whitlock in premier

damo180

Just seen that Simon Whitlock has been confirmed as a wildcard in the Premier League. I hope Lewis gets the other spot

Reginald P. DuM

I'm delighted, this guy means business..

Niall_76

damo180 wrote: »

Just seen that Simon Whitlock has been confirmed as a wildcard in the Premier League. I hope Lewis gets the other spot

Great stuff.hope to go over to one of the nights and would like him to be there.

Where did you see this? I thought they normally announce the 2 together.

Any Double !

damo180 wrote: »

Just seen that Simon Whitlock has been confirmed as a wildcard in the Premier League. I hope Lewis gets the other spot

Thats great stuff. Had to be him as all the others are tried and tested. Lewis probably for excitement to join him though I always feared Anderson was promised the PL carrot by Barry Hearne for 2010 when he switched. Trouble with Gary is he can't seem to handle big TV events.

Degag

Did this deserve a thread of its own???

Anyhow, delighted for Whitlock.

ratinakeg

Yeah I think it deserves its own thread, Whitlock is brilliant!

unknown13

He definitely deserves it didnt put a foot wrong and played some super darts aswell.

501darts

great news... he deserves it

Healio

Rough estimation* of Order of Merit after worlds:

1 TAYLOR, Phil England £1,052,088
2 BARNEVELD, Raymond van Netherlands £272,437
3 WADE, James England £249,975
4 JENKINS, Terry England £176,257
5 BAXTER, Ronnie England £168,192
6 KING, Mervyn England £157,579
7 LEWIS, Adrian England £156,429
8 HAMILTON, Andy England £149,405
9 LLOYD, Colin England £144,922
10 PRIESTLEY, Dennis England £143,509
11 OSBORNE, Colin England £138,346
12 TABERN, Alan England £133,426
13 WALSH, Mark England £131,996
14 THORNTON, Robert Scotland £125,628
15 PAINTER, Kevin England £123,179
16 WHITLOCK,Simon Australia £104,650
17 VOORT, Vincent van der Netherlands £102,912
18 DUDBRIDGE, Mark England £97,697
19 STOMPÉ, Co Netherlands £94,239
20 BEATON, Steve England £93,285
21 MARDLE, Wayne England £88,221
22 PART, John Canada £86,611
23 JONES, Wayne England £85,897
24 KLAASEN, Jelle Netherlands £79,321
25 OVENS, Denis England £79,107
26 MANLEY, Peter England £78,707
27 NEWTON, Wesley England £75,364
28 SMITH, Andy England £75,258
29 CAVEN, Jamie England £72,518
30 WEBSTER,Mark Wales £72,042
31 GERWEN, Michael van Netherlands £71,779
32 McDINE, Kevin England £67,996




Part drops to from 4 to 22, Whitlock up to 16 from 98, Webster up to 30 from 69, McDine up to 32 from 39.

* from following link http://www.pdc.tv/staticFiles/14/42/0,,10180~147988,00.xls and delteting up to 2007 World champs and adding 2009 World Champs.

damo180

Was confirmed at the PDC Darts awards last night. See Planet Darts.
Taylor-Player of the Year
Lewis-Young Player of the Year.

Awards also for 9 Darters in Players Ch'Ship and televised 9 Darters

dionsiseire

Has to be lewis now for the second spot, Lewis can give taylor a game, i'd love to see Lewis - Whitlock, Lewis - Taylor, Lewis - Wade and Lewis - Baxter

although i wouldnt mind anderson getting it, i think lewis has far more a claim for the spot

but since sky sports are picking the 2 wild cards this year, Whitlock looks to be their sensible choice, Anderson will be their daft choice

if mardle gets it i'll cry

JacksonHeightsOwn

Healio wrote: »

Rough estimation* of Order of Merit after worlds:

1 TAYLOR, Phil England £1,052,088
2 BARNEVELD, Raymond van Netherlands £272,437
3 WADE, James England £249,975
4 JENKINS, Terry England £176,257
5 BAXTER, Ronnie England £168,192
6 KING, Mervyn England £157,579
7 LEWIS, Adrian England £156,429
8 HAMILTON, Andy England £149,405
9 LLOYD, Colin England £144,922
10 PRIESTLEY, Dennis England £143,509
11 OSBORNE, Colin England £138,346
12 TABERN, Alan England £133,426
13 WALSH, Mark England £131,996
14 THORNTON, Robert Scotland £125,628
15 PAINTER, Kevin England £123,179
16 WHITLOCK,Simon Australia £104,650
17 VOORT, Vincent van der Netherlands £102,912
18 DUDBRIDGE, Mark England £97,697
19 STOMPÉ, Co Netherlands £94,239
20 BEATON, Steve England £93,285
21 MARDLE, Wayne England £88,221
22 PART, John Canada £86,611
23 JONES, Wayne England £85,897
24 KLAASEN, Jelle Netherlands £79,321
25 OVENS, Denis England £79,107
26 MANLEY, Peter England £78,707
27 NEWTON, Wesley England £75,364
28 SMITH, Andy England £75,258
29 CAVEN, Jamie England £72,518
30 WEBSTER,Mark Wales £72,042
31 GERWEN, Michael van Netherlands £71,779
32 McDINE, Kevin England £67,996

jesus, i cant belive the money them lads are winning, fantastic to see like, but i diodnt think the "lower tier" players where earning that kind of crust, your man McDine is only 20 or so, thats phenomanly money at that age, fairplay to the PDC

dionsiseire

Dont kid yourself

its a 2 year Order of Merit

those guys who have earned 75k over 2 years are actually on about 30k a year, an average salary for a basic civil servant

and dont forget that each weekend of players championships they spent £200 entry fee's for the saturday and sunday and need accomodation, food, flights, etc. so each players championship weekend could be £600 - £1000 down the drain depending on how lucky you get with flights, travel, accom etc.

i think theres 18 or so players championship, and if you qualify the big TV one's too. so there's a lot of travel and accom needed meaning that you need about 16 or so thousand (i think we worked the maths about before that 16k-20k a year is needed to compete on the tour for a year)

so a lot of their 30k a year disappears in just getting there to compete.

Sponsors will help offset some of that, but not all players have sponsors and then not all sponsors are giving that much (especially if your a fringe player who may or may not be on tv) meaning sponsors dont really offset too much unless your a big name player.

so outside top 32, its not a career

Carrickman

Great news indeed!! I suppose the "great enterainer" will get the other spot;)

sc86

anyone else think they are gona have to seriously consider goin from 8 to 10 players for this year?? it wouldnt be a bad thing and 1 more match a night wont take to much planning??

vindaloo1

1 match more a night, but there will have to be be 2 more nights to
accomodate the round robin matches.

sc86

true but i dont think theyd have a problem filling venues?
at the end of the day is about makin money for barry hearn, interest is near a all time high so why not?

i wouldnt like his job of pickin 1 more wildcard from the bunch available or theres a good chance promises will be broken

surely has to be a chance they will try it no?

butter13222

it seems relistic that andersion has been offered a 2010 spot for hes switch

Degag

sc86 wrote: »

anyone else think they are gona have to seriously consider goin from 8 to 10 players for this year?? it wouldnt be a bad thing and 1 more match a night wont take to much planning??

Doubt it because it devalues the whole concept of it being a "Premier League" Anderson doesn't deserve to be in it and dare i say it, Lewis doesn't really either. Yeah, he got to the quarter finals with some very high averages but then lost 5-0 against Taylor.... not a massive achievement. Also he has not achieved much since his debut, let alone the last year.

Saying that i think he will get in no problem unless Anderson was promised a spot or O'Shea was promised a spot if he wins the BDO.

Evolution Enter

Sorry dude, but with Taylor in the field, can you name me anyone other than Wade and Barney who has won a bloody thing in the last couple of years...on that basis it should be a four man league

Taylor Barney Wade and Part.......last guy to win a big trophy outside of any of them has to be Lloyd (should probably look that up)

Kingp35

Colin Osbourne won the Championship League of Darts beating Taylor in the final.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_League_Darts

Evolution Enter

True, but was that televised, and when most fans think Osbourne they think of him being hammered in the UK Open final!!