2018 Predictions

[M H]

Mervyn King to finally find his A game on live TV. ( albeit only the last leg on board 7 of his 1st round match at the UK Open).

Chizzy to retire from darts to pursue a career in brain surgery.

Toe Knee Green to make a comeback in the comms box at Lakeshite 2019.

Rob Cross to pursue his career as an electrician.

Adrian Lewis to become Phil Taylor's driver as he'll earn more money.

Gary Anderson to retire and become a donkey handler on Brean Sands beach.

Corey Cadby to get numerous slaps if he manages to get a tour card.

Beer and fags to be allowed back on stage at Lakeshite in order to improve the BDO's image.

Whatever happened to Toe Knee Green?

[StevieBoy]

Mervyn King to finally find his A game on live TV. ( albeit only the last leg on board 7 of his 1st round match at the UK Open).

Chizzy to retire from darts to pursue a career in brain surgery.

Toe Knee Green to make a comeback in the comms box at Lakeshite 2019.

Rob Cross to pursue his career as an electrician.

Adrian Lewis to become Phil Taylor's driver as he'll earn more money.

Gary Anderson to retire and become a donkey handler on Brean Sands beach.

Corey Cadby to get numerous slaps if he manages to get a tour card.

Beer and fags to be allowed back on stage at Lakeshite in order to improve the BDO's image.

Whatever happened to Toe Knee Green?

Missed him this year

[Randall]

One of the few highlights of Lakeshite

[thegentle]

id like to see a continuation from the worlds, with people like Lewis (J) and Dimi reaching the latter stages of comps etc

its hard to see past several MVG-Cross finals this year.

Smith to reach finals day in the PL

Oh, Dimitri, you wally! Think there was just the one MvG Cross final this year Down Under right? Great call on Smith though lol

[thegentle]

Ian White, Joe Cullen and Kyle Anderson all having decent seasons and contending for Premier League spots
Fatpot to get serious once again and play near his best

Cross to win 1 or 2 TV events, maybe Wright to take one, rest for MVG

Naturally, the most depressing of these was the one that came true

[thegentle]

Expect to see the TV titles shared around a bit
Bang on
A. Lewis, Chizzy and Michael Smith to challenge, if not necessarily win TV events
This is going well!
Gurney, Suljovic and Whitlock to stall
All pretty inconsistent
Wade, van de Pas, K. Huybrechts, King and M. Webster to plummet
Never expected Wade to roar back nor King's back to hold out any longer, but the rest is pretty accurate
Well, Jamie Lewis and Dimitri turned out to be busts pretty much, outside of them hilariously playing one of the games of the year in Austria
North, Meulenkamp and Lennon to make a push towards the top 32
North and Lennon just outside now, Meulenkamp a strange one, seems permanently around the 50 mark, didn't do that well but made Dublin
Evetts and Portela to win tour cards and excel
Evetts got there in the end! Portela just short again, but he'll finally be at the UK Open this year which is something

[thegentle]

Beaton to win a Euro Tour to ensure his place at the top table for another century.

He won a Players Championship!

So, you are downgrading your prediction for this year?

Ish. Beaton will win a Players Championship and reach a Euro Tour final.
Dimitri will fail to qualify for the Matchplay but will play for Belgium at the World Cup.
Cadby will scrape into Ally Pally in the final Pro Tour spot.
Chizzy will do enough to force his way into the 2019 PL.
Hilariously Taylor will hilariously pretend to drop the Phil Taylor Trophy on MVG's foot at the Matchplay final, hilariously.
More to follow.

Well, Beaton had one of his best years in recent times, but didn't win anything
Dimitri lol
Stumbled upon pretty much the right answer with Cadby somehow. Show your workings next though
Dopey Dave arguably deserved the pick tbf
MvG developed de Zwaan problems through the year. Who knew?

[thegentle]

Rob Cross flushed with success after lobbing a glass on the floor against Taylor decides to boot the whole table over at the masters against Anderson when he has tops to rip, he is let off as its his first time and he is probably nervous.

Daryl Gurney gets so despondent during a hammering that he throws his darts on the floor and bursts into tears in the foetal position
Barry Hearn reflects there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Pipe, not satisfied with "coughgate" ups the ante against Chizzy by coughing and muttering wanker under his breath ala a ten year old at his teacher. Chizzy loses his cool and launches his darts at Pipe, missing with all three but injuring 3 audience members who were standing up coz they love the darts. It would have been 4 but chizzy is struggling with his doubles.
Luckily the injuries to Clayton, Jules and Big Tony from Ilford are only slight and Barry smooths it over by picking up their tab and getting them a selfie with Alan Tabern.

Wayne Mardle fails miserably yet again to correctly call Crosses 60 outshot when he goes 19 outer bull and double 8 but he "likes this way" all the same

MVG with a face like thunder sets about re asserting his dominance by finishing 150 with two bullseyes and then turns, drops his strides and farts the 3rd bull from his arse to the amazement of all concerned. Barry Hearn reports his new throwing action to someone while reflecting that this could indeed be bad publicity.
His worst nightmare becomes reality when the following morning the Sun under the headline of Arstonishing runs a double page spread of a high definition colour picture of MVG's white flabby backside launching the dart replete with flecks of poo.
Target darts seize on the opportunity to launch a new range of modified darts with retractable flights called "pumpers" to cater for this latest development but alas it fails to catch on, other than in Lithuania where the Ladies Bum hole Open draws record crowds.

A different kind of fartgate!
This post is actually golden!

[Captain Hobo]

Ryan Harrington will fail to win a tour card at q-school for the 8th straight year.

O ye of little faith.

[thegentle]

Ryan Harrington will fail to win a tour card at q-school for the 8th straight year.

O ye of little faith.

Thankfully he didn't miss too many big numbers last time out

[Rogg]

He won a Players Championship!

So, you are downgrading your prediction for this year?

Ish. Beaton will win a Players Championship and reach a Euro Tour final.
Dimitri will fail to qualify for the Matchplay but will play for Belgium at the World Cup.
Cadby will scrape into Ally Pally in the final Pro Tour spot.
Chizzy will do enough to force his way into the 2019 PL.
Hilariously Taylor will hilariously pretend to drop the Phil Taylor Trophy on MVG's foot at the Matchplay final, hilariously.
More to follow.

Well, Beaton had one of his best years in recent times, but didn't win anything
Dimitri lol
Stumbled upon pretty much the right answer with Cadby somehow. Show your workings next though
Dopey Dave arguably deserved the pick tbf
MvG developed de Zwaan problems through the year. Who knew?

A genuinely pleasant surprise that The Adonis won buggerall! He will put it right this year.

Dimitri actually did even worse than I expected. I thought he would make the Worlds via the pro tour but that was under the old criteria. Turned out that he scraped in when they doubled the spots. I hate it.

De Zwaan even qualifying for the Matchplay, I would never have believed it. Likewise Hopp taking a PC and a Euro Tour, you're having a laugh.
Noppert winning a PC would have been a nice shout, I could have done that.