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Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:12 pm
by Rogg
Randall wrote:Anyone who has tickets for the afternoon session on the Sunday.
Unlucky.
You'd have to ask what a person would be expecting of a Sunday afternoon ticket. Anyway, it looks very good to me.

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:13 pm
by Rogg
Knocked the cunting thing off the page now.


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Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:14 pm
by Randall
Rogg wrote:
Randall wrote:Anyone who has tickets for the afternoon session on the Sunday.
Unlucky.
You'd have to ask what a person would be expecting of a Sunday afternoon ticket. Anyway, it looks very good to me.
White, price, gurney, West and Webster ain't my idea of a fun afternoon out!

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:14 pm
by Rogg
Second Round - Best of 25 legs
Hmm. Short odds that this is a cock up.
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/07/08/2018 ... y-schedule

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:18 pm
by Rogg
Randall wrote:
Rogg wrote:
Randall wrote:Anyone who has tickets for the afternoon session on the Sunday.
Unlucky.
You'd have to ask what a person would be expecting of a Sunday afternoon ticket. Anyway, it looks very good to me.
White, price, gurney, West and Webster ain't my idea of a fun afternoon out!
I don't mind Price and Gurney. Hopp and Lennon debut. Close looking matches, absolutely alright. You'd hav seen feckin Pipe in that session the last 3 years!

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:22 pm
by Randall
They have to hide the lesser matches away somewhere I guess.

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:24 pm
by Rogg
Randall wrote:They have to hide the lesser matches away somewhere I guess.
Harsh on January afternoons on Channel 4.

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:32 pm
by tungsten tossers
Rogg wrote:
Second Round - Best of 25 legs
Hmm. Short odds that this is a cock up.
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/07/08/2018 ... y-schedule
Wiki has it listed of best of 21 for this year

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:27 pm
by Randall
Rogg wrote:
Randall wrote:They have to hide the lesser matches away somewhere I guess.
Harsh on January afternoons on Channel 4.
Be hidden a lot better than that soon.

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 8:25 pm
by The Thorn
Rogg wrote:
Second Round - Best of 25 legs
Hmm. Short odds that this is a cock up.
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/07/08/2018 ... y-schedule
FFS they did the same last year. They wrote best of 25 until they realised they fucked up and changed it. It shouldn't be that bloody hard.

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 10:16 am
by Rogg
Changes to the field since last year. The average age must have dropped a fair bit.


OUT
Phil Taylor (8)
Robert Thornton (14)
Benito van de Pas (15)
Alan Norris
Cristo Reyes
Christian Kist
Justin Pipe

IN
Jonny Clayton (debut)
Max Hopp (debut)
Jermaine Wattimena (debut)
Keegan Brown
Steve Lennon (debut)
Jeffrey de Zwaan (debut)
Richard North (debut)

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:49 pm
by Randall
All looks like progress to me.
Specially pipe

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:53 pm
by Rogg
Ages of the 7 players coming into the field this year.
All but Brown are debutants. The 2018 version of a Skol Six if you can go there.

43 Clayton
30 Wattimena
28 North
25 Brown
24 Lennon
22 De Zwaan
21 Hopp

Brown and Hopp have both been PDC World Youth Champions. Both have also won events on the Development Tour, as have De Zwaan and Lennon. All seven have played the PDC Worlds. Maybe Lennon attempted it to some serious extent but none of them played Lakeside.

All in all it reminds of the Hankey legend, both bankrupt now, October 2009 during takeover lols:

'He [Baz] should go away and concentrate on producing some players of his own.'

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:15 am
by Rogg
The Thorn wrote:
Rogg wrote:
Second Round - Best of 25 legs
Hmm. Short odds that this is a cock up.
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/07/08/2018 ... y-schedule
FFS they did the same last year. They wrote best of 25 until they realised they fucked up and changed it. It shouldn't be that bloody hard.
It hasn't been changed so far... maybe it is true.

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:08 pm
by Dick
Rogg wrote:
The Thorn wrote:
Rogg wrote:
Second Round - Best of 25 legs
Hmm. Short odds that this is a cock up.
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/07/08/2018 ... y-schedule
FFS they did the same last year. They wrote best of 25 until they realised they fucked up and changed it. It shouldn't be that bloody hard.
It hasn't been changed so far... maybe it is true.
It has now!

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:05 pm
by Rogg
Dick wrote:
Rogg wrote:
The Thorn wrote:
Rogg wrote:
Second Round - Best of 25 legs
Hmm. Short odds that this is a cock up.
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/07/08/2018 ... y-schedule
FFS they did the same last year. They wrote best of 25 until they realised they fucked up and changed it. It shouldn't be that bloody hard.
It hasn't been changed so far... maybe it is true.
It has now!
Lol. *waves at the PDC*

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:24 am
by Rogg
Mark Webster joining the Sky Sports team for this one...

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:54 pm
by sennafan24
Rogg wrote:Mark Webster joining the Sky Sports team for this one...
Get, erm, Mark Dudbridge, erm, back on, erm.

Really looking forward to the Matchplay. Probably my favourite tournament, other than the PDC Worlds and the BDO World Trophy.

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:09 pm
by Chizzyfan
I too am excited. I've just got a special feeling about it

Re: 2018 PDC World Matchplay (July 21-29)

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:54 pm
by Rogg
Inspired by upsetting references to Spamilton and Newtno in the other thread...

Five-year changes to the World Matchplay field (2013 v 2018).
17 out. 15 survive.

At a glance, 12 of the 17 newcomers are early-30s or under. Will it become rare for 'new' people aged 40+ to make a splash at this kind of level in the PDC?


OUT
Phil Taylor (1)
Andy Hamilton (6)
Wes Newton (7)
Justin Pipe (9)
Robert Thornton (11)
Kevin Painter (12)
Brendan Dolan (14)
Terry Jenkins (16)
Jamie Caven
John Part
Stuart Kellett
Paul Nicholson
Ronnie Baxter
Colin Lloyd
Jamie Lewis
Ronny Huybrechts
Mark Webster

IN
Rob Cross (3)
Daryl Gurney (5)
Gerwyn Price (12)
Darren Webster (14)
Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting
Max Hopp
Jermaine Wattimena
Steve West
Kyle Anderson
James Wilson
John Henderson
Keegan Brown
Steve Lennon
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Richard North