Premier League Darts 2018

jr86 · 01-01-2018 11:42pm

Wonder did Adrian Lewis decline perhaps?

If he could hit any form he's so entertaining and is a well known name and face to casual fans.

Maybe he needs a break?

sc86 · 01-01-2018 11:43pm

Healio wrote: »

No suprises really; all of them are in the top 13 in the world. No 8 Chizzy and no 10 Wade didn't get in; don't think either deserved it anyway

they are not 8 and 10 - much lower

sc86 · 01-01-2018 11:44pm

whitlock is only surprise but i think they were stuck for somebody

couldnt put lewis / wade / chisnal in after the ****e year they had

kentoccfc · 01-01-2018 11:49pm

MVG - top 4
Anderson - top 4
Wright - top 4
Gurney - major winner
RVB - king in Holland
Suljovic - major winner
Cross - top 4
Price - consistent major quarter finalist and twice runner up

Smith & Whitlock are the two question marks, but Smith has scoring power and Whitlock's had a pretty decent year climbing the rankings where the likes of Lewis, Wade and Chizzy haven;t.

Diabhal Beag · 01-01-2018 11:53pm

I can understand Bully but Whitlock has been poor for years and nobody cares about him. Dunno why you wouldn't throw in an exciting player like Jamie Lewis even if just for a season.

sc86 · 02-01-2018 12:04am

because getting hammered every week would not be good for him long term

Ali Bomaye · 02-01-2018 12:19am

sc86 wrote: »

because getting hammered every week would not be good for him long term

Yeah there's been a few players who've had their confidence ruined by being in the premier league. And the world series seems a good way now of introducing players to these tournaments with the elite players. Worked very well for Price and Gurney last year.

When I was thinking of who I'd want in the premier league, I couldn't think of ten players who've done enough this year to deserve a spot, so many of the top players have had poor years.

I'm actually really interested in the premier league this year for a change, so many new names in it has really freshened it up.

Healio · 02-01-2018 12:26am

sc86 wrote: »

they are not 8 and 10 - much lower

https://www.pdpa.co.uk/pdc-tours/world-series/

Ultimate Seduction · 02-01-2018 1:11am

Whitlock has the best form this year (ranking points) of the guys now outside the top 6 . Won a few tournaments this year and finals, also final of grand Prix. Still wouldn't have him in though

Him and mensur to be relegated first Im going to have a good bet on that

Ultimate Seduction · 02-01-2018 1:14am

Healio wrote: »

https://www.pdpa.co.uk/pdc-tours/world-series/

Surprised with that. I thought chizzy was defending a good few quid this week. Cross the only notable change to the top 16

Degag · 02-01-2018 2:24am

Yup can't disagree with it barring Whitlock perhaps. He had a good year though and overall probably derserved it more than Lewis or Van den Bergh et al

Johner · 02-01-2018 1:45pm

I wouldn't have picked Michael Smith. He was rubbish when he was in it before and hasn't been amazing this year.

PTH2009 · 02-01-2018 1:56pm

Johner wrote: »

I wouldn't have picked Michael Smith. He was rubbish when he was in it before and hasn't been amazing this year.

reckon they could not think of a 10th person so they put a load of names in a hat and picked out him lol

sc86 · 02-01-2018 3:35pm

Healio wrote: »

https://www.pdpa.co.uk/pdc-tours/world-series/

my bad - cant believe they are still that high

danganabu · 02-01-2018 5:02pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

reckon they could not think of a 10th person so they put a load of names in a hat and picked out him lol

Thats harsh, he had a pretty consistent year, consistemtly reaching QF etc., is ranked 13th I think the last I saw, had match darts against who we all now fawning over as the second coming and he has a high profile. Not sure why people are overly surprised, Whitlock a far more surprising call for me.

PS all that said I can't stand the bloke, a right moany fcuker even when he is winning!!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-01-2018 5:26pm

SlickRic wrote: »

Whitlock is a terrible pick.

The rest make complete sense for one reason or another.

I initially read that as terrible pr1ck.

PTH2009 · 02-01-2018 11:55pm

when will the matches be announced

They said were getting MVG vs Cross on the 1st Feb but how true that is we can't say ??

Ultimate Seduction · 02-01-2018 11:58pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

when will the matches be announced

They said were getting MVG vs Cross on the 1st Feb but how true that is we can't say ??

World finalists always play eachother on night 1

ThebitterLemon · 05-01-2018 10:35pm

Zero interest in this marketing gimmick

TbL

danganabu · 05-01-2018 10:41pm

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Can't abide this glorified exhibition, boring as ****, I'd prefer to the Great Mongolian Bake Off.

TbL

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Zero interest in this marketing gimmick

TbL

How does it differ in that regard to any darts tournament? The more darts on tv the better surely?

Ultimate Seduction · 05-01-2018 10:45pm

First year in a long time that I'm looking forward to this. It really needed a freshen up with new faces. I may still get sick of it after 3 or 4 weeks though.

ThebitterLemon · 05-01-2018 10:57pm

danganabu wrote: »

How does it differ in that regard to any darts tournament? The more darts on tv the better surely?

Mainly coz it's not knockout.

It's repetitive and boring.

Not to mention that the result can be a draw, ffs, a draw in darts!!

I'd prefer to watch any match play tournament than this dross.

Great to see darts on the telly but this just doesn't float my boat

TbL

Kingp35 · 08-01-2018 10:17am

I have to agree with ThebitterLemon, I am not a fan of the Premier League at all. It's incredibly monotonous and boring and is yet another in the long list of non-ranking tournaments on the calendar. It's a glorified exhibition tour.

With that said, I completely understand the need for it as it generates a lot of money for the PDC to put into prize money for other tournaments.

PTH2009 · 08-01-2018 3:18pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

I have to agree with ThebitterLemon, I am not a fan of the Premier League at all. It's incredibly monotonous and boring and is yet another in the long list of non-ranking tournaments on the calendar. It's a glorified exhibition tour.

With that said, I completely understand the need for it as it generates a lot of money for the PDC to put into prize money for other tournaments.

and a big piss up for a lot of fans

there's a lot of suspicious match results esp if one player is safe and the others in danger of being eliminated ðŸ€”ðŸ€”

PTH2009 · 12-01-2018 5:15pm

there taking there time announcing the fixtures

kentoccfc · 16-01-2018 4:36pm

Night One - February 1
3Arena Dublin
Mensur Suljovic v Simon Whitlock
Gary Anderson v Michael Smith
Daryl Gurney v Raymond van Barneveld
Michael van Gerwen v Rob Cross
Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price

PTH2009 · 16-01-2018 5:48pm

kentoccfc wrote: »

Night One - February 1
3Arena Dublin
Mensur Suljovic v Simon Whitlock
Gary Anderson v Michael Smith
Daryl Gurney v Raymond van Barneveld
Michael van Gerwen v Rob Cross
Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price

some great games there and its going to be an electric night in the 3arena. Staying in the spencer hotel down from the arena cant wait

PTH2009 · 24-01-2018 4:54pm

looking forward to next thursday night in the 3arena

not looking forward to the €6.50 cans of orchard thieves though

marklazarcovic · 28-01-2018 4:39pm

Have two tickets for this but can't go ,not.physical tickets,36 a pop,sell for 60 , PayPal .

Forward tickets upon payment

Redo91 · 30-01-2018 9:09pm

So my mom got myself and my dad tickets for Thursday for Christmas. I was looking in to it initially on ticketmaster but the only available tickets were up in the nosebleeds so I didn't think it was worth going. A colleague of my mom's has gone previously and always used Viagogo so she recommended them. Without knowing much about it my mom bought two tickets worth just over €100 each which were €35 face value. They are down the front of the tiered seating so of the cheaper priced tickets they are one of the better ones at least.

Basically I'm just looking for advice with the tickets as I've never used Viagogo before. It's a paper ticket which has me a bit worried. Have people had bad experiences with tickets being cancelled on them or dublicates being sold? Is there any way for me to verify with Ticketmaster that the ticket is still valid or is there a fear that they could then cancel on me if they got wind that it was bought from a third party. The sellers first name appears to have been spelled incorrectly (Eon rather than Eoin) which has is worrying but it could be a typo.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Inquitus · 30-01-2018 9:34pm

It's ll down to the honesty of the seller, I have bough expensive paper gig tickets before for my daughter and never had any problems just do your due diligence ad check what sort of a record the seller has if possible.

PTH2009 · 31-01-2018 12:20am

you would actually be surprised how good the view from the nosebleed seats are. they are plenty of big screens showing the action with scores visible. It's worth going for the atmosphere alone, obv there will be people there drunk out of there mind's and not paying one bit of attention to the darts but it's personal choice at the end of the day

looking forward to Thursday and hope it's a great night

Redo91 · 31-01-2018 4:27pm

Inquitus wrote: »

It's ll down to the honesty of the seller, I have bough expensive paper gig tickets before for my daughter and never had any problems just do your due diligence ad check what sort of a record the seller has if possible.

Cheers. Can't seem to find the e-mail with the sellers name so can't go looking for them. To be fair I haven't heard many horror stories from Viagogo in a while so fingers crossed all's ok tomorrow.