2009 Wold Matchplay, Blackpool

holmyster

Anyone going to the darts in Blackpool?

Has anyone been before? Is there any interesting things to do around Blackpool during the day?

Heading for the week and can't wait.

Kingp35

The Pleasure Beach amusement park is just down the road. It's great fun and has very little queues. make sure you try out the Pepsi max, the Grand National and the Mighty Mouse. There is loads to do in Blackpool, always something on.

ratinakeg

No point starting a new thread when this one is around!

First round draw:

P Taylor v R Thornton
K Painter v W Newton
A Lewis v C Stompe
C Lloyd v W Jones
M King v M Dudbridge
M Walsh v A Jenkins
C Osborne v S Beaton
J Part v V van der Voort
W Mardle v T Eccles
J Wade v J Caven
A Hamilton v G Anderson
R Baxter v J Klaasen
A Tabern v A Smith
T Jenkins v P Wright
D Priestley v D Ovens
R van Barneveld v M van Gerwen

Some tough games to call, I still can't believe it's the first round as the line up is brilliant!:)

Double Top

ratinakeg wrote: »

No point starting a new thread when this one is around!

First round draw:

P Taylor v R Thornton
K Painter v W Newton
A Lewis v C Stompe
C Lloyd v W Jones
M King v M Dudbridge
M Walsh v A Jenkins
C Osborne v S Beaton
J Part v V van der Voort
W Mardle v T Eccles
J Wade v J Caven
A Hamilton v G Anderson
R Baxter v J Klaasen
A Tabern v A Smith
T Jenkins v P Wright
D Priestley v D Ovens
R van Barneveld v M van Gerwen

there my prediction's

ratinakeg

P Taylor v R Thornton
K Painter v W Newton
A Lewis v C Stompe
C Lloyd v W Jones
M King v M Dudbridge
M Walsh v A Jenkins
C Osborne v S Beaton
J Part v V van der Voort
W Mardle v T Ecclestough one to call
J Wade v J Caven
A Hamilton v G Anderson another tough one
R Baxter v J Klaasen another tough one
A Tabern v A Smith I hope The Pieman wins but Tabern will just beat him!
T Jenkins v P Wright
D Priestley v D Ovens
R van Barneveld v M van Gerwen

Snap D.T!:D

Kingp35

P Taylor v R Thornton
K Painter v W Newton
A Lewis v C Stompe
C Lloyd v W Jones
M King v M Dudbridge
M Walsh v A Jenkins
C Osborne v S Beaton
J Part v V van der Voort
W Mardle v T Eccles
J Wade v J Caven
A Hamilton v G Anderson
R Baxter v J Klaasen
A Tabern v A Smith
T Jenkins v P Wright
D Priestley v D Ovens
R van Barneveld v M van Gerwen

Double Top

Jones over Lloyd, very close to call. thought Lloyd played very well in Vegas but Jones is coming off winning in Coventry so.......tough one but i still think Lloyd

ratinakeg

Only three matches on tomorrow!:(

19:10 Adrian Lewis (3/5) v Co Stompe (6/4)
20:00 Colin Lloyd (5/6) v Wayne Jones (6/5)
21:00 Mervyn King (4/11) v Mark Dudbridge (5/2)

ciarraibhoy

P Taylor v R Thornton
K Painter v W Newton
A Lewis v C Stompe
C Lloyd v W Jones
M King v M Dudbridge
M Walsh v A Jenkins
C Osborne v S Beaton
J Part v V van der Voort
W Mardle v T Eccles
J Wade v J Caven
A Hamilton v G Anderson
R Baxter v J Klaasen
A Tabern v A Smith
T Jenkins v P Wright
D Priestley v D Ovens
R van Barneveld v M van Gerwen

ratinakeg

I was beginning to say to myself Co Stompe has not turned up until he hit the 97 check-out. C'mon Co!

ratinakeg

Adrian Lewis 10 - 7 Co Stompe

Good game to start the night, both players started off a bit slow but turned out to be a an entertaining game.

ratinakeg

Colin Lloyd 10 - 7 Wayne Jones

Poor match!:( Jones was shocking on his doubles apart from the 121 check out on the bull! Lloyd will get knocked out next round if he plays like that again.

Lloyd had swine flu, fair play to him for getting over it.

Double Top

ratinakeg wrote: »

Colin Lloyd 10 - 7 Wayne Jones

Poor match!:( Jones was shocking on his doubles apart from the 121 check out on the bull! Lloyd will get knocked out next round if he plays like that again.

Lloyd had swine flu, fair play to him for getting over it.

very poor showing by both players, don't think Jones is a TV player and Llyod was very iffy. forgettable match in my eyes

your right mate, fair play to him for getting over it, nobody stronger then a dart player looking to get payed:D:D:D

ciarraibhoy

Double Top wrote: »

very poor showing by both players, don't think Jones is a TV player and Llyod was very iffy. forgettable match in my eyes

your right mate, fair play to him for getting over it, nobody stronger then a dart player looking to get payed:D:D:D

Wayne Jones was in terrific form last week in the Midland Open, thats why I picked him to beat Lloyd

ratinakeg

This match is crap!:( Could be the first upset of the tournament.

CHD

King looks like he has swine flu.

ratinakeg

CHD wrote: »

King looks like he has swine flu.

He has an abscess on his tooth and Dudbridge has a sore shoulder and neck, the match should be held in a casualty ward!

Kingp35

ciarraibhoy wrote: »

Wayne Jones was in terrific form last week in the Midland Open, thats why I picked him to beat Lloyd

I tipped Jones as well because he has been in terrific form on the floor all year. He has just never done it on the TV since getting to the semi-finals of the Worlds a few years ago. He is a great player but needs to focus on bringing that game onto the big stages.

Wasn't a great night for quality but there were decent enough matches, the last one being the best. Dudbridge will be kicking himself, he kept letting King back into the game and really should have won.

Tonights Matches:
Kevin Painter v Wes Newton
Colin Osborne v Steve Beaton
Phil Taylor v Robert Thornton
Wayne Mardle v Tony Eccles

MBC

Live streaming of the games on bet365.com

http://www.bettingpro.com/category/Darts/Wayne-Mardle-vs-Tony-Eccles-live-streaming-200907200042/

clivebaby

The way I see it going tonight
Kevin Painter v Wes Newton
Colin Osborne v Steve Beaton
Phil Taylor v Robert Thornton
Wayne Mardle v Tony Eccles

Kazooie

Is there only 1 session per day? With only 4 games in each?

ratinakeg

Kazooie wrote: »

Is there only 1 session per day? With only 4 games in each?

There are two sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, might be only 3 matches in each of them sessions.

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

There are two sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, might be only 3 matches in each of them sessions.

Pain in the balls having matches on during the afternoon because I'll prob miss them when I'm in work.

Unless Bet365 stream them then I am in business

i agree with your picks clive although Mardle and Eccles is a very tight one. Hopefully Thornton can put up some kind of a fight against Taylor.

ratinakeg

It should be on this site aswell;

http://www.fromsport.com/

ratinakeg

Jaysus Helen Chamberlain is looking very old but I'd still give her one!:D:D

ratinakeg

Painter is on fire here with his new darts, best I've probably ever seen him play! Good leg by Newton just there!

clivebaby

Osborne was rubbish,Beaton scored well but cant see him going far

ratinakeg

clivebaby wrote: »

Osborne was rubbish,Beaton scored well but cant see him going far

Spot on Clive! My bet is fecked now, I'll never bet on Osborne again!:mad:

ratinakeg

Sid is getting the tongue in already!:mad:

ratinakeg

How is Tony Eccles number 29 in the rankings?:eek: Rubbish is the only word to describe his performance tonight! See if I was playing Mardle and he was jumping around while I was taking my shot I'd turn around and level the idiot, I've no respect for him whatsoever nowadays!

Double Top

the stand out players so far, painter (all round great, best i have seen him) and lewis (scoring well but finishing brilliant)

did taylor change his darts or just a different colour

osbourne,thornton and jones very disappointing

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

the stand out players so far, painter (all round great, best i have seen him) and lewis (scoring well but finishing brilliant)

did taylor change his darts or just a different colour

osbourne,thornton and jones very disappointing

I think they are just a differant colour, Painter v Taylor on Wednesday should be great. Might put a few euro on Painter!:D

ratinakeg

Tuesdays games

Hamilton v Anderson
Part v Van der Voort
Wade v Caven
Baxter v Klaasen

Another tough night of predicting but I'll go for this!;)

I thought I had a single bet on Osborne to win outright for some reason but it's Anderson I have a bet on!

Evolution Enter

Hamilton, Wade, Part and Baxter

Kingp35

Strange night of darts. I can only assume that a lot of the players are very nervous going into this tournament. In fairness it's a huge tournament, probably the second biggest behind the World Championships. Thornton was a bag of nerves from the start and really didn;t do himself justice. Even Taylor was nervous too. Osbourne just fell apart but fair play to Beaten, he scored well and of he can find the finishing touch he could surprise a few as he has been top class on the floor this year. Painter was quality, supposedly he is really happy with his new darts and he usually gives Taylor a game so looking forward to that. In fairness to Mardle he played well, he wa shis usual inconsistent self but he did have moments of quality and his finishing on D18 was brilliant. Eccles was rubbish though and never pushed him.

Good night of darts again tonight with some tough calls:

Hamilton v Anderson
Part v Van der Voort
Wade v Caven
Baxter v Klaasen

It depends on how nervous Anderson is, if he relaxes he will win but Hamilton has a real chance of winning that. Part should have too much for VdV but again on his day VdV can beat anyone. Caven is a great up and coming player who will puch Wade but I think Wade's experience will win through. Baxter and Klaasen is the toughest to call but I will go for Ronnie as he loves this tournament and will want revenge for Klaasen beating him in Vegas.

Kingp35

Oh and did anyone think it was VERY bad form from Sky that they didn't bother their arses to interview Steve Beaten after he won his game? It was a real kick in the teeth for Beaten who put in one of his best TV performaces for a while and took out many peoples dark horse tip for the title.

I suppose Sky needed more time to hype up Phil Taylor. Pathetic :rolleyes:

clivebaby

Hamilton v Anderson
Part v Van der Voort
Wade v Caven
Baxter v Klaasen
They are all hard games to call.I think Hamilton is a little more consistent.If Part is on his game he should win easily but can throw a bad game.Wade should have a bit too much for Caven.Baxter and Klaasen can go either way.

Evolution Enter

Osborne though is the puzzler, anyone else think that after he won two pro tour events and made the final of the UK Open, that the weight of expectation is getting to him now.

Two first round exits on TV since that final??

ratinakeg

Evolution Enter wrote: »

Osborne though is the puzzler, anyone else think that after he won two pro tour events and made the final of the UK Open, that the weight of expectation is getting to him now.

Two first round exits on TV since that final??

I just think with Osborne that the floor events really suit him and that's why he did so well at Bolton, Vegas and Blackpool are a very differant format to Bolton.

Devastator

Double Top wrote: »

did taylor change his darts or just a different colour

I thought the flights looked bigger maybe its just a trick of the eye due to colour change, but tried to watch carefully and they looked as if they were wider at back(nearly like a wing shape). I'll be watching again against Painter.

Kingp35 wrote: »

Good night of darts again tonight with some tough calls:

Hamilton v Anderson
Part v Van der Voort
Wade v Caven
Baxter v Klaasen

That would be same as myself.

Kingp35 wrote: »

Oh and did anyone think it was VERY bad form from Sky that they didn't bother their arses to interview Steve Beaten after he won his game? It was a real kick in the teeth for Beaten who put in one of his best TV performaces for a while and took out many peoples dark horse tip for the title.

yeah I noticed that, started to wonder whether I had gone upstairs and missed it :eek: Who knows, maybe he didn't want to give interview...taking the Barney way out

Kingp35

Devastator wrote: »

yeah I noticed that, started to wonder whether I had gone upstairs and missed it :eek: Who knows, maybe he didn't want to give interview...taking the Barney way out

That can't be it because I know that the players are contractually obliged to give an interview if Sky want it but Sky don't have to interview everyone. Maybe I am being a bit too harsh but I think everyone who wins their match deserves to be interviewed. I'm sure sponsors put a bit of money into Steve Beaten so he van play the Pro Tour and they are missing out on exposure by Beaten not being interviewed.


As for Osbourne, it's a strange one that he has lost in two first rounds in a row now. He is a very experienced Sportsman so it can;t be him thinking he is too good. He really was poor yesterday though and didn't score at all. Maybe rat is right and he is a better floor player. It takes a lot of mental concentration to play in a tournament like the Matchplay. You can see that so many of the players are very nervous going into it. Osbourne has a lot of improvement to do if he is to become the World No. One like he said in his interview before his game.

Devastator

Kingp35 wrote: »

That can't be it because I know that the players are contractually obliged to give an interview if Sky want it but Sky don't have to interview everyone. Maybe I am being a bit too harsh but I think everyone who wins their match deserves to be interviewed. I'm sure sponsors put a bit of money into Steve Beaten so he van play the Pro Tour and they are missing out on exposure by Beaten not being interviewed.

didn't know about the contract obligations, but 100% agree on winners deserving an interview....especially a big underdog winning!

Evolution Enter

Ah, with the field as packed with quality the way it is, 16 excellent players are always going to go out. Nobody is criticising Thornton for getting knocked out at the hands of Taylor, even though he really should have won given the way Taylor played

Low 90 averages are excellent darts, Taylor has just raised fans expectations on all throwers now

ratinakeg

I thought that was a great match to start the night, hopefully more to come tonight! Anderson started slow but blew Hamilton apart as the match went on!

ratinakeg

Ah c'mon Sky where is Van der Voort's interview!:mad:Part would have had an interview if he won! Part was crap at best, a big shocker!:eek:

ratinakeg

The Rocket is on fire, brilliant darts and Klaasen has no answer to it!

mixed up

Great come back by klaasen great game

ratinakeg

mixed up wrote: »

Great come back by klaasen great game

Yes spot on, I don't want this to end, brilliant match!:D

ratinakeg

What a match, best I've seen in a while!:D:D Well done Ronnie!

mixed up

Brilliant game baxter done really well to finish off the game it could have went anyway best game of the night by a long way klaasen loosing 5-0 with a 97 average :eek:

ratinakeg

Has anybody noticed the new commentator Rod Studd this week? I think he is doing a great job! Great name by the way, I'd say he's popular with the ladies!:D