Photo: PDC/Lawrence Lustig
over
1 0 6
and
he
averaged over
118 in one match.
Meanwhile,
Manchester
United were knocking Olympiakos
out of the Champions League but
suffering humiliation at the hands of
Liverpool and Man City at Old Trafford.
Phil Taylor was obviously not under the same amount
of press scrutiny that Man Utd and David Moyes were
under, but the pressure he seems to put on himself
may have the same effect.
He won the German Darts Masters, beating both
world champions, Stephen Bunting and van Gerwen,
to do so before arriving at Premier League finals
night unbeaten since week five.
Taylor led his semi-final against van Barneveld 4-1
but missed half a dozen darts at double to go 5-2 up
and was blown away by an inspired league winning
Barney before losing to Wright in the opening round
in Dubai.
Team England (Taylor and Lewis) reached their
third straight World Cup final last weekend before
succumbing to Team Netherlands (MVG and RVB).
It looks like Taylor really does prove that form is
temporary but class, or genius, is permanent.
But The Power’s age is now becoming more of a factor,
and he’s not alone in darts or the wider sporting
world
to start
losing form
as their age rises.
Dennis Priestley, John
Lowe and Eric Bristow all
started to exit tournaments earlier
and earlier as they grew older. Michael
Schumacher was not the same driver at 43
than he was at 33, and Stephen Hendry knew his
time on the baize w