Grand Slam of Darts

Dillonb3 · 05-11-2021 6:21pm #1

Draw for the grand slam was made:

2021 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts Draw

Group A

(1) Gerwyn Price

Krzysztof Ratajski

Martin Schindler

Nathan Rafferty

Group B

(8) Jonny Clayton

Mervyn King

Bradley Brooks

European Development Tour Champion

Group C

(4) James Wade

Rob Cross

Boris Krcmar

Jim Williams

Group D

(5) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Stephen Bunting

Ryan Joyce

Rowby-John Rodriguez

Group E

(2) Peter Wright

Gabriel Clemens

Mike De Decker

Fallon Sherrock

Group F

(7) Jose de Sousa

Luke Humphries

Mensur Suljovic

Matt Campbell

Group G

(3) Michael van Gerwen

Joe Cullen

John Henderson

Lisa Ashton

Group H

(6) Gary Anderson

Michael Smith

Raymond van Barneveld

Joe Davis

Group H probably the most competitive looking with Anderson not throwing great lately

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/11/05/wright-faces-sherrock-cazoo-grand-slam-darts-draw-confirmed

Swaine · 09-11-2021 8:14pm

Interesting to see how Wright throws in this. He has been shocking of late and looks to be in serious decline.

Timmy O Toole · 10-11-2021 5:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118143250#Comment_118143250

Serious decline he is not. He won a tournament two months ago. Won five tournaments this year including the World matchplay.

Kingp35 · 10-11-2021 10:02am

In fairness, he has been mostly terrible since winning the Matchplay but as usual it's down to his tinkering with his darts. He's gone out in the 1st Round in the last 3 TV tournaments so he is definitely in danger of not getting out of the groups in this if he's still messing around with his setup.

Kingp35 · 11-11-2021 12:53pm

https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/1458766670365958152?s=20

Dimi out due to positive Covid test. I'm not sure how they decided that Dobey was first replacement.

Dillonb3 · 12-11-2021 9:55pm

Don't know how Dobey got in, thought Aspinall would've been next in line

ArmaniJeanss · 12-11-2021 10:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118158458#Comment_118158458

It seems to be above board, in that Dobey was the next in line via number of Players Championship events won which is the second level of qualification.

ThebitterLemon · 13-11-2021 2:11pm

Great start to tournament with that Joyce v Bunting game. Hopefully lots more of that to come

TbL

Dillonb3 · 13-11-2021 2:24pm

Bad loss for King and he still has Clayton to deal with

13-11-2021 2:33pm

Johnny Clayton & Michael Smith........i just LOVE their way of throwing!!!!!!!!

No way would I write off snakebite, ok so he's been poor in 2021 but he does love the big stage.

As a total " aside" ..... I got tickets for the Ally Pally next year.......am I looking forward to that or what????

ThebitterLemon · 13-11-2021 2:58pm

Jesus Wade is plumbing new depths of crap!!!

TbL

Dillonb3 · 13-11-2021 3:05pm

Was Wade throwing his dummy out of the pram at the end there?

Dillonb3 · 13-11-2021 4:23pm

Rafferty was really unlucky against Price there

ThebitterLemon · 13-11-2021 4:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118161317#Comment_118161317

very poor attempt at 82, pressure told in the end, but fair play pushed him to the wire

TbL

shockframe · 13-11-2021 7:21pm

Today was very enjoyable.

Tonight looks a bit dull though. Hopefully I'm wrong.

ThebitterLemon · 13-11-2021 8:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118162192#Comment_118162192

You’re not so far. Duller than dull 😳

TbL

Deeper Blue · 13-11-2021 9:07pm

Commentator: "It's a hard game to call"

MvG was 1/12 with the bookies ffs!

Dillonb3 · 13-11-2021 9:14pm

Very dominant performance from MVG

13-11-2021 9:29pm

Joe Cullen throwing some lovely arrows!!!!

Some great scoring this evening

Dillonb3 · 13-11-2021 9:39pm

Cullen and MVG certain to get out of the group after that

Deeper Blue · 13-11-2021 9:47pm

Poor fare so far this evening, every game seems to be 5-0 or 5-1, hopefully the last few games liven things up

Deeper Blue · 13-11-2021 10:55pm

Good game there between Smith and Barney

As usual Smith talks a good game in his interview afterwards.

I predict he'll fill his togs in the quarters/semis.

shockframe · 14-11-2021 1:35pm

Schindler his usual self but Rafferty looks a decent player.

14-11-2021 1:49pm

Rusty Jake was happy there with his 107 out... He's been good on the doubles from what I've seen of him.. Might be decent when he settles, and doesn't have to prove how good he is...

Rikand · 14-11-2021 8:33pm

Ashton played well but big John just played better

Porthallian · 14-11-2021 8:42pm

I like Fallon Sherrock, but part of me hopes she crashes out as I'm sick of these OTT promos and the ridiculous amount of coverage she's given. That whole Liam Gallagher Shockwave VT was cringe.

hawkwing · 14-11-2021 8:54pm

Tidy darts from Sherrock there

Dillonb3 · 14-11-2021 9:01pm

Wonder what the odds of a 5 nil were? De Decker was terrible hitting a 75 avg

Rikand · 14-11-2021 9:31pm

Sherrock played class though. She never gave him a chance

boomdocker · 15-11-2021 4:38pm

Qualifying needs to be looked at - Nathan Aspinall no. 9 in the world and not playing? That's nonsense...

15-11-2021 7:02pm

Chris dobey and gerwyn price............ double @ 11/8,,,,,,,,,,, worth €20, I fancy both to win

Porthallian · 15-11-2021 7:14pm

Think Dobey needs a 5-0 win to have any chance of qualifying as he's currently on -4 legs. Wonder will that effect him if it goes 2-2 for example

Edit: ignore that. Rowby-John and Bunting already have 2 points each. Dobey was out regardless of this result.

15-11-2021 7:35pm

Jeez, Dobey made hard work of those last st couple of legs.......Ryan threw some nice arrows

Dillonb3 · 15-11-2021 8:00pm

Class effort from Schindler. Some amount of 140's he hit mid game to the end

15-11-2021 8:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118171266#Comment_118171266

Jeez...... lost my €20 on Price!!!!!!!

Brilliant final/9th leg from Schindler.......I DID NOT see that coming

Degag · 15-11-2021 8:05pm

Jaysus, some height on Boris!

Dillonb3 · 15-11-2021 8:22pm

Krcmar leaving in a complete huff there 😄

Porthallian · 15-11-2021 8:30pm

Not sure what was up with big Boris there? Didn't even shake hands with Williams

Rikand · 15-11-2021 10:21pm

Nice match between Brooks and Rusty. Great pace of play and they hit plenty of 180's. Just a bit ropey on the doubles which was understandable

Rikand · 15-11-2021 10:31pm

Ratajski fairly blew that one

Rikand · 15-11-2021 10:53pm

Class darts from Rowby John

Kingp35 · 16-11-2021 10:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118170583#Comment_118170583

In fairness the qualifying criteria is known well in advance and Aspinall didn't do enough to qualify. He has no one to blame but himself.

shockframe · 16-11-2021 1:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118173797#Comment_118173797

Most of the players are aware that the GSOD is not run in the same manner as the other PDC events. It was originally sold as PDC v BDO.

To be fair to him Aspinall hasn't complained about it yet. He has about 40 tournaments a year so its a long way away from the years before Hearn got involved.

It was a bit odd that Wade and Gando were moaning about the BDO being included before. It helped them build their reputation and a lot of the BDO players switched anyways. They were slightly fortunate they were there just before the PDC pro tour got extremely tough.

16-11-2021 6:15pm

First 4 games tonight should all be fairly straightforward....

Michael Smith, Joe Cullen, MVG& mensur suljovic......... hard to see any of them NOT winning

TheChrisD · 16-11-2021 7:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118176732#Comment_118176732

Hard to see, but Smith is seemingly doing his best to make it a reality 😅

boomdocker · 16-11-2021 9:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118173797#Comment_118173797

Yes indeed, but I' have thought that for a TV tournament of this magnitude you might have an exemption for the top 10

I'd rather see Aspinall play over some of the dross on show this week

And don;t get me started on Barney......

Rikand · 16-11-2021 10:10pm

How on earth did Sherrock do that? That was unreal! and 170 to win it out after 4 legs on the spin! Just class :D

Especially after blowing the first leg

shockframe · 16-11-2021 10:11pm

Holy 170 match winning checkout Batman!

Dillonb3 · 16-11-2021 10:15pm

141 and 170 were class checkouts. She looked to have hit more 140s than Clemens as well

shockframe · 16-11-2021 10:43pm

Great performance from Anderson.

ArmaniJeanss · 16-11-2021 11:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118177811#Comment_118177811

It's kind of an anomaly the way it's worked out in his case, but I don't think it means there's a flaw with the qualifying.

Like either winning or runner-up in any of the last 10 TV tournaments would have got him a place. Or winning just 2 of the 30 floor events. It's actually pretty mad that he's maintained a ranking of 9 without fulfilling either of those criteria. Clearly he's had lots of quarter/semi appearances along the way, which will continue to get him into the TV stage of all the other events. This one is like a 'Champion of Champions' event rewarding those who binked an actual win, even if some of the wins are in dubious events/challenger series.

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