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Why do they boo King??

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  • 13-05-2010 8:45pm
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    phkk
    Registered Users Posts: 677 ✭✭✭


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


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    BiffoGooner
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭BiffoGooner


    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:


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    Healio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Healio


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

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


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    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,955 ✭✭✭Degag


    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.


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    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,340 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    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.


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    D_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭D_murph


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


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    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,955 ✭✭✭Degag


    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.


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    Evolution Enter
    Registered Users Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Evolution Enter


    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!


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    D_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭D_murph


    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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