2022 PDC World Darts Championship

Anderson was a huge disappointment in his BDO days but its overlooked that he was winning combined tournaments with the PDC back in 2007 beating the best of that field. He won the Premier League 2 1/2 years into his switch and just after making a world final. It's only that he was a bit superior to the field in the BDO in the late 00s (even with Adams, Whitlock, Webster etc) that made people question him. He was still a bit shaky but took to the PDC a lot quicker.

Its different for Smith in that he's been hyped up for so long but too often he hasn't matched it. Wright was unbelievable in the last 3 sets but Smith just had too many loose darts when it mattered. Not his worst defeat but any bit of composure when Wright was clearly on the ropes and he had it.

Even the attitude to Gando is different in itself. He was criticised for laughing and joking along when he lost but Smith just always looks miserable even when playing well.

He could feature in other majors but that will be hard to recover from. There's so much competition out there that it's a lot harder.

Bully bottled it lads he had loads of chances to kick on but never took advantage more so when he went 5-4 up,and there was umpteen times he had the chances to jump on Wright's low first 3 darts when Wright was throwing first in he's sets.better man won no doubt about it.

Bully just doesn't have that kill it off xfactor or whatever you wanna call it,that's he's 2nd world final in 3 yrs has he learned not by tonight's showing.and he's opposition in the future not might go be here m the chances again.

I think Wright would of beaten price in the final.

And as regards covid mvg Wright would have smashed him.

Mvg was never winning the world's COVID or no COVID.

You said “really poor” at a point in time where the averages were 98/96.

My question remains the same. Do you think sub 100 averages are terrible really poor and 100 plus is great?

If not then what is the determinable factor?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-42543/Darts-champion-fined-indecent-assaults.html This wouldn’t help. Anyway, being a great player doesn’t mean he would be a good commentator.

At a guess

1) He has no interest

2) He actually isn’t great in-studio

3) He’s tough to work with and Sky don’t see the benefit of having him

Being the best ever doesn’t mean you’d be a good pundit I suppose.

A difference yes. But to call one great and the other very poor is fairly laughable IMO

smith is only 31, neither taylor,barney,ando or snakebite had a world title at that age, he's 20 years younger than ando and snakebite ,ive no doubt he will win at least 1 world title. imo he's ando mk2 , one big one and the pressure is off.

true ,wouldnt take much for smith to be at their level though

Smith is also dangerously out of shape for a 31-year-old, which won't be a help to him over the next decade. Yes, he could push on and win a few biggies, but he could equally peter out from here like Adrian Lewis but without "the 2-time back-to-back" in front of his name. MVG another 31yo who could do with a lifestyle tweak.

Not everyone has to be as healthy as Gerwyn Price, but there's a happy medium ground of being just a wee bit portly (darts fit !) which the likes of Anderson & Wright occupy. Smith lost the the final at a stage when his comparative youth could have been a stamina advantage to him.

That was a decent final , to say otherwise is a strange view.

There was some awfull finals over the years

You were patently wrong at that point when you said you thought it was very poor. That is the point😆

But sure you keep replying too!!

I'll do you a favour now though and stop. But you are incorrect. Opinions are wrong every second of every day.

What is strange about questioning terrible opinions on message boards?

close the thread,might end the feud :D

They were very bad for showing the 20. Was very hard to tell if they were hitting the treble as they weren't zooming in. They couldn't keep up with Smith he was so fast at times.

It kind of is taken for granted but its mad how quick Mardle is at being able to determine what score/double/treble etc is required. He was able to calculate and commentate on what was needed at the same speed at which the likes of Smith or Anderson throw

Is there ever any discussion about changing the scoring system for the world championships to say first to 21 legs in the final and use the scoring system that most tournaments have? Is this likely to happen?

As a ex professional darts player that would be second nature to him.

This.

Think they are referred to as "spotters." John Part used to do it also.

As someone else said, it's a skill most pro darts players should have. Even as an amateur myself, i'd have all the outshots memorised.

I'd rather see things go the other way to be honest, with more tournaments using sets rather than just legs. The first to XX legs scoring system gets a bit tedious after a while and leaves less scope for drama and comebacks.

anyone think that if smith had of played callan rydz in the quarters then smith would have been beaten.