KNOB OF THE WEEK
10 years ago Stephen Bunting joined the PDC, and that was after he was just handed a tour card, he did not even have to earn it unlike many many others, and at the time such was the mental illness of bdo loving mushrooms, it elicited countless ridiculous claims. One such claim at the time was a guy who claimed "at the moment there are only 2 players in the world better than bunting", based on nothing but bdo rose tinted glasses with no substance for such a retarded claim. What made it even funnier was multiple other people even agreed with the idiotic claim, who were also pro bdo brainwashed simpletons.It was like a whole sub species of people who actually bought the bullshit the bdo were trying to sell.
The mentally, and physically stunted mushroom doubled down on his stupidity and then made another claim that after 2 years on the tour Bunting would not only be in the PDC top ten, he would be higher in the rankings than Ian White who at the time was a top 16 player.
Needless to say I laughed at this absurdity, so replied and claimed Bunting would never be a top ten player, in fact he will be lucky to be top 16, and winning a Bob Potter Cup means nothing in the Professional game. I was then told by mushrooms who thought they were experts that I know nothing, and I would be proven wrong.
Fast forward 2 years, and Bunting did not over take Ian White in the rankings, he did not even make the top 16, let alone top ten, so I returned to the thread on the forum to remind all those retarded mushroom cunts how wrong they were and how I was proven right. As expected, they could not accept they were wrong, and made multiple excuses, used multiple deflection tactics etc. Some went silent. Not one person who previously agreed with the idiotic claims had the spinal column to admit they got it wrong.
5 years after joining the PDC, and despite him being a popular character among many dart fans he was still only making up the numbers.
Then came a point where he struggled so much that a few years ago Bunting publicly admitted he considered retirement, but he persevered, and after 10 years Bunting finally has made it to world #16...Bunting himself even stated a few months back that in 2023 he was playing the best darts of his entire career, even said he was playing better than when he won Lakeshite, and at that time still had not broke in to the worlds top 16. Bunting's admission was a kick in the cunt for every mushroom who would have had you believe some Bob Potter Cup equated to "top player".
I just have to mention, this is not me knocking Bunting the player, but mocking the stupidity and complete ignorance of the mushrooms who genuinely thought he was a top 3 player in the world, when Bunting himself never believed it nor stated it and as said admitted it took 10 years in the PDC for him to be at his prime.
Bunting dominated the BDO, ran amok in it and then joined the PDC and needed 10 years to become a top 16 player and finally reach his first ever televised final, and even then it was a non ranking glorified exbo that now is so meaningless, that even Gerwyn Price could not be arsed to play in despite it being played in the UK. Bunting not only finally reached a final, he even won it, and deservedly so in the process. Yes he did beat Wright and Aspinall who were atrocious, but I do not begrudge the lad any success, and seeing the sour rubber looking fat face on MvG after he is beaten in a final, ranking or not is always a welcome sight, Bunting now is the 39th different player to win what the PDC deem a "Premier Event". He joins 20 other players in being a sole winner. This is without doubt the best version of Bunting there has been, he has admitted it himself, and yet no rational person would put him in the world top 3, let alone have done it a decade again.
Bunting's success last weekend aside, the competition itself is utterly meaningless. The Masters has no ranking nor serves any purpose. In the past it might have got Dobey or others in the Premier League, but what purpose does it serve now that it starts after the Premier League? It is just another non ranking event wedged between other non ranking events of the World Series and the Premier League. with basically the same players
Yet another plain basic 501 straight off leg play event, in fact your average Euro tour which follows an almost identical pattern over 3 days, is a better watch, not only because it is ranked, but the crowds are more invested, because those ranking events mean more, the fans know this. The whole Masters event should be binned, or at the very minimum, move it to later in the year, and get the players championships and euro tours started earlier. Give the dart fans some proper ranking darts spread evenly throughout the year, there is a limit how much non ranking shit people can put up with, in the middle of an already running PL which will go on for months
I rather the PDC televise a weekend of challenge tours, give us something different, not the same non ranking leg play worthless events in between other non ranking worthless events.
PDC CALENDAR
The World Championships final took place on January 3rd, and the World Matchplay does not start until the 13th July. That is a span of 192 days and in that period the PDC will show just 3 days of televised ranking darts in the UK Open, yet in October we will have 2 ranking televised comps in the Grand Prix and European Championships, the following month we get 2 more ranking televised comps in the Grand Slam and Players championships. That is 4 different televised ranking events in under 50 days as opposed to one 3 day event in 192 days. The calendar is in need of a serious overhaul. I understand the Players Championships finals, European championships can only happen after the floor comps and euro tours are over, so start them earlier.
Change the qualifying criteria for the Grand Slam, which already is a complete joke when players who can win a ranking floor comp consisting of 128 players can miss out, but some jobber who wins 3 games in a depleted field can qualify. Make it so any tour card player that wins a Players Championship or Euro tour is automatically in, and if it comes at the expense of a jobber qualifier so be it.
Move the event to earlier in the year and if need be for the first year, take past winners, by the second year there will be no problem filling the field.
With the latter half of the year so top heavy it could have a career charging effect on players. If you are a tour card holder, and damage your arm, wrist etc, the timing of the year could mean losing your tour card. Any player who would get injured in Autumn might have to play through the pain barrier for fear of losing his tour card with the current calendar, and the player could end up doing even worse long term damage.
The PDC do many things so well, they get events on numerous TV channels, provide life changing money to those good enough to earn it, provide fantastic events, even if the commentary is abysmal and I am sick of Twat Porter's favoritism towards those in his clique, but on the whole they do a great job, but that does not mean they are perfect but after a fantastic world championships that leaves you craving more ranking darts, 3 days of televised ranking darts in the following 192 days simply does not cut it.
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
Said I would give this a chance and was pleasantly surprised to see Stutters Aspinall playing well and going 4-1 up, against MvG, and he should have won 6-1 but his game fell off a cliff.
Price and Bellyboy played out a decent game. It was only the second time ever in the PL where both players got a 170 checkout in a game, the only other time it happened was also the same 2 players.
Then came a Sky promo where the kebab guzzling obese kid was compared to actual sporting icons like Pele, Boris Becker etc. That was it, off went the comms, there is only so much bullshit one can subject themselves to in a broadcast. My impression was Luke Hitler, aptly the favorite in Germany, was not happy with the slower pace of Cross.Luke won it, and I switched it off and went and took the dogs for a walk. I came back later to see the final was underway where 2 obese cunts with a combined age of around 50 and already displaying the markers for diabetes, and heart problems, wobbled about on the stage, sweating like unemployed bdo fans in a job center due to bad living, unhealthy diets, and lack of proper exercise and possessing zero shame. I had not turned the commentary back on, so not sure if the muppet Madle and John Part who should be called spare parts as he looks to have 3 bellies and 7 chins rattled on how this game dominated by overweight people was a "sport"
MODUS SERIES
Took a watch of this this week in the evenings fast forwarding to the games that included playes I like, such as Scott Taylor, David Evans, and local lad John O Shea and enjoyed a lot of . Friday night was a decent session of darts, with multiple 105 plus averages, jut a shame the commentary on that is also atrocious as dick head Paul Nicholson would make any viewer want to hit the mute button, and as for the pitiful Henry Joey Deacon who looks like Babs van den Bergh with the freddy flu, and has more problems pronouncing letters than Jonathon Ross. Why give a speaking job to a person who cannot speak properly ?
I cannot wait until Camewon Cwabtwee plays Wobbie Gween, they could get Wuss Bway in to wefewee it..
Monday week in Modus looks a decent watch, and is called Double Trouble week, where it will be Double in and double out event, and a decent line up if you discount Neil Duff who yet again gets modus favoritism despite him being a complete jobber, who according to people on twitter loves going around challenging people to fist fights at his age. Like Chris Mason , he is another cunt over 50 who thinks he is some UFC fighter in the prime of his life..
Lastly lots of stories doing the rounds about a player that has appeared in modus quite regularly, who has being accused of texting kids and basically being a fucking pedo, which has seen the police get involved. Obviously for legal reasons I will not mention his name, although he has always reminded me of the player Martin Schindler.
Roll on the PDC Players championships, I am curious to see how Littler , Baetens and so many others new additions to the tour do in the sterile environment of a leisure centre over long days. I believe Prez has finally got his visa ....after a fucking year.... illegal immigrants can get sorted quicker. MvG has decided to give the events a skip, and I wont miss him.
