PDC World Championships 2009 Thread

Kingp35

For anybody who is stuck in work and wants to watch the darts:
http://www.justin.tv/uggla

Just keep the volume down low

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

12.40pm - Andy Smith v Tony Ayres

Come On Pie Man, You have to like this guy!

Yeah met him a few times, top lad! Lost the first set but looking better now. Come on the Pie Man!!

ratinakeg

2-2 now, Tony Ayres is suprising me, good throwing from both players. Good game.

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

2-2 now, Tony Ayres is suprising me, good throwing from both players. Good game.

Finishes 3-2 to Ayres. You have to hand it to him, he played some good stuff and deserved his win. Great double double top from the Pie man at the end but it wasn't enough. Disappointed for him.

Kazooie

Anyone read the scum today? (by the way I don't, was text onto me by a mate)

James Wade is supposedly now taking Helen Chamberlain up the oche. Nice. :pac: *or should that be the other way round.

ratinakeg

Kazooie wrote: »

Anyone read the scum today? (by the way I don't, was text onto me by a mate)

James Wade is supposedly now taking Helen Chamberlain up the oche. Nice. :pac: *or should that be the other way round.

Heard that the other day, fair play to him.

Kingp35

Yeah heard that myself, he could do much worse than Helen!

Some performance by Nicholson so far. I thought he would win but didn't think he would play this well. Gray hasn't won a leg yet. Lewis has some game on his hand in the next round.

Declan30

Nicholson Could go make a big impact it.I think he will beat Lewis as he looked to lose interest during his game last night.

Looking forward to seeing wade tonight in action.

Its So Easy

What do people think of the finnish lad Kantele ? He's one set up on Ronnie Baxter.

Jaysoose

Waiting on Losper at 4/1 to get a treble up!!! worth €100 if he wins...

Bit of an ask ut i reckon he is better than a 4/1 shot based on the improvement he has made since last year.

Big Chief

Its So Easy wrote: »

What do people think of the finnish lad Kantele ? He's one set up on Ronnie Baxter.

he was quality at finishing his doubles (5/6 i think it was at one stage) and thats the reason as i think baxter was still settling down a bit and it caught him with surprise. In most of those legs baxter had a chance at finishing him but never and Kantele was getting some wicked 120+ finishes (because of his bad average it could be said that baxter often had 1st shot to finish)

Baxter really stepped up the class afterwards though, shame as after one set i seen a wee chance for Kantele and put a couple of quid on and then baxter came out and just slapped him left right and centre C'est la vie

Jaysoose

Was seriously impressed with osbourne even if he did scupper my bet, serious finishing all match with multiple 3 figure checkouts.

Shan75

Wade won't get away with that against one of the better players.He took ages to find anything approaching an acceptable standard for him.However he did show some flashes of his class, particularly in the third set and with some of his checkouts.

Declan30

Osbourne 167 checkout very impressive. Great worlds so far lots of players showing good form lets hope it will last.
Wade Play Eccles Next think he will get passed Him.

ratinakeg

7.10pm - Ronnie Baxter v Kantele
8.15pm - Colin Osborne v Losper
9.15pm - James Wade v Brendan Dolan
10.15pm - Vincent van der Voort v Nandor Bezzeg

Jaysus Bristow was unlucky with his bet, his bet was all favourites to win 3-0 at 27/1 but it was let down by the first set going to Kantele in that first game.

On another issue the fans have improved over the last few days and it finally seems like the true darts fans have arrived.

Kingp35

Some great matches today so far, Dennis Smith put in a great comeback to win his match after being 3-0 down against Kevin McDine. McDine kind of last his way but Smith still had to do the business and he did. He hit an unbelievable amount of 140's and deserved his win, he throws so slow though!

Stompe was brilliant against Tabern, he won 4-1 with a 96 average and has a real chance of making an impression. The crowd love him as well and he is definitely a dark horse for the tournament.

Painter and Rodriguez playing at the moment and after a poor start where Painter went 2-0 in sets up Rodriguez is plaing well now and fighting back and has made it 2-1, hopefully it will be another good match.


I am really looking forward to tonights matches, Suljovic against Dudbridge is on first then two excellent games. First up Taylor against Mighy Mike Van Gerwen. I would love of MvG could beat him and he definitely has the ability. the bookies have MvG at 8/1 which is crazy odds that I couldnt turn down. Hopefully it will be another classic. Mardle against Thornton is on last and is another that is so hard to call. If Mardle has his darts head on and not his entertainment one then he has a huge chance but Thornton would be my favourite. Both of those could go all the way.

Great day of darts, lying on the sofa recovering from last night

jwshooter

taylor looked in total control ,but the game so far was mardle and thornton .hope 5 o can bring this game to painter ;i do fancie the hammer tommra

Kingp35

Fantastic match between Mardle and Thornton. Real quality from both players and by far the game of the tournament. 180's aplenty and just great darts all round. Mardle looks in great form and could be a real challenger.

I have to say though that the crowd were an absolute disgrace booing Thornton. It was embarrassing and totally out of order. those pr1cks should be thrown out and never allowed to a darts tournament again!!

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

I have to say though that the crowd were an absolute disgrace booing Thornton. It was embarrassing and totally out of order. those pr1cks should be thrown out and never allowed to a darts tournament again!!

You hit the nail on the head there, really got pissed off with these Muppet's even though I was up for Mardle, this was also happening during the Taylor match when Van Gerwen was throwing, they were terrible yet again.

jwshooter

ratinakeg wrote: »

You hit the nail on the head there, really got pissed off with these Muppet's even though I was up for Mardle, this was also happening during the Taylor match when Van Gerwen was throwing, they were terrible yet again.

its not good enough ,its doing noting for the sport .too much drink me thinks .

leggo

In fairness, there's only a certain amount that can be done though. From being at previous PDC events, security are very tight and professional. They'll give one warning and then eject trouble-makers, no questions asked. That's all you can do to tackle the problem on a practical scale.

I thought the interview Mardle gave afterwards, where he said that his fans over-stepped the line, was extremely classy and a mark of his personality. Hopefully it'll help matters in the long run.

Taylor's going to have to do it the hard way if he does it again. Painter next, then (hopefully) a Mardle rematch (esp if Mardle's form holds, though Stompe would still make for an excellent contest) and Mervyn King looks the most likely to face him in the final.

Whatever happens, it's shaping up to be a great climax! Lewis/Nicholson tomorrow!

Kingp35

Yesterdas results:
Afternoon Session
Barrie Bates 4-2 Bill Davis
Ronnie Baxter 4-1 Denis Ovens
Andy Hamilton 4-2 Tony Ayres
Evening Session (7pm)
Jelle Klaasen 4-0 Jan van der Rassel
Raymond van Barneveld 4-1 Wes Newton
Mervyn King 4-2 Mark Walsh


No real surprises yesterday. Fantastic display from Barney and from Klaasen. Both look very good. King struggled at the start then looked grea near the end of his match. Baxter also looked handy whereas Hamilton struggled but I suppose it's all about winning through.

Todays matches:

Second Round - Monday
Adrian Lewis v Paul Nicholson
Dennis Priestley v John MaGowan
Colin Osborne v Vincent van der Voort

Evening Session
7.10pm - James Wade v Tony Eccles
Third Round
8.30pm - Phil Taylor v Kevin Painter
9.50pm - Barrie Bates v Mark Dudbridge


Great game so far between Lewis and Nicholson, it's gone to the deciding set. Crowd acting the pr1ck again booing nicholson when he is throwing. Out of order and can't be blamed on drink because it's the first game on. Looking forward to priestley againstMr. Magoo and hopefully Painter and can give Taylor a game. Should be a good day of darts.

shiibata

Great game between lewis and nicholson(spitting image of ex gaa player brendan devenney of Donegal) alright, match of the tourney so far i reckon

Nalz

shiibata wrote: »

Great game between lewis and nicholson(spitting image of ex gaa player brendan devenney of Donegal) alright, match of the tourney so far i reckon

Yep I agree. Found myself shouting big time for Nicholson after he got constantly booed and jeered again.

Great match!

Kingp35

Trilla wrote: »

Yep I agree. Found myself shouting big time for Nicholson after he got constantly booed and jeered again.

Great match!

Agree with this. Fantastic match and I really wanted Nicholson to win even though it wasn't lewis's fault that the crowd were against him. Nicholson could be a real threat in this competition because he is a real fighter and never gives in.

Priestley cruising past MaGowan so far.

ratinakeg

Nicholson in fairness slightly brings some of this on himself with his attitude, fans don't forget as when he was playing in The Grand Slam of Darts his behavior was appalling really and was affecting his opponents game. Great player though who has a great future ahead of him.

ratinakeg

Painter 1-0 up, really impressed by him so far. Come on Painter!

ratinakeg

Damn you Taylor, Please God let somebody else win it this time. He is just too good.

Bates is destroying Dudbridge at the moment

Kingp35

Wade struggled in beating eccles 4-2 and really it could have and should have gone to a deciding set. he really has to up his game if he is to get anywhere in this tournament. Painter had a great start against Taylor averaging 114 in winning the first set but then missed doubles let him down. You just can't do that against Taylor and he was punished for it. He did score well though and had a real chance of pushing Taylor who now plays the winner of Stompe and Mardle. That will not be an easy game for him.

Bates destroyed Dudbridge 4-0 in a match where Dudbridge just never showed up. Huge disappointment for Dudbridge who played so well in his last match. have to hand it to Bates though who played very well and deserved his win. It looks like he is having real fun up there and is just taking each game as it comes. It has worked well so far.

Looking forward to tomorrow, some huge matches and some excellent players on show. Should be brilliant. hope none of you lads are stuck in work!

shiibata

Kingp35 wrote: »

Looking forward to tomorrow, some huge matches and some excellent players on show. Should be brilliant. hope none of you lads are stuck in work!

Not stuck at work today but unfortunately gonna be stuck at a wedding, what a time of year to get married, no consideration at all thought of for us dart fanatics:p