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bassy

sc86 wrote: »

stephen bunting done same in his first year on the order of merit
think he was top 20 by the time the worlds was on
how long did that last?
i could name 10 others that have done the same and are nowhere now

plenty have showed form for few months
be consistant over a few years and win a few majors
then you can start to consider if hes top 5 or whatever

wayne mardle comes out with total hyperbowl sh1t and even he wouldnt come out with something as off the charts
as rob cross been 3rd best in the world

Thats what im saying about anderson 2 time back 2 back world champ and same as 2 time back to back world champ lewis,what has lewis done since then nothing and thats where anderson compares.

The both never excelled from winning the big one and i cant see it now at all.what ever about ando i think lewis is struggling on a lot of fronts................................

Ultimate Seduction

sc86 wrote: »

stephen bunting done same in his first year on the order of merit
think he was top 20 by the time the worlds was on
how long did that last?
i could name 10 others that have done the same and are nowhere now

plenty have showed form for few months
be consistant over a few years and win a few majors
then you can start to consider if hes top 5 or whatever

wayne mardle comes out with total hyperbowl sh1t and even he wouldnt come out with something as off the charts
as rob cross been 3rd best in the world

Last comment on this as it is dragging on.


What has how long buntings form lasted gotto do with it? I'm saying right now, on current form, He's definetley top 3-5. There's not 5 players more consistent than him this year, facts don't lie. I'm well aware he's form may drop off and he may become a journey man. Doubt it though. I may have got a bit excited with 3rd because gurney and mensor have won big titles too.

peteeeed

Bunting got out of jail there

peteeeed

Wow what a case of the yips by Benny

crasy dash

Whitlock will be fuming with that display should have won definitely affected by Van Peer
Barry Van Peer hasd a lot of problems with the crowd and his dartisis.

Scorpion Sting

Lads this is the general chat thread, we should use the Grand Slam thread for Grand Slam talk.

Ultimate Seduction

Liamalone wrote: »

True, Steve Beaton is above him for one, surely if he's been doing so well he'd be higher.

Anyways, he's good but he's not third best in the world if he hasn't proved himself on the big stage. Which he hasn't.

Here is the rankings for this year.

Liamalone

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Here is the rankings for this year.

As I said, Rob Cross is not the third best player in the world

peteeeed

Mental breakdowns van peer and Menzies, a tough watch

ArmaniJeanss

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Here is the rankings for this year.

Figures look borked, e.g., Anderson won £160K on the 2nd January this year in the 2017 World Championship.

buster180

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Figures look borked, e.g., Anderson won £160K on the 2nd January this year in the 2017 World Championship.

Thats this years Pro Tour Order Of Merit since January. This is PDC rankings over two years which gives a more accurate form guide
https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-of-merit

sc86

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Figures look borked, e.g., Anderson won £160K on the 2nd January this year in the 2017 World Championship.

dont let the facts get in the way

Ultimate Seduction

Seems van gerwen is as deluded as me, just said cross is without doubt top 4 in the world

krustydoyle

Insane standard of darts tonight lads.. Just unreal at times.. Should be 2 great semi finals and final tomorrow

Ultimate Seduction

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Figures look borked, e.g., Anderson won £160K on the 2nd January this year in the 2017 World Championship.

No point counting money when Cross wasn't on the tour, that's the point I was trying to make..

Liamalone

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Seems van gerwen is as deluded as me, just said cross is without doubt top 4 in the world

You said top three lmao

peteeeed

Decent final , well done MVG

pnpweirdo

I don't think MVG will win the world's. Honestly don't think his head is in the right place. The crowd are starting to get him. Before he used to alway be very composed in interviews after matches and you knew what he was going to say. Now I'm not so sure. It seems like whatever Taylor is up too is messing with his head. Also I think the real Phil Taylor is starting to come out. He really isn't a nice person. It just all adds to drama. Roll on December 14th.

gramar

Taylor is like a fella who on his last day at work goes around to everyone to tell them what he really thinks of them before taking a dump on his desk and heading off out the door.

sc86

shame to see terry jenkins not bother try qualify for the worlds this year
same with ronnie baxter

end of a era , 2 top notch players back in the day

gramar

sc86 wrote: »

shame to see terry jenkins not bother try qualify for the worlds this year
same with ronnie baxter

end of a era , 2 top notch players back in the day

We've seen very little of Baxter over the last few years but Jenkins up to recently has been reasonably competitive. He was going to call it a day a few years ago and kept going but looks like he's winding things down again. Seems a sound fella and always enjoyed watching him.

peteeeed

sc86 wrote: »

shame to see terry jenkins not bother try qualify for the worlds this year
same with ronnie baxter

end of a era , 2 top notch players back in the day

they can fully move onto the exhibition circuit

Ultimate Seduction

pnpweirdo wrote: »

I don't think MVG will win the world's. Honestly don't think his head is in the right place. The crowd are starting to get him. Before he used to alway be very composed in interviews after matches and you knew what he was going to say. Now I'm not so sure. It seems like whatever Taylor is up too is messing with his head. Also I think the real Phil Taylor is starting to come out. He really isn't a nice person. It just all adds to drama. Roll on December 14th.

He's won 3 tv tournaments in the last 30 days, all in dominant fashion with huge averages. He whopped Taylor 16-8. How do you think his head isn't in right place or Taylor mind games getting to him.. :-/
He may not win the world's, but he's definetley back to his best since the Grand Prix.

gramar

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

He's won 3 tv tournaments in the last 30 days, all in dominant fashion with huge averages. He whopped Taylor 16-8. How do you think his head isn't in right place or Taylor mind games getting to him.. :-/
He may not win the world's, but he's definetley back to his best since the Grand Prix.

I was thinking the same. He's winning tournaments and has come through some tough matches so looks the form choice to me. Set format can level
the playing field a bit and it can be a bit stop start but really hard to see him as anything other than favourite and deservedly so.

peteeeed

is rob cross seeded in the worlds?

Ultimate Seduction

gramar wrote: »

I was thinking the same. He's winning tournaments and has come through some tough matches so looks the form choice to me. Set format can level
the playing field a bit and it can be a bit stop start but really hard to see him as anything other than favourite and deservedly so.

Set format seems to give him the most trouble aright, the grand prix and world's only tournaments he hasn't won 3 times I think? It should definetley be the most interesting worlds yet from a betting point of view, so many players on form this year. Going to have a few "to reach the semi finals" bets.

paulie21

peteeeed wrote: »

is rob cross seeded in the worlds?

Don't think he is. Rod Harrington was saying that all the seeds will dread facing him and he'll go off favourite against most

peteeeed

paulie21 wrote: »

Don't think he is. Rod Harrington was saying that all the seeds will dread facing him and he'll go off favourite against most

big time

ArmaniJeanss

Players Championship starts tomorrow afternoon on ITV4.
One of my favourite tournaments, the one PDC event which emulates the old Lakeside setup/holiday atmosphere with a large proportion of the audience staying in the venue for the whole weekend.

Some interesting matchups in the draw, as always the draw is 'different' because of some players playing in more qualifying events than others, so we have Cross & Gurney as #1 & #2 with MVG down in #6. Wade v Painter probably the pick of the 1st round. Good to see Paul Nicholson back on the big stage after a long absence, though with MVG first up it may not last long.
Steve Lennon and William O'Connor in there for the Irish interest.

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

krustydoyle

PDC are showing Board 2 on their FB page and the Worlds Qualifiers are on Sky Sports FB page too

peteeeed

some strange seedings

Ian White (9) v Raymond van Barneveld (56)

jamesbere

Norris and klassen will be quick

Kingp35

Great 6-5 win there for Willie O'Connor over James Wilson. Great to see him doing well.

KevIRL

Lennon got through first round too.

KevIRL

Mickey mansell beats Gary Anderson 6-3

marklazarcovic

KevIRL wrote: »

Mickey mansell beats Gary Anderson 6-3

Good interview too

KevIRL

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Good interview too

Absolutely excellent. Taylor should take a few lessons from him.

raiders11

KevIRL wrote: »

Absolutely excellent. Taylor should take a few lessons from him.

Just after texting a mate saying same, after all the nasty interviews of late, that was a breath of fresh air, fair play to him

raiders11

Have just watched ITV+1 to watch the start of MVG v NIcholson game again as was only vaguely watching the first time.....Looks as though, Nicholson fills the glass of water for MVG and hands it to him and then they both do "Cheers", definitely looks a dig at recent events:):)

marklazarcovic

Lots of big names gone already wow

ArmaniJeanss

Willie O'Connor beats Chizzy, moves into Last 16.
Plays winner of Justin Pipe & Johnny Cougar-Mellencamp.

ArmaniJeanss

Bunting beats Suljovic.
Kinda feel these shocks are just making it easier for MVG to cruise to the title though. This round being the best of 11 is probably the best chance for him to be beaten I think, once it goes best of 19 then he will be so much harder to get past. So there'll be a lot of players cheering on Steve West.

KevIRL

Gurney gets thru after a dodgy first session

marklazarcovic

How good was mvg there,Steve west threw it all at him early on but got blown away

Ultimate Seduction

How's Willie getting on v pipe? Wish there was a red button option to watch board 2

marklazarcovic

Goldenarrows channel

KevIRL

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

How's Willie getting on v pipe? Wish there was a red button option to watch board 2

Seven all

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1529074907139911&id=147101415337274

Official stream of board 2

KevIRL

Loses 10-9 had tops for the match too

ArmaniJeanss

Ah, Pipe on the main stage tomorrow, joy.

Cross/Lewis was very good, though strange that they had it first up as the rest of the card looks a bit meh.

Ultimate Seduction

KevIRL wrote: »

Seven all

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1529074907139911&id=147101415337274

Official stream of board 2

Sound lad! Didn't realise it was on there. Willie unlucky but he's in top 64 again would love to see him go full time

Is this set to be the first TV title MvG wins 4 times? Hasn't lost on itv in since 2014 not including the Australian events