Following the madness of the UK Open, Premier League Darts returns tonight in a BIG way.
Our venue is the Scottish northeast wilderness of Aberdeen, and that can only mean one person as the Contender: the humongous Highlander from Huntly that is John Henderson. Hendo closes the night against what was initially a potential 7-0 game against the reigning champion and World #1 Michael van Gerwen. But wait: Mighty Mike's lost two games in a row on TV! The Scot beat him in the World Grand Prix 2 years ago! Can Big John do what no other contender has done so far and WIN?
Kicking off the night is a repeat of the rather tepid UK Open semi-final between the probably-still-crippled Michael Smith and boring baldie bore Rob Cross. Bully Boy's abscess woes weren't enough to put him off at the weekend, but victory against the off-his-head UK Open runner-up will put huge breathing space between him and the elimination spot.
On the subject of the World Grand Prix, two former winners then meet as bipolar disorder's James Wade plays permasulk Daryl Gurney. Both men failed to make the Sunday at the weekend, but the Machine ended MVG's unbeaten run in Exeter whereas Superchin will have to vastly improve on his atrocious showing last time out.
The sole unbeaten record is on the line in the next game as Grand Slam champ Gerwyn Price takes on everyone's favourite unorthodox Serbo-Austrian Mensur Suljovic. The Iceman's 20 match unbeaten run came to an end on Sunday night but has drawn his last 3 PL games. The Gentle got his first win of the season last week.
The final "normal" PL match before the big closer is the clash of the elderly bores in whining Dutch "legend" Raymond van Barneveld and midlife crisis man Peter Wright. Barney fell out of the top 32 for the first time in Order of Merit history following his loss on Friday night, whereas Snakebite lost £68,000 in failing to repeat his 2017 victory.
Coverage starts at 7:00pm UK time on Sky Sports Action.
>Tonight's fixtures (7:00pm start, all matches best of 12 legs; contender match in greentext) Michael "Snackpot 2.0" Smith v Rob "BAuLDtism" Cross Daryl "Sweet C4-line" Gurney v James "The Meds Are Back In Town" Wade Mensur "DIE MEISTER, DIE BESTEN" Suljovic v Gerwyn "Gurning" Price Barney v Snakeshite >MvGOAuTism v John "This is a 10 in Scotland" Henderson
Looking forward to more entertainment from best player in the world Wright.
Ryder Ortiz
this is a shite meme lad, stop trying to force it
Chase Gomez
>Catching up on knob of the week >Knob of the Week goes to that obese hunchbacked arrogant dutch prick Mongo van Gerwen. Fair one.
Chase Green
>Also >I am not afraid to admit when I am wrong, and I was wrong about Glen Durrant. >I said last week Durrant was the new Ian White. and that was a ridiculous statement when the original Ian White is a better player than Durrant, and when the original Ian White played the deformed pretender to the throne, the Original Ian White won.
Jonathan Green
his attitude both nights was fucking terrible
clearly not interested
Jeremiah Diaz
>Of the 20 Dutch fuckers that were in the draw this morning only one remains. >It has been a magnificent night of results.
Been reading elsewhere that people think Cross was pissed in that match.
Caleb Hall
The Yea Forums >88.72
Voltage >84.79
A true Minehead classic that was.
Joseph Barnes
>coming from the guy who said "averages don't matter" when beaton/dimitri was equally shit
Aiden Cox
Weird dont think ive ever seen anyone shake their head side to side before a throw like that Pirate guy
Isaac Russell
>this intro work ex kid been let loose again
Jaxson Sanders
>this intro lmao
Justin Campbell
I would be too if I had to play a nobody.
Jace Rivera
The thing is that they always don't matter.
Beaton/DvdB was close match that went to the deciding leg. Both players scored well but had double trouble. It had drama and excitement until the end.
The final on the other hand was a complete shitshow with Cross barely even bothering to show up and Aspinall completely outplaying Cross. Cross was throwing all over the place into the 1's and 5's and his poor performance was highlighted when he threw at a D5 and hit the big 12 when he had a chance to break.
Chase Collins
oh you
Angel Cooper
Get off the fence Rod ffs man
Matthew Morales
Probably. He was congratulating Asp a leg or two before it even finished.
Easton Perry
There's also a rumour going around on Twitter that Mickey Mansell was completely pissed when he played Jim Long in the Worlds.
Hudson Stewart
Smith's abscess being mentioned o/u 2,5 times during the match?
Liam Peterson
>will play an absolutely shit benito round 2 completely inexplicable why he threw that match
Joseph Martin
>feeling drunk, drunk, drunk
Isaac Cruz
why don't they just throw all the darts in the place that gives lots of points makes you think they might be a bit stupid because they're fat
Robert Bell
Don't you ever dare to doubt how smart darts players are.
Aaron Nguyen
>why don't they just throw all the darts in the place that gives lots of points t. Gary Anderson, on vacation in Finland
Mensur's finishing has been uncharacteristically bad lately.
Jonathan Brooks
>dat Gezzy grin
Colton Davis
Shit i remember being told about this from last year. Im glad that this and the Worlds are the only tournaments where the football chanting mongs are out in proper numbers
The UK Open crowd was unironically one of the best darts crowds for ages. Near Matchplay levels.
CARRRMRANNNNNNNN
Julian Johnson
I bet the roidlet was a scrum-half who avoided hits like the plague in his rugby days, all the aggression is just a gimmick. I swear when he first came on to the scene he didn’t have all this bravado, he’s only been playing up to it since he got good.
Kayden Peterson
Mate, everybody who likes darts also likes football.
>Price played as a hooker for Welsh Premier Division sides Neath and Cross Keys as well as rugby league with South Wales Scorpions. He also had a brief spell at Pro12 side Glasgow Warriors as injury cover for their first choice players. He ended his rugby career in 2014 in order to concentrate on playing darts full-time.
Joshua Edwards
Makes sense with his physique.
Xavier Harris
>Aussie fraud get PRICED
William Allen
Mate i go to the football more than the darts but i dont feel the need to chant at the arrers because some walk on song is sung by a rival team in a different sport or start singing about what seats your in etc
I feel like 7-3 is the most common score in the history of PL darts. Although maybe that’s just recency bias.
Ian Green
I reckon the cosmic bore might follow the career of Simon Whitlock. Only difference is he took his chance and won his world championship while Whitlock will spend the rest of his career wondering. He was fantastic in that run until he got FEEL’D.
Nathaniel Sullivan
>I reckon the cosmic bore might follow the career of Simon Whitlock Barney's retiring at the end of the season though.
Jeremiah Gomez
>walk on song is about not giving up >instantly gives up
Well that absolute classic brings the curtain down on what was otherwise a night of thrashings. Hendo is the eternal Premier League champ. You know where to find the round-up.
See you next week in Nottingham for the newest major champion as well as the Gerwe/yn derby!
