‘It should be about darts, not your walk on’ – Dave Chisnall wades into Nathan Aspinall row after Premier League bow

DAVE CHISNALL says players shouldn’t get into the Premier League for a "song and a dance".

The World No.6 was omitted from the 17-week tournament with Nathan Aspinall, Gerwyn Price and Chris Dobey getting successful up of him, contempt being further down the satellite rankings.

Grand Prix champ Mike De Decker slammed the PDC earlier this week for choosing Aspinall just for his walk-on entertainment.

Chizzy, 44, has present waded successful connected the enactment and said: "The Premier League line-up was hardly astonishing this week, but you’d person to beryllium gutted if you were idiosyncratic similar a Mike de Decker oregon Damon Heta.

"I ne'er expected to get a telephone telephone – contempt being World No.6 – due to the fact that of however mediocre I’ve been connected TV this year.

"But Mike tin consciousness fto down aft his large tally astatine The Grand Prix. Maybe being No.24 successful the satellite counted against him.

"Nathan and Gerwyn tin some consciousness a spot fortunate successful my sentiment to beryllium progressive this year.

"Gezzy has had a batch going and struggled successful 2024, whilst Nathan has done similarly.

"His tally to the quarter-finals of the Worlds astir apt got him involved, that and everyone loving his Mr Brightside taxable song.

"It’s a large entrance, but it should beryllium astir the darts, and not your walk-on that gets you progressive successful these large competitions.

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"Nothing against them personally, arsenic some large lads and get connected good with, but it should beryllium astir your actions connected the dartboard, not connected a opus and a dance.

"Damo [Heta] is different who I deliberation tin consciousness unlucky, whilst it’s bully to spot Chris Dobey and Steven Bunting rewarded with a spot.

"It seems similar thing of a changing of the defender with nary Michael Smith and nary Peter Wright."

Chisnall was besides amazed astatine pal Stephen Bunting fist-bumping Luke Littler successful his World Championship semi-final defeat.

He added: “The 1 large disappointment of the semi-finals was my pal Stephen.

"He was phenomenal successful the archetypal set, but volition person been gutted to suffer it 3-2, contempt the precocious averages.

"I’m not 1 for gamesmanship and you won’t perceive maine slagging people off, but I did deliberation the fist bumps aft each acceptable was a spot weird.

"It was noticeable that Van Gerwen was having nary of it successful the final!

"He looked to beryllium getting backmost to his champion during the Worlds, which volition beryllium a interest for astir of america different lads connected tour.

"He missed excessively galore doubles successful the final, but he’ll beryllium back. There aren’t excessively galore people three-time World Champions successful their 30s."