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"Worst" World Champion

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    #62
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,703 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    I cannot stand that tall presenter on Channel 4 with the big nose. He is horrendous. He tries to polish a turd the whole time. Likes to make everything sound exciting, when a lot of it isn't


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    #63
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    I cannot stand that tall presenter on Channel 4 with the big nose. He is horrendous. He tries to polish a turd the whole time. Likes to make everything sound exciting, when a lot of it isn't

    Complete oposite then of the woman out the back with the lovely boobs who interviews the players. She basically tells them how **** they played and how they'll have to up there game


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    #64
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users Posts: 12,703 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Complete oposite then of the woman out the back with the lovely boobs who interviews the players. She basically tells them how **** they played and how they'll have to up there game

    There are two crackers out the back. One of them looks a bit like Aleisha Dixon. The other one is older but still very foxy


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    #65
    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,276 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    I cannot stand that tall presenter on Channel 4 with the big nose. He is horrendous. He tries to polish a turd the whole time. Likes to make everything sound exciting, when a lot of it isn't

    It's almost as if the channel he works for encourage him to hype things up and try to keep viewers watching. Imagine that.


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    #66
    marklazarcovic
    Registered Users Posts: 6,214 ✭✭✭marklazarcovic


    I loved the bdo growing up,loved the drama,john.lowe,Bob Anderson,jocky,Eric, but it was the only darts to watch,after the split I kinda lost interest mostly because Taylor had zero real competition in the big events,winning finals 7-0 is terrible to watch..

    Especially as he was always a knob Imo, total hypocrite ,he did then what he lambasts mvg and cadby for now..he nearly nutted Dennis the menace after he threw 6 darts of a 9er and was preparing to approach the oche for his next 3..
    Got right in his face..

    And of course his conviction for sexual assault on two counts and attitude afterwards cemented my dislike of the guy.

    (Amazes me how defensive his fans are over his conviction)

    Cross wupping him in the final was brilliant,could only have been bettered if it we're mvg or Barney...or... Gurney


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    #67
    minty16
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭minty16


    John Walton without question.
    The talk about the standard of BDO darts on here is absolutely laughable.
    Clearly none of the idiots play darts . Never thought we'd see the day that we have armchair darts fans in the style of the idiot shouting at his screen at the football match.
    Cross final wasn't impressive?

    Oh my god,
    Total gimps. The best performance in world championship history by a long shot.
    He would have smashed Taylor in nearly every one of his 16 wins playing like that.
    Dont come on here often and I doubt Ill come back any time soon after reading this rubbish.


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    #68
    minty16
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭minty16


    Mark McGeeney would have ran away with this competition :D


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    #69
    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,276 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    minty16 wrote: »
    John Walton without question.
    The talk about the standard of BDO darts on here is absolutely laughable.
    Clearly none of the idiots play darts . Never thought we'd see the day that we have armchair darts fans in the style of the idiot shouting at his screen at the football match.
    Cross final wasn't impressive?

    Oh my god,
    Total gimps. The best performance in world championship history by a long shot.
    He would have smashed Taylor in nearly every one of his 16 wins playing like that.
    Dont come on here often and I doubt Ill come back any time soon after reading this rubbish.

    1995 England Phil Taylor (94.11)
    1996 England Phil Taylor (98.52)
    1997 England Phil Taylor (100.92)
    1998 England Phil Taylor (103.98)
    1999 England Phil Taylor (97.11)
    2000 England Phil Taylor (94.42)
    2001 England Phil Taylor (107.46)
    2002 England Phil Taylor (98.47)
    2004 England Phil Taylor (96.03)
    2005 England Phil Taylor (96.14)
    2006 England Phil Taylor (106.74)
    2009 England Phil Taylor (110.94)
    2010 England Phil Taylor (104.38)
    2013 England Phil Taylor (103.04)

    7 out of 14 PDC wins over 100 average.
    6 of those being over 103.

    Lets not be too hyperbolic here.

    Taylors 110 average vs Barney in 2009 remains the benchmark for finals.


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    #70
    sc86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,882 ✭✭✭sc86


    minty16 wrote: »
    John Walton without question.
    The talk about the standard of BDO darts on here is absolutely laughable.
    Clearly none of the idiots play darts . Never thought we'd see the day that we have armchair darts fans in the style of the idiot shouting at his screen at the football match.
    Cross final wasn't impressive?

    Oh my god,
    Total gimps. The best performance in world championship history by a long shot.
    He would have smashed Taylor in nearly every one of his 16 wins playing like that.
    Dont come on here often and I doubt Ill come back any time soon after reading this rubbish.

    year on year the rubbish posted gets worse


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    #71
    minty16
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭minty16


    mdwexford wrote: »
    1995 England Phil Taylor (94.11)
    1996 England Phil Taylor (98.52)
    1997 England Phil Taylor (100.92)
    1998 England Phil Taylor (103.98)
    1999 England Phil Taylor (97.11)
    2000 England Phil Taylor (94.42)
    2001 England Phil Taylor (107.46)
    2002 England Phil Taylor (98.47)
    2004 England Phil Taylor (96.03)
    2005 England Phil Taylor (96.14)
    2006 England Phil Taylor (106.74)
    2009 England Phil Taylor (110.94)
    2010 England Phil Taylor (104.38)
    2013 England Phil Taylor (103.04)

    7 out of 14 PDC wins over 100 average.
    6 of those being over 103.

    Lets not be too hyperbolic here.

    Taylors 110 average vs Barney in 2009 remains the benchmark for finals.

    Considering less than 2 percent of games in PDC world championships are won by the player with the lower average, (surprised when I heard that too)
    Cross most likely wins 14 or 15/16 and smashes him in 7 or 8 .

    2009 was a superb performance from Phil I have probably over looked that in the heat of the moment. Considering what both he and Barney had done all week It should rightly go down as the greatest performance thus far.


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    #72
    Petyr Baelish
    Registered Users Posts: 264 ✭✭Petyr Baelish


    minty16 wrote: »
    Considering less than 2 percent of games in PDC world championships are won by the player with the lower average, (surprised when I heard that too)
    Cross most likely wins 14 or 15/16 and smashes him in 7 or 8 .

    2009 was a superb performance from Phil I have probably over looked that in the heat of the moment. Considering what both he and Barney had done all week It should rightly go down as the greatest performance thus far.

    Your theory is flawed. You are basing it on Cross's performance in his one and only WC. Let's wait and see how he goes over the next 25 years or so before rushing to conclusions like that.


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    #73
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,399 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    In defence of Phils Taylors early averages he was often getting no help at all from his opponent.
    If the other guy can go out in 15 darts regularly (and the odd 12) on their own throw then it can be quite a bump to your own average.
    Whereas Phil was often having to do it all himself.


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    #74
    sc86
    Registered Users Posts: 2,882 ✭✭✭sc86


    pdc finals were terrible for alot of late 90s to mid 00s
    alot 1 sided


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    #75
    ThebitterLemon
    Registered Users Posts: 6,625 ✭✭✭ThebitterLemon


    sc86 wrote: »
    pdc finals were terrible for alot of late 90s to mid 00s
    alot 1 sided

    Agreed I'd prefer to watch a tense close match like last night rather than Phil handing Manley his ass 6-0!

    TbL


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    #76
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    ArmaniJeanss wrote: »
    In defence of Phils Taylors early averages he was often getting no help at all from his opponent.
    If the other guy can go out in 15 darts regularly (and the odd 12) on their own throw then it can be quite a bump to your own average.
    Whereas Phil was often having to do it all himself.

    The dartbards were also extremely poor back then with thick wires and clips around the bullseye, The improvement in the boards have helped to improve averages.


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    #77
    danganabu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭danganabu


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    I cannot stand that tall presenter on Channel 4 with the big nose. He is horrendous. He tries to polish a turd the whole time. Likes to make everything sound exciting, when a lot of it isn't

    Thankfully Sky and Mardle et al dont partake in any such nonesense :rolleyes:


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    #78
    leggo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    ThebitterLemon wrote: »
    Agreed I'd prefer to watch a tense close match like last night rather than Phil handing Manley his ass 6-0!

    TbL

    That was a great final though in its own way: the year Manley was a total villain for psyching out a young Adrian Lewis and Taylor came out to defend his prodigy, totally humbling Manley in the process. I always liked Manley more but it was one of the few times Phil got to be the hero to the public.


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    #79
    ThebitterLemon
    Registered Users Posts: 6,625 ✭✭✭ThebitterLemon


    leggo wrote: »
    That was a great final though in its own way: the year Manley was a total villain for psyching out a young Adrian Lewis and Taylor came out to defend his prodigy, totally humbling Manley in the process. I always liked Manley more but it was one of the few times Phil got to be the hero to the public.

    Yea but the final itself had very little drama.

    Last Sunday the pendulum was swinging both directions and either man could have easily won it.

    TbL


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