PDC World Darts Championship 2019/20

MileHighGuy

You'd almost have to ignore DeZwaan score-to-score....he can ease in a 180 like it is nothing and go through some real purple patches, but just wait your chance for his inevitable 41s and missed doubles.

Maybe I'm doing a bit of a disservice and he's playing down to Young's standard.

Itssoeasy

tayto lover wrote: »

Barney was beaten the other night.
You won be seeing him in this competition again.

I know that. It was a sign someone had the crowd.

Degag

MileHighGuy wrote: »

You'd almost have to ignore DeZwaan score-to-score....he can ease in a 180 like it is nothing and go through some real purple patches, but just wait your chance for his inevitable 41s and missed doubles.

Maybe I'm doing a bit of a disservice and he's playing down to Young's standard.

Yeah, this time last year he looked a future world champion when he played Cross.

ArmaniJeanss

Andrew00 wrote: »

Looks like most are leaving now.

If u pay for tickets would u not wait until all the matches are over

Can be a bit of a mare to get from one side of London to the other (taxi situation is like Dublin in the 90s), so people have to leave to get back to the centre of London for their last tube/train home.

It's why the venues where most people stay on site for days at a time (Lakeside, Minehead) are better craic I reckon.

Itssoeasy

You’d feel sorry for the two lads on now. Crowd is checked out.

MileHighGuy

Degag wrote: »

Feck it. Working for it so.

I'll be in the pub, but might slip outside for 45 minutes to catch it on my phone.
She's actually a bit unlucky to have drawn Suljovic , top 5 player a couple of years ago and still on the cusp of the top 10.

If she plays as she did today she should give a good account again.

MileHighGuy

Ok, deciding set and the standard has raised. Could be game on from here.

Itssoeasy

MileHighGuy wrote: »

I'll be in the pub, but might slip outside for 45 minutes to catch it on my phone.
She's actually a bit unlucky to have drawn Suljovic , top 5 player a couple of years ago and still on the cusp of the top 10.

If she plays as she did today she should give a good account again.

Wouldn’t the pub not be showing it ? Probably a stupid question as if they were you wouldn’t have said you’d watch it on your phone.

Deciding set.

Justin Credible Darts

think Young is done.....he failed to make hay when the sun was shining

MileHighGuy

Young really holds the dart right at the front of the tip. I don't think I've seen a player hold it so far forward. A wonder it flies straight at all.

DeZwaan hitting the gas now.

MileHighGuy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Wouldn’t the pub not be showing it ? Probably a stupid question as if they were you wouldn’t have said you’d watch it on your phone.

Deciding set.

Not the pub I *have* to go to I'm afraid, far too cool for Live Sports, never mind darts. That said, they actually do have a dart board!

*as in I'm being dragged to, not that I myself feel I have to go to it

MileHighGuy

Just thinking a bit more about the women in the men's game, what would happen if Sherrock came up against a Gerwyn Price (or type) that like to react, shout, get in your face......I'm sure the players would either need to tone it down or turn it off altogether or face consequences. Would be a very, very bad look.

shockframe

MileHighGuy wrote: »

Just thinking a bit more about the women in the men's game, what would happen if Sherrock came up against a Gerwyn Price (or type) that like to react, shout, get in your face......I'm sure the players would either need to tone it down or turn it off altogether or face consequences. Would be a very, very bad look.

That's nothing. She's plays Paula Jacklin regularly.

Justin Credible Darts

shockframe wrote: »

That's nothing. She's plays Paula Jacklin regularly.

superb

Degag

MileHighGuy wrote: »

Just thinking a bit more about the women in the men's game, what would happen if Sherrock came up against a Gerwyn Price (or type) that like to react, shout, get in your face......I'm sure the players would either need to tone it down or turn it off altogether or face consequences. Would be a very, very bad look.

Price was like a little baby when he played Suzuki in the GSOD. Hardly any gesticulations at all.

diusmr8a504cvk

Will I Am Not wrote: »

Ah right, just seen the replay. Wasn’t sure what went on.
One of the Asian lads last year had 50 left, 3 darts in hand, boom, bullseye :pac:
I love that sort of stuff.

Yanks are unreal for it too only worse. Fist bump after each throw.

NoviGlitzko

Don't see why some people are having a go at the crowd/Sky for the Fallon match bar the booing at times from drunken egits. Can't blame everyone for wanting to see her win so badly and create history. Was delighted for her when she won. Brilliant performance.

Deeper Blue

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Don't see why some people are having a go at the crowd/Sky for the Fallon match bar the booing at times from drunken egits. Can't blame everyone for wanting to see her win so badly and create history. Was delighted for her when she won. Brilliant performance.

Vociferously booing a 22 year old who's done absolutely nothing to deserve that type of treatment is a disgrace and was rightly called out by most people here and also on Twitter.

I don't care who he was playing against or what "history" was being made, it's out of order and the ref should've intervened a lot earlier.

Lazarus2.0

Vociferously booing anyone is a disgrace but that is the beast that the PDC world has become. The crowd pay high entry fees, are encouraged to drink copious amounts of alcohol at extortionate prices and you expect them to see and respect two superb dart players (or not, as the case may be) through the slits in their bananaskin suits, batman outfits or whatever tf they turn up in? Good luck to any ref who thinks he can turn that hivemind around ...

Ted Evetts is a super young player and well respected on the circuit - there'll be no stigma attached to his being beaten by Fallon Sherrock other than it's obviously going to go down in the history books. Most of the players will be just glad they didn't get drawn against her! He played well himself and handled the defeat well, though I sure hope he at least gains from the experience of having had to play with the crowd against him. He's young enough and good enough to kick on from here.

Justin Credible Darts

NDWC wrote: »

Vociferously booing a 22 year old who's done absolutely nothing to deserve that type of treatment is a disgrace and was rightly called out by most people here and also on Twitter.

I don't care who he was playing against or what "history" was being made, it's out of order and the ref should've intervened a lot earlier.

comms made no mention of the booing
ref did not make a comment til neat the end of the last set


the same comms that were silent are the same people who harp on about sportsmanship.


i am delighted for fallon, but barry hearn has often stated the pdc is equal opportunities for men and women, but so why do the women have their own qualifiers ?
surely if its equal the should enter the same qualifiers as the men,


it all a publicity stunt, that has paid off well, and attracted even more publicity for the PDC, but the booing wont go unmissed by many.
As you say, a 22 year old kid getting that treatment was wrong and any neutral fan not swept up in the hyped will see it for what it was.

Degag

Some people seem to think this is the first time a player has ever been booed at a PDC event.

peteeeed

Degag wrote: »

Some people seem to think this is the first time a player has ever been booed at a PDC event.

amen to that , few boomers in here , crying about a guy getting boo'd playing a woman

shockframe

Degag wrote: »

Some people seem to think this is the first time a player has ever been booed at a PDC event.

And he wasn't the first Ted at a world championship to get pelters from the crowd.

peteeeed

https://twitter.com/SuperTed180/status/1207229105030279168?s=20

Scoundrel

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Fallon could win the men’s BDO tournament playing like the way she is.

She could start by winning the womens one first...

Kingp35

Scoundrel wrote: »

She could start by winning the womens one first...

She might not get the chance the way ticket sales are going!

bassy

Sky would rattle your hole still on about sherrock from last nite,oh lord all mighty above.wait till mardle is on tonight here we go again......................

boomdocker

bassy wrote: »

Sky would rattle your hole still on about sherrock from last nite,oh lord all mighty above.wait till mardle is on tonight here we go again......................

Some carry on if she beats Suljovic

Scoundrel

Kingp35 wrote: »

She might not get the chance the way ticket sales are going!

True enough though I think they'll go through with it at this stage it's a real pity to see it in the mess it is because at least at BDO worlds the crowd there are darts fans not eejits dressed up as bananas singing about Yaya Toure.

bassy

boomdocker wrote: »

Some carry on if she beats Suljovic

Not being a mean twat here,but I hope mensur burys her soley because of the sky carry on...............

Porthallian

Do Sherrock and Suzuki now take part in the Women's BDO championship after taking part in the Men's PDC? I'm a bit confused. Do they not need to crossover like Durrant etc have done? Or the way it's setup can they continue to play in both?

KevIRL

Really poor stuff from Mickey mansell there

Scoundrel

Porthallian wrote: »

Do Sherrock and Suzuki now take part in the Women's BDO championship after taking part in the Men's PDC? I'm a bit confused. Do they not need to crossover like Durrant etc have done? Or the way it's setup can they continue to play in both?

They keep playing in the womens BDO no problem

Porthallian

Scoundrel wrote: »

They keep playing in the womens BDO no problem

But men can't enter that right? :P

Scoundrel

Porthallian wrote: »

But men can't enter that right? :P

Not yet anyway:D

Scoundrel

Crowd an absolute disgrace during that last game as well the PDC really need to tighten up on this.

Bob Harris

Scoundrel wrote: »

They keep playing in the womens BDO no problem

I reckon Barney might turn up saying he identifies as a women and calling himself Bernie. He seems hormonal enough anyway.

Kingp35

Scoundrel wrote: »

Crowd an absolute disgrace during that last game as well the PDC really need to tighten up on this.

Not watching, in work. Who were the booing? Razma?

Loafing Oaf

Kingp35 wrote: »

Not watching, in work. Who were the booing? Razma?

Ted Evetts, for having the gall to be trying his best to beat the woman.

I seem to remember hearing 'the very best of order please' a lot from the MC years ago but they seem to have decided to let the crowd at it in recent years...

US2

Dont understand why Fallon keeps saying the ladies need an opportunity to show they can play with men. The opportunity has always been there, they can join Q school, unless of course they dont actually want equality, they want special treatment

Kingp35

US2 wrote: »

Dont understand why Fallon keeps saying the ladies need an opportunity to show they can play with men. The opportunity has always been there, they can join Q school, unless of course they dont actually want equality, they want special treatment

She's wrong, two spots are enough. They need a bit of help at the start to promote the game and get more women playing.

How did your prediction of a woman never beating a top 128 man work out?

She averaged higher than a load of men in the first round.

US2

Kingp35 wrote: »

She's wrong, two spots are enough. They need a bit of help at the start to promote the game and get more women playing.

How did your prediction of a woman never beating a top 128 man work out?

She averaged higher than a load of men in the first round.

It didnt work out well. Delighted to be proven wrong. She threw some unbelievable darts especially at t20. She did beat a 22 year old ranked 77 with 3000 people booing his every throw..

Bob Harris

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Ted Evetts, for having the gall to be trying his best to beat the woman.

I seem to remember hearing 'the very best of order please' a lot from the MC years ago but they seem to have decided to let the crowd at it in recent years...

They used to say that when there were a few hundred at it.
Not a hope with over 2,500 mostly boozed up darts fans.

Loafing Oaf

Gotta love the darts. What other sport could a guy like Bunting get to the top in? Chess maybe...

Porthallian

Scoundrel wrote: »

Not yet anyway:D

So much for equality then :P

PTH2009

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Gotta love the darts. What other sport could a guy like Bunting get to the top in? Chess maybe...

Wait til u see big John Henderson

Loafing Oaf

PTH2009 wrote: »

Wait til u see big John Henderson

I could imagine Hendo being converted into a prop forward if he did a bit of work at the gym. Bunting just looks like a fat speccy geek

Scoundrel

Kingp35 wrote: »

Not watching, in work. Who were the booing? Razma?

Yeah pretty bad booing the foreign guy by the sounds of it

Bob Harris

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

I could imagine Hendo being converted into a prop forward if he did a bit of work at the gym. Bunting just looks like a fat speccy geek

Scoundrel

Bob Harris wrote: »

I reckon Barney might turn up saying he identifies as a women and calling himself Bernie. He seems hormonal enough anyway.

Wouldn't beat Maria O Brien the way he's going