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the bloke is a tool anyway

Basically, Luke lost it. Van den Bergh is painful to watch even on x1.5. Poor sportsmanship for his time-wasting, esp against Heta.

​@@nuntana2no idea from dart. Its a mental sport, not a fast one 🤦‍♂️

@@nuntana2you’ve only been watching since littler came in not everyone has the ability to be fast

"a tool", won 110K but sure.@@1stuwarden

I know right?

Epic final well worth the ticket to watch that live

Felt more like nerves of linguini for a bit there

Well he hasn't got nerves of steel because he bottled it at 10 - 8 and then for his penultimate throw, he missed the big number he needed with two darts! Huge pressure and he was lucky to get over the line in the end - his nerves nearly blew that for him.

@@Wally-HTrue, true, but lets be honest - Peter Wright was that guy once for much longer than Dimi - And once Peter learned to win he won big, including 2 worlds, despite his dart-itis lately.

He was slower then a sick sloth. The way he waddles to the board and picks the darts out and waddles back at a snails pace is clear tactics. Luke is the best rhythm thrower in the sport by a county mile the only way he was ever going to beat Humphries was to play this way and it worked. Credit Luke for taking that bullshit in stride. He's the best in the world by a Longshot just wasn't his night tonight.

In darts you have to concentrate on your own game. The opponent should not bother you if you‘re a professional. Way slower players than Dimi, not the reason Luke lost

@Jamie I agree

VDB talked about it in interviews after some matches that he has been struggling quite a bit mentally. Seeing a sport psychologist and what not to help him with his game. Agree that I dont think it was gamesmanship, think he was just insanely nervous and trying to focus and recenter him self. Both Heta and Humphries seemed incredibly annoyed by it though.

He's no Justin Pipe, that's for sure.

😂😂

stoned as fuck

No sir.@@whofookncares2149

I really did think he was drunk.

Dimi always tries to delay game.. people must be watching darts since yesterday

From the suburb on Perth, where I grew up, as was the aboriginal player who passed away. RIP

what you're talking about? Literally every player does that.

Littler doesnt @@memeose

@@interia2812 so it's one unexperienced player, a kid, not players.

so not ''every player'' does that @@memeose

I personally see him as Mitchell Johnson from Chartered Accountants

It’s clearly a homage to ‘Merv Hughes’

looks like minecraft steve

bubbles from trailer park boys

That cracked me up 🤣🤣

Just off the phone to Gary he said he's offski

​@@anthonym3351 you beat me too it 😂

why so negative ?

​@gerritdeheij Dimi was slowing the game down. Taking to long to throw his darts. I have watched Dimi for years and he never takes that long.

It’s mad isn’t it! I noticed that when Peter Wright played well against him in the Premier League in Newcastle It makes every match he’s in throughly enjoyable however

They are scared into it, they don't want to get beat 10-0 by a bloody teenager!!

haha a teenage teletubby with some bumfluff although i really do like littler for some of the audacious finishes he manages to pull off.@@Pax_Veritas

No, you are just a fan of him

He always does this when his heartbeat gets too high. He takes a moment to get it to slow down before throwing again.

I think he has periods of what looks like mental yips, the last few years you can see he's always trying to calm himself down, talking to himself, etc. I think it just became too much at 10-8.

I genuinely don’t think he was trying to slow the game down, more just he was trying to calm himself down as he had the darts to win the match, the adrenaline he must have felt must have been overwhelming.

I was just waiting for him to get worse and his average to worsen, because his usual average is about 90, 94, 95 and so on. And he had 98 which is quite a lot for him and he is not that strong

@@W..949He’s always being more slow than usual when his opponent is starting to throw good darts and win legs. That makes it intentional for me.

It's all patterns and repetition, a few months and you'll be counting automatically

Painfully slow and now doubt off-putting for his opponents... he really screwed with Heta. He is the Eddy Charlton of darts. Even on 1.5 speed, it is hard to watch.

He’s slow on purpose to disrupt his opponents timing. Especially when they’re putting a run together, he will (very obviously) take his time gathering his darts or showing displeasure. Don’t like him.

​@@nuntana2cry... He won😂

​@@lastfewtokesi think he doed it for himself, and since it's after the rules you can't blame him at all.

I dont believe he is slow at all. Its just that these days, top players throw rapid darts. But Dimis pace used to be the norm. Composes himself. His actual 30:30 throw of darts. isnt slow. Dennis priestley, even taylor werent rapid players

ah and don't forget to mention he wins the 2024 uk open

Yep, it's not nice to watch, particularly for those who have paid good money for tickets, and esp for his opponents. Surely he's conscious that he might be putting them off. Humphries would typically reel through them legs.

He doesnt do it intentionally, he does it for himself to calm down. If you were in his position, and all that breathing helped you win, you think you wont use it, so your body and nerves calm down?

AND HE WIN

Yes! I dont understand why he does celebrate 1 treble, its annoying

Couldn’t agree more. He’s honestly a good dude, just needs to work on his emotions.

When I try speaking in my 2nd language I often struggle to make my thoughts clear, given English is his 3rd language I'll give him a pass on that one. That being said, when he speaks he over dramatizes everything, very cringe but kinda funny lol

If you know he has anxiety issues why the cheap comment

well done dad!

What did he do wrong? Anyone got time stamp?

He snailed paced himself to a major darts trophy@@SuperYtc1

​@SuperYtc1 Delayed the game multiple times in his matches to disrupt the rhythm and put off his opponent. Within the rules but mostly frowned upon.

A darts win can never be undeserved...

If he'd lost that match I think his misses would have mentally scarred him for the rest of his career. At 10-8 he had the job done and he blew it.

He was unplayable against littler then shit the bed here 😂

Dimitri won a major years before him, i dont get the disrespect

Dimi is far longer a top 16 Player then humpreys. Again a comment from a newbe to the Sport 😅

It's more of a calming measure rather than trying to wind his opponent up. He's always struggled under high pressure

He always does this, in the past he said it's due to his heartbeat. When it rises, he takes a moment to compose himself and only after it is back to normal he throws again.

It’s his way of playing he might think the same of Luke getting his darts quickly

If u play darts u should know that u should play to your strengths and DVDB strengths are playing calm and slow

Yeah pressure gets to him and yeah this makes his fan base small, but I'd do the same if it meant I get the trophy.

It’s awesome, only 4 or 5 guys play drunk these days. Maybe 3 with Ritchie Burnett not on tour. Sometimes there’s no other way to settle the nerves. Kudos to you if you don’t get the nerves though.

What makes you say that? Are you guys aware of how hot that stage is, not to mention it was a final? Anyone would look like that. Most did in fact look like that this tournament lol.

@Nerex7 It’s well known that he is a very heavy drinker

@@WestCoastWilliamhow is that well known? Just some Twitter rubbish

@@jameskillbot2867 Fairly certain it's more than 3 or 4 lol. Dimi obviously likes a drink, but so do the likes of Chizzy, Cross, Wright, Whitlock, and most of Northern Irish and Dutch players. Scott Williams all but admitted he was fucked when he made that "two world wars" comment at the Worlds. Challenge tour is notorious for drinking. Players apparently refused to play once until they opened the bar. Development tour had a load of fines the other week because they all got pissed. Apparently someone pissed in a cigarette bucket in front of CCTV and another punched a hole in the wall in the toilet. Some players don't drink when they play (Price, Clayton, Noppert and more), but like 95% of the tour drinks. Only ones for a fact I know don't drink are Littler, Dobey and Keane Barry. Also Huybrechts (which is hilarious given how much of a cock he is).

How can you be “oblivious” if you do it basically every match? It’s not his first rodeo. He knows exactly what he’s doing.

​@@lastfewtokesof corse and its not wrong

Well, he didn't did he

​@@jamiealfredhanley2454well thanks for letting us know anyway!

@tago69mago671 No problem, bud

Any of the top 16 playing their A game are averaging 110. But thanks for stating the obvious

@josephsm2002 See, this is what I thought reading his comment, they're professional darts players at their best they can all average 110+

lol what...

Hmm u sure

Since both of them didn't win it kinda makes no sense

That is some dumb copium to defend an annoying player with unsportive habits.

@@kiekiekjust what I thought

@@kiekiek sounds to me like the only copium is on your side of the screen 😂 I wasn't even supporting Dimi during the final I wanted Luke to win the whole way. But the amount of saltiness from people like yourself in the comments is insane. But I guess if you choose to be bitter, that's your choice

Yes Luke is a great guy with a super attitude. Always shows 100% respect fo this opponents.

More like a Mexican bandit!😂😂

‘Ivan Milat’

I don’t