the best to ever do it

Same here, it feels like 5 years are so 😥

Shame he didn't make it to 180.

He was the last ‘voice of’ a sport. We no longer have those people. David Vine in snooker, Murray Walker in F1, Sid Waddell in darts.

ThefightingCelt I think that is a bit of a disservice to the players like Manley, Bristow, Taylor etc. Sid was good, very good infact, but to say darts wouldn’t be where it is now is a bit over exaggerated.

ThefightingCelt without phil Taylor darts would be fucked

So, the dude says all that BS with 0 proof and he's a great. Good, seems fair

Nonsense, of course it would. Besides I’m not convinced he’s being fair here.

100% agree he was a pioneer for darts, his commentary was legendary

A Funky Rhythm chhh

Andrew Garner is he fuck responsible for darts hitting the mainstream. Phil taylors responsible for that

You only need to read Sid Waddell's Wikipedia page to realise how influential he was. Darts was a major sport on the TV well before Taylor's time. The whole issue of BDO and PDC split was that the TV coverage was decreasing.

I've seen so many people slag off Sid and they clearly don't understand darts , it's just all this modern generation that go for a piss up and they don't have a clue about the game, clueless

@@riddle1239 I really don't understand your comment!. What does a contemporary crowd who excessively drink alcohol and then act like morons have anything to do with how people view Sid?. They're 2 different eras and 2 different topics!. I Loved Sid but what the hell does someone going to the darts nowadays, obviously before Covid-19, drinking and being an idiot have to do with Sid Waddell's involvement in the game years before?. Absolute nonsense.

"Keith's mam'll be throwin the chip pan out the window!"

@Cris 2 Far 😂

He made it all up, there's no proof. He gives it up in the next sentence. "I don't know what he said". Cause he said nothing. Lewis has always been a crybaby

@@doraemon402 I remember watching the game and Manly was saying all sorts. I actually found it funny because Adrian was getting so rattled and it was good tv.

After analysis, it was found that Manley had actually said, “If I were a rich man, Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.”

@@jonnamechange6854 what?

Hahahahahahaaa "having it large?" Manley said "You've got a lovely arse ain't ya"

But Lewis jabs opponents in player tour events when he loses.....

Lewis was doing blind 180s which is disrespectful. Only do those in exhibitions

Yes Sid Waddel was a pure genius. Although I don't agree with him on this. There's no rule that says you can't talk whilst someone is about to throw. Adrian Lewis might not like it, but it wasn't cheating. Also he could have just been muttering to himself in frustration. He simply wound lewis up as he knew that at the time Lewis was fairly inexperienced and would react. In my opinion that's the game. If you can't handle pressure and intimidation than either don't play or deal with it officially by notifying the officials. Don't just storm off

Mike Saunders I agree what he said at 0:37

Diddly diddly dum apparently. Totally out of order.

Yes! You know how opposites work!

He was right in what he was saying here Manley cheated you don't say something in your opponents ear when he's about to throw Manley wasn't good enough to beat the big boys like Phil, Barney and Adie so he had to try to put them off and cheat his way to victory

😂😂

'Gogglin' not goblin FFS 🤣🤣🤣

No you don’t

There is no direct rule to prevent people coughing either, but you can be fined by the DRA for doing it to distract your opponent. Talking to deliberately put your opponent off is a finable offence in the DRAs eyes as well.

Iain Clark did he fuck he just admired the man & why the hell not next time you make a comment heres an idea have a fuckin point ye fuckin nonce

Behave ..he was great .

+Tyler Mitchell Why couldnt you just ignore it and avoid the violence?

Because it's different when it's right behind you, you expect the crowd to be making noise, when you don't expect your opponent to talk (which they aren't meant to) it does put you off

I think he couldn't tell exactly what was said, but (as he clearly states) he spotted Manley speaking at the particular moment that Lewis was about to throw. I agree with his opinion. It's cheating - no matter what words came out of his mouth. But how they're not put off with all the shouting from the crowd is anyone's guess. Anyway, it's all old news now. Storm in a teacup/handbags at ten paces material for bitches to get stuck into.

It's a magical thing. It's called an opinion. It's what the smart people have. They're also allowed to have it, so you complaining about him having it, is going to do jack shit.

Best comment ever on Taylor. Sky gave him the platform to do his opponents. He's chucking it cos he can't take getting beat and Sky can't help him there.

+whatever happens happens. Said like a guy who has never played the game at any sort of competitive level. Trust me, this is probably the lowest move a dart player can make and Manley knew precisely what he was doing.

whatever happens happens when someone makes a noise when your about to release the dart of does put you off