[Other Sport] How can people watch DARTS ?

[bluenitsuj]

I genuinely don't get it.

I can watch most sports on TV and get something from it, but darts ? f*** me. I'd rather watch Emmerdale repeats on a loop, and believe me, thats saying something. I cannot think of a DULLER sport to sit down in front of, except perhaps horseracing without having a bet on. Yet every year, people are falling over themselves to watch this drek. OK, if you go to watch it live I do get that its basically an all-day pub piss up with something going on to watch. But I guarantee, if the Ally Pally was as dry as Qatar, they'd be playing to an empty hall.

Tell me I'm wrong. Go on.

You could similarly replace the word darts, with cricket or F1 or Rugby.

 

[dazzer6666]

I genuinely don't get it.

I can watch most sports on TV and get something from it, but darts ? f*** me. I'd rather watch Emmerdale repeats on a loop, and believe me, thats saying something. I cannot think of a DULLER sport to sit down in front of, except perhaps horseracing without having a bet on. Yet every year, people are falling over themselves to watch this drek. OK, if you go to watch it live I do get that its basically an all-day pub piss up with something going on to watch. But I guarantee, if the Ally Pally was as dry as Qatar, they'd be playing to an empty hall.

Tell me I'm wrong. Go on.

Try listening to it on the radio

 

[Normal Rob]

It's been a racking evening tonight. MVG game was excellent, this one could be evenn better. Smith in a lot of trouble now.

 

[Whitechapel]

Also, on the subject of darts. A dart board is a much welcome sight in a pub than a pool table. Even if every pub in the country has 5 darts, all of different weights with about 2 working flights between them.

Although I have discovered Toad In The Hole on a few recent trips to Brighton and that’s pushing for contention.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Martin Schindler is on fire. I fancied Michael Smith to win the tournament before it started.

 

[Springal]

This thread aged well !!

 

[Normal Rob]

Martin Schindler is on fire. I fancied Michael Smith to win the tournament before it started.

Haha. Now that was a kiss of death!

 

[ManOfSussex]

Very impressive comeback by Michael 'Bullyboy' Smith. Sounds like a thick as shit Northerner in his post match interview too - exactly what might be required to win this year's world championship.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Former champion and world number six from Hastings and Sussex - Rob 'High Voltage' Cross versus veteran Mervyn 'The King' King is tomorrow's undoubted highlight, but what a day of darts today has been.

 

[OzMike]

You could similarly replace the word darts, with cricket or F1 or Rugby.

F1, boring as f***.
Watch the start to see if anyone gets minced and then round and round and round and round and......................

 

[OzMike]

I taught my kids to play darts and other games relating to a dart board.
They thought they were having fun, but they were learning maths and basic arithmetic.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I don't think darts has recovered since the retirement of the great Phil 'The Power' Taylor. He was truly a great, I loved the Taylor v Barney head to heads.

 

[Whitechapel]

I don't think darts has recovered since the retirement of the great Phil 'The Power' Taylor. He was truly a great, I loved the Taylor v Barney head to heads.

I’d argue the complete opposite.

Taylor retiring has made it so much more competitive & unpredictable. 5 winners in the past 7 years is much better than Taylor winning it 8 years in a row. With some really good young players coming through that should carry on too.

Unless Josh Rock keeps progressing at the rate he is and then he’ll just dominate the sport instead.

 

[Popeye]

I feel the same way about cricket*








*Should I ban myself now?

 

[Bozza]

Should it be "THE darts"?

 

[Algernon]

Haha. Now that was a kiss of death!

Schindler's lost!

 

[Albion my Albion]

I genuinely don't get it.

I can watch most sports on TV and get something from it, but darts ? f*** me. I'd rather watch Emmerdale repeats on a loop, and believe me, thats saying something. I cannot think of a DULLER sport to sit down in front of, except perhaps horseracing without having a bet on. Yet every year, people are falling over themselves to watch this drek. OK, if you go to watch it live I do get that its basically an all-day pub piss up with something going on to watch. But I guarantee, if the Ally Pally was as dry as Qatar, they'd be playing to an empty hall.

Tell me I'm wrong. Go on.

I think you've hit the bullseye.

 

[Brok]

I watch golf in the same way I watch those BBC4 shows of a camera stuck on a canal boat or the like, something long and quiet to induce a Sunday afternoon nap when required.

Absolute heaven. Unmissable drama. If only all TV was this good.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Darts is f***ing brilliant.

Pure theatre.

100%. I’d much rather watch darts then rubgy, golf, Formula 1 or cricket (none of which hold any interest whatsoever)

 

[W3 BHA]

I genuinely don't get it.

I can watch most sports on TV and get something from it, but darts ? f*** me. I'd rather watch Emmerdale repeats on a loop, and believe me, thats saying something. I cannot think of a DULLER sport to sit down in front of, except perhaps horseracing without having a bet on. Yet every year, people are falling over themselves to watch this drek. OK, if you go to watch it live I do get that its basically an all-day pub piss up with something going on to watch. But I guarantee, if the Ally Pally was as dry as Qatar, they'd be playing to an empty hall.

Tell me I'm wrong. Go on.

We all like different things. I feel the same way about NFL - tons of hype, lots of people dressed like they were facing the Apocalypse, games lasting over 3 hours with the average play time in a game of around 13 minutes. Pumped up American self important crap at its best..... Whereas a nice game of darts......