retired_putpo

Is there anything worse than this load of ****? I turn on a bit of darts for the first time as I've spent the last few days with the missus, and what do I find? Absolutely shambolic coverage, fronted by a man who knows about as much about darts as he does about football - **** all.

And to top it off they've given the crowd bits of plastic card they can write on and wave hilariously in the background. What marketing ****** came up with the tripe?

I thought watching the football and boxing on ITV was cringeworthy, but I just can't get my head around this. Utter utter rubbish.

retired_kikiiscwazy

The crowd always have the bits of paper to be fair, it's not just ITV, they've copied it straight from the hugely successful SkySports forumla.

retired_hvporter

The cards - blame Barry Hearn.

The presenter - blame the parents.

The Darts - watch the competition on BBC instead.

retired_kikiiscwazy

Don't mind Matt Smith either tbf (though he's clueless here), he was really good on The Premiership on Monday back in the day.

retired_kikiiscwazy

Nah, the PDC players and the Sky competitions are so superior that it isn't funny.

mattsaunders

Matt Smith was the only thing halfway decent about ITV's football coverage... I could never understand why the BBC didn't pick him up for one of their shows. Got to be better than Stubbs.

retired_hvporter

Nah, the PDC players and the Sky competitions are so superior that it isn't funny. </BLOCKQUOTE>Ahh, but the thread starter was talking about the coverage, not the quality of the players.

retired_kikiiscwazy

The BBC used to have him for the snooker after David Vine left. Smith and Dougie Donnelly :*)

retired_putpo

I have no idea how you can say that, but each to their own. I think something about him just REALLY annoys me. It's like Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf has become a sports presenter, when I see him all I can think is SMEG!

retired_kikiiscwazy

Nah, the PDC players and the Sky competitions are so superior that it isn't funny. </BLOCKQUOTE>Ahh, but the thread starter was talking about the coverage, not the quality of the players. </BLOCKQUOTE>

The coverage could be as dire as it wants to be and I'd watch the PDC tournaments. And besides, the BBC's coverage is rubbish too.