My username is a tribute to the King of England who sadly died in 1199. The great man also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany. It is in no way connected to the late and greatly missed Scottis...

No love for the shoe horning women into an exbo PL lite event added to the existing PL event then?
What about “Youth Hostelling with Maria O’Brien?”

Sprocket01 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:47 am That Lionheart spastic is something else.

Thanks Sprocket, high praise indeed.

How’s about something a bit different. People have talked about adding Fallon to the Premier League. Not sure if that will be great for her or advance womens game much beyond where we are now As an alternative revert back to 9 player PL, and instead of the meaningless challenger game, give a player ...

For my money the entry levels reflect the levels of real completion in the ladies game. A limited number of serious, committed players with the rest hobby players. Paula Jacklin appearing at Lakeside every year is the most articulate statement of this lack of strength in depth. You're right. That c...

For my money the entry levels reflect the levels of real completion in the ladies game. A limited number of serious, committed players with the rest hobby players. Paula Jacklin appearing at Lakeside every year is the most articulate statement of this lack of strength in depth.

If the worldwide medical profession recommend you have take a jab (which is beautiful in its simplicity and has been taken by millions across the globe with minimal reported adverse effects) to protect against a virus then I’d suggest most sane people would take it. It’s kind of how we virtually era...

Posted on this a few weeks ago - can’t be arsed to find it but some people have a serious flawed understanding of the basics of sports and event promotion. Are you saying that the PDC should have included Lisa Ashton instead because she has a tourcard? Yes - the PDC should stymie their efforts to s...

Found my original post “ Why does any professional sport exist? To make money. Prior to the advent of mass media, sportsmen were paid either because someone would pay to watch them or someone would bet on the outcome. Bums on seats. With the advent of TV, added to the equation was eyes on sets.Then ...

Posted on this a few weeks ago - can’t be arsed to find it but some people have a serious flawed understanding of the basics of sports and event promotion. Are you saying that the PDC should have included Lisa Ashton instead because she has a tourcard? I really hope he is summarising this shambles ...

Posted on this a few weeks ago - can’t be arsed to find it but some people have a serious flawed understanding of the basics of sports and event promotion. Are you saying that the PDC should have included Lisa Ashton instead because she has a tourcard? Yes - the PDC should stymie their efforts to s...

Posted on this a few weeks ago - can’t be arsed to find it but some people have a serious flawed understanding of the basics of sports and event promotion.

The amateur side of game been a shambles for years as well documented. Covid situation should have been the time to completely stop, re-think and re-set. Instead it appears that no lessons have been learned and same old self interest groups (who were culpable for the mess in first place) have blindl...

My problem is the blogger is entitled to free speech on his blog, unless he is inciting murder,and other criminal activity. You dont have to be a journalist to be entitled to free speech, this notion of just claiming "I am a journalist" because you put words on a keyboard is ridiculous, t...

FFS gents, it is not hard to grasp: you don’t need to actively incite murder on a blog to be sued. I quoted a VERY recent case where(-and it’s only me opinion) it proved that if you you have the time, money and inclination you can cripple a blogger/journalist very quickly. I’d love to have gone to w...

Legally the blogger v journalist issue still a greyish area. I won’t quote cases etc as they are easily accessible on line, as are a host of articles. As in the discussion above, defining oneself as either a blogger or journalist doesn’t really matter, until that is someone tries to sue you. It’s at...

Kevin Burrows was arguably worse though.

I genuinely have no interest in the PDC v BDO battle. That ship sailed many years ago. In the spirit of genuine debate though I’ll reply. Garry - I scrupulously avoided any comment on quality in my post. I agree the quality of BDO competition declined seriously. I refer you to my point of differenc...

Very few top class players in any sport, make the jump from competitor to pundit. Or to manager/coach for that matter. With some honourable exceptions. Eric was head and shoulders above his competition in his heyday it’s hard to empathise or understand why everyone can’t lamp in 180s as standard or ...

I genuinely have no interest in the PDC v BDO battle. That ship sailed many years ago. In the spirit of genuine debate though I’ll reply. Garry - I scrupulously avoided any comment on quality in my post. I agree the quality of BDO competition declined seriously. I refer you to my point of difference...