Mickey Mansell was one of the main players to rip into the Premier League Darts line-up in particular how it was picked as certain players missed out on the elite eight that perhaps had a cause to be in there in the minds of some.
Mansell took to X the day before it was picked to share his own prediction. He did pick the line-up aside from the fact Nathan Aspinall was included. He tweeted a prediction the day before and put Damon Heta in the place of 'The Asp'.
He then made a dig saying: "Chizzy, Jonny and Damon Heta all setting up TikTok accounts today." Stephen Bunting in particular has spent the last year or so building up a cult online following.
He now has a TikTok, YouTube and has become a fans favourite due to his walk-on Titanium by Sia. But while Bunting was a fan favourite pick, others have not gone down as well. As ever with the Premier League line-up, it is contentious with Matt Porter himself saying that many of those picked are done so to whip arenas into a frenzy over meritocracy.
Mike de Decker is one player who felt the dismay of not being picked hitting out at the PDC for picking Aspinall solely for having Mr Brightside by The Killers as his walk-on and that neither him or Gerwyn Price had done anything in the months leading up to it.
De Decker was the only player to win a Sky Sports major ever and not be picked for the darting roadshow which left him aggrieved. Heta though on the otherhand took to social media and said he knew he wasn't going to get picked.
So it is very much differing opinions wherever you look including if you're Mickey Mansell it seems.
Chizzy, Jonny & Damon Heta all setting up TikTok accounts today..
— Mickey Mansell (@C10noeCyclone) January 7, 2025
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