World Grand Prix 2020

[Rogg]

Sunday October 11 (1900 BST)
Semi-Finals

Simon Whitlock (DNQ) v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Dave Chisnall v Gerwyn Price (3)

[phil the great]

Cracking night on the board and the forum
Goodnight gents

Hope you're enjoying your holiday mate, you deserve it just for getting up at Godforsaken o clock most days!

[Safc]

Sigh, Gerwyn Price is a bit good

Even those who truly hate him have to admit he's world class.

How come 3 players averaged more than him tonight then. I agree he will probably win the tournament now by virtue of of 1 of the easiest draws known to man only hope is Whitlock replicating his form tonight

[Malanax]

Sigh, Gerwyn Price is a bit good

Even those who truly hate him have to admit he's world class.

How come 3 players averaged more than him tonight then. I agree he will probably win the tournament now by virtue of of 1 of the easiest draws known to man only hope is Whitlock replicating his form tonight

The next few years is gonna be a terrible time for you when he hoovers up many titles, just get on the price band wagon now save yourself some stress

[Safc]

Sigh, Gerwyn Price is a bit good

Even those who truly hate him have to admit he's world class.

How come 3 players averaged more than him tonight then. I agree he will probably win the tournament now by virtue of of 1 of the easiest draws known to man only hope is Whitlock replicating his form tonight

The next few years is gonna be a terrible time for you when he hoovers up many titles, just get on the price band wagon now save yourself some stress

Absolutely never and as long as I have a hole in my arse he will never win the worlds

[thegentle]

Sigh, Gerwyn Price is a bit good

Even those who truly hate him have to admit he's world class.

How come 3 players averaged more than him tonight then. I agree he will probably win the tournament now by virtue of of 1 of the easiest draws known to man only hope is Whitlock replicating his form tonight

The next few years is gonna be a terrible time for you when he hoovers up many titles, just get on the price band wagon now save yourself some stress

Absolutely never and as long as I have a hole in my arse he will never win the worlds

Can just about handle him winning these types of titles, we've seen him win big ones before, but I wouldn't be able to bear him winning the Worlds...

[Safc]

Even those who truly hate him have to admit he's world class.

How come 3 players averaged more than him tonight then. I agree he will probably win the tournament now by virtue of of 1 of the easiest draws known to man only hope is Whitlock replicating his form tonight

The next few years is gonna be a terrible time for you when he hoovers up many titles, just get on the price band wagon now save yourself some stress

Absolutely never and as long as I have a hole in my arse he will never win the worlds

Can just about handle him winning these types of titles, we've seen him win big ones before, but I wouldn't be able to bear him winning the Worlds...

He wont mate unless he has a favorable draw Wright,MVG will always have the measure of him in at best off 11 or 13 sets as they are far more consistent

[Malanax]

How come 3 players averaged more than him tonight then. I agree he will probably win the tournament now by virtue of of 1 of the easiest draws known to man only hope is Whitlock replicating his form tonight

The next few years is gonna be a terrible time for you when he hoovers up many titles, just get on the price band wagon now save yourself some stress

Absolutely never and as long as I have a hole in my arse he will never win the worlds

Can just about handle him winning these types of titles, we've seen him win big ones before, but I wouldn't be able to bear him winning the Worlds...

He wont mate unless he has a favorable draw Wright,MVG will always have the measure of him in at best off 11 or 13 sets as they are far more consistent

I know youre talking set play but he beat Anderson mvg n Wright in a row to win the 2019 grand slam there's literally no harder draw possible

[JH-01]

Whitlock Chizzy final please. Spare me another "dancing" muppet from the low lands winning after The Incident in July.

[Captain Hobo]

Anyone still think the QFs should be best of 7 sets?

Event should never have been shortened
Certainly not the final

+1

I can live with Best of 5 for the Quarters as they want to fit them all in 1 session. Although I would like a Tiebreak in the last set.

But there was absolutely no reason to reduce the Semi and Final.

[miguelking]

Diving board to win

[Randall]

Diving board to win

After last nights heroics my order of preference would be

Whitlock
Chizzy
Price
Dirk

[Rogg]

The next few years is gonna be a terrible time for you when he hoovers up many titles, just get on the price band wagon now save yourself some stress

Absolutely never and as long as I have a hole in my arse he will never win the worlds

Can just about handle him winning these types of titles, we've seen him win big ones before, but I wouldn't be able to bear him winning the Worlds...

He wont mate unless he has a favorable draw Wright,MVG will always have the measure of him in at best off 11 or 13 sets as they are far more consistent

I know youre talking set play but he beat Anderson mvg n Wright in a row to win the 2019 grand slam there's literally no harder draw possible

lol.

I think Safc has some adjusting to do. Reality is a terrible thing and I hate it too but on this occasion I'm quite happy about it.

[Rogg]

Anyone still think the QFs should be best of 7 sets?

Event should never have been shortened
Certainly not the final

+1

I can live with Best of 5 for the Quarters as they want to fit them all in 1 session. Although I would like a Tiebreak in the last set.

But there was absolutely no reason to reduce the Semi and Final.

I think there was probably some reason, lol. I think cutting the final was so Sky could make it fit more easily on Super League Grand Final night, and then the semi-finals were reduced accordingly. The Gurney-Whitlock final still went 23-18 which is a marathon by any measure and lasted forever.

2x best of 7 sets wouldn't pass for a session at the Worlds. In fact with these SF/F lengths they could play all three on the same night.

[miguelking]

Diving board to win

After last nights heroics my order of preference would be

Whitlock
Chizzy
Price
Dirk

FUCKIN HELL

[Rogg]

Leg scores in the six WGP finals since they cut the format. (2013 was Taylor 18-2 Chizzy ffs.)


2014: MVG 18-16 Wade (5-3)

2015: Thornton 16-20 MVG (5-4)

2016: MVG 15-11 Anderson (5-2)

2017: Gurney 23-18 Whitlock (5-4)

2018: MVG 16-13 Wright (5-2)

2019: MVG 19-13 Chisnall (5-2)

[Randall]

Diving board to win

After last nights heroics my order of preference would be

Whitlock
Chizzy
Price
Dirk

FUCKIN HELL

I felt guilty typing it

[Randall]

Leg scores in the six WGP finals since they cut the format. (2013 was Taylor 18-2 Chizzy ffs.)


2014: MVG 18-16 Wade (5-3)

2015: Thornton 16-20 MVG (5-4)

2016: MVG 15-11 Anderson (5-2)

2017: Gurney 23-18 Whitlock (5-4)

2018: MVG 16-13 Wright (5-2)

2019: MVG 19-13 Chisnall (5-2)

Final was originally best of 15 if memory serves

[Rogg]

Leg scores in the six WGP finals since they cut the format. (2013 was Taylor 18-2 Chizzy ffs.)


2014: MVG 18-16 Wade (5-3)

2015: Thornton 16-20 MVG (5-4)

2016: MVG 15-11 Anderson (5-2)

2017: Gurney 23-18 Whitlock (5-4)

2018: MVG 16-13 Wright (5-2)

2019: MVG 19-13 Chisnall (5-2)

Final was originally best of 15 if memory serves

It's been best of 15/13/11/9 at various times. https://www.pdc.tv/players/pdc-roll-honour

The first one was best of 25, 3 legs per set. Who knows.

[Randall]

Leg scores in the six WGP finals since they cut the format. (2013 was Taylor 18-2 Chizzy ffs.)


2014: MVG 18-16 Wade (5-3)

2015: Thornton 16-20 MVG (5-4)

2016: MVG 15-11 Anderson (5-2)

2017: Gurney 23-18 Whitlock (5-4)

2018: MVG 16-13 Wright (5-2)

2019: MVG 19-13 Chisnall (5-2)

Final was originally best of 15 if memory serves

It's been best of 15/13/11/9 at various times. https://www.pdc.tv/players/pdc-roll-honour

The first one was best of 25, 3 legs per set. Who knows.

When you look at legs played it's still comparable to Blackpool but I dont like abreviating formats
Look at the grand prix in snooker, used to be one of the majors but its been fucked to within an inch of its life