Jimmy White

Read this in Britains BIGGEST redtop

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,3...30391,,00.html

The Whirlwind is currently 35th in the rankings, provisonally 48 I think (this post states 58th!!!) so he'll have a mammoth task in getting back in the top 16, not impossible but HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

Anyway, the odds of him pulling it off isn't what I wanted to get off my chest. The question is...

Is any player 'too good' not to be in the top 16? Discuss

I'm firmly of the view of if you aint in the top 16, at that point in time, you ain't good enough and your ranking reflects that.

Some players have outstanding seasons and rocket up the rankings, possibly a little too quickly - Maguire and possibly Shaun Murphy (imho) - thereofre not being able to fully mature as elite players, and that's what these boys are - elite players.

But getting back to White, he's a great player but I don't think he's an elite player anymore.

We all know what White has acheived and what he could potentially acheive, but I truly believe that his best days are long gone and he'll have to concede that he's still a hell of a player but just isn't good (consistant) enough to compete with the games elite of a season. His record of results for the previous season proves that.

Then again who knows what may happen in the oncoming season.... a ranking event win, a semi final and the Whirlwind will blow back into the top 16.