Martin Adams v Peter Manley P.D.C World Grand Prix 2001

Martin Adams makes a rare appearance in a P.D.C tournament back in 2001.

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• Darts
• Martin Adams
• Peter Manley
• P.D.C
• World Grand Prix 2001
• Dublin
• B.D.O
• Sky Sports Darts
• Wolfie
• One Dart

[TJB147]

Hankey has now defected!

[MrConnolly25]

@alsum501 And sorry to say this but its no good waiting until Adams has been knocked out of the BDO world champs to say that.

[MrConnolly25]

@alsum501 Averages are pretty meaningless.Lewis won the Worlds with an average overall average.Anderson has alwys played like he does now,his problem has always been holding himself together.I would back Adams heavily to beat Anderson in the PDC worlds & Whitlock who also bottles it.In a sets match Taylor is the only man who i'd put my house on beating Adams.Lewis's form was terrible & he won the title apart from Taylor the rest are inconsistent are much of a muchness IMO

[alsum501]

@MrConnolly25 Looking at his usual averages I'd say in the PDC he would be a very average player. Whitlcok and Anderson have greatly up'd their game since joining the P.D.C and I'd say if he played either of them now over a long distance he would be a heavy underdog

[MrConnolly25]

@alsum501 Why don't you do a little research on why Adams refuses to play in the PDC instead of attacking him.You cannot be critical of the mans views or morals and call him a coward without knowing his reasons,you are maybe not a coward more of an idiot if you believe he wouldn't make the top 20 in the PDC as he beat Anderson,King,Chisnall,Whitloc­k etc on a regular basis still he beats Winstanley,Hankey & Waites who won the Grand prix.Now recalculate and do the maths

[delboy723]

Adams regularly hits decent averages in the 90's, and he'd be around the top ten in the PDC in my opinion. Maybe he's simply happy in the BDO, and doesn't feel the need to switch. He's stated before that he likes captaining England for the BDO, Good players aren't obligated to switch to the PDC, as Darryl Fitton, Scott Waites and Tony O'Shea prove, and they to are good enough to mix it with the PDC guys if they so wished, and Adams definitely could to.

[thedailycornish]

@alsum501 I think it's more of a matter of his loyalty, and now commitment to the BDO.

[vinnyvasquez]

@coracleman Any true "champion" once they had won 1 version of the title would want to prove themselves against the best, for the sporting challenge. That's why apart from the money aspect so many have moved. Adams just likes being the big fish in the little pond. If he looks in the mirror and calls himself World Champion then i pity (then laugh) at him. He's merely a top 10 player at the very best.

[coracleman]

All those who claim that Adams would struggle in the PDC, that's a bit rich. ALL darts players are entitled to opt for whichever organisation they want. Wolfie has opted to stay with the BDO has have O'Shea, Hankey, Walton, Waites plus many others. Adams would fair very well in the PDC as he is a proven top quality player but that is like saying that many of the top PDC players would fair well in the BDO also for the same reason. It's not the organisation that matters, it's the player's class.

[ComplyOrDie1]

@alsum501 No it's because he is paid to be on the board of the BDO