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Yes fair play to him and he has gotten more humble in the last year, Although as good as he was MVG wasn’t on his game and still got 3 sets. Missed loads of doubles. It would have been closer if he had hit more.
Darts is getting very watchable with the current crop.
Who made the premier league as didn’t wait for that.
 
To the winner, the spoils. He seems to now have more pulling-power than David Beckham. Its rare to find a 17 year old Lad with a 21 year old girlfriend.

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Everything we know about Luke Littler's relationships after accidental slip-up

Luke Littler has been a revelation in the world of darts, reaching the PDC World Championship final for a second consecutive year
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Real reason Luke Littler split from girlfriend revealed

FRIENDS have revealed the real reason why darts sensation Luke Littler has split from his girlfriend Eloise Milburn. Pals said Luke, 17, and Eloise, 21, had called time on their ten-month relations…
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Quite often it’s debated about football back in the day, was it better than nowadays etc
Well I’ve watched a fair chunk of the darts from my germ ridden sick bed this week, and even darts was better back in the day, these two in the final, are they really the best? Best of a bad bunch it seems, I’ve seen a few matches and they seem all over the place some of them, even in the final.

I’m sure Bristow, Lowe, Jocky Wilson, Bobby George etc back in the day would’ve wiped the floor with this lot with their relentless accuracy and finishing, it all seems a bit scattergun now, no wonder a 17 year old is world champion
 
An awesome young darts player. His aim and shot choices are quite astonishing. He has been thrilling to watch - even my wife, who is emphatically not a darts enthusiast - enjoyed seeing his unblinking eyes totally focused on his game. She did, however, suggest he needs to improve his diet if he wants to live long enough to break all the records... and I have to agree.

Incredibly, the UK has a World Champion. Well done Nuke!
 
BromleyMonkey said:
Quite often it’s debated about football back in the day, was it better than nowadays etc
Well I’ve watched a fair chunk of the darts from my germ ridden sick bed this week, and even darts was better back in the day, these two in the final, are they really the best? Best of a bad bunch it seems, I’ve seen a few matches and they seem all over the place some of them, even in the final.

I’m sure Bristow, Lowe, Jocky Wilson, Bobby George etc back in the day would’ve wiped the floor with this lot with their relentless accuracy and finishing, it all seems a bit scattergun now, no wonder a 17 year old is world champion
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You may be right Monkey and there's a series of programmes on Sky/Now telling the story of how darts has grown since the 70s with interviews and clips of some of your chums. Might be worth a punt.
 
BromleyMonkey said:
no wonder a 17 year old is world champion
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a champion is a champion. Youtube has footage of a 15 year old Mike Tyson. Or we can think of Boris Becker at Wimbledon. None of this detracts from the achievements of Littler. He is the real deal.

And my guess is that big money makes a Sport more competitive, not less so. Who wants to be World Champ at Tiddlywinks or Snakes & Ladders ?
 
BromleyMonkey said:
Quite often it’s debated about football back in the day, was it better than nowadays etc
Well I’ve watched a fair chunk of the darts from my germ ridden sick bed this week, and even darts was better back in the day, these two in the final, are they really the best? Best of a bad bunch it seems, I’ve seen a few matches and they seem all over the place some of them, even in the final.

I’m sure Bristow, Lowe, Jocky Wilson, Bobby George etc back in the day would’ve wiped the floor with this lot with their relentless accuracy and finishing, it all seems a bit scattergun now, no wonder a 17 year old is world champion
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Sorry but you're looking back through rose tinted glasses, the quality was nowhere near what it is now, ton averages were far and few between, now most players in the top 32 consistently have match averages over a ton, it's why no one will beat taylors record, lack of competition, he was the only player capable of consistently getting a ton plus average for 20 years.

I'm buzzing littler won but thought it was a pretty poor final, littler is capable of playing much better and mvg was well below standard, didn't punish littler once and he had numerous opportunities to.
 
Palace Old Geezer said:
An awesome young darts player. His aim and shot choices are quite astonishing. He has been thrilling to watch - even my wife, who is emphatically not a darts enthusiast - enjoyed seeing his unblinking eyes totally focused on his game. She did, however, suggest he needs to improve his diet if he wants to live long enough to break all the records... and I have to agree.

Incredibly, the UK has a World Champion. Well done Nuke!
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I have to agree. I thought i saw him limping after lugging those big trophies around the stage. If he dropped say 15 kilos that would be a good start.
Maybe Sir Chris Hoy can help. Good to see him in the Nuke team.
 
Palace Old Geezer said:
You may be right Monkey and there's a series of programmes on Sky/Now telling the story of how darts has grown since the 70s with interviews and clips of some of your chums. Might be worth a punt.
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I’ve noticed that POG, I’ll be watching, looks a good watch.
I suppose like football, times change but I’m sure that golden age was so much more intense and relentlessly better quality, maybe this was just a poor tournament, because I admit I’m not a regular darts watcher these days, ever since Sky and the PDC took over I suppose I started to lose interest
 
rikz said:
Sorry but you're looking back through rose tinted glasses, the quality was nowhere near what it is now, ton averages were far and few between, now most players in the top 32 consistently have match averages over a ton, it's why no one will beat taylors record, lack of competition, he was the only player capable of consistently getting a ton plus average for 20 years.

I'm buzzing littler won but thought it was a pretty poor final, littler is capable of playing much better and mvg was well below standard, didn't punish littler once and he had numerous opportunities to.
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You know you could be right, maybe I enjoyed it more in general back in the day because I played myself. But this tournament seriously lacked intensity and the titanic battles I remember of old from real characters.
I know this tournament probably isn’t the norm, but I did think to myself so many times is this really the world’s best? One fella even started crying on stage because he was so bad
 
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