Andy Gilder wrote:You either must have selective hearing or Sky are piping boos and catcalls onto the TV coverage that aren't happening in the arena.
Ok, I didn't mean you never ever get people shouting out while a player is throwing, that's always gone on. But I've never know the majority of a crowd to constantly boo while a player is throwing to put them off.
Andy Gilder wrote:Heard plenty of instances in other tournaments, the Premier League and the Worlds of idiots trying to put players off. Ironically one of the biggest whiners about it on stage is Taylor, who has nothing to say when he's got a massive crowd behind him singing "Walking in a Taylor wonderland" while his opponent is throwing.
Taylor often asks the referee to call for order and there's nothing wrong with that but I've never heard him complain during an interview or off the stage. As I've said I've never heard the majority of a crowd booing like that to put a player off.
Andy Gilder wrote:Darts has sold its soul. If it's happy being the new football - and attracting the drunken idiots that go with it - then fair enough, some people are going to get very rich off the back of it.
Very over the top. Anyone who thinks darts is worse off for a decent crowd who create an atmosphere needs to give their heads a test. A minority may be the drunken idiots but you'd get them anywhere. Majority of the players lap it up most of the time, sometimes like last week it can be taken too far but that was even rare last week but you hype it up. Don't like it there's always the BDO![/quote]