And that was a shitshow, but for other reasons

Day 2 is in the books and day 3 is close upon us, and for the second time in two tournaments Gian van Veen crashes out at the first hurdle and undoes a lot of our good work. Now Friday was so good (mainly the afternoon, and mainly thanks to Mickey Mansell) we're still up for the tournament, but it's not the hugely up it could have been. Still, could have been worse, Danny Noppert nearly completely shitting the bed could have been disastrous. Let's look at the last sixteen:

Cullen/Ratajski - 48/46/47/47

Noppert/Springer - 54/68/59/60

Wade/Aspinall - 40/34/40/38

Rock/Smith - 50/54/59/54

van Gerwen/Wattimena - 56/61/59/59

Bunting/Nijman - 29/41/52/41

Clayton/Schindler - 60/63/63/62

Price/Dobey - 67/63/60/63

Even the non-seeds that didn't get through are pretty much well known names, so we're probably not seeing much in terms of value. Mostly even form throughout the board, but mother of god that recent Bunting/Nijman form number. Noppert/Springer being this close in the short form is also a touch surprising. There's really not much in terms of value, I'm taking small plays on Ratajski, Aspinall, Schindler and Price but that's about it.