Steve Davis

Description: Sports: Snooker / Sport Topic: Snooker Players

Newest Review: ... men who played slowly and drank lots of beer. That wasn't for Steve, he wanted to stay sober, sipping water and abstaining from the nicotine! Instead he showed us what precision playing was, and his game concetrated on superb potting skills as well as impeccable safety. In contrast many of the other players at the time were scared of long potting, in case they missed, and so played safe ... more

... instead. Davies came to dominate the snooker scene in the 80s, and with his domination saw the rise in prize money and televised tournaments. If it wasn't for Davies, snooker probably wouldn't be dominated by the prize money on offer now. ...more

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Steve Davis: If you can't play ... COMMENTATE!! (536 words)
by - written on 03/05/01 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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Steve Davies - 6 times world champion and absolute snooker king of the 80s! He can't play anymore, but boy can he commentate! I used to enjoy watching Davies in the 80s when I was a young lad, my father being a keen watcher of snooker. There is no doubt that Davies was the king of modern snooker then, when the sport was just becoming accepted as a television sport. Lots of women apparently used to find him extremely attractive - with his tall thin demeanour, and the way he used to slide his cue back and forth between the dimple in his chin. Whatever turns them on! The attraction of Davies was clearly that he was the young kid on the block in the ... Read the complete review

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