"We're going to enter into an era that I never thought we'd enter again. An era of dominance" - Matthew Edgar struggles to see who can stop Luke Littler

On his Premier League Darts debut, Luke Littler topped the table, won the playoffs and hit a nine-darter in the final to boot. Could this first major success be the start of an era of dominance for the 17-year-old darting sensation?

Former PDC player Matthew Edgar was, like many, left incredibly impressed by Littler's performances during the 2024 Premier League Darts campaign, especially last Thursday night at the O2 Arena when the title was on the line in the playoffs.

"I expected him to make the top 4, but I've been watching Luke Littler's development since he was 11 or 12 years old and the whole journey he's been on. From the first time he went to the UK Open and took to it so well, to the we played on the MODUS Super Series and then what he did at the World Darts Championship. I knew he would adapt to it well," analyses Edgar on Sky Sports' Love the Darts podcast. "He just doesn't seem to get fazed by anything."

"But in the Premier League, you can't just be on it for one week or two weeks. It's a sixteen week process with a lot of travelling involved and a lot of other distractions," Edgar continues. "He's still had Pro Tours, European Tours and been trying to get into other events. I thought maybe the distractions would be an issue because it's not something he's experienced. Remember he'd not even played a Pro Tour before he was entered into the Premier League."

As such, Edgar can foresee Littler bringing in a new era of darting dominance, despite the incredible strength in depth of the sport nowadays. "Maybe we're going to enter into an era that I never thought we'd enter again. An era of dominance," Edgar poses, seeing similarities with Littler to the likes of Phil Taylor and peak Michael van Gerwen.

"It's hard to see what is going to stop him. I mean we look at Luke Humphries but even when we go back to that World Championship final, there was a moment Littler could have gone 5-2 up. Had that gone in, maybe he'd have gone on to win, we'll never know," Edgar concludes. "In the Premier League final there was a really good element of revenge for Littler. He's played Humphries many times since the Worlds but unless it's got the same sort of weight and magnitude you can't call it revenge."