ILAD wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:13 pm

BOOM wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:01 pm Van den Bergh winning a major title before Michael Smith - you have to laugh

Not really, when has Smith ever looked close, Dimitri looked the part all week. The kid deserved it.

As some people say, , whoosh.

Rout wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:22 pm Durrants scoring has gone off a cliff

It's the semi-final of a major, so to be expected.

Isn't a county system an outdated concept anyway? I include cricket as well as darts. You want some geographical subdivision of responsibity for development and lower level play. But, otherwise I agree. Technology makes organisation and travel so much easier that it is redundant for higher level co...

DavidOwen67 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:02 am

markymark wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:52 pm Paula to be awarded World title.

Having seen her play at Lakeside I think she'd lose in an empty room.

... in the UK.

Interesting changes, assuming a similar structure to before: - Post van Barneveld, the Netherlands is far less important. (Ironic if van der Voort wins the Matchplay). - The Henderson thing is over, but Aberdeen gets a last-8 week - Similarly, Glasgow gets a last 8 week. - O2 is changed to hosting t...

A very transphobic thread. Trans hasn't been mentioned at all until now. If anything there was just a homophobic comment and the transformation is a bit sexist in its simplicity, since the male-to-female transformations use a stereotype of long, straight hair and the female-to-male use short hair. ...

Kyeavfc wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:41 pm Not sure if it’s been asked... when was the last time top 4 seeds were eliminated from a PDC tv tournament? Can’t recall that happening

Aspinall won the UK Open from outside the top 32, so they must have been eliminated.

But I assume you mean by the quarter-finals. :p

Bye Rob Cross. First seed to tumble, but won't be the last. Will be 1 of about 4 max but was the easiest one to predict. Possibly the worst defending champion in the history of the event and no one should be surprised he lost. Larry Butler was the first winner. Colin Lloyd averaged 90 in his first ...

White. Because I want to see how many times people say that it doesn't count as a major win. I think that's just as likely, possibly more, if Durrant were to win. Or Bunting. Or Ratajski. Or Noppert. I don't think Durrant. He can choke in any venue. White is the ultimate floor player, so it has to ...

White. Because I want to see how many times people say that it doesn't count as a major win.

Price v Petersen - no leg over FOURTEEN darts until the final one - ridiculous standard. 14, 11, 14, 12, 12, 13, 11, 12, 14, 11, 12, 14, 18. That is insane. Price 4 x 180, 2 x 177 and a 124 checkout. Petersen 7 x 180 and a 170 checkout. Assuming equal probability of players going out in 14 darts or...

Price v Petersen - no leg over FOURTEEN darts until the final one - ridiculous standard. 14, 11, 14, 12, 12, 13, 11, 12, 14, 11, 12, 14, 18. That is insane. Price 4 x 180, 2 x 177 and a 124 checkout. Petersen 7 x 180 and a 170 checkout. Assuming equal probability of players going out in 14 darts or...

oche balboa wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:20 pm 12 players didnt get any money

Even Lisa Ashton and Aaron Beeney had a win, both against 0-out-of-5-ers (Hunt and Waites respectively).

But it was relatively expensive for the hotel and hotel food so to break even players needed at least 2 wins.

Durrant beats Dennant despite poor finishing, because Dennant.
Klaasen missed 3 darts at d18 and de Sousa beats him 6-5.

Intriguing. Potentially a game changer. This completely negates the need for the BDO. Jason Thame / Modus are behind this, but Steve Brown is a very good front man. The company however has been struck off at Companies House? I really don't like the name though. The previous company of that name was...

ILAD wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:26 pm So why didn’t anyone do or say anything?

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Because hindsight is different to foresight.

Actually I'd say the production quality of a TV board is less than a retail board. Because it doesn't have to last as long they put thinner wires and less compacted sisal. Remember a TV board may knly be used for 20 minutes. Those thinner wires on a retail board wouldn't hold up to months of poundi...

I fail to see how this in any way is racist. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52959297 People being unable to distinguish between people of the same ethnicity that's different to your ethnicity is quite normal. That's probably because you see their ethnicity as a distinguishing feature. But someb...

Apparently there will be a decision Friday about this event. Surely the only options are: - cancel it - hold it in Blackpool with no crowd - hold it somewhere else (tv studio) with no crowd - postpone it to a later date and find a venue. The World Matchplay is the 2nd major and should bump the Gran...

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:55 am Clemens is a top 16 player. Needs to be more cooler under pressure. Should have beaten Durrant at the GSOD with a good deal of ease.

If we could ignore temperament there'd be a lot of "top 16 players".