Darts PDC – 2015

[Mark TKO]

Right we’ve not had a thread on this this year so here goes.

Who you picking ?

I’m pissed off this year as I’ve booked to go away on 3rd January and will miss the final ! I just assumed the final would be on New Years Day but it isn’t ffs.

Anyway I still think it’s Taylor’s to lose. All about how he handles it the moment someone puts pressure on him – which they will. He’s not as consistent as he was, understandable, but his consistency is still above everyone else’s as his averages show. If he gets to the final I think he’ll do it, even if it's against MVG, but Just can’t help thinking he’ll have a ‘bad’ night at some point when things don’t go his way – and he starts biting his dart flights !!

Van Gerwen is not looking the part yet for me to win it again – his opponents have had their chances but let him off the hook, but then again he’ll probably find another gear when he needs it.

Can’t really see anyone else with enough to win it – not over such long matches.

I think Bunting has an outside chance of getting to final - deserves to get there for his walk on song alone

[Memphis]

I might buy a sky sports pass for nowtv to tune in whilst I'm off. I'm out of touch with the PDC because it's on sky and to be honest, it just cant compete with the Lakeside for glitz and glam, the BDO have got that 70's retro theme down to a tee, even the players averages are 70's


Is Bunting the fat lad (really narrowing it down) who looks like a downs syndrome?

[Mark TKO]

That comment you made re 70s averages made me laugh

yes it is Bunting - current BDO champion and with a chance of being reigning champion of both codes at same time !

Not sure who the main man is in BDO these days (Bunting was clear favourite last year for BDO if I remember)

[Mark TKO]

Well I thought Taylor was going out last night but he got through it. Huybrecht raised his game and missed few doubles early on - T20, Bull and D8 for a 126 checkout at one stage

Some of these young lads playing now are amazing - Bunting and Smith both averaged over 102, that's insane.

Taylor will get to the final now I'm sure.

[Fenster]

Taylor will have the winner of Bunting-Barney, which I think will be Bunting, and he's already done Taylor on TV this year. I've backed Bunting so he definitely wont win the whole thing.

In the other half, Van Gerwen isn't playing well, Anderson is knocking in 100+ averages every game but always finds a way to deck it at the last hurdle, Peter Wright will probally plod him out of it. I think Van Gerwen will make the final playing crap (by his standards).

[Mark TKO]

Agree re MVG probably getting there but poor by his standards - pressure of being champ ?

Anderson's scoring has always been phenomenal - but he is living proof that a fantastic average won't win you a match if you take 3 darts at every double !

Still pick Taylor

[Memphis]

Trebles for show, doubles for dough.....as Bobby George used to say.


Did Andy Fordham ever get back to any sort of form after loosing all that weight?

[Fenster]

Poor old Fordham never got close to being a top player again without the booze. He's back with the BDO boys these days, but is not in the betting for their comp so obviously didn't qualify. He stopped boozing to gain an extra few years but in the process killed what he was "great" at. Funny old life this lark

[Mark TKO]

what a quarter final just then, MVG marches on. Was averaging 113.4 at one stage

well played Thornton - that match a lot closer than scoreline suggests

[roberto duran legend]

Hope Anderson beats Taylor, really not keen on Taylor, greatest player,but what a boring bastard.

[roberto duran legend]

3-1 Anderson

[Memphis]

Fair play to Anderson, even when Taylor came back at him he always looked like the one to win it.


I find it really difficult to like Taylor. His pedigree is without question but he just grates on me something chronic. There's a sort of dopey arrogance about him, I'm sure he thinks he's being humble but comes across as a bit of a cock.


Like I said before I'm out of touch with it but how far from his best is he? Numbers wise is he that far away from when he was nigh on unbeatable a few years back?


He reminds me of Droopy Dog.


The darts Gold program that was on afterwards was brilliant.

[Dia bando]

Anderson did not fall to bits under pressure, as he has done in the past that win will be the making of
Gary Anderson, Taylor could not get his doubles it was a good match end of the seat stuff.!
I shall watch some of the BDO now, I have a feeling it will not up to the standard of the PDC.

[Fenster]

Taylor is a proper patronising cunt. Best thing i've ever seen in darts was Peter Manley, after beating him, telling him to come back to the stage to sign the dart board after he sulked off fuming. Brilliant.

For an interest bet, I backed Anderson to beat Van Gerwen and Taylor. Was fully expecting him to bottle it. Some turn around he made this year

[Memphis]

Straying to the dark side now but....


I've kind of done a full circle with Martin Adams. I used to think he was a right twat, lording himself as 'England Captain' whilst to my untrained eye playing like an absolute plum with the shakes getting spanked early and often at the lakeside (probably didn't happen all that often to be fair)


Now I see the ridiculous jewellery, the shakes have all but disappeared, the moody beard, the gut, the never changing shirt he wears. He's become a perfect dart caricature. Gwan Wolfie!!!