PRICE HITS BACK AT CRITICS
25/03/2025 By Aaron Nijjar
By Aaron Nijjar
GERWYN PRICE has fired back at critics who questioned his Premier League selection this year.
‘The Iceman’ has been in terrific form in the major racking up two nightly wins.
World No. 12 Price currently sits fourth in the table and is on track to make finals night at the O2.
Former World champion Price has been clinical with his finishing in the tournament and boasts the third most ton plus checkouts with 12.
Price and Nathan Aspinall’s inclusion in the lineup this year was criticised by World Grand Prix Champion Mike De Decker and then world number six Dave Chisnall.
But Aspinall responded in stellar fashion picking up his first European Tour title on Sunday and Price has won the Players Championship Two.
The Welsh thrower believes his and two-time major winner Aspinall’s serial winning success over the past few years warrants for their pick.
He told talkSPORT: “They can all say what they want. You can’t just forget Me and Nathan [Aspinall] are not just one offs.
“We have been doing it for the last ten years consistently. The likes of those other players they are very inconsistent.
“They need to do it in more than one tournament or one season to be picked in the Premier League.
“It’s not an easy tournament to be involved in. You don’t just get gifted from one simple tournament.
“I knew in my head that I still had the game. I just weren’t getting the results. But it’s changing this year.”
‘Gezzy’ was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the European Darts Trophy by Michael van Gerwen despite averaging a remarkable 107.
It was Van Gerwen’s first win over Price on the Euro Tour since 2019 after the Dutchman had lost in Gibraltar, Leverkusen and in Wieze.
Price returns to action this Thursday at the Premier League in Newcastle on Night Eight and will face Rob Cross.
Image by Taylor Lanning.
