Justin Credible Darts

 

With only 2 Players championships left before the cut off for the Matchplay Knob of the Week goes to Mike de Decker as the  highest ranking player who wont qualify. He lies 28k outside the Matchplay and although 30k on offer in the players champs, he would need to win both and hope for a number of other miracles. The reality is, he has been piss poor on the floor, even in depleted fields, along with countless other so called top players who failed to take advantage of said depleted fields.

I know he won the Grand Prix in 2024, and you can only beat what is in front of you, but  he did take advantage of poor performances by others, including Luke Humpries in the final. Outside of Heta in round one, the highest average he faced was 91.26  by Wade in the quarters, and whilst I was glad to see him win, it always felt it was going to be the pinnacle of his career, and nothing since alters that opinion.

He is not the only so called top player or former top player going to miss out, Bellyboy and Pocket money Pete the clown missing out. Chizzy the world #27 is 5200 quid outside, and has a chance. That said I won't miss Headshaker, Pikachu and Babbling Babs van den Bergh either.

 

As for money being defended I cannot see MvG defending his runner up spot of 100k which could see him drop out of the world top 4, which could be a good thing if it means Twat Porter change the PL for next year. I cannot see Wade defend his semi final spot and 50k. Bellyboy was defending 50k and is already down to world #33, and will drop even further. Luckily for Peter Wright he only defends £10k . Babs defends £30k and he should be well outside the top 45 when the Matchplay begins. The only plus for De Decker was he was not defending anything.

 

As for the odd Humphries at 5.5/1 looks a great bet