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gramar

They are meaningless but there was no short of effort between Wright and Gurney in the 1/4 final and MvG took
great pleasure in whitewashing Gerwyn Price. Gurney is a good player and the fact that he has a bit of attitude
helps to spice things up and the PDC need that. At 5-3 up the other day though he fell apart hardly hitting a treble
in the next 3 legs as MvG turned it around without having to do much.

marklazarcovic

I would have to disagree,they are not in any way meaningless, those guys who qualified got to play the big boys on a big stage, fulfill a dream, encourage others to stick at it,gurney will get huge confidence from it I imagine, ask him if its meaningless .. darts needs to look after the whole circut,not just the top 32 . I love these comps tbh.. now I know of 'awesome dawson' ,he can play.. it's great

Kingp35

marklazarcovic wrote: »

I would have to disagree,they are not in any way meaningless,

They are non-ranked events, therefore completely meaningless in the grand scheme of things. One of the new players could win the event and we may never hear from them again because it would not get them into any other tournaments.

marklazarcovic

We can differ on opinions

bassy

Kingp35 wrote: »

They are non-ranked events, therefore completely meaningless in the grand scheme of things. One of the new players could win the event and we may never hear from them again because it would not get them into any other tournaments.

If a new player wins one and beats the top players then in sure we will see him again cause you need to be very talented to beat the top players and a huge stepping stone in there career and also the purse prize helps a new playsr massively.

ArmaniJeanss

bassy wrote: »

If a new player wins one and beats the top players then in sure we will see him again cause you need to be very talented to beat the top players and a huge stepping stone in there career and also the purse prize helps a new playsr massively.

Prize money was surprisingly terrible for the US leg.
£20K for winner, so basically the same as winning a tour event without the ranking boost.

gramar

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Prize money was surprisingly terrible for the US leg.
£20K for winner, so basically the same as winning a tour event without the ranking boost.

...and a fairly snazzy new Ford Mustang which could be another 30/35k!
Perfect prize for Bunting but he wasn't even there!

Ultimate Seduction

Look at VanGerwens face lifting the trophy and tell me these mean nothing. Non ranking a small money but every player still wants to win and plays their best to win

gramar

There was definitely plenty of effort from the players in the matches I saw.
It mightn't have the prestiege of established ranking tournaments but they all
wanted to win it. Players like Price and Gurney are trying to put themselves on
the map, Wright is trying to compete with MvG and and MvG gives everything
against whoever he's playing.

bassy

Mvg is unreal,even playing a non top player he cruises along and if hes put under any pressure he can easily average over 100 just to eradicate hes lesser opponent.some talent that boy is hot hot hot property.

Ultimate Seduction

Which bookmaker to betting for the match play, I want to do a few "to reach the semi final"

FineAle

https://m.oddschecker.com/m/darts/world-matchplay

Few specials there, good chance to earn a few Bob this weekend.

ArmaniJeanss

World series thingy resumes tomorrow morning, Auckland this time.
Live on eir1 at 8am in morning, repeated in full at 8pm on ITV4.
Draw here (no MVG).
Our first look at Corey Cadby since December I think, tough opener against Wright.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Auckland_Darts_Masters

anti-venom

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

World series thingy resumes tomorrow morning, Auckland this time.
Live on eir1 at 8am in morning, repeated in full at 8pm on ITV4.
Draw here (no MVG).
Our first look at Corey Cadby since December I think, tough opener against Wright.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Auckland_Darts_Masters

Could be an even tougher draw for Wright! Cadby doesn't seem to fear anyone but this might be just youth and inexperience. Very exciting prospect.

Ultimate Seduction

Fancy Gurney to win one of these events this year, No better chance while MvG is away.

FineAle

Gary Anderson out in round 1, nightmare stuff!

Taylor/Gurney final i'd say.

peteeeed

wright out too, the aussies are smahing it

gramar

Just watched Wright v Cadby...deserved to win. Wright was out of sorts and Cadby threw a few stray ones
but fair result. With Wright on a finish and two darts in his hand Cadby on 66 went T10 D18 when there isn't
a player on the tour who wouldn't have gone for 16 Bull. That's the kind of thing that makes him interesting.

ArmaniJeanss

Spoilers for anyone waiting for ITV4.

Good games, wins for Kyle Anderson and Taylor by 10-9 over Whitlock and RVB. Slightly easier wins for Cadby and Wade who both averaged 100. Semi Finals are KAnderson v Wade, and Cadby v Taylor

Ultimate Seduction

ArmaniJeanss wrote:

Spoilers for anyone waiting for ITV4.

Who did Cadby beat today?

ArmaniJeanss

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Who did Cadby beat today?

Michael Smith 10-5.

FineAle

Fantastic darts from Wade today, best form I've seem from him in a long time. Good match between RVB v Taylor also, great match.

gramar

An unlikely pairing in the final but has to be said it's good do see new faces and it was a cracking match.

peteeeed

Taylor showed himself up yet again when getting beat

jrkb

peteeeed wrote: »

Taylor showed himself up yet again when getting beat

What happened?

marklazarcovic

He was a fckin disgrace tbh,the antics with Corey's towel deserve a fine. It's on youtube the match


https://youtu.be/CYSa4jd9v3Q

FineAle

Utter ignorance from Phil, very little grace left In the chap.

Overall glad these lads made some progress over the weekend, the boost they'll need to take it up a gear In future.

buster180

Taylor is one horrible specimen of a human.
Personally I can’t wait to see the back of him. If that was any other player carrying on like that on stage the DRA would be handing out big fines. But he gets away with it time and time again.

ArmaniJeanss

And onward to Melbourne this week, starting Friday morning live on eir with delayed coverage in the evenings on ITV4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Melbourne_Darts_Masters

Much the same cast as last week, still no MVG.
RVB v Cadby looks the best of the early action.

Ultimate Seduction

Cadby at it again defeating Barney 6-4.

FineAle

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Cadby at it again defeating Barney 6-4.

It's a pity he loves himself a bit too much!

Liamalone

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Cadby at it again defeating Barney 6-4.

Plays BigBabby Taylor next!

Ultimate Seduction

FineAle wrote:

It's a pity he loves himself a bit too much!

Who cares. It'll be exiting to watch him pissing people off over the next few years. MvGs biggest rival when he joins the tour I think. Big cojones

ArmaniJeanss

Some good games today.

All 10-9s so far with wins for Taylor, Whitlock and Wright against Cadby, Wade and Smiffy.

FineAle

Gurney vs Anderson: Great close knit game, Anderson will be livid with himself after that poor start. 14 missed chances at doubles before netting his first, a horrid first leg from him which he had sown up. Gurney coming on leaps and bounds.

Taylor vs Cadby: Another great game. Cadby should have made it two straight wins, lost his concentration at 8-6 up. If Cadby keeps this form up, he should be able make a mark come the worlds.

Liamalone

Tailor calling Cadby Cadbury in post match interview, snidey boy lol

ArmaniJeanss

Another week, another city in upsidedown land as the World Series moves onto Perth on Friday morning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Perth_Darts_Masters

MVG and Adrian Lewis remain on paternity leave so its the same players we've got to know and indeed love over the last few weekends.
Cadby has RVB first up again this week, with the winner likely playing Taylor in the quarter finals, as the PDC proves again that the one thing they are incapable of is giving us a fresh interesting draw.

eir in the mornings, ITV4 in the evenings, you know the drill.

Liamalone

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

eir in the mornings, ITV4 in the evenings, you know the drill.

Day 2 doesn't seem to be on live on Eir, Formula One on instead.

PTH2009

The PDC 2018 calender is out. For the first time ever Dublin will kick off the 2018 Premier League on Thursday 1st Feb and Berlin will host a night for the first time ever

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/08/28/2018-pdc-calendar-confirmed

Ultimate Seduction

Not mad about the premier league but definitely hitting Dublin that night, place will be hopping!

PTH2009

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Not mad about the premier league but definitely hitting Dublin that night, place will be hopping!

Think I'll give it a miss next year but they are good nights

ArmaniJeanss

Brighton seems to be the one dropped for Berlin.

When Brighton was introduced in the 2007 Darts PL it was one of the biggest venues they'd used up to then and was the location of Finals night.

FineAle

Dutch Dart Masters - September 1st-3rd 2017

Top 16 Involved:

Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
Mensur Suljović
Simon Whitlock
Michael Smith
Ian White
Kim Huybrechts
Benito van de Pas
Daryl Gurney
Jelle Klaasen
Alan Norris
Joe Cullen
Cristo Reyes
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Mervyn King

Plus 16 UK Qualifiers


Paddy Power Odds:

MVG 4/5 vs Rest of the Field 10/11

Liamalone

I think MVG had a wain recently, might still yet be feeling the effects of the wife moaning and be off his game.

Ultimate Seduction

Liamalone wrote:

I think MVG had a wain recently, might still yet be feeling the effects of the wife moaning and be off his game.

There's some stat I seen before about players going on crazy good form after 1st child is born. It's eery how often it happens.

Ultimate Seduction

Does anyone on this forum play online darts on WDA?

bassy

Is it on tv any where or a good stream?

Ultimate Seduction

bassy wrote:

Is it on tv any where or a good stream?

You'd have to subscribe to PDC.tv for a good quality stream. Only 4 quid a month worth it. No minimum subscription so you can order for 1 month. Couple of Euro tours and floor tournaments coming up this month.

bassy

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

You'd have to subscribe to PDC.tv for a good quality stream. Only 4 quid a month worth it. No minimum subscription so you can order for 1 month. Couple of Euro tours and floor tournaments coming up this month.

Thanks for your replie.

FineAle

Steve Beaton vs John Henderson in tonight's Quarter Final. Great to see these at it, top lads.