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If you say so mate... ... .... ....
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Phil Taylor .... Greatest English Sportsman of all time ??
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If you say so mate... ... .... ....
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Your making no sense !! You put Bobby forward because he won a world title playing quality ! Phil wins a world title playing quality not once but 15 times he also relies on no one else to help him ......
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- #23
LOL i don't say so !!!!
sod1
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History will forget Phil Taylor a long, long time before it will forget Bobby Moore.
46 years down the line and people still care more about the one World Cup that Bobby Moore lifted than any of Phil Taylor's 15 titles.
Says it all.
What if you are one of the geeky men that hates football? I know a few of them and if i mentioned Bobby Moore they wouldn't have a scooby what i was talking about.
The Modfather
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Its a fantastic achievement by Taylor, but I would not call him a 'sportsman'
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Ok I get it now .........
We judge perfection on people's feelings , not results , consistency and achievements
Silly me
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Don't disagree as such , but what do dart and snooker players come under then ? They play professional sport ....
OK then, if you're not willing to accept Bobby Moore, what do you make of these three words: Sir Steve Redgrave?
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At last a decent argument and contender , the only thing that edges it towards Taylor is that Redgrave relies on someone else and without someone else he is nothing , also Taylor had to peak in his form once every year not every 4 years .
Redgrave is a legend thou no doubt
Pevenseagull
meh
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Athlete, not 'sportsman'
I would go for 'The Marquis Of Queensbury' ....... but he was Scottish
Tyrone Biggums
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You'd probably be best to judge a sporting achievement on the level of competition from around the world the person faced.
Darts is predominantly a UK based sport in popularity and participation.
If 90% of your competition comes from fat guys from the UK you can safely safe the sport is a pretty insular one.
Pevenseagull
meh
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Chris Cataway ..... he could have been the first to break 4 minutes but ran as a pacemaker for Bannister. That's sportsmanly. Even though he did end up being a Tory MP.
The Modfather
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Don't get me wrong I like darts but I just prefer my sportsman to runaround a little
Pevenseagull
meh
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C.B. Fry
I win
I win
Pevenseagull
meh
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- #39
Put someone forward then ?
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I nearly gave in then , sadly he was born in Croydon and is disqualified