2019 Q-School

[Zapp Brannigan]

does make you wonder doesn't it what their ambition is. I'm guessing a player probably does it for 2 or 3 cycles until he realises that he's good, but just not quite good enough.
Q School should be mainly about young, ambitious talented youngsters.

Bit harsh on Darren, he was the first player to miss out on the Worlds via the ProTour the year before last (before the expansion), and wasn't too far again from making it last year. Boulton made the Worlds one year as well (via the PDPA qualifier admittedly)

whats harsh about it??

they lost their cards

darren should have been a top player but for whatever reason. application mainly. it never happened for him, a seriously talented player who has seriously underachieved for past 15 years

Daz is back playing local darts round here most of the week.

Dont think he really cares anymore, hes just enjoying his darts. So long as he keeps getting his Qschool entry covered he will keep going, getting a tour card and getting the money.

He plays in a local comp in Rovrum most Tuesdays and seems to be doing pretty well in them.

Yeah he plays the local league here that’s just starter Monday and the Scunthorpe Wednesday night tournament where the owner of the place sticks £150 in the pot so they get a few pdc lads from around the area and a lot of county players. I think he’s back playing super league as well.

[ChrisW]

Don't agree with this idea that if you lose a card you shouldn't be allowed to try again.
Players get injury problems, even young ones. You can have a couple of bad years.
If you are good enough to win a card you are good enough to play the tour.

[Ginge]

Its like claiming teams relegated from the Premier League shouldnt be allowed to be promoted back into it the following year.

[SolidSCB]

Of course you should be allowed to try again, daft to suggest otherwise.

Unfortunately with the nature of the event you're always going to get a decent chunk of hopeless players turning up, along with a bunch of guys who are always going to be hovering around the danger zone after 2 years with a card because their talent levels them out there.

The key is to be a better darts player than those people. If you're a better darts player than those people then you're not going to lose out to them or be hard done by. You'll get your card and quickly move far enough up the rankings to never be bothered about them again.

[ssjsa]

[Zapp Brannigan]

Don't agree with this idea that if you lose a card you shouldn't be allowed to try again.
Players get injury problems, even young ones. You can have a couple of bad years.
If you are good enough to win a card you are good enough to play the tour.

Is anyone suggesting that, it’s stupid

The pdc only have 64 permanent places and 4-500 people wanting to be in it, you can’t stop people that are good enough to be in the top 128 but not in the top 64.

[DavidB]

If you are good enough to win a card you are good enough to play the tour.

To be fair that's not always true is it??

[Lurgan]

Don't agree with this idea that if you lose a card you shouldn't be allowed to try again.
Players get injury problems, even young ones. You can have a couple of bad years.
If you are good enough to win a card you are good enough to play the tour.

Is anyone suggesting that, it’s stupid

The pdc only have 64 permanent places and 4-500 people wanting to be in it, you can’t stop people that are good enough to be in the top 128 but not in the top 64.

the protour cant support 128 people pretending to be professional dart players

a 64 person tour that is actually able to see 64 players earn a living is much more preferable to the current situation where people pretending there is a protour of 128 professional players

[Ginge]

Don't agree with this idea that if you lose a card you shouldn't be allowed to try again.
Players get injury problems, even young ones. You can have a couple of bad years.
If you are good enough to win a card you are good enough to play the tour.

Is anyone suggesting that, it’s stupid

The pdc only have 64 permanent places and 4-500 people wanting to be in it, you can’t stop people that are good enough to be in the top 128 but not in the top 64.

the protour cant support 128 people pretending to be professional dart players

a 64 person tour that is actually able to see 64 players earn a living is much more preferable to the current situation where people pretending there is a protour of 128 professional players

Thats a fair enough comment, however from the 64 you are still going to need people going in and coming out to remove the deadwood and get fresh faces in. So no different to now.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Don't agree with this idea that if you lose a card you shouldn't be allowed to try again.
Players get injury problems, even young ones. You can have a couple of bad years.
If you are good enough to win a card you are good enough to play the tour.

Is anyone suggesting that, it’s stupid

The pdc only have 64 permanent places and 4-500 people wanting to be in it, you can’t stop people that are good enough to be in the top 128 but not in the top 64.

the protour cant support 128 people pretending to be professional dart players

a 64 person tour that is actually able to see 64 players earn a living is much more preferable to the current situation where people pretending there is a protour of 128 professional players

But that wouldn’t change anything

A 64 man tour would still need tour cards and people there would still be people losing their cards, going back to qschool and winning them back.

And people 64-128 are still winning good money, hardly pretending to be professional

I’d like to see tour cards go to 150

[ssjsa]

Draw for Event 2 now up.

https://b11.events.dartconnect.com/view ... dcukqs19e2

[ssjsa]

1st 4 games on each board.

https://tv.dartconnect.com/boards/pdcukqs19e2

[Sally]

Lisa Ashton v Andy Jenkins!

[Ginge]

Steve deleting his post asking where Deta is, there. Board 16.

[Skewball]

could be an early match up for Glen vs Kirk Sheppard I think

[Paddy McGinty]

Don't agree with this idea that if you lose a card you shouldn't be allowed to try again.
Players get injury problems, even young ones. You can have a couple of bad years.
If you are good enough to win a card you are good enough to play the tour.

Is anyone suggesting that, it’s stupid

The pdc only have 64 permanent places and 4-500 people wanting to be in it, you can’t stop people that are good enough to be in the top 128 but not in the top 64.

the protour cant support 128 people pretending to be professional dart players

a 64 person tour that is actually able to see 64 players earn a living is much more preferable to the current situation where people pretending there is a protour of 128 professional players

But that wouldn’t change anything

A 64 man tour would still need tour cards and people there would still be people losing their cards, going back to qschool and winning them back.

And people 64-128 are still winning good money, hardly pretending to be professional

I’d like to see tour cards go to 150

150!!! Don't be silly.......the draw will work out real well then. Better to change it to 64, they only make it 128 to starve the BDO of it's potential players.

[ChrisW]

could be an early match up for Glen vs Kirk Sheppard I think

Let's hope Kirk doesn't get tippled over early.

[DavidB]

could be an early match up for Glen vs Kirk Sheppard I think

Let's hope Kirk doesn't get tippled over early.

Don't Vince your words now...

[ChrisW]

could be an early match up for Glen vs Kirk Sheppard I think

Let's hope Kirk doesn't get tippled over early.

Don't Vince your words now...

It could be the STate of things by Round 2.

[Skewball]

Well done Keith Carter for your 49 average, an improvement on day 1 I believe

And Reece Pearse followed up his 52 yesterday with a 47 today

Lads, go home.