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Old 03-01-2016, 16:49
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A lot of players missing the doubles today.
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Old 03-01-2016, 16:55
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Old 03-01-2016, 16:59
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Bobby George has put a huge amount of weight back on.
Still not as big as that fat **** Bristow.....
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Old 03-01-2016, 17:30
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Bobby George has put a huge amount of weight back on.
Doesn't do bad for a 70 year old
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Old 03-01-2016, 17:34
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Doesn't do bad for a 70 year old
He lost a lot of weight due to doctors orders a while back but it looks like he's put it back on and some since then.
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Old 03-01-2016, 17:55
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He lost a lot of weight due to doctors orders a while back but it looks like he's put it back on and some since then.
He stopped smoking last year
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Old 03-01-2016, 20:40
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Trina Gulliver wins a truly awful game against Dee Bateman. Was a shocker. She now plays Lisa Ashton who could throw with her feet and still win.
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Old 03-01-2016, 21:37
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Trina Gulliver wins a truly awful game against Dee Bateman. Was a shocker. She now plays Lisa Ashton who could throw with her feet and still win.
I fancy Lisa Ashton to win that match in five minutes
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Old 03-01-2016, 21:41
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I fancy Lisa Ashton to win that match in five minutes
There is a poster on here who fancies Lisa Ashton and I cannot for the life of me remember who.

Give me Lorraine Winstanley any day
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Old 03-01-2016, 21:45
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The atmosphere at the Lakeside feels like a wake Somebody chant Kolo Kolo Kolo
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Old 03-01-2016, 21:55
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Trina Gulliver wins a truly awful game against Dee Bateman. Was a shocker. She now plays Lisa Ashton who could throw with her feet and still win.
Shame how much Trina is gone at the game these days, was nearly as good as Ashton in her pomp.

I know we'll give Tony Green stick all week but my god he's in a world of his own most of the time commentating or commentating on a different match to the one I'm watching! Surely with BT taking the rights on full time from next year someone will have a word in his ear to announce his retirement this year so he can get a suitable sendoff.
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Old 03-01-2016, 21:57
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There is a poster on here who fancies Lisa Ashton and I cannot for the life of me remember who.

Give me Lorraine Winstanley any day
Well she is not that bad Lorraine is nice but you cant beat Anastascia Dobromyslova She is a goddess
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:01
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Shame how much Trina is gone at the game these days, was nearly as good as Ashton in her pomp.

I know we'll give Tony Green stick all week but my god he's in a world of his own most of the time commentating or commentating on a different match to the one I'm watching! Surely with BT taking the rights on full time from next year someone will have a word in his ear to announce his retirement this year so he can get a suitable sendoff.
I do think the only reason he is on this year is because it is BBC's last. Correct me if I am wrong but has he just done prelims and womens games so far ?
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:07
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I dont know why Scotty too Hotty is still in the BDO as he is good enough to be in the PDC
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:08
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A lot of players missing the doubles today.
I saw a couple of matches on TV earlier today, the second match on the BBC was terrible with consistency, there were lots of doubles being missed left right and center.

I suppose it depends on the players - some people are red hot on their doubles whilst others are pretty poor, to say the least.
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:09
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I dont know why Scotty too Hotty is still in the BDO as he is good enough to be in the PDC
Because he has a full time job that he doesn't want to quit. Interviewed him and asked him. He doesn't want to play full time.
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:11
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There is a poster on here who fancies Lisa Ashton and I cannot for the life of me remember who.

Give me Lorraine Winstanley any day
Yes I own up I have been to the Lord Raglan on numerous occasions but still have failed to meet her I will do one day
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:14
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Because he has a full time job that he doesn't want to quit. Interviewed him and asked him. He doesn't want to play full time.
It is a shame as he won the Grand Slam of Darts a few years ago i thought he would move to the PDC after that
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:19
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Yeah if Scotty was going to try the PDC he'd have done it years ago when he won his Lakeside or the GSOD. If he didn't do it then he's never going too.

Playing the PDC tour these days isn't something you mess about at, if you want to be on TV regularly you've got to get through Pro Tour floor events and everyone says the standard is brutal so you've got to be on your game. That's excluding the costs involved playing all the events.

Look at James 'Jammy Dodger' Wilson, top player in the BDO. Changed to PDC a year ago and has won about £17K in prizemoney for a year, subtract your expenses and you'd be better off stacking shelves!
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:21
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Yeah if Scotty was going to try the PDC he'd have done it years ago when he won his Lakeside or the GSOD. If he didn't do it then he's never going too.

Playing the PDC tour these days isn't something you mess about at, if you want to be on TV regularly you've got to get through Pro Tour floor events and everyone says the standard is brutal so you've got to be on your game. That's excluding the costs involved playing all the events.

Look at James 'Jammy Dodger' Wilson, top player in the BDO. Changed to PDC a year ago and has won about £17K in prizemoney for a year, subtract your expenses and you'd be better off stacking shelves!
They say it costs around £25,000 a year to play the tour with all the travelling, hotels, entry fees etc. That is the whole tour of course. Only the best make a decent living from it.
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:35
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Very eye catching performance by Scotty there.
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:36
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They say it costs around £25,000 a year to play the tour with all the travelling, hotels, entry fees etc. That is the whole tour of course. Only the best make a decent living from it.
Sponsors will pay a lot of that though won't they.

I would say if you can earn 40k+ plus after expenses that's a decent living without having to work 9-5. Exhibition money as well helps.

The standard is brutal and it's not easy but you gotta switch don't you if you want the opportunity to try and earn the mega money.
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:43
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The coverage of the darts on BT Sport is awful Ray Stubbs looks like he cant be asked to there and Tony o Shea looks like he just wants to play darts
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Old 03-01-2016, 22:43
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Sponsors will pay a lot of that though won't they.

I would say if you can earn 40k+ plus after expenses that's a decent living without having to work 9-5. Exhibition money as well helps.

The standard is brutal and it's not easy but you gotta switch don't you if you want the opportunity to try and earn the mega money.
Yeah the exhibition money is good ( well I imagine it to be anyway ) and I guess you can do a few of them in a week if you travel.
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Old 04-01-2016, 12:58
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They say it costs around £25,000 a year to play the tour with all the travelling, hotels, entry fees etc..
There are only 12 PDC weekends, all in the UK bar one (in ireland) where you travel to with the chance of winning nothing, you only travel to the other events if you have qualified for them and you a guaranteed at least a grand for doing so. And anyone living within an hour of Crawley, Barnsley, Wigan etc.. will not be spending money at all on hotels some weekends.

Where on earth have you pulled the figure of £25k from?

These days promotors will be paying for travel/entries for some players, in a return for a cut from exbos. Some take as much as 50% (Modus/MDA).

Players travel on both sides of the divide, lest we forget.

I echo a previous posters sentiments about Waites, the moment for him switching has passed, never built on his momentum after winning the Worlds and the Slam.
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