Players Championship Tour 2019

[Murphio]

Duzza will easily be top 14 after his two years. How high up he gets and how well he does in the big events will be intresting to see. Chizzy seems to be playing decent again so might break back into the top 10 by the end of the year and Johnny Clayton should do so too given he is defending very little from two years ago.

Showing consistency enough to get you into the top 16 or top 10 is easier than winning Major titles though I suspect in Glenn's case that is what we are more likely to see. That said I don't see a massive gap between him and say Daryl Gurney who has now collected two on TV. He'll need some luck.

[ChrisW]

Noppert 9er:

[1205]

Is Glenn Durrant capable of beating the best in the PDC regularly? I'd say so - he is an excellent player who knows how to win. I don't see anything particularly controversial about describing him as one of the best players in the world. Even if we are conservative and rate him inside the top 32 that would still be true. I'd say he is currently in and amongst the top 20 dart players about - inside that list you have guys like Steve West, Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Darren Webster - so it's hardly that much of a leap.

But but he lost to Clemens

Michael van Gerwen lost a game to Martin Schindler, Madars Razma, Willie O'Connor and Brendan Dolan last year.

those four are a lot better quality than

Vince Tipple
Darren Herewini
Reece Robinson
Kirk Shepherd
Luke Woodhouse
etc

who have all beaten durrant THIS YEAR

Luke Woodhouse averaged over 100 against him. That wasn't a bad loss.
The Q School was him being nervous and playing badly. Dennant also had 3 darts to stop him qualifying for the PDC. That's where all the doubt comes from.

Then he lost his first match and people said "See, we told you!"
Then he made the final and people said "No, he's great!" "But he played badly in the final!"
And then he lost again in the first round and people said "See, just a one off!"
Then on the Sunday he won the event, with a bunch of good win against top players, including a great performance against Price, who won the next 2 events. "See, he's great!"
Then he qualified for a Euro Tour event and he's still great!
But he lost to Mansell so he sucks!
And he lost a lead against White in the last 16, so he sucks!
And he lost to Clemens, so he sucks!

Or maybe he's a very good player, but inconsistent. And maybe now that he's a pro he'll get better, or maybe he won't.

I think it's going to be enjoyable finding out, especially because I know he'll work hard.
(I think he'll be top 16, but won't go deep enough often enough to to crack the top 8).

[Little Lonely Garry]

Is Glenn Durrant capable of beating the best in the PDC regularly? I'd say so - he is an excellent player who knows how to win. I don't see anything particularly controversial about describing him as one of the best players in the world. Even if we are conservative and rate him inside the top 32 that would still be true. I'd say he is currently in and amongst the top 20 dart players about - inside that list you have guys like Steve West, Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Darren Webster - so it's hardly that much of a leap.

But but he lost to Clemens

Michael van Gerwen lost a game to Martin Schindler, Madars Razma, Willie O'Connor and Brendan Dolan last year.

those four are a lot better quality than

Vince Tipple
Darren Herewini
Reece Robinson
Kirk Shepherd
Luke Woodhouse
etc

who have all beaten durrant THIS YEAR

Luke Woodhouse averaged over 100 against him. That wasn't a bad loss.
The Q School was him being nervous and playing badly. Dennant also had 3 darts to stop him qualifying for the PDC. That's where all the doubt comes from.

Then he lost his first match and people said "See, we told you!"
Then he made the final and people said "No, he's great!" "But he played badly in the final!"
And then he lost again in the first round and people said "See, just a one off!"
Then on the Sunday he won the event, with a bunch of good win against top players, including a great performance against Price, who won the next 2 events. "See, he's great!"
Then he qualified for a Euro Tour event and he's still great!
But he lost to Mansell so he sucks!
And he lost a lead against White in the last 16, so he sucks!
And he lost to Clemens, so he sucks!

Or maybe he's a very good player, but inconsistent. And maybe now that he's a pro he'll get better, or maybe he won't.

I think it's going to be enjoyable finding out.

makes excuses all you want and spin it all you want, the players I listed are worse players than those you listed that won a game against MVG

The reality is Durrant is a good player, but he is not in the league of those best in the world.
I dont think he will ever be a top ten player, I said the same about Bunting and was proven right.

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Criticise Duzza all you like for his losses on the ProTour, but for Christ's sake, Q-School is over, it means sod all now. I didn't see anyone dig up Nathan Aspinall losing to Eddie Dootson last year

[Little Lonely Garry]

Criticise Duzza all you like for his losses on the ProTour, but for Christ's sake, Q-School is over, it means sod all now. I didn't see anyone dig up Nathan Aspinall losing to Eddie Dootson last year

Was dan dawson calling aspinall the best in the world ?

I thought not.

[oche balboa]

Is Glenn Durrant capable of beating the best in the PDC regularly? I'd say so - he is an excellent player who knows how to win. I don't see anything particularly controversial about describing him as one of the best players in the world. Even if we are conservative and rate him inside the top 32 that would still be true. I'd say he is currently in and amongst the top 20 dart players about - inside that list you have guys like Steve West, Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Darren Webster - so it's hardly that much of a leap.

But but he lost to Clemens

Michael van Gerwen lost a game to Martin Schindler, Madars Razma, Willie O'Connor and Brendan Dolan last year.

those four are a lot better quality than

Vince Tipple
Darren Herewini
Reece Robinson
Kirk Shepherd
Luke Woodhouse
etc

who have all beaten durrant THIS YEAR

So what

Wright
Suljovic
Cullen x2
Henderson x2
Price

Have all been beaten by durrant THIS YEAR

[oche balboa]

Criticise Duzza all you like for his losses on the ProTour, but for Christ's sake, Q-School is over, it means sod all now. I didn't see anyone dig up Nathan Aspinall losing to Eddie Dootson last year

Was dan dawson calling aspinall the best in the world ?

I thought not.

Why has Dan Dawson got to you ?

[Ginge]

"as"

[Mensur Suljovic Fan]

Criticise Duzza all you like for his losses on the ProTour, but for Christ's sake, Q-School is over, it means sod all now. I didn't see anyone dig up Nathan Aspinall losing to Eddie Dootson last year

Was dan dawson calling aspinall the best in the world ?

I thought not.

Knowing Dan he was probably singing his praises and not going overboard on a meaningless defeat

[ssjsa]

[Little Lonely Garry]

ffs....we are now reduced to looking at estimates instead of actual facts.

[ssjsa]

ENTRIES have been confirmed for Players Championships 7-8 as the fourth ProTour double-header of the year takes place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan on March 16-17.

The field of PDC Tour Card Holders is complemented by PDPA Associate Members to complete the 128 competitors in each £75,000 tournament

Two Tour Card Holders, Mensur Suljovic and Corey Cadby, will be absent on both days in Wigan, and will be replaced by Ritchie Edhouse and Stephen Burton from the Unicorn Challenge Tour Order of Merit.

The Players Championship double-header will be broadcast live through PDCTV-HD on both days (12pm start), with live action shown simultaneously on two streams.

Players Championship 7
Saturday March 16
Toni Alcinas
Kyle Anderson
Gary Anderson
Nathan Aspinall
Jamie Bain
Scott Baker
Michael Barnard
Barrie Bates
Steve Beaton
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Keegan Brown
Christian Bunse
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Stephen Burton
Gavin Carlin
Dave Chisnall
Matt Clark
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
Rob Cross
Joe Cullen
Jose De Sousa
Jeffrey De Zwaan
Jan Dekker
Nathan Derry
Chris Dobey
Brendan Dolan
Eddie Dootson
Mark Dudbridge
Glen Durrant
Gary Eastwood
Matthew Edgar
Ritchie Edhouse
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
John Goldie
Adrian Gray
Daryl Gurney
Ryan Harrington
John Henderson
Max Hopp
Peter Hudson
Jamie Hughes
Luke Humphries
Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Wayne Jones
Ryan Joyce
Jose Justicia
Vincent Kamphuis
Tytus Kanik
Marko Kantele
George Killington
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Steve Lennon
Zoran Lerchbacher
Adrian Lewis
Jamie Lewis
Mickey Mansell
Robert Marijanovic
Mark McGeeney
Yordi Meeuwisse
Ryan Meikle
Ron Meulenkamp
John Michael
Arron Monk
Joe Murnan
Dawson Murschell
Geert Nentjes
Tony Newell
Danny Noppert
Alan Norris
Richard North
William O'Connor
Robert Owen
David Pallett
Josh Payne
Devon Petersen
Justin Pipe
Gerwyn Price
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
James Richardson
Mario Robbe
Reece Robinson
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Martin Schindler
Ryan Searle
Kirk Shepherd
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Simon Stevenson
Alan Tabern
Terry Temple
Robert Thornton
Davy Van Baelen
Raymond van Barneveld
Benito van de Pas
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Vincent Van der Meer
Vincent van der Voort
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Mike van Duivenbode
Michael van Gerwen
James Wade
Harry Ward
Jermaine Wattimena
Mark Webster
Darren Webster
Steve West
Ian White
Conan Whitehead
Simon Whitlock
Carl Wilkinson
James Wilson
Mark Wilson
Luke Woodhouse
Jonathan Worsley
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld

Players Championship 8
Sunday March 17
Toni Alcinas
Gary Anderson
Kyle Anderson
Nathan Aspinall
Jamie Bain
Scott Baker
Michael Barnard
Barrie Bates
Steve Beaton
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Keegan Brown
Christian Bunse
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Stephen Burton
Gavin Carlin
Dave Chisnall
Matt Clark
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
Rob Cross
Joe Cullen
Jose De Sousa
Jeffrey De Zwaan
Jan Dekker
Nathan Derry
Chris Dobey
Brendan Dolan
Eddie Dootson
Mark Dudbridge
Glen Durrant
Gary Eastwood
Matthew Edgar
Ritchie Edhouse
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
John Goldie
Adrian Gray
Daryl Gurney
Ryan Harrington
John Henderson
Max Hopp
Peter Hudson
Jamie Hughes
Luke Humphries
Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Wayne Jones
Ryan Joyce
Jose Justicia
Vincent Kamphuis
Tytus Kanik
Marko Kantele
George Killington
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Steve Lennon
Zoran Lerchbacher
Adrian Lewis
Jamie Lewis
Mickey Mansell
Robert Marijanovic
Mark McGeeney
Yordi Meeuwisse
Ryan Meikle
Ron Meulenkamp
John Michael
Arron Monk
Joe Murnan
Dawson Murschell
Geert Nentjes
Tony Newell
Danny Noppert
Alan Norris
Richard North
William O'Connor
Robert Owen
David Pallett
Josh Payne
Devon Petersen
Justin Pipe
Gerwyn Price
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
James Richardson
Mario Robbe
Reece Robinson
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Martin Schindler
Ryan Searle
Kirk Shepherd
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Simon Stevenson
Alan Tabern
Terry Temple
Robert Thornton
Davy Van Baelen
Raymond van Barneveld
Benito van de Pas
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Vincent Van der Meer
Vincent van der Voort
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Mike van Duivenbode
Michael van Gerwen
James Wade
Harry Ward
Jermaine Wattimena
Darren Webster
Mark Webster
Steve West
Ian White
Conan Whitehead
Simon Whitlock
Carl Wilkinson
James Wilson
Mark Wilson
Luke Woodhouse
Jonathan Worsley
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld

[ssjsa]

Hope no players get timed out due to these roadworks.

[ssjsa]

Being reported on Twitter that MVG has pulled out of the weekend PC events.

[foggy]

Live link

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170 out from White with Hughes sat on 36

[ChrisW]

Joe Cullen with one of his pathetic performances lost 6-0 to a man averaging 79.8.

Fine incoming.

[ChrisW]

Duzza takes out Clemens 6-5 99 v 104

[1205]

Durrant beats Clemens 6-5. Darts were put under pressure almost every leg, and when Clemens started poorly in the final leg, Durrant took the darts with a 140, added a 137, then Clemens came back with a couple of 140s, as Durrant had two scores in the 80s. Clemens was on 50 when Durrant took out 58 with 2 darts to break in 14. Durrant 104.0, Clemens 99.2.