2018 World Matchplay

paulie21

2nd biggest tournament starts 21st July

Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
Rob Cross
Gary Anderson
Daryl Gurney
Mensur Suljović
Simon Whitlock
Dave Chisnall
Michael Smith
James Wade
Ian White
Gerwyn Price
Raymond van Barneveld
Darren Webster
Kim Huybrechts
Adrian Lewis

PDC ProTour qualifiers

Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting
Max Hopp
Mervyn King
Jermaine Wattimena
Steve West
Steve Beaton
Kyle Anderson
James Wilson
John Henderson
Keegan Brown
Jelle Klaasen
Steve Lennon
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Richard North

Sure to be some cracking first round games with few dangerous non seeds. MVG v Lewis 2nd round could be tasty. Sky have employed Taylor for punditry during the tournament so mute button might be needed

sc86

terrible news

http://www.live-darts.com/category/darts-news/taylor-to-join-sky-sports-team-for-world-matchplay-20180702-0003/

mdwexford

Excellent, we get the honour of the great man on our tv once again.

callaway92

"Kids in the game these days have no fear of anyone" should be one of the many, many clichés we'll be hearing about 500 times.

Deeper Blue

I'll reserve judgement on Taylor as a commentator/analyst until I hear him.

Reckon he'll be insufferable though

ThebitterLemon

paulie21 wrote: »

2nd biggest tournament starts 21st July

Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
Rob Cross
Gary Anderson
Daryl Gurney
Mensur Suljović
Simon Whitlock
Dave Chisnall
Michael Smith
James Wade
Ian White
Gerwyn Price
Raymond van Barneveld
Darren Webster
Kim Huybrechts
Adrian Lewis

PDC ProTour qualifiers

Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting
Max Hopp
Mervyn King
Jermaine Wattimena
Steve West
Steve Beaton
Kyle Anderson
James Wilson
John Henderson
Keegan Brown
Jelle Klaasen
Steve Lennon
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Richard North

Sure to be some cracking first round games with few dangerous non seeds. MVG v Lewis 2nd round could be tasty. Sky have employed Taylor for punditry during the tournament so mute button might be needed

What's the criteria to qualify, where's Cadby?

TbL

paulie21

First Round Draw:

Michael van Gerwen (1) v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Peter Wright (2) v Jelle Klaasen
Rob Cross (3) v Mervyn King
Gary Anderson (4) v Stephen Bunting
Daryl Gurney (5) v Steve West
Mensur Suljovic (6) v Steve Beaton
Simon Whitlock (7) v Richard North
Dave Chisnall (8) v Keegan Brown
Michael Smith (9) v Jonny Clayton
James Wade (10) v Jermaine Wattimena
Ian White (11) v Max Hopp
Gerwyn Price (12) v Joe Cullen
Raymond van Barneveld (13) v Kyle Anderson
Darren Webster (14) v Steve Lennon
Kim Huybrechts (15) v John Henderson
Adrian Lewis (16) v James Wilson

liam7831

What about The History Maker

Dillonb3

Winnable first round tie for Steve lennon

krustydoyle

Dillonb3 wrote:

Winnable first round tie for Steve lennon

They practice together as well.. So no reason for Lennon to fear him

Lazarus2.0

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

What's the criteria to qualify, where's Cadby?

TbL

Top 16 PDC Order of Merit are seeded, top 16 ProTour Order of Merit (who haven't qualified as seeds) are unseeded.

Cadby was nowhere close to qualifying, Richard North (ranked 31) being last man in.
https://www.pdc.tv/order-of-merit/protour-order-of-merit

Ultimate Seduction

Some amazing value in the betting for this, each way at least. Lewis back in some bit of form an loves the matchplay, same with Wade. Smith coming off a win last week.

Gotya

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Some amazing value in the betting for this, each way at least. Lewis back in some bit of form an loves the matchplay, same with Wade. Smith coming off a win last week.

Lewis has a tough side of the draw, I think Wade is a good each way bet and will on him myself.

Ultimate Seduction

Didn't even see the draw yet bring honest. I've only backed Smith each way so far. Wade is definitely one to watch he played deadly hammering mvg last week

ArmaniJeanss

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Didn't even see the draw yet bring honest. I've only backed Smith each way so far. Wade is definitely one to watch he played deadly hammering mvg last week

Assuming the usual structure of 1v16, 1v8, 1v4 etc it'll be

Top Half.
Q1
Michael van Gerwen (1) v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Adrian Lewis (16) v James Wilson
Dave Chisnall (8) v Keegan Brown
Michael Smith (9) v Jonny Clayton
Q2
Gary Anderson (4) v Stephen Bunting
Raymond van Barneveld (13) v Kyle Anderson
Daryl Gurney (5) v Steve West
Gerwyn Price (12) v Joe Cullen

Bottom Half.
Q3
Peter Wright (2) v Jelle Klaasen
Kim Huybrechts (15) v John Henderson
Simon Whitlock (7) v Richard North
James Wade (10) v Jermaine Wattimena
Q4
Rob Cross (3) v Mervyn King
Darren Webster (14) v Steve Lennon
Mensur Suljovic (6) v Steve Beaton
Ian White (11) v Max Hopp

robman60

Anyone able to PM me a stream? Thanks

peteeeed

Taylor is so annoying

ArmaniJeanss

peteeeed wrote: »

Taylor is so annoying

Hmmm, I just logged in to post the opposite - think he's fine so far and a nice change from the Mardle/Rod shoutiness & hyperbole.

Mr. Guappa

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Hmmm, I just logged in to post the opposite - think he's fine so far and a nice change from the Mardle/Rod shoutiness & hyperbole.

I agree. He's been fine so far. He was such a strong player mentally and it's interesting (so far) to hear his thoughts on Lewis' headspace throughout this match.

MileHighGuy

Well hopefully van Gerwin/DeZwaan will give us some better entertainment than Chisnell/Brown, that was painful to watch. Strange to see a player give up so completely in what is supposedly one of the biggest tournament of the year.

MileHighGuy

van Gerwin buckling a bit here. definitely feeling some pressure @ 6-6

munster87

He’s under pressure now

peteeeed

Wow mvg 10-6 loss

kentoccfc

Amazing performance by De Zwaan - twice he's beaten him on TV this year. Could be a future rivalry, JDZ's scoring power is immnse

MileHighGuy

pretty straightforward win for DeZwaan in the end. Fair play to him, he never waivered with the finish line in sight.

ArmaniJeanss

JdZ looks the real deal - cool, composed, solid scoring, decent doubling.

MVG has lost a noticeable amount of weight, wonder is that an issue with his mixed recent form.

paulie21

Las Vegas and Shanghai tournaments in the last fortnight. Looked like travel caught up with a MVG. He should of been focusing on the Matchplay seems like he needs to win everything. Only winner is Barry Hearns bank account

ThebitterLemon

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

JdZ looks the real deal - cool, composed, solid scoring, decent doubling.

MVG has lost a noticeable amount of weight, wonder is that an issue with his mixed recent form.

Not sure about the solid scoring AJ, how many 180's did he have? Low enough average too, fair play to him but MVG had a serious off day

TbL

Liamalone

Lennon currently 8-6 down against Webster, would love to see him beat Webster but not looking likely.

ThebitterLemon

Don't like Gurney but that was a lovely bull finish, who'll blink first!!

TbL

Pogue eile

Great game here but my god Huybrechts is some tool

Gotya

John Henderson is the biggest gentleman in darts!!!. Great game.

callaway92

Crowd kinda annoying

Liamalone

Gurney getting a wile beating, 10-3 down, first to 11

peteeeed

This game is a beauty , de zwaan is playing great , Lewis playing his part too

Deeper Blue

I'm not familiar with De Zwaan lads, would he have been considered a top prospect or is his performance here out of the blue? He looks excellent!

peteeeed

NDWC wrote: »

I'm not familiar with De Zwaan lads, would he have been considered a top prospect or is his performance here out of the blue? He looks excellent!

He was always a heavy scorer but not great on doubles , this looks like his breakout tournament, double 18 double top finish was class

Deeper Blue

Thought I'd jinxed him for a second there, great D18 D20 finish on 94

Kingp35

Serious bottle by De Zwaan there to hit the double double to win as Lewis was on fire and the crowd were on his back. Great game.

kentoccfc

Heavy scorer but seems to have finally fixed the doubling, a la Whitlock in 2009/10.

Him against Chisnall and then potentially Cullen/Anderson will be magnificent

JenovaProject

I haven't enjoyed a game of darts like this in a good while.

Great stuff from both Ando and Barney.

kentoccfc

Could've watched those two all night!

sc86

ando in full flow is a joy to watch

mdwexford

2 great games to finish the night. Badly needed after a poor start to the tournament.

Lewis started off slow and it cost him. If he wants to get back up the rankings he needs to take advantage of chances like this.

Ando was fantastic. Love to see him add this to his CV. For the talent he has he really has not won enough tournaments.

ThebitterLemon

https://dartsnews.com/wright-not-surprised-by-early-exit-van-gerwen-michael-is-not-a-great-player-he-is-a-good-player/


Surprised to see Wright quoted as saying MVG was a good player and not a great player and going on to say Taylor was a great player.

Think by any objective measurement MVG would be classed as a great player.

TbL

boomdocker

Thought de Zwaan was very good. Lewis threw everything at him,including a fair amount (too much?) of gamesmanship and apart from a wobble near the end took it in his stride, that finish was something else

Agree with the above about Ando, plays some darts when he's on form, looks unbeatable

paulie21

Wright also giving Huybrechts no chance of beating him. Trying too hard to sound confident now that he be expected to win it out that MVG is gone altough I believe Anderson is the favourite

Pogue eile

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

https://dartsnews.com/wright-not-surprised-by-early-exit-van-gerwen-michael-is-not-a-great-player-he-is-a-good-player/


Surprised to see Wright quoted as saying MVG was a good player and not a great player and going on to say Taylor was a great player.

Think by any objective measurement MVG would be classed as a great player.

TbL

Wright has been in 7 major finals and lost 5 of them to MVG and has been beaten by MVG in their 3 meetings in the World Championship - in comparison MVG has 28 major titles.

So if we use Wright's rational that MVG is only a 'good player' then Snakebite is worse than ordinary, a journeyman.

In short darts players talk a lot of rubbish!

kentoccfc

Whitlock through - comfortable enough against Wade.

Still think it’s Cross’s to lose - although it’d be nice to see Ando complete the ‘Triple Crown’ of Worlds, PL, & Matchplay

kentoccfc

Usually a fan of Mardle, but when he’s paired with Studd the pair of them are insufferable

Kingp35

Fair play to Webster, he took his chances well and punished an off form Cross. Tournament is wide open now but I think it's Anderson's to lose.