'We shouldn't criticise' – Luca Brecel gets message as snooker icon shows true colours

Snooker fable Steve Davis has spoken astir Luca Brecel up of the erstwhile satellite champion's instrumentality to enactment astatine the UK Snooker Championship successful York

Steve Davis has told the critics to laic disconnected Luca Brecel aft his nightmare season.

Brecel lit up the Crucible connected his mode to becoming world snooker champion successful 2023 but has struggled severely since. So mediocre has his signifier been that helium is successful information of losing his nonrecreational presumption astatine the extremity of the season, which volition hap if helium falls retired of the apical 64.

The Belgian Bullet besides has ambitions to vie successful Ironman triathlon, prompting suggestions he’s not focusing capable connected his snooker. He turns his attentions backmost to the baize contiguous erstwhile helium takes connected Jak Jones successful the archetypal circular of the UK Championship, which volition springiness him the accidental to gain immoderate much-needed ranking points.

Brecel insists helium inactive thoroughly enjoys the game, and Davis believes specified a mercurial endowment should beryllium near to his ain devices. “Luca’s a beauteous feline but he’s an antithetic character,” says BBC pundit Davis, who spoke exclusive to our UK Championship preview publication.

“The mode helium plays snooker and the mode helium won the worlds was conscionable astonishing. It takes thing a spot antithetic to triumph successful the benignant that helium did. I don’t deliberation we should criticise him, due to the fact that he’s a enactment of caller aerial erstwhile he’s playing well.

“How helium deals with being satellite champion and carrying connected with his career, everybody has that issue. Maybe helium ne'er wins different worlds oregon different lawsuit astatine all, oregon possibly helium conscionable needs to hold for the stars to align earlier it happens again.”

One happening that has ne'er been successful uncertainty is Brecel’s ability. Given the Belgian’s talent, it is possibly nary astonishment that Davis doesn’t privation to impart immoderate sage words to the star.

He added: “When helium gets beat, we ever spell ‘of people he’s going to get beat, helium plays a precise unfastened game, truthful he’s casual to prime disconnected erstwhile he’s not flying.’

“But connected the days he’s connected it, helium entertains snooker crowds conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic anybody I’ve ever seen. Other players are gobsmacked by immoderate of the shots helium takes on.”

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