PDC World Championship 2017

gitzy16v

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Fitton Waites Scott Mitchell all very good but way too many pub players in the BDO.

Fitton Waites should be in the pdc.

Exactly,I'm a pub player haha...
My comment more in jest than anything else.
Plenty decent in the BDO.

gitzy16v

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is it a case of lads in the BDO balancing darts with their full time roles up against the full time pros at the pdc who probably practice constantly?

I'd say more of a case the PDC poaching the best players from anywhere they can get them and paying enough to focus on darts.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Fitton Waites Scott Mitchell all very good but way too many pub players in the BDO.

Fitton Waites should be in the pdc.

Glen Durrant has been excellent this year also.

Scott Waites is never going to go, they really wanted him after he won the Grandslam in 2010. It's rumoured that Hearn even offered him a 2011 Premier League spot but he declined the offer.

Flint Fredstone

Good enough for the twat.

klose

The way mvg turned it up several notches after 2 legs a piece in the semi and final was crazy, he pretty much waltzed off into the sunset from the 5th set onwards. Crazy how Barney and Anderson were reduced to pretty much checking out on their first attempts mvg played so well. Darts is over and back to work, looking forward to the premier league now.

raiders11

Just seen this video of the lad getting on stage, 2 of them involved, was easy enough done:eek::eek:

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDartsNews/?fref=ts

marklazarcovic

considering there have been at least two big tennis stars stabbed its kinda insane they got up so easy, imagine if he had sliced into a players throwing hand or shoulder. lessons need to be learned from that.

klose

It was one of those troll/prank lame YouTube accounts. I immediately thought it was that "comedian" that threw all that fake money at sepp blatter last year. Anything for views on YouTube or followers on twitter these days social media is tiresome.

gramar

MvG should have let fly with one of his darts as he passed in front of him.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Trollstation should have known better with the current climate of terror attacks and a city like London being a potential target to be hit again.

The ignorant muppet can count himself lucky that all he got was a concussion.

gramar

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Trollstation should have known better with the current climate of terror attacks and a city like London being a potential target to be hit again.

The ignorant muppet can count himself lucky that all he got was a concussion.

Lucky it wasn't Colin Lloyd or he'd have gotten a box in the chops for himself although it appears he got a few of those from security after!

DEFTLEFTHAND

gramar wrote: »

Lucky it wasn't Colin Lloyd or he'd have gotten a box in the chops for himself although it appears he got a few of those from security after!

Not even the board is safe when Jaws is on the oche.

sc86

best page on twitter

https://twitter.com/tonygreenBDO/status/816051303818395648?lang=en

Stevecw

Amazing tournament overall, records broken all over the place.
The final ended up being a bit of a let down for me despite a record number of 180's etc. There were no big finishes from Gary & once MVG went ahead it was inevitable what was going to happen.
It's nearly got to the stage where MVG is just too good. Barney & Gary played serious darts and Barney with that 109 avg played the game of his life...but still somehow ends up being hammered & questioning if he's good enough anymore!

BDO coming up, and usually I never watch it. But i am off work for a few weeks due to an injury so I might have to for once to pass the daytime viewing

squadro

Wonder if Rune David is playing this year. The guy that threw the dart into the floor.

mdwexford

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Trollstation should have known better with the current climate of terror attacks and a city like London being a potential target to be hit again.

The ignorant muppet can count himself lucky that all he got was a concussion.

Had to google what that was.

Fcuking gimps, lob him in jail for a few years and they'll give it up fast enough.

sc86

gary didnt have any ton plus finish
not like him at all

Flint Fredstone

sc86 wrote: »

gary didnt have any ton plus finish
not like him at all

Surprised at that but the thing is, he was mostly under the pressure of having to take them out. MvG was so often waiting on a 2 dart finish while Gary was upwards of 120 on his own throw.

It's different when your opponent is also upwards of 120. MvG just turned the screw so much.

JIdontknow

squadro wrote: »

Wonder if Rune David is playing this year. The guy that threw the dart into the floor.

The referee's reaction was priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNDv78Ze-zQ

sc86

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

Surprised at that but the thing is, he was mostly under the pressure of having to take them out. MvG was so often waiting on a 2 dart finish while Gary was upwards of 120 on his own throw.

It's different when your opponent is also upwards of 120. MvG just turned the screw so much.

he missed alot of crucial ton plus outs when mvg was on a single dart finish
when it was other way round mvg took them out
alot were in important legs
think mvg had 6 ton plus outs

gramar

Scroll down here for a heap of stats from the final and the previous rounds of Anderson and MvG.

DEFTLEFTHAND

squadro wrote: »

Wonder if Rune David is playing this year. The guy that threw the dart into the floor.

Didn't qualify this year.

That happened to me once in a league game. Went down to 19s and the dart didn't release properly. Threw into the wall below the board, high embarrassing and very disconcerting.

That's how dartitis can start.

Flint Fredstone

I think I have congenital dartitis :pac:

aled

i do not watch darts as a norm. But gary anderson vs mvg. it was a dream final and simply astounding to watch. MVG is simply incredible. I honestly believe we will never see a final like that ever again. The 180s just kept ratcheting up. There are no words to describe how brilliant these two guys are

sc86

i think people calling it a poor final are either new to it the last few years or forget the taylor era finals in the 00s
1 side whitewash was the norm
who could forget the part sheppard final - awfull stuff

since 2011 we have been spoiled with good pdc finals generally
sunday was comfortable for mvg in the end but great standard

MillField

sc86 wrote: »

who could forget the part sheppard final - awfull stuff

How in Gods name did Kirk Shepherd make the final in 08? If he had won it surely would have been one of the biggest upsets in sport history?

sc86

it was 1 of the worst championships in history
mardle knocked out taylor in 1/4s - looked like it was his year
then lost in semi

sheppard was jammy as hell - survived a lot of match darts again him through the rounds if i remember correct
and hes a tool

gitzy16v

sc86 wrote: »

it was 1 of the worst championships in history
mardle knocked out taylor in 1/4s - looked like it was his year
then lost in semi

sheppard was jammy as hell - survived a lot of match darts again him through the rounds if i remember correct
and hes a tool

What happened to sheppard after that he just disappeared?

ThebitterLemon

gitzy16v wrote: »

What happened to sheppard after that he just disappeared?

He lost his sheep...

TbL

Kingp35

gitzy16v wrote: »

What happened to sheppard after that he just disappeared?

He lost his tour card. Currently ranked 203.