ive noticed that James Wade wins a lot of very close gams that really he should have lost based on the position his opponent was in and the standard he plays at for most of the game.......
for example............in the CLD for the first 2 dayd he has won a lot of very close games when he was say 3-0, 4-1 down........now is this because people know theyve got a big chance of getting a big win, so bottle it, or is wade just a very gritty and steally character which isnt flustered by much who can comeback back very well??
lloyd was 0-3 up on him today and had match darts so it was in lloyds hands to win and not just down to wades brilliance to come back.............walsh did exactly the same yesterday.................today he beat stompe 6-5, nicholson 6-4, lloyd 6-5, lewis 6-5 ..........all close games and a lot of them his opponent should have won, yet wade won them!
i am not a big fan of wade and i posted this as i find myself thinking 'lucky bugger' everytime he pulls of a win after being lack-luster for most of it and not looking interested...................
another example is when he beat the pieman in blackpool this year..............smith really should have beat him but didnt and again wade clinched a close encounter his opponent should have won......................wades class and presence can get him out of many games as he has a steally game and is one of those players you dont want to give a chance to ...........for example today, stompe missed darts at a double and wade was on 100.....as i expected he checked out the ton in 2 darts.................................................to me though, wades seemingly diss-interested attitude in games can make some players quite easily beat him if they are in the right frame of mind.........when players dont bottle it and think about any comeback and just do the job on him he can get beaten quite easily at times.............players like anderson and whitlock proved that today with 6-0 wins, doing a proffesional job on the below par wade............thats why he has went out of many comps early to the likes of lloyd in the euro's , ayres in the uk open and got easily beaten by the focused barney in the matchplay.
wade is a great player and definatley up there with barney, whitlock, anderson but his tendancy to be diss-interested and unproffesional can come back to haunt him if he doesnt turn up on the day and plays a focues player.............yet his luck or class can see him win games he really should have lost..........................a funny player is wade imo
