The Lacklustre World Cup of Darts

-

So this week is another PDC TV event The World Cup of Darts and lets be honest its a bit of a let down. The whole aspect of the event should be doubles, 2 players from 32 countries are selected and this is what should be played all through the tournament. 

The First round this was the case and it provided some excellent action, although a lack of genuine upsets its still was a good day's worth of play. But Saturday's action was a damp squib.

The PDC in their wisdom decide from this round their are single matches before the doubles action, This devalues the event and makes its lacklustre. Play Doubles only all the way through till the final. 

Its a busy time for Darts (Thank god really considering there not much each because of Lockdown) GSOD Qualifier & Winter Series next week which will be good, Jim Williams & Keane Barry will be making their pro tour debuts, Both are excellent talents and both could cause some damage over the 5 days.  

I have a feeling there will be 8 lower seeded names who will qualify for the Grand Slam of Darts. I've predicted him to qualify before and he has but i think Andy Boulton will qualify for the GSOD> 

The next few events will see if Michael Van Gerwen will keep his number 1 spot in the OOM, I have a feeling he will win one of the GSOD or Players Championship. If he does expect him to win the worlds too, Failure not to get any title and i think the World Championship will be beyond him. 

Have a good week all. My Twitter comeback is coming but delayed due to work/life etc

Thanks

Oche 





 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ah.... Covid and the reactions to it

-
Covid has been a bane in peoples life's for the last 7 months, With a lot of people have varied degrees of experience from it. But its all seems to be insane with the reactions.  Glen Durrant got tested positive on Thursday, And we all hope he is ok and back to health &  playing soon. Two twitter users questioned the fact that the PDC shouldn't be having people going across Europe to play in tournaments, Simply why do people thing this? Every player has their own right to travel and its their wishes which are respected. Its not easy for self employed people you know.  Moreover, Durrant was pictured in a Weatherspoon's with cough mixture, It seems he felt that he didn't have covid and was well enough to travel (Stephen Bunting & Adrian Lewis didn't think they had it too) , Sure enough that wasn't the case and he is isolating and will miss the European Championships, This got a few peoples backs up (A forum admin who has an agenda against him) & people...
Read more

105+ Averages (TV & Major events)

-
This is the list of all 105+ on TV (Euro 2009, World Masters 2018 included as they are usually TV events).  This is following on the fantastic work of Slymaster who did this for a number of years on TSOD (The Stars of Darts) forum Of course, there may be errors which you might see, If you find any please let me know. Modus Live League & Super Series not included. Would need to have a full list of these.    List of every 105+ Average on TV/Major events 123.40 Michael van Gerwen 7-1 Michael Smith (91.41), group w4, PL 2016, 8 legs 121.97 Kim Huybrechts 4-1 Paul Lim (100.40), quarters, PDC World Cup 2017, 5 legs 119.50 Peter Wright 7-2 Adrian Lewis (109.15), group w5, PL 2017, 9 legs 118.66 Phil Taylor 9-0 Kevin Painter (82.83), last 32, UK Open 2010, 9 legs 118.21 Michael van Gerwen 8-3 Paul Nicholson (101.88), quarters, Perth Darts Masters 2014, 11 legs 118.14 Phil Taylor 10-3 Gary Anderson ( 106.12) L8, Euro 2009 117.95 Michael van Gerwen 7-5 Ro...
Read more

World Matchplay thoughts

-
Well its been a great start to the World Matchplay. Who expected MVG, Price & Cross to be eliminated in the opening few nights? Certainly not me but you have to give credit to Whitlock, Noppert & Clemens for brilliant victories over the big trio. Wright had a massive scare against the "Special One" Jose De Sousa, His 2nd round match vs Durrant will be a fine tussle. Duzza's opening match against Jeffrey De Zwaan was the performance of the 1st round and possibly one of the best performances in Durrant's TV career, he looked untouchable, Needs to keep that level tomorrow. Ian White isn't really going to convert his floor form to TV, After getting to the Players Championship Semis last year, You thought he turned the corner (Early Days) but you have to beat the likes of Joe Cullen to set a statement in the big ones. Good to see VVDV do well, Chisnall I believe will be the latest player to fall out of the top 16, He is past his peak and Rob Cross will have...
Read more