Littler got a game on here... should have lost the first set, the lad had two at double to win it... Littler bounced around the stage like a dick... lost the second set.... being out averaged too. EDIT... the just missed a 9 darter in the last set average 141!!!
When you can throw 11, 10 then 11 dart finishes to win the set I guess ya can bounce around as much as you like, but let's not forget the lad is 17, he has the weight of expectation on his shoulders, and that showed at the end when the emotion got the better of him leaving him in tears and unable to do the post match Interview.
Agreed... but its that emotion that might just get him beat... if the lad he was playing tonight had a cover shot he could have been in trouble...
I think he will settle down after tonight, being the tournament favourite must weigh heavy on someone so young and still relatively inexperienced in the grand scheme of things . First game under his belt should see him relax a bit now .
Yup the sudden realisation of the amount of pressure being thrown into the lad, we forget he is only 17, but already he has achieved so many things and lifted the sport to another level. You only have to look round the stores to see the 'Luke 'the nuke' Littler' effect on the shelves.
You remind me of Den Hegarty, he had a mad eyed look too. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.