@@eggsyyacon The best sports stars feed off of negative crowd reactions and play even better to shut them up. Waffle boy wilted and bottled it. Maybe now he'll grow a spine and not let it happen again.
I just got back from being there tonight. And I've never heard so many boo's for anyone. Although I'm a Littler fan, I was not a big fan of the crowd tonight. Tough loss for De Decker, and crazy scenes when Luke won. The support for Luke in-person is wild!
Littler and De Decker game was insane but the crowd where embarrassing whistling at De Decker and refs and commentators not doing anything abt it it’s just embarrassing they should’ve stopped it
@@hewoguys2506it's nothing to do with darts all the stupid whistling screaming and acting like drunk slobs started when they started letting drunk idiots inside
I feel like apart from Russ Bray and Kirk Bevins none of the refs even attempt to call for best of order. Even if it doesn't work in the end, at least you can try
Mike would have won if the crowd wasn't involved, but either way great darts from both. Van Veen really the best player of the tournament so far, and Anderson was brilliant at times 🔥 Good to see
I don't get it,the crowd was whistling even when littler was throwing.....come on....the guy had a good run in the middle of the match ,so the crowd couldn't be that bad....then when it matter most ,Littler did what champions do,and won.....
Nah if you’re a professional darts player, and the crowd is getting to you then you might aswell call it a day right now! Let’s face it, he bottled it. Remember the Littler vs Aspinall game where Luke won after getting shit off certain parts of the crowd basically all match? It’s a shit excuse for anyone to use “it was the crowds fault” Naww diddums
Lol, it is darts dude, Luke also got some pathetic boos. Littler just too good for him even though not on form. Bit disappointed that Double D couldn't offer up a proper handshake.
Nah de decker didn’t hit his doubles and bottled it. It’s a pathetic excuse to use “it was the crowds fault” Diddums. You’re a professional darts player, get on with it, sometimes the crowds against you, it’s up to you to have the bottle to deal with the pressure and he didn’t. That’s his fault. Also he missed a match dart and the had poor scoring in the last couple of legs where Luke scored well and took advantage
@@daverudd-zt3obNo one booed for Littler because he is English and plus they booed De Decker because Littler was getting battered so they done that to help him win , happens in Darts all the time.
Anderson and van Veen absolutely insane players. So glad to see Van den Bergh out, as usual under pressure he fails. De Decker unfortunate to play against Littler AND the crowd (and the ref who just let the crowd show their British "sportsmanship")
@@jordanharrison8454 I was in the crowd at the Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp and saw De Decker play against Michael Smith and Bunting. The crowd was very respectful towards the British players. So don't give me bull about it "literally happens everywhere".
Anderson v Van Veen will be a cracker I think. I do like Van Veen but I would like to see Anderson v Littler. There's a lot of players on good form at the moment and it's really good unless you're betting.
u got ruined by being identified with it .....instead of just enjoying it . When do you guys are gonna learn YOUR lessons ... i wonder . Just kids ....not grown ups .
The Littler-de Decker game was spoilt by the whistling of de Decker in the final few legs, when he was going for clutch doubles. Littler played very well to take advantage of this, but it leaves a sour taste in the mouth when the clearly better player on the night loses because of an unruly crowd. The PDC have to get on top of this issue of whistling. Darts fans want to see close matches between brilliant players like Littler and de Decker decided by skill, not by excessive crowd bias. I hope de Decker does not feel too beaten up by this turn of events. He is playing so beautifully, and can realistically be a top ten player in the coming year or two.
Nothing they can do except change venues. You can't really stop it. I would much rather see the majors rotate around Europe anyway, some of the atmospheres in the world series events were far better than the crowd at this event.
@@Antwonio9 But its not. Germany is the worst by a mile,Austria pretty bad,Belgium not THAT bad but still when a top player plays Dimi or Mike you hear the shouts and whistles. It was amplified tonight on tv as sky was showing it.when pdc do the euro tour you cant hear the crowd the same-but being someone who goes to 1 euro tour event a year i can confirm the brits get it bad. My mate was in Hildesheilm for the Snakey v Littler final and he called me after and said "did you hear wot they was saying to littler". I said i didnt hear much ar all. He said they was shouting to him and his family that he abused his ex,was calling out on his doubling and saying some real rotton personal. stuff. Ive got no sympathy for any players be they brit or euro. Swings and roundabouts.
Very sad for De Decker. This defeat will be very difficult for him to come to terms with. If the spectators hadn't influenced the game to his disadvantage at crucial moments, he would probably have won. But it was also impressive how Littler was able to fight his way back after falling behind. But in general it was a disastrous evening for Belgian dart players. Van den Bergh missed 8 (!) match darts against Wattimena. The player I liked the most tonight was Van Veen. I thought he couldn't possibly match his extremely high averages from the group stage. Well, he proved me wrong. If he keeps playing like this, it's hard to imagine how anyone can stop him. But he's young, the distance will increase significantly in the quarter-finals, which should make it much harder for him to keep up his high average for a whole game. I'm curious to see how he can deal with a crisis within a game. And the old veteran Gary Anderson will certainly also want to have his say. Rob Cross shouldn't be underestimated either. Now that the top three players in the world rankings have already been eliminated after the group stage, the title fight at the Grand Slam of Darts is more open than ever before. And we've already seen this year that “lesser-known” players can win big titles. So anything is possible, and that's what makes darts so exciting these days. In any case, I'm looking forward to the next few games and days.
De Decker might need to put in earpods and just keep playing his walk on tune. Very entertaining game. He should have won it but great comeback from Littler. I think they will both learn a lot from that game.
The crowd are so pro British with all the whistling, but ive heard the same on the pro tour on the continent against the brits. Its oart if the game now sadly. Gotta feel for both the belgians, especialy van de berg.
@@BlueHopi144 Belgium sucks cow teets.Boring country,dead crowds. Darts is about noise and goin nuts in the venue.if youd ever been to one youd understand
Its not littlers fault that the crowd booed de decker on every throw. Unfortunately though littler didnt take the opportunity in the interview afterwards. He could have been a great sportsman by calling out whistling and booing in general. However he decided to call the audience "amazing" instead.
The crowd was terrible yes, but let's not act like it's the first time, they do it at the worlds every year. Until the PDC start rotating venues around Europe, you won't stop it when British players are playing the others. At the end of the day, it's up to Mike to keep it together & the crowd weren't that bad when he was 8-4 up, Luke just got lucky to catch up on some legs and then played unreal in the last couple legs.
People need to stop bitching about the crowd coz i bet if someone was booing when someone was taking a penalty against there team dont think they would be telling them to stop please its not fair
Mike played better overall but missed too many doubles from 8-4 . I feel sad for him but he will be back at worlds , he has got the game to go far in it
Good match between Littler and De Decker. Too bad the nerves got the better of the latter with these doubles, otherwise I think De decker would've won.
For anyone moaning about the crowd in Littler's match...are you actually expecting the crowd not to boo / whistle a Belgian player when he's up against an English player in England? Must want the world champs to be hosted in a library or something with these hot takes ffs
Great to see the crowd paying for their tickets with the sole intention of putting professional darts players off who are trying to earn a living. I bet they go home and tell their mates 'yeah I was there last night I was booing and whistling when de decker was throwing, I helped littler win'
Everyone blaming the crowd for De Decker yet they were whistling during Littler’s throws too just not as much! That’s ALL on De Decker. Stop the excuses.
Respect Littler, Respect De Decker, Crowd were absolutely thrash.
It felt disgusting watching a player like De Decker lose his edge to a crowd who doesn't respect him
@@eggsyyacon The best sports stars feed off of negative crowd reactions and play even better to shut them up. Waffle boy wilted and bottled it. Maybe now he'll grow a spine and not let it happen again.
@@CaptainKenway What an absolute helmet you are
@@CaptainKenwayWhy then has every darts players that's ever played, cracked when the crowd got hostile on the big stage?
As usual, unfortunately.
The crowd was trash!!!!!!!
BS.... he was ahead 8-4.... LL is just phenomenal
PDC is now the PWC (Professional Whistler Corporation)
Someone call Roger Whittaker
@@TedBarton91I bet most people on here wouldn’t know who is was nowadays 👍😂😂😂
or Professional Douchebags Corporation
I just got back from being there tonight. And I've never heard so many boo's for anyone. Although I'm a Littler fan, I was not a big fan of the crowd tonight. Tough loss for De Decker, and crazy scenes when Luke won. The support for Luke in-person is wild!
Littler vs De decker was insane
De Decker blew it… It was an amazing game but he absolutely shit the bed !!
Great game 💯 entertaining at its best
@@GregHelms420it was the crowd mate
@@GregHelms420pov: u didnt watch the game just the highlights and didnt notice that every single shot the crowd whistled at his shots
@@Britishjack2504 no it wasn't. A player who plays PDC shouldn't be affected, if it was anyone who isn't PDC level, then sure.
It's winter and the real Gary Anderson has appeared. Water is also wet.
Littler and De Decker game was insane but the crowd where embarrassing whistling at De Decker and refs and commentators not doing anything abt it it’s just embarrassing they should’ve stopped it
???
Its part of darts
@@hewoguys2506it's nothing to do with darts all the stupid whistling screaming and acting like drunk slobs started when they started letting drunk idiots inside
I feel like apart from Russ Bray and Kirk Bevins none of the refs even attempt to call for best of order. Even if it doesn't work in the end, at least you can try
Big thumbs up to Decker, the crowds were horrible
Oh Gary Gary, winter is here and that means Its time for the Anderson show🚂🏴
Mike would have won if the crowd wasn't involved, but either way great darts from both. Van Veen really the best player of the tournament so far, and Anderson was brilliant at times 🔥 Good to see
That's darts for you
LMAO, L Litter owns 'em all clown shoes. crowd were awesome
@@markholroyde9412 😂🤦♂️
@@markholroyde9412 what a childish take bro grow up and do better.
@@markholroyde9412 HERE HE IS LITTLER BUTT BOY.
crowd spoiled a fantastic match between littler and de decker. they're no fans just there to get drunk and dress up like a numpty for 2 seconds on tv
Nothing better to see than Wattimena advancing through Dmitri! Love to see it! Go on Watty!
I feel for De Decker, he only lost that game because of the crowd, fair play to Littler tho for taking advantage
feeling for him too ....stayed calm all the way through but missed too many doubles when it counted most . The Nuke knew he played not so well
I don't get it,the crowd was whistling even when littler was throwing.....come on....the guy had a good run in the middle of the match ,so the crowd couldn't be that bad....then when it matter most ,Littler did what champions do,and won.....
He lost it because his arse fell out...and Littlers did not...simples 🤣
Nah if you’re a professional darts player, and the crowd is getting to you then you might aswell call it a day right now! Let’s face it, he bottled it. Remember the Littler vs Aspinall game where Luke won after getting shit off certain parts of the crowd basically all match? It’s a shit excuse for anyone to use “it was the crowds fault”
Naww diddums
@@m4rkypro426 SYTH LITTLER IS THE PUPPET OF THE PDC AND WHEN HE LOSES ITS ALWAYS THE CROWD.
Love to see Ted Hankey vs Luke Litler ! Can you imagine the boos and Ted’s reactions with the crowd.
This is why darts is just insane!! Crazy matches in this, mega entertaining
I'm loving seeing Jermaine progress,he deseves a big win.
Garry's back!!! Good to see.
DeDecker was getting more whistles than Emma Patton walking past a building site in booty shorts.
😂😂😂
Emma Patton? Never heard of him…..
Littler was really clutch, pinned double with last dart in hand twice - on 7-9 and 8-9
Mike lost his match to the crowd not to Luke Littler
Yeah got nothing to do with Littler playing insane from 9-7 down, all the crowds fault.....
Lol, it is darts dude, Luke also got some pathetic boos. Littler just too good for him even though not on form. Bit disappointed that Double D couldn't offer up a proper handshake.
Nah de decker didn’t hit his doubles and bottled it. It’s a pathetic excuse to use “it was the crowds fault”
Diddums. You’re a professional darts player, get on with it, sometimes the crowds against you, it’s up to you to have the bottle to deal with the pressure and he didn’t. That’s his fault. Also he missed a match dart and the had poor scoring in the last couple of legs where Luke scored well and took advantage
@@daverudd-zt3obNo one booed for Littler because he is English and plus they booed De Decker because Littler was getting battered so they done that to help him win , happens in Darts all the time.
It's a disgrace, let's just hope someone else wins the title who deserves it
Anderson and van Veen absolutely insane players. So glad to see Van den Bergh out, as usual under pressure he fails. De Decker unfortunate to play against Littler AND the crowd (and the ref who just let the crowd show their British "sportsmanship")
"British sportsmanship" ?
It literally happens everywhere.
@@jordanharrison8454
I was in the crowd at the Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp and saw De Decker play against Michael Smith and Bunting. The crowd was very respectful towards the British players. So don't give me bull about it "literally happens everywhere".
Garry Anderson: Goat!!
What a beautiful game of darts between De Decker and Littler. Flawlessly beautiful
All the best van veen..that was a stunning performance 👏🏼👏🏼
Van Veen and Anderson are playing good enough to win the whole thing.
Pity they are playing each other next.
yep
Surely there is a booer or a whistler watching this, please could you reply here why you do it?
What a match between Littler fantastic to watch.
How tf is Steven bunting 39 years old tough one bro
Looks like he is near the 50 mark. If i wouldnt know his age, i would guess around 47 to 48 but never ever under 40.
You can see from miles away that he is younger than CR7 😁😁
And these fools think Littler looks old. I had no idea that Bunting was 39 😂
Must be hard been perfect
De Decker throwing that game when he was 8-4 up is nutsssssss! I know that one hurt.
I love you wattimena especially for knocking out dimi 😂
What an unbelievable match between Littler and De Decker!!!!!
Littler said "The crowd were amazing" just because he won...
Cry
@jordanharrison8454 I won't, Littler will if he loses to Gary on Saturday.
Hopefully it’s Anderson’s year. Gonna be tough to get by Van Veen. Ando Littler semi would be tasty 🎯 🏴
Shall be close i suspect boil down to who stays on form shall win .
Anderson v Van Veen will be a cracker I think. I do like Van Veen but I would like to see Anderson v Littler. There's a lot of players on good form at the moment and it's really good unless you're betting.
Respektloses Publikum im Match von De Decker!!!
Go Anderson! To the Final! 💪
De decker is really cool. Was really a great match. Gona be watching him more
Love to see Gary made it.
The crowd was ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!! They literally cost De Decker the game!!!
and Mike bottled it a few times too .....
Nope, he had to secure the double on 9-5, no comeback from there for Littler.
Anderson vs littler would be an unreal Match
Clutch play from Littler ...perfoming better under pressure
damn had written off Luke but he went deep into his bag and got the W continue Bro good luck.
Littler and de decker match was crazy...
Gian van Veen , klasse resultaat kerel 👍wat een gemiddelde
De decker scoring is superb wow
You can blame the crowd as much as you want but De Decker bottled that so many times
i agree
Because of the crowd
The crowd helped Littler win
The thumbnail ruined it. The one walking away from the board when the handshake comes is logically the winner.
u got ruined by being identified with it .....instead of just enjoying it . When do you guys are gonna learn YOUR lessons ... i wonder . Just kids ....not grown ups .
You’re going on like it’s the final.
Sometimes they reverse the thumbnail, so you can’t be absolutely sure!
Thank you Jermaine, THANK YOU.
What a comeback littler
The real Luke is so good to watch. This is Littler's world.
The Littler-de Decker game was spoilt by the whistling of de Decker in the final few legs, when he was going for clutch doubles. Littler played very well to take advantage of this, but it leaves a sour taste in the mouth when the clearly better player on the night loses because of an unruly crowd. The PDC have to get on top of this issue of whistling. Darts fans want to see close matches between brilliant players like Littler and de Decker decided by skill, not by excessive crowd bias. I hope de Decker does not feel too beaten up by this turn of events. He is playing so beautifully, and can realistically be a top ten player in the coming year or two.
Nothing they can do except change venues. You can't really stop it. I would much rather see the majors rotate around Europe anyway, some of the atmospheres in the world series events were far better than the crowd at this event.
Probably gamblers they ruin the match for everyone just so they can win a fiver, not darts fans.
He wasn't "clearly the better player" at all
Well said 👍👏
Well said 👍👏
Littler wasn't for letting go. Great match, worthy of a final
Everyone complaining against the crowd v de decker.
The brits face that every single euro tour event when playing home players.
Swings and roundabouts
I don't disagree, but it doesn't excuse it either.
You dont hear any whistling on the Euro tours in Belgium so I feel like we can complain. It should be like that everywhere
still its the worst crowd in Europe with the Germans
@@Antwonio9
But its not.
Germany is the worst by a mile,Austria pretty bad,Belgium not THAT bad but still when a top player plays Dimi or Mike
you hear the shouts and whistles.
It was amplified tonight on tv as sky was
showing it.when pdc do the euro tour you cant hear the crowd the same-but being someone who goes to 1 euro tour event a year i can confirm the brits get it bad.
My mate was in Hildesheilm for the Snakey v Littler final and he called me after and said "did you hear wot they was saying to littler".
I said i didnt hear much ar all.
He said they was shouting to him and his family that he abused his ex,was calling out on his doubling and saying some real rotton personal. stuff.
Ive got no sympathy for any players be they brit or euro.
Swings and roundabouts.
@@Antwonio9 no you cant complain because you're complaining about complaining so you cant complain.
Littler vs De Decker. We want to see that more
Superb matches 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
de decker v littler... what a match! hi pressure darts banging them in
Well played littler!!! Brilliant darts
Very sad for De Decker. This defeat will be very difficult for him to come to terms with. If the spectators hadn't influenced the game to his disadvantage at crucial moments, he would probably have won. But it was also impressive how Littler was able to fight his way back after falling behind. But in general it was a disastrous evening for Belgian dart players. Van den Bergh missed 8 (!) match darts against Wattimena. The player I liked the most tonight was Van Veen. I thought he couldn't possibly match his extremely high averages from the group stage. Well, he proved me wrong. If he keeps playing like this, it's hard to imagine how anyone can stop him. But he's young, the distance will increase significantly in the quarter-finals, which should make it much harder for him to keep up his high average for a whole game. I'm curious to see how he can deal with a crisis within a game. And the old veteran Gary Anderson will certainly also want to have his say. Rob Cross shouldn't be underestimated either. Now that the top three players in the world rankings have already been eliminated after the group stage, the title fight at the Grand Slam of Darts is more open than ever before. And we've already seen this year that “lesser-known” players can win big titles. So anything is possible, and that's what makes darts so exciting these days.
In any case, I'm looking forward to the next few games and days.
De Decker must have now realized that he still got to develop inside as “rock solid”
De Decker might need to put in earpods and just keep playing his walk on tune. Very entertaining game. He should have won it but great comeback from Littler. I think they will both learn a lot from that game.
The crowd are so pro British with all the whistling, but ive heard the same on the pro tour on the continent against the brits. Its oart if the game now sadly. Gotta feel for both the belgians, especialy van de berg.
It doesnt happen in Belgium so it is definitely not impossible
Meh still unfair advantage, all the biggest tournaments are always held in England.
poor mentality ...no wonder many of the British friends are leaving the UK for Brittany these last months ....
@@Robkinggozer yep , they should play more in Belgium , the crowd is fantastic .
@@BlueHopi144
Belgium sucks cow teets.Boring country,dead crowds.
Darts is about noise and goin nuts in the
venue.if youd ever been to one youd understand
Littler absolutely out of this world... 🎯 🥉... go get yourself a Double Decker dude...
Wow. Littler is INCREDIBLE under pressure
WAS HE AGAINST HUMPHRIES LAST TOURNAMANT? ERM NO HE GOT THE BOOS AND WET HIMSELF.
Im kinda like wattimena now, he improved a lot😂
And me
Mike should have won 😓😥😢😭😭😭
Nope!
@Mobnetwork Yeah 😔😔😔
@@Adam-l2g nope, he missed the double and littler just turned the heat up.
Wattimena has his fryer on 180 every night
The crowd are getting more respect than the players and changing games that’s not professional darts !!
Littler what a comeback. Both Belgians are out.
23:53 Percentage Shot
I’m starting to really like wattimena 😊
Gary should have won 10-2 to be fair, but what a fightback from Bunting!!!
Its not littlers fault that the crowd booed de decker on every throw. Unfortunately though littler didnt take the opportunity in the interview afterwards. He could have been a great sportsman by calling out whistling and booing in general. However he decided to call the audience "amazing" instead.
The crowd was terrible yes, but let's not act like it's the first time, they do it at the worlds every year. Until the PDC start rotating venues around Europe, you won't stop it when British players are playing the others. At the end of the day, it's up to Mike to keep it together & the crowd weren't that bad when he was 8-4 up, Luke just got lucky to catch up on some legs and then played unreal in the last couple legs.
Let's play darts 🎉🎉
Dancing back to Waaatamess!
Crowd was sickening. Refery was bad nothing saying about the crowd. PDC on his best. But Litler is still in there.
People need to stop bitching about the crowd coz i bet if someone was booing when someone was taking a penalty against there team dont think they would be telling them to stop please its not fair
The Nuke very subdued in his winning shot against De Decker...Like that.
Mike played better overall but missed too many doubles from 8-4 . I feel sad for him but he will be back at worlds , he has got the game to go far in it
Because he knew the crowd won it for him.
@@an04ker it they never it was Luke throwing the darts stop with the victim mentality
I like the apologetic demeanour of Littler. For a seventeen year-old, that's amazing maturity.
The best game luke litter vs de decker 💯🤙🤩
Anderson is in YESS
Good match between Littler and De Decker. Too bad the nerves got the better of the latter with these doubles, otherwise I think De decker would've won.
Omg darts does not miss
Spoiler blocker Littler won
Got a fiver on van veen at 108 on the exchanges 😬
I believe the pdc should take double out out of the rules. The matches would move along without dragging
God I hope this is a joke
Dragging???? 😂😂😂😂😂
De Decker choked
can they not watch the crowd figure out whos whistling and kick them out
For anyone moaning about the crowd in Littler's match...are you actually expecting the crowd not to boo / whistle a Belgian player when he's up against an English player in England? Must want the world champs to be hosted in a library or something with these hot takes ffs
Great to see the crowd paying for their tickets with the sole intention of putting professional darts players off who are trying to earn a living. I bet they go home and tell their mates 'yeah I was there last night I was booing and whistling when de decker was throwing, I helped littler win'
20:20
Littler is the real deal. Future of darts right there
Wrong player De Decker is called the real deal.
@peterruff5810 de decker choked on his doubles littler didn't. That what separates the best from the rest
You Belgian Bungler!
Where's your Sports Phyd-kick
now?
33:10
The whistler should’ve been kicked out
How Dimitri lose that Match at the end is Ridiculously poor !!! Its time to get a Mental Coach asap .
Dancing back ...waaatamess!
Littler was fortunate despite being so naturally gifted. Crowd was disgusting.
27:05
Cross v Van Veen final.
Everyone blaming the crowd for De Decker yet they were whistling during Littler’s throws too just not as much! That’s ALL on De Decker. Stop the excuses.