2017 Premier League Thread

mdwexford

Kicking off tonight.

John Part doing write ups on Sporting Life again this year.

http://www.sportinglife.com/darts/news/article/10310/10751467/premier-league-darts-predictions-odds-including-gary-anderson-v-michael-van-gerwen

Positively Negative

The saturation continues.. No interest in this tournament until May. Will check results on twitter ok

statto25

Is it just me or is the camera work sh1te or a bit all over the place?

Positively Negative

statto25 wrote:

Is it just me or is the camera work sh1te or a bit all over the place?

They switched to robotic cameras supposedly. Either that or they hired the BDO camera man

mdwexford

Spineless from Lewis, Barney really has his number.

Burial.

Would have been lovely to see Barney take out 170 but that's a sweet win regardless.

Burial.

Poor auld Chizzy same old same old.

mdwexford

Ando is up for this one.

Love it.

Burial.

Gary and MVG already in the mood at week 1. Super stuff

Burial.

Some magic moments from both. Draw probably fair result. Thought it was going to be a typical MVG demolition but Gary came back super strong after a sluggish start.

RainMakerToo

statto25 wrote: »

Is it just me or is the camera work sh1te or a bit all over the place?

It's terrible lately!
Bristow was the main spotter until he was fired before xmas, really noticeable though imo

statto25

RainMakerToo wrote: »

It's terrible lately!
Bristow was the main spotter until he was fired before xmas, really noticeable though imo

I thought Deller was still the spotter. It was bad tonight. The zoom in for the 180s when the second dart went in the treble was different. More dramatic or something.

Positively Negative

Little Richard Ashdown, Eric Bristow and Kieth Dellar did the spotting

gramar

16 nights in total. Too long altogether.

A Shaved Duck?

gramar wrote: »

16 nights in total. Too long altogether.

16 exhibitions.. watching adrian lewis sweating out his hangover on live tv every thursday is awesome.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Positively Negative wrote: »

Little Richard Ashdown, Eric Bristow and Kieth Dellar did the spotting

Have they quietly brought him back?

I was thinking they would once the storm died down. I like him really, I love how brutally honest he is about everything, the confidence of the man, the big cockney head on him. He's like something out of Minder or Only Fools.

In regards to Little Richard I wonder is he pushing for the PDC MC spot. He would certainly be an improvement over the woeful John McDonald.

Positively Negative

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote:

Have they quietly brought him back?

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote:

In regards to Little Richard I wonder is he pushing for the PDC MC spot. He would certainly be an improvement over the woeful John McDonald.

No sorry, I meant they used to do it, but I believe its robotics now doing it.

Yes John McDonald certainly is woeful, I thought I was the only one who didn't like his style. Too much like boxing, he should stick to the boxing.

mdwexford

I love John McDonald doing it.

mdwexford

Easy for Lewis there, Chizzy very poor.

Burial.

Chizzy needs to hire a mental coach or something, or find a new one if he doesn't have one.

statto25

Does Wade have a numberplate on the back of his shirt!

mdwexford

The Power walking on before Wade.

Literally must be the first time that's ever happened.

Phil really dropping down the order of merit.

crasy dash

Good match between Phil and James enjoyed that glad Wade got a draw and didnt lose.

Stevecw

crasy dash wrote: »

Good match between Phil and James enjoyed that glad Wade got a draw and didnt lose.

Really enjoyable game, thought when Phil took out that 142 he'd go on an win. But Wade was better player overall and deserved the draw at least.

LuckyGent88

Wright is having a mare. MVG going for the whitewash I'd say

And Wright gets a leg!!

Burial.

Wright having a Chizzy like performance. Banging in the 180s but that's it.

paulie21

Sky hype machine off again. Potentially the last time Taylor and Barney clash on TV

statto25

paulie21 wrote: »

Sky hype machine off again. Potentially the last time Taylor and Barney clash on TV

It's gonna be like this every tournament. Only another 10 months to go.

ArmaniJeanss

Who is commentating on Wade/Lewis on Sky?

edit : Mark Dudbridge.

Gotya

Sky making sure we won't see the non hand shake between MVG and klaasen.

ThebitterLemon

Klassen v MVG not a bad but it's awful hard to get excited about this format

TbL

gramar

The last match should be good. Both really need two points and will fancy themselves.

gramar

Chizzy played fairly well and had too much for Kim. The game was over before it began really.

sc86

i would love to see how much the viewing figures have dropped on this over the years - havnt watched a game yet
grown to hate this event

Kingp35

sc86 wrote: »

i would love to see how much the viewing figures have dropped on this over the years - havnt watched a game yet
grown to hate this event

I tend to just have it on the background as I'm doing something else, I am not bothered in the slightest if I miss it though. It's a completely uninteresting tournament but it's vital for raising funds for the PDC to provide the prize money that they do.

With that said, I've no idea why the run so many other non-ranked nothing tournaments throughout the year.

A Shaved Duck?

sc86 wrote: »

i would love to see how much the viewing figures have dropped on this over the years - havnt watched a game yet
grown to hate this event

Its really dull and the sky build up and the graphics of the lads looking mean with the beer bellys and extra chins is funny.

Some of the chat before the match is cringe...

PTH2009

when will we get the Taylor tears as this is his last premier league ??

by the time they roll around here there will be 2 players eliminated and i think they will be Klassen and Kim

Burial.

MvG having an off day

Burial.

Draw probably fair. Lewis looked very good at times but Van Gerwen threw it away towards the end.

Burial.

And Gary having a poor night. Credit to Wadey though, throwing well.

Burial.

Wade will be gutted. 5-1 up to down 6-5. Would have taken a point before hand though and stays unbeaten. That leg to level it 5-5 was bizarre with so many missed darts.

gramar

Burial. wrote: »

Wade will be gutted. 5-1 up to down 6-5. Would have taken a point before hand though and stays unbeaten. That leg to level it 5-5 was bizarre with so many missed darts.

In the end he'll be happy to have gotten a draw.

gramar

Huybrects bottled it there at the end missing 2 darts at double for the win.

Burial.

4 draws tonight. Odds of greater than 1000/1 for the accum. Saw one punter back the five draws at 4300/1 and missed out. I'd be so sick.

sc86

watched it tonight
nothing changed -
every match still a PREMIER LEAGUE CLASSIC
how many games have they said that about!

leoch

kim not happy after tonights game against taylor he wanted to say alot more in interview about taylor but was holding back,a game he should have won but taylor aggravated the sh1te out of him as he does and put him of ,no love lost there i think

gramar

leoch wrote: »

kim not happy after tonights game against taylor he wanted to say alot more in interview about taylor but was holding back,a game he should have won but taylor aggravated the sh1te out of him as he does and put him of ,no love lost there i think

He said something about signing the board and then Taylor giving it loads after claiming the draw and there being a lack of respect from him.
They clearly don't get on and you could see Taylor only wanted to win just to piss of Huybrechts. He was delighted to take the win off him right at the end.

A Shaved Duck?

sc86 wrote: »

watched it tonight
nothing changed -
every match still a PREMIER LEAGUE CLASSIC
how many games have they said that about!

Its all very stale at this point, they should just fast forward the final night.. whats the point in pretending chizzy/huybrcechts etc have a hope of not being relegated for 6 weeks.

Scorpion Sting

Chizzy hitting 180 after 180 here and battering Barney.

Burial.

Ah boy Chizzy. That's some performance.

ThebitterLemon

They need to shake this up, it's getting very boring and irrelevant

TbL