PDC World Matchplay - July 20-28 Winter Gardens Blackpool

fqollere · 27-07-2019 7:29pm

Not looking like Gurneys nite

Liamalone · 27-07-2019 8:00pm

Cross playing very poorly, no maximums yet from him, 8-4 Gurney.

Degag · 27-07-2019 8:31pm

Is this guy a new ref? Not one of the BDO fellas who quit no?

ThebitterLemon · 27-07-2019 8:49pm

Unbelievable Cross, 15 all.

TbL

fqollere · 27-07-2019 8:51pm

Unreal this

ThebitterLemon · 27-07-2019 8:55pm

How the hell did Cross win that, I can’t believe it, incredible stuff

TbL

krustydoyle · 27-07-2019 8:56pm

Gurney blames the crowd.. Go away outa that

Kingp35 · 27-07-2019 8:57pm

Incredible fight back from Cross. Some win. Gurney moaning at the end. His head went, it had nothing to do with the crowd.

diusmr8a504cvk · 27-07-2019 8:57pm

No bottle.

windy shepard henderson · 27-07-2019 8:59pm

krustydoyle wrote: »

Gurney blames the crowd.. Go away outa that

it seems he was saying to crosse at the end , "good job in turning the crowd on me " or something like that

Degag · 27-07-2019 8:59pm

krustydoyle wrote: »

Gurney blames the crowd.. Go away outa that

Another bad loser similar to MVG and Wade who barely acknowledged Durrant after they were beaten

ThebitterLemon · 27-07-2019 9:00pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

Incredible fight back from Cross. Some win. Gurney moaning at the end. His head went, it had nothing to do with the crowd.

Where are you seeing Gurney moaning, watching on Sky and didn’t see anything?

TbL

krustydoyle · 27-07-2019 9:02pm

ThebitterLemon wrote:

Where are you seeing Gurney moaning, watching on Sky and didnâ€™t see anything?

When they embraced at the board Gurney gestured to the crowd

Liamalone · 27-07-2019 9:03pm

Wow, Gurney fair filled the togs there!

ThebitterLemon · 27-07-2019 9:07pm

Liamalone wrote: »

Wow, Gurney fair filled the togs there!

Couldn’t happen to a less likable lad

TbL

nannerby · 27-07-2019 9:18pm

Whatever about gurney Cross really comes across as a good guy.

Kingp35 · 27-07-2019 9:38pm

Can't see Duzza coming back from 8-2 down.

ThebitterLemon · 27-07-2019 9:43pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

Can't see Duzza coming back from 8-2 down.

Smith v Cross should be a decent final

TbL

Mr. Guappa · 27-07-2019 10:09pm

This one isn't done yet either.

Mr. Guappa · 27-07-2019 10:16pm

Done now.

Ultimate Seduction · 28-07-2019 10:14am

Smith has lost the World final and the premier league final , if he doesn't win this it's all the one

nannerby · 28-07-2019 10:31am

Smith at times looks unbeatable hope he holds his nerve it could be a great final.

mdwexford · 28-07-2019 11:30am

Smith started off like a train last night and Durrant started off poorly.
Smith did give him a few chances but it wasn’t there for Glen last night. Shame after such a good tournament.

Should be a great final.
Cross consistency might be enough to get him over the line.

iebamm2580 · 28-07-2019 12:15pm

Was back to half tinkn gurneyd ok, not now he's a sour ****er really, giving out about mardle other night too.

Ultimate Seduction · 28-07-2019 12:16pm

iebamm2580 wrote: »

Was back to half tinkn gurneyd ok, not now he's a sour ****er really, giving out about mardle other night too.

He's an insufferable knob. Not just on telly.

Johner · 28-07-2019 7:03pm

Really hoping Smith does it tonight, I've never warmed to Cross at all.

Ultimate Seduction · 28-07-2019 7:06pm

Johner wrote: »

Really hoping Smith does it tonight, I've never warmed to Cross at all.

Me neither , seems like a decent chap everyone loves him but he's got some kind of sneaky head on him I just can't take to him, in Fairness

Johner · 28-07-2019 7:32pm

5-0 Cross. Disastrous start for Smith.

Kingp35 · 28-07-2019 7:33pm

Disaster of a start by Smith. Nothing happening for him. Cross 5-0 up at the first break.

Johner · 28-07-2019 7:44pm

8-0.

diusmr8a504cvk · 28-07-2019 7:46pm

Easy to see which player has previously won a Major final and which one hasn't.

wally1990 · 28-07-2019 7:55pm

Who is doing the commentary?

Kingp35 · 28-07-2019 7:56pm

Does anyone else think Mardle is being a bit of a dick to Peterson in the coms box?

ThebitterLemon · 28-07-2019 8:05pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

Does anyone else think Mardle is being a bit of a dick to Peterson in the coms box?

Yep noticed that but Devon isn’t helping himself with some of the nonsense he’s coming out with.

TbL

Kingp35 · 28-07-2019 8:29pm

Game on now. Another brilliant comeback. Smith has really upped it. In fairness Cross hasn't played well all game.

Johner · 28-07-2019 8:33pm

14-11. Cross lost it a bit in that leg before the break. Chucking darts away.

Come on Smith!

krustydoyle · 28-07-2019 8:45pm

The crowd needs to shut up

Kingp35 · 28-07-2019 8:53pm

Good fight back from Smith but he gave himself far too much to do. He really has a problem starting finals, all in the head.

PTH2009 · 28-07-2019 8:55pm

Smith messed up when he was on the verge of the comeback

Something about Cross annoys me. Some amount of parts in darts these days. Congrats to him is he on his back to the top ? December's not too long away

Blinkers_off · 28-07-2019 8:57pm

Absolute clown going for the 170 when your opponents on no finish

diusmr8a504cvk · 28-07-2019 8:59pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Smith messed up when he was on the verge of the comeback

Something about Cross annoys me. Some amount of parts in darts these days. Congrats to him is he on his back to the top ? December's not too long away

He's definitely the second best player in the world, and that's not an insult.

He might have won, but I still think that winning 9 of the first 10 and then winning only 9 of the last 21 is a major slip up.

ThebitterLemon · 28-07-2019 8:59pm

Didn’t like Cross when he broke into the scene, but since winning the WC I think he’s handled himself very well, not a moaner or argumentative and shows respect and fair play during and after his games.

I like him.

TbL

Ally Dick · 28-07-2019 11:13pm

The crowd were unfair to Cross tonight, constant noise when he was on a double

diusmr8a504cvk · 29-07-2019 12:37am

Ally Dick wrote: »

The crowd were unfair to Cross tonight, constant noise when he was on a double

He brings it on himself, if you create hype around a single dart then the crowd will follow suit.

mdwexford · 29-07-2019 12:50am

Best tournament there’s been in a long time I think.

Good for Cross to show he wasn’t a one trick pony by following up his Worlds win. Crowd were too loud at times tonight I felt and the referee should have asked for some order.

Smith getting to the World and Matchplay finals back to back is a great achievement but to push on he needs to get his mentality right and be a bit more consistent. At his very best he’s bang up there with anyone.

diusmr8a504cvk · 29-07-2019 1:47am

Rob Cross' 95.16 this evening is the lowest final average by the tournament winner since Phil Taylor's 94.38 in 2003.

nannerby · 29-07-2019 7:32am

Best player won on the night a pretty average final to be fair but overall really enjoyed the weeks darts.

Kingp35 · 29-07-2019 9:59am

mdwexford wrote: »

Smith getting to the World and Matchplay finals back to back is a great achievement but to push on he needs to get his mentality right and be a bit more consistent. At his very best he’s bang up there with anyone.

The problem is that he is awful in the finals, complete bottle job.

He went 9-0 down in the Premier League final, he went 4-0 in sets down in the World Championships final and he went 9-0 down in the Matchplay final.

You could see by his body language he was not comfortable at all last night, especially during the early stages. As was already said, Cross did not play well at all. Smith will never have an easier chance to win a major final, he blew it.

ThebitterLemon · 29-07-2019 11:20am

Kingp35 wrote: »

The problem is that he is awful in the finals, complete bottle job.

He went 9-0 down in the Premier League final, he went 4-0 in sets down in the World Championships final and he went 9-0 down in the Matchplay final.

You could see by his body language he was not comfortable at all last night, especially during the early stages. As was already said, Cross did not play well at all. Smith will never have an easier chance to win a major final, he blew it.

Hopefully he’ll learn from it, three capitulations in 3 finals is seriously concerning for him but he’s got the raw talent, now needs to get the head right

TbL

boomdocker · 29-07-2019 2:04pm

I like Cross, but what's with the carry on when he wins games
Always seems to turn around to his opponent and sort of apologise for winning
Sometimes I wish he'd just give an ole 'arms in the air, I fookin' won' sort of celebration instead of that carry on

As for Smith, I know the old addage is you have to lose one before you win one, but that's two of the biggest lost this year, and he was shocking in the first half of the match, as said above, a complete bottle job, especially when you consider that Cross wasn't playing that great

PDC World Matchplay - July 20-28 Winter Gardens Blackpool

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