The 2010 Premier League Darts Thread

Kingp35

So a new season of The Premier League kicks off this Thursday night from the O2 in London. Looking forward to this, think it's an extremely strong lineup this year and we are in for some cracking matches.

Here is Thursdays schedules with my picks in bold:
Week One
February 11 - The O2, London
Ronnie Baxter v Terry Jenkins Draw
Mervyn King v Adrian Lewis Draw
Raymond van Barneveld v James Wade
Simon Whitlock v Phil Taylor

Hard to call the top four this year with Barney playing some poor stuff and both Whitlock and Lewis playing some great stuff. Can see Barney missing out on the top 4.

padr81

Baxter 5 v 8 Jenkins
King 8 v 4 Lewis
Barney 7 v 7 Wade
Whitlock 3 v 8 Taylor

Might as well do the prediction league.

Carrickman

Ronnie Baxter v Terry Jenkins Jenkins
Mervyn King v Adrian Lewis King
Raymond van Barneveld v James Wade Draw
Simon Whitlock v Phil Taylor Draw

leggo

Ronnie Baxter 8-5 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 3-8 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 7-7 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 5-8 Phil Taylor

attaturk

baxter v jenkins
king v lewis
barney v wade
whitlock v taylor

ramcelt23

Baxter v Jenkins - Baxter
King v Lewis - lewis
Barney v Wade - wade
Whitlock v Taylor - draw

have a feeling baxter could get some big wins this season, he has been through so much he just looks like he is enjoyin his darts.
whitlock will love the big crowds, if wade is bothered he can be up there in top 2 easily. but if lewis can keep his head he could be the biggest danger man - his averages in worlds and players championship was very impresseive!

whaaames

Week 1

Ronnie Baxter 6 -8 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 7 - 7 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 8 - 6 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 5 - 8 Phil Taylor

Degag

Shall we do the same league we did last year? 2 points for correct result, 3 points for correct score?

Ronnie Baxter 7-7 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 8-6 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 7-7 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 4-8 Phil Taylor

Kingp35

Degag_ wrote: »

Shall we do the same league we did last year? 2 points for correct result, 3 points for correct score?

Ronnie Baxter 7-7 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 8-6 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 7-7 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 4-8 Phil Taylor

Sounds good, I better put my scores up so.

Ronnie Baxter 7-7 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 7-7 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 5-8 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 6-8 Phil Taylor

iseethelight

Good idea heres mine

Ronnie Baxter 4-8 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 8-6 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 4-8 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 8-3 Phil Taylor

Going for the big Whitlock win cos its being reported Taylor has a virus and may not even play. Big blow with the first round in the O2. I reckon he'll play but well under par.

vindaloo1

Ronnie Baxter 5-8 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 8-6 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 3-8 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 8-5 Phil Taylor

AndyP

Ronnie Baxter 8-6 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 7-7 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 5-8 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 5-8 Phil Taylor

wayne76

ronnie baxter 4-8 terry jenkins
mervyn king 6-8 adrian lewis
raymond barneveld 8-6 james wade
simon whitlock 5-8 phil taylor
cant believe everyones writing barney off wade is not playing too well either?

Jay.cymru

Ronnie Baxter 7-7 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 8-6 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 7-7 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 3-8 Phil Taylor

Dartgod

NEWSFLASH !!!

Phil Taylor is suffering from a virus and may not turn up on Thursday night !

Kingp35

Dartgod wrote: »

NEWSFLASH !!!

Phil Taylor is suffering from a virus and may not turn up on Thursday night !

Plenty of players have played while sick so Taylor should be no different. unless it's very bad he should play.

ratinakeg

Ronnie Baxter 7-7 Terry Jenkins
Mervyn King 7-7 Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld 8-6 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 8-6 Phil Taylor

MaxPower89

Jenkins to beat Baxter
Lewis to beat King
Wade to beat Barney
Whitlock to beat Taylor

Devastator

Dartgod wrote: »

NEWSFLASH !!!

Phil Taylor is suffering from a virus and may not turn up on Thursday night !

NEWSFLASH !!! :P


Taylor has turned up....and Whitlock is 7/2 with the bookies to beat him :eek::)



Baxter 5 v 8 Jenkins
King 8 v 6 Lewis
Barney 7 v 7 Wade
Whitlock 8 v 6 Taylor

Kingp35

Devastator wrote: »

Taylor has turned up....and Whitlock is 7/2 with the bookies to beat him :eek::)

Jaysus hard to turn that down over such a short distance!

git_ireland

Anyone got a good stream for this tonight?

Dartgod

git_ireland wrote: »

Anyone got a good stream for this tonight?

atdhe.net

Devastator

Kingp35 wrote: »

Jaysus hard to turn that down over such a short distance!

yeah thats what I thought!

Sly sports said earlier he was in bed for 3 days, meaning no practice, tiredness, etc. He made excuses for players championship about "not enough practice" and he was off his best there.

Degag

I think if Whitlock played a bit better he could have beaten Taylor tonight. Taylor was far from convincing but he did show flashes of brilliance. Whitlock, i thought felt the pressure of thye big crowd, something that didn't seem to affect him during the WCs. Seemed to miss alot of big numbers etc.

whaaames

Degag_ wrote: »

I think if Whitlock played a bit better he could have beaten Taylor tonight. Taylor was far from convincing but he did show flashes of brilliance. Whitlock, i thought felt the pressure of thye big crowd, something that didn't seem to affect him during the WCs. Seemed to miss alot of big numbers etc.

Fair comment, Taylor wasn't vintage but looked like Whitlock was a small bit shakey with the beered up crown, no doubt he'll make the playoffs though...

Thought baxter was tasty enough last night, great to see him throwing confidently again, love to see him make the playoffs.
He's 50/1 with Powers for the title, thats not a bad each way bet, capable of a final place...

Roadend

I have to say, the pre-match Sky sports hype-o-rama machine had me in stitches last night. The promo of Terry Jenkins where he turns and face the camera and some steam comes out of the "bulls" nostrils was hilarious.

Kingp35

I was very dosappointed with last nights darts. Firstly the was far too big and not suited to darts at all. The sound was absolutely terrible with a huge echo throughout the night. The coverage was pretty awful as well with Sky Sports hype machine in overdrive.

As for the darts, Baxter looked very good and was unlucky to not get the win but fair play to Jenks for coming back. King was class, he is consistently averaging over 100 now which makes him a real threat.

Barney and Wade were both poor, especially Wade who was nowhere near his best. Barney a very lucky man if you ask me because he looked demoralised throughout.

What the hell happened to Whitlock? An 84 average is just poor darts no matter how you look at it. Taylor was understandably way off his game was there for the taking.

Pretty disappointing opening night if you ask me.

Devastator

Devastator wrote: »

Taylor has turned up....and Whitlock is 7/2 with the bookies to beat him :eek::)

Balls to that then :rolleyes: Taylor wasn't near his best....but Whitlock was awful.


I don't think the size of the arena can be blamed for sly sports audio problems last night. Its the first night of this year's league, maybe need week or two to get bugs out of their equipment. A dodgy lead could have caused that last night, to be it sounded like it was clipping though. Basically meaning if it gets too loud the system will limit what goes through its amp's and out of the speakers, its like a self protection to stop the speakers blowing. Think thats why it sounded like it was cutting out and in at times.


I've been to a concert in the O2 about year & half back, sat right at the very back/top and couldn't believe how good the sound was. Everything was as clear as a bell.



Back to Sly sports/PDC cheesey coverage. WTF's going on with Whitlock's entrance? I imagined his family all sitting around the local pub, pint of fosters in hand with all their mates and people supporting the local hero.....and then he walks out with the cast of "Wizard of Oz" with its theme tune playing :eek: I could imagine the pride draining from their faces to be overtaken with complete humilation and everyone in the pub laughing at them.

It seemed like that idea came straight out of Page 1 of the WWF's book of stereotypical/cheesey entrances

Kingp35

Devastator wrote: »

Back to Sly sports/PDC cheesey coverage. WTF's going on with Whitlock's entrance? I imagined his family all sitting around the local pub, pint of fosters in hand with all their mates and people supporting the local hero.....and then he walks out with the cast of "Wizard of Oz" with its theme tune playing :eek: I could imagine the pride draining from their faces to be overtaken with complete humilation and everyone in the pub laughing at them.

Yeah it really was laughable that, and add in the ridiculous trumpet players for Taylors entrance as well. Surely Whitlock must have been cringing walking on with those tossers, maybe that's why he was so poor last night.

Sky really went overboard last night and made a mockery of the night.

Devastator

Kingp35 wrote: »

Yeah it really was laughable that, and add in the ridiculous trumpet players for Taylors entrance as well. Surely Whitlock must have been cringing walking on with those tossers, maybe that's why he was so poor last night.

Sky really went overboard last night and made a mockery of the night.

They seem to be trying to make a bit of a pantomine of the league nights. John part walk out with a lightsaber another moment to cringe in the past.


Surely its the PDC rather than sky who have a say in entrances

death1234567

Kingp35 wrote: »

What the hell happened to Whitlock? An 84 average is just poor darts no matter how you look at it. Taylor was understandably way off his game was there for the taking.

Whitlock was supposed to be jetlagged after flying in from Oz. John Part had similar problems travelling over and back for the Premierleague., Although I assume Whitlock will just stay in England for the duration of the comp.

Kingp35

death1234567 wrote: »

Whitlock was supposed to be jetlagged after flying in from Oz. John Part had similar problems travelling over and back for the Premierleague., Although I assume Whitlock will just stay in England for the duration of the comp.

One of the commentators said that will be staying on the Isle of Wight for the rest of the comp. I thought he was moving over to England to play the Tour full-time but it sounds like he is only over for the Premier League.

whaaames

Devastator wrote: »

They seem to be trying to make a bit of a pantomine of the league nights. John part walk out with a lightsaber another moment to cringe in the past.


Surely its the PDC rather than sky who have a say in entrances

Well said, there was nothing wrong with the way they used to do it, why change something thats not broken...

Degag

If they want exuberant entrances they should just use pyro. Way more effective. Bolt of lightening hits the the stage for Taylors entrance etc.:P

whaaames

And what? Mervyn king been carried onto the stage on a throne like prince Naseem Hamed ha

Roadend

Not sure the sight of Mervyn king in leopard skin trunks is one I'd want to see

whaaames

Ha, imagine it..

But it is cringe worthy stuff, like when did darts become a pantomime just because its on every week, the tv majors have none of that carry on at all and they're just as enjoyable...

Roadend

Sure what about the dancers on stage, it reminds me of that whole simpsons bit "Its the I didn't do it dancers"

whaaames

The walk on girls are a lot nicer than they used to be, that Nicola Cowell one is lovely,..

i just reckon it'd be more enjoyable if they cut out the theatrics and got on with the darts a small bit more...

Degag

Thursday's Matches

Lewis vs. Barneveld
Jenkins vs. Whitlock
Taylor vs. Baxter
King vs. Wade

I'll update the league table after this series of matches.

Degag

Lewis 5 -8 Barneveld
Jenkins 7-7 Whitlock
Taylor 8 - 2 Baxter
King 7 - 7 Wade

Rushden

Taylor should have no problem with Baxter but the other three matches could all go either way and should make for a great night of darts

Jay.cymru

Lewis 7 -7 Barneveld
Jenkins 6-8 Whitlock
Taylor 8 - 3 Baxter
King 5 - 8 Wade

leggo

Lewis 5-8 Barneveld
Jenkins 6-8 Whitlock
Taylor 8-2 Baxter
King 8-4 Wade

padr81

Lewis 5-8 Barneveld
Jenkins 8-6. Whitlock
Taylor 8-3. Baxter
King 7-7 Wade

whaaames

Week 2

Adrian Lewis 6 - 8 Raymond Barneveld
Terry Jenkins 8 - 6 Simon Whitlock
Phil Taylor 8 - 5 Ronnie Baxter
Mervyn King 7 - 7 James Wade

celticbest

Lewis 6-8 Barneveld
Jenkins 5-8 Whitlock
Taylor 8-2. Baxter
King 8-5 Wade

I just hope Whitlock puts on more of a show this week, does the Isle of Wight give him some Tax breaks ?? There no other reason I can think of that he would base himself there.

The Don 1985

Lads,

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celticbest

The Don 1985 wrote: »

Lads,

Sorry bot butting into your canversation but just a quick question.When are the tickets going on sale for the above??Was there last year but left it abit too late to book and ended up at the back.

http://www.citywesthotel.com/ENG/events-page.html

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Kingp35

Lewis 8 -6 Barneveld
Jenkins 7-7 Whitlock
Taylor 8 - 4 Baxter
King 8 - 6 Wade

ratinakeg

Lewis 6 -8 Barneveld
Jenkins 6-8 Whitlock
Taylor 8 -3 Baxter
King 8 - 6 Wade