PDC World Darts Championship 2022

[trabuch]

2 minutes ago, adam said:

Bulky boy has had a break down bless him. 

Bullied boy

[deejdeej]

Wasn't that long ago that Peter Wright was known as a bit of a big game bottler himself, hopefully Smith can compose himself in the same way Wright did a couple of years back.

[adam]

Peter Wright telling Smith to practice his doubles

[adam]

1 minute ago, trabuch said:

Bullied boy

Bulky boy good old predictive text 

[ealingfox]

England get battered, everywhere we go

[Chiltern Fox]

Gutted for bully boy. Your time will come. Snakebite....what a gent he is.

[trabuch]

Any way - I'm going to stand up, cos I love the darts (and I need a piss). Back to football now (I'm always a bit sad when the darts is over - truly the end of Christmas).

[adam]

Wright's Mrs has some tits on her

Edited 3 January 2022 by adam

[deejdeej]

Feels weirdly satisfying that a Scot has won the tournament after the constant chanting against them throughout by the idiots in the crowd.

[trabuch]

1 minute ago, deejdeej said:

Feels weirdly satisfying that a Scot has won the tournament after the constant chanting against them throughout by the idiots in the crowd.

The darts is often way better than the crowd.

[The_77]

22 minutes ago, Chiltern Fox said:

Gutted for bully boy. Your time will come. Snakebite....what a gent he is.

He was so classy. Great to see that kind of sportsmanship. 

[FoxyLeon]

1 hour ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

Could yet lose 7 3 but interested why you thought a guy who has got through a quarter final and semi final with some outrageous set averages would get pummeled 7 - 0 and has no bottle?

 

Did you watch the final?

 

Smith crumbled the second Wright played his best darts, he was fortunate Wright wasn't comfortable until about the 11th set.

That final would've ended anywhere from 7-0 to 7-2 if Wright had been anywhere near his best before the final two sets. I know he always changes his darts, but its never as frequent as it was tonight.

 

"why you thought a guy who has got through a quarter final and semi final with some outrageous set averages would get pummeled 7 - 0 and has no bottle?"

 

I'm guessing you're new to Darts, Smith has bottled every final he has been in for years. He might fluke a major somewhere, but he will never win a World title.

[goody2028]

Congrats Wright great final. Gutted that’s over tbh. Great stuff throughout.   
 

Highlight of it all? Has to be Borland for me. Or maybe that 1st set of Barney v Cross.  

[Kasey Keller]

Pulled snakebite in a sweepstake 🐍👍🏻

[Bert]

54 minutes ago, adam said:

Wright's Mrs has some tits on her

Certainly not a D20

[BlueSi13]

Wright ruthlessly efficient throughout the whole tournament.  A worthy winner.  As others have said he has well and truly shaken the bottler label and winning tournaments on the regular now.

 

That has to be a lesson for Smith who is 20 years his junior.  

 

As for the crowd, it's become a bit of a farce now.  Love the fact there is an "atmosphere", but the chants are beyond cringe.  Sky have created a monster and I'm not really sure what they can do to change it.

 

As for the whole England-Scotland chanting, sorry but I'm claiming this as a win for England.  Don't @ me 

 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

3 hours ago, FoxyLeon said:

 

Did you watch the final?

 

Smith crumbled the second Wright played his best darts, he was fortunate Wright wasn't comfortable until about the 11th set.

That final would've ended anywhere from 7-0 to 7-2 if Wright had been anywhere near his best before the final two sets. I know he always changes his darts, but its never as frequent as it was tonight.

 

"why you thought a guy who has got through a quarter final and semi final with some outrageous set averages would get pummeled 7 - 0 and has no bottle?"

 

I'm guessing you're new to Darts, Smith has bottled every final he has been in for years. He might fluke a major somewhere, but he will never win a World title.

He didn't outright bottle it tonight once Wright pulled away down the stretch his game went. It could have been 7 0 you seemed pretty sure it would be but it was 7 5. Smith comes out with a lot of credit and could absolutely win a world's one day. Wright himself crumbled at the business end of tournaments for a number of years. These experiences are what make people capable of over coming themselves. They both come across as nice blokes and are fantastic at what they do. I've been playing and watching darts since I was about 7 (34 now). I'm on here to have a laugh and healthy discussion/debate, never take issue or get involved in spats and you seem pretty combative about what is a game of darts between 2 top players. Not my bag to get involved in such things. 

[Lcfc82]

23 hours ago, Lcfc82 said:

I can see Smith bottling it again, I think Wright wins 7-5

Knew it 

 

Wright certainly is a deserving winner of the tournament. It’s been a fantastic tournament to watch, plenty of great games.
Brooks vs Borland and Clayton vs Smith probably the highlights for me. Really enjoyed it !

[Lcfc82]

Did they give any reason for not announcing the PL lineup ?

[RowlattsFox]

I don't really get the notion, and this is in most sports now, that if somebody loses its because they've 'bottled it'. If he was 3 or 4 sets up then fair enough but he just lost to the better player. 

 

Smith's style looks great when the doubles go in but looks rushed when they don't. The difference in composure was probably the difference.