The Greatest Show on Earth - 2025 PDC World Darts Championship (15th December - 3rd January Alexandra Palace, London)

[DeepFriedRat]

Will be working from home

Monday 16th
Tuesday 17th
Monday 30th

But off for the rest of the event. Its sickening bc at the start, a lot of the afternoons are way better than the evenings.

Gosh, working from home for a whole three days you say?

Not complaining about having to work from home, just that I'll be missing those sessions. I only go into the office one day a week so pretty lucky really

[PT13]

Statistically speaking what were the odds of fallon being drawn to littler?

Statistically, what were the odds of Taylor vs. Barneveld, in a random "balls out of a bag" draw like the FA Cup, being drawn to meet each other in the quarter finals of the UK Open for 3 years in a row from 2006-2008? Yet it happened. If Sky and the media wanted them to face each other (which they did), they'd have chosen the final, not the quarter final. Also strangely, Barney won all 3 of those quarter final matches (11-10 in 2006, 11-4 in 2007 and 10-9 in 2008).

[TheMalteseDart]

She likely won’t be beating Meikle unless she finds her best form. Been quite crap all year tbh

[The Thorn]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

[TheMalteseDart]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

[tungsten tossers]

James Wade doesn't want to know World Darts `Championship draw: "A superstition I've developed over the years"

https://dartsnews.com/pdc/james-wade-do ... -the-years

[DeepFriedRat]

James Wade doesn't want to know World Darts `Championship draw: "A superstition I've developed over the years"

https://dartsnews.com/pdc/james-wade-do ... -the-years

Congratulations Wadey you probably got the hardest draw possible

[thegentle]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

Seem to recall he missed quite a few events last year which naturally didn't help his cause, not the sexiest name, but even the jobbiest of ProTour jobbers often get underrated in comparison with the international qualifiers. Sherrock had some cracking runs on TV between 2019 and 2021, but those have dried up since

[Rogg]

Two weeks to go.

I have my updated seeds history grid to post so I'll have to post that.

[The Thorn]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

Seem to recall he missed quite a few events last year which naturally didn't help his cause, not the sexiest name, but even the jobbiest of ProTour jobbers often get underrated in comparison with the international qualifiers. Sherrock had some cracking runs on TV between 2019 and 2021, but those have dried up since

Yes but women get underrated sometimes due to misogyny

Fallon is a quality operator

[The Thorn]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

Seem to recall he missed quite a few events last year which naturally didn't help his cause, not the sexiest name, but even the jobbiest of ProTour jobbers often get underrated in comparison with the international qualifiers. Sherrock had some cracking runs on TV between 2019 and 2021, but those have dried up since

Yes but women get underrated sometimes due to misogyny

Fallon is a quality operator

[Dfc180]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

Seem to recall he missed quite a few events last year which naturally didn't help his cause, not the sexiest name, but even the jobbiest of ProTour jobbers often get underrated in comparison with the international qualifiers. Sherrock had some cracking runs on TV between 2019 and 2021, but those have dried up since

Yes but women get underrated sometimes due to misogyny

Fallon is a quality operator

Wrong. Women are underrated because they don't play at the highest level often enough. Sherrock is indeed a quality player but if anything she is overrated because she is a woman.

[DeepFriedRat]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

Seem to recall he missed quite a few events last year which naturally didn't help his cause, not the sexiest name, but even the jobbiest of ProTour jobbers often get underrated in comparison with the international qualifiers. Sherrock had some cracking runs on TV between 2019 and 2021, but those have dried up since

Yes but women get underrated sometimes due to misogyny

Fallon is a quality operator

Wrong. Women are underrated because they don't play at the highest level often enough. Sherrock is indeed a quality player but if anything she is overrated because she is a woman.

Agreed

Facts are that she has failed repeatedly at Q-School, a level playing field, where another woman, Lisa Ashton, did not.

The true test for Sherrock would be if she got a card.

[The Thorn]

Meikle is horrid we don't need him

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

Seem to recall he missed quite a few events last year which naturally didn't help his cause, not the sexiest name, but even the jobbiest of ProTour jobbers often get underrated in comparison with the international qualifiers. Sherrock had some cracking runs on TV between 2019 and 2021, but those have dried up since

Yes but women get underrated sometimes due to misogyny

Fallon is a quality operator

Wrong. Women are underrated because they don't play at the highest level often enough. Sherrock is indeed a quality player but if anything she is overrated because she is a woman.

Tell that to misogynysts

[thegentle]

Facts are facts he was terrible last year but seems to have found form this year. I think he’s still not as good as he was maybe 2/3 years ago but he beat Gando at the players last week and he’s already played against a woman at the worlds in Fashton. So then nerves won’t be there for him, if they wanted Fallon v Littler I wouldn’t have given her Meikle

Seem to recall he missed quite a few events last year which naturally didn't help his cause, not the sexiest name, but even the jobbiest of ProTour jobbers often get underrated in comparison with the international qualifiers. Sherrock had some cracking runs on TV between 2019 and 2021, but those have dried up since

Yes but women get underrated sometimes due to misogyny

Fallon is a quality operator

Wrong. Women are underrated because they don't play at the highest level often enough. Sherrock is indeed a quality player but if anything she is overrated because she is a woman.

Agreed

Facts are that she has failed repeatedly at Q-School, a level playing field, where another woman, Lisa Ashton, did not.

The true test for Sherrock would be if she got a card.

It’s quite remarkable that a player who can play so well on the telly is so bad on the floor, though perhaps those wins were just part of a purple patch and she’s reverted to the mean, because she’s not done much in the last few years

[The Ginge Reaper]

She wasn't too far off getting through in 2023, iirc

[thegentle]

She wasn't too far off getting through in 2023, iirc

Lost in a deciding set to Sexy Steve 3 years ago, lost 3-1 to Evans and Wattimena in the two years since, which is pretty standard, but she hasn’t done anything in the other events (since reaching the final on the World Series, she’s won one game and that was against Kleermaker last year who was on his way out)

[Rogg]

She wasn't too far off getting through in 2023, iirc

Q-School final stage OoM 2013. She missed out by 1 point and a bit of leg difference. I think she had a great day 1 of it followed by not much else.


1 Dylan Slevin (Q) 24 85 9
2 Lee Evans (Q) 24 79 8
3 Stephen Burton (Q) 10 81 8
4 Nick Kenny (Q) 29 78 7
5 Keegan Brown (Q) 22 77 7
6 Adam Warner (Q) 19 76 7
7 Graham Hall (Q) 28 76 6
8 Callum Goffin (Q) 14 62 6
9 Christian Perez (Q) 12 57 6
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10 Conan Whitehead 11 62 6
11 Mark McGeeney 7 63 6
12 Ryan Harrington 7 63 6
13 Andy Hamilton 25 69 5
14 Andy Boulton 23 70 5
15 Adam Hunt 14 68 5
16 Dom Taylor 9 53 5
17 Fallon Sherrock 7 53 5

[tungsten tossers]

These are the 10 highest averages ever at PDC World Darts Championship

https://dartsnews.com/pdc/these-are-the ... ampionship

114.05 Michael van Gerwen (2017 semifinal, 6-2 against Raymond van Barneveld)
111.21 Phil Taylor (Second round 2002, 6-1 against Shayne Burgess)

110.94 Phil Taylor (2009 final, 7-1 against Raymond van Barneveld)
109.34 Raymond van Barneveld (2017 semifinal, 2-6 against Michael van Gerwen)
109.23 Michael van Gerwen (Second round 2016, 4-0 against Darren Webster)
109.00 Phil Taylor (Second round 2007, 4-1 against Mick McGowan)
108.98 Michael van Gerwen (Second round 2021, 3-1 against Ryan Murray)
108.80 Phil Taylor (2009 quarterfinals, 5-0 against Co Stompé)
108.74 Luke Humphries (Semifinal 2024, 6-0 against Scott Williams)
108.65 Michael van Gerwen (Second round 2018, 4-0 against James Wilson)

[oche balboa]

She wasn't too far off getting through in 2023, iirc

Q-School final stage OoM 2013. She missed out by 1 point and a bit of leg difference. I think she had a great day 1 of it followed by not much else.


1 Dylan Slevin (Q) 24 85 9
2 Lee Evans (Q) 24 79 8
3 Stephen Burton (Q) 10 81 8
4 Nick Kenny (Q) 29 78 7
5 Keegan Brown (Q) 22 77 7
6 Adam Warner (Q) 19 76 7
7 Graham Hall (Q) 28 76 6
8 Callum Goffin (Q) 14 62 6
9 Christian Perez (Q) 12 57 6
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10 Conan Whitehead 11 62 6
11 Mark McGeeney 7 63 6
12 Ryan Harrington 7 63 6
13 Andy Hamilton 25 69 5
14 Andy Boulton 23 70 5
15 Adam Hunt 14 68 5
16 Dom Taylor 9 53 5
17 Fallon Sherrock 7 53 5

She was excellent that week, but in the last game she lost 6-3 to Rob Collins. Conan Whitehead would have got a Tourcard if he dropped out thats something the PDC haven't really addressed