Why do they boo King??

phkk · 13-05-2010 7:45pm #1

just turned on darts tonight,why is King getting stick from the crowd?? Wade seems to get it too??? Could anybody enlighten me??

BiffoGooner · 13-05-2010 7:51pm

Some blokes just connect better with fans I suppose.King does come across a bit arrogant at times, same with Wade although he's not the worst.No reason to boo them on throws though.Some players seem to enjoy themselves more, show a bit of personality and get into the spirit of it a little, and thats what fans want.Although Barney never looks happy and still has massive support :rolleyes:

Healio · 13-05-2010 7:55pm

Short answer, they're ****ing eejits.

Especially the ones who cheer when he hits a 180 or wins a leg.

Degag · 13-05-2010 10:54pm

Because they're idiots who don't appreciate what a great player he is. He's never done anything to deserve it either, unlike Barney who threw a strop on about 10 of the 14 nights during the League.

ArmaniJeanss · 13-05-2010 11:54pm

phkk wrote: »

just turned on darts tonight,why is King getting stick from the crowd?? Wade seems to get it too??? Could anybody enlighten me??

Its not one specific incident - its just a build up of things over the years, most of it from his time in the BDO.
A few of them are mentioned in his wiki page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_King_(darts_player)#Controversy

What doesn't get really mentioned in the wiki is that to a certain extent he revelled (or appeared to revel) in being the 'bad boy' back in his BDO days - he regularly did interviews with TV and Darts mags where he came across as more than a bit arrogant, with a 'fcuk em all, I don't care if theyre all against me attitude'.

Unfortunately whilst its one thing to be the bad boy in front of an audience of a relatively-well-behaved-even-if-they-dislike-you couple of hundred people in the BDO, its far tougher to enjoy the same role in front of a drunken mob of 8000+ on a PL Thursday, people who aren't well enough behaved to allow you to even throw your darts with a modicum of quiet.

The irony is that he seems to be a far more nice more humble guy now than he was 10 years ago.

D_murph · 13-05-2010 11:56pm

If you thought that was bad, you should have seen what happened last week :eek:.

Degag · 14-05-2010 12:46am

To be honest, i doubt alot of the "fans" who go the the premier league have a clue of anything he did in the BDO.

Evolution Enter · 14-05-2010 1:36am

I blame SKY, they built him up as a bad guy, made more of his spat with Taylor than they should! Truth is the PDC need a guy like King who can really push Taylor, instead they are letting the crowds destroy him!

D_murph · 14-05-2010 1:44am

Evolution Enter wrote: »

I blame SKY, they built him up as a bad guy, made more of his spat with Taylor than they should! Truth is the PDC need a guy like King who can really push Taylor, instead they are letting the crowds destroy him!

I blame Sky as well for this. They had a problem at the time but they keep harping on this every time they meet in an effort to hype up the match :rolleyes:.

I don't think King is a bad guy really either. He was driven mad last week by the worst shower ever to enter a PDC event and even though he reacted badly towards them, it was well out of order long before that.

Unfortunately, its impossible to police who goes to these events so I don't see it ending any time soon

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Why do they boo King??

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