[Darts #51] MVG is onverwoestbaar.

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Op vrijdag 20 februari 2015 19:09 schreef drGoeroe het volgende:

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MvGstats twitterde op vrijdag 20-02-2015 om 19:08:22 £120,000 - The maximum price money @MvG180 could earn since the WC was £125,000, he won £5000 less, £120,000 in 20 days. #UKOpenQualifier4 reageer retweet

Ook maar eens gaan darten.

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MvGstats twitterde op vrijdag 20-02-2015 om 19:19:36 57 - @PhilDTaylor won 57 matches and 8 tournaments in a row in 2009 (Jan-Mar) in tournaments he participated in. 29 to go. #UKOpenQ4 reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 20 februari 2015 19:24 schreef TserrofEnoch het volgende:
MVG moet niet met dergelijke statistieken bezig zijn denk ik. Zal niet echt helpen bij je spel. Niet te veel denken en je pijlen in het bord smijten lijkt mij beter.

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Op vrijdag 20 februari 2015 19:24 schreef TserrofEnoch het volgende:
MVG moet niet met dergelijke statistieken bezig zijn denk ik. Zal niet echt helpen bij je spel. Niet te veel denken en je pijlen in het bord smijten lijkt mij beter.

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The PDC has created a monster!

You could be forgiven for thinking there wasn’t anything wrong. Record crowd numbers, ever-increasing prize money, and now a gleaming new channel – Sky Sports Darts. But while Barry Hearn waxes lyrical about another of his “rags to riches” stories, it only takes a light scratching of the surface to reveal that all is not well.

The crowd is the life source of every sport. Forget television rights, sponsorship deals, the standard of the players, without the fan base a sport would cease to exist. When looking at the crowd so far from this year’s World Championship at Alexandra Palace you don’t see the legion of darts fans making the annual pilgrimage to the year’s highlight event anymore. They have been replaced largely by clusters of drunkards.

These drunkards are segregated into two groups – the “stands” and the “tables” – and are locked in battle for four hours or more where they trade insults about their assumed economic backgrounds. Every 20 minutes or so, those differences are put aside so they can bellow a tedious chorus of: “Stand up if you love the darts!” – somewhat surprising considering it doesn’t appear they have actually watched any darts since their arrival.

Granted, this is not a new scenario. The crowd’s morph into something more resemblant of a mob has been apparent from the birth of the Premier League almost 10 years ago – but the last two or three have seen it get much worse. The idea of any order and respect is long gone. Mark Webster’s first round match with Ron Meulenkamp ended in farce with referee Russ Bray powerless to control an afternoon attendance baying for blood as the pair missed an array of doubles – in fact his calls for quiet just made things worse.

And now it also looks like Sky, longtime supporters of this “atmosphere” have had enough, either that or they are simply embarrassed. Constantly throughout the tournament they have been muting the crowd, whenever they show signs of unrest. My amazement at Sky’s decision stems from their ties with the PDC. Rod Harrington, a commentator and analyst is a PDC representative – it’s akin to having Sepp Blatter commentate on the World Cup! Sky and the PDC have always been a necessity to each other, hence the criticism is sparse.

Worse than the allowance of unruly “supporters” however is the alienation of the true darts fan. Many are no longer willing to part with their hard-earned cash to sit in these pits. It was only in 2011 when a man was convicted for assault due to his behaviour at a Premier League night. In the same season Adrian Lewis was subject to physical abuse, when members of a Scottish crowd threw coins at him while he was at the oche. Phil Taylor was also spat on during his walk-on, at the same Glaswegian venue two years later. Not to mention the majority of Premier League evenings finish up with grown men hurling full pints at one another. Despite being a darts fanatic I have no desire to set foot in these arenas, this is not the sport I grew to love.

A reversal in the PDC’s direction is unlikely, I would argue impossible if it continues in it’s current form. The only prospect of change would be the bubble bursting, something darts has suffered previously with devastating consequences. However, appealing to a demographic who come to darts event to not watch darts is dangerous. When the new fad ultimately comes along and these “fans” up sticks to somewhere else, the PDC will be left with swathes of empty seats the forgotten fans will not fill. This already looks to be happening at the World Grand Prix, with the CityWest Hotel in Dublin looking concerningly empty at times, particularly for the final.

On a more positive outlook, the sport’s expansion across Europe is encouraging, with Germany especially attracting huge numbers who seem to have a more loyal passion for the game. One wonders why the Netherlands – once a hotbed for tournaments – is now sparingly used, with them enjoying as much success now as they ever have.

But overall I fail to see anything but a bleak long-term future. Hearn, for all his business acumen, has created an unstable monster. There may be more money in the game than ever before but at what cost? As Freddie Wilde wrote about cricket, the fans are the sellsword, and those in charge should ignore them at their peril. The same can be applied to darts. Hearn labeled me and others pretentious for raising the issues and injustices within the game. I would advise him to remember this: when darts hits the next inevitable wane, it won’t be us who deserts it.

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Op vrijdag 20 februari 2015 19:39 schreef TserrofEnoch het volgende:

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Behoorlijk vermakelijk, maar wat vinden jullie klopt het of is dit overdreven kul?

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Op vrijdag 20 februari 2015 19:24 schreef TserrofEnoch het volgende:
MVG moet niet met dergelijke statistieken bezig zijn denk ik. Zal niet echt helpen bij je spel. Niet te veel denken en je pijlen in het bord smijten lijkt mij beter.

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Op vrijdag 20 februari 2015 17:25 schreef Ajacied422 het volgende:
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Op zaterdag 21 februari 2015 04:12 schreef wimderon het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 20 februari 2015 18:57 schreef F.M.D. het volgende:
wat een geluk weer

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Op zaterdag 21 februari 2015 04:12 schreef wimderon het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 21 februari 2015 11:04 schreef tja77 het volgende:
Ik zou het echt knap vinden als van Gerwen deze ook weet te winnen. Juist omdat het toch een behoorlijk aantal wedstrijdjes zijn en vanwege het korte format. 1-2 legs verprutsen en je hebt een probleem.
Klasbak is het...

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Op zaterdag 21 februari 2015 11:32 schreef Sportex het volgende:

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Lijkt me toch haast onmogelijk over zo'n kort format om te blijven winnen. Je moet op zo'n dag toch wel even 7-8 wedstrijdjes winnen. Ook gezien het niveau wat daar op de vloer regelmatig gegooid wordt.

Mja, het is MvG he.

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Op zaterdag 21 februari 2015 13:10 schreef icloud het volgende:
Is het ergens te zien?