back to the future Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 After watching a Fabulous PDC tournament the Lakeside spectacle is laughable I kid you not we have better players in our darts league, Time the bbc ditched this and spent the money elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I think this is the last year they're broadcasting it. Exclusively on BT from next year. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderWire Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Got to agree, great darts throughout the tounament in the PDC, not just the semi's and final.....which were fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff9of13 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 A fun way to pass the time while having a few beers down the pub. But a sport? No. "it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrek Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 A fun way to pass the time while having a few beers down the pub. But a sport? No. But there all such fine figures of gentlemen thanks to the intensive training regime. Shameless darts plug while I'm at it! I can do you deal on anything listed in the link below! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiH68 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 It was a fantastic tournament. I love watching the darts. Went to the World Matchplay in Blackpool when I was back in the UK a couple of years ago. It was the most fantastic weekend. Went with my Aussie boyfriend on only his second visit to the UK - I know how to show him all the hotspots! Even more worryingly, he loved Blackpool! And we met Eric Bristow and Keith Dellar in the pub near our b&b, which was nice. Would love to go again. The Sydney Darts Masts last year was good too but give me Blackpool over Sydney any day ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 If the two organisations merged, and we ended up with all the best players competing, and the enjoyable but not obnoxious atmosphere of the BDO (as opposed to the lagered-up cretins that seem to gravitate towards the PDC), it'd be great. They had the junior final earlier today. The name Colin Roelofs - remember it. This Dutch kid absolutely massacred his English opponent. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 But it does sort of irk me when I see Chris Irvine on twitter saying nothing but positive things about it and using hashtags like #lovethedarts. Wish he was so enthusiastic about RL. Typical cheerleader behaviour. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I don't really have an opinion on darts other than I quite like it occasionally. But it does sort of irk me when I see Chris Irvine on twitter saying nothing but positive things about it and using hashtags like #lovethedarts. Wish he was so enthusiastic about RL. They all think we should leap in with Barry Hearn and Matchroom. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 A pub game elevated to the status of "sport" Maybe they should show world cribbage or nine men's morris? "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 A pub game elevated to the status of "sport" Maybe they should show world cribbage or nine men's morris? The former wouldn't suit TV and wouldn't get a deal, and the latter would just clog up the schedules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulalmanack Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Everyone misses the point of BDO darts, whilst Sky has pro players who play week in and out around the globe the BDO players are men and woman who play at there local after a days work who just got good. There the asprirational ones. Not Phil Taylor who practises in his millionaire mansion. BDO is real like Rugby league is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Everyone misses the point of BDO darts, whilst Sky has pro players who play week in and out around the globe the BDO players are men and woman who play at there local after a days work who just got good. There the asprirational ones. Not Phil Taylor who practises in his millionaire mansion. BDO is real like Rugby league is. Or you could say the opposite - that, to gain adequate recompense for their efforts, the PDC split from the BDO, which has never forgiven them. And the best players are in the PDC. By the way, I enjoy both, because what makes a memorable match is the contest as much as the averages. A close nail-biter is entertaining at either level. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff9of13 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 "it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Savage Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 BDO is real like Rugby league is. Second best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiH68 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Very disappointing scenes in Melbourne last night. An invitational tournament, and during the final between Van Gerwen and Whitlock, hundreds of idiots started throwing plastic tables and chairs, match was suspended for 20 minutes, riot police called in, 40 people kicked out. I wasn't there but have been reading the reports this morning. Not a good look for darts :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 [Daily mail mode] Absolutely disgusting. [Daily mail mode] Is there any footage on YouTube? Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 [Daily mail mode] Absolutely disgusting. [Daily mail mode] Is there any footage on YouTube? There are clips on, you guessed it, the Daily Mail. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumby Magic Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Alan Norris has won a PDC tour card and hit a nine darter on the way! Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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