"I would have said put someone else in": Peter Wright would've refused Premier League Darts call
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Today and tomorrow the Bahrain Darts Masters will be finished in Sakhir. Peter Wright will take on Alexis Toylo in the opening round.
Apart from the Asian players, the field of participants in Bahrain consists of all players selected for this year's Premier League Darts. All but one anyway, Peter Wright after all replaces Michael van Gerwen, who is currently on vacation with his family. “To be honest if Matt [Porter] had given me the call for the Premier, I would have said put someone else in anyway. It’s hard being a Premier League player," Wright said.
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“I’m looking forward to enjoying time at home with the family and the cats. I’ll have time to rest and be fresher for the floor tournaments and Euros away from the Premier League. I will take a leaf out of the Rob Cross book. He wasn’t in the Premier League and for two years he worked hard and all the results came. That’s why he’s now No.4 in the world. I’m looking to do the same. I’ll leave the Premier League to the youngsters rather than a 55-year-old guy in it.”
Littler
Wright lost in the quarterfinals of the last World Darts Championship against Stephen Bunting. Afterwards, he followed the outcome of the World Cup on television and saw Luke Littler become world champion. "It would have been nice for Michael to win a fourth world championship.But we all wanted Littler to win really to expand the game even more. The right person won. It’s great for the sport. Luke is obviously very good. But he’s got to get more consistent. He’s not one of the best yet. But he’s obviously got the potential to be."
"I had a tough first round game against big Wesley [Plaisier]. He had won a floor tournament and beaten me on the way. Then Jermaine [Wattimena] has been playing fantastic darts. That was tough. But I said I was going to beat Luke [Humphries] anyway.
“It did cause a stir. It’s always good to be talked about. As Michael [Van Gerwen] said: I talk c**p every year! I’ve been playing rubbish for two years. It was nice to show the world I could still play darts. I believe there is plenty more to come this year. I’m looking forward to the Bahrain Masters. At least with the short format we know the two Lukes will be knocked out early because it takes time for them to warm up!”
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