Taking quite a bit of credit away from the Count there, fella.

Didn't mean too but Taylor averaging 96 means he played badly, does not mean Hankey did not play well.

A great game between King & Wade last night, Shame about the booing again.

I have to take my glasses off when I play darts. I'm better without them and it's not a psychological thing. If you wear glasses and you are constantly changing your line of vision, the rim of the glasses comes into play, you see things clearly through the centre but not to the side etc. You wouldn't think it would be a problem with darts because the target is a small area but it can be annoying, or at least a minor distraction.

Playing pool with your glasses on is a bloody nightmare!

It's about time some of them grew up and stopped booing Meryn King as there could be a chance he might walk away from the game and if he did that would be terrible. I like Mervyn King - he's a damn good player.

Been a good tournament thus far

Am off to the Quarter-Finals tomorrow night - hopefully will be Hankey v Taylor whcih should be a good atmosphere

Waites v Barney promises to be a cracker tonight too

That seems more than plausible, I could easily see why it affected Taylor and I don't wear glasses.

What were last nights results anyone?

Robert Thornton 6-10 Wayne Jones
Tony O'Shea 7-10 Terry Jenkins
Gary Anderson 10-3 Colin Osbourne
Merv King 9-10 James Wade

I'm a big King fan, he's an excellent darts player and doesn't deserve that. It was a bit pathetic last night wasn't it, about to throw a dart for the match and the boo's started, it seemed like 90% of the arena were booing too. It had been a good atmosphere up until that point, even Wade looked a bit embarrassed by it all.

It needs two players in a high profile, televised match to just put down their darts and walk off stage.

If it happens again in another match, the players in that one do the same.

Before long, even the worst of the ed up idiots will figure out that paying for a ticket and not getting to watch any darts isn't giving them a good night out.

As long as the PDC/BDO condone it with silence and inaction, it's not going to stop.

Thanks Dan.

Something like that isn't to far away from happening imo. It's why I wont go to any more tournaments as these people have totally spoilt the occasion for me. It's bad enough on TV now.

Cracking post mate, well said. It's probably the only action that will change things now, it's getting to a point where something needs to be done because these idiots are spoiling good quality matches, I'm convinced and I may be a bit biased but I really believe King would've nailed that double had the boos not wrung out last night. It's getting worse by the tournament, even Taylor has had the boos this year. That King v Wade match deserved a finish befitting the best match of the tournament so far, instead the idiots did all they could to put Wade off.

It doesn't seem like the governing bodies of PDC will do anything so it may now be down to players to take action against them.



Shame to hear that mate and I can fully see where you're coming from, this is why something needs to be sooner rather than later otherwise the genuine fans will not go and switch off. I won't let the idiots spoil it for me, I still go the Echo Arena for the PL, Blackpool in July and the World Championships each year but the longer it goes on the more genuine darts fans will stop.

Maybe if a couple of players like King and Wade threaten to rejoin the BDO , It could stun Hearn into action. The PDC has the cream of the players but the dregs of an audience .

Ted Hankey's turn tonight, he got the best of the booing and gave a good bit back to the crowd. One part of the problem is when they discuss it on the TV after a game they laugh it off, it gives the impression it's ok. Two different views on it after the matches tonight though, Alan Warriner saying it's part of the game now and players have just got too get on with it, big mistake, sends out the wrong message. I'd like to see if he said the same thing if he had been put off by booing as he threw to win a last 16 game last night or today. Chris Mason's view was like we've said here, it's wrong, out of order and needs to be stopped soon before it's too late.

Missed it again, what were last night's results?

P Taylor 10 v 1 R Baxter
C Stompe 10 v 4 C Lloyd
S Beaton 10 v 6 T Hankey
S Waites 10 v 7 R V Barneveld

Go on Ted , He can't have won the throw

Barney in freefall ? , Great result for Waites .

Mason's right though, It's not a fecking pantomime these idiots are attending , There's a lot of money up for grabs in today's darts.

Exactly, Mason was spot on. He's saying the same things we have said on here, he wasn't have any of what Alan Warriner was saying. Isn't that just the problem though, when it's just laughed off by the tele as if it's acceptable now. That should never be accepted as part of the game. I'd love to see if Warriner was still of that opinion if he was put off throwing a potential match winning double for £15,000 and a place in the last 8. When people like him are of the attitude that it's part of the game we'll never rid ourselves of the idiots.

Cracking game here between Jenkins and Wade, early on Wade was scoring so much better than Jenks but he was pulling out the finishes, quite even now and both making big mistakes. Wade needing the bull to win chose not too and set up the shot but Jenkins took out 140 to win the leg, never understand why he didn't go for the bull.

3 classic matches today

Steve Beaton wins last 5 legs to beat Phil Taylor 16-14. Beaton averaged 55% on Doubles despite missing 5 attempts to close it out in the last leg.

beaton played out of His skin

He really did.

By my reckoning after 29 legs Beaton hit 15 doubles from 23 attempts including his last 4 in a row. Taylor was visibly being affected by it and then he crumbled, I've not seen anyone do that to him in a long, long time.

Is Beaton still with the PDC?