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  • You really, really wouldn't.
    I disagree, darts is a sport/game that I believe you could make yourself a professional at with enough practice. Maybe not be able to beat Van Gerwen but I think with 8 hours practice a day you would be good enough to compete for money. 
  • Carter said:
    I disagree, darts is a sport/game that I believe you could make yourself a professional at with enough practice. Maybe not be able to beat Van Gerwen but I think with 8 hours practice a day you would be good enough to compete for money. 

    You could certainly hone a good technique with extensive practice - but competing for money as a professional is more about what's going on between the ears.
  • You really, really wouldn't.
    I once knew a guy who was a lunatic, psychopathic chav. Real nutcase. A lot of drink a lot of drugs. He played darts a fair bit. About ten years ago he got into what he described as the 'FA Cup of darts'. He practiced relentlessly in the three months before his match, and lost to a former world champion of some sort. But he beat him in a few legs. I know it's true, cos he was on Sky Sports and all my mates came over to watch it. He got a 180, that was his highlight. 

    So yes, he really, really did. Sure, he had some base skills, but it was relentless practice that made him competitive. 

    Comparing that to the talent of Lionel Messi is laughably ridiculous. 


  • JiMMy 85 said:
    I once knew a guy who was a lunatic, psychopathic chav. Real nutcase. A lot of drink a lot of drugs. He played darts a fair bit. About ten years ago he got into what he described as the 'FA Cup of darts'. He practiced relentlessly in the three months before his match, and lost to a former world champion of some sort. But he beat him in a few legs. I know it's true, cos he was on Sky Sports and all my mates came over to watch it. He got a 180, that was his highlight. 

    So yes, he really, really did. Sure, he had some base skills, but it was relentless practice that made him competitive. 

    Comparing that to the talent of Lionel Messi is laughably ridiculous. 


    I didn't though? 

    I compared Ronnie O'Sullivan.
  • edited April 2019
    To be fair, he compared one particular person to Messi, not any old snooker/darts player.

    Edit: Beaten to it
  • Ok fair enough, I can rephrase! 

    Comparing any snooker player to Lionel Messi is laughably ridiculous. 
  • JiMMy 85 said:
    I once knew a guy who was a lunatic, psychopathic chav. Real nutcase. A lot of drink a lot of drugs. He played darts a fair bit. About ten years ago he got into what he described as the 'FA Cup of darts'. He practiced relentlessly in the three months before his match, and lost to a former world champion of some sort. But he beat him in a few legs. I know it's true, cos he was on Sky Sports and all my mates came over to watch it. He got a 180, that was his highlight. 

    So yes, he really, really did. Sure, he had some base skills, but it was relentless practice that made him competitive. 

    Comparing that to the talent of Lionel Messi is laughably ridiculous. 


    Are you saying Lionel Messi is a top ranking darts player in his spare time?
  • edited April 2019
    JiMMy 85 said:
    Vettel was so reliable when he was in the fastest car. He didn't make mistakes, and he has had races that showed he is a hell of a driver (coming back from last place and so on). 
     
    After he won his last title, he seemed to be quite laid back and I grew to like him more. He was gracious in defeat (I guess he knew he'd had some good times and perhaps they'd come back again). But he's increasingly getting frazzled and losing his cool in crucial moments. This weekend he and Hamilton were running at similar speed, which hasn't happened too often, and what happened to Vettel was quite revealing. 
    Which puts him in the, say, Jenson Button class. With 4 world titles to bis name, statistically at least, he is up around Hamilton, Senna, Prost, Fangio, which is not really his level at all, imo.
  • Carter said:
    I disagree, darts is a sport/game that I believe you could make yourself a professional at with enough practice. Maybe not be able to beat Van Gerwen but I think with 8 hours practice a day you would be good enough to compete for money. 
    I think darts is a game where you can make yourself good with enough practice, but you will hit a wall where your talent ends. I suppose it depends on where your wall is but it would be very difficult to get to the top. The top players do have to practice an incredible amount to stay there though. 
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  • Which puts him in the, say, Jenson Button class. With 4 world titles to bis name, statistically at least, he is up around Hamilton, Senna, Prost, Fangio, which is not really his level at all, imo.
    He is very quick but can't drive under pressure at the same level Hamilton can. But not many can do that to be fair.
  • I thought that the organisers of F1 were trying to make the sport more competitive. Hadn't realised that Mercedes had the 1-2 in all four races so far which doesn't exactly suggest that they are succeeding does it?
  • Ferrari have messed up with team orders and had engine issues preventing LeClerc from winning in Bahrain.

    I think it's close between both teams, alot closer than the results so far have shown 
  • Fifth consecutive Mercedes 1-2. I thought Ferrari were supposed to be competitive this year?
  • That was so, so boring. 
  • I've got to agree with Jimmy, one of the most boring "races" I have ever seen. Apart from the drag race to the first corner Hamilton was never challenged, he is the best but the others are a long way back.

    But I never get bored of seeing Ferrari doing everything possible to screw up. They are supposed to be the racing team but the Sky commentators seem to know strategy better. 

  • I've got to agree with Jimmy, one of the most boring "races" I have ever seen. Apart from the drag race to the first corner Hamilton was never challenged, he is the best but the others are a long way back.

    But I never get bored of seeing Ferrari doing everything possible to screw up. They are supposed to be the racing team but the Sky commentators seem to know strategy better. 

    I’m finding the whole sorry team orders situation Ferrari have got themselves into brilliant. The way they’ve flip-flopped on it and got it wrong pretty much every time is hilarious.
    The apparent indecision yesterday was ridiculous and I (almost, but not quite seriously) think they may have put LeClerc on a different tyre strategy purely to give themselves a justification for any team orders they may have wanted to make later. And even that was a cock up due to the safety car coming out.
    Admittedly, the race was dull, but Ferrari cock ups are helping the viewing experience.

  • Likes of Hamilton and Sterling really are bastards arent they!!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-48258777
  • Likes of Hamilton and Sterling really are bastards arent they!!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-48258777
    Why do I read stories like that? Always end up sitting here in the office with tears in my eyes!
  • Likes of Hamilton and Sterling really are bastards arent they!!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-48258777
    That was a hard clip to watch. 
    Well done that F1 team and Lewis Hamilton. It was a lovely kind gesture towards a young terminally ill lad.


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  • edited May 2019
    Oh shit.....why did I open that......well I guess it was inevitable.
    Poor little fella......good man Lewis and the Mercedes Team.
  • Ferrari dropping yet another bollock.
    Charles LeClerc getting knocked out in Q1. By Vettel, ironically.
    No reason for him not to do an extra run, but they chose not to. It’s like their team is being run by Frank Spencer.
    It’s his home race too, so he is furious.
  • I'd like us to sign CJ Hamilton of Mansfield.
  • Ferryman said:
    I'd like us to sign CJ Hamilton of Mansfield.
    Bit of a wide man like Fosu... would he fit into our system?
  • Controversy today. Vettel given 5sec penalty for ‘unsafe reentry’ during the race.
    Leading by 2 secs at the mo, so might hand the victory to Hamilton.
    This one will be talked about for a while.
  • Feel a bit sorry for him but he did impede Lewis when he returned to the track.

    Ferrari would be screaming like bitches if it was the other way around.
  • I’m torn on this one. The footage is inconclusive to me. I do think he could’ve done more (after making a mistake) to avoid squeezing Hamilton out, but I don’t think it’s clear enough to penalise.
    I want Hamilton to win, so I’m pleased, but it does seem to have ruined the race.
    Having said that, Vettel saying “They’re stealing the win from us” makes him sound like a spoilt brat. I would say that losing control at the chicane where the incident happened is what lost you the race, mate.
  • edited June 2019
    Vettel still complaining.
    ”It’s not fair”
    Maybe not, but like I say, it was your mistake.

    Pete Bonnington (Hamilton’s engineer) just said to Lewis:
    ”Great drive, you forced the mistake, well done”
    Hamilton responded:
    ”Not the way I’d want to win, but we’ll done everyone”.

    Both of them absolutely spot on in my opinion.
  • I’m torn on this one. The footage is inconclusive to me. I do think he could’ve done more (after making a mistake) to avoid squeezing Hamilton out, but I don’t think it’s clear enough to penalise.
    I want Hamilton to win, so I’m pleased, but it does seem to have ruined the race.
    Having said that, Vettel saying “They’re stealing the win from us” makes him sound like a spoilt brat. I would say that losing control at the chicane where the incident happened is what lost you the race, mate.
    He might've lost control but he recovered it, ridiculous decision. Season is boring enough as it is and as soon we get an interesting race they ruin it.
  • edited June 2019
    He might've lost control but he recovered it, ridiculous decision. Season is boring enough as it is and as soon we get an interesting race they ruin it.
    I agree to an extent, but I also think his mistake was that he was trying to both recover and stay ahead of Hamilton, and he couldn’t do both without endangering Hamilton. That’s my best interpretation of the stewards decision. Not saying I agree necessarily.
    I do think it was harsh.
    Having said all that, Vettel’s histrionics at the end are starting to piss me off. Grow up you big baby.
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