2021 Masters 29 January ITV4

Johner

Merv in good form. Rob Cross has been awful for ages now.

Dillonb3

Johner wrote: »

Merv in good form. Rob Cross has been awful for ages now.

Defending a fair bit of money this year as well, he'll need to really improve his form this year

mdwexford

Baffling how Cross has been so inconsistent since his Worlds win.

His semi vs MVG and final against Taylor were probably the best back to back performances I’ve seen at the Worlds. He never gave Taylor a sniff averaging 107.
Since then he has had far more bad days than good. Is it purely a confidence thing I wonder.

SketchyPrince

Johner wrote: »

Merv in good form. Rob Cross has been awful for ages now.

Has been awful with a while, wasn't even that good when he won the Matchplay but has really fallen since winning the European Championship.

Just the Last 16 at the Players Championship Finals and a UK Open Quarter Final to show for since then...

bassy

well done adey

Dillonb3

He should take confidence with beating Anderson and Smith in the space of a day, badly needs it

ThebitterLemon

MvG in the verge of going out!

Form is shocking

TbL

PTH2009

That was a sexy checkout by MVG

Sultan of Bling

MVG out

Johner

That was an unreal leg under massive pressure by Clayton tbf, serious stuff well deserved win.

Sultan of Bling

Johner wrote:

That was an unreal leg under massive pressure by Clayton tbf, serious stuff well deserved win.

It was a fantastic leg of dart from him.

boomdocker

Gerwyn Price streets ahead of the rest right now

bassy

wright not playing great either

ThebitterLemon

Aspinal getting smashed here

TbL

Dillonb3

Think Merv deserves the 10th premier league spot going by his form over last 6 months, destroying Aspinall here

Johner

I’m a fan of Merv but not many are tbf. Don’t think he’ll get it unless he wins it.

ThebitterLemon

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Think Merv deserves the 10th premier league spot going by his form over last 6 months, destroying Aspinall here

On form Dirk VD would also surely warrant consideration

TbL

Justin Credible Darts

Its a disgrace Wade was not picked.

in the last 6 months Wade reached the final of 2 major ranking tv competitioms
Wade is a former Premier League champion
He is not only a top ten player on the way up the rankings, but is the 3rd most successful player in pdc history.

Truth is the PDC dont give a flying fuq about who deserves it, its all about who is their favorites and who is in their little clique.
Why else was Smith a complete choker who won zero in his entire life chosen for years, why was an undeserved barney picked for years ?

boomdocker

Great stuff by Jonny the ferret there again

boomdocker

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

Its a disgrace Wade was not picked.

in the last 6 months Wade reached the final of 2 major ranking tv competitioms
Wade is a former Premier League champion
He is not only a top ten player on the way up the rankings, but is the 3rd most successful player in pdc history.

Truth is the PDC dont give a flying fuq about who deserves it, its all about who is their favorites and who is in their little clique.
Why else was Smith a complete choker who won zero in his entire life chosen for years, why was an undeserved barney picked for years ?

Clearly it's about putting bums on seats in big arenas.
Given Barney's popularity no surprise if he gets picked. Does Wade have a huge fan base? No
As previous poster said you could argue that Merv might deserve a place but again not gonna put bums on seats

Justin Credible Darts

boomdocker wrote: »

Clearly it's about putting bums on seats in big arenas.
Given Barney's popularity no surprise if he gets picked. Does Wade have a huge fan base? No
As previous poster said you could argue that Merv might deserve a place but again not gonna put bums on seats

Your logic is flawed.


firstly darts did not need Barney to sell tickets, that is a myth and hold absolute zero truth.
You do know PL tickets are normally sold out BEFORE the entries are announced.


But lets play your game, what seats would barney sell out ?
Enlighten me, why would they need Barney when Holland for example sells out regardless, cos they still have MVG.


Is this the same Barney who has not won a ranking tv major since 2007....FOURTEEN YEARS AGO ?????

ArmaniJeanss

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

Your logic is flawed.


firstly darts did not need Barney to sell tickets, that is a myth and hold absolute zero truth.
You do know PL tickets are normally sold out BEFORE the entries are announced.


But lets play your game, what seats would barney sell out ?
Enlighten me, why would they need Barney when Holland for example sells out regardless, cos they still have MVG.

'Bums on seats' tends to mean more than ticket sales these days. Its moved on a bit since the days of PT Barnum.

There's a whole lot more now - social media revenue, ad revenue for the broadcasters, merchandising sales on the night, being able to squeeze the name sponsors for extra bucks.
I hate Barney as much as anyone, but I can see how there was a decent commercial case for having him in.

Justin Credible Darts

Except people generally do not want Barney.

Sky and the retarded kunts on comms can hype the lazy sweaty ex postman over and over and tell us he is one of the greats.
But saying it over and over does not make it so.

In fact take out late 2006 to late 2007, remove that one 12 month period, and Barneys PDC record is abysmal.
Never has a player rode one year of results like this.


Here is another fact, Barney dont care about the game, he thought when he retired he would be raking it in on the exbo circuit he needed to with an ex wife, new girlfriend, and a hair transplant to pay for.
If he got put in the PK he would be battered, and prove everything I ever said about Sky and the PDC not caring or respecting players who deserve the spot, but give preferential treatment to others.

As for the ridiculous notion that it has moved beyond bums on seats, do you seriously think more people will watch because Barney would get raped week in week out

or would fans prefer to see quality matches with in form top ten players ?


Stop drinking the comms kool aid, they will tell people anything because most people are gullible and stupid enough to buy it.

boomdocker

Anyway, back to the Masters....
All four of the semi finalists playing good stuff
Should be an entertaining evenings darts

ThebitterLemon

Merv throwing away his chances.

Reckon that leg will cost him dear

TbL

Johner

What a win from Merv that was. Hope he wins it now.

ThebitterLemon

Really really enjoyed that.

Delighted for grumpy old Merv.

Price a bit off his best though

TbL

Dillonb3

2 class bullseye checkouts from King

ThebitterLemon

Dillonb3 wrote: »

2 class bullseye checkouts from King

Last one was pure class with Price on 100 for the match

TbL

bassy

great stuff from merve at 54 yrs old.