Four months of unranked darting action starts tonight with the 2017 Premier League from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. After their displays of sheer incompetence in 2016, Robert Thornton and Michael Smith have been binned. In their place are Dutchman Jelle Klaasen, appearing for the first time in 8 years, and with Mensur Suljovic refusing to fall for Uncle Barry's hype machine, Belgium's Kim Huybrechts returns after finishing bottom in 2015.
It is the Waffleboy that gets this season going as he plays bipolar James Wade. The Hurricane's season 2 years ago saw him repeatedly throw away games and picked up just 4 points in 9 matches. The Machine's 2016 PL campaign saw him be the only man to beat MVG, on its opening night nevertheless, but had no consistency as he finished sixth.
Two men who are promising to do better this year meet again in Raymond van Barneveld and Adrian Lewis. Barney's 2016 PL saw him record just a single win in the play-off phase (conveniently against Lewis) and end 7th, while the ferry lover made the play-offs for the first time since 2011 but got battered by MVG in the semi.
Imminent retiree Phil Taylor is next up against simple Dave Chisnall. Philth was dismantled in the final by the Green Machine while Chizzy went from missing darts to reach the final in 2015 to elimination last year as he was comprehensively outplayed in every match.
The hottest rivalry of the moment is next with current PL champion Michael van Gerwen against previous winner Gary Anderson; their Masters final saw a combined 213 average in an 11-7 Dutch win, and a repeat of that standard tonight would be more than acceptable.
Peter Wright and Klaasen close out the session; despite coming close to the playoffs last time, Clownman choked in his deciding match and missed out. Paedo Suarez's previous PL saw him record just one win (he couldn't even beat Wayne Mardle!) but using that as a bearing on this year is just silly.
Coverage starts from 7:00pm UK time on Sky Sports 2.
>Tonight's fixtures (7:00pm start, all matches best of 12 legs)
Kim "Husband of Dana" Huybrechts v James "The Meds Are Back In Town" Wade
Barney v SnackP&Ot
Taylel v Chizzy
Gary "Big Game Counter" Anderson v MvGOAuTism
Snakeshite v Jelle "Yewtree" Klaasen
>League preview
http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/w5clr0rm4r0910qv2hejubekt/title/2017-unibet-masters-day-two
>If PLD was the football PL... wait, didn't they do this last year?
https://blog.betway.com/darts/which-premier-league-darts-player-should-you-support-based-on-your-football-team/
Predictions for the PL?
Winner: MVG
Top 4: MVG, Gando, Clown, Taylel
Eliminated: Huybrechts, Klaasen
>>73998540
Huybrechts is almost guaranteed to be eliminated but I think Klaasen will stay up.
I have a feeling one of Wade/Lewis/RVB/Chisnall is going to have an absolutely terrible PL and be eliminated.
are these taken seriously? i assume so due to the prize money on display
MvG is gonna smash Anderson again isn't he?
And we're on now.
>>73998674
What do you mean? These are the best in the world
>Mardle thinking anyone but MVG will average over 123 in the PL
wew
Why no /147/ for the german masters?
>these new photos
They al look depressed
>This years blubber boy
>>73999133
Barry sucked all the fun out of the sport
>these new "control room" graphics
I missed the posing and shitty special effects.
You know when a crowd meme is dead when the Barry's mong army grabs hold of it
Hopefully kim gets hammered every week and we never see him on tv again
Wtf is on the back of wades shirt
>kimbo jobber's first 3 darts
>21
Relegated already.
>>73999198
Car number plate, most likely a reference to his previous career as a mechanic.
>>73999205
>21
Thank you based curse of wolfie
>Broken first leg
>managing to hit D17 when wanting big 17
Bravo, Kim.
Dontttt takeee me hommeeee
>angry belgian manlet intensifies
>6 years later
>STILL going on about Mark Webster's PL campaign ruining him
>£25 an hour to play darts
>London
>>73999295
>social darts
Oh Christ, it's this shit again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZawGrh2WyYM
>>73999295
Firebomb the place desu
>this fucking camerawork
Is Whitlock spotting?
Camera's going all over the fucking place.
>>73999320
This. Wtf is going on? Sky usually has good camerawork
>>73999320
>>73999322
Shouldnt have fired based bristow
>kimmy
>mardle determining which players are "world class"
wew
THAT 134!
Chizzy to go Spazzy and get him and his ears knocked out with the manlet?
>>73999367
if he doubles like he did at the masters, he'll be doomed
If he plays like he talks, he's fucked
>kimbo bottlejob
>that last leg from Wade
>getting beat by wade.
Just relegate the useless jumped up little cunt already.
>>73999403
Wolfie pls
>>73999295
Fucking state of them!
>Mardle
>4 time PL participant
>participation honors
>using the dollar sign as an 'a'
REV UP YOUR FILENAMES
>>73999295
I've walked past it a few times. Slap in east london where nu-male retards are happy to pay out the arse for anything. Like that place on Brick Lane that only serves breakfast cereal for 5 quid a bowl.
>>73999447
Mardle's PL record is pretty woeful.
>2005: bottom with 3 wins against Part, Scholten & Dudbridge
>2006: bottom win a single win and that was against Ronnie Baxter
>2007: didn't qualify
>2008: 5th; missed out on the playoffs by 2 legs
>2009: withdrew due to repeated cases of mumps, results scrubbed from the record
>Barney
THAT CHEEKY LEWIS
>you now remember andy hamilton and wes newton in the pl
If barney loses tonight hopefully his odds increase then im gonna pile it on him
>>73999565
>Wes Newton and Andy Hamilton were TV fixtures for a number of years
Scary stuff.
>barney headshaking
>24
stone
>going from 4-1 ahead to 5-4 down
>Fatpot
ALMOST BIG FINISH
>Ferrypot
[foghorn intensifies]
>4-1 up
>Lose 7-5
>Snackpot
>FATPOT
>Poois
>>73998581
Its lewis
>muh cold hands
>>73999758
Its a pretty legit excuse to be terrible but lewis obviously choked
>>73999758
Maybe he should stop taking the ferry to his games.
Fuck sake barneys odds gone down why did he have to win this one
>lewis
IT
IS
TIME
HE
IS
HERE
>dizzy
His name is chizzy you cunts
>flashing images
oh boy.
Mon Chizzy
Need Taylor to knock the piss of Chizzy's shirt for the sky bet treble!
>this dave clark fellatio of taylor
yuck
>>73999853
he's gone nude again
>>73999810
Barney said he was actually going to try this season, so the knock-out phase is almost guaranteed for him.
>>73998540
1. MVShrek
2. Gary Henderson
3. BarneyFarmy
4. Philith "The" Caravanman
~
9. J-Minor Klaasen
10. Cheeky Munk
>>73999867
>this dave clark fellatio of taylor
Its going to be like this every week, and probably all year through the tv tournaments. Just hope he ends up getting routinely smashed.
>it's a Taylor repeatedly misses D16 episode
>>73999890
Yeah, this is going to happen every fucking time he has a match.
They have to hurry, next match scheduled for 21:45. Will they just stop when the clock hits quarter to 10?
Looks like Lewis and Chizzy are going to be battling it out for biggest waste of space in the PL this year.
>>73999917
>>73999917
Don't count Kimberly out
>>73999945
Like Smith last year, he was out the moment it was announced.
Still, could have been worse: the next player in the Order of Merit? #DiamondDab
And he has been horrendous.
>>73999867
excellent filename
>>73999951
Yep, Smith was woeful.
So sad that Suljovic opted out of selection, especially with how well he played last week
DAT CHIZZY 160
>makes him look simple
Insult to injury.
THE TAYLOR BULL FINISH
THE CRUELLEST OF ALL FINISHES
>>73999991
While I thought Blubby having to play twice on the opening night put him deeper in the shit than he already was, he never had the belief to overcome it.
>So sad that Suljovic opted out of selection, especially with how well he played last week
Mensur's done the smart thing with that: by not having to play in this, he can focus on the ranking events and not have his career ruined like Bunt Man did.
>Chizzy hitting big numbers for fun again
>>74000071
Very true, just a maybe Mensur fan boy, just hope he continues to get better and better, couldn't believe how much her had changed style last week
>>74000089
>couldn't believe how much her had changed style last week
And gender apparently.
The only change was his speed. No more slowness will objectively make him a much more watchable palyer.
Jesus is the board hanging straight? They're hitting so many 5's and 7's tonight.
It was a slog that shows why he's "retiring".
But the inevitable happened as Chizzy is too dim to remove Taylel again.
>>74000138
Ooh the joy when he's retired. Instead of:
>"There's 18 world championships between these two in the final"
It will be:
>"So... you're both twice the world champ..."
Gonna miss Taylor though. Couldn't get enough of him losing and having secrets, acting like a cheeky cunt etc.
>this is me last one
Wait, what?
I thought he was still doing the non-ranked events.
Well... damn.
Oh wait he's retiring because he's entering significant dementia.
lol these geordie mongs
>>74000198
lel
>starts rambling on about playing county matches
Truly the sign he's losing it
>>74000189
I thought that too. If they really want to make it a show, they invite him for the Premier League in like, 2022 again.
>PHIL TAYLOR RETURNS
>THE POWER, THE LEGEND, THE BEST PLAYER EVER
>ends up 10th
That would be a great show.
>>74000206
>Week 1: Corey Cadby 7-0 Phil Taylor
>>74000206
Would probably be reminiscent of this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BetFred_League_of_Legends
>61.95 averages
>yfw he joins snackpot doing ferry exhibitions
>Implying Taylel isnt behind Flight Club
>implying he isn't going into partnership with Ronnie for the opening of a social snooker bar
>>74000219
>all but one of the sub-70 averages belong to Bristow
>30 sub-80 averages
>only 3 averages above 90, the highest 92 by Bob Anderson (who had just retired)
This is what a BDO Premier League would be like.
>>74000222
What is this gif from, I haven't seen Mexicans laughing since november 8th
>>74000257
it's from when Chile smashed Mexico 7-0 in the copa america quarterfinal back in June.
>Michael van Gerwen hasn't lost a televised match since September
>>74000237
>Flight Club
When will MVG get a second star on his shirt?
>>74000278
Better get ready for a draw then.
THAT BULL
[autism activates]
>From the last 21 Premier League nights MvG had the highest average 18 times
[Train noises intensify]
>>74000285
>implying he won't just put a 2 in the middle of it
>>74000285
>>74000314
>implying he didn't just put the second star over the first
...he surely isn't going to break his 123.40 record?
>>74000328
That sounds so autistic he might actually have done that.
>MVG in charge of counting
>>74000314
>>74000328
>implying he wont put the second one in the exact same place on the inside of the shirt
>168 2 legs in a row
>>74000384
Homage to the taylor retirement tour
>MVG getting bored with counting
>>74000376
>>74000384
>mocking taylor 101
At some point some crazy genius had the amazing idea to put hazelnut into chocolate and whoever that is should win 2 nobelprizes desu
>>74000393
>>74000396
lel
if he's doing it on purpose that's top trolling from king of autism
WHIT A WAN THIRTEE
>Gando pointing into his pocket
AND HERE WE GO
THAT POCKET BANTER
THAT 114!
MVGDOESN'TWINLOL
>don't throw a triple all leg
>still win it
what a madman
AUTISMDRAWSLOL
AUTISMDRAWSLOL
AUTISMDRAWSLOL
Autismdrawslol
>>74000287
I could watch MVG - Gando all day
>Clown v Nonce
Does anyone want a winner in this?
>>74000511
I'd take a clown over a child fiddler anyday
>>74000510
MVG-Gando is what MVG-Lewis should have been.
Fucking fat twat.
>>74000567
No hate on adrian please, he will throw a ferry good PL, mark my words.
>>74000591
When was the last time MVG had to walk on first in a televised match?
>#JelleTime
A little past 10 then.
>Clownman dressing up in Newcastle colours
Stop this.
>>74000621
Before he became World Number 1 I think.
The MVG-Klaasen match should be fun.
>>74000659
What will be Klaasens excuse this year if he's still above Barney when the WC comes?
Always have to laugh at how Klaasen's throws. Look like he's trying to force the darts in.
>>74000670
Actually, he won't have one.
The PDC now choose who plays in the World Cup.
>>74000688
So MVG/Barney
Otherwise: An "injury" it is then.
oh fug watchespn just shat itself
>>74000700
Probably.
I've found the relevant quote from the new rules (which you can find here if you want to read the lot: http://www.pdc.tv/order-of-merit-rules)
>2017 World Cup
>Cut-off date: May 22 2017
>Seeds: Top 8 ranked nations based on cumulative Order of Merit ranking (lowest total = highest seed)
>Qualifying Players: 32 pairs representing different nations selected at the discretion of the PDC
Wright is averaging 12 points less than Klaasen. He did that against Taylor at the weekend too.
The beginning of the end for Midlife Crisis Man?
>>74000718
Had to read twice:
>lowest total = highest seed
Thought they meant lowest amount of money, but when my brain kicked in I knew they meant lowest average ranking.
Thanks for the info lad.
>Paedo Suarez
Fucking idiot.
>>74000750
He's in the PL 'cause of mensur.
He'll be out 'cause of mensur.
>Clownman will be higher up the table than both MVG and Gando
This is disgusting.
Paedo Suarez proving precisely why he will get eliminated.
His finishing is inconsistent as fuck.
And that D2 closes a largely entertaining opening night of the 2017 Premier League Darts season.
Kim Huybrechts' 2015 woes came back to haunt him as he became another victim of classic James Wade. After a fairly poor first two legs for the Belgian, he came back and eventually got it to 3-3. But a crucial double miss for a 25 out followed by a Wade 96 turned the match in the Machine's favour and although the Hurricane whipped in a 134, he just couldn't break the imperious Wade and lost another PL match 7-5.
Another 7-5 followed, but it was a complete choke from the inconsistent Adrian Lewis. Taking advantage of some atrocious finishing from Raymond van Barneveld, Snackpot had a 4-1 lead and after botching a 40 attempt, collapsed disastrously, Barney taking 6 of the next 7 legs to come through the victor.
In what will be his last PDC season, even a 96 average Phil Taylor was just too much for his mentally stunted bitch Dave Chisnall, although the dim one traded ton out finishes with the groper; 160 and 134 countered by Philth's 121 bull and 118. That aside, it wasn't that good a match and did demonstrate why Pheel is quitting.
Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson then played out a fascinating draw that saw the best of both men: MVG hit 12, 13 and 11 darters to go 3-1 up but Gando came back strong, hitting a 130 on D5 to tie it up at 4-4 and then sent MVG to his first non-win since October with a big 114. The Scotsman couldn't hold on in the 12th but this was a wonderful match.
A below-average Peter Wright benefited from Jelle Klaasen's incompetent finishing to claim a 7-4 win; the Cobra's bust on D14 when wanting D9 at 3-2 up the turning point as he won just one more leg from then, with Clown hitting a neat 120 in the match.
It's Nottingham next week for night 2, with these matches:
>Adrian Lewis v Dave Chisnall
>James Wade v Phil Taylor
>Jelle Klaasen v Gary Anderson
>Peter Wright v Michael van Gerwen
>Kim Huybrechts v Raymond van Barneveld
See you then.