Darts 2024

[crooky]

What is the chant the crowd keep singing? Sounds like “boring, boring arsenal”

Been doing my head in all tournament trying to work it out

"Boring boring tables." Comes from the stands. The jealous buggers...

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Sloppy set that one.

 

[Franny 1234]

I only really watch the darts for the fans and the commentary. I've actually kept track of a number of the lines over the past couple of weeks.....


'Lateral drift' like it's windy

'area of the dartboard that's supposed to suit the southpaw down to the ground'

'navigate a forest a tungsten'

'reading the style of throw'

'missed the whole pie'

'Dobey's just emerged from a long lie down in a dark room after that gruelling match with Gerwyn Price'

'Like a greyhound flying out of the traps to make it to the first bend'

'Like trying to contain a bucking bronco with a ball of string'


They've just come out with another gem....

'This isn't like a sport where you can conserve energy and cruise Usain Bolt style, you have to push to the finish'. Amazing vocabulary for what's essentially a pub game and talking about their 'fitness regimes' whilst pretty much all of them being heavily overweight is rather amusing. Hopefully they all have plenty 'left in the tank' after all that standing about.

I take it your in agreement with the Olympics that darts not a sport. Despite the mental gymnastics they go through.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I take it your in agreement with the Olympics that darts not a sport. Despite the mental gymnastics they go through.

Definitely is a sport, unlike gymnastics, diving, equestrian, trampolining etc because, when it’s finished, everyone knows who’s won……

 

[Don Karleone]

Darts can be physically and mentally demanding. Play it for a few hours and see how you feel afterwards.

 

[Damocles]

What is the chant the crowd keep singing? Sounds like “boring, boring arsenal”

Been doing my head in all tournament trying to work it out

Boring, boring tables.

It refers to the people sat at the tables in the middle of the floor - they're the "posh" seats so the people in the stands have a go at them for not singing and generally being stuck up (which isn't true).

The people at the table have a variety of comebacks based around the Stands being the cheap seats including "Feed the Stands, let them know its Xmas time" and "sit down in your plastic seats" and things like that.

It's a North Stand/Kippax situation

 

[freshie]

"Boring boring tables." Comes from the stands. The jealous buggers...

Thank you. I can now die in peace :)

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I take it your in agreement with the Olympics that darts not a sport. Despite the mental gymnastics they go through.

Definitely is a sport, unlike gymnastics, diving, equestrian, trampolining etc because, when it’s finished, everyone knows who’s won……

It does, of course fail the other ‘is it a sport test’ which is ‘can you play it in your slipper’?…..

 

[Edghill OG]

I take it your in agreement with the Olympics that darts not a sport. Despite the mental gymnastics they go through.

I personally don't see it as a sport myself. I'm sure there's plenty of other 'disciplines' or 'sports' that are in the Olympics that are questionable so I wouldn't have any particular objection to it being in the Olympic 'Games'. Realistic chance of winning some medals too.

 

[Damocles]

I personally don't see it as a sport myself. I'm sure there's plenty of other 'disciplines' or 'sports' that are in the Olympics that are questionable so I wouldn't have any particular objection to it being in the Olympic 'Games'. Realistic chance of winning some medals too.

Go play darts for 3 hours then come back mate

 

[crooky]

Now or never for Bunting. Needs to put some doubt in Littler's mind before the finishing line is too close.

 

[BlueMoonday]

I see Bunting's hypnotherapy has helped.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I personally don't see it as a sport myself. I'm sure there's plenty of other 'disciplines' or 'sports' that are in the Olympics that are questionable so I wouldn't have any particular objection to it being in the Olympic 'Games'. Realistic chance of winning some medals too.

And one of the few we could be excellent at that doesn’t involve the UK specialty of sitting down..

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Can't have the little rag ruling the roost like he's Adolf Littler

 

[crooky]

I'll go with one of my usual prophetic comments and say...

Game over.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Can't have the little rag ruling the roost like he's Adolf Littler

Think you’re going to be disappointed.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Now or never for Bunting. Needs to put some doubt in Littler's mind before the finishing line is too close.

Don’t think he can play much better, tbh. Littler averaging 106+ over 4 sets is mad. Every time Bunting goes for a double he HAS to hit it, which obviously makes it more difficult.

 

[Edghill OG]

And one of the few we could be excellent at that doesn’t involve the UK specialty of sitting down..

Quite like watching the rowing and cycling, but as a spectator the sailing certainly isn't for me.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Think you’re going to be disappointed.

No doubting his talent and temperament thus far but hopefully he freezes against MVG.

 

[Franny 1234]

It does, of course fail the other ‘is it a sport test’ which is ‘can you play it in your slipper’?…..

Archery can be played in slippers surely not