Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:23 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

Hard to say as I do not think the likes of Hamilton, Lewis, Baxter etc in and around the Top 10 are getting any better, take away King and no one has really made a massive impact despite some top players being displaced. Anderson will be up there in no time but him apart people you might have expected to push on have not ie. Thornton, Tabern, Osbourne. Perhaps the fact Taylor is so dominant means average players have average ambitions and the are happy to make quarter finals and the odd semi without having a real winning mentality and the fact they can make £150k a year doing that probably does not help in driving themselves forward.

For me Wade ,King and Anderson could give Taylor a challenge on their day. Although love or hate him,Taylor is obviously in a league of his own.
(Although in one of the "I love darts" magazine,Hankey did state Taylor was scared to play him. )

Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:05 pm  

barton baird wrote:

For me Wade ,King and Anderson could give Taylor a challenge on their day. Although love or hate him,Taylor is obviously in a league of his own.
(Although in one of the "I love darts" magazine,Hankey did state Taylor was scared to play him. )

I have no problem with the players down to Terry Jenkins in the rankings as I tend to think they get what they deserve it is the next ten to twenty players who achieve very little and reap the benefits without ever looking like reaching a final or testing a Taylor or even a Wade, Barney or King.


I think infact the BDO players have probably more bottle and a killer instinct as they have to win tournaments to make a decent living and they showed at the Grand Slam they can put some big name PDC players away with ease.

Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:18 pm  

barton baird wrote:

Agree there,Manley is a good player and he can take the flak from the crowd.
To me Mardle is trying to be more of a showman ,than a darts player.
As for John Part,I feel hughely disappointed about his form,always been one of my favourite players.Is it the travelling,or is it the fact there are a lot more excellent players out there that has caused his dip in form?

Isn't Mardle affected by a health problem ATM?

Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:29 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

Isn't Mardle affected by a health problem ATM?

He is but he has been on the slide since his exit to Kirk Shepherd in the World Champs 2 years ago and the way the rankings work his illness has only had a partial effect on his fall.

Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:32 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

He is but he has been on the slide since his exit to Kirk Shepherd in the World Champs 2 years ago and the way the rankings work his illness has only had a partial effect on his fall.

Oh yeah, no doubt. But the illness won't help him improve his performance.

It's a shame for the sport really, it needs characters like Mardle to be doing well and doing well in tournaments, because he gets crowds going.

Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:36 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

Oh yeah, no doubt. But the illness won't help him improve his performance.

It's a shame for the sport really, it needs characters like Mardle to be doing well and doing well in tournaments, because he gets crowds going.

Agreed though he does not help himself as often he goes too far in the walk on and lets the first few legs slip away without getting into them. He struggles to get the balance between the showman and the darts player right I am affraid.

Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:43 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

Agreed though he does not help himself as often he goes too far in the walk on and lets the first few legs slip away without getting into them. He struggles to get the balance between the showman and the darts player right I am affraid.

The problem is, the crowd expect big things from Mardle during his walk. That's all part of the Mardle package, I agree, he definitely needs to improve the way he starts matches as that is his problem, by the time he gets going, he is often too far away to win the match.

On his day, he is as good as anybody else, he just doesn't seem to have "his day" too often, not lately anyway.

I imagine he'll still get one of the wildcards for the Premier League just because he is such a big crowd pleaser and atmosphere creater, which Sky and the PDC ultimately want.

Re: Re: : Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:48 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

The problem is, the crowd expect big things from Mardle during his walk. That's all part of the Mardle package, I agree, he definitely needs to improve the way he starts matches as that is his problem, by the time he gets going, he is often too far away to win the match.

On his day, he is as good as anybody else, he just doesn't seem to have "his day" too often, not lately anyway.

I imagine he'll still get one of the wildcards for the Premier League just because he is such a big crowd pleaser and atmosphere creater, which Sky and the PDC ultimately want.

I've been saying for ages I think it will be Anderson and Priestley (as he is supposed to be quitting next year) but time will tell.

Re: Re: : Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:01 am  

Nemanja wrote:

Isn't Mardle affected by a health problem ATM?

I didn't know that "been sh17" is a health problem.

Re: Re: : Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:45 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

I've been saying for ages I think it will be Anderson and Priestley (as he is supposed to be quitting next year) but time will tell.

Think Anderson is a definite.
For the other one I've seen a rumour about it being Hankey. If it is Hankey crossing to the PDC I hope he changes his music cos it really does my head in!