Personally, the MVG line feels about right but I'd have put Price as a warm favourite. I hope I'm wrong though.

Re Mardle as a commentator, if he reduced the cringey stuff he'd be decent imo but I reckon he's the fastest I've seen as far as the numbers go. The way he points out when they should switch away from 20s, for example, even when they are nowhere near a finish is very good. He's lightening.

Holy living ****, the BDO chairman claims that them being unable to attract a single sponsor for notLakeside or sell more than 15% of tickets is social media's fault

Thanks a bunch. It's not that I'm particularly fascinated by it either. I was more curious about the betting prop concerning whether the first or final legs will end on red or green doubles. I've been trying a couple bets on it based on what I knew of darters' tendencies but I didn't want to keep going without finding some actual numbers.

Thanks for your blog too. I always check it out when I randomly get interested in darts for a couple weeks.

Pretty much only Rod Harrington annoys me in the booth tbh. I like Mardle, Part GOAT, Studd is also excellent. Webster's done well in his short time in there. Thought Laura Turner's done well too.

Haha. How would that even be possible?

Wow Price. I thought I was watching BDO there.

To compare, I paid £36 for the Friday night session at Ally Pally, whereas the BDO want £46 for a comparable session, I wonder which will sell more

I think Part's quicker tbh. He's the best for me.

Why have they moved? Seems a disastrous decision. To move somewhere you need to charge that much which has no history or interest behind it.

Lakeside wasn't cheap either

Aspinall could be 5-0 up here with 3 average legs on throw.

That’s the chance she was asking for!

Good luck to her hut she’s going to have to do much better to keep warranting getting wild cards.

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How’s the predictor game going?

Yeah Part is very quick also, but I give Mardle the edge personally as he more often calls potential switches when the player is on 260 odd etc.

Anyway, what a terrible performance by Price. Both with how he played and even more how he acted. I get there was a bit of niggling leading up to it, but his reaction to winning his first set was a disgrace imo. Seeing a 34 year old, who looks jacked up on steroids, act like that towards someone my daughters could probably beat up is just a terrible look. I'm on my own here probably but if I ran darts Price wouldn't get away with that. (I'm a Welsh dude fwiw but he's such a **** I can't help but to always pull for whoever he plays.)

Someone who had a team of Price/Aspinall/King/Searle's more or less got it locked up unless van Gerwen scores as many points in the final as he has done all tournament, I suppose he could hit four nine darters or something?

MVG about to win without getting out of 2nd gear.

Well what a shite 24 hours for me. Had Price v MVG final @16s and Sherrock to win BDO WC @9s

What was price on MVG to win before the tournament? So sick how much better than everyone else he is, 4/11 in the final, lol.

6/5 or there abouts

Sherrock's withdrawn from the BDO worlds, so it begins

In a 96 (?) person tournament that's totally ridiculous.

The line on MvG is fair.

He's a poor MvG but he's probably good enough. I picked Wright to beat Price.

MvG is better in ballsy moments than Wright who I make no apologies for bottles it, a LOT.

Most likely outcome: I think this will be 3-3 early doors with MvG running out winner 7-5 or 7-4 if in better form. Wright will average 98-99.

She's gonna make a living this year from winning 2 matches with 90 average mbn

Worlds final preview posted, Wright looks good value, in before MvG 7-1 win as a result

Meanwhile a 15 year old girl who is likely better than her is going to get squat as the BDO will probably be cancelled.

anyone got a stream link for tonight please?

in b4 7-2 MvG