Premier League 2020

[tungsten tossers]

Duzza discussing playing in front of 20 people in Preston and now 8000 in Aberdeen
"Everything the PDC do is so professional" Another knife in the mushroom hearts

[Randall]

Doesn't look like I missed much

[Jimmi]

Still refusing to believe that a Scot would waste a drop of beer.
Especially beer that costs at least a fiver.
But here we are.

I bet there's some dirty fuckers pissing into the cups and chucking them.

It's not at Potters Piss Resort

Maybe the "P&J" in the arena's name stands for "Piss & Jizz"?

[Malanax]

Christopher Kempf
@ochepedia
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5h
Michael van Gerwen is now the second player to have defeated an opponent 60 times in professional matches.

Taylor 61 wins over Barney
MvG 60 wins over Wright

[Gidra]

depressing

[Jimmi]

Meh, of those 60 loses, Wright beat him in the most important one. (Albeit the 2nd time around but hey-ho)

[SuperSwede]

Christopher Kempf
@ochepedia
·
5h
Michael van Gerwen is now the second player to have defeated an opponent 60 times in professional matches.

Taylor 61 wins over Barney
MvG 60 wins over Wright

And both men on the receiving end will still forever (rightfully) cling onto that one battle won while getting their ass handed to them during the war.

[Jimmi]

Christopher Kempf
@ochepedia
·
5h
Michael van Gerwen is now the second player to have defeated an opponent 60 times in professional matches.

Taylor 61 wins over Barney
MvG 60 wins over Wright

And both men on the receiving end will still forever (rightfully) cling onto that one battle won while getting their ass handed to them during the war.

Yup

[HalloweenJack]

Brilliant from glen durrant-----michael smiths a superb darts thrower .......but hes a completely average darts player.......thats what his problem is,hes got no complete game at all-----his attitude and that beating himself up crap after pretty much every throww is his downfall........its a pity coz the potentials there for all to see

His own worst enemy, needs to sort his head out. No player should be reacting to a missed double in the third leg like he was when he missed tops, it didn't go in, like 60% of them won't, get over it.

Spot on that.
I really think he would benefit from a sports psychologist. I believe if he wins one major, more will follow.
Surely he must have people around him who have said the same??

[whereisman]

Christopher Kempf
@ochepedia
·
5h
Michael van Gerwen is now the second player to have defeated an opponent 60 times in professional matches.

Taylor 61 wins over Barney
MvG 60 wins over Wright

And both men on the receiving end will still forever (rightfully) cling onto that one battle won while getting their ass handed to them during the war.

Matters a lot more for Barney than for Wright. With Wright, none of the many defeats mattered because he got that one world championship. For Barney, it wasn't supposed to be about one world championship- he was meant to come over and knock Taylor off his perch. Turned out he just inspired Taylor to new heights.

[SuperSwede]

Christopher Kempf
@ochepedia
·
5h
Michael van Gerwen is now the second player to have defeated an opponent 60 times in professional matches.

Taylor 61 wins over Barney
MvG 60 wins over Wright

And both men on the receiving end will still forever (rightfully) cling onto that one battle won while getting their ass handed to them during the war.

Matters a lot more for Barney than for Wright. With Wright, none of the many defeats mattered because he got that one world championship. For Barney, it wasn't supposed to be about one world championship- he was meant to come over and knock Taylor off his perch. Turned out he just inspired Taylor to new heights.

And I think that's the mentality that ruined Barney, I don't think it was realistic he was going to consistently match Taylor. If he had just accepted his place behind one of the most relentless winners sport has ever seen he would in my mind without doubt have won at least another maybe a couple of World Championships and probably hoovered up another close to double digits majors Wade style once Taylor had gone out to someone else.

[SuperSwede]

Brilliant from glen durrant-----michael smiths a superb darts thrower .......but hes a completely average darts player.......thats what his problem is,hes got no complete game at all-----his attitude and that beating himself up crap after pretty much every throww is his downfall........its a pity coz the potentials there for all to see

His own worst enemy, needs to sort his head out. No player should be reacting to a missed double in the third leg like he was when he missed tops, it didn't go in, like 60% of them won't, get over it.

Spot on that.
I really think he would benefit from a sports psychologist. I believe if he wins one major, more will follow.
Surely he must have people around him who have said the same??

He must have heard it all by now from multiple sources surely.

[Randall]

Christopher Kempf
@ochepedia
·
5h
Michael van Gerwen is now the second player to have defeated an opponent 60 times in professional matches.

Taylor 61 wins over Barney
MvG 60 wins over Wright

And both men on the receiving end will still forever (rightfully) cling onto that one battle won while getting their ass handed to them during the war.

Matters a lot more for Barney than for Wright. With Wright, none of the many defeats mattered because he got that one world championship. For Barney, it wasn't supposed to be about one world championship- he was meant to come over and knock Taylor off his perch. Turned out he just inspired Taylor to new heights.

And I think that's the mentality that ruined Barney, I don't think it was realistic he was going to consistently match Taylor. If he had just accepted his place behind one of the most relentless winners sport has ever seen he would in my mind without doubt have won at least another maybe a couple of World Championships and probably hoovered up another close to double digits majors Wade style once Taylor had gone out to someone else.

Given taylor battered him in 1999 and the x code events in between he must have know what was coming.

[Rogg]

Duzza and Liverpool, Premier League leaders. Our old mate Fanny must be beside himself with largely fake glee, the gormless wolf botherer.

"It's a great start, I beat an amazing player tonight on one of the biggest occasions of my career," said Durrant, who will face Challenger Fallon Sherrock in Nottingham on Night Two.

"Michael makes the game look effortless and I didn't mean to upset his rhythm with my slower play.

"I was very nervous today, even from early this morning but I had a lovely phone call from my wife before I played and that really helped me.

"Three years ago I was watching the Premier League on a tiny TV at a club in Stockton - people were saying to me 'you could be playing in this one day Glen' and now I'm here - it's an amazing story.

"My only target for this year's Premier League is not to finish last and make sure I make it past Judgement Night."

[whereisman]

Given taylor battered him in 1999 and the x code events in between he must have know what was coming.

But he did ok against Taylor when he came over, and that raised expectations as well. If he did nothing in the first year, the idea he was coming over to knock Taylor off the top would have quickly gone away... Barney's head shaking lack of belief in himself the first time something doesn't go right coupled with a sense that he should be better than everyone else seems to have been reincarnated in the shape of Michael Smith.

[whereisman]

Duzza and Liverpool, Premier League leaders. Our old mate Fanny must be beside himself with largely fake glee, the gormless wolf botherer.

"It's a great start, I beat an amazing player tonight on one of the biggest occasions of my career," said Durrant, who will face Challenger Fallon Sherrock in Nottingham on Night Two.

"Michael makes the game look effortless and I didn't mean to upset his rhythm with my slower play.

"I was very nervous today, even from early this morning but I had a lovely phone call from my wife before I played and that really helped me.

"Three years ago I was watching the Premier League on a tiny TV at a club in Stockton - people were saying to me 'you could be playing in this one day Glen' and now I'm here - it's an amazing story.

"My only target for this year's Premier League is not to finish last and make sure I make it past Judgement Night."

I like the fact that he's pretty realistic about his game and it's a mentality that's seen him do better than his actual talent level so far.

[Randall]

Given taylor battered him in 1999 and the x code events in between he must have know what was coming.

But he did ok against Taylor when he came over, and that raised expectations as well. If he did nothing in the first year, the idea he was coming over to knock Taylor off the top would have quickly gone away... Barney's head shaking lack of belief in himself the first time something doesn't go right coupled with a sense that he should be better than everyone else seems to have been reincarnated in the shape of Michael Smith.

Taylor had been in decline 2004-2007
By his own standards.
He was winning but not hitting the heights.
Barney coming over was just the kick he needed

[Rogg]

Given taylor battered him in 1999 and the x code events in between he must have know what was coming.

But he did ok against Taylor when he came over, and that raised expectations as well. If he did nothing in the first year, the idea he was coming over to knock Taylor off the top would have quickly gone away... Barney's head shaking lack of belief in himself the first time something doesn't go right coupled with a sense that he should be better than everyone else seems to have been reincarnated in the shape of Michael Smith.

A question to anyone, here.

Was that head-shaking lack of belief in himself already a known Barney trait before Taylor started sinking fangs into him? I don't remember his BDO adventures in any kind of detail but I do remember him seeming smooth, chilled and cheerful throughout 2006.

[whereisman]

Given taylor battered him in 1999 and the x code events in between he must have know what was coming.

But he did ok against Taylor when he came over, and that raised expectations as well. If he did nothing in the first year, the idea he was coming over to knock Taylor off the top would have quickly gone away... Barney's head shaking lack of belief in himself the first time something doesn't go right coupled with a sense that he should be better than everyone else seems to have been reincarnated in the shape of Michael Smith.

Taylor had been in decline 2004-2007
By his own standards.
He was winning but not hitting the heights.
Barney coming over was just the kick he needed

I would agree with that.

[whereisman]

Given taylor battered him in 1999 and the x code events in between he must have know what was coming.

But he did ok against Taylor when he came over, and that raised expectations as well. If he did nothing in the first year, the idea he was coming over to knock Taylor off the top would have quickly gone away... Barney's head shaking lack of belief in himself the first time something doesn't go right coupled with a sense that he should be better than everyone else seems to have been reincarnated in the shape of Michael Smith.

A question to anyone, here.

Was that head-shaking lack of belief in himself already a known Barney trait before Taylor started sinking fangs into him? I don't remember his BDO adventures in any kind of detail but I do remember him seeming smooth, chilled and cheerful throughout 2006.

Don't know if it's a false memory, but I feel like I remember him doing it when he couldn't believe that he was losing to Painter at the 2008 worlds.