Gary Anderson hits back against darting gamesmanship

Gary Anderson's been on the PDC circuit for many years.

In the past decade, the Flying Scotsman has become a two-time world champion, and is at times considered the world's best player. But Anderson has noticed a worrying trend in gamesmanship developing. The Scot with Daryl Gurney at the World Grand Prix, and the PDC world number four feels the needle was inherent of a larger issue. "There is more and more. How do we stop it?" Anderson asked in a interview. "Like they say, they can't prove anything. "Darts is not the game that I used to play years ago." The UK Open and World Matchplay champion reserved special praise for one player, however. "That's why people ask 'why do you like playing Michael van Gerwen?' - you get on with it. "We just go up there and bash the board, that's what we're supposed to do," he said. There have been a number of flash points in the past year. Justin Pipe's World Championship controversy, Adrian Lewis' conflict with Jose Justicia and the disappointment expressed at German crowds during European Tour events rank among them. For Anderson, the game isn't purer than when he and Van Gerwen are at the oche. "To me, that's darts. All the other rubbish, to be honest, I can't be doing with it, I'm past the point of caring now. "If you've got to do that, you might as well just have the game."