Price says he's "getting lazy" despite stunning Euros win

GERWYN PRICE admits he might be "getting lazy" these days as he outlined his perfect timeline for super Sunday in Dortmund.

The Iceman stormed into the final day of the European Championships with a comprehensive 10-4 beating of Cameron Menzies.

Price subsequently left the stage at Westfalenhalle to get himself prepared for a potentially-gruelling final day in Germany with the prospect of three long-distance matches to overcome to claim the trophy.

The Welsh star has shown in the past that he has the capacity to deal with the Sunday situation strongly and revealed that three hours of build-up time is ideal.

But Price also confessed it was perhaps easier to cope with earlier in his career as he explained: "On a Sunday, you either want to be on early or definitely not last. But you have to deal with what comes at you and I have done over the last couple of months. It is what it is. You just deal with the consequences and play as best you can.

"I felt like in the earlier days, maybe five, six years ago, I dealt with it a bit better. I'm getting lazy now, I think!

"I just turn up with some decent time. I get my media done and I get three hours so I can prep. I just want three hours to myself. As long as I've got those three hours so I can do my own thing, practise on the board and just prepare as best I can, then I'm happy.

"If there's players around that I like to communicate with, have a practice with and spend a bit of time with, I'll do it. But if they've gone out and I'm stuck on my own, then I can do it both ways. It doesn't really matter, that's how I do it."

Price was first man into the last-eight as, having been held at 3-3 early in his match against Menzies, he subsequently powered away from the Scot.

He explained: "I felt like I was quite slow out of the blocks. Didn't really get going until middle or back end of the game. Sometimes you can get caught up in how the game is going and I just felt like I was going through the motions of the game.

"I felt like if Cameron threw something at me, I could throw something a little bit back. I just feel like the better someone plays against me, the better I play.

"Even though the game, especially after the first break, I felt like I was in control, you just don't know what to expect from him. You know how well he can play. I'm just glad he didn't find that sort of game. If he did, I probably would have played a little bit better myself."