PDC Grand Slam of Darts- 9th-17th November 2019- Wolverhampton

[ChrisW]

Top 17-32 and top 16 BDO in the last 48 in a round robin.
Then last 32 you introduce the top 16 PDC.

[Ginge]

Oh god. Fantasy format klaxon! Anyone seen Foggs?

[TheSandman]

Can't see any reason why it wouldn't be top 16 in the PDC v top 16 in the BDO. Parletti aside, the rest have held their own. Darts is all on the day too.

You need to take off the maroon tinted glasses, it’s been a fucking bloodbath. If it was a boxing match the towel would have been thrown in.

[TheSandman]

Top 17-32 and top 16 BDO in the last 48 in a round robin.
Then last 32 you introduce the top 16 PDC.

No one wants to see more BDO players stinking up the stage, even the BDO fanatics don’t want to pay money to see the top 16 BDO players in any tv tourney.

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

Top 17-32 and top 16 BDO in the last 48 in a round robin.
Then last 32 you introduce the top 16 PDC.

Why not throw in some random names made up by Des whilst you're at it?

[Zapp Brannigan]

enjoyed the fare on offer from the buffet so far, so what if the bdo reps have failed to win loads of matches, anyone with half a brain in the real world of facts ( not beliefs or feelings) knew they would mostly struggle, however the issue is that darts now is like tennis/ soccer 3/4 folk / teams divvying up the main tv prizes between them, the rest are also rans with occasional rare victories, ala liecester city, but as usual the creams way ahead from the rest of the milk the main issue is now the depth of the cream is getting thinner & thinner especially on the pdc line of the divide, also with no bdo reps there no tournament, something needs doing id say top 10 bdo rankings top 20 pdc rankings & top 2 women, regardless of whats been won on october first,

Are you being serious? The Top 4 are there currently arent they and look what has happened. There is absolutely zero logical argument to say INCREASE their places from 8 to anything else, tbh.

Id say this weekened has shown that the BDO rankings shouldnt be used at all. 4 of the top 5 ranked players have yet to win a game.

Should be just 4 BDO players. Both world Champions, World Master and WDT winner, if one player wins all 3 then tough shit.

The problem with this event, on both sides, is the random shoehorned players in this. World Cup of Darts runner ups, Youth runner up, WSOD runners up. Its ridiculous euro tour winners are not picked over these

[Ginge]

I see Nick Kenny was at the Slam this weekend, like he told Paula he would be....

[oche balboa]

enjoyed the fare on offer from the buffet so far, so what if the bdo reps have failed to win loads of matches, anyone with half a brain in the real world of facts ( not beliefs or feelings) knew they would mostly struggle, however the issue is that darts now is like tennis/ soccer 3/4 folk / teams divvying up the main tv prizes between them, the rest are also rans with occasional rare victories, ala liecester city, but as usual the creams way ahead from the rest of the milk the main issue is now the depth of the cream is getting thinner & thinner especially on the pdc line of the divide, also with no bdo reps there no tournament, something needs doing id say top 10 bdo rankings top 20 pdc rankings & top 2 women, regardless of whats been won on october first,

Are you being serious? The Top 4 are there currently arent they and look what has happened. There is absolutely zero logical argument to say INCREASE their places from 8 to anything else, tbh.

Id say this weekened has shown that the BDO rankings shouldnt be used at all. 4 of the top 5 ranked players have yet to win a game.

Should be just 4 BDO players. Both world Champions, World Master and WDT winner, if one player wins all 3 then tough shit.

The problem with this event, on both sides, is the random shoehorned players in this. World Cup of Darts runner ups, Youth runner up, WSOD runners up. Its ridiculous euro tour winners are not picked over these

2 ladies and 2 Men for the BDO from 2020 i wager

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

I see Nick Kenny was at the Slam this weekend, like he told Paula he would be....

Oh dear.

He'll be fekkin gettin it

[TheSandman]

Someone post the Paula video, can’t find it

[mshaw2]

Can't see any reason why it wouldn't be top 16 in the PDC v top 16 in the BDO. Parletti aside, the rest have held their own. Darts is all on the day too.

You need to take off the maroon tinted glasses, it’s been a fekkin bloodbath. If it was a boxing match the towel would have been thrown in.

Hardly. Ashton took 2 legs off the PDC number 7 and Suzuki took 3 legs off the PDC number 5 ffs. Warren and Harms unlucky not to be in the mix still. Veenstra and Parletti haven't turned up, but darts is all on the day. Williams smashed a PDC stalwart and took 2 legs off apparently the best player in the world. Duzza is Duzza.

A successful tournament for 4 players, 2 can count themselves unlucky and 2 know they can perform better.

[Skewball]

Can't see any reason why it wouldn't be top 16 in the PDC v top 16 in the BDO. Parletti aside, the rest have held their own. Darts is all on the day too.

You need to take off the maroon tinted glasses, it’s been a fekkin bloodbath. If it was a boxing match the towel would have been thrown in.

Hardly. Ashton took 2 legs off the PDC number 7 and Suzuki took 3 legs off the PDC number 5 ffs. Warren and Harms unlucky not to be in the mix still. Veenstra and Parletti haven't turned up, but darts is all on the day. Williams smashed a PDC stalwart and took 2 legs off apparently the best player in the world. Duzza is Duzza.

A successful tournament for 4 players, 2 can count themselves unlucky and 2 know they can perform better.

[Dannyboy]

I see Nick Kenny was at the Slam this weekend, like he told Paula he would be....

Fair fecks to the guy!

[Black Velvet]

Can't see any reason why it wouldn't be top 16 in the PDC v top 16 in the BDO. Parletti aside, the rest have held their own. Darts is all on the day too.

Not been watching Veenstra or the women?

[1205]

enjoyed the fare on offer from the buffet so far, so what if the bdo reps have failed to win loads of matches, anyone with half a brain in the real world of facts ( not beliefs or feelings) knew they would mostly struggle, however the issue is that darts now is like tennis/ soccer 3/4 folk / teams divvying up the main tv prizes between them, the rest are also rans with occasional rare victories, ala liecester city, but as usual the creams way ahead from the rest of the milk the main issue is now the depth of the cream is getting thinner & thinner especially on the pdc line of the divide, also with no bdo reps there no tournament, something needs doing id say top 10 bdo rankings top 20 pdc rankings & top 2 women, regardless of whats been won on october first,

Are you being serious? The Top 4 are there currently arent they and look what has happened. There is absolutely zero logical argument to say INCREASE their places from 8 to anything else, tbh.

Id say this weekened has shown that the BDO rankings shouldnt be used at all. 4 of the top 5 ranked players have yet to win a game.

Should be just 4 BDO players. Both world Champions, World Master and WDT winner, if one player wins all 3 then tough shit.

The problem with this event, on both sides, is the random shoehorned players in this. World Cup of Darts runner ups, Youth runner up, WSOD runners up. Its ridiculous euro tour winners are not picked over these

You shouldn't really expect all the BDO players to win a game, since it's weak, but yes, using the rankings is the wrong way to go since their ranking system is far too flat, rewarding consistency over exceptional performances, and not having enough emphasis on major performance.

[ssjsa]

See below all the permutations ahead of Night Three of the 2019 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts, which will see the final group games played in Groups E-H.

The players who finish in the top two of each group will progress to the knock-out phase.

Monday November 11 (1900 GMT)
Groups E-H Final Matches

Gabriel Clemens v Richard Veenstra (G)
Clemens already qualified. Veenstra already eliminated.

Michael Smith v Martin Schindler (H)
Smith already qualified. Schindler already eliminated.

Dave Chisnall v Lisa Ashton (E)
Chisnall already qualified. Ashton already eliminated.

Daryl Gurney v Brendan Dolan (G)
Winner qualifies.

Peter Wright v Danny Noppert (F)
Wright qualifies with two legs. 
Noppert qualifies with a win.

Ryan Harrington v Wayne Warren (F)
Harrington needs to win. Warren already eliminated.

Rob Cross v Jamie Hughes (E)
Winner qualifies.

Nathan Aspinall v Glen Durrant (H)
Winner qualifies.

[Ginge]

Erm, Harrington wins and he isnt strictly through. Who wrote that garbage?

[ChrisW]

If he loses he is out. So he needs to win.

[SAFC]

I see Nick Kenny was at the Slam this weekend, like he told Paula he would be....

Fair fecks to the guy!

Nice one Nick

[DavidB]

So eliminated so far is:
PDC 2
BDO 1
Ladies 1

No no no, that can’t be right surely?? Ask Sandman