2018 PDC World Matchplay- Blackpool- 21st-29th July 2018

[Black Velvet]

[The Jolly Man]

Barney top of the ProTour OOM with just £5,500, there.

He isn't. It's showing what players on the OOM 10-16 have on the pro tour if they were to fall out of top 16

[Ginge]

Barney top of the ProTour OOM with just £5,500, there.

He isn't. It's showing what players on the OOM 10-16 have on the pro tour if they were to fall out of top 16

He knows that, you numpty.

[Black Velvet]

[nikkiboy]

Word of the day - Numpty

[trotter]

Adrian Lewis not even in a qualifying spot

Adie needs to get his act together early in the season. Surely far too good a player to miss the Matchplay, and would not need to do much to qualify from the Pro Tour rankings.

Since this Lewis has gone to the top of the pro tour list and also looks like he'll be top 16 anyway by the time of the event.....not a player anybody would fancy drawing that's for sure.

[trotter]

Where’s van den Bergh? Getting WSOD invites on the back of a couple of performances. Not even set to qualify for proper majors.

Same with Jamie Lewis. He was almost set to loose his tour card. Almost chocked at the Worlds qualifier. Has an incredible run in one tournament and then gets thrust into the WSOD and again looking to fail at qualifying for the majors. Reward regular achievement not one offs.

To be fair to Jamie Lewis the fact he nearly lost his Tour card meant he was a long way off qualifying for this and other TV events so the fact that he's now in a qualifying position shows he has kicked on after the worlds and is having a pretty decent year so far..
I did expect more so far from Van den Bergh..but he does always seem to get better as the year goes on..but I did think he'd be doing better so far.

[Black Velvet]

Word of the day - Numpty

Moochie/Knowledge being here, seems appropriate.

[ssjsa]

Latest update from Burton.

Max Hopp surges from 26th to the #1 provisional Matchplay ProTour spot at the expense of Jamie Lewis, as Mervyn King and Jelle Klaasen improve their positions and Benito van de Pas gives himself a fighting chance.

[ssjsa]

Latest update from Burton.

Jonny Clayton secures his debut in Blackpool for the World Matchplay, as Ron Meulenkamp, Steve West, Mervyn King, and Steve Beaton all move closer to qualification.

[ssjsa]

Latest update from Burton.

Jeffrey de Zwaan's first PDC title moves him into a provisional Matchplay qualification spot at the expense of Ron Meulenkamp. Jelle Klaasen now in the tentative last ProTour spot.

[Lee Taylor]

All these ‘movers and shakers’ really does show that darts is all about confidence (leading to a good run in form)

Still plenty of time for someone to make a late surge for Blackpool.

[ssjsa]

Courtesy of Burton.

These next two weekends are huge for both Mervyn King and Jelle Klaasen. Win their Last 32 matches, and they're all-but-in the Matchplay. Lose and they're embroiled in a real dogfight for qualification.

[ssjsa]

Latest update from Burton.

Jamie Lewis and Danny Noppert continue to close in on the tentative Matchplay spots with just 10 events to go until the cut-off for Blackpool. James Wade is back in the provisional top 10 seeds.

[Lee Taylor]

Great stats here - really well done!

[ssjsa]

Based on the most recent update from Burton this is the very tentative draw bracket. If it were to stay the same which 1st round matchups would you like to see,.

MVG v
Darren Webster v
Michael Smith v
Simon Whitlock v
Ando v
Ian White v
Gurney v
Price v
Chisnall v
RVB v
Wright v
Huybrechts v
Cross v
Norris v
Suljovic v
Wade v

[Chizzyfan]

Someone like Wilson would be a nice draw for Chizzy.

[ssjsa]

MVG v Adie
Darren Webster v Meulenkamp
Michael Smith v Bunting
Simon Whitlock v James Wilson
Ando v Danny Noppert
Ian White v Beaton
Gurney v Jeffrey De Zwaan
Price v Cadby
Chisnall v Hendo
RVB v Cullen
Wright v Keegan Brown
Huybrechts v Hopp
Cross v Kyle Anderson
Norris v Clayton
Suljovic v Jamie Lewis
Wade v West

Apologies to Richard North, Mervyn King, Jermaine Wattimena and Jelle Klaasen who currently occupy qualifying positions.

[ssjsa]

Someone like Wilson would be a nice draw for Chizzy.

Posted Chizzy vs Hendo before I read your post.

I guess it would mean 1 of your favourites through to the last 16.

[ssjsa]

Tweet from Burton.

Steve Lennon has now provisionally knocked Jelle Klaasen out of the World Matchplay.