ding!!! ding!!! ding!!! we have a winner!!!!
very aggressive and neils made the bank and tried to stun the ball forward but fortunately left (for himself) a shot on the 15
This was a very difficult position to be faced with and therefore I prefer to look for one of two solutions. First, I search for the most simple of answers. The three rail kick or the kick off the top rail would have been a fine choice had it not been for the danger of giving up the bank on the ten. The speed control had to be near perfect for that shot to be effective.
The bank on the one ball left very little room for error. Because of the English required to pass the eight ball and also avoid the possible scratch in the upper left hand corner I had to keep looking for something better. This shot also may have opened a door for a free shot on the fourteen or six (maybe) which leads to natural position on what looks like the eleven.
If I'm going down, I'm going down in flames. My second solution will be to find a shot which I can play aggressively. The combo was all I saw. With a touch of English one side or the other I can twist the object ball to find the proper angle on the fourteen and maintain the line I want for the cue ball. Pocketing the fourteen ball was an added bonus here. Getting the ball on his own side rail while hiding it was the primary goal. Well done!
When faced with a very difficult safety verses a very difficult offensive shot which provides position I will typically choose the offensive shot. Go down trying to win as apposed to trying to keep from losing. That's just me.
Tom