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

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    #2
    Diabhal Beag
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    Heading up for the final.

    My prediction: Hendo-VdvV final :pac:


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    #3
    Kingp35
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    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.


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    PTH2009
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    Surprised they haven't ever done afternoon games in this tournament yet


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    #5
    ThebitterLemon
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    Smith v Whitlock the battle of the bottlejobs

    TbL


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    PTH2009
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    MVG can be dangerous when hes down


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    #7
    Gotya
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    That 135 wow, that was magic. Mvg is hard to beat even when he is playing badly!.


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    #8
    ThebitterLemon
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    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


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    poteen
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    crowds seem small and atmosphere flat.


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    #10
    PTH2009
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    poteen wrote: »
    crowds seem small and atmosphere flat.

    Nopparts throwing speed is not helping it


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    PTH2009
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    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


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    #12
    Degag
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    Only seems to be a couple hundred there at most


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    #13
    ArmaniJeanss
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    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.


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    US2
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    Not a single 180 score between Durrant and ratajski after 11 legs. Long time since that's happened on tv id say


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    Kingp35
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    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.


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    shockframe
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    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.


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    PTH2009
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    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


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    #18
    ThebitterLemon
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    Anderson was terrible but Dobey looked very solid. Excellent on doubles

    TbL


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

    He’ll be hard to beat

    TbL


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    Kingp35
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    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.


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    #21
    ThebitterLemon
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    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


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    US2
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    Would love to see Dobey or Durrant win this but I think it'll be chizzys


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    #23
    ThebitterLemon
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    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


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    #24
    Justin Credible Darts
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    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


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    #25
    marklazarcovic
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    Hopefully a duzza v mvg final, chizzy always collapses against mvg anywhere near a final, thats assuming dobey is a gonner.


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    #26
    Diabhal Beag
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    Chizzy will get whipped in the final too


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    #27
    ThebitterLemon
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    Well done on getting to the final Chizzy, commiserations in advance for losing it :)

    TbL


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    #28
    Deeper Blue
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    I just can't see any way that Dobey beats MvG


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    #29
    Deeper Blue
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    Honestly I can't see any way that Chizzy beats him either. Reckon it'll be a comfortable win tomorrow


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    #30
    Justin Credible Darts
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    be surprised if chizzy even gets a set


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    #31
    Diabhal Beag
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    Agreed. Can see Chizzy getting murdered tonight by mvg. Similar to Bully in the worlds.


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