KNOB OF THE WEEKStutters Aspinall made a dick yet again of himself this week whilst speaking of referee Franz Engener. He said on talk sport “He was shouting and I was like, ‘I actually don’t think I could play if he was reffing. Nothing against the guy. I just don’t like the call so I hope he doesn’t like my games. Don’t sack him. It’s not for me.”
Then why say shit like that, does this cunt think his PL status is so important he can dictate PDC policy on referee selection ? The statement made him look like a complete spaz. He looks like a chav tracksuit wearing asbo carrying council house scumbag, but aged quicker due to bad diet, lines of Bolivian marching powder and probably walks like a pigeon with left leg and right shoulder. I hope he now misses out for the 4th spot n the glorified roadshow exbo on Thursday nights, and MvG gets in if only to be the whipping boy.
DEVELOPMENT TOUR
This takes place this weekend
EVENT #11 : Greaves went out in the last 128, with Cam Crabtree winning 8 games to win the event, averaging over 90 in 4 of the games. Greaves was still top with a 2k lead on second place.
EVENT #12 : Greaves survived darts in the last 128, whilst Crabtree went out in the last 128. Greaves went out in the semi finals to Barkhausen who went on to win the event and took him in to the top 5 and with Bates reaching the final he closed the gap at the top to just 1750 quid.
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
This returns on Monday from Germany and as it stands 7 of the PL exbo players are giving it a skip, those missing will be Gerwyn Price, Nathan Aspinall, Stephen Bunting, Rob Cross, Chris Dobey, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Jonny Clayton, Daryl Gurney,Cameron Menzies, Haupai Puha, Josh Rock, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Jules van Dongen, & Tim Wolters. Hunchback MvG the only PL entrant., then the other 7 missing are all UK players.
MATCHROOM DEAL
Matchroom media will be taking over from ITV from 2026. It appears all production will be done by Matchroom and then sold on to whatever broadcasters. I am not sure how it works but take PDC TV, these geographical morons think for some reason Ireland is in the UK, and any subscriber to PDC tv from the UK and Ireland, along with Holland do not get any premier events on PDC tv. Sky is easily available in Ireland but ITV a free to air TV channel in the UK is not as easy to get as it once was in Ireland so this new change might actually be a blessing for those previously having trouble getting ITV without an illegal stream. I also suspect the price of PDC darts will increase in accordance, but we will have to wait and see. The flip side is the huge UK market for darts wont welcome losing darts on ITV and missing the lovely Jacqui Oatley. It seems the largest events like those on Sky will still be produced by Sky, According to a quote some of them will still be free to air some wont, so technically some previous free to air ones from ITV will be behind some sort of paywall. Of course in typical corporate speak the PDC had this quote “We need to be more encouraging to the younger market, which involves talking to them in the language that they understand and the medium that they understand" which translated means we are aiming towards the younger people with more disposable income who we can charge more. It is not about anything other than money, and that is understandable, it is a business, but when they spout shite to try hide the blatantly obvious it makes them look worse.On the bright side, maybe we wont have to hear Pyke and Rawling again, and we can hope Nicholson will be an infuriating thing of the past.
MODUS MATCH FIXING SERIES
I watched some of this weeks action in
the international pair and was enjoyable, Scotland were 100/1 to win the
group and then won 9 games straight to win group. Wales were 8 points clear at one point on the final day of group A and blew it finishing
third. In group C Belgium were bottom of the table, and qualified
missing out on top spot by just legs won, they beat Northern Ireland in a
winner takes all match which included a 170 checkout with Northern
Ireland on a finish to qualify, then Belgium won the decider and Neil Duff in typical fashion acted like a sour prick and complained after the
defeat trying to insinuate Belgium did something wrong, good fucking
riddance. In Group B Wales finally managed to get the job done and qualified along with Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands who got through on leg difference on Germany. This Saturday nights finals be worth a watch on Sunday morning
EURO TOUR
SATURDAY The session started well with Noppert sending the match fixing cunt nijman out 6-5, after coming from 2-0 down and 5-3 down which included a 135 ut with the cheat waiting on a finish. Cabbage Heta never really got going as he lost 6-2 to Martin Lukeman, Bellyboy came from 3-0 and 5-2 down to beat German Klose, and then proceeded to act like the fat prick he is.
Gary Anderson and Van Veen was a quality affair with Van veen taking a 142 to break in leg one after misses by Gary, Gando averaging 113, got back to 3-3, then Ando missed darts at a double and Van veen broke again with another ton plus checkout. Ando was 5-4 down despite 9 maximums , but broke and held in a lat leg decider, a quality match. I did not watch Dobey and Woodlouse, and the stats say the standard was pretTy good, but they are 2 boring fuckers, when I got back stutters Aspinall was 5-1 down to Zonneveld and the only leg stutters on was in 20 darts. Zonneveld won 6-2. De Decker scored well at the start but missed 8 doubles and was 3-0 down to Rob Cross who missed a rake of doubles himself. The next 5 legs went with throw and Cross missed 4 match darts for 6-2, but Cross held and won 6-3. Smudger beat Chizzy for the 5th time in a row. Chizzy had chances but crumbled at the end of legs and when Smudger broke him it was as good as over.
Cullen started well, and Wade was lucky to be 2-2, then Wade broke for 3-2 and held for 4-2 as Cullen's game dropped, but woke up again, but missed 4 darts to break and Wade held for 5-3, but Cullen took out 97 to hold, but Wade took the win with his 3rd match dart. Clayton, with his walk on tune I hate took on Gilding. After 2 break and holds it was 2-2, and Clayton should have broke but was 3-3, then 4-4,then Gilding hit 2 maximums to leave 41 but missed doubles to break and Clayton took out 160 to hold, and then missed a match dart before Gilding held and in to a last leg and Gilding better scoring saw him break for the win. Then we got Price and Barney and Barney broke for 3-1, Price got back to 3-3 and the head shaking was in full flow, then 4-4 after Price missed a dart to break, but Price broke for 5-4, and Price missed a match dart and Barney broke back and threw for the win and wrapped it up. Leon Weber started great against Wright and was 2-2 with Wright, but Wright quality showed as it went on ad wrapped it up 6-4. Dirk took on MvG, and Hunchback broke in leg 1 after dirk missed multiple doubles, but broke back and broke again for a 4-2 lead and held for 5-2, MvG held with Dirk waiting on a double but on throw Dirk sealed the win with a 101 average. Humphries came out flying and went 3-0 up on Scutt. Connor then took a leg before Humphries took the next 3 for a 6-1 win. Then it was Josh Cock and the German spacehopper. Schindler missed darts to hold and Rock broke and held for a 3-1 lead. Schindler held twice to trail 4-3, then broke and held to lead 5-4, and with rock throwing Schindler broke gain for the win. Menzies broke ealy against Bunting to lead 3-1, and 4-2, and then broke Bunting and threw for a 6-2 win.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON Lukeman took on Barney and scored well but got broken twice and was 5-1 down with Barney throwing for the win,. Lukeman won the next 4 and in the final leg Barney missed a match dart and Lukeman took out 94, and the sour miserable Barney looked dejected. Cross went 2-1, but averaging 85 could not live with Ando and lost 6-3.Ando followed two 11 darters with a29 darter after 10 missed match darts, Cross was abysmal. Wade broke Zonneveld twice and led 4-0, It was not that Wade was great, but Zonneveld was shit and the standard got worse as Wade cruised along to win 6-2. Wade taking out 120 for a 15 dart leg was the highlight and his best leg, thats how grim it was. Dirks recent power scoring continued against Schindler where he averaged 111 and hit 6 maximums, Schindler battled and did well just to get the 2 legs he did. Wright took on Menzies, taking out 115 to hold in leg 1, as the legs went on throw and in to a last leg decider, and that too went on throw as Menzies failed to take out 107, missing a match dart and Wright took the win. Gilding and Noppert was quality, with Gilding winning with a 110 average including 5 maximums and 2 twelve darters, Noppert averaging 104 was second best. Smudger averaged slighly higher than Woodlouse but lost 6-3. Smudger waiting on a double for 2-0, Woodlouse took out 132, and then broke and held for 3-1 and smudger was chasing but to no avail.It was a decent quality, but Woodlouse bores me senseless. Last up was Humphries against Bellyboy, and it was the best I have seen the fat petulant cunt play in a long time as he averaged 106. a 12 darter and 10 darter put him 3-1 up. Humphries hit a two 12 darters and a 13 darter to level the game 5-5 but Bellyboy with the darts took the win
SUNDAY NIGHT
Lukeman -v- Ando : I did not expect ukeman to live with the scoring of Ando, but this was poor from both and at 2-2 both averaging in the mid 80s and both missing chances to break. Ando started to wake up and broke for 4-2, but Lukeman broke back and held 4-4. Ando held with a 24 darter,and Ando had the darts in a last leg decider and won the game with an 87 average. It was a dire slog.
Wade -v- Dirk : Wade on his entrance did a salute which snowflakes claimed was a nazi one, never ceases to amaze me how some people are actively looking to get offended on behalf of others, usually white middle class beta soyboys. As like Ando, Dirk was scoring like a lunatic recently and did not expect Wade to live with that. Wade broke in leg 3 and held for 3-1 averaging over 101. Then Wade went to shit scoring 120 in 9 darts, as Dirk took out the 170 and went on a blitz and went 4-3 up,averaging well over a ton. Dirk broke with another ton plus checkout and threw for the win, but Wade broke back, and then held for a last leg decider. Wade missed a match dart on 112, and Dirk then missed 3 match darts, and Wade returned and blew 3 match darts and dirk sealed the win. Wade will be sick.
Wright -v- Gilding : Despite only 3 point difference in the averages, Gilding went 4-0 up on Wright. Even with 7 perfect darts, Wright failed to break and Gilding went 5-0 up. Krusty held to get a leg before Gilding threw for the win and whilst both players hit a max, Gilding took out 96 for the win
Woodlouse -v- Bellyboy : I missed most of this and returned to see Bellyboy break to go 5-4 up and comms said Dull woodlouse missed a rake of doubles. I dont like woordlouse, but Bellyboy winning put the fat petulant cunt in the Matchplay spots. Bellyboy missed a match dart and woodlouse broke, and into a decider and Woodlouse won, and Bellyboy did a Barney sulking impression, I laughed like a cunt at that.
Ando -v- Dirk : This promised much but was oe sided as Ando averaging over 105 gave Dirk few chances and dirk never got his scoring going
Gilding -v- Woodlouse: This was another one sided affair, the highlight being a 160 checkout from gilding. The only other good thing was the result, and was delighted for Gilding.
Ando -v- Gilding : As fantastic as rhis euro tour was, it was also one of the worst comps I have ever seen for finishing, and Gilding missed multiple doubles and paid the price as he went 3-0 down averaging 74. Gilding started the next leg with 5 trebles and missed multiple darts at a double and Ando took out 141 for 4-0 and went 5-0 with an 84 out on the bull and with Gilding averaging 81, Ando broke for 6-0 and this was a rout. Gilding missed 3 more doubles to break and it was 7-0. Ando then took out 85 in 2 to wrap up an 8-0 win, and possibly the last time we see Ando on the euro tour.
RANKINGS
Ando's win saw him move up to world #15 jumping ahead of the bloated Josh Rock. De Decker moved above Babs van den Bergh and became the Belgian #1. Bellyboy's defear means he is still £3k outside the Matchplay spots, while Edhouse is £4.5 behind. Gilding was now over £14k inside the Matchplay spot.
CHALLENGE TOUR
EVENT #13: The last 256 saw King, DeZwaan, Waite, Scot Taylor, Hamilton, Steve West and Osbourne exit, Van Schie and Darius the league leader went out in the last 128. Greaves, Hendo and Danny Jansen went in the last 64. Shame McGuirk and Muelenkamp went in the last 32. Evetts went out in the semis and the event won by Van Trijp.
EVENT #14 : Merv King and Beau Greaves both lost 5-0 in the lst 256. Evetts in 2nd spot lost in the last 32 as did the days earier winner Van Trijp, as Darius, Belmont in 1st and 3rd continued. Greaves in the last 10 events sipped 5 of them and in the other 5 made just 650 quid. In the last 8 Darius, McGuirk, Martin and Muelenkamp went out. Bellmont beat Tweddell and Keegan Brown beat Shaun Carroll. In the final Bellmont beat Keegan Brown and moved him up to second above Evetts.
EVENT #15 : Ted Evetts went out in the last 256, and Darius went in the last 128, other top 10 players to go in the last 128 were Graham Hall and Bellmont. Greaves then went in the last 64 along with Hendo, Perez, and Harryson. In the last 8 Merv King beat McGuirk and Osbourne beat West. In the semis Tweddell beat Osbourne and King beat Nathan Girvan, with Tweddell beating King in the final. King's run saw him move to 4th above Greaves, whilst Tweddell moved up to 6th. Darius , Belmont and Evetts made up the top 3
Anyhow, enjoy your weekend folks, am off to continue watching the CDC darts, where Stowe Buntz, Gary Mawson and Jim Long are already out, whilst in to the last 8 were John Part, Alex Spellman, David Cameron, and Adam Sevada