TAYLOR SAYS BATES IS PSYCHO!
23/11/2023 By Phil Lanning
PHIL TAYLOR reckons that Owen Bates should change his nickname to PSYCHO!
Exeter rookie Bates, 20, has asked SunSport readers to help him find a new moniker because his original one, The Master, is not suitable for family audiences.
The five suggestions on the table are 100 ’n Batey, Tungsten Tosser, Batey McBateface, Shark and Billy No …
Yet Taylor, winner of 16 world darts titles, fancies Psycho the name of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film featuring murderous motel owner Norman Bates.
Asked for a solution, the Power said: “How about Psycho from the Bates’ motel?”
Speaking on the Alan Brazil talkSPORT Breakfast show, the 63-year-old added: “I saw the podcast of you and Ally McCoist when it first came out about his nickname, laughing your socks off.
“It was dead funny. It was brilliant.”
Taylor announced this week that he is going to retire from competition darts at the end of 2024.
But he will be at the PDC final at Ally Pally this year doing some TV work for Sky Sports.
The Stoke thrower said: “I’m going this time for the semis and final to do the start of the show in the gallery giving my views on who is there. I watch parts of the darts during the year. I’ll pick certain games that I’ll watch.
“I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know half of the players now because I never played with them.”
Images by Taylor Lanning.
