Phil Taylor Cheat

[joeluke]

'Finished' on double 12 but it was outside the wire yet he didn't own up

Already leading the match on the way to an easy 6-1 victory, it's not what you'd expect from a 16 times world champ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2375874/Phil-The-Power-Taylor-blasted-cheating-Eric-Bristow.html

[sunny-dave]

And darts is such an exciting and gentlemanly sport ...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHnBppccI0o

[aelmpvw]

it didn't even look close did it?

[sunny-dave]

Nope - obviously hitting the table not the double vodka ...

[Prudie]

Well if Eric says he cheated then he did (I love Eric Bristow). Seriously it may be a genuine mistake but at the end of the day it was the ref's responsibility to check.

[joeluke]

As you walk up to the board you can see if a dart is in the bed or out.........Taylor obviously had his eyes shut as he retrieved his arrows

[ToraToraTora]

I agree joe but I was berated on here the other week for suggesting that Broad knew he was out in the test match. I can only repeat what I was told, it's the umpire's decision, or in this case the caller.

[jno]

yup... we don't have access to the players' minds or eyes.

[joeluke]

Broad DID know he was out

Thierry Henry DID know he handled the ball into the net

Roy Carroll DID know the ball was a yard behind his goal line

Cheats

[ToraToraTora]

well if you are bringing soccer into it then the whole sport is a cheating contest. At least with cricket/darts etc it's an occasional thing. The whole sport of Association football is predicated on cheating slightly better than the oppositon.

[joeluke]

Unlike the Pakistan cricket team eh?

[boysinblue68]

Toratoratora - that's a really big generalization. Referees are part of football, but I've never seen a referee cheat. They are trying to perform a really difficult job under immense pressure from players and media replays. There are also football teams that don't cheat, try reading about Corinthian Casuals.

[ToraToraTora]

who said anything bout the referees? Pretending to be injured, trying to get opponents booked etc, argueing every decision against them, The "players" bunch of schoolgirls.

[boysinblue68]

I said you made a generalization. "The whole sport is a cheating contest" - your words. Officials are very bit a part of football as the players - neither can do without the other. I've still never seen a referee or linesman cheat, in what is an increasingly difficult role whether its in the professional leagues or on the local park on a Sunday morning.

[ToraToraTora]

don't be a pedant, you know I was talking about the players.