's probably the best in Snooker history he had to clear the table to win one shot if he missed he probably loses the blue shot he did is just mind bogging in that clearance if you notice this match is on older tables the nap of the cloth was double the size as to the new cloth today witch means you only have to hit it half as hard for the same juice is why you see alot new players get so much juice I wish I could see Alex on these new cloths he would love them a ball about a foot away from the corner poket the cue ball was down pass bulk line I believe he put back spin on the ball after he attempted to pot the ball in the corner he acculy drew that cue ball back to the rail it's unbelievable the talent this man had cuz that was on the old cloth and that shot is very very difficult gl tc
It still amazes me that he was able to play a technical game to this high standard whilst totally wasted alot of the time. Such a legend, never to be repeated. Rest in peace champ
i didn;t know that......dammnn
He was a horrible vile man
Everyone plays better after a few drinks. It's like driving a car. And I bet plenty of players have a drink, before the game, and during breaks. All that's changed is they're not allowed to do it in public. Ronnie smokes weed during breaks in sessions😂
@@maipantoon7823 😆
It does make you wonder how well Alex could have played if he was teetotal?
These guys made snooker what it is. It seemed more exciting and intense back then. All us kids wanted snooker tables for Christmas. Great days.
Steve Davis made it what it is, Alex was sadly always an obnoxious sore loser with the mentality of an 8 year old
So true. They were great days. remember indoor league on sundays?
Players in those days were characters you could identify with - not automatons like 90% of modern players.
Great days I remember getting a small table when I was six .😊
That plant at 5.44 is truly phenomenal. To miss that and to know that the frame is done. I was 10 when he won that world championship back in 1982. I love Alex Higgins like I love Jimmy White like I love Ronnie O'Sullivan. They are just so special ❤.
R.I.P. Alex 😢
That really was amazing.
Thanks for this gem. We watched this live when shown all those years ago. Alex has always been a hero of mine. He made snooker. he was also the finest player I have seen.
The George Best of snooker. Thanks for memories Alex. RIP
Alex' play is so raw, natural, and somehow emotional. It is relatable and exciting. All about instinct, staying in the moment and visualizing it as well as possbile to pull stuff off. It's sad that frame 6 and 8 are missing where Higgins won. Still great to see this stuff Cesar-edited, thanks!! Perhaps some Jimmy White match in the future? 🙂
He was a maverick to say the least. Joy to watch
With Higgins talent he should have worked harder on his game to have enabled him to beat Davis most or all the time.Fact is he usually just didn't have the game to do this.Davis beat him almost every time.Sorry but at his best Higgins was mesmerising but this was rare.
Higgins would not have been able to play that way in today's game. He had very little if no safety game which doesn't get you anywhere with today's air hockey tables and break building skill. One mistake and you lose the frame.
Cesar … thank you so much for posting this. I do not know how many game videos are available from the 70s and 80s, but I for one would not be discouraged by imperfect video quality. I’d love to see more Riordan, or Alex Higgins, or any of the old guys play. I think it gives a real sense of history and valuable context. Also, I love hearing people cough.
Thank you so much for this piece, meant a lot to me .
The most naturally talented player to ever pick up a snooker cue.
Thank you for the upload.
R.I.P Alex❤
Yes. I agree. Steve Davis so talented. Alex playing laughingly poor here.
Watch Ronnie O'Sullivan playing as a 14 year old. I've no doubt he'd had some coaching by then but you can't teach what he had at that age.
haha, give it a rest!
thanks for this - please do more of Alex if possible? so glad he won this...!
Brilliant match, brilliant video and a high quality snooker from the Great players! Thanks, Mr. Muroya! ❤❤❤
Oh the Hazy day's of the 80's. Cheer's Cesar. ☘
Thanks. A nice one.
Passionate crowd... applauding every shot.
Also, what a lovely carpet... 😄
Snooker Legend. RIP Hurricane ❤️❤️
I enjoy watching anything that puts the play of Ronnie O'Sullivan into context. I very much enjoyed watching Steve Davis in his prime, but ROS seems to be from another planet. Alex Higgins deserved so much better.
he did good and won 2 world titles. the real tragedy was jimmy
The amount of work that gets put into these videos👏
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That was really enjoyable, thank you. I love Higgins' soft shots.
Two days before I was born.....no wonder the crowd were so happy😋
Higgins was a rock star.
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Old but gold
The best player to keep you on the edge of your seat,absolutely no argument.Mad at times,but what a talent.
Great video. Plz do more older snooker matches.
Such beautiful cue action from Alex,the people’s champion,no other player like him,RIP ALEX
I think it's a good action too. Many people comment on the body movement he has but the way he actually delivers the cue is an excellent example of long straight follow through and excellent timing.
This snooker at it's best....love Alex and amazing player and Steve Davis. No stupidness just amazing snooker ❤❤🏴
Still the best player to watch...ever!
Today's cloths are far superior & thinner which enables slicker play & easier potting. Some tables in the 70/80's were so slow, like playing on a knitted sweater. Higgins defeated players like White, Hendry & Davis - all of whom I believe would have held their own at top level now.
Might be just me but I used to always think that even the click of the balls sounded different when higgins hit them.
Trust me people loved Alex way more than they do Ronnie ❤
correct. that point isn't made often enough. alex had a mesmeric quality that o''sullivan has never had, largely because his personality was more interesting. o'sullivan was and is a bit of a bore
@@paulhiggins1577 very well said and so true big-time ,couldn't of put it better freind and some of ,the great celebrations with Alex and fans were so intense it was like ,a football crowd celebrating ,a big goal but it was just us with the hurricane.
@@paulhiggins1577 Why do you think Ronnie O'sullivan Say's Alex Higgins was the Best,
That's why he picked up a cue in the first place Mate, Alex doesn't get enough Credit though
does he to be fair.
Alex Higgins Vs Ronnie would of been one hell of a match,full of excitement.Sadly, never to happen
@@paulhiggins1577very boring, awful trying to see people pass him off as a bit of a rockstar and it wasn't fair back in the 90's either when he was just a young lad.
Saw it at the time....amazing game....Wembley hated Davis...Loved Alex....the mob was happy....I still have this tape and UK final 83
Definitely the people's champion
I love Clive Everton. Sharp, distinctive, professionally critical.
And the huge bouquets of flowers are so 70s. “Do something to brighten up the stage, Bertie!”
Love the flowers. But not as much as I used to love the big globes they decorated the arena with at the Embassy World Championships. These online gambling companies now have no class at all - just tacky and homogenous with their brand logos plastered across every inch of the arena.
Alex Higgins - The People's Champion 🤩💪 for me he was THE BEST EVER 👏
Higgins made snooker exciting to watch RIP
The greatest of all time
The people's champion..RIP alex...legend.
I knew alex higgins personally.. on the one hand he was so generous but on the other hand he was a a bit crazy... a real one of a kind..
I like how back then they could smoke and drink beer with no one giving a fuck 🤠🍺
to woke now
Have a look at pictures of Alex in his last years. He was only 61 when he died and looked like 91. That is what happens when you don't give a fuck, particularly about smoking. His 80 a day habit left his mouth, throat and teeth absolutely wrecked.
❤love Higgins most popular even in all seasons ❤
doesn't take long to realise his technique wasn't "crazy" at all, he did all the textbook things apart from the twitching at the end of the shot. Very talented player
Yes, he obviously had a very good eye and was a naturally gifted snooker player.
It was crazy though,compared to the other players conventional techniques. All other professionals say they were surprised how good he was playing like he did
drunken master without any disrespect to the best snooker player ever.Did you ever play pool when you start to get a feeling and you feel invicible.He was the best at it sadly it had repercussions.
@@Billy.Nomateshe only moved after hed hit the ball. Aslong as you line up properly and hit the cue ball at the intended spot you will make the pot.
It’s a twitch because there’s no pause
Alex never really down on the cue it works for him😂enjoyed watching him back in the day🔴
Those big flowers though 😆
Higgins was decent, but let’s be honest, Davis took the game to another level and spawned the relentless high break snooker required in the modern game, hendry then O’Sullivan have taken it even further
I think the BBC should repeat snooker classics from past years xxxlol all the best ❤❤❤ 1:05
Hey Cesar, the heading at the beginning: "...before he died. Years later..." sounds like it was "years later" after he died. Gave me a laugh. Anyway, just more superb editing. Love your vids! Hope you're good because it's been a few months since you posted!
I will post a new video soon :)
Alex Higgins,Legend&The People's Champion
It was a great feeling when Alex beat Davis. Shame the rivalry didn't last longer, probably missed the peak of Alex Higgins, when you see how good players are in their 40s now. Reardon was great in his 40s, but I don't think he drank as much vodka😂
Higgins beat Davis again in the Irish Masters a few weeks after this match 6-2 but overall Davis gave Higgins some heavy beatings. 25-5 in career matches to Davis. After the 6-2 Irish Masters defeat they played 12 more matches with Davis winning 11 in a row before the last was a 4-4 draw. This match was played on Wed 30th January at 7.30pm. I was at Wembley for the afternoon match between Big Bill and Griffiths. I saw Higgins inside the venue at the interval and asked him politely if he'd sign my programme. There was no crowd of people around him, I was the only person who asked him. He said "later, later" and walked off. Davis was a far better player and was also very approachable, he had time for everyone.
@@digeme69 They were completely different personalities. If Davis had all the problems Alex did, I doubt he would've been so approachable.
@sharpvidtube Alex's problems were mostly self-inflicted though, so he had nobody to blame but himself.
@@castleanthrax1833 Spot on!
Alex got cancer & it ended any hopes of a serious come back he may have had.
We need a new Alex Higgins to come on the scene. Enthralling and exciting and reckless and entertaining and a top player to booth. Who out there matches him for this?
Trump?
There are quite a few "entertainers" in today's snooker (Trump, Brecel and Ronnie are a pleasure to watch on their good days), but a truly reckless player will probably never reach the top (8) ranks again. You simply can't afford that against a Selby or a Higgins, because they will punish you just like Steve did in the two frames lost by Higgins. That's why even Trump only plays his "naughty snooker" when the frame's already won.
We have Ronnie
@@Billy.Nomates we sure do but I meant coming up after him and Judd etc
@JohnJaySnookerShorts500 got you..to be honest,when Ronnie retires,I'll find it harder to watch
"The image quality improves after this frame."
That should be the longest frame in snooker history! 😁
Applauding for straight shots lollll
ERA UM GRANDE CLÁSSICO DA SINUCA MUNDIAL! 👍👍
the more I watch Higgins, the more I get the impression he would have been a superb pool hustler.
THEE GREATEST SNOOKER OWES YOU BIG TIME ALEX , JIMMY AND RONNIE
An icon Alex. Funny cue action but superb. Another one Paul Hunter given to cancer. He was a cool good looker and won three Masters. Not forgetting Ray Readon. RIP.
Higgins was too hot+cold and no surprise he lost in the next round to Griffiths
what a player Alex me favourite snooker player
Rip legend ❤
Alex was the rock in roll of snooker, just a pure natural maybe taking a snort of the white stuff as well as a bevvy.. but its ok cause bands do it all of the time 😂😂 he is a legend for sure we forget how good he was and Steve was.. just incredible how good these were, then you get Steven Hendry and Ronnie.. how can you ever over take them two.. ❤❤❤👍🤟✌️
The best legend
The thing about Alex is that EVERYTHING about his stroke was wrong. He played across the ball. He snatched at shots. He often threw his whole body into shots. He nearly always moved his head. His game was based on pure raw talent, incredible hand to eye co-ordination that somehow overcame all the faults that would make the game impossible for anyone else. Playing for money from 11 years of age against grown men in smoky clubs leads to a different player than the ones whose rich Dad built them snooker rooms to practice in. Those now wealthy players owe Alex everything. Those garden snooker rooms would never have been built but for him.
Remember watching this live... its apparent how brilliant his close ball control/touch was.. all modern players have really just become more prolific with breakbuilding but definitely not more than Higgins had in terms of ability and position
5:45 To score the winning goal in the World Cup final against Germany or to make this monster shot against the winning machine that was Steve Davis? I'd choose this pot every time!
alex plays how we all wish we could...thats how we know he is an original and a freak...people go on about the standard these days...perhaps they are right...but i bet all the top players of today envy him
Alex even after all these years in a match gone almost gives you a heart attack watching. Davies was a wonderful player and not as slow as some portrayed. Ronnie is the Goat for sure, no doubt, but Alex pulled on your heart like no other.
The 80s and 90s saw quite a few good players from India...Geet Sethi and Michael Ferreira to name just two. Geet had quite a good rivalry with Steve Davis. Can you manage a few retro videos of a few matches featuring players from India?
Geet was billiards?
@@johndean8295 Geet was primarily a billiards player, but he did play snooker too. Yasin Merchant, Sonic Multani were the better snooker players those days.
What about ohbi agrawal who sadly passed away ?
@@johndean8295 Om Agarwal...fantastic player.
Not heard of these players before
Perfect and attractive play...
Everyone always says how the pockets were so much bigger back then but they don't look any bigger...?
Tell Everyone he's wrong.
The balls really seem to run very different on that cloth. Was it that much thicker back then, or are there other reasons?
They did seem to play with more freedom than you see in today's snooker and the pockets look more generous.
The cloths were thicker, the slates weren't as well heated and the balls were made of different material and heavier, called "Crystalate" snooker balls.
Very ❤nice
The Maradona of snooker
Everyone talks about the Taylor Davis final rightly so , but Higgins also came back from 7-0 down to beat davis a few years earlier . Higgins had that period when hen could of been 4 or 5 times world champion and masters champion 3 times and uk maybe 2 times.
How Steve Davis changed the game was his positional play. For instance, if you watch Higgins and White play in the 1980s, they are often out of position, and just makes up for it with long pots. That's how people played. But Steve's positional play in the 1980s is similar to the standards you get today - very exact. He was decades ahead of his time
Alex Higgins RIP 😢❤
5:43 shot ❤
Why does he dip down the cue at every shot just before impact? Looks to me to be less precise than today's technique -- even from aggressive players like Trump or Sullivan, I have never seen such a violent "dip", looks less controlled. Trump & Sullivan are aggressive and controlled simultaneously. Would appreciate if someone much more expert in snooker technique could help me explain.
was wondering the same. Would be great if any expert can explain his technique.
Alex a genius
Just love Alex. But I'm curious, years after he died he went to Oasis gigs? Maybe I'm tired but that Gallagher quote is confusing me.
He died in 2010 he was still fit and playing mosconi cup.pool through the late 90's so couldve went to oasis concerts no problem for 10 years if he wanted
@@thomas-fq1wi -- Just the quote made it sound like he died and years later started going to concerts.
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2:17 That's a terrible miss for a legend like Mr Higgins!
4:05 ok just to make sure… Higgins fouled for 7 points. Did Davis presumably have the option to also make Higgins go again? I’m not too familiar with snooker.
The Rack Pack. Thats the movie.
Listen you play the way it makes you feel comfortable , it was erratic but alex was comfortable and it worked for him .
14:00 Class potting.
His head stays so still, through the shot. Higgins movement was after he delivered the cue through the ball.
Probably the worst cue action in Snooker Vs one of the best cue action! Higgins still remains one of the best potters in the game, Legend!
Remember when half your screen wasn't betting ads. Ahh..
Alex always advertised as the spectacular player, yet for me Steve is the admirable player. He had it all.
Steve didn't have charisma lol
The contrast makes for exciting matches though (c.f. Borg-McEnroe).
The highest level
I know they say the pockets were no bigger in those days, but they sure look bigger on screen.
Great memories of Alex playing entertaining snooker , his weakest point was his positional play it kept letting him down , I watched him all jus carrer as I was a big fan if he could have better position play he would have won loads more .
It wasn't that Alex couldn't play great position at all. He could and had incredible cue ball control. He often ran out of position for various reasons.one was that in taking on certain shots, getting initial position on the first colour was often very tricky and once already not quite right it can be very difficult to recover position, sometimes he did sometimes as in the famous 82 semi final break he had to keep pulling out ridiculous pots, making the pot and having to rely on a bit of luck on pace on very slow cloths etc. Another factor was his preference for almost perversely attempting to get position using deep screw or and loads of side when there were easier options. This was at times baffling, particularly given the context of the match. Psychologically Alex just seemed unable to do the boring but necessary thing. Adrenaline was a factor that also affected his position at times.
I saw Alex play close up , not on TV(Alex suffered terrible nerves and would often throw up before going out in front of the cameras) and his cue ball control was exceptional.
If people think he was good, watching him on TV, then I can assure you that in his prime when not in front of the cameras he was something else. I've never seen anyone play snooker(even the great Ronnie O'Sullivan) at that level. I once saw him make total clearances in consecutive frames(146+142 I think) in which he played at least 4 or 5 shots that I've never seen anyone even attempt. Sometimes you would see him play on TV and think he was not the same guy or not even trying.
Applause after just about every shot is funny.
Crazy how much better Steve Davis is than Alex. Although Alex won this match I think it’s more accurate to say Steve let him lose. Steve Davis’s technique and play is so smooth and consistent compared to the players of his day. Steve could totally compete with the roster of today while Alex wouldn’t be close.
A young Alex Higgins was brilliant and well above all but the best of today's players. He was legend.
The definition of...Nerves of Steel. I couldn't sit on my bum quietly for 10mins....!!!! foooouuuffff
His game was all about potting any colours. Unlike today
Higgins was the greatest of them all its just a shame his temperament let him down. Even Davis said he was more talented
If Higgins had been born with the temperament of Davis, Hendry or Reardon he would have won 10 world titles.
At this level, you're not supposed to mess up the position from brown to blue. Then Lady Luck comes for a rescue.
Luck?
What was "fast & aggressive" about it?
I think the crowd was a little overzealous with their clapping at times... Some normal pots really don't need applause every single time.
better than ronnie
▶Doea any body know the music at the end of the video? (23:20) Thank you so much!🙏
I think it's shown in the Description. It's called "Searching For Time" from Telecasted, available on the YT audio library.