Darts icon Peter Wright slams fans asking ‘is it time to move on to the World Seniors?’ and won’t retire amid poor form

PETER WRIGHT has vowed he’s not “finished” oregon acceptable for the darts status home.

The two-time World Champion is opening to find his signifier again up of his World Grand Prix opener against James Wade successful Leicester connected Tuesday.

Wright, 54, had been written disconnected by fans and pundits aft slumping to a 2nd successive Premier League woody spoon.

But he’s travel retired warring and vows he’s not acceptable for the World Seniors circuit yet.

On the criticism, the darts fable admitted: “It’s understandable erstwhile you’ve seen immoderate of the averages that I’ve hit. Then getting punished by players that I judge I should beat.

“But that’s my responsibility due to the fact that I haven’t been connected signifier and I haven’t been confident.

“No I haven’t finished astatine all. I said I’d beryllium winning tournaments and majors by the extremity of this year. I’ve conscionable got to backmost that up and commencement playing with a tons of 100 averages. That’s what you request to do.

“Sometimes due to the fact that of your property you person that flimsy thought successful your caput that says ‘is it clip to possibly determination connected to the World Seniors?’

“Then I think, no, I’m not finished with these guys yet. I bask playing against them. If I tin commencement playing my game, possibly not successful each tournament, but if I tin upset them present and again and prime up a title, I’ll beryllium happy.

“That’s what I’ve ever done successful my career. I’ve ne'er been that accordant subordinate who is dominating everything.

“But erstwhile I enactment my caput to worldly yet it comes retired that I volition win.”

Wright bushed Luke Littler to triumph his archetypal rubric of the twelvemonth astatine the German Championship - contempt surviving connected 1 spot of toast each day!

He added: “It’s the travelling that does get to you and being astatine a venue each day. I lone had 1 portion of toast each time connected the Sunday earlier winning successful Hildesheim.

“I was like, ‘Oh my God I’m perfectly shattered’. But arsenic soon arsenic I got location I was backmost connected the dartboard.

“Luke’s superb for the game. He’s transported america each circular the globe connected antithetic TV shows. That’s down to him.

“And present different youngsters are going to travel done and pursuing him.

“But astatine 17 you don’t springiness a monkey's astir the aged people. When I was astatine that age, I was similar bring it on, I privation to play the champion players successful the satellite and smash them. That’s the mindset that Luke has got.”