Those last 3 sets from Wright was out of this world.
Fully deserves it, class act
Fully deserves it, class act
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They should move that tournament to somewhere else.
5-4 down and 2-0 down and winning 8 legs in a row is absolutely insane! Smith has 105/107 averages in those sets too.
Both players deserve it, but Wright going to god mode made the difference.
Both players deserve it, but Wright going to god mode made the difference.
Nothing Smith could've done there with Wright hitting shots like them. Incredible
fecking booing him lifting the trophy. This crowd are scum
They won’t be announcing the PL line up tonight, hopefully it’s due to covid restrictions in Holland and needing a Vaccine passport for Ireland and not waiting to see if Fallon gets a tour card at Q school.
Those last 3 sets were darts from another planet.
Hes one of the greats Peter Wright feel for Smith absolutely nothing he could do.
Hes one of the greats Peter Wright feel for Smith absolutely nothing he could do.
Awesome darts , Great tournament for Smith but hats off to Wright , champions performance.
Happens more and more often these days. This tournament was exceptionally bad.
I feel bad for Smith. He didn't take his chances and let Peter in too often. He should have won. Wright was awesome towards the end. A couple of really bad starts to legs in the 10th set killed Smith.
Wright was having to be apologetic at the end there because of the crowd. Despicable.
The commentary is basically a rinse and repeat of the same stuff
"Great marker" - followed by another miss
"Not letting XXX's heavy scoring get to them" - actually are
"Legs or whatever have gone, scoring is low" - followed by some heavy scoring
I mean I can't massively blame them for it, there's hardly much you can say sometimes, but the marker one is especially hysterical... I'm pretty sure there's a lower double percentage after a marker than without
Yeah he needed to jump on Wright's poor scoring when he got 5-4 up, just couldn't find those ton pluses to keep him at arms reach
Gutted for Smith. He's always been a player more comfortable chasing than leading. I thought he'd turned a corner this tournament but this loss will crush him, and its quite likely he'll never win one now.
Part has lost weight right? He was huge last year when I saw him.
The Ally Pally needs binned for darts tournaments.
Bit crazy to go with this.... bare in the mind the previous guy almost everyone used to say it about just won his second title and is 20 years older. Not that I'm massively saying it's not possible, but there's nothing to suggest 2 final losses will cripple him, most in individual sports seem to eventually get over the line if they keep up the work ethic required to stay at the top - different sport, but Andy Murray is everyone's favourite case here.
Yeah I hope I'm wrong. Smith is still young, but the strength in depth in darts now means Smith, or anyone really, could easily go 3-5 years without even getting to a worlds final
Totally agree. It's full of yobs.
Scotland get battered
Crowd an absolute shambles this year.
Crowd an absolute shambles this year.
I was a die hard darts fan, I always tried to watch every match especially if it was the Matchplay or World Championship but I finally gave up two years ago. It's unwatchable to me thanks to the modern day crowd fecking singing England songs and jeering when players are on crucial doubles. It's a shame what happened to the sport. Caught the end tonight and it just made me sick hearing them morons boo Peter Wright lifting the trophy. cnuts.
Yeah he will think it's becoming a bit of an issue, however has got years on his side compared to Jenkins at his peak in 07. Unfortunately he bumped into a peak Wade in those Matchplay & Grand Prix finals.
Personally think the one who needs to be more worried is Chisnall because is in a similar situation but is much older.
The constant booing of Wright made it an enjoyable win. Prior, I wasn’t even bothered who won as both a likeable but the crowd edged it towards Wright for me.
Wow, just watched it. Thought Wright was toast at 5-4 and 2-0, but unbelievable comeback. Averaging 113.93 in the last 10 legs is remarkable under pressure. Glad he goes down as a great, but Smith had a brilliant tournament and hopefully will win a major or two next year.
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Fallon's not had the best Q school so far this week. Taylor is back in practice for the senior events.
Wonder what this is? Maybe bringing the challengers back?
Maybe just announcing the lineup?
Wonder what this is? Maybe bringing the challengers back?
Maybe just announcing the lineup?
Ross Montgomery wins the card today.
Richie Burnett gets his back on the overall ranking table as does Scott Waites.
Richie Burnett gets his back on the overall ranking table as does Scott Waites.
Apparently they’ve been waiting on news about possible restrictions to pick what venues to go to rather than this waiting on Fallon nonsense
Maybe - thought they had announced the venues though and that wasn't going to change. We'll find out soon!
It was all about Fallon, Sky have a big equality agenda that her inclusion into the Premier League would fit nicely.
If Fallon Sherrock gets in now it is only 8 players I'd be amazed.
Was that the announcement?
Each week will now be a knock out tournament between 8 players and points will be awarded accordingly each week. Top 4 play off after 16 weeks.
Think that's it anyway just had a brief look at it.
Not sure how to attach a tweet.
But it is 8 players.
Quarter Final - Semi Final - Final each week. 5 points for the Winner (£10k Bonus), 3 Points Runner Up and 2 point for semi finalists.
Then a 4 player play off. I assume on the 17th week.
Thanks both! I quite like that to be fair.
It needed something anyway.
Can't see a way in for Barney or Fallon with only 8 players. I'd guess at Price, Wright, MvG, Wade, Smith, Anderson, Clayton, Dimi. Think Jose de Sousa is the one they will omit - will be between him or Wade anyway and Jose is way off form.
If they leave the two of them out then maybe Cross has a chance.
Can't see a way in for Barney or Fallon with only 8 players. I'd guess at Price, Wright, MvG, Wade, Smith, Anderson, Clayton, Dimi. Think Jose de Sousa is the one they will omit - will be between him or Wade anyway and Jose is way off form.
If they leave the two of them out then maybe Cross has a chance.
Old man’s game at the UK Q School, youngest winner in the 3 days has been James Wilson at 49. Burnett and Burness are very likely to get a tour card and they are both mid 50’s.
Might be ok I guess. They need to ensure it doesn't wind up being the same players facing each other every week though.
To the detriment of the whole competition.
She clearly isn't good enough. Regardless of being a girl or not it should be based on how good the players are.
I like Fallon alot and I hope she has a great career but she doesn't deserve to be picked for stuff because she's a girl. That's not equality
Darts The Masters starts tonight @ The Marshall Arena ITV4 nice warm up before the start of the Premier League.