PDC World Championship- 13th December 2019- 1st January 2020 Alexandra Palace- London

[ssjsa]

Lot of interest in the forum tonight. Current 518 users online.

[O C]

I retract my earlier comment, he was sufficiently gracious after all.

[Vriezzer]

Hard to watch interview of RvB on Dutch television. Came close to mentioning suicide eventually.

Talking about "I thought I was any better than this."
"I thought I was stronger."
"In the end I'm just an amateur."
"It doesn't matter what I'll do after darts. Life has no meaning anymore."

[ssjsa]

Huybrechts absolutely smashing Cross. Leg score 6-1 to Kim, so not as though either of those first 2 sets were close.

[DavidB]

World number 2 averaging just 85, well they both are!

[Ginge]

Hard to watch interview of RvB on Dutch television. Came close to mentioning suicide eventually.

Talking about "I thought I was any better than this."
"I thought I was stronger."
"In the end I'm just an amateur."
"It doesn't matter what I'll do after darts. Life has no meaning anymore."

Absolute waste of space. Good fekkin riddance to him.

[masticman]

Barney acting the prick in his interview.

Don't understand why he agreed to an interview, if he was going to act like that.

You don't agreed to an interview. Your told your doing 1 it's written in the contract you sign. when asked by media you have to do it. Well that's how it use to work when I was playing.

[ssjsa]

Huybrechts not showing signs that he will fall apart in this match. Looking good for a 3-0 whitewash.

[DavidB]

Bye bye Cross.

[DavidB]

Barney acting the prick in his interview.

Don't understand why he agreed to an interview, if he was going to act like that.

You don't agreed to an interview. Your told your doing 1 it's written in the contract you sign. when asked by media you have to do it. Well that's how it use to work when I was playing.

If that is the case and given he’s now retired, he could have just refused??

[Vriezzer]

Bit more transcription of the Dutch interview:

"I'll never forgive myself. I will never love myself. It doesn't matter how many times they (the fans) sing for me, it all doesn't matter anymore. I will hate myself, be disgusted of myself. It all doesn't matter anymore, what I will do after darts. Life has no meaning anymore."

"No, I'll never forgive myself what happened. It's over. I've been suffering so hard. I thought I could keep my act together, but it seems I'm not strong enough. Disgust dominates."

[The Crusader]

Haha, laters Cross. How far does he drop as this was defending his champ winnings wasn't it?

[Vriezzer]

Jeez Cross. What happened to him?

[Ginge]

Barney acting the prick in his interview.

Don't understand why he agreed to an interview, if he was going to act like that.

You don't agreed to an interview. Your told your doing 1 it's written in the contract you sign. when asked by media you have to do it. Well that's how it use to work when I was playing.

If that is the case and given he’s now retired, he could have just refused??

Probably. Would have fined him and docked it off his cheque though

[BOOM]

He obviously wanted to do the interview for some bizarre reason. He's clearly not right in the head. That said, he should have known he could lose tonight and should have been prepared for that and had something to say after the match. The fact that he didn't or wasn't capable of something other than what happened suggests to me he's pretty badly gone in the head.

[ChrisW]

Barney has always been crap at interviews when he loses. He has refused to give them in the past and should not give them.

[ssjsa]

Saturday December 14
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Darius Labanauskas (94.73) 3-0 (84.78) Matthew Edgar (First Round)
Ryan Meikle (81.00) 1-3 (85.77) Yuki Yamada (First Round)
Luke Woodhouse (96.02) 3-0 (93.14) Paul Lim (First Round)
Jermaine Wattimena (95.14) 2-3 (97.70) Luke Humphries (Second Round)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Mark McGeeney (93.66) 3-1 (88.33) Matt Campbell (First Round)
Jamie Hughes (95.47) 2-3 (94.22) Zoran Lerchbacher (First Round)
Raymond van Barneveld (96.13) 1 (5) 3 (87.92) Darin Young (First Round)
Rob Cross (89.64) 0 (5) 3 (89.44) Kim Huybrechts (Second Round)

[BOOM]

Haha, laters Cross. How far does he drop as this was defending his champ winnings wasn't it?

He'll be losing 385k but I guess it depends what others do

[ssjsa]

LiveDarts interview with Barney.

[ssjsa]

Interview with Darin Young.