MVG World Title count

[BeppeBergomi]

Evening vader
Had enough chances tonight

Taylor is smiling somewhere tonight.

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[The Thorn]

Evening vader
Had enough chances tonight

He did. Sign of the end times with Smith winning the Worlds.

Taylor is smiling somewhere tonight.

Welcome back mate

Taylor is a cunt though

[Lord Vader]

Evening vader
Had enough chances tonight

He did. Sign of the end times with Smith winning the Worlds.

Taylor is smiling somewhere tonight.

Welcome back mate

Taylor is a cunt though

Thanks and oh yeah no doubt.

[thegentle]

Not guaranteed to win 5 World titles anymore, say that 5 years ago you would have been sectioned

I remember being absolutely gobsmacked that Peter Wright won 3 years ago, MvG wasn't at his brilliant best at that point, but he was certainly the best in the world and Wright had a deserved reputation for being a bottler, I think that moment really changed the game

[The Thorn]

So we are standing with MVG still having 3 world titles. Definitely underachieving

Now has won as many finals as he has lost. And in the ones he won, only Anderson took the game to him, Wright and Smith underperformed

Still the 2nd greatest player ever but these are the games that define your legacy. Taylor will be laughing in his campervan

[Jimmi]

So we are standing with MVG still having 3 world titles. Definitely underachieving

Now has won as many finals as he has lost. And in the ones he won, only Anderson took the game to him, Wright and Smith underperformed

Still the 2nd greatest player ever but these are the games that define your legacy. Taylor will be laughing in his campervan

Wright outplayed him from the first dart.

[tungsten tossers]

3 is definitely an underachievement for Billy...He really should have had 5 by now

[The Thorn]

So we are standing with MVG still having 3 world titles. Definitely underachieving

Now has won as many finals as he has lost. And in the ones he won, only Anderson took the game to him, Wright and Smith underperformed

Still the 2nd greatest player ever but these are the games that define your legacy. Taylor will be laughing in his campervan

Wright outplayed him from the first dart.

"In the ones he won"

You thick cunt!

[Suspect Device]

Goblin tells it pretty straight. Anything other than a win for him is failure. He thought he was unbeatable. Belly had other ideas. Those self doubts could creep back in. Nevermind a 4th and 5th, will he ever become pdc world champion again?

[PT13]

Taylor is smiling somewhere tonight.

Taylor used to get a lot of stick when he wasn't reigning world champion, like after Part beat him in 2003. MvG gets away with that situation much more, even back in 2016, 2018, 2020 etc.

Not guaranteed to win 5 World titles anymore, say that 5 years ago you would have been sectioned

I remember being absolutely gobsmacked that Peter Wright won 3 years ago, MvG wasn't at his brilliant best at that point, but he was certainly the best in the world and Wright had a deserved reputation for being a bottler, I think that moment really changed the game

John Part said it at the time before that 2020 final, that after you get cut and scarred so much as Wright had against MvG for so long, eventually you're no longer scared of getting cut anymore. Basically a "Fuck it, just win the match" moment. At that time, the fear of losing and/or choking yet again has become very small because it's happened so often.

I must say that those 2020 and 2023 finals have been a bit odd by Van Gerwen. He was a bit underwhelming once his opponents bought the heavy firepower. Before both finals, he seemed a certainty to win by most people.

3 is definitely an underachievement for Billy...He really should have had 5 by now

Perhaps even more. He was big tournament favourite in 2016 and lost to Barney in the Last 16, was tournament favourite in 2018 and lost to Cross in the semis after having had 6 match darts (although Cross had the first match dart), and was clear favourite before both 2020 and 2023 finals and lost them. 2015 and 2013 were possibilities, but those were before he was really dominating darts from week to week, month to month from February 2015 to the summer of 2017, and the slightly below peak form after that until the pandemic struck. Getting whitewashed by Chizzy in 2021 was pretty bad too.

[Randall]

Put under pressure he still wilts
Just rarely put under it

[sennafan24]

Goblin tells it pretty straight. Anything other than a win for him is failure. He thought he was unbeatable. Belly had other ideas. Those self doubts could creep back in. Nevermind a 4th and 5th, will he ever become pdc world champion again?

I think MVG will win at least 2 or 3 more.

I dislike the bloke, but he's easily the best player in the world, current form or otherwise. I also can't see someone coming along that puts him completely in the shade.

[Emulsfier]

He will get a few more no problem.

[Rogg]

Who has won more than 3?

That's how I look at it. But them I am very special.

[The Thorn]

Who has won more than 3?

That's how I look at it. But them I am very special.

The Doyen!

[Rogg]

Who has won more than 3?

That's how I look at it. But them I am very special.

The Doyen!

woof I'd best shift these goalposts sharpish!

[PT13]

Who has won more than 3?

Only 3 players. Taylor, Bristow, Barneveld.

[Randall]

Who has won more than 3?

Only 2 players. Taylor and Bristow

Correct

[Ross, Bob]

Who has won more than 3?

Only 2 players. Taylor and Bristow

Correct

Saving me the trouble of fixing PT’s post, there. Thanks mate.