I've noticed that too.



Think they've all been in the sun too long!

Someone up there must really hate Jamie Caven he draws Phil Taylor first round in Vegas then gets James Wade in Blackpool.

Suppose the one good thing is he can't face Taylor before the final

Wheres the draw? Heard it was on Sky.

It's not on planet darts yet but no doubt will be very shortly.

It is now

Anybody any ideas what Wade was on about after the Lewis match? He was being quite cryptic and wouldn't be drawn, and nothing else seems to have been said since. Wasn't happy at all about something though.

Perhaps Adie was commenting on Helen Chamberlain and how much he admires her work on Soccer AM

That was quite strange whathe was saying....or not.

The Power 13 Barney 11.

What was all that about with Barney at the end, when he took the mike I was expecting he was going to announce his retirement or something dramatic not enrole himself as leader of the Phil Taylor fan club.

BTW was it a different Barney on the oche as he had his wife over with him and as far as I saw his guru/manager was nowhere to be seen???

Did anyone watch it? What happened in the middle of the match with Barney, reports said he seem to go a bit weird and looked like he gave up when Taylor stepped it up?

At the time it just seemed a few slack darts and not much was made of it until afterwards in the interviews.

I thought it was strange Ed was not seen this week, they always show him couple of times when he attends and he normally does on every occasion but suppose he might have other things to attend too. I don't think it was a different Barney until last night, this week he has played really well, his wife is normally there tho so that was no different.



I disgaree, they didn't just look slack he was purposely just throwing his darts anywhere on the board, he was waving his hands around and just looked like he was giving up and didn't want to play. The crowd gave him some stick and he deserved it, he was so unprofessional to start throwing like that, commentators sort of hinted about it not being like Barney and they seemed to assume it was because of Taylor's lead but it was nothing like Barney, seemed really strange.

Where is Phil Taylor's wife and daughter as I can't recall seeing them at any events on the TV ?

I'm sure his wife was shown on TV in the crowd, possibly in the Jamie Caven game.

i was thinking it was a better Barney because there seemed less tinkering with things and he was just getting on with it (though debate about his flights reared its head). I think he thinks too much and he would have never done that with the BDO and although a lot was made of his "zen" like state when beating Phil to win the World Title I think hes better just throwing and taking things as they come rather than thinking so deeply or trying to get his mind into a certain zone.

I thought Taylor's wife left him because he'd been 'courting' the walk-on ladies?

Showed her last night during the final. Maybe she only bothers to turn up to the big finals now, glory hunting wife



Plus, Sid said earlier in the week he has moved into a big new house, she might have been settling in earlier in the week.



Very true, can't argue with that. Prior to the final I also thought it was a better Barney, he seemed to be throwing better, more flow in his darts and as you say he wasn't tinkering at all. Non of this messing with changing darts or flights during the game he just seemed to get on with it. Maybe he and Ed have parted ways? unlikely i know but never know. SKY seemed to make a big of thing of his "zen" like state, how big a part that all played we probably will never know but, those strange couple of legs in final aside, I think we saw the best Barney since that final, had a couple of 9 dart chances too.

It's been a while since I did see her and wondered if she didn't bother going anymore.

The blonde one from the Premier League ?

Taylors wife was on during the match last night but only for a few seconds

Did anyone else think that Barney looked and sounded like he had been boozing all day when he started hugging Taylor after the game




That could also explain why he threw away a load of darts when he could have come back and won

World Matchplay starts tonight. 3 matches on.

Adrian Lewis v Co Stompe
Colin Lloyd v Wayne Jones
Mervyn King v Mark Dudbridge

Time for Gary Anderson to bottle it on TV again

No bottling tonight. Played well there.

Will probably help him to be playing Wade in the next round as he can not get sloppy and has to be full on from the start. When he played Phil Taylor at Wolverhampton the other year it bought out the very best in him but now he is in the PDC and has the big crowd experience this could be the game that really sets him as one of the real contenders in every event.