PDC Grand Sham of Darts 2018, Nov 10-18

[Wolflanternbumbag]

Bit like Hankey can play at a good level, but very slow retrieving darts from the board.. Old school gamesmanship. Hankey was more talented though.

You'd think Mitchell has the talent to be top 32 in the PDC and make some good money. Maybe be in the top 16 for a while, but not for a long period of time..

[Randall]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

[Wolflanternbumbag]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Is Hankey any less talented than say Chizzy, Whitlock or Webby? All been in the top 16 and top 10 of the PDC rankings..

[Randall]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Is Hankey any less talented than say Chizzy, Whitlock or Webby? All been in the top 16 and top 10 of the PDC rankings..

Only ever threw on a tv stage once a year as he never had the bollocks to switch so no way to make a judgement comparing them really.

[Wolflanternbumbag]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Is Hankey any less talented than say Chizzy, Whitlock or Webby? All been in the top 16 and top 10 of the PDC rankings..

Only ever threw on a tv stage once a year as he never had the bollocks to switch so no way to make a judgement comparing them really.

Switched too late, was never dedicated enough really. Likes a drink too much and the social side of it too much. Never looked like he took it seriously enough or dedicated enough to be a professional darts player..

[Randall]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Is Hankey any less talented than say Chizzy, Whitlock or Webby? All been in the top 16 and top 10 of the PDC rankings..

Only ever threw on a tv stage once a year as he never had the bollocks to switch so no way to make a judgement comparing them really.

Switched too late, was never dedicated enough really. Likes a drink too much and the social side of it too much. Never looked like he took it seriously enough or dedicated enough to be a professional darts player..

On stage antics were a turn off.
If your not good enough without resorting to that shit, just don't bother.

[sennafan24]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Nah, Ted was a fine thrower in his day.

He doesn't deserve to be compared with Mitchell.

[Randall]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Nah, Ted was a fine thrower in his day.

He doesn't deserve to be compared with Mitchell.

Nobody deserves comparing to Mitchell

[sennafan24]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Nah, Ted was a fine thrower in his day.

He doesn't deserve to be compared with Mitchell.

Nobody deserves comparing to Mitchell

True.

But Ted would have probably cracked the PDC top 16 in the 2000s.

[Randall]

Hankey was never consistent but had a better a game, Mitchell more consistent I'd say.
Neither were ever good enough to be top 16 pdc.

Nah, Ted was a fine thrower in his day.

He doesn't deserve to be compared with Mitchell.

Nobody deserves comparing to Mitchell

True.

But Ted would have probably cracked the PDC top 16 in the 2000s.

Low 90s averages maybe on paper but again who knows what consistency he would ever have had.

[Malanax]

schedule confirmed

2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts
Schedule of Play
Saturday November 10
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Groups E-H First Matches
Max Hopp v Josh Payne (E)
Gerwyn Price v Andrew Gilding (F)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Ryan Searle (H)
Stephen Bunting v Martin Schindler (G)
Simon Whitlock v Glen Durrant (F)
Mensur Suljovic v Scott Mitchell (G)
Rob Cross v Mark McGeeney (H)
Peter Wright v Jim Williams (E)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Groups A-D First Matches
Keegan Brown v Mark Webster (C)
Jonny Clayton v Joe Murnan (A)
Ian White v Steve Hine (D)
Michael Smith v Adam Smith-Neale (B)
James Wade v Wesley Harms (C)
Raymond van Barneveld v Krzysztof Ratajski (B)
Gary Anderson v Michael Unterbuchner (D)
Michael van Gerwen v Gary Robson (A)

Sunday November 11
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Groups E-H Second Matches
Saturday's winners face each other, and Saturday's losers face each other.

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Groups A-D Second Matches
Saturday's winners face each other, and Saturday's losers face each other.

Monday November 12 (1900 GMT)
Groups E-H Final Matches

Tuesday November 13 (1900 GMT)
Groups A-D Final Matches

Wednesday November 14 (1900 GMT)
Second Round x4

Thursday November 15 (1900 GMT)
Second Round x4

Friday November 16 (1900 GMT)
Quarter-Finals x2

Saturday November 17 (1900 GMT)
Quarter-Finals x2

Sunday November 18
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Semi-Finals

Evening Session (1930 GMT)
Final

Format
Group Stage: Best of nine legs
Second Round: Best of 19 legs
Quarter-Finals: Best of 31 legs
Semi-Finals: Best of 31 legs
Final: Best of 31 legs

[Mabbsy]

Have the mushroom suited gimps moaned and cried that this is legplay yet ?

[Randall]

cant honestly im excited by many of the match ups at all.
barney game is one im interested to see.

[sennafan24]

cant honestly im excited by many of the match ups at all.

[Randall]

cant honestly im excited by many of the match ups at all.

hey, im consistent!
thats all we ask for!

[Wolflanternbumbag]

Always interests me the GSOD, I enjoy the tournament.. Same goes for the players championship. I think it's cause of the weather outside (perfect weather to watch darts and it gets dark so early) and it's the business end of the year.

[Greipel]

Smith - Smith-Neale: A Smith game.

[Wolflanternbumbag]

cant honestly im excited by many of the match ups at all.

hey, im consistent!
thats all we ask for!

Turn it in!!

[Zeyes]

Looks like the 9-darts shootout is pretty much gone. Two-way ties on leg difference now get broken by the head-to-head result, three-way ties by tournament average (!) and legs won against throw. Shootout only in the exceedingly unlikely case that that doesn't separate three players.

[Randall]

Looks like the 9-darts shootout is pretty much gone. Two-way ties on leg difference now get broken by the head-to-head result, three-way ties by tournament average (!) and legs won against throw. Shootout only in the exceedingly unlikely case that that doesn't separate three players.

One of the more enjoyable elements of the event as well!