The last night of regular league play in this year's Betway Premier League will be an historic occasion as the first ever PL darts night held outside of the British Isles is taking place in Rotterdam, with two issues still to be decided.
The opening match has two players in contention for neither the final play-off place nor the league leader's £25k bonus as Robert Thornton faces James Wade. Thorn is guaranteed to end the campaign with the worst performance since the introduction of the elimination phase, while Med Man collapsed in disastrous fashion against Clownman last week to be eliminated.
Peter Wright follows the opening dead rubber with a sole aim: defeat Raymond van Barneveld and he will remain in contention for the play-offs. However, with Barney in front of his home crowd, Midlife Crisis Man will have to put in one of his strongest ever performances to get the result he needs... providing the 5 time World Champion actually bothers to turn up.
Adrian Lewis then plays reigning PL champion Gary Anderson requiring six legs to secure his first play-off place in 5 years. The Fat Man decided to bend over for his Lord and Master Sir Philth of Taylel last week in order to sacrifice his own chance of qualifying. With Gando stuck in third regardless of what happens tonight, this might be a match where the gameraiser WON'T raise his game.
Then, the big decider. For the second season in succession, Michael van Gerwen goes into the last regular season match knowing that six legs will secure his fourth consecutive #1 in the league phase. This year, though, it is not Chizzy he is playing but Phil Taylor. In the crunch matches in recent months, the Groper hasn't got the better of MvG: absolute bottlejobs in the Grand Slam final, the Masters and UK Open semi-finals from the sex pest will surely not help him in his attempt to claim the League Leader's bonus.
Coverage starts from 7:00pm UK time on Sky Sports 2. For the Dutchies, it's on RTL 7 from 7:00pm CET (i.e. now).
>Tonight's fixtures Robert "Fuck off and never come back" Thornton v James "The Meds Are Back In Town" Wade Snakeshite v Barney Snackpot v Gary "Big Game Counter" Anderson Taylel v MvGOAuTism
Wouldn't mind Gando to turn in one of his legendary uninspired performances and thus preventing Clown from making the playoffs. Also: MvG activate gunnar vision please!
Henry Morgan
AHOY AHOY MATEYS it's gonna be madness, it's gonna be mayhem, and you might just spot a /180/ FEEL TAYLEL sign.
Ryder Foster
>and you might just spot a /180/ FEEL TAYLEL sign That would be a glorious moment in the history of /180/! We'll be watching, mate. Until then, enjoy the show!
Michael Evans
lol
Predictions: Who cares Draw Snackpot MVG
Camden Thompson
and we're on now!
Jayden Gonzalez
>that crowd Holy fuck.
Angel Sanchez
>tfw still on the way home I want to believe
Liam Martin
FOR THE FINAL TIME THIS SEASON
>scottish_national_anthem.mp3
Ayden Morgan
>that dance from wade
kek
Sebastian Young
>thornton throwing his best darts of the tournament in the first leg of an irrelevant match Oh Rab.
Blake Fisher
That crowd is the biggest pile of orange I've seen in a long time.
Gavin Edwards
THAT 160!
Josiah Murphy
>Helemaal niets in Amsterdam
When was the last time Amsterdam won something in darts?
Josiah Ward
>tfw barney hits a 9 darter tonight
Dominic Perez
Co Stompe won the World Cup in 2010.
Mason Hernandez
dutch daddy!
Liam Perez
>rabbie
Lucas Sanders
>weeeee
Juan Moore
Thornton on course for the worst full-season PL performance since Webby's pitiful 5 points in 2011.
Terrible.
Anthony Hernandez
What about radarman?
Sebastian Peterson
Newton was eliminated in both seasons he competed, so he never played a full one.
For reference, he finished 9th both times and amassed a total of 11 points (5 in '13 and 6 in '14)
Tyler Nelson
I think he misunderstood that whole "flying under the radar" thing, because it implies that you actually can fly higher if you want to.
Jaxon Wright
SAVAGE
Alexander Perry
For the love of fuck Barney, show up tonight.
Colton Sullivan
muh 2007
Noah Lopez
BARNEY'S PUMPED
[inevitable insulin comedown and 89 average intensifies]
Liam Moore
B A R N E Y
Nathan Rivera
Did Barney just relieve himself on the crowd?
Kayden Sanders
RISIN' UP
Angel Flores
...was Clownman crying just before he started the walk-on?
Sebastian Lewis
>Trying to upstage Barney in front of a home crowd with clown antics
Dylan Gomez
\o/ GO BARNEY \o/
Justin Collins
he's mourning the darts he used last week
Leo Walker
>this atmosphere
Connor Hughes
GIVE US THE NEINEINEIN BARNEEYY
Charles Miller
>muh draught
Carson Davis
Barney looks like he's going to faint
Jeremiah Reed
>24
Jayden Cooper
>CLOWNMAN
Grayson Rodriguez
>mfw barney steals this leg
Lucas Morgan
THAT 101!
S Y L V I A S I G H T E D
Chase Hernandez
DAT 101
Carter Williams
>le 121 man
>T20 >14
bravo raymond
Charles Gray
Damn, you're over 1 minute ahead of me.
Jordan Price
>mfw I'm barney tonight
Easton Hall
DAT SHANGHAI
Andrew Bennett
S H A N G H A I
BARNEY PULLING OUT THE KILLER FINISHES
Austin Brown
SHANG
Chase Long
DAT 161
SO CLOSE
Eli Parker
nice impartial commentary there
Gabriel Powell
>yfw this ends in a draw and lewis loses 7-3 >yfw clownman is eliminated by the virtue of 1 leg
Isaac Rivera
>clownman ayy lmao
Kevin Walker
[bottling intensifies]
Zachary Long
>D5
BRAVO RAYMOND
Parker Young
>barney shoarmy >peter shite
Brandon Ward
BOTTLE SPILLING EVERYWHERE
SPAGHETTI UP THE WALLS
Jacob Wood
I prefer double 15 over 10
Evan Gonzalez
>this finishing HELLO, BDO
Colton Perry
Barney likes to get involved in these shit finishing showdowns doesn't he
Grayson Cook
seen better finishing down the pub after 10 pints
Jaxson Flores
>being so scared of splitting D18 you miss six consecutive darts on the outside >peter shite
>41 attempts at double >90 average truly a match for lakeside
Nolan Jones
Good job, Barney!
Zachary Scott
Permutations for Lewis-Anderson:
>Anderson 7-0 or 7-1: Wright through on leg difference >Anderson 7-2: Lewis through on legs won against throw >Anderson 7-3 or worse: Lewis through on leg difference >Lewis reaches six legs: through on points
Lucas Barnes
Didnt they mention a cross breeze across the stage? Because Fatpot and Gando are two of the most pernickety players going. Inb4 they walk off.
Nathan White
breezegate II: rotterdam boogaloo
Ayden Rogers
>a cross breeze across the stage Probably the first signs of the tornado of rape MvG is going to unleash soon.
Matthew Price
>hopefully i'll be back next year
Jason Sanders
sky wildcard confirmed
Oliver Ross
Right to left I think
Kevin Gray
>yfw Lewis fails to win 2 legs
Jordan Nguyen
Who do dutch fans like more? I always have the feeling they admire MvG, but they love Barney. It's like MvG is their godlike matador in the arena, but Barney is their true hero.
Benjamin Perry
>aidey getting the food coughs already
Ethan Butler
Aideys walk-on song is just awesome.
Elijah Sanders
>12 major titles between them >this drops to 1 for Anderson and 2 for Lewis if you remove the Worlds, PL & World Cup Game raising only play when they can be arsed bastards.
Michael Hernandez
Ive seen some in here with the same attitute as english Barney fans, saying basically he's been living off past glory and its painful when he starts throwing at the bull and not trying because he's losing to Wez Newton or some jobber.
Sometimes his attitude seems poor seeing how he's getting paid to turn up, but the way he beat MVG and rolled back the years at the last World Championships makes me think he's still got his A game and can beat people up, its just painfully rare these days.
Brody Sanders
HALFWAY THERE
Landon Roberts
Barney is a legend so him
He's also a pretty big meme for people who don't watch darts
Blake Collins
>and its painful when he starts throwing at the bull That World GP match v King was completely batshit.
You know something was up when he was going for the bull in a double-start match. Sure, it's a valid route but every dart was desperate as fuck.
