Earl's missed shot at the end probably is still haunting him until now.

@brianm2881

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't his fault. Was the air conditioning. The PH of the felt was too acid. There was tectonic micro-activity.

@muzakiryounis8893

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianm2881 haha

@anon2414

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was trying to set it up off the two rails why not just bring it bottom English bring it back a little bit it's right there

@bojedjedthemusiciankid-vit249

Жыл бұрын

Could be a scar within him,,

@tgh223

2 ай бұрын

no the stupid shapes he shot

I've been watching a lot of Steve Davis lately. People tend to put Hendry and O'Sullivan in the center of attention, completely understandable, yet I am still in complete marvel when I watch Steve. He's got everything: technique, versatility, tactics, focus, breakbuilding, cue action, willpower. Fantastic!

@widebody123

Жыл бұрын

Hendry and O’Sullivan both grew on the shoulders of Davis. Davis took the game to a new level with total clearances on half chances. Davis was Ronnie’s childhood hero.

@thewizard6092

Жыл бұрын

Davis the GOAT in his own right.. exemplary trickshot artist too.. and a true gentleman..

@brianlorfeo

Жыл бұрын

@@thewizard6092 i agree he is my favorite player has it all )

@62cripple

8 ай бұрын

Him and Barry have put snooker to where it is today...brilliant player and a show man....exceptional talent...!

@nuntana2

3 ай бұрын

He did have. Today not so great, though obviously Ronnie still has and Hendry has that natural ability too.

Steve Davis walks around that table like a Sniper, a Ninja, his face never changes expression.

@jamescade4723

2 жыл бұрын

Total stone cold killer! 💯

@unclequack5445

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamescade4723 I tell you sir, Steve Davis is a Legend.

@Angelo-ix9to

Жыл бұрын

Steve Davis waste alot of time before shooting thats why they start putting 30 second each shot with extension each rack.

It looks like Steve Davis was shell shocked at the end celebrating with other people as snooker is such an individual sport! Sid Wadell really made the Mosconi cup with the commentary!

@danender5555

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, snooker is an individual sport, whereas pool is a team sport. Shell shocked Steve Davis at the end celebrating, it is another perfect description. It was Steve Davis' reaction to the intensity of the celebrating of Mosconi Cup victory that produced a helplessness appearing variously as panic and being scared, flight, or an inability to reason, sleep, walk or talk. FFS!

@Rubaduck

Жыл бұрын

2 years late but i got the same feeling at first uncomfortable then the joy

@Alan-yd5ng

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing

I did not expect that ending. That match was even more exciting than O'Sullivans victory, in 1996! Epic!

Steve Davis is amazing. Beats the rest under pressure in snooker and pool. A joy to watch.

The great Steve Davis once again proving he's one of the all time greatest

@johntallanger4036

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting he has a losing record in the Mosconi Cup. Great player in snooker tho.

@Welcome2Meap

2 жыл бұрын

@@johntallanger4036 good to know you can beat strickland without being a great pool player. Says more about Strickland than it does about Davis I guess

@johntallanger4036

2 жыл бұрын

@@Welcome2Meap I think you may not understand how pool or sports work. Miserak beat Davis in snooker but that doesn't make him a better snooker player.

@Welcome2Meap

2 жыл бұрын

@@johntallanger4036 you’re not understanding my argument. You implied Davis wasn’t a great pool player. I never implied beating someone made that person better than the other. Davis is not better than Strickland at pool, but to dismiss him as not a great player is foolish

@johntallanger4036

2 жыл бұрын

@@Welcome2Meap I'm saying directly Davis is not and was not a great pool player. There's no evidence of it, that's for sure. He had a nice run at a big tourney is the only thing I'm aware of that was impressive. So if there's no evidence of it, my presumption is he's on the level of the other billiards guys....pretty bad. Now if he fully transitioned like Mark Gray or Drago, could he have been good? Sure, I don't see why not. But great? Never has anyone gone from billiards to pool and been great. I don't think anyone has even ever won a major tournament. So yes, I think I understand your point. It depends how you define great. If being a guy who never won a major tourney and had a losing record in Mosconi Cup is "great" then Davis is great. Not as great as Mike Dechaine, Skyler Woodward, or Alex Kazakis. Certainly not as great as David Alcaide. Nowhere near the coversation of Varner, Hall, Strickland, Segal, McCready, or any of the top pool players from that era. But "great". :)

I love the commentators Hardly get to c this energy these days🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This British announcer is something else. Whoever he is, if he had been 20 years earlier and the broadcasting thing didn't pan out I'm pretty sure the flying circus could have something for him.

@flucazade

Жыл бұрын

Sid Waddel, He was a Cambridge educated Modern History graduate. He was a special talent as a commentator both in pool and his main game Darts. He past away about 10 years ago.

@haz1bro690

9 ай бұрын

I’m glad i found this comment and glad there was an answer because the british commentator is absolutely poetically amazing the contrast between him and the classic american makes this even better

@ashton235

6 ай бұрын

He was also an author and screen writer. A great man sadly missed.

@youlesie23

4 ай бұрын

Worth mentioning this - the PDC World Darts Championship trophy is named the Sid Waddell Trophy. Sid's impact on darts was unbelievable. Sid is THE voice of darts. I'm a big fan of the commentators of today, especially John Part. But he couldn't hold a candle to the likes of Sid, Dave Lanning and John Gwynne.

Thank you! Enjoyed the pool, but can I just say that Sid Wadell was an absolute legend. :-)

@kevinbrookes4870

3 жыл бұрын

Loved Sid. Don't think he could've been a Football commentator though. 🤣

@andrewmorton3344

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. He reminds me a bit of Russell Brand, in that his basic speech patterns and elocution give no indication of such mastery over the English language. It catches you off guard. Like a man who can recite the complete works of Shakespeare while chasing his Whippet round the living room. (that line inspired by Sid ;))

@billtomo

3 жыл бұрын

Ok at darts not at this game ......annoying.

@Scott-eo7lj

3 жыл бұрын

You mean the commentator having multiple orgasims intermittently during his commentating.

@Neil19695

3 жыл бұрын

dangerous davis romford slim

I don't doubt the quality or skill of some of the best 9 ball pool players, but I don't think any of them could go onto a snooker table and beat a Snooker World Champion over the best of 9.

@iamghostd

2 жыл бұрын

A best of 3 would be sufficient

@alexpaic2984

2 жыл бұрын

I watched Efren play snooker with some random dude and it was an embarrassment. He couldn’t make a break of 30 and I thought the same thing. Yea imagine pool players play right now against Selby. Don’t care who they are selby will win even if he plays with an eye patch on

@iamghostd

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexpaic2984 true

@hustlenut7910

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah ive watched some of the very best pool players try there luck in a snooker table, most cant get a break over 7 some a little under 30. Its fairly easy coming from a snooker table onto a pool table but even then the top snooker guys find it very hard beating the best of the pool players but they are both unique at the own game so total respect to both 👊👊

@alexpaic2984

2 жыл бұрын

@@hustlenut7910 the only one I know half way decent is Jason Shaw and that’s because snooker if pretty popular in his country. He practiced for about a year at the hall he was actually working. He managed to make a 146 in practice I believe. Nowhere close to a pro player but impressive. I’m tempted to say he could be a pro in snooker if he wanted

The missed 6 of Earl is somewhat similar to the missed black of Steve in the 1985 World Snooker Championship finals.... very odd coincidence

@markd4462

3 жыл бұрын

Good point 👍

@borisdanyukov8267

Жыл бұрын

Did you really create a fake account to write good point 😂😂

Ironic it was a cut into a blind pocket that cost Strickland as it's a similar shot that Steve missed to lose the 1985 world Snooker championship to Taylor.

@paulrailton1511

3 жыл бұрын

Davis can even make pool look boring....

@wierdalien1

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulrailton1511 because it is

@kenoneill8783

3 жыл бұрын

Good observation

@bmac7885

3 жыл бұрын

@@wierdalien1 but yet you still watched, says a lot

@wierdalien1

3 жыл бұрын

@@bmac7885 naw, it something about how much i like watching steve Davis play cue sports

Watched this live was such a great match!

@P4nopticon

6 ай бұрын

No you didn't

@Jay_Eddo

6 ай бұрын

@@P4nopticon yes I did 😂

@P4nopticon

6 ай бұрын

Prove it you poser @@Jay_Eddo

Steve is SMOOTH as SILK,, The Way He Plays the Game...

Earl still trying the shot at the end 😂

@underneonloneliness2

3 жыл бұрын

Waste of time trying it again when there is no pressure on it! He missed because of pressure and nerves! His heart was pumping hard! Doesn’t matter how good you are, you can miss anything.

@PriusMike88

3 жыл бұрын

Earl is like trump after the electoral college confirmed Joe Biden as the 2020 POTUS

@davebattista9972

3 жыл бұрын

Thats the best part

@christophera3330

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@AcessDBpro

3 жыл бұрын

@@PriusMike88 Except Davis didn't have his boys stuff the balls into the pockets like Biden did in the ballot counting centers.

Good work Steve Davis, my hero and the funniest man on the baize.

Great commentary. What a game.

Earl hadn't discovered finger bandages and arm appendages yet.

Love how Europe starts celebrating the win while earl pulls the ball he missed and practiced the shot he just missed

@TwistedSoul2002

2 жыл бұрын

It’s an easy shot when there’s no pressure.

@BobbyAce

2 жыл бұрын

He is still there and practicing the shot

@blurbadam5500

2 жыл бұрын

He stopped on 2020 due to Covid

@blurbadam5500

2 жыл бұрын

*in

@self-preservationsociety7057

2 жыл бұрын

He wants to get that bad shot out of his head !

can't believe this was basically 20 years ago

Steve Davis = Legend

Steve Davis is a gentleman and a legend.

26:28 - Johnny Vegas!

always love a sid waddell commentated match. Bloke is just the best. RIP Sid. You're always missed.

@lanternman13

3 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding us?

@jordietchells5051

3 жыл бұрын

@@lanternman13 haha yeah he's unbelievably annoying always adds unnecessary emphasis on everything

@davidrodriguez7627

3 жыл бұрын

sid waddell commentated matches are muted in this house... talk about annoying!

@kevinwheeler6838

3 жыл бұрын

@@jordietchells5051 you all sound very boring

@tupps1741

3 жыл бұрын

Poor co-commentator trying to talk about Wats actually going on while Sid waffles on 😂

Fair play to steve he played great, epic match. Granted he was gifted that last frame but he held his nerve and took it well

@npdoughty1405

2 жыл бұрын

Nerve to take it? this is childs play to any snooker player. This is the game people who aren't talented enough for snooker play. Total piece of piss. I feel like I'd beat Earl and I'm only a club snooker player

@ryanchoo9427

2 жыл бұрын

@@npdoughty1405 pftttttttt oh shut up kiddo go finish your chores

@stevesmith7843

Жыл бұрын

@@npdoughty1405 most snooker players are decent enough at pool, but that doesn't mean they don't get beaten at pool by the pool players lol, granted most pool players aren't great snooker players, some of them do ok though, but i've never seen a world class pool player play world class snooker.

Awesome stuff...more like a football finally. Davis...my champ.

This was the golden time of pool..when there was real drama

Brought a tear to my eye 😢

Pockets look huge

@underneonloneliness2

3 жыл бұрын

They are huge! You can hit them on the cushion first and they’ll still drop!

Steve is magic...that was an amazing game!!

Strickland always looks like he's sat outside the head masters office.

Very suspense and exiting that is the first time I saw earl missed a dhot

日本人ですが、こういう試合羨ましいですね。モスコーニカップ凄く良い試合です。

@outsidethepyramid

2 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly

Brit commentator was: 1/2 camp- 1/2 crazy... So glad to have the usuals now watching snooker.

One of the few things that hasn't changed is John McDonald's voice

Let's go Europe Let's go I am so proud of you guys keep it going

@alphacapo

2 жыл бұрын

This video is 20 years old

great match. i just watched europe 5 zip the USA today on day 2 it it 8-2 europe 2020

Dangerous Davis love it 😊

to this day i cant understand why earl , a man with so much experience played that 6 ball the way he did . right hand english , he had the whole side of the table open for the 7 . ball

Epic, I want to see the 12 - 1 mosconi cup now though

No one noticed but GOAT no 2 of billiards stayed to practice his missed shot 😮 No one but Efren surpassed him as a player😊

Davis barely misses.

I cant believe earl didnt draw the cue back on the 5 shot. What a choke.

@TheJsjr

2 жыл бұрын

He hates the draw he always takes the forward option , I’m trying to figure out why he loaded that thing up with so much left? Must of hit it wrong

KZread is great for watching the greatest games in history. But it is a bit sad that no matter who wins it's always Strickland in the other chair

The Pearl met The Nugget and cracked ....

What happens to the music? Is the walk on music muted due to copyright?

Nothing better in Sports than a 'home dog' Victory.

The British announcer is the most unnerving person to listen to.

Un Fenomeno

47:52 that ball went into the quantum realm.

Cant imagine what earl went through after that night. 47:02 you could see varner's face saying "dafuq was that"

@NC-ck5oj

3 жыл бұрын

pressure does crazy things to a man

Awe, RIP Sid Waddell. Bless.. (nigh on a Decade already 😟) Proper Classic Match with various 'controversies' however still top notch entertainment. Earl obv' had health problems going on, but great character... Let alone PLAYER. Fair-Do's to 'The Nugget' though...

Steve knows all about cutting in those winning balls. Some important context for people who don't watch snooker: Steve Davis once lost a world championship (in 1985) by just barely missing the winning ball into a blind pocket, leaving an easy pot for his opponent.

@johntallanger4036

2 жыл бұрын

Just watched it. Thanks for the tip. Also interesting that he has a losing record in Mosconi Cup. Still impressive that he can play at all at this level.

@muzakiryounis8893

2 жыл бұрын

@@johntallanger4036 casual american

The nugget steve Davis a legend

Everyone likes to always bring up the "muh snooker players are so much better" when Davis has been playing professional 9 ball since the 90s, and he's one of the FEW top snooker players to play both successfully. They are two different games and it's not worth talking about, you can be amazing at one and horrible at the other.

One word... Clinical....

Commentary is fantastic 👏👏

when one of the commentators SCARESTHE SHIT outta you when you're wearing headphones because out of nowhere he will TALK SO LOUD

Didn’t know Davis break was that good.

gratest time for pool

Funniest thing I ever seen . after earl lost and missed the cut. Everyone else is celebrating while earls look in to set the shot up again to try it again. Totally clasdic

@simonp7095

3 жыл бұрын

Ye he carried on playing

Great!Its The Pearl & The Nugget.

Top snookers players can be great in both disciplines, but top pool players won't go near a snooker table.

Davis must have known how Earl felt missing that green into the corner, it's almost a carbon copy of the black he missed in the 85 snooker final. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dniC0tuHeNXTms4.html

R.I.P The Great Sid Waddell

One of the best 9 ball pool matches of all time.

Yes man go steve

Can someone tell me what cue stick is Steve Davis using, at least the cue tip looms 10-11 mm to me

@VeryEfficientBlender

3 жыл бұрын

im pretty sure its a snooker cue

@yippeeki-yay1691

Жыл бұрын

It's hybrid cue - a Snooker style cue with a stronger ferrule and larger tip to cope with the larger heavier balls - probably about 12/13mm.

I critizied the break shot elsewhere but these two great masters showed how it should be performed: With a moderate force without jumping up and the outcome is better than with the modern players who slam with full force jumping up at the same time. In this match we are in year 2002, so the break shot just has developped into the wrong direction and there is no need to change the rule but these old champions could teach the modern players 👍👍👍

No stupid antics from the crowd back in 2002. Where did we go wrong?

Such a good match!

Sid calls everything like it's a cricket test.

Thats not Steve's actually snooker cue is it? Or a snooker style made pool cue?

Davis has been around long enough to get 3 nicknames: The Nugget, "Interesting", Romford Slim.

It's good game

19:23 Steve has a 'force of habit' moment here by looking for the rest at the bottom of the table 😂

Do you know the brazilian player Rui Chapéu? He was the best pool player I have ever seen

@TwistedSoul2002

2 жыл бұрын

That just means you’ve never seen Efren Reyes.

I have watched this match probably 2 or 3 times every year since it was played. After the previous years result an for Davis to beat the Pearl in the championship match was a story that seemed to almost too good to be true. People also forget Davis was still playing a lot of snooker and snooker trick shots in those days! And it’s also the one of the only times you will see Davis smiling for real.

Earl is still there today playing that shot.😂

Stone cold steve davis!

said it before, ill say it again, pool is such an easy game compared to snooker. reigning workd pool champion beaten by a snooker player who was, lets be fair, at that time in 2002 long past his snooker prime.

Steve must have been behind setting up this cup up As in 40 years I never seen anyone play 9 ball in the UK and he has that thing about him where if it cost him money to put something on. He will just to win a bet!

The nads on Davis tho

Good ol’ Steve.

The shot clock really did wonders for future tournaments, didn't it?

Thank God they introduced the shot clock if not then every game can reach 2 hours at best

I'm still waiting to see the video where any one of the top pool players (snooker players excluded) takes on and beats Ronnie O'Sullivan at snooker, it will never happen, because it will show the people who idolise these pool players, what real talent really is.

@danielhicks4826

3 ай бұрын

Uh huh.....and Labron James would beat Dkovich at Basketball to.....and Dkovich would beat James at tennis.....No ones denying Snookers incredible elite level talent and technique involved, but lets not play this dumb game Pool is a separate game similar but separate is it somewhat easier then snooker yes, is Pool also a difficult game with a high mastery level, yes.

I almost can’t believe how these great players misjudge relatively simple shots under the pressure of the event. Great format!

@underneonloneliness2

3 жыл бұрын

It’s like playing in a pool league! It’s the pressure of not wanting to let your teammates down. Can be very hard to block out.

Again, one of them knows the game and the other one just yells a lot.

@cosmojonesmusic

3 жыл бұрын

That's all they're good at.

@bmac7885

3 жыл бұрын

Funny, neither of you who commented have a clue about broadcasting in the early 2000's. Pool was not popular 20 years ago and still not as popular as it should be now, hence snooker players being invited to make up the European team, we didn't have the vast pool of players that we do now or retired players who were worthy of commentating on the game. Sid Waddell died years ago and he wasn't even a 'Pool' commentator not even an ex-player, he covered lots of sport in the UK and worked for Sky Sports who broadcast the Mosconi

@bmac7885

3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmojonesmusic Who? Europeans? Someone needs to take a long hard look at their countries history and not just in pool :-)

@footballoldboy4818

2 жыл бұрын

Careful. The man you are criticising is a national treasure. He wrote Jossy's Giants!

Love how snooker players can transfer to pool but Earl would struggle to death playing snooker

@realityanalyst

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it is just for bangers.

Who is this crazy comentator :D

@woody816

3 жыл бұрын

Sid waddell who sadly passed away. Best known for darts which I'd highly recommend watching a best of clip

@tonidorotic2726

3 жыл бұрын

@@woody816 What a legend :)

A good snooker player will always beat a good pool player.

Why does that commentator just shout out of nowhere lol

It would be nice to see more snooker players in Mosconi Cup like the old days. Imagine Trump, Neil, Selby, Ronnie...so many great players in Europe They would have to double the team capacity.

@ryanwebb9099

3 жыл бұрын

Different game. They have trouble with 9 ball players. Ronnie tried it and wasn’t as good as you think.

@co7366

3 жыл бұрын

@Callum Robertson Yea, I could see a lot of things getting in the way of that, would be nice to find a balance. Maybe take note from World Cup where everybody takes a step back and plays. Hek maybe there should be a World Cup Mosconi cup that only happens every 4 years that includes every country that qualifies . Regardless, I enjoy every quality match uploaded.

@co7366

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanwebb9099 I’ve seen him play 9 ball, he was very good but looked as he didn’t care for it and rushed through it as Rocket is known to play fast just looked careless

@blurbadam5500

2 жыл бұрын

He took it seriously in his Mosconi cup debut. He doesn’t have the break power like Judd, but in his prime on his day, was nearly as unstoppable as he is at snooker. (Beat Earl)

@JamesMc2051

2 жыл бұрын

None of them are good enough at 9 ball to justify being in the team these days. It was questionable back then and more about bringing in interest (although Davis worked harder at learning the game than others and became a capable player -- over a bit of time though). Bottom line is....if you want to be good at a game you need to put the time in and learn the nuances, patterns and strategies. Every cue sport is slightly different. The ones who have switched games and been successful have done that.

When can I watch Earl Strickland play snooker?

@MusikPiratCH

2 ай бұрын

Never! Snooker is on a different level! The table is bigger and the holes are narrower! I'd say snooker players can be awsome in pool, too. On the other side to be a great snooker player it's not enogh to be an outstanding pool player. 🤔

Wow, first a young Ronnie in 1996, and then Davis in 2022 to win the Mosconi Cup. Pool isn't their game and look at what these snooker players did. Proof positive that snooker is the superior cue sport.

Earls last shot on the six he should've played a carom off the 8ball

19:46 thought this was Ralph Fiennes! 😅

My 2 favorite commentators: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde