World Grand Prix 2019 - Oct 6th - Oct 12th

Kingp35 · 04-10-2019 8:54am #1

The World Grand Prix, arguably the third biggest tournament behind the World Championships and World Matchplay, starts this Sunday.

It's an incredibly strong field of players and I'm really looking forward to this years tournament.

The full draw and draw bracket can be found on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Grand_Prix_(darts)#Draw

The schedule of play can be found here:
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/09/27/2019-boylesports-world-grand-prix-draw

Diabhal Beag · 05-10-2019 5:03pm

Heading up for the final.

My prediction: Hendo-VdvV final :pac:

Kingp35 · 06-10-2019 7:13pm

8 games to fit in tonight, it could be a late one!

I expect one or two upsets tonight with the reasonably short format and set play.

Poor enough crowd there. I've said this the last few years but I'm surprised the PDC haven't tried to move the tournament from Dublin at this stage.

PTH2009 · 06-10-2019 9:25pm

Surprised they haven't ever done afternoon games in this tournament yet

ThebitterLemon · 06-10-2019 10:42pm

Smith v Whitlock the battle of the bottlejobs

TbL

PTH2009 · 06-10-2019 11:26pm

MVG can be dangerous when hes down

Gotya · 06-10-2019 11:32pm

That 135 wow, that was magic. Mvg is hard to beat even when he is playing badly!.

ThebitterLemon · 07-10-2019 8:42pm

VvDV is a right miserable git, no fight or bottle when it isn’t going perfectly for him!

Completely throws it away, what a terrible attitude, he’ll never win anything remotely important.

TbL

poteen · 07-10-2019 9:26pm

crowds seem small and atmosphere flat.

PTH2009 · 07-10-2019 9:52pm

poteen wrote: »

crowds seem small and atmosphere flat.

Nopparts throwing speed is not helping it

PTH2009 · 07-10-2019 10:01pm

The PDC must have a long contract with citywest that it's never been moved. Crowds seem down every year except the weekend nights and final rounds

Imagine this been in Germany or Holland they would be wild no matter what night it is

Degag · 07-10-2019 10:34pm

Only seems to be a couple hundred there at most

ArmaniJeanss · 07-10-2019 11:31pm

Without actually knowing the ticket price, it must be one of the best value nights of the darting year.
8 decent length games, and always some good encounters because it's near enough Top 32 in the world.

US2 · 08-10-2019 12:05am

Not a single 180 score between Durrant and ratajski after 11 legs. Long time since that's happened on tv id say

Kingp35 · 08-10-2019 9:24am

PTH2009 wrote: »

The PDC must have a long contract with citywest that it's never been moved. Crowds seem down every year except the weekend nights and final rounds

Imagine this been in Germany or Holland they would be wild no matter what night it is

I said it earlier in the thread, I'm amazed that such a huge tournament hasn't been moved.

In fairness, the Citywest is not an easy to place to get home from late at night but the crowd was extremely bad last night. It will be the same until the Thursday night. Even the final on the Saturday night tends not be sold out.

shockframe · 08-10-2019 11:34am

Kingp35 wrote: »

I said it earlier in the thread, I'm amazed that such a huge tournament hasn't been moved.

In fairness, the Citywest is not an easy to place to get home from late at night but the crowd was extremely bad last night. It will be the same until the Thursday night. Even the final on the Saturday night tends not be sold out.

TV deal?

Surely the Netherlands or Germany would have bigger crowds for it.

It gets better as the week goes on but the first round format is too short. Easy to understand why certain players don't like it.

PTH2009 · 08-10-2019 5:36pm

Its a bit of gamble from a spectators POV if u have tickets for after the 1st round as some of the big guns could be gone

been there 3 times from 2014/2015 and never seen a few big players at it such as Phil Taylor, James Wade. The seating can be a nightmare as people have the tendency not to go by the allocated seats and take them to sit with there group. Best ones to get our the front or end of the tables. It is a good night out tbf but prefer the premier league

Its deff in Dublin again for 2020 4th-10th Oct 2020

ThebitterLemon · 08-10-2019 10:23pm

Anderson was terrible but Dobey looked very solid. Excellent on doubles

TbL

ThebitterLemon · 09-10-2019 10:15pm

Great win for Durrant, played very well and cool under pressure

He’ll be hard to beat

TbL

Kingp35 · 10-10-2019 9:07am

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Great win for Durrant, played very well and cool under pressure

He’ll be hard to beat

He's very likeable too, I hope he goes on and wins the tournament.

All seeds bar MvG have now been knocked out. The Grand Prix is definitely the best tournament for shocks and surprise runs.

ThebitterLemon · 10-10-2019 11:48am

Kingp35 wrote: »

He's very likeable too, I hope he goes on and wins the tournament.

All seeds bar MvG have now been knocked out. The Grand Prix is definitely the best tournament for shocks and surprise runs.

Agreed and the format can make it very exciting, you can be looking comfortable and don’t get off and then find yourself struggling, always a better than usual chance of the player doing the chasing reeling in the other player.

TbL

US2 · 10-10-2019 4:16pm

Would love to see Dobey or Durrant win this but I think it'll be chizzys

ThebitterLemon · 10-10-2019 4:41pm

US2 wrote: »

Would love to see Dobey or Durrant win this but I think it'll be chizzys

Think the pressure will ultimately get to Chizzy, reminds me of Michael Smith, very heavy scorer when he’s on it but fragile under pressure

TbL

Justin Credible Darts · 10-10-2019 4:56pm

chizzy is like Michael Smith, Joe Cullen, Ian White, a player that has never won a major title in their entire career.
Just like Terry Jenkins, andy Hamilton, Ronnie Baxter, Chris Mason,Wayne Mardle.

The funniest part is people like Mason and Mardle who have won nothing of note EVER are the ones giving advice on how to win things...laughable.

People can slate Wade for his attitude or gurney for his miserable attitude, or price for his shenanigans etc but they are all proven major winners, the ones named in the first paragraph are just there to make up the numbers

marklazarcovic · 11-10-2019 7:17pm

Hopefully a duzza v mvg final, chizzy always collapses against mvg anywhere near a final, thats assuming dobey is a gonner.

Diabhal Beag · 11-10-2019 8:09pm

Chizzy will get whipped in the final too

ThebitterLemon · 11-10-2019 8:28pm

Well done on getting to the final Chizzy, commiserations in advance for losing it

TbL

Deeper Blue · 11-10-2019 8:40pm

I just can't see any way that Dobey beats MvG

Deeper Blue · 11-10-2019 10:50pm

Honestly I can't see any way that Chizzy beats him either. Reckon it'll be a comfortable win tomorrow

Justin Credible Darts · 12-10-2019 12:55am

be surprised if chizzy even gets a set

Diabhal Beag · 12-10-2019 8:20am

Agreed. Can see Chizzy getting murdered tonight by mvg. Similar to Bully in the worlds.

marklazarcovic · 12-10-2019 10:18am

Agreed, sometimes though... strange things happen.. remember Thornton winning against mvg ... One of my most disappointing nights at a darts event

boomdocker · 12-10-2019 12:08pm

ya pity Durrant didn't win, he'd surely give MvG a better match, especially over the long format

Deeper Blue · 12-10-2019 7:30pm

Apparently Chizzy has lost his last 26 games in a row against MvG. Jaysus

peteeeed · 12-10-2019 7:39pm

Enjoying the curtain raiser between Barry and Gallagher

Gallagher looks a player

Deeper Blue · 12-10-2019 7:42pm

Gallagher should have it wrapped up by now

Good game!

peteeeed · 12-10-2019 7:45pm

Great game

peteeeed · 12-10-2019 7:46pm

Nerves kicking in considering the spot at ally pally at stake

peteeeed · 12-10-2019 7:48pm

Great comeback

Deeper Blue · 12-10-2019 7:49pm

He looked dead and buried, fair play to him.

Gallagher will be kicking himself though

peteeeed · 12-10-2019 7:52pm

NDWC wrote: »

He looked dead and buried, fair play to him.

Gallagher will be kicking himself though

How many match darts did he miss, hopefully he'll kick on,both of them

Deeper Blue · 12-10-2019 7:54pm

peteeeed wrote: »

How many match darts did he miss, hopefully he'll kick on,both of them

It was at least 10 I think, looks a good player though

marklazarcovic · 12-10-2019 7:56pm

Both good, Gallagher blew it.

peteeeed · 12-10-2019 8:00pm

NDWC wrote: »

It was at least 10 I think, looks a good player though

Trebles for show, doubles for dough

Justin Credible Darts · 12-10-2019 8:01pm

I know you missed a heap of match darts Liam Gallagher, but dont look back in anger, you got to roll with it....

Gallagher will be back....definitely...maybe

Deeper Blue · 12-10-2019 8:08pm

How can Mardle say that he thinks Chizzy has a great chance? All signs point to a 5-0

Justin Credible Darts · 12-10-2019 8:13pm

NDWC wrote: »

How can Mardle say that he thinks Chizzy has a great chance? All signs point to a 5-0

mardle is an idiot.

A guy that never won a single ranking major in his entire miserable existence trying to tell us that chizzy who has lost 33 times to MVG has a chance

marklazarcovic · 12-10-2019 8:20pm

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

mardle is an idiot.

A guy that never won a single ranking major in his entire miserable existence trying to tell us that chizzy who has lost 33 times to MVG has a chance

A chance for a set or two at most I feel

Deeper Blue · 12-10-2019 8:22pm

Chizzy loses the first set without getting a shot at a double, looking ominous already.

Justin Credible Darts · 12-10-2019 8:35pm

marklazarcovic wrote: »

A chance for a set or two at most I feel

Would like to simple Dave Dismal get a set or two, and now be embarrassed

peteeeed · 12-10-2019 8:49pm

Great comeback by Michael there

World Grand Prix 2019 - Oct 6th - Oct 12th

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