Glen Durrant

[Ginge]

Apology accepted.

[Zapp Brannigan]

No player has made such a colossal impact in their first year since switching.

Aye lets ignore what Barney did then

And bunting who also made the quarters in his first year

And Whitlock who made the final after switching

And mark Webster who made the semis after switching

[trotter01]

No player has made such a colossal impact in their first year since switching.

Aye lets ignore what Barney did then

And bunting who also made the quarters in his first year

And Whitlock who made the final after switching

And mark Webster who made the semis after switching

You forget how good Whitlock was in his first year in the PDC.

[Zapp Brannigan]

No player has made such a colossal impact in their first year since switching.

Aye lets ignore what Barney did then

And bunting who also made the quarters in his first year

And Whitlock who made the final after switching

And mark Webster who made the semis after switching

You forget how good Whitlock was in his first year in the PDC.

Great first year but he was never beating Taylor in that final. Lewis should have done better in the quarters but got full on deer in the headlights when he came up against feel.

[DavidB]

No player has made such a colossal impact in their first year since switching.

Aye lets ignore what Barney did then

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

[TheVillan]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

[Deleted User]

No player has made such a colossal impact in their first year since switching.

Aye lets ignore what Barney did then

Winning the World Championship and 3 other majors within 18 months over not winning any majors.

Fixed that for you, Kinjelle.

[Ginge]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

Quite. He is still a total prick but you cant change what he did in those first 12 months.

[trotter01]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

Quite. He is still a total prick but you cant change what he did in those first 12 months.

You cannot.. He came over as a hungry player wanting to enhance his great BDO achievements and he did that and more.. I would say that he was responsible for the extra massive growth in the PDC back then.. Helped to take the Premier League from halls to arenas.. The PDC owed a lot to Barney... Shame he turned into what he turned into and most definitely spoilt his legacy in my opinion

[Britishnewf]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

Quite. He is still a total prick but you cant change what he did in those first 12 months.

You cannot.. He came over as a hungry player wanting to enhance his great BDO achievements and he did that and more.. I would say that he was responsible for the extra massive growth in the PDC back then.. Helped to take the Premier League from halls to arenas.. The PDC owed a lot to Barney... Shame he turned into what he turned into and most definitely spoilt his legacy in my opinion

I agree with this, he was just about my favourite player in 2007 and definitely helped speed along the PDC revolution of darts. He comes across as complete bitter and twisted tool the past few years, maybe he feels he wasn’t rewarded enough for what he did but he seriously under achieved over the last decade so only himself to blame.

[Zapp Brannigan]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

Quite. He is still a total prick but you cant change what he did in those first 12 months.

You cannot.. He came over as a hungry player wanting to enhance his great BDO achievements and he did that and more.. I would say that he was responsible for the extra massive growth in the PDC back then.. Helped to take the Premier League from halls to arenas.. The PDC owed a lot to Barney... Shame he turned into what he turned into and most definitely spoilt his legacy in my opinion

Can’t argue with that. One of my favourite players and up to the last year or so I still said if Barney believes I believed because the guy had the game to beat anyone.

The problem was the head shaking, uninterested, back pocketed mess he became. Taylor’s greatest achievement has to be taking a guy that could beat him on the biggest stage and stick him so far in his back pocket it was embarrassing when they played.

[Bomber]

three years as world champion about to end?

[DavidB]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

Remind us what he achieved, other than become world champion? Unless you’re saying this trumps everything?

Obviously he was shoe-horned into the premier league, hit a 9 darter I believe but did he win anything else? IIRC, he didn’t even qualify for the matchplay?


EDIT: he won the UK Open in 2006, fair enough then!

[trotter01]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

Remind us what he achieved, other than become world champion? Unless you’re saying this trumps everything?

Obviously he was shoe-horned into the premier league, hit a 9 darter I believe but did he win anything else? IIRC, he didn’t even qualify for the matchplay?


EDIT: he won the UK Open in 2006, fair enough then!

Regardless of what he won it was his switching that pushed the PDC to a new level back then.. and sent the BDO into a further downward spiral... It was a huge turning point in darts.

[Deleted User]

A player who you have personally criticised here, hmmm

Does that change what Barneveld accomplished in his first 12 months in the PDC?

Remind us what he achieved, other than become world champion? Unless you’re saying this trumps everything?

Obviously he was shoe-horned into the premier league, hit a 9 darter I believe but did he win anything else? IIRC, he didn’t even qualify for the matchplay?


EDIT: he won the UK Open in 2006, fair enough then!

And again in 2007 after winning the Worlds, beating Taylor 11-4 along the way.
Not a bad 17 months. 3 majors, a live 9 darter and a World Championship against the most dominant player in history.

But I'm sure Glen has done just as well....

[nikkiboy]

Didn't know this

[Booji Boy]

Didn't know this

Fuck me Nick. That was why spazmong called him melted plastic bag face.

[Ginge]

Bloody hell, Nick!!!

[Black Velvet]

When did you first abuse Bo?

[Wazza180]

I remember Glen met a certain member of this forum.

The member in question was so taken aback, his head started sweating profusely. Possibly out of fear. Possibly out of admiration.

I wonder who that member was?