Darts

[Jippy]

Just watched the semis earlier and the final is going to be tough to call. Clayton looking so consistent, but Asp back on form and a real battler. Quite happy if either wins.

Cullen disappointing after having a fantastic tournament and Humphries a little unlucky- I thought he had a bit of a bottling streak, but thought he threw in some big legs under the cosh until that last one (and against DVD in particular).

As an aside, I've always felt the matches from QF onwards are way too long in this tournament- certainly no need for QFs to be so long and SFs should be shorter too, maybe best of 25.

 

[RobinLFC]

Just watched the semis earlier and the final is going to be tough to call. Clayton looking so consistent, but Asp back on form and a real battler. Quite happy if either wins.

Cullen disappointing after having a fantastic tournament and Humphries a little unlucky- I thought he had a bit of a bottling streak, but thought he threw in some big legs under the cosh until that last one (and against DVD in particular).

As an aside, I've always felt the matches from QF onwards are way too long in this tournament- certainly no need for QFs to be so long and SFs should be shorter too, maybe best of 25.

Agree with the last bit. A “classic” tournament like the Matchplay can be a bit longer imo but first to 17 is a long game if it’s evenly matched.

 

[RobinLFC]

Big fish for Asp now and 11-5 ahead. He should put this to bed now.

 

[galwayfa]

Asp is now my favourite dart player, way he talks and we know its easy when you win to say nice things but I think this lad is a good one

 

[Jippy]

Entertaining NZ masters final. Cross looked dead and buried at the break. He messed up a bit there, but Asp really on a roll.

 

[paulscholes18]

Peter Wright was struggling today all his averages were in the 80's, very fortunate to win two games today with 82 and 83 before losing with an 80 average.

 

[Abizzz]

Peter Wright was struggling today all his averages were in the 80's, very fortunate to win two games today with 82 and 83 before losing with an 80 average.

I don't watch that much but everytime I have watched in the past 18 months he looked like he's struggling (compared to his level 3-4 years ago)

 

[sallycinnamin]

World Series of Darts on ITV3 now.

 

[sallycinnamin]

Keegan Brown what a finish 164
Two treble 19's and bull finish
Gezzy Price out 6-4.

 

[sallycinnamin]

Unbelievable Willie O' Connor 3-1 up on MVG
Early days though.

 

[2cents]

MVG with a 9 on the way to the final:

 

[Name Changed]

A bit withdrawn for him. Especially in Holland.

 

[sallycinnamin]

MVG with a 9 on the way to the final:

Was an unbelievable semi-final vs Humphries and he did have some chances to beat MVG. Final was a let down but overall a good days darts. Tournaments hitting the business end now over the next few weeks.

 

[sallycinnamin]

A bit withdrawn for him. Especially in Holland.

Nothing wrong with his darts obviously but the major reconstructive surgery lord knows what the ramifications are mentally and physically.

 

[2cents]

Van Gerwen got another very nice 9 today:

 

[Jippy]

Van Gerwen got another very nice 9 today:

Bit of a different route as well. Can you imagine throwing a nine darter and not even smiling slightly to yourself about it?

Damn, just realised there are zero afternoon sessions in the World Grand Prix, so I'll only get to see any live action if I stay up til stupid o'clock. At least I can get watch it back on iptv I guess, but never feels quite the same somehow.


Session Schedule
Monday October 2 (1800 BST)
First Round x8
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Brendan Dolan
Jose de Sousa v Gary Anderson
Krzysztof Ratajski v James Wade
Martin Schindler v Raymond van Barneveld
Nathan Aspinall v Stephen Bunting
Gerwyn Price v Danny Noppert
Michael Smith v Callan Rydz
Rob Cross v Andrew Gilding

Tuesday October 3 (1800 BST)
First Round x8
Joe Cullen v Mike De Decker
Dave Chisnall v Luke Woodhouse
Damon Heta v Ryan Searle
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Chris Dobey
Peter Wright v Gabriel Clemens
Michael van Gerwen v Josh Rock
Jonny Clayton v Ross Smith
Luke Humphries v Daryl Gurney

Wednesday October 4 (1900 BST)
Second Round x4 – Match Order TBC
M Smith/Rydz v Van Duijvenbode/Dolan
Cross/Gilding v De Sousa/Anderson
Price/Noppert v Ratajski/Wade
Aspinall/Bunting v Schindler/Van Barneveld

Thursday October 5 (1900 BST)
Second Round x4 – Match Order TBC
Van Gerwen/Rock v Van den Bergh/Dobey
Clayton/R Smith v Cullen/De Decker
Wright/Clemens v Heta/Searle
Humphries/Gurney v Chisnall/Woodhouse

Friday October 6 (1900 BST)
Quarter-Finals

Saturday October 7 (2000 BST)
Semi-Finals

Sunday October 8 (2000 BST)
Final

 

[sallycinnamin]

Watching The World Grand Prix.
Obviously living in Dublin miss the event being on at the CityWest.
Double start format can mess with a players head but sure darts is all about the doubles!
Nice look to the last four matches.

 

[2cents]

Painful stuff from Cross and Gilding, Cross should be ashamed losing that one.

 

[paulscholes18]

Painful stuff from Cross and Gilding, Cross should be ashamed losing that one.

Bet de Sousa wished he played one of those two, his 95avg would have seen him easily win.

 

[2cents]

Van Gerwen has missed two 9-dart attempts now on the bull.

 

[paulscholes18]

Nice come back from Luke from 2-0 down to win 3-2 Vs Snakebite with Wright missing 3 match darts to take it 3-1

 

[Berbasbullet]

Nice come back from Luke from 2-0 down to win 3-2 Vs Snakebite with Wright missing 3 match darts to take it 3-1

was a hard watch, poor Peter! Genuinely think he might have gone on to the final if he finished the job.

 

[Gavinb33]

Nice come back from Luke from 2-0 down to win 3-2 Vs Snakebite with Wright missing 3 match darts to take it 3-1

Luke Humphries is coming on I think it's a matter of time before he cracks a TV title win night even be the GP now hope he does it, be nice to have another winner on TV

 

[paulscholes18]

Think the crowd are getting to Price, he seems rattled

 

[2cents]

Think the crowd are getting to Price, he seems rattled

Fair play to him, he looked great closing that out.

 

[2cents]

Good start to this final, 1-1 with Humphries starting to show some form.

 

[The Cat]

Always liked this format. Lends itself to many twists and turns.

 

[Gavinb33]

Humphries is playing great

 

[Chipper]

Haven't watched any darts in a few years. Never heard of this Humphries but I enjoyed that. He was on fire.

 

[2cents]

Really happy for him, seems a genuinely nice guy and has come so close before, it was his time.

 

[paulscholes18]

Had my favourite win at darts in years, the guy missed 3 match darts to beat me 3-1, I took out 72, S20, S12 D20 (to make it 2-2) gave it the Gerwyn Price roar, I won the bull up and he went to pot in the decider to give me the easy win.

 

[ForEverEleven]

Huge night for German Darts, Pietreczko becomes the second ever german player to win a PDC Title. Incredible performances all weekend, rounded off with a ridiculous 8/8 on the doubles in the final against Peter Wright. He has been very good all year but this surely came unexpected.

 

[paulscholes18]

Huge night for German Darts, Pietreczko becomes the second ever german player to win a PDC Title. Incredible performances all weekend, rounded off with a ridiculous 8/8 on the doubles in the final against Peter Wright. He has been very good all year but this surely came unexpected.

He’s going to be hard to beat again in the European Championship if he plays like that and with the crowd on his side.

 

[Berbasbullet]

He’s going to be hard to beat again in the European Championship if he plays like that and with the crowd on his side.

Plays MvG mind....

 

[Berbasbullet]

Wright incredible, Dobey very unlucky!

Price just chucked away a huge lead.

 

[paulscholes18]

Wow what a come back from Danny Noppert 7-0 down Vs Price wins 10-8

 

[Berbasbullet]

Wow what a come back from Danny Noppert 7-0 down Vs Price wins 10-8

Nearly back to back comebacks.

 

[Jippy]

Wow what a come back from Danny Noppert 7-0 down Vs Price wins 10-8

I was busy and saw it was 7-2, then checked later and Noppert was just making it 8-8.
Christ I thought Wright's match was weird (like his win against Smith yesterday).

 

[Jippy]

Wright incredible, Dobey very unlucky!

Price just chucked away a huge lead.

Brilliant seeing Wright playing really well for a few weeks now, regaining form. The back to back 161 and 164 checkouts were class.

 

[Berbasbullet]

Brilliant seeing Wright playing really well for a few weeks now, regaining form. The back to back 161 and 164 checkouts were class.

Amazing to see Wright picking up form at the right time! Would love to see him do damage in December.