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The bloke is in his 50's has a bad tournament and people write him off saying he is finished as a top darts player. Well he just beat his own record last night averaging 117 in the premier league. The guy isnt as consistant as he used to be but he still is unbeatable when he plays well.
Amazing. Still the best player by a good 10 points per throw at his best
He's still the best out there. Like you said he might not be as consistant as he used to be but he's still better than the rest.
G.o.a.t.
He wouldn't have won as many "world" titles if there wasn't a split.
All the current best PDC players have come from the BDO barring Adrian Lewis. If you compare the BDO and PDC world championships, the strength in depth is defintely with the BDO until just a few years ago.
A lot of Taylors "world" titles are micky mouse when you compare them with the field at Lakeside that year.
Whatever :rolleyes:
hilarious ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
I used to think like you too. But if you actually look at who Taylor was beating compared with the BDO field in that particular year, you'll find almost EVERY current top PDC player was in the BDO.Quote:
Originally Posted by roberto duran legend
Taylor is the best ever without doubt. But there is NO WAY he wins that many "world" titles with one governing body.
Best sportsman in the world in my lifetime (and as long as darts is recognised as a sport then thats what he is)
He will never get the recognition because the sport is darts but has any other sportsman EVER achieved what he has and continued to raise the bar 20 years later ??
He is still consistent - more so than any one else in the field - but now very capable of having a bad night when things not going his way as he puts pressure on himself
Steve Redgrave? :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
team sport
and Redgrave was inconsistent. He'd win then do fuck all for three years then win again then have another barren three years. Fucking useless. Taylor does it year in year out
These are the players Taylor beat to win the 2002 PDC title - Paul Williams, Shane Burgess, John Part, Dave Askew and Peter Manley
Only John Part is still a professional and the only one to win anything (he's clearly one of the all-time greats).
Here are some of the 2002 BDO field that are currently in the PDC - Barney, Anderson, King, Mardle, Jones, Stompe, Van Der Voort, Suljovic, Eccles, Hankey.
Painter, Wade, Whitlock, Webster, Baxter, Beaton, Klassen, Van Gerwen are all highly ranked PDC players that have played in the BDO championships when Taylor has been crowned PDC "world" champion.
Taylor is the greatest of all time. But some of those "world" titles are seriously dodgy.
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Originally Posted by Fenster
Check the averages Fenster (even though you are just been an Antagonistic cunt ;D)
2004 & 2005 he may have had a hard game ;)
1995
Richie Burnett (93.63) Phil Taylor (94.11)
1996
Steve Beaton (90.27) Phil Taylor (98.52)
1997
Les Wallace (92.19) Phil Taylor (100.92)
1998
Raymond van Barneveld (93.96) Phil Taylor (103.98)
1999
Raymond van Barneveld (94.65) Phil Taylor (97.11)
2000
Ted Hankey (92.40) Phil Taylor (94.42)
2001
John Walton (95.55) Phil Taylor (107.46)
2002
Tony David (93.57) Phil Taylor (98.47)
2004
Andy Fordham (97.08) Phil Taylor (96.03)
2005
Raymond van Barneveld (96.78) Phil Taylor (96.14)
2006
Jelle Klaasen (90.42) Phil Taylor (106.74)
2009
Ted Hankey (91.46) Phil Taylor (110.94)
2010
Martin Adams (95.01) Phil Taylor (104.38)
Taylor loses with huge averages though.
H, look at that amazing prem leauge game the other week, he was 5-0 DOWN averaging 110+
He NEVER loses because he has an 80 average or something shit. His WORST game is still good enough to win ANY tournament. However, those PDC fields, until a few years ago, are far weaker than the BDO ones. If not, where did all the PDC players go Taylor was beating. Colin Lloyd was "world" no.1 not too long ago.