Darts

[graveyard johnny]

7 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said:

And he wins it in style...

with another 9 darter thrown in for good measure

[HawkMan]

What's the fascination with Luke Littler? Is it because he comes from RL country and he vaguely said something about following the sport. Sky are advertising a programme they've produced with him about his love for Manchester United, and his United heroes. If Littler came from Wolverhampton nobody here would give a t*** about him. Yes he's a great player,  destroyed Smith and looked masterful against the World champ, but he's not going to do anything to popularise TGG, sadly.

Edited May 24, 2024 by HawkMan

[gingerjon]

2 hours ago, HawkMan said:

he's not going to do anything to popularise TGG, sadly.

This is a darts thread.

[HawkMan]

10 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

This is a darts thread.

Have you ever considered a career as a comedian?

[DavidM]

Incredible . It was very tight then after the break he just blew him away , and this is the world champion and dominant force in the game . Amazing talent

[Gerrumonside ref]

Just now, DavidM said:

Incredible . It was very tight then after the break he just blew him away , and this is the world champion and dominant force in the game . Amazing talent

Agreed!

[graveyard johnny]

this grand prix of darts is quite entertaining - starting  with a group stage ( luke humphries not getting through) leading to a knockout phase - littler seems to be  on fire and is now the bookies favourite

[Maximus Decimus]

36 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

this grand prix of darts is quite entertaining - starting  with a group stage ( luke humphries not getting through) leading to a knockout phase - littler seems to be  on fire and is now the bookies favourite

Yeh it's good. It used to be the one event where BDO players entered.

[sam4731]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

this grand prix of darts is quite entertaining - starting  with a group stage ( luke humphries not getting through) leading to a knockout phase - littler seems to be  on fire and is now the bookies favourite

Grand Slam

[Eddie]

On 24/05/2024 at 08:34, HawkMan said:

What's the fascination with Luke Littler? Is it because he comes from RL country and he vaguely said something about following the sport. Sky are advertising a programme they've produced with him about his love for Manchester United, and his United heroes. If Littler came from Wolverhampton nobody here would give a t*** about him. Yes he's a great player,  destroyed Smith and looked masterful against the World champ, but he's not going to do anything to popularise TGG, sadly.

He had a Wire season ticket for years and invited some of their players to watch him in the final in January. He’s not just vaguely said something about liking the sport. Also tbf it isn’t his job to try to make rugby league popular, and presumably Sky will get more eyeballs on a programme about him and Man Utd than one about him and Warrington Wolves. 

[graveyard johnny]

Littler makes another comeback from the dead in a real nail biter to make tonights final

[graveyard johnny]

the wdf thing at the lakeside looks pretty dreadful - why do they still bother to continue with it?

[gingerjon]

7 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

the wdf thing at the lakeside looks pretty dreadful - why do they still bother to continue with it?

Their World Championship looks pitiful, as ever, but they do seem coordinate an awful lot of tournaments around the world so I guess, as an organisation, they are in the BARLA role to the PDC's professional circuit.

[graveyard johnny]

5 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Their World Championship looks pitiful, as ever, but they do seem coordinate an awful lot of tournaments around the world so I guess, as an organisation, they are in the BARLA role to the PDC's professional circuit.

are they the old BDO?

[gingerjon]

3 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

are they the old BDO?

Sort of. The BDO properly collapsed in 2020 so they are sort of the same and sort of a different organisation as well. But, yes, that tradition.

[graveyard johnny]

Just now, gingerjon said:

Sort of. The BDO properly collapsed in 2020 so they are sort of the same and sort of a different organisation as well. But, yes, that tradition.

To be fair one of the female contestants wasnt far off a 9 darter in this years event which is prob about 99 darts better than me

[Futtocks]

9 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

The BDO properly collapsed in 2020

BDO boss Ollie Croft took his grudge to his grave the year before. I hoped at the time there'd be some rapprochement between the two organisations without him and maybe co-operation, but no.

Edited December 4, 2024 by Futtocks

[Maximus Decimus]

On 04/12/2024 at 17:40, graveyard johnny said:

To be fair one of the female contestants wasnt far off a 9 darter in this years event which is prob about 99 darts better than me

I had a dart for a 12 darter the other day*, and I was playing double-in. Ended up at 17...

 

 

 

 

*On a Granboard.

[Hopie]

Paul Lim in the WDF final at the lakeside, that is one long darts career.

[graveyard johnny]

Luke Littler on the shortlist of 6 for BBC sports personality of the year - this time last year he was basically unheard of - but will he win it?

[Maximus Decimus]

On 07/12/2024 at 23:41, Hopie said:

Paul Lim in the WDF final at the lakeside, that is one long darts career.

He didn't win in the end. 

It was a sad tournament really. I followed it a bit two years ago, when Thibault Tricole made the final and it seemed a bit better then. I caught a video of Lim in the QF and the place was empty.

One look at the tournament and it's a lot of 80 averages and the odd 90. It's very telling that the boys event has not dissimilar averages.

[Maximus Decimus]

3 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

Luke Littler on the shortlist of 6 for BBC sports personality of the year - this time last year he was basically unheard of - but will he win it?

Can't see him winning it, but you never know.

He's genuinely a phenomenon. Since I started following darts closely during lockdown, there hasn't really been a consistent dominant force like Taylor was. I think I picked it up just after the MVG years, because he was always like the residual star as if everybody kept expecting him to come good at every tournament.

I think Littler could become that dominant force. It's obviously early days but he just seems go effortlessly natural and like he can hit what he wants.

[Maximus Decimus]

So the PDC have setup a fantasy Darts thing for the Worlds, where you pick a team of players from the tournament and get points etc. It seems pretty good and you have to pick a mix of players. Also the points scoring seems like there is a lot to pick up. It always frustrates me on Fantasy PL, that you only really score for goals, assists and clean sheets barring token points for playing.

I'm thinking of setting up a TotalRL League for the tournament starting Sunday.

Pop a like if you'd be interested in joining it and I'll set it up if I get enough.

[OriginalMrC]

On 09/12/2024 at 17:18, graveyard johnny said:

Luke Littler on the shortlist of 6 for BBC sports personality of the year - this time last year he was basically unheard of - but will he win it?

Luke Humphries has been better in the last 12 months but Littler has been phenomenal and will get better. I think Bellingham probably deserves it most for what he achieved at Real Madrid 

[Eddie]

I was surprised to see Mike De Decker go out in his first match this afternoon, I’d had a small bet on him to win the whole thing, thought 40/1 was good value.  
 

Who do people think will win on 3rd Jan? I’m going Luke Humphries again.