Very hard to watch this after a couple of weeks watching the PDC. The first game of the tournament was ok with top seed O'Shea beating Rob Green however the standard of th other games has been very poor.
Would be nice to see the Irish qualifier McCloskey do well.
Think his 1st round match is tomorrow

Dr.Shephard (Leitrim) - Posts: 2187 - 03/01/2010 15:53:33    523391

Some difference in class and atmosphere!Though at the same time the best in each are not that far apart in standard-except for taylor.It's just the lower standard players are extremely lower.

beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 03/01/2010 17:46:01    523467

Don't agree there Baron. There were several PDC players who finished matches with 100+ averages. You would be lucky to see 1 player with a 100+ average in any match in the BDO.
Lewis averaged 102 v Taylor and didn't even take a set.

Dr.Shephard (Leitrim) - Posts: 2187 - 03/01/2010 17:53:34    523477

Not great standard and where did the BBC get the presenter. He is very unprofessional.

MARNELL (Westmeath) - Posts: 728 - 03/01/2010 18:13:50    523490

MARNELL
County: Westmeath
Posts: 158

523490 Not great standard and where did the BBC get the presenter. He is very unprofessional

Hes the worst presenter i ever seen.. Where is ray stubbs?? Its a very poor championship..Also heard 2day that andy fordum switched 2 The PDC.
He was some player..

Lofty (Monaghan) - Posts: 727 - 03/01/2010 19:21:44    523547

brutal darts organisation

There are very few players in the bdo who could compete with the top 15 pdc players. 3 or 4 i would say

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 03/01/2010 20:34:00    523593

Where is ray stubbs??

Now working for ESPN anchoring their Premier League Coverage.

Covie.in.D7 (Mayo) - Posts: 164 - 03/01/2010 23:40:28    523713

1 lad today scored 7 for 3 darts

hurlingguru (Carlow) - Posts: 1842 - 03/01/2010 23:51:10    523718

It's nowhere near as good as the PDC in an overall way. I'd say only Martin Adams , Ted Hankey , Tony O'Shea and on his day John Walton would make any impact in the PDC. However , 3 of this years semi finalists were very recent converts from the BDO. In fact all 3 other than Taylor(himself a BDO World champion before the split)were BDO World champions/finalists in the last 6/7 years.

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 04/01/2010 11:28:41    523861

The majority of them are from the bdo dubupnorth, anyone can enter it so its where most start out

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 04/01/2010 13:35:28    523936

link

Remember the good old days when the players could drink on stage

Dr.Shephard (Leitrim) - Posts: 2187 - 04/01/2010 14:56:24    523997

The whole place looks really tacky, the crowd dont even seem to be enjoying themselves!!! It's Like Darts for old People!

09KY36 (Kerry) - Posts: 329 - 04/01/2010 15:00:53    524001

Its magnified as its straight after the PDC, i think the BDO should let the dust settle on the PDC before they have there championship. I can't watch it.

footballman22 (Galway) - Posts: 134 - 04/01/2010 15:06:55    524009

The master , I know what you mean but I was just pointing out that the likes of Barney , Webster & Aussie Simon were in the BDO up until VERY recentley and have got to the latter stages of the PDC World championships in a very short space of time. In fact Barney won the PDC final at his first attempt in 2007. The gap between the top 3 or 4 players in both organisations isn't too big (Taylor is obviously an exeption to this rule) but if the likes of O'Shea , Hankey etc were to ''jump ship'' I wouldn't hold out much of a future for the BDO. Take out the top 3 or 4 and the BDO standard from what I've seen isn't upto much and with far higher money to be earned and with the TV exposure Darts enjoys with Sky it's not too bold a statement to say that the BDO will dwindle to little or nothing within a few years if they don't do something to keep their top players on board.

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 04/01/2010 15:09:46    524011

Gurney-33/1 worth a 10r

beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 04/01/2010 15:43:08    524034

The BDO is a more real tournament. In any given year you never know who will win unlike the PDC. Just because it doesnt have Sky pushing it down our throats witht the bells and whistles doesnt mean the atmosphere is any less.

Inactive x5 (Cavan) - Posts: 1452 - 04/01/2010 15:45:56    524036

JonSmith
County: Cavan
Posts: 561

524036 The BDO is a more real tournament. In any given year you never know who will win unlike the PDC. Just because it doesnt have Sky pushing it down our throats witht the bells and whistles doesnt mean the atmosphere is any less.

Has Your wife cut off Sky Sports cos of the recession or somethin???

09KY36 (Kerry) - Posts: 329 - 05/01/2010 11:24:26    524691

See the irish guy won..Was good game

Lofty (Monaghan) - Posts: 727 - 05/01/2010 14:54:07    524862

Lofty
County: Monaghan
Posts: 427

524862 See the irish guy won..Was good game

Two guys, Marty McCloskey from Letterkenny and Daryl Gurney from Derry won their first round matches, if they win their second round matches they will face each other in the Quarter Finals. But Gurney is facing Martin Adams.

Covie.in.D7 (Mayo) - Posts: 164 - 05/01/2010 15:28:33    524927

Gurney last year thanked his fans back in Londonderry so I won't be supporting him

Dr.Shephard (Leitrim) - Posts: 2187 - 05/01/2010 15:39:53    524955