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Post by Rogg » Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:45 am

Taylor. All over the place.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sp ... n-12954115

He admitted: “I won’t lie to you, I’m not a big darts watcher now. I’m not a big fan of some of the characters in the game.

“I’m a channel-hopper. I sit at home with the TV remote, put on the Premier League to check the scores, and if certain players are on I’ll watch their games. But certain players will do something and off it goes – I’ll turn over to ­Coronation Street or Top Gear.”

At this point in the ­conversation, Taylor beats his chest [ :lol: ] — one of current world No.1 Michael van Gerwen’s idiosyncrasies on stage. [Gurney?]

He added: “Darts is the same as boxing: It needs big games, big rivalries, like Eric and Jocky Wilson all those years ago. It needs its own version of Benn v Eubank, or Joshua v Fury now, because needle matches put bums on seats and make great TV.

“That’s why, in the last few years of my career, I wasn’t afraid to have a go at some players. But I was becoming hit and miss on stage – one week I could walk the tournament, the next I would go out in the first or second round.

“The energy levels weren’t there, you’re getting older, your eyesight’s going and it was ­killing me. It was breaking my heart.”
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Post by Tommo » Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:54 pm

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Zeyes wrote:Unless the BDO Gold Cup is a cup made of actual gold, interest might be limited even among his county darts mates.
I was one match away from qualifying for finals day of this shite about ten years ago and yes, no-one gave a fuck who even qualified from rural Wiltshire let alone the eventual winner !!!

But we all had a good time back in the day :lol:
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Post by PT13 » Sun Jul 22, 2018 11:16 pm

Rogg wrote:Taylor. All over the place.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sp ... n-12954115

He admitted: “I won’t lie to you, I’m not a big darts watcher now. I’m not a big fan of some of the characters in the game.

“I’m a channel-hopper. I sit at home with the TV remote, put on the Premier League to check the scores, and if certain players are on I’ll watch their games. But certain players will do something and off it goes – I’ll turn over to ­Coronation Street or Top Gear.”

At this point in the ­conversation, Taylor beats his chest [ :lol: ] — one of current world No.1 Michael van Gerwen’s idiosyncrasies on stage. [Gurney?]

He added: “Darts is the same as boxing: It needs big games, big rivalries, like Eric and Jocky Wilson all those years ago. It needs its own version of Benn v Eubank, or Joshua v Fury now, because needle matches put bums on seats and make great TV.

“That’s why, in the last few years of my career, I wasn’t afraid to have a go at some players. But I was becoming hit and miss on stage – one week I could walk the tournament, the next I would go out in the first or second round.

“The energy levels weren’t there, you’re getting older, your eyesight’s going and it was ­killing me. It was breaking my heart.”
That interview is fine, although I'm still wondering what that whole Gurney stuff was about at the Grand Slam last year.

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Post by sennafan24 » Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:20 am

Taylor stated he wasn't a fan of Gurney's attitude. In response, Gurney didn't pour Taylor a glass of water at the start of their game. Both made comments about the other after their game. Taylor's comments were much stronger than Gurney's.

Taylor has said before that he isn't the greatest lover of watching darts.
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Maybe he could have dragged Taylor down, we will never know.

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Post by Randall » Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:52 pm

Taylor has said if offered a wild card into the world championships he would play.
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Post by Rogg » Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:14 pm

“We just keep delivering a world class product”: PDC chief executive Matt Porter on growth, inclusion, Phil Taylor and Prince Harry

http://sportsgazette.co.uk/we-just-keep ... nce-harry/
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Post by Zeyes » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:08 pm

Really good article. Nothing new for the average forum dweller but a great summary of the state of the PDC and where it's headed.

And symptomatic that the only mention of the BDO in a 2,600-word "this is darts" article is that its existence stands in the way of a unified governing body. Even more symptomatic that the WDF doesn't rate a mention at all.

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Post by Rogg » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:17 pm

More a bloggy thing. Only scanned it.


BDO crisis deepens as uncertainty about governance and immediate future arises

https://dartsweb.wordpress.com/2018/08/ ... re-arises/
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Post by Rogg » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:46 pm

Rogg wrote:More a bloggy thing. Only scanned it.


BDO crisis deepens as uncertainty about governance and immediate future arises

https://dartsweb.wordpress.com/2018/08/ ... re-arises/
^^Mason saying they should bin the masters and world prolol altogether for the year. #hater
What sumptuous carnage would ensue.

A recommendation that they turn their back on Lakeside followed by a warning of 'commercial suicide'...
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Post by Randall » Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:10 pm

Pity mason didn't stand for election with that manifesto.
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Post by Fiss Plaps » Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:25 pm

Rogg wrote:More a bloggy thing. Only scanned it.


BDO crisis deepens as uncertainty about governance and immediate future arises

https://dartsweb.wordpress.com/2018/08/ ... re-arises/
Chizzy's carer Roger: "To compare it to football, I believe the PDC is the Premiership and the BDO is the Championship, but that does not mean that it is still not profitable and able to be successful.”

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Post by Zeyes » Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:08 pm

By now it's more like, the PDC is league football and the BDO is non-league football.

What are the odds that when the BDO keels over, Durrant holds all 3(?) TV titles? Would drive the point home nicely for him.

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Post by Randall » Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:23 am

An absolute no brainer.
Sadly a few clearly have no brains.
What is Ashtons problem when she plays the odd tour anyway?
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Post by The Ginge Reaper » Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:28 am

Randall wrote:An absolute no brainer.
Sadly a few clearly have no brains.
What is Ashtons problem when she plays the odd tour anyway?
Who said she has a problem? Think she has also enteted, just not named in that article.
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Post by Randall » Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:12 am

The Ginge Reaper wrote:
Randall wrote:An absolute no brainer.
Sadly a few clearly have no brains.
What is Ashtons problem when she plays the odd tour anyway?
Who said she has a problem? Think she has also enteted, just not named in that article.
Ah, I thought that was the lot.
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Post by Rogg » Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:17 pm

Darts is now a global sporting phenomenon, but how did it get so popular?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-19/w ... r/10117516
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Post by Rogg » Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:34 pm

Cripes.


Twelve-year-old prodigy denies PDC stars to win Cambridgeshire Open
https://www.live-darts.com/category/off ... -20180820/
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Post by tungsten tossers » Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:56 pm

Rogg wrote:Cripes.


Twelve-year-old prodigy denies PDC stars to win Cambridgeshire Open
https://www.live-darts.com/category/off ... -20180820/
wow.. even at 12 he is still taller than Schindler and demolition man though :P

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Re: Darts articles in the Media thread

Post by Randall » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:00 pm

Bloody hell
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