European Championship Comp Discussion

[Safc]

keep as discussion to this thread please

[Randall]

Not the most thrilling first round in all truth.
Noppie v cross probably the pick.
Please let Whitlock show up.
Interesting to see how Nicholson goes.

[Randall]

A remarkably adept piece of modding there.
Going for a lie down now.

[Fiss Plaps]

Cross-quoting from the WSOD thread:

Did you carry on keeping count of the different players to average 95+ on the Euro stage this year? must have ended somewhere close to 60 I'd imagine.

I have finally got around to completing the list, and out of 158 Euro Tour competitors in 2018, 73 recorded 95+ averages on the Euro Tour stage from the world #1 to the world #160. So basically half and proving that a 95+ average on a stage is nothing special whatsoever.

The original post (which can be found here and all came about as a result of two idiots on the World Trophy commentary getting hard over BDO players averaging above 95) was never updated after ET6. So here's the complete list with ET7 to ET13 included.

First occurrence only, OoM rankings as of today:

ET1
1. Vincent van der Voort (36)
2. Adrian Lewis (16)
3. Ritchie Edhouse (81)
4. John Henderson (24)
5. Gabriel Clemens (72)
6. Darren Johnson (70)
7. Luke Humphries (87)
8. James Wade (9)
9. Steve Beaton (22)
10. Rob Cross (3)
11. Peter Wright (2)
12. Mervyn King (19)
13. Michael Smith (7)
14. Michael van Gerwen (1)
15. Alan Norris (23)
16. Simon Whitlock (8)
17. Ron Meulenkamp (46)
18. Joe Cullen (15)
19. Chris Dobey (34)

ET2
20. Steve Lennon (40)
21. Nathan Aspinall (79)
22. Stephen Bunting (21)
23. Keegan Brown (41)
24. Dave Chisnall (10)
25. Darren Webster (13)
26. Daryl Gurney (5)
27. Ian White (11)
28. Jonny Clayton (17)
29. Yordi Meeuwisse (129)
30. Mensur Suljovic (6)
31. Danny Noppert (59)
32. Max Hopp (35)

ET3
33. Richard North (39)
34. Alan Tabern (90)
35. Paul Nicholson (69)
36. Dimitri Van den Bergh (37)
37. Steve West (26)
38. Gerwyn Price (12)

ET4
39. Simon Stevenson (86)
40. Darius Labanauskas (108)

ET5
41. Kirk Shepherd (73)
42. Martin Schindler (50)
43. Kim Huybrechts (18)
44. Kyle Anderson (27)

ET6
45. Cameron Menzies (98)
46. Cristo Reyes (32)
47. James Wilson (25)
48. Wayne Jones (92)
49. Rowby-John Rodriguez (68)
50. James Richardson (45)
51. Jermaine Wattimena (30)
52. Krzysztof Ratajski (60)

ET7
53. Michael Barnard (84)
54. Jeffrey de Graaf (57)
55. Mike De Decker (137)
56. Andy Boulton (104)
57. Jamie Lewis (29)

ET8
58. William O'Connor (51)
59. Madars Razma (80)
60. Ricky Evans (48)

ET9
61. Boris Koltsov (160)
62. Jason Lowe (101)
63. Robert Marijanovic (95)
64. Jelle Klaasen (20)

ET10
65. Michael Rasztovits (116)
66. Robert Thornton (31)
67. Jan Dekker (44)

ET11
68. Ross Smith (91)
69. Arron Monk (113)
70. Ryan Searle (67)

ET12
71. Mickey Mansell (65)
72. Ryan Joyce (76)

ET13
73. Toni Alcinas (54)

[Zeyes]

Thanks for doing the legwork!

So, out of the top 40 the only ones to be missing are Anderson who didn't play any, van Barneveld who didn't qualify in his few attempts, plus van de Pas, Pipe and Dolan. Pas and Pipe are no surprise at all, and for Dolan it's a nice bit of supporting evidence for why he's made zero headway towards a top 32 return, being stuck barely inside the top 40 since last year instead. (Arguably the same goes for Mark Webster just outside the 40. Doesn't help that he only qualified for one ET this year, Dolan at least had four.)

The most noteworthy absence might be de Zwaan.

[thegentle]

Thanks for doing the legwork!

So, out of the top 40 the only ones to be missing are Anderson who didn't play any, van Barneveld who didn't qualify in his few attempts, plus van de Pas, Pipe and Dolan. Pas and Pipe are no surprise at all, and for Dolan it's a nice bit of supporting evidence for why he's made zero headway towards a top 32 return, being stuck barely inside the top 40 since last year instead. (Arguably the same goes for Mark Webster just outside the 40. Doesn't help that he only qualified for one ET this year, Dolan at least had four.)

The most noteworthy absence might be de Zwaan.

I fully expect Webster to be in danger of losing his tour card next year, it's been a long decline for him, he managed to stave off dropping out of the top 32 for a long time, but now I fear he's pretty much done as a player. It's a shame, because I always liked him, and he's not even that old. Dolan may not threaten to make it back into the top 32 or make the Matchplay/Grand Prix these days, but he'll stick around for a while I feel, even in his decline he's been OK these last two years.

De Zwaan is a bit of an enigma...seems to take well to the stage and the floor, but not the European Tour. He's been just about good enough to make it to the Matchplay and Grand Prix this year, but he really does need to improve his form on the European Tour, with the prizes on offer, a good run in just one event can set you up so well for the season, just ask Lennon or Hopp

[miguelking]

Reckon rodent watters will beat Wright today

[Randall]

This is on itv tonight?

[The Ginge Reaper]

This is on itv tonight?

ITV4, yes.

[Randall]

This is on itv tonight?

ITV4, yes.

Cheers ginge, lovely stuff

[Greipel]

What if Whitlock/Nicholson and Anderson reach the final? No European Champion then?

[The Ginge Reaper]

What if Whitlock/Nicholson and Anderson reach the final? No European Champion then?

What the actual fuck are you on about?

[Greipel]

What if Whitlock/Nicholson and Anderson reach the final? No European Champion then?

What the actual fuck are you on about?

They are Australians.

[The Ginge Reaper]

What if Whitlock/Nicholson and Anderson reach the final? No European Champion then?

What the actual fuck are you on about?

They are Australians.

And?

[Captain Hobo]

What if Whitlock/Nicholson and Anderson reach the final? No European Champion then?

What the actual fuck are you on about?

They are Australians.

And?

Australia is not in Europe, duh.

Don't tell Griepel about Neil Robertson winning the UK Championship..

[BeppeBergomi]

What if Whitlock/Nicholson and Anderson reach the final? No European Champion then?

Whitlock has already won this in 2012 my friend

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[The Ginge Reaper]

What if Whitlock/Nicholson and Anderson reach the final? No European Champion then?

What the actual fuck are you on about?

They are Australians.

And?

Australia is not in Europe, duh.

Don't tell Griepel about Neil Robertson winning the UK Championship..

Or Rubens Barrichello winning the 2009 F1 European Grand Prix.

[Randall]

Or is real winning Eurovision

[Greipel]

All are so confusing, aren't they?

Real ECs are for Europeans only.

[The Ginge Reaper]

All are so confusing, aren't they?

Real ECs are for Dave Parletti only.

OK we get it ffs!!!