Darts 2024

gaz76 said:
Mental that you can compare a lad that weighs more than his age to djokovic, littler is being hyped to the max, yes he's good, but has a long long way to go before he even gets looked at for "greatness"
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I just find in any sport there’s certain individuals who when they look like they’re on the ropes and down and out they find a way to push through and win, I see that potentially in Littler if only it’s Darts.
 
A little bit of a scare like that won’t do Littler any harm, going into the serious end of the competition.

I wonder if subconsciously, Humphries going out, made him think he was on easy street to the final?

I also sometimes think all his talk of 9 darters is a little bit unintentionally disrespectful? But it was noticeable when he missed that one in the final set, there was none of the usual acting up. He was only focussed on seeing out the leg.

It’s going to take a very good player to stop him, that’s for sure.
 
gaz76 said:
Mental that you can compare a lad that weighs more than his age to djokovic, littler is being hyped to the max, yes he's good, but has a long long way to go before he even gets looked at for "greatness"
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Spot on. Crazy that any darts player would be looked upon in the same way as the likes of Redgrave, Hoy, Kenny, Thompson, Trott, Whitbread etc. It's the modern era, I guess; hyperbole rules. Littler is clearly very good at what he does; it takes skill to consistently nail doubles and trebles. But you can't compare him to the likes of Djokovic, or Sampras, or Federer etc etc. I doubt even he would claim to be at that level.
 
jimharri said:
Spot on. Crazy that any darts player would be looked upon in the same way as the likes of Redgrave, Hoy, Kenny, Thompson, Trott, Whitbread etc. It's the modern era, I guess; hyperbole rules. Littler is clearly very good at what he does; it takes skill to consistently nail doubles and trebles. But you can't compare him to the likes of Djokovic, or Sampras, or Federer etc etc. I doubt even he would claim to be at that level.
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Hyperbole is taking the comparison out of context - I mentioned elite sportsman have that mental edge of sticking in a match when it’s not going there way and finding an extra gear to win, littler has shows signs and proven on occasion to do this similar to Djokovic - that doesn’t mean he’s at the same level and has achieved anything like what Djokivic and many others has - it just means he has the potential too.
 
Never really watched it until the last few days.
Fuck me I'm hooked it's brilliant.
Brilliant atmosphere.
Only thing I've watched on slysports in years
 
I'm going Price, Rydz with the upset, Wright and Littler today.
Littler vs Aspinall is the El Plastico rag off so hopefully they find a way to both lose.
Gezzy win the whole thing is the dream
 
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