Gurney hasn't given up in Premier League play-off battle ahead of facing Van Gerwen on Thursday
NewsTuesday, 24 April 2018 at 12:00
Daryl Gurney hasn't given up in the battle for the play-offs in the Premier League. The Northern Irish star sits in fifth place going into the remaining rounds of fixtures and has Michael van Gerwen next in a tough test.
'Superchin' though has racked up the points claiming 13 points after going 7 matches without a victory initially so will be up for playing the World Number 1 hopefully racking up more points in the process. Ahead of facing 'Mighty Mike' in Manchester, Gurney has admitted that despite him not giving up, his nearest challenger Michael Smith is playing consistent and will play twice on Thursday. "I haven't given up, but Michael’s got one more game to play than me so it's hard to judge," said the World Grand Prix champion "I'm not going to wish that he gets beaten in his two games, but he needs to get beaten for me to have a chance - and the way he's playing, the way he's finishing, he's too consistent at the minute. "I don't see him getting beaten that night as he plays two games."
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