Luke Humphries put on notice as Phil Taylor makes claim about Luke Littler

Luke Humphries faces a conflict to clasp the Sid Waddell trophy, with Phil Taylor informing that Luke Littler could besides soon bargain distant the rubric of World No. 1

Phil Taylor believes Luke Humphries indispensable beryllium acceptable and steadfast to halt 'future World No. 1' Luke Littler and support his World Darts Championship crown.

Since their epic showdown astatine the Ally Pally earlier this January, some Humphries and 17-year-old sensation Littler person go the 2 names to bushed on the PDC circuit.

Exchanging punches crossed the Euro Tour, World Series, and not slightest during their fascinating face-off successful the Players Championship Finals, these 2 darting aces are erstwhile again eyeing the satellite title. But, fixed however The Nuke has been storming done competitions, Cool Hand has his enactment chopped retired to support said crown.

Legend Taylor, who bowed retired from nonrecreational darts this year, shares akin concerns, believing unless Humphries brings his A-game, the Sid Waddell volition caput the mode of Littler – who Taylor guarantees volition soon emergence to World No. 1 status.

"I perfectly loved it," reminisced Taylor to CasinoReviews.net, applauding Littler's Grand Slam of Darts victory. "That is dormant connected you tin enactment your wealth connected that, and your owe connected that, helium volition go world No.1 soon.

"The World Championships is going to archer america a batch (on if helium tin bash it). He decidedly has the ability, and he's got the property and younker connected his side. Luke isn't motivated by money; helium conscionable likes winning, truthful helium volition spell into the World Championships, and £500,000 for the victor won't adjacent participate his head."

Taylor, who scooped up 16 satellite titles successful his heyday, reckons that Littler is connected way to predominate the athletics conscionable similar helium did, erstwhile speaking astir The Nuke's unstoppable rise, reports the Express.

"Not really," Taylor retorted erstwhile asked if Littler tin beryllium stopped. "With what helium is doing, immoderate radical hold with it, and immoderate don't successful the mode helium chills out. Luke does his 10 oregon 15 minutes of signifier earlier a game, and past helium is done. If it suits him past transportation connected due to the fact that immoderate helium is doing is moving for him."

Discussing Cool Hand's prospects astatine Ally Pally, Taylor added: "It each depends connected however helium feels due to the fact that it's a comic clip of the twelvemonth arsenic the upwind is dropping, the somesthesia is ever cold, and you get each of the viruses coming out, the colds, the flu and everything.

"As agelong arsenic helium goes successful determination each acceptable and healthy, he's got each accidental of retaining it. It depends connected the gully arsenic good with who gets successful the archetypal and 2nd round, and truthful on. There's a batch much to it than conscionable playing darts."

Littler has been touted arsenic the subordinate with the champion changeable astatine knocking Humphries disconnected his perch, but owed to the draw, a repetition of past year's last against Cool Hand is disconnected the table. Instead, fans mightiness beryllium treated to a blockbuster semi-final showdown betwixt the two.