They've both pulled out some big check puts van Gerwen has been at it when it's really, really mattered. Smith got obviously disheartened early on and that affected his throwing. Van Gerwen is a menace he did the same to Anderson who didn't play badly. Neither is Smith to be honest
Michael Smith needs to change his nickname. Apart from 1 set he hasn’t bullied MVG at all. MVG has been there for the taking. A shame he hasn’t been consistent. Still hoping Smith can perform a miracle.
More composure from Bully Boy and he could have taken Van Gerwen tonight.
Even when MVG was having a rocky spell and not throwing at his best, his reputation was still enough to keep Smith under pressure ... almost Taylor-esque.
The Premier League line-up for 2019 has been announced:
Top four rankings MVG Cross Wright Anderson
PDC picks Gurney Price Wade M Smith
Sky picks Suljovic RVB
All kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday 7th Feb and includes trips to Berlin and consecutive nights in Rotterdam. Finals night is at the O2 on 23rd May.
The Premier League line-up for 2019 has been announced:
Top four rankings MVG Cross Wright Anderson
PDC picks Gurney Price Wade M Smith
Sky picks Suljovic RVB
All kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday 7th Feb and includes trips to Berlin and consecutive nights in Rotterdam. Finals night is at the O2 on 23rd May.
Harsh on Whitlock but its all about money , Barney is no where near top ten these days but as a darts fan I probally still want him in it in his last year.
The Premier League line-up for 2019 has been announced:
Top four rankings MVG Cross Wright Anderson
PDC picks Gurney Price Wade M Smith
Sky picks Suljovic RVB
All kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday 7th Feb and includes trips to Berlin and consecutive nights in Rotterdam. Finals night is at the O2 on 23rd May.
I would not have picked James Wade, I hope he loses every game
The Premier League line-up for 2019 has been announced:
Top four rankings MVG Cross Wright Anderson
PDC picks Gurney Price Wade M Smith
Sky picks Suljovic RVB
All kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday 7th Feb and includes trips to Berlin and consecutive nights in Rotterdam. Finals night is at the O2 on 23rd May.
Harsh on Whitlock but its all about money , Barney is no where near top ten these days but as a darts fan I probally still want him in it in his last year.
It's all part of Barney's farewell tour - the crowds love him even if he's not playing well.
The two nights in Rotterdam are going to be amazing with Barney and MVG, especially if they have a head-to-head scheduled. The second night is Judgement Night - surely they wouldn't put RVB v MVG then, would they?!
The Premier League line-up for 2019 has been announced:
Top four rankings MVG Cross Wright Anderson
PDC picks Gurney Price Wade M Smith
Sky picks Suljovic RVB
All kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday 7th Feb and includes trips to Berlin and consecutive nights in Rotterdam. Finals night is at the O2 on 23rd May.
I would not have picked James Wade, I hope he loses every game
Would've liked to have seen Chizzy or even Lewis over Wade but i guess Wade is above them both in the order of merit so can't really complain
The Premier League line-up for 2019 has been announced:
Top four rankings MVG Cross Wright Anderson
PDC picks Gurney Price Wade M Smith
Sky picks Suljovic RVB
All kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday 7th Feb and includes trips to Berlin and consecutive nights in Rotterdam. Finals night is at the O2 on 23rd May.
I would not have picked James Wade, I hope he loses every game
Would've liked to have seen Chizzy or even Lewis over Wade but i guess Wade is above them both in the order of merit so can't really complain
It’s all a bit pantomime villain stuff. If it was just the ten best/most promising players then it could get a bit boring. Only two or three have a legitimate chance of winning it overall and MVG will probably romp it. Therefore, the more “characters” like Wade or Price who will prompt a lot of audience participation are always going to get the nod over some promising youngsters who, as Hearn said, have been thrust into it before and flopped. In any case, the two mentioned have won big trophies this year and are pretty much in on merit anyway. That together with the Barney farewell tour and this was a very easy choice in my book. Hearn said as much yesterday.
I really didn’t get into the darts this festive season like I usually do. Last year had the Taylor pantomime attached to it and for me this year felt a little characterless with the extended field meaning a lot of matches in the first few days that didn’t move me to switch on. I think MVG was also such a massive favourite that the sense of excitement never really got going.
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Almost certainly he'll play van Gerwen next.
2-0 already both sets finishing 3-0
Instead it’s 2-2
Some quality darts already
Before that last set he was averaging over 100.
He finished with 11 180s and 24 140s
Anderson - 7/29
Tells you the story.
4-0 down, back to 4-2.
Even when MVG was having a rocky spell and not throwing at his best, his reputation was still enough to keep Smith under pressure ... almost Taylor-esque.
Top four rankings
MVG
Cross
Wright
Anderson
PDC picks
Gurney
Price
Wade
M Smith
Sky picks
Suljovic
RVB
All kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday 7th Feb and includes trips to Berlin and consecutive nights in Rotterdam. Finals night is at the O2 on 23rd May.
It's all part of Barney's farewell tour - the crowds love him even if he's not playing well.
The two nights in Rotterdam are going to be amazing with Barney and MVG, especially if they have a head-to-head scheduled. The second night is Judgement Night - surely they wouldn't put RVB v MVG then, would they?!
Price is a twat.
That's the elimination places wrapped up for me.
I really didn’t get into the darts this festive season like I usually do. Last year had the Taylor pantomime attached to it and for me this year felt a little characterless with the extended field meaning a lot of matches in the first few days that didn’t move me to switch on. I think MVG was also such a massive favourite that the sense of excitement never really got going.