Masters Snooker Bet Day Four: Struggling Day just too short at 1.7

Snooker / Paul Krishnamurty / 13 January 2010 / Leave a Comment

Perry is the better strategist and can take advantage of Day's poor form

"[1.7] about Day is simply too short. If both were at their best, Day would only marginally edge this anyway. The Welshman is more fluent when in the balls, but Perry is the better strategist and match player."

Welshman is in woeful form so get behind Gentleman Joe, says Paul Krishnamurty

Besides some honourable exceptions, the standard of first round matches has been very poor this year, and all recent evidence points towards another scrappy affair between Ryan Day and Joe Perry. Neither player has shown anywhere near their best this season. In the most recent ranking event, the UK Championship, both suffered heavy opening round defeats.

At least in Perry's case, form is something of an unknown quantity as he hasn't played competitively in the month since Telford. Whereas Day played in the opening group of last week's Championship League, and the overwhelming evidence there confirms that all is far from well with the Welshman's game. He lost all six matches, winning just seven frames out of 25, to exit that event at the first hurdle.

After those performances, [1.7] about Day is simply too short. If both were at their best, Day would only marginally edge this anyway. The Welshman is more fluent when in the balls, but Perry is the better strategist and match player. Those latter skills seem more likely to be important today.

Selection: Joe Perry @ [2.4]