About the "Match," John at his age is a strong competitor, He also is a PERFECT gentleman it looks to me in ALL facets of his life. His mental game is MUCH stronger than the Ghost. Both players had issues pocketing balls, I'm not sure but, I don't think either player ever ran 4 balls the entire time, (which was quite long). From what I could tell, the Ghost has a better game after the break, but, could not take advantage, could not run balls when he had an advantage. John has a better end game, and ALL the games, because NO ball running, were end game scenarios.
Do I think both players played their REAL speed, maybe. There's $20 speed,$100 speed and we ALL saw $3000 speed for these 2 players. I'm sure both players were a little nervous the 1st day, I thought they would snap out of by the next. Unfortunately for them their game's never seemed to kick in. And yesterdays finish was pretty much the same as the previous days, maybe a little less!
I think the "Match" was a good thing for the guys on this site as a reality check for most. You can post and reply to all the WWYD threads you want and feel like you know the correct shot behind a keyboard, but until your in the arena and with the cue in your hand, not a keyboard in those scenarios, it's ALL academic!
Once again, Congrats to John, if He goes to play Bill Stroud. I hope He continues His winning streak
Bill Smith "Mr3Cushion"