Gary Anderson: New generation of darts players are ‘good, but they ain’t that good’ after World Matchplay win | Darts News
Gary Anderson gives his brutally honest assessment on the new generation of dart players after reaching the second round of the World Matchplay.
Double world champion Anderson saw Luke Woodhouse 10-5 At the winter gardens before calling the next generation to abandon their phones and start communicating with people.
Anderson, 54, competes with 18 -year -old Luke Littleler and the other new wave of dart players during this year’s event in Blackpool.
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Gary Anderson admitted that he was missing time and just wanted to “soak”
He said, “I was sitting thinking about the other day, having a conversation with [Ian] White, [Adrian] Lewis, [Phil] Taylor, [Kevin] Painter, we used to sit and laugh.
“Nowadays, I prefer to sit down like that. No one is talking to anyone. You don’t have to laugh, you don’t have a little joke. You have to laugh.
“No matter what you do in life, on a site, an office, you have to laugh. Nowadays, there is not much.”
The 2018 Matchplay world champion continued: “The young people are boring. Absolutely boring. You talk to them, they are too busy watching their phone.
“They are sitting on their phones with their B ***** headphones. Don’t talk to yourself. It’s a completely different life.”
Anderson had stopped the rot of the seeds after all the classified players lost during the Sunday afternoon session, with Damon Heta, Rob Cross, Wright and Dave Chisnall all dropped.
“The Flying Scotsman” added: “The young people, they are there to do their job. They realized that they had a great chance in life to earn a lot of money, to buy their first house, then from their second house.
“But they have to calm down and think: it’s good, that’s my job. That’s it.”
‘The dream come true for the bruants’
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Stephen Bunting is looking forward to taking Gary Anderson in the match match Tuesday evening
N ° 4 World 4 Stephen Bunting survived a dog fight with Ryan Joyce to move forward with a 10-8 victory And set up a confrontation against Anderson in the next round on Tuesday.
Joyce came from 8-4 to level the competition at 8-8 when Bunting seemed distracted while trying to end by 45, and was then a mustache to mount 9-8 when he narrowly lacked the double five.
Bunting replied with an 180, then checked from 41 to ensure its progress, but could not hide its frustration.
“I’m so disappointed,” he said. “We had a battle last year. Fortunately, I did not take the distance this year and saved a little energy for the next round.
“We are continuing, we are in the next round. I’m really looking forward to playing again. I’m going to play Gary Anderson on this scene, it’s a dream come true for me.”
“The Bullet” then spoke of facing an aging anonde. The 2014 Lakeside champion said: “He is probably not as good as three, four or five years ago. He is a faithful in the history of the PDC, in the BDO when I used to play there too.”
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Protective facts of Luke Little’s first round match against Ryan Searle in the matchplay match
The world champion Luke Littler, the triple winner Michael Van Gerwen and Gary Anderson are still in the event of £ 800,000.
Sunday, July 27, will also feature the fourth staging of the Betfred World Women’s matchplay, with eight players in competition on a session – Beau Greaves having won the 2023 and 2024 events.
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