With Jelle Klaasen banged up in Goor police station for more mong dick exposure and Kim Huybrechts now Antwerp's answer to Oliver Twist, the Betway Premier League playoff phase starts across the Irish Sea in Dublin. Nothing's changed except a different pair of players will play twice for the next four weeks.
League leader and autism's Michael van Gerwen starts the night against bipolar disorder's James Wade. MVG got his revenge on Peter Wright with a crushing 6-1 victory in the Players Championship 6 final and restarted his TV streak by slapping Dave Chisnall silly last week. Wadey was so annoyed by Sky's new refcam gimmick last time out he decided to throw rubbish for five legs; a repeat here would do his already slim O2 chances no good at all.
Next, what could be the last ever El Dartico. Raymond van Barneveld has not lost in the PL for a month, and after ruining Wadey, Phil Taylor is definitely in his sights. The Prowler struggled to put Klaasen away in Cardiff, and a defeat here would really jeopardise his play-off chances. Alas, this is probably going to be a headshaker masterclass with a RVB sub-90 average and woeful post-match interview.
Chokers then collide in catastrophic Chizzy and major fluker Clownman. Wright "won" 7-0 last week against Kimbo, but his last actual PL match saw him blow loads of finishes and lost to Pheel despite a 102 average. For St. Helens's most intelligent man, it is more about damage limitation now as there is no way he's going to get to the last four.
The Gameraiser Classic follows as Gary Anderson plays Adrian Lewis. Their meeting last week saw a sublime Gando average 107 in a 7-3 rout, but with Aidey having removed a 114-averaging MVG from PC5 before winning it, this time it should be a lot closer.
Ending the evening is a repeat of the aforementioned Wade-RVB game which will hopefully be a lot better than the one-sided crap served up last time.
Coverage starts from 7:00pm UK time on Sky Sports 3.
>Tonight's fixtures (7:00pm BST start, all matches best of 12 legs) James "The Meds Are Back In Town" Wade v MvGOAuTism Barney v Taylel Chizzy v Snakeshite Gary "Big Game Counter" Anderson v SnackP&Ot Bipolar Birthday Boy v Diabetic Dutchman
