craigmc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:23 pm
Probably the best tournament as a whole ever? So many stories and so many great matches. Great final and whilst i didn't expect Wright to win he deserved it and came over as a gracious winner.MVG handled the defeat better than i expected. Hearn must be overjoyed with the publicity and the interest in what comes next for so many players? The money making machine is showing no signs of slowing down.. Just a great tournament.
Quite possibly. The early rounds were so entertaining from session to session, some extremely close first, second and third round clashes. Last 16 very good, 1/4 finals a bit disappointing but the 1/2 finals and final made up for that well-and-truly. Delighted for one of the hardest-workers Peter Wright getting the win at the end, thoroughly deserved Snakey
Wazza180 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:59 pm
Rodd Studd is class. Really do rate him as commentator and interviewer
Ditto, been banging his drum for a long time. So knowledgeable, amusing & passionate about his darts. While I was welling up watching at home he was almost doing the same interviewing Peter at the end there, magical!
Ginge wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:42 pm
But but but I thought Barry Hearn was announcing some big PDC/WDF news tonight!
So did I.
But thinking about it surely he will reveal all on the eve, or 1st.day, of the renegade world champs?
Really?!
On the night of the pdc final and PL line up people thought he would talk about WDF.. etc
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People are off their rockers, unless I'm missing a woosh here.
Was it ever said that Hearn would mention the WDF tonight.. He certainly never said anything in his interview that he would and to actually mention something like that tonight after giving the PL picks would have seemed bizarre and completely confuse the viewers.
ssjsa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:12 pm
Snakebite was brilliant. Best player of the tournament and a very well deserved winner.
Funny really isn’t it, he’s been dreadful for about two years, lots of early exits in majors, slipping down the rankings, now he’s the PDC world champion !
Really sorry but Peter Wright has had a very good two years, he's been ultra-consistent since bursting through in 2013 in fact, never lower than 7th (his pre-tournament ranking for this) since before that 2014 final in fact. 5 major TV finals, World Cup winner & 2 TV semi-finals since the start of 2018 is pretty good going.
craigmc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:23 pm
Probably the best tournament as a whole ever? So many stories and so many great matches. Great final and whilst i didn't expect Wright to win he deserved it and came over as a gracious winner.MVG handled the defeat better than i expected. Hearn must be overjoyed with the publicity and the interest in what comes next for so many players? The money making machine is showing no signs of slowing down.. Just a great tournament.
Quite possibly. The early rounds were so entertaining from session to session, some extremely close first, second and third round clashes. Last 16 very good, 1/4 finals a bit disappointing but the 1/2 finals and final made up for that well-and-truly. Delighted for one of the hardest-workers Peter Wright getting the win at the end, thoroughly deserved Snakey
Was my thoughts after watching the final. After being a bit meh about darts for awhile i enjoyed Minehead tourney then this World's followed on. Never been a Wright fan really but certainly he deserved his win. Now we stand ready for the BDO worlds and I'm sure will be entertained one way or other.
craigmc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:23 pm
Probably the best tournament as a whole ever? So many stories and so many great matches. Great final and whilst i didn't expect Wright to win he deserved it and came over as a gracious winner.MVG handled the defeat better than i expected. Hearn must be overjoyed with the publicity and the interest in what comes next for so many players? The money making machine is showing no signs of slowing down.. Just a great tournament.
Quite possibly. The early rounds were so entertaining from session to session, some extremely close first, second and third round clashes. Last 16 very good, 1/4 finals a bit disappointing but the 1/2 finals and final made up for that well-and-truly. Delighted for one of the hardest-workers Peter Wright getting the win at the end, thoroughly deserved Snakey
Was my thoughts after watching the final. After being a bit meh about darts for awhile i enjoyed Minehead tourney then this World's followed on. Never been a Wright fan really but certainly he deserved his win. Now we stand ready for the BDO worlds and I'm sure will be entertained one way or other.
Indeed, I'm not quite sure what to expect from the BDO event. But that's for another thread!
craigmc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:23 pm
Probably the best tournament as a whole ever? So many stories and so many great matches. Great final and whilst i didn't expect Wright to win he deserved it and came over as a gracious winner.MVG handled the defeat better than i expected. Hearn must be overjoyed with the publicity and the interest in what comes next for so many players? The money making machine is showing no signs of slowing down.. Just a great tournament.
Quite possibly. The early rounds were so entertaining from session to session, some extremely close first, second and third round clashes. Last 16 very good, 1/4 finals a bit disappointing but the 1/2 finals and final made up for that well-and-truly. Delighted for one of the hardest-workers Peter Wright getting the win at the end, thoroughly deserved Snakey
Hold on - the 1/2 finals were poor as contests and way down in terms of quality. Just my luck that they were the only games I saw
In ACF style (sort of), tournament averages and comparisons with previous years. Player averages are true averages, round and tournament averages are weighted by number of legs per match:
Name Match1 Match2 Match3 Match4 Match5 Match6 Tournament
Ian White 100.33100.33
Michael van Gerwen 96.28 96.75 104.09 99.50 96.34 102.88 99.29
Peter Wright 96.53 94.42 96.39 105.86 98.39 102.79 99.18
Dave Chisnall 93.10 101.75 98.24
Jeffrey de Zwaan 93.47 106.09 94.80 97.89
Gary Anderson 93.77 99.85 97.42 97.83
Josh Payne 96.49 97.52 97.02
Chris Dobey 96.33 101.09 94.01 96.90
Daryl Gurney 96.02 96.84 96.59
Raymond van Barneveld 96.13 96.13
Luke Humphries 91.05 97.70 94.80 95.11 98.65 95.73
Michael Smith 95.69 95.69
Ricky Evans 95.46 95.81 95.65
Nathan Aspinall 95.38 98.45 97.97 95.31 92.04 95.62
Jelle Klaasen 96.02 95.06 95.54
Glen Durrant 95.36 97.94 94.16 94.42 95.49
Jamie Hughes 95.47 95.47
Jermaine Wattimena 95.14 95.14
Steve West 95.12 95.12
Nico Kurz 95.67 93.05 96.16 95.00
Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.81 94.21 96.06 91.12 94.81
Krzysztof Ratajski 91.35 97.00 94.71
Brendan Dolan 97.35 90.96 94.54
Gerwyn Price 90.98 104.20 92.47 99.69 89.94 94.22
John Henderson 93.34 94.59 94.02
Luke Woodhouse 96.02 97.81 90.41 93.91
James Wade 92.43 94.56 93.78
Vincent van der Voort 95.79 91.99 93.68
Ron Meulenkamp 91.90 94.71 93.62
Seigo Asada 91.97 91.96 95.56 93.59
Gabriel Clemens 93.57 93.57
Zoran Lerchbacher 94.22 92.30 93.36
Ryan Searle 87.00 101.54 95.15 93.35
Paul Lim 93.14 93.14
Jonny Clayton 95.16 91.49 93.07
Darius Labanauskas 94.73 96.31 91.03 94.25 90.25 92.79
Adrian Lewis 90.46 93.74 93.70 92.75
Devon Petersen 92.60 92.60
Joe Cullen 92.47 92.47
Kevin Burness 92.41 92.41
Mensur Suljovic 92.31 92.31
Danny Noppert 92.85 91.58 92.20
Darren Webster 91.28 92.40 92.13
Steve Lennon 91.92 91.92
Stephen Bunting 93.49 95.70 84.71 91.90
Steve Beaton 91.92 92.95 90.44 91.76
Keane Barry 91.72 91.72
Justin Pipe 92.26 90.41 91.66
Simon Whitlock 93.87 90.94 90.85 91.52
Ted Evetts 91.50 91.50
Kim Huybrechts 89.94 89.44 95.84 89.11 91.41
William O'Connor 88.23 93.22 91.33
Max Hopp 90.03 92.16 91.15
Damon Heta 93.89 87.63 91.14
Keegan Brown 90.99 90.99
Noel Malicdem 85.07 93.77 90.86
Jose Justicia 88.64 91.87 90.81
Mark McGeeney 93.66 87.10 90.77
Fallon Sherrock 91.12 90.67 90.45 90.75
Diogo Portela 90.46 90.46
Nitin Kumar 90.17 90.17
Ritchie Edhouse 87.83 93.48 90.16
José de Sousa 90.01 90.01
James Wilson 89.89 89.89
Rob Cross 89.64 89.64
Kyle Anderson 89.56 89.31 89.45
Darin Young 87.92 90.59 89.39
Mervyn King 88.36 89.51 88.90
Ben Robb 88.36 88.36
Matt Campbell 88.33 88.33
Callan Rydz 89.28 87.09 88.07
Cristo Reyes 85.62 89.86 87.85
Ciaran Teehan 90.08 86.40 87.81
Ross Smith 87.67 87.67
Benjamin Pratnemer 87.45 87.45
Danny Baggish 84.94 90.92 87.27
Geert Nentjes 87.03 87.03
Benito van de Pas 88.64 84.73 86.64
Andy Boulton 85.12 85.12
James Richardson 85.78 83.77 85.11
Mikuru Suzuki 84.91 84.91
Matthew Edgar 84.78 84.78
Yuki Yamada 85.77 82.34 84.64
Boris Koltsov 84.53 84.53
Jan Dekker 84.07 85.10 84.43
Lourence Ilagan 84.36 84.36
Harry Ward 84.04 84.74 84.31
Marko Kantele 83.91 83.91
Ryan Joyce 83.37 83.37
Xiaochen Zong 83.16 83.16
Madars Razma 83.12 83.12
Arron Monk 82.56 82.56
Rowby-John Rodriguez 81.34 81.34
Ryan Meikle 81.00 81.00
Robbie King 80.50 80.50
Mickey Mansell 80.15 80.15
craigmc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:23 pm
Probably the best tournament as a whole ever? So many stories and so many great matches. Great final and whilst i didn't expect Wright to win he deserved it and came over as a gracious winner.MVG handled the defeat better than i expected. Hearn must be overjoyed with the publicity and the interest in what comes next for so many players? The money making machine is showing no signs of slowing down.. Just a great tournament.
Quite possibly. The early rounds were so entertaining from session to session, some extremely close first, second and third round clashes. Last 16 very good, 1/4 finals a bit disappointing but the 1/2 finals and final made up for that well-and-truly. Delighted for one of the hardest-workers Peter Wright getting the win at the end, thoroughly deserved Snakey
Hold on - the 1/2 finals were poor as contests and way down in terms of quality. Just my luck that they were the only games I saw
What WizardofozFan really means was that Gerwyn Price got beat in the semi finals and that automatically makes it a great match..
Personally I thought it was a very good tournament but I was disappointed by the semi finals.. Not just that Price and Aspinall lost but the fact neither showed anywhere near their true form from earlier in the event... The final I didnt see as we were out but to be fair all tournament I felt MVG was slightly under his par so not a major surprise as Wright has been close to beating him in finals when MVG has played better than this event
Addicks Fan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:43 am
In ACF style (sort of), tournament averages and comparisons with previous years. Player averages are true averages, round and tournament averages are weighted by number of legs per match:
Name Match1 Match2 Match3 Match4 Match5 Match6 Tournament
Ian White 100.33100.33
Michael van Gerwen 96.28 96.75 104.09 99.50 96.34 102.88 99.29
Peter Wright 96.53 94.42 96.39 105.86 98.39 102.79 99.18
Dave Chisnall 93.10 101.75 98.24
Jeffrey de Zwaan 93.47 106.09 94.80 97.89
Gary Anderson 93.77 99.85 97.42 97.83
Josh Payne 96.49 97.52 97.02
Chris Dobey 96.33 101.09 94.01 96.90
Daryl Gurney 96.02 96.84 96.59
Raymond van Barneveld 96.13 96.13
Luke Humphries 91.05 97.70 94.80 95.11 98.65 95.73
Michael Smith 95.69 95.69
Ricky Evans 95.46 95.81 95.65
Nathan Aspinall 95.38 98.45 97.97 95.31 92.04 95.62
Jelle Klaasen 96.02 95.06 95.54
Glen Durrant 95.36 97.94 94.16 94.42 95.49
Jamie Hughes 95.47 95.47
Jermaine Wattimena 95.14 95.14
Steve West 95.12 95.12
Nico Kurz 95.67 93.05 96.16 95.00
Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.81 94.21 96.06 91.12 94.81
Krzysztof Ratajski 91.35 97.00 94.71
Brendan Dolan 97.35 90.96 94.54
Gerwyn Price 90.98 104.20 92.47 99.69 89.94 94.22
John Henderson 93.34 94.59 94.02
Luke Woodhouse 96.02 97.81 90.41 93.91
James Wade 92.43 94.56 93.78
Vincent van der Voort 95.79 91.99 93.68
Ron Meulenkamp 91.90 94.71 93.62
Seigo Asada 91.97 91.96 95.56 93.59
Gabriel Clemens 93.57 93.57
Zoran Lerchbacher 94.22 92.30 93.36
Ryan Searle 87.00 101.54 95.15 93.35
Paul Lim 93.14 93.14
Jonny Clayton 95.16 91.49 93.07
Darius Labanauskas 94.73 96.31 91.03 94.25 90.25 92.79
Adrian Lewis 90.46 93.74 93.70 92.75
Devon Petersen 92.60 92.60
Joe Cullen 92.47 92.47
Kevin Burness 92.41 92.41
Mensur Suljovic 92.31 92.31
Danny Noppert 92.85 91.58 92.20
Darren Webster 91.28 92.40 92.13
Steve Lennon 91.92 91.92
Stephen Bunting 93.49 95.70 84.71 91.90
Steve Beaton 91.92 92.95 90.44 91.76
Keane Barry 91.72 91.72
Justin Pipe 92.26 90.41 91.66
Simon Whitlock 93.87 90.94 90.85 91.52
Ted Evetts 91.50 91.50
Kim Huybrechts 89.94 89.44 95.84 89.11 91.41
William O'Connor 88.23 93.22 91.33
Max Hopp 90.03 92.16 91.15
Damon Heta 93.89 87.63 91.14
Keegan Brown 90.99 90.99
Noel Malicdem 85.07 93.77 90.86
Jose Justicia 88.64 91.87 90.81
Mark McGeeney 93.66 87.10 90.77
Fallon Sherrock 91.12 90.67 90.45 90.75
Diogo Portela 90.46 90.46
Nitin Kumar 90.17 90.17
Ritchie Edhouse 87.83 93.48 90.16
José de Sousa 90.01 90.01
James Wilson 89.89 89.89
Rob Cross 89.64 89.64
Kyle Anderson 89.56 89.31 89.45
Darin Young 87.92 90.59 89.39
Mervyn King 88.36 89.51 88.90
Ben Robb 88.36 88.36
Matt Campbell 88.33 88.33
Callan Rydz 89.28 87.09 88.07
Cristo Reyes 85.62 89.86 87.85
Ciaran Teehan 90.08 86.40 87.81
Ross Smith 87.67 87.67
Benjamin Pratnemer 87.45 87.45
Danny Baggish 84.94 90.92 87.27
Geert Nentjes 87.03 87.03
Benito van de Pas 88.64 84.73 86.64
Andy Boulton 85.12 85.12
James Richardson 85.78 83.77 85.11
Mikuru Suzuki 84.91 84.91
Matthew Edgar 84.78 84.78
Yuki Yamada 85.77 82.34 84.64
Boris Koltsov 84.53 84.53
Jan Dekker 84.07 85.10 84.43
Lourence Ilagan 84.36 84.36
Harry Ward 84.04 84.74 84.31
Marko Kantele 83.91 83.91
Ryan Joyce 83.37 83.37
Xiaochen Zong 83.16 83.16
Madars Razma 83.12 83.12
Arron Monk 82.56 82.56
Rowby-John Rodriguez 81.34 81.34
Ryan Meikle 81.00 81.00
Robbie King 80.50 80.50
Mickey Mansell 80.15 80.15
Well done Peter Wright. Let’s be honest hardly anyone gave him a chance in the final which was wrong based on the overall form over the World Champs. Everyone assumed he would choke again against Michael, even MVG though his pre game comments just wishful thinking now, as it happened it was MVG that chocked a bit missing key doubles, I don’t think Peter Wright missed a double (when it mattered). That was the difference and could of/should of been a much tighter score line than than it was.
A great final though, Peter seals the deal as one of the all time greats and a victory for the older player that keeps working hard and doesn’t give up....inspirational really!
Mvg will bounce back, seems he can never retain it and comes back stronger the following year. And a few others like Cross and Smith will be looking to make amends, can Anderson get back to the top, Price will be looking to avenge his poor semi final , promises to be a great year!
What a fantastic game last night. Really pleased for Peter Wright. He comes across as a great bloke. No gamesmanship with him.
I have to agree that Rod Studd is a really good commentator. Mardle gets on my tonsils when he constantly laughs at his own crummy jokes.
Glad to see young Fallon come out of her shell and give good interviews now. When she was with the BDO she was painfully shy. It can't be easy bringing up an autistic son as a single mother. Fallon seems like a really pleasant person. Uncle Barry knows she is box office so it was no surprise to see her get an invitation for one of the guest spots in the Premier League.
