ssjja has been talking to himself most of the night. Help him out please.

Rout wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:59 pm Pretty toothless effort that from Durrant.

I hate to say I told you so...

Want to know why my leaving post was deleted? BlueSpark deleted it. The same supermod that dismissed my reports about posts which mocked heart attacks and the death of other users' relatives, but deleted posts that lightly mocked his beloved masters Whinge and DavidOwen. This isn't an objective for...

Looking at Deontay's record, his list of opponents until Fury was more like a "who's that?" than a who's who. His 32nd fight was against a bum so obscure that he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. The one opponent aside from Fury that had any pedigree whatsoever was an ageing Luis Ortiz w...

Black Velvet wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:17 am The World Cup is one of the biggest events in darts tbf.

Agreed. Rumour has it that tens of millions view it on illegal streams in China alone.

Wazza180 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:21 am

Thehateful180 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:13 pm

Wazza180 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:27 pm Durrant's consistency is enough to make him top 5 in the world at least.

Wade never hit the big averages when he was in the top 5. No one claimed he was second rate.

He was winning majors.

Duzza has won majors

The BDO World Championship is a major.

Nope.

There is a line (moveable) re disability. Mentioning a condition in a light hearted way is generally acceptable. Vicious abuse is not. IMO there is a simple test that can be applied before words are typed: if I/my wife/husband/relative/friend had the condition would I be upset by what I am about to...

Wright was an example. Top players are literally the very top players. The standard Durrant likely judges himself by. His level tends to be a respectable 93-95 average over that distance. That's sometimes good enough, but often isn't. 94 in the Matchplay semi was respectable but not enough. 94 in t...

Wazza180 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:27 pm Durrant's consistency is enough to make him top 5 in the world at least.

Wade never hit the big averages when he was in the top 5. No one claimed he was second rate.

He was winning majors.

Anything over best of 19 or around that. He seems to fall quite a way short whenever he faces Wright in a long format game. So it's just Wright now? It was "top players" a minute ago. Since getting a card he has played 11 games that fit your definition, if we take best of 7 sets as equiva...

ILAD wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:50 pm

Thehateful180 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:43 pm It's a well known fact that the BDO create all these players in their underground factory out of lager and fairy dust.

It’s pixie dust mate.

You're confusing it with how Rout was made.

So duzza himself said at the end of the year he hasn’t been good enough to get to the business end of many tournaments and get further up the rankings and yet we are in to day two of people having a meltdown because it was said duzza wouldn’t be good enough to get to the business end of tournaments...

The pattern of beating more top players over a long format than he has lost to, since getting a tour card? Yes, that pattern is clear to see. Sigh. You have been a bit creative with your accounting in those figures but I'll let it slide. You can go through the records yourself if you like. He alway...

It's a well known fact that the BDO create all these players in their underground factory out of lager and fairy dust.

He has a solid base game, but not much of a B game. Over a long format against the top players he's a bit toothless. What's your definition of long format out of interest? Anything over best of 19 or around that. He seems to fall quite a way short whenever he faces Wright in a long format game. So ...

BlueSpark wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:21 pm

Bomber wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:44 pm in the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king

who said that?

Jamie Caven?

He'll be challenging you to a match if you're not careful.

Rout wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:59 pm

Thehateful180 wrote:He has a solid base game, but not much of a B game. Over a long format against the top players he's a bit toothless.

What's your definition of long format out of interest?

Anything over best of 19 or around that. He seems to fall quite a way short whenever he faces Wright in a long format game.

He has a solid base game, but not much of a B game. Over a long format against the top players he's a bit toothless.

The second and third year on tour are far more reliable indicators of a players level. We have seen plenty make good impressions on their first year as tourcard holders, before finding the second and third years brutally difficult. Norris and Bunting spring to mind. The second year, a player feels u...

Difference is NVH is when Barney switched he was the 2nd best player in the world (ok he lost to Klassen) his switch was the end game for the BDO to challenge the PDC. Durrant switch was widely anticipated but common sense of opinion said he wasn’t a top 2 player and even wasn’t a top 10 player, he...