2017 Grand Slam

paulie21

Starting on Saturday


Group A
Michael van Gerwen
Rob Cross
Joe Murnan
Ross Montgomery

Group B
Raymond van Barneveld
Gerwyn Price
Steve Lennon
Jamie Hughes

Group C
Phil Taylor
James Wade
Robbie Green
Peter Machin

Group D
Daryl Gurney
Darren Webster
Mark Webster
Danny Noppert

Group E
Peter Wright
Alan Norris
Corey Cadby
Glen Durrant

Group F
Dave Chisnall
Stephen Bunting
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Scott Mitchell

Group G
Mensur Suljovic
Michael Smith
James Wilson
Mark McGeeney

Group H
Gary Anderson
Simon Whitlock
Berry van Peer
Cameron Menzies

statto25

Group E looks tasty!

marklazarcovic

Love the grand slam

ArmaniJeanss

A yearly complaint by me which I'm sure bores people, but the structure of the knockouts remains garbage in this tournament.
Basically it's 4 mini tournaments with the winner of A&B, C&D, E&F, G&H being the semi-finalists.
A proper structure would allow say the top two players from Group E to get to the final if they happened to be the two best players.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Grand_Slam_of_Darts#Knockout_stage

jamesbere

Cadby and norris will be interesting

Ultimate Seduction

Durrant will get some hop with cadbys antics after every score.

jrkb

Any of the bdo guys on form to challenge?

Ultimate Seduction

jrkb wrote: »

Any of the bdo guys on form to challenge?

Menzies is the form player from BDO but it's possible for all exept Ross Montgomery to get out of the group.

sc86

cant see more than 2 getting out of the group - 3 at best
duzza might not even get out of the group - or he could have good run
depends which duzza turns up , was unlucky to lose to barney last year
some really awfull bdo players are in it this year
previous years with adams / hankey etc it was far better to see
nobody wants to see mark mc geeney or ross Montgomery
well actually im looking forward to Montgomery getting hammered every game and blaming the crowd
he is a grade a prick

Ultimate Seduction

sc86 wrote: »

cant see more than 2 getting out of the group - 3 at best
duzza might not even get out of the group - or he could have good run
depends which duzza turns up , was unlucky to lose to barney last year
some really awfull bdo players are in it this year
previous years with adams / hankey etc it was far better to see
nobody wants to see mark mc geeney or ross Montgomery
well actually im looking forward to Montgomery getting hammered every game and blaming the crowd
he is a grade a prick

6 out of the 8 bdo players got out of the group last year.

Durrant is class as we know. McGeeny is world number 1. Menzies is on fire this year too. Danny noppert is a serious talent too wholl be shaking up the pdc next year. Machin in form latley too.Mitchell and Montgomery have it all to do. Id fancy at least 4 bdo players in semis

Ultimate Seduction

How has jeff smith managed to not qualify for this?

sc86

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

6 out of the 8 bdo players got out of the group last year.

Durrant is class as we know. McGeeny is world number 1. Menzies is on fire this year too. Danny noppert is a serious talent too wholl be shaking up the pdc next year. Machin in form latley too.Mitchell and Montgomery have it all to do. Id fancy at least 4 bdo players in semis

no1 in the bdo doesnt mean much
fair chance machin might not win a game
menzies has no chance - again lucky to win a game

anyway time will tell
looking forward to it

Ultimate Seduction

sc86 wrote: »

no1 in the bdo doesnt mean much
fair chance machin might not win a game
menzies has no chance - again lucky to win a game

anyway time will tell
looking forward to it

Have you watched McGeeny this year, or just blindly dismissing him because he plays BDO?
Same with Menzies, cracking player banging in high 90s+ averages all year. Short format will help them too. Great tournament this so many unknowns

marklazarcovic

durrant is far from a class player, 105+ average on a regular basis is class,low 90's ,even high 90's is nothing these days

Ultimate Seduction

marklazarcovic wrote: »

durrant is far from a class player, 105+ average on a regular basis is class,low 90's ,even high 90's is nothing these days

Brainwashed by sky aswell eh.. tell me, how many pdc players hit a 105+ average on a regular basis on tv this year......


If "regular basis" is more than twice, the answer is ONE!

Ultimate Seduction

The maority of players in PDC average 90s. The stats are there.

Mensor suljovic, one of the best pdc players this year averaged over 100 ONCE on tv this year..

Ultimate Seduction

The top few elite players hit the big averages, but 95 percent of them average in the 90s. Again, facts don't lie, mardle does..

marklazarcovic

You said durrant is class, he isn't,I didn't mention any other players, or divides, the only class players right now are mvg,Taylor,Ando, snakebite, the rest are just good/great players..
Durrant is good,would be no better than a chizzy if he were in the pdc though. You can believe otherwise,it's allowed you know.. different opinions.

Ultimate Seduction

No ones allowed a different opinion to me ☺ got a bit carried away after a few last night ha..
Tis what you define as class I suppose. Hoping for few good games now today

KevIRL

Lol bunting had to Nick that in the end despite being 4-1 up at one stage.

KevIRL

Decent couple of games to open things all the same.

Scorpion Sting

Van Peer did well to overcome a sudden bout of dartitis to beat Whitlock.

gramar

I think Cadby has had a few.

peteeeed

Yeah benny van peers yips was hard to watch but what a win all things considered

gramar

Optimists everywhere.

Ultimate Seduction

Nice 100+ average there from one of those useless BDO players...

paulie21

Go on Duzza

Ultimate Seduction

marklazarcovic wrote: »

durrant is far from a class player, 105+ average on a regular basis is class,low 90's ,even high 90's is nothing these days

Durrant beats Peter Wright with a 106 average. Far from class alright.
Only 2 players had a 100 average today. Both BDO players...

sc86

ultimate suduction will you please stop posting rubbish - your posting same crap on the mma forum


106 average over 7 just legs - fantastic !
1 win from 4 for bdo boys - with the only win from the only real consistant decent player in the bdo

you love the bdo players - we get your point
by the time we are into the second round we will see the men from the boys
i like to see the bdo lads do well , but sadly most are not up to it

marklazarcovic

Jayzuz what's up his arse lol,duzza played great ,fair play to him,loved Menzies game against Ando too, fantastic attitude he had, I dgaf which code they play for, I'm interested in great darts.

Ultimate Seduction

sc86 wrote: »

ultimate suduction will you please stop posting rubbish - your posting same crap on the mma forum


106 average over 7 just legs - fantastic !
1 win from 4 for bdo boys - with the only win from the only real consistant decent player in the bdo

you love the bdo players - we get your point
by the time we are into the second round we will see the men from the boys
i like to see the bdo lads do well , but sadly most are not up to it

If you don't like what I have to say, just ignore me, you're just annoying yourself ☺

sc86

im not annoying anybody
just enjoy the event and stop trying to turn it into bdo v pdc rubbish
its got bring years ago

Ultimate Seduction

sc86 wrote: »

im not annoying anybody
just enjoy the event and stop trying to turn it into bdo v pdc rubbish
its got bring years ago

Go back and read the thread from the start, someone asked if any of the bdo lads stood a chance, I gave my opinion on each of the bdo lads, then another poster disagreed with me, saying none of them had a chance and that they don't average 100+ consistently. At the end of the day that's what makes this tournament great, can the BDO boys do good. Not turning it into a debate on codes atall. You don't have to get all agressive mate it's an internet forum.

sc86

i give up

Ultimate Seduction

Fairly boring evening session, nearly all 5-1. Really Suprised with Danny noppert, looks a completley different player than he was the last 2 years.

peteeeed

I think they said on the commentary that noppert hadn’t played a tournament since June

peteeeed

Great win for Cameron menses so reminds me of mardle

peteeeed

Durrant is flying

Ultimate Seduction

peteeeed wrote: »

Durrant is flying

Yeah he's the real deal, and Menzies too. Can't wait to see them on the PDC comps next year.

peteeeed

Had to turn over when du peer had the yips again , sad to see , crowd getting on his back too

kerrylad1

peteeeed wrote: »

Had to turn over when du peer had the yips again , sad to see , crowd getting on his back too

As mardle said last night,most of the crowd don't understand dartitess.you can see why they get impatient,not knowing what's going on

Ultimate Seduction

You'd swear he was diagnosed with cancer with the reaction to it on Twitter. "Oh I've tears in my eyes watching this" ffs he's getting well payed and is up there by choice. Do feel for him though, id say he's a cracking player when it's going well

BloodyFunday

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Yeah he's the real deal, and Menzies too. Can't wait to see them on the PDC comps next year.

Always loved Durrant. He is on fire

gramar

Really good darts from Steve Lennon. Jamie Hughes was shíte it has to be said but Lennon deserved the 5-0 result. Scored well. set up well and finished well.

Sultan of Bling

Great result for Steve Lennon. Whitewashed Jamie Hughes. Excellent performance.

peteeeed

Robbie green threw it away

peteeeed

Mvg and cross what a game

crasy dash

Last two games were a joy to watch great stuff especially by cross and Mvg.

marklazarcovic

What a game,shame it wasn't final and more legs

Ultimate Seduction

marklazarcovic wrote: »

What a game,shame it wasn't final and more legs

Will be seeing plenty of them in finals over next few years id say
Cross has to be a certainty for premier league now doesn't he?

marklazarcovic

Being name dropped for it by mvg live on TV will help