All the Wine Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Love this time of year with the Ally Pally then Lakeside after it, though Lakeside can be tough to watch at times due to the standard early on. I do love the darts, getting bigger every year and can throw up some proper drama at times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Poor Rune David. Mind that the Lakeside is on channel 4 this time. Still BT at night. Vassos, Jim Proudfoot & John Rawling on comms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the Wine Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Surely Bobby George will be involved somewhere. It's not Lakeside without BG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 1 hour ago, All the Wine said: Surely Bobby George will be involved somewhere. It's not Lakeside without BG He was asked on twitter if he would. He said Quote No. it's not going to be on the BBC. The new channel will have their own people lol. Thanks for asking According to the tweets in this chain: Paul will be reprising his BBC pundit role, with Rob Walker presenting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakiedokey Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Criminal they have ditched Bobby. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakiedokey Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) Did anyone see Phil Taylor flip out last night? Hilarious. He is an absolute cretin but to be fair on this occasion he was being heavily prodded for a reaction. Edited December 30, 2016 by Oakiedokey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the Wine Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Taylor is a loathsome individual. Glad Barney papped him out. Missed Anderson v Chisnall yesterday which was meant to have been a classic. Peter Wright kind of made his way to the semis without much notice. Averaging over 100 every game so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 27 minutes ago, All the Wine said: Taylor is a loathsome individual. Glad Barney papped him out. Missed Anderson v Chisnall yesterday which was meant to have been a classic. Peter Wright kind of made his way to the semis without much notice. Averaging over 100 every game so far. Full match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the Wine Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) That Chisnall v Anderson match was brilliant but tonight's semi between Barney and Mvg was from another planet. Losing with a 109 average is insane. Even more insane is 114 average over 8 sets. Anderson probably the only one who can stop Mvg but I can't see it happening. On a side note, John Part won one of his titles with an average of 82. The standard of darts is unbelievable compared to 10 year ago, when a 100 average was thought to be extraordinary. You need to be hitting 105 minimum to win tournaments these days Edited January 1, 2017 by All the Wine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie71 Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Gary will need to be at his very very best, just to make a game of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 MVG has a weakness when it comes to the worlds. Hence he only has one. Trouble is, he looks the part this year. One can only hope Anderson has something in reserve. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the Wine Posted January 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Aye CB I'm no sure the set play suits him. It's not like Anderson playing bad, any other year he'd walk it. Saying that Wright missed too many chances last night, could have been a lot closer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Lost 7-3. That'll be why I'm not a pundit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Premier league line up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the Wine Posted January 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Nobody was stopping van Gerwen tonight he was a man on a mission. 3 of the 4 highest losing averages were against him this year which says it all. Records being smashed all over the place, I didn't think they'd beat 33 180s but the two of them raised the bar again tonight. Big moment was Mvg breaking to go 2-2 and not 3-1. After that it was a bit of a procession. 44 tournaments in 2 years is crazy, every ranking tournament this year. I don't think there can be much arguments about him being the best ever. Taylor never had the standard around him that there is just now when he was winning everything. As for premier league you'd imagine huybrechts and klaasen being whipping boys and you can't see past Anderson and van Gerwen being top 2 again. Miles ahead of the rest 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie71 Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 3 - 1 would have been interesting. If that had happened Gary could maybe of taken MVG's mid game onslaught and then kept himself in it to the end set or two. I also think MVG wanted it more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the Wine Posted January 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Definitely you seen how much it meant to him and Anderson is quite blasé about winning it again. According to him he's beaten Taylor on that stage in a final so he's quite happy (something Mvg not done yet). I don't think Mvg will get near Taylors record of world championships, might not even get double figures but he's still unbelievable. Now on to Lakeside and the BDO! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie71 Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 I'll tune in to see how C4 present Lakeside. It will be pretty weird though, compared to what we have watched over the last couple of weeks. No Toure brothers that's for sure!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 If it's anything like BT it'll be an ad break every 2 sets. Not every set like sky. Haven't heard who won the production tender yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Lakeside is painful viewing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 8 hours ago, Killie71 said: I'll tune in to see how C4 present Lakeside. It will be pretty weird though, compared to what we have watched over the last couple of weeks. No Toure brothers that's for sure!! Rab Butler having none of it. He has since retired from reffing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Channel 4 seem very keen. On air at 12:45 on Saturday for the darts. I guess that weird bbc start time was a throwback to when it would be on Grandstand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the Wine Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Channel 4 coverage been decent and the standard nowhere near as bad as folk make out at times. Even saw a young lassie playing yesterday that was smashing in 140s and 180s! Yeah it's not Anderson, van Gerwen etc quality but its not a couple of guys in the pub either 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 I really enjoyed that, this year. Top work from c4. Paul Nicholson was on point again in his punditary & commentary. A massive step up from the pile of doo-doo that the bbc had let it get to. Although, Vassos did his best to channel the spirit of Tony Green. And he's not even dead... I do hope the viewing figures were good enough for c4 to pick it up. Rumours going around that it wasn't a two year deal. But a 1 plus 1. Essentially, they got this year for free & only need to pay if they pick up the second year. Deadline day for switching is tomorrow. No more freebies, if you want to switch, you HAVE to take part in Q-School. Madars Razma is confirmed. Latvian player. Lakeside best. Last 16 2015, 2016. 6 Jobber titles. 5 Latvian national championships. Allan Edwards. Jobber. Lakeside best: Qualifiers. 'Pro' for 6 years. Total winnings £1,142 Rumours. Durrant. Has 'til close of business tomorrow to 'talk it over with his management' The same management that manage Klaasen, Suljovic & Kim Huybrechts. The fact the cheques are held back 'til after Q-School deadline expires may keep him at the bdo. Dean 'Deano' Reynolds Lakeside best: Last 32 2016, 2017. Won a few pdc challenge tour events & finished top of the youth OoM. Which gets you a 2 year tour card. Being papped out in te 1st round at Lakeside means he'll probably take up his tour card option. Danny Noppert. Like Durrant has been strongly rumoured to be switching. The £35k might keep him for now. Especially if Bob Potter gets arsey with the cheques. Jamie Hughes. Rumoured to be going. But, if Durrant goes, he could stay & become the next big fish in the bdo pond. Barry Hearn is egging Lisa Ashton on, to play in the qualifiers for the grand slam. BDO have decided to give their places to the top 8 ranked bdo male players at time of posting. PDC-BDO Dean Winstanley. Plauged by injury, lost his tour card, will look to rejoin his missus in the bdo & hoover up some minor titles when he recovers from injury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 None of the them are anywhere near good enough to match the likes of Gary Anderson, even a fsding phil taylor would smash them all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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