2015 World Grand Prix - Citywest

mdwexford

Yeah Price missed his chance there for sure.

Smith still very hit and miss, when he hits a purple patch he's unplayable but can go missing for a set far too regularly.

sc86

great line up for 1st night

PTH2009

Did mvg lose weight ??. He looks like he did

PTH2009

Rvb terrible tonight but will still get a wildcard for the 2016 premier league

Devastator

KevIRL wrote: »

Wtf is Bristow mumbling on about

No idea but at least(well for me) he doesn't ruin the game unlike that other high pitched shrieking dramaclown

mdwexford wrote: »

Smith looks on his way home here.

Really don't like his attitude when the darts aren't going exactly where he wants them.

I agree, he does my head in watching him. No8 in the world? I've not seen evidence of it. He must be superb in the floor tournaments because apart from the odd game, I've not seen him do anything on big stage to warrant no.8.

PTH2009 wrote: »

Rvb terrible tonight but will still get a wildcard for the 2016 premier league

Surely Hearn & the PDC cannot play that jokercard(I'm renaming it if Barney gets in!) again. He just scrapped into the grand prix, put out 1st round with only winning a single leg.

He was awful in 2015 PL, I think he only won 2/3 games before the 1st relegation which is somehow survived and only when he was left rock bottom he started playing and winning. He dropped to 18th in order of merit before the GP and will continue to drop with his performances



When was the last time you actually thought Barney could win a tournament(pre tournament)? It must be over 5 years since I thought of him as a threat in big tournaments. 1 thing for certain is he is nowhere near close to being considered a top player at present, unless you're a "barney army" piss ant

Mr Robot

I've never been before but my dad got me and my girlfriend a couple of complimentary tickets for the final

What is it like?

Will we be able to get the last Luas into the city centre?

Devastator

Mr Robot wrote: »

I've never been before but my dad got me and my girlfriend a couple of complimentary tickets for the final

What is it like?

Will we be able to get the last Luas into the city centre?

It will be great, sit and watch some games this week to get into the atmosphere.

No idea but there is only 1 other short game on with the final, so all should be over by 10pm. Make sure you find out last times but remember there could be few thousand people streaming out with same idea. Maybe sharing taxi into centre with other punters could be easiest idea.



I hate watching Gilding, he turns me, decent player but always think he looks like he could do with a warm bath and a good scrub of his teeth(Im aware no amount of scrubbing could discolour that yellow)

Devastator

Whitlock 2-0 Gilding


I think someone gave out free prozac to the crowd during the break......oh no wait, Pipe vs Beaton has started

PTH2009

Big shock with Wade out. Was one of the players I was looking forward to seeing but won't now.

PTH2009

Wright, rvb, wade and Taylor gone already.

Devastator

PTH2009 wrote: »

Wright, rvb, wade and Taylor gone already.

Wade was playing great until mid 2nd set. He threw 2 180s in 1 leg but Sulojvic threw 177 & got d8 and he came right back into it. Great game.

Great from VDV, love seeing Taylor go out because he's won enough plus Terry Jenkins is in that 1/4 so his 100/1 odds went way down with Taylor out

PTH2009

Devastator wrote: »

Wade was playing great until mid 2nd set. He threw 2 180s in 1 leg but Sulojvic threw 177 & got d8 and he came right back into it. Great game.

Great from VDV, love seeing Taylor go out because he's won enough plus Terry Jenkins is in that 1/4 so his 100/1 odds went way down with Taylor out

Mite get rid of my tickets for the Wednesday now.

Devastator

PTH2009 wrote: »

Mite get rid of my tickets for the Wednesday now.

seriously? :eek: I wouldn't. VDV Jenkins could be a great game. If both start firing in big scores, they're both quick and could go either way.

seanhynes

That bleeding Toure song is so 2013,stop it now

Lucan Bohs

Hi lads. Should I be ok getting tickets at the door tomorrow night? Cheers

Mr Robot

Devastator wrote: »

It will be great, sit and watch some games this week to get into the atmosphere.

No idea but there is only 1 other short game on with the final, so all should be over by 10pm. Make sure you find out last times but remember there could be few thousand people streaming out with same idea. Maybe sharing taxi into centre with other punters could be easiest idea.



I hate watching Gilding, he turns me, decent player but always think he looks like he could do with a warm bath and a good scrub of his teeth(Im aware no amount of scrubbing could discolour that yellow)

Thanks for that

Sami23

Sami23 wrote: »

Well I included VDV for the entertainment value. I know he's not one of the top players

Looks like I could be seeing Van Der Voort on Thursday night after all Its probably no harm Taylor is gone as the Dublin crowd show him no respect whatsoever for what he has achieved in the game. The booing of him the last 2 years was a disgrace in my view.

My Q-Final Predictions are:

Van Gerwen v Smith
Lewis v Chizzy
Anderson v Thornton
Whitlock v Van Der Voort

Wouldn't b a bad line up in fairness. Only one that would have added to the occasion would have been Peter Wright instead of Chizzy.
Bully Bully might take VDV yet though.

Anyone else agree with these predictions ?????

Really really hope White or Pipe don't get through

Mr Robot

What are the beer selections and prices like?

Also is there food?

PTH2009

Mr Robot wrote: »

What are the beer selections and prices like?
Also is there food?

Fosters, cider (forget which brand) and murphys. Blue wkd and Smirnoff ice too

6 or 7 for a pint and 20 for a jug

Think there's chips and that inside

This is going from last year so could be different this year

C ya all in citywest later

Devastator

PTH2009 wrote: »

Fosters, cider (forget which brand) and murphys. Blue wkd and Smirnoff ice too

6 or 7 for a pint and 20 for a jug

Think there's chips and that inside

This is going from last year so could be different this year

C ya all in citywest later

Wish the Irish venues would kop on to what the oher venues everywhere have been doing and getting lads to walk around with a bucket(Ghostbusters proton pack ) of beer on their back filling up pints. The Qs are usually ridiculous, especially if you're missing a good game

Sami23

PTH2009 wrote: »

Fosters, cider (forget which brand) and murphys. Blue wkd and Smirnoff ice too

6 or 7 for a pint and 20 for a jug

Think there's chips and that inside

This is going from last year so could be different this year

C ya all in citywest later

Jugs were 15 euro last two years so I'd expect same again this year.
You can get chicken curry with rice and chips for 7.50 and burgers also

Devastator

mardle & the commentator will need to wipe their mouths after this game

*suck suck*Michael Smith*Suck suck suck*he's so good*suck*and natural*suck suck*he's the new ade lewis*suck suck suck SPURLGE*

seanhynes

How many times does chisnalls 3rd dart on 180 miss the bed jees

Kingp35

Great win for Klaasen, I thought he played some great stuff and deserved the win.

Commentators just announced that big Andy Fordham has qualified for the Grand Slam!

mdwexford

What a nightmare night for favs.

Thursday is possibly going to the worst quarter final line up ever in Citywest.

Double start is an abortion of a tournament.
Just get rid of it and give us a normal one for the love of God.

Mr Robot

Wednesday, Oct. 7 Justin Pipe vs. Robert Thornton
Wednesday, Oct. 7 Mensur Suljovic vs. Simon Whitlock
Wednesday, Oct. 7 Vincent van der Voort vs. Terry Jenkins
Wednesday, Oct. 7 Gary Anderson vs. Ian White

Sami23

mdwexford wrote: »

What a nightmare night for favs.

Thursday is possibly going to the worst quarter final line up ever in Citywest.

Double start is an abortion of a tournament.
Just get rid of it and give us a normal one for the love of God.

Agree 100%
Let's hope Anderson, Thornton, Whitlock and Van Der Voort come through tonight.

Very dissapointed to see Webster and Klassen beating Lewis and Chizzy

ComfortKid

mdwexford wrote:

Thursday is possibly going to the worst quarter final line up ever in Citywest.

mdwexford wrote:

Double start is an abortion of a tournament. Just get rid of it and give us a normal one for the love of God.

Better than watching the same 8 players constantly in quarters. Someone like Ian White or Jenkins winning this would be great.

I enjoy the double start, it's a change and obviously makes it much more difficult, last leg deciders get very interesting.

mdwexford

ComfortKid wrote: »

Better than watching the same 8 players constantly in quarters. Someone like Ian White or Jenkins winning this would be great.

I enjoy the double start, it's a change and obviously makes it much more difficult, last leg deciders get very interesting.

When I only go the the darts live one a year I want to see the big guns.
If it was the UK open or something I'd agree with you.


I just think it's not what darts is. So hard to get a rhythm going and to consistently hit high scores.

Again though if it was for a change in England I wouldn't mind as much.
When I'm going to the tournament I'd rather see a standard format.

Sami23

A friend is after giving me 4 tckets to bring with me to try and sell as he can't go himself.
They are very good tickets in ROW J, TABLE 4 if anyone hears of anyone looking for tickets.

Will sell for less than face value..........!

Kingp35

mdwexford wrote: »

What a nightmare night for favs.

Thursday is possibly going to the worst quarter final line up ever in Citywest.

Double start is an abortion of a tournament.
Just get rid of it and give us a normal one for the love of God.

Could not disagree more. I love this tournament and I love to see the big guns losing. There is zero entertainment in seeing the same people winning all the time, you need shocks and surprises to make it interesting.

I also love the double start, it's a leveller and puts players under pressure right from the start. And this is coming from someone who goes to the Citywest every year.

Sami23

Kingp35 wrote: »

Could not disagree more. I love this tournament and I love to see the big guns losing. There is zero entertainment in seeing the same people winning all the time, you need shocks and surprises to make it interesting.

I also love the double start, it's a leveller and puts players under pressure right from the start. And this is coming from someone who goes to the Citywest every year.

Like was said b4 I only go to darts once a year n when I go I'd rather see the big names too

Loughc

Sami23 wrote: »

Like was said b4 I only go to darts once a year n when I go I'd rather see the big names too

If you want to see the big names go to the Sunday and Monday nights, the round 1 games. You get great value for money as there's 8 matches each night.

mdwexford

Kingp35 wrote: »

Could not disagree more. I love this tournament and I love to see the big guns losing. There is zero entertainment in seeing the same people winning all the time, you need shocks and surprises to make it interesting.

I also love the double start, it's a leveller and puts players under pressure right from the start. And this is coming from someone who goes to the Citywest every year.

I agree with the bolded part on the whole.

As a spectacle in the darts calender it's not a bad tournament to have.

But as a once a year live tournament goer I want to see the big guns and I'd rather see proper darts.
I simply don't believe anyone who says they wouldn't rather see Taylor tomorrow night than Jamie Lewis.

It's like getting champions league final tickets but hoping for Porto vs Roma instead of Barca vs Bayern.

mdwexford

Loughc wrote: »

If you want to see the big names go to the Sunday and Monday nights, the round 1 games. You get great value for money as there's 8 matches each night.

You don't even get proper walk on's though which is embarrassing.
No other tournament do players walk to the board together to some irish jig music.

The planning for this tournament is shocking. Constantly changing the length of matches and now switching days etc

Sami23

Loughc wrote: »

If you want to see the big names go to the Sunday and Monday nights, the round 1 games. You get great value for money as there's 8 matches each night.

Totally disagree, you might see 8 games on those nights but no atmosphere, small crowd, a joke of walk on's so no thanks

Loughc

If you only go once a year maybe the premier league darts in the 3 arena in Feb would suit you better, guaranteed to have big names there.

mdwexford

Loughc wrote: »

If you only go once a year maybe the premier league darts in the 3 arena in Feb would suit you better, guaranteed to have big names there.

I think that's a glorified exhibition though.

I'm hard to please

Sami23

Loughc wrote: »

If you only go once a year maybe the premier league darts in the 3 arena in Feb would suit you better, guaranteed to have big names there.

Your probably right, only thing is Citywest is very handy for accommodation but think I will give it a miss next year and go to premier league instead.

If the crowds continue like they are all week Ireland will do well to hold on to the Grand Prix going forward anyway. They seem very small on TV and poor atmosphere overall.

PTH2009

Dying a death and going to have a sober night at round 2. On paper tonight doesn't look so good with the absence of Taylor and wade.

Mvg vs Anderson final

Loughc

Sami23 wrote: »

Your probably right, only thing is Citywest is very handy for accommodation but think I will give it a miss next year and go to premier league instead.

If the crowds continue like they are all week Ireland will do well to hold on to the Grand Prix going forward anyway. They seem very small on TV and poor atmosphere overall.

The crowd last night was very poor, Sunday's wasn't too bad I thought the atmosphere Sunday and Monday wasn't too bad and even the commentators mentioned it a few times the crowd were in good spirits even by the last match.

Last nights crowd was poor though.

aarondoc

Sami23 wrote: »

A friend is after giving me 4 tckets to bring with me to try and sell as he can't go himself.
They are very good tickets in ROW J, TABLE 4 if anyone hears of anyone looking for tickets.

Will sell for less than face value..........!

I think I'll be able to get rid of 3 of these for you if you still have them?

Devastator

Kingp35 wrote: »

Great win for Klaasen, I thought he played some great stuff and deserved the win.

Commentators just announced that big Andy Fordham has qualified for the Grand Slam!

Some ridiculously good checking out from JK, I was raging at hom at the time because I'd bet on under 127.5 checkout as a single after forgetting I already had it on an acc

I heard them talking about Andy Fordham but mardle was talking tripe as usual and I nearly missed what it was in connection with. 3 games on big stage could be good for him, just hope he doesn't embarrass himself. I can't remember who the other qualifier is offhand but its another ex PDC'er

mdwexford wrote: »

What a nightmare night for favs.

Thursday is possibly going to the worst quarter final line up ever in Citywest.

Double start is an abortion of a tournament.
Just get rid of it and give us a normal one for the love of God.

mdwexford wrote: »

When I only go the the darts live one a year I want to see the big guns.
If it was the UK open or something I'd agree with you.


I just think it's not what darts is. So hard to get a rhythm going and to consistently hit high scores.

Again though if it was for a change in England I wouldn't mind as much.
When I'm going to the tournament I'd rather see a standard format.

haha I was going to say its only a nightmare if you're a casual fan or only go once a year but stop yer moaning :DAt least you's have a big tournament AND a premier league night. We gotta make do with a single PL night in Belfast and its often far too expensive to consider travelling down for grand prix(tickets,booze,food,more booze,train,booze,hotel,booze)


I disagree completely though, I love the double in/out format as a 1 off tournament. IMO it doesn't take a great darts thrower to hit big scores but its a different story to hit doubles. Its an added pressure and really sorts out the weak from the strong(minded) in this format.

Loughc wrote: »

The crowd last night was very poor, Sunday's wasn't too bad I thought the atmosphere Sunday and Monday wasn't too bad and even the commentators mentioned it a few times the crowd were in good spirits even by the last match.

Last nights crowd was poor though.

All thats needed is someone starting "Ole,Ole ole" to get the crowd singing. Usually in this thread over the last lot of years the crowd at grand prix gets a lot of abuse, accusations of fights, pissing everywhere, just general drunken boyish behavior....but this year accused of lacking atmosphere?

Maybe the PDC/organisers have been listening to fans over the last few years and tried to make it a more professional tournament. Maybe that the thinking behind change of nights, maybe smaller crowd in or stopping people drinking so much.

Devastator

Just as a side note, I would like to see more different types of formats being played in the darts, not necessarily changing tournaments but something a bit different on tv/on the night. Or if they add a new tournament maybe throw in something to make it stand out a little bit more.

At present there are only 3 tournaments which have a little twist on the norm, Grand prix we obviously(if you dont get out of the thread now!!) is double in/out. Grand slam is pdc/bdo & UK Open is the open draw. The last 2 scrap the barrel in terms of a twist but I think it highlights the lack of anything different

Like the PL nights, maybe for fans in early get a couple of other pro's(not in PL,but maybe there as practice partners)on stage playing cricket. Or the likes of finals night, when there is usually only 1 game having a few other pro's on stage doing like a wee mini exhibition or a different type of game, maybe even nick 1 from that new sky 1 show or something.

marklazarcovic

heading up for sat night,rang citywest to confirm tickets on the door no problem,hope mvg or anderson at least in final, jk looks on fire the last few months aswell ..please not pipe

Devastator

marklazarcovic wrote: »

heading up for sat night,rang citywest to confirm tickets on the door no problem,hope mvg or anderson at least in final, jk looks on fire the last few months aswell ..please not pipe

In both his matches so far, once he hit form and looked focused, MVG looks pretty close to unbeatable. He's a good shout for final and probably to retain the title. Anderson, I'm not so sure on. I said about week ago his form had been crap, so added in with his known double trouble I don't think this is his tournament......added I've Ian White to win the tournament(each way) so I'm hoping Ando goes home tonight


I don't think you are in any trouble of see Pipe on finals night unless he's handing out fliers or something Thornton 2-0 up.

I hate when John Part's doing commentary on a match I have little interest in. Well its difficult to get into watching a pipe game so I generally loose interest quickly and end up writing some balls on here :eek:

Sami23

aarondoc wrote: »

I think I'll be able to get rid of 3 of these for you if you still have them?

Yea stil have them and will bring them with me 2moro.

marklazarcovic

in a strange way i like suljovic,he plays to his strengths and does not give a fcuk if it upsets people,he's quite good too

Devastator

marklazarcovic wrote: »

in a strange way i like suljovic,he plays to his strengths and does not give a fcuk if it upsets people,he's quite good too

Yeah I like him too, he just seems like a header lol If he had have played steel tip his whole life he would be a really good player, probably winning tournaments but think he's only taken it on bit more seriously last 5/10 years. I wouldn't think soft tip was all that popular in Austria

He's a tough watch when he's playing poorly though.

Come on The Bull next match, I think we'd all love aul Terry to win a major. So many times a beaten finalist, seems strange he just hasn't yet done it in a final, mostly thanks to Taylor

Sami23

C'mon Vincent !