Talk:Matthew Stevens

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Contents 1 Pundit talk 2 Performance 3 Plagiarism 4 Lots of work needed

[edit] Pundit talk

I'm removing this:

"Upon reaching the final of the snooker World Championship in 2000, former professional Willie Thorne said that he did not think Stevens was ready to go all the way, but that he would definitely be World Champion in the not too far off future. With Stevens being a player more suited to the long frame matches and, still only 30 years old, Thorne's prediction in 2000 may still come to be ."

It's dated and non-factual, and Mr One Tournament Win and Lost All His Money On Gambling is hardly a decent source for predictions and insight. 62.56.72.216 (talk) 22:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Performance

Does anyone have any theories on why he has achieved so little in best-of-9 tournaments? Is it motivational? He doesn't seem to take time to hit form in longer matches. Is he as good as his career rankings suggest? [The previous unsigned comment was added by MartinUK (talk · contribs), 18:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)]

No theory to offer, but the last question doesn't parse. His career rankings are determined by his performance, so by definition he must be as good as his career rankings suggest. :-) — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 20:07, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism

This whole article seems to have been ripped off from Answers.com. This article needs to be completely rewritten for a number of reason. Mglovesfun 14:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

answers.com is a mirror of Wikipedia! Catchpole 14:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

as stated above answers.com is a mirror of wikipedia. So infact the article on answers.com har been "ripped off" from wikipedia. --CrazyChip 12:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Article does still need work, but that should be a new topic. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 07:21, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lots of work needed

Yes this article certaintly needs attention. He didn't first emerge in the 98 UK Champiosnhip he had in fact reached the semis the year before. Yes, big chunks of his career are missing so i'll work on it. Samasnookerfan (talk) 16:02, 1 March 2008 (UTC)