2018 BDO World Championship

ThebitterLemon · 14-01-2018 8:39pm

Smashing check out by GD

Momentum with him

TbL

alan partridge aha · 14-01-2018 8:40pm

Game over methinks

Ultimate Seduction · 14-01-2018 8:42pm

Can see the darts shaking mad in Glen's hand

ThebitterLemon · 14-01-2018 8:43pm

McGeeney will be haunted by those 3 missed match darts

TbL

alan partridge aha · 14-01-2018 8:45pm

2 sound fellas I'd say.

alan partridge aha · 14-01-2018 8:47pm

Mcgeeney nearly did it with a well under 90 average.

ThebitterLemon · 14-01-2018 8:48pm

Have to feel a bit sorry for McGeeney, for ever more when he throws a dart at D18, he'll think of what might have been!!

Same happened to Mike Gregory against Phil many years ago and he was never the same again

TbL

peteeeed · 14-01-2018 9:01pm

Durrant says he’s 100% staying , good non move as he wouldn’t stand a chance in the PDC

minty16 · 14-01-2018 9:01pm

McGeeney showed so much class in defeat but one must feel that his niceness is ultimately his downfall.
Have to like the guy, wish him all the success in the future but I don't think we'll see him have another dart for a World Championship.

qwabercd · 14-01-2018 9:06pm

peteeeed wrote: »

Durrant says he’s 100% staying , good non move as he wouldn’t stand a chance in the PDC

Disagree with that. Averaged around a hundred in a couple of games. If he went full time his game would obviously improve. Could potentially be a top 10 player.

minty16 · 14-01-2018 9:10pm

peteeeed wrote: »

Durrant says he’s 100% staying , good non move as he wouldn’t stand a chance in the PDC

You didn't catch the Grand Slam of darts no?

Cant remember the last time Whitlock, Price, Wade, Lewis, Huybrechts, well most of the PDC top 16 averaged 100 in a world championship game.
Enlighten me ?

Clueless.

Posy · 14-01-2018 9:12pm

What a game of darts!

I was convinced it would go to sudden death there for a minute.

Tom Mann Centuria · 14-01-2018 9:13pm

Thought it was a very enjoyable tournament overall. Standard isn't the same as PDC but just as much drama imo. Hope it continues on tv for all the part timers and far flung players still plugging away in the BDO.

kerrylad1 · 14-01-2018 9:17pm

I'm a little behind here lads,I had to record the end, to let the young lad watch,paw patrol, before bed.I think he will have weeks of little to no sleep ahead of him over the next few weeks.3 missed darts, to be crowned, the (b)world champion,fluffed.,Painfull stuff

Petyr Baelish · 14-01-2018 9:21pm

minty16 wrote: »

You didn't catch the Grand Slam of darts no?

Cant remember the last time Whitlock, Price, Wade, Lewis, Huybrechts, well most of the PDC top 16 averaged 100 in a world championship game.
Enlighten me ?

Clueless.

A quick check on Wikipedia will tell you that 8 out of the 16 going into the PDC worlds got 100+ averages this year. One of them was Price. Lewis and Wade are in terminal decline but there are a lot of others outside the top 16 who scored 100+ averages.

minty16 · 14-01-2018 9:25pm

Petyr Baelish wrote: »

A quick check on Wikipedia will tell you that 8 out of the 16 going into the PDC worlds got 100+ averages this year. One of them was Price. Lewis and Wade are in terminal decline but there are a lot of others outside the top 16 who scored 100+ averages.

I said 'in a world championship game'
There are very few players in history that have averaged 100 in a best of 9 sets game.
Massive difference to doing it over 6 legs , if you had a clue about darts you would realise that before dismissing a player of Durrants quality so easily.

Petyr Baelish · 14-01-2018 9:35pm

minty16 wrote: »

I said 'in a world championship game'
There are very few players in history that have averaged 100 in a best of 9 sets game.
Massive difference to doing it over 6 legs , if you had a clue about darts you would realise that before dismissing a player of Durrants quality so easily.

I don't know why you are being so defensive. I never mentioned Durrant, I was responding only to your statement about 100+ averages. I wasn't referring to 6 leg games, I was talking about games in this years PDC world championship, minimum best of 5 sets.

Don't try to tell me I know nothing about darts, I've been watching since the 80's.

minty16 · 14-01-2018 9:46pm

Petyr Baelish wrote: »

I don't know why you are being so defensive. I never mentioned Durrant, I was responding only to your statement about 100+ averages. I wasn't referring to 6 leg games, I was talking about games in this years PDC world championship, minimum best of 5 sets.

Don't try to tell me I know nothing about darts, I've been watching since the 80's.

Sorry the initial Durrant statement wasnt made by yourself.:D
How do you think he would do in the PDC out of interest ?

I would have Glen down as better than half of the premier league line up this year. The orignal poster said he wouldn't stand a chance.
I didnt think Price had a 101 average to be fair

But not many are capable over a long format.

marklazarcovic · 14-01-2018 9:47pm

Condescending posts are really childish lads, we all love the darts,we all know the pdc is levels above the bdo, I just hope there is a bdo in a few years.

For me durrant on top form is a top 16 pdc player, better than huybrevts/whitlock/dolan types..

munster87 · 14-01-2018 9:51pm

I'd have him in premier league ahead of Whitlock at least

Petyr Baelish · 14-01-2018 9:51pm

minty16 wrote: »

Sorry the initial Durrant statement wasnt made by yourself.:D
How do you think he would do in the PDC out of interest ?

I would have Glen down as better than half of the premier league line up this year. The orignal poster said he wouldn't stand a chance.
I didnt think Price had a 101 average to be fair
But not many are capable over a long format.

Hard to say but I'd see him in the top 16, on the fringes of the top 10. Bunting is an example of what can go wrong when he seemed to be set for success so it's hard to know for sure. I would see Durrant more in the mold of Norris who I believe is now in the top 16.

Petyr Baelish · 14-01-2018 9:54pm

munster87 wrote: »

I'd have him in premier league ahead of Whitlock at least

He's only in there for the international audience IMO.

sc86 · 14-01-2018 10:17pm

great final , great to watch , poor standard but it added to viewing!
who says its just pdc crowds that puts people off when throwing?

durrant played bad and won , hes better than that
playing a better player he was bet

chris mason is some man for giving abuse on twitter
i duno how he watched the final with all the tweets he sent

kerrylad1 · 14-01-2018 10:17pm

munster87 wrote: »

I'd have him in premier league ahead of Whitlock at least

+1,whitlock,in my opinion,shouldn't be any where near the premier league.

mdwexford · 14-01-2018 10:34pm

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Are you slow, 99% of players drink before games in BDO and PDC. You just don't see it on Sky

Such a made up percentage.

minty16 wrote: »

You didn't catch the Grand Slam of darts no?

Cant remember the last time Whitlock, Price, Wade, Lewis, Huybrechts, well most of the PDC top 16 averaged 100 in a world championship game.
Enlighten me ?

Clueless.

Lewis averaged over 100 last year.
Hope this helps.

mdwexford · 14-01-2018 10:38pm

Durrant caked his pants tonight at the thought of going back to back but luck was on his side and he pulled it out of the bag once McGeeney missed the three match darts.

He has the potential to improve in the PDC and be a top 6 player but we said that about a lot of players who didn't improve over there. You have to be unbelievably consistent or win a big one to reach those levels.

I think he would reach a Bunting or Norris level of top 16-20 or so.

Ally Dick · 14-01-2018 10:43pm

It's not fair. Why is Whitlock keeping that armadillo tied to his head? He should do the decent thing and release it

Bob Harris · 14-01-2018 10:44pm

mdwexford wrote: »

Durrant caked his pants tonight at the thought of going back to back but luck was on his side and he pulled it out of the bag once McGeeney missed the three match darts.

He has the potential to improve in the PDC and be a top 6 player but we said that about a lot of players who didn't improve over there. You have to be unbelievably consistent or win a big one to reach those levels.

I think he would reach a Bunting or Norris level of top 16-20 or so.

I couldn't for the life of me see Durrant being a top 6 player in the PDC.
More like you say somewhere in the top 15-20 range.

ThebitterLemon · 14-01-2018 11:07pm

sc86 wrote: »

great final , great to watch , poor standard but it added to viewing!
who says its just pdc crowds that puts people off when throwing?

durrant played bad and won , hes better than that
playing a better player he was bet

chris mason is some man for giving abuse on twitter
i duno how he watched the final with all the tweets he sent

Don't do twatter what was that loon Mason banging on about?

TbL

sc86 · 15-01-2018 3:39pm

jamie hughes and daryl fitton entered q school

Kingp35 · 15-01-2018 4:40pm

sc86 wrote: »

jamie hughes and daryl fitton entered q school

Is there any entry list onine somewhere?

Bob Harris · 15-01-2018 4:48pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

Is there any entry list onine somewhere?

Are you thinking of giving it a crack?

Kingp35 · 15-01-2018 5:20pm

Bob Harris wrote: »

Are you thinking of giving it a crack?

Too early for me, my 70's average won't trouble too many players!

Ultimate Seduction · 15-01-2018 6:19pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

Is there any entry list onine somewhere?

Full list on the PDPA website king.

A good few Irish gone this year

Fair play to all the BDO lads giving it a crack this year.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 16-01-2018 5:18pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

Too early for me, my 70's average won't trouble too many players!

Get it up by another 10 and who knows.

Mardle was saying on Twitter a while back that a mid 80s average will usually get a card.

millhouse · 16-01-2018 5:28pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Get it up by another 10 and who knows.

Mardle was saying on Twitter a while back that a mid 80s average will usually get a card.

A card is about all it will get. Unless you are consistently in the 90's you wont make any TV tournaments and will spend your life going to the crappy tour events to try cover expenses at best.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 16-01-2018 6:38pm

millhouse wrote: »

A card is about all it will get. Unless you are consistently in the 90's you wont make any TV tournaments and will spend your life going to the crappy tour events to try cover expenses at best.

I know ya, a tour of leisure centres in some of Britain's most grim cities.

Tough life for anyone ranked down towards the bottom of the Order of Merit.

Making next to nothing and faced with considerable expenses. Then you get dropped by your sponsor and go under.

sc86 · 16-01-2018 6:46pm

i see the 4 lads that won tour cards on first day last year made 10k between them last year lol

Ultimate Seduction · 16-01-2018 7:36pm

sc86 wrote: »

i see the 4 lads that won tour cards on first day last year made 10k between them last year lol

How many events did they play though? The likes of Steve Lennon, and Richard North did fairly OK for there first year.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 16-01-2018 8:11pm

Can't believe Tony O'Shea is going this year, hes 56 .

Fair play to him for taking the gamble though. I believe he's one of the few full time professionals on the BDO circuit. I met him one night at an exhibition, lovely man.

Fitton is up there in age also. 55

Degag · 18-01-2018 12:09am

I think it's relatively clear that Durrant would have a great chance of being a top 16 player in the PDC, even a top 10 player. Averages aren't everything but he is a consistant high 90s thrower which is enough to put him up there with the Sulovics, Whitlocks, Wades etc.

2018 BDO World Championship

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