LADBROKES WORLD CHAMPS - Day 5 Discussion

[nikkiboy]

Tuesday December 18 (7pm-12am) 1x Preliminary Round, 4x First Round
7.10pm Steve Beaton v Kyle Anderson
8.15pm Lourence Ilagan v Jamie Lewis (P)
9.00pm Wes Newton v Johnny Haines
10.00pm Mervyn King v Dean Winstanley
11.00pm Colin Osborne v Ilagan/J Lewis

Ilagan v Lewis the one I'm looking forward to

[Booji Boy]

Beaton
Ilagan x2
Newton - though hope for Haines
King

[Mr P. Neshead]

Ilagan v Lewis the one I'm looking forward to

Yes, The Pride Of Singapore

[Ginge]

Ilagan v Lewis the one I'm looking forward to

Yes, The Pride Of Singapore

Against "a man of Scotland..."

[Deleted User]

Beaton
Lewis
Newton - but would love Haines to turn him over
Deano
Osborne

[Chunksoutofthewalls]

Anyone else thought John Gwynne was terribly patronising after set 2 of Monk/Wright when Monk threw his darts down in disgust as he left the stage.After the ads he droned on about the dangers of throwing darts around for some time and not to do it.Does he think the average viewer is so stupid!
Commentary this year other than Bristow in the prelims has been shocking .Pike and Gwynne get your fingers out!

[crispy1978]

Mervyn King v Dean Winstanley undoubtedly the match of the night. The Prelim should be OK too - expecting 3-0 to the seeds in the other three matches I'm afraid.

[WCDPA]

Looking forward to watching Haines play have only seen him playing in tee shirt and combats before

[Tommo]

Looking forward to watching Haines play have only seen him playing in tee shirt and combats before

In a BDO comp no doubt

[Basgooner]

Looking forward to watching Haines play have only seen him playing in tee shirt and combats before

In a BDO comp no doubt

Looks like Tommo has taken a shine to you Pauly

Need Newton to win by 3-1 or better for my bet to land

The World Champs really haven't taken off this year, other than the odd game, 2nd Round though should liven it all up

[DavidB]

Looking forward to watching Haines play have only seen him playing in tee shirt and combats before

In a BDO comp no doubt

Looks like Tommo has taken a shine to you Pauly

Need Newton to win by 3-1 or better for my bet to land

The World Champs really haven't taken off this year, other than the odd game, 2nd Round though should liven it all up

It never does - it's a too long and drawn out affair with too many breaks in between for the holiday days - a straight 2 week event with no interruptions would be much better!

[Ginge]

Looking forward to watching Haines play have only seen him playing in tee shirt and combats before

In a BDO comp no doubt

Looks like Tommo has taken a shine to you Pauly

Need Newton to win by 3-1 or better for my bet to land

The World Champs really haven't taken off this year, other than the odd game, 2nd Round though should liven it all up

It never does - it's a too long and drawn out affair with too many breaks in between for the holiday days - a straight 2 week event with no interruptions would be much better!

Cant imagine asking them to play on Xmas Day is going to go down well...

[DavidB]

Looking forward to watching Haines play have only seen him playing in tee shirt and combats before

In a BDO comp no doubt

Looks like Tommo has taken a shine to you Pauly

Need Newton to win by 3-1 or better for my bet to land

The World Champs really haven't taken off this year, other than the odd game, 2nd Round though should liven it all up

It never does - it's a too long and drawn out affair with too many breaks in between for the holiday days - a straight 2 week event with no interruptions would be much better!

Cant imagine asking them to play on Xmas Day is going to go down well...

haha Very funny smart so and so! Obviously the dates would need to be shifted but I'm sure anything is possible.

[Basgooner]

In a BDO comp no doubt

Looks like Tommo has taken a shine to you Pauly

Need Newton to win by 3-1 or better for my bet to land

The World Champs really haven't taken off this year, other than the odd game, 2nd Round though should liven it all up

It never does - it's a too long and drawn out affair with too many breaks in between for the holiday days - a straight 2 week event with no interruptions would be much better!

Cant imagine asking them to play on Xmas Day is going to go down well...

haha Very funny smart so and so! Obviously the dates would need to be shifted but I'm sure anything is possible.

I thought they were Pro's

Bloody Nurses etc have to work Xmas Day

[Ginge]

But then it wouldnt be held over Xmas and the magic is lost.

[DavidB]

I thought they were Pro's

Bloody Nurses etc have to work Xmas Day

[DavidB]

But then it wouldnt be held over Xmas and the magic is lost.

Sorry, what magic?! This is the point - there is no magic (for me anyhow) because it's too long and drawn out...


Anyway, as for tonight I'm going for:

Beaton 3-0 K. Anderson
Ilagan 3-4 J. Lewis
Newton 3-1 Haines
King 2-3 Winstanley
Osborne 2-3 J.Lewis

[Ginge]

But then it wouldnt be held over Xmas and the magic is lost.

Sorry, what magic?! This is the point - there is no magic (for me anyhow) because it's too long and drawn out...

If you hold it over a normal period of time which isnt Xmas then you arent able to have afternoon sessions because its a normal working week, so the event would have to be extended anyway as it could only be evening sessions (except at weekends).

Blackpool only have the one afternoon weekday session because of where it is and the time of year. Transplant the PDC Worlds to a dreary fortnight in January or the start of December and you have none of that.

[Booji Boy]

This comp is fine the way it is. It really starts of the crimbo period for me.

[GtotheF]

Looking forward to seeing how Johnny Haines goes tonight.