O/T Luke Littler

[Harry Paget Flashman]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

He's got stubble, and weighs about 16 stone.
'Youth' would be a more fitting description.

It makes no difference what his size or facial hair looks like.

He's a child.

[Cyclops]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

To put it into context, my Dad was an excellent darts player, winning the darts championship of Portsmouth when he was 60, and his eyes were not what they were.
It was a big thing when players scored 180 in a competitive match decades ago, and I saw Dad throw it in a match when he was representing Portsmouth. What was odd was that he even went for it because I knew that his favourite treble was 19.
He used darts which had a brass body (the tip was soldered in), a shaft whittled down from cane (light) and thick brown paper flights which were shaped, folded and had a disgusting-tasting gum on one side.The shaft was split at the end and the flights inserted and held in place by a metal ring.
But Dad could throw anything - even the doctored darts at funfair stalls - one guy told him to go away when he had won so many prizes.
The darts of today are a world apart and Dad learnt darts playing in a pub with lanterns for light.
Not only do champion dart players have wonderful eye/hand co-ordination, but they need a temperment to handle being on a big stage watched by hundreds of people. Dad had that in spades. To show what he could do to a watching crowd was a buzz for him and he was never phased by it.
Also, when playing you've got to know your finish combinations and quickly work out what you need if your first dart misses its target. Dad had that too - never asked for a check.
So Littler has it all.
I've gotta say I haven't always been impressed by his behaviour at the oche and I haven't seen much of his play. But he'll probably mature with good advice.

[splott parker]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

To put it into context, my Dad was an excellent darts player, winning the darts championship of Portsmouth when he was 60, and his eyes were not what they were.
It was a big thing when players scored 180 in a competitive match decades ago, and I saw Dad throw it in a match when he was representing Portsmouth. What was odd was that he even went for it because I knew that his favourite treble was 19.
He used darts which had a brass body (the tip was soldered in), a shaft whittled down from cane (light) and thick brown paper flights which were shaped, folded and had a disgusting-tasting gum on one side.The shaft was split at the end and the flights inserted and held in place by a metal ring.
But Dad could throw anything - even the doctored darts at funfair stalls - one guy told him to go away when he had won so many prizes.
The darts of today are a world apart and Dad learnt darts playing in a pub with lanterns for light.
Not only do champion dart players have wonderful eye/hand co-ordination, but they need a temperment to handle being on a big stage watched by hundreds of people. Dad had that in spades. To show what he could do to a watching crowd was a buzz for him and he was never phased by it.
Also, when playing you've got to know your finish combinations and quickly work out what you need if your first dart misses its target. Dad had that too - never asked for a check.
So Littler has it all.
I've gotta say I haven't always been impressed by his behaviour at the oche and I haven't seen much of his play. But he'll probably mature with good advice.

How do you cope with the one mince pie?

[Cyclops]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

How do you cope with the one mince pie?

I think it's down to my friends who know me on this forum - and who forgive the occasional typo, mush

[splott parker]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

I think it's down to my friends who know me on this forum - and who forgive the occasional typo, mush

What am I? A Husky What typo was that? I was referring to darts

[Cyclops]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

What am I? A Husky What typo was that? I was referring to darts

'Mush' is the equivalent of 'Butt'. Urban dictionary: "An old Romany word, meaning "my good friend".

https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.ph...hlight=cyclops #11
One has a long memory, and that was an unnecessary correction IMO

[TWGL1]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

'Mush' is the equivalent of 'Butt'. Urban dictionary: "An old Romany word, meaning "my good friend".

https://www.ccmb.co.uk/showthread.ph...hlight=cyclops #11
One has a long memory, and that was an unnecessary correction IMO

Making an appearance in Cardiff on Thursday

https://x.com/skysportsdarts/status/1751870630805242048?s=61&t=opXYWu2ILhmySD2aRt-GNg

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

He's got stubble, and weighs about 16 stone.
'Youth' would be a more fitting description.

and a 21 year old bird who he regularly plays X-BOX with

[Loramski]

Re: O/T Luke Littler

Littler won the World Grand Prix at the weekend but met his match today. He was knocked out of the World Youth Championships by Beau Greaves.

Littler averaged 107.4, had two ten-darters (he missed double 12 for a nine) and had the darts in the final leg but Greaves (who averaged 105 herself) broke him with an eleven-darter to win 6-5. She goes on to play Gian van Veen in the final at Minehead next month.