Luke 'the Nuke' Littler - 16yo darts prodigy

[Hollis]

Great result! Shame we couldn't watch it.

 

[two sheds]

hopefully highlights on youtube?

 

[Hollis]

See back in the day you might just channel flick - watch the odd game and then get in to it.. I have fleeting memories of watching Eric Bristow, Jocky Wilson, John Lowe and Bobby George by this method.. Not because I'm a massive darts fan. I'm not. But for a few weeks I could get into it.

Even more annoying as it's all going on just up the road from me.

 

[imposs1904]

Great result! Shame we couldn't watch it.

Watched it on a dodgy stream.

Congrats to Littler but, sadly, I thought it was an underwhelming final.

 

[Numbers]

Watched it on a dodgy stream.

Congrats to Littler but, sadly, I thought it was an underwhelming final.

Fair play to Luke, absolutely incredible achievement.

Compared to last years final and the quality of darts, tonight was inferior.

 

[Rebelda]

Watched in the pub, bit underwhelming. Neither really threw all that well. I got tipsy enough to celebrate the 180s much to everyone's fond annoyance

 

[Petcha]

Great result! Shame we couldn't watch it.

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[two sheds]

thank you, I shall studiously avoid that site

 

[Petcha]

thank you, I shall studiously avoid that site

It has the usual annoying click throughs but is v reliable

 

[pbsmooth]

Although this Reddit thread did lead me to this clip, which is one of those which manages to outdo itself with every passing second

Missed all his darts!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Amazing athlete, we need to hail him.

 

[weltweit]

Just wait till Luke is able to legally drink, his hit rate will plummet when he has a pint in one hand and his darts in the other

 

[two sheds]

Guardian had an article yesterday that Littler will now dominate darts championships for years and years and this isn't a good thing for darts.

 

[Duncan2]

I'm not a darts fan so I just think it's great fun when the one guy comes along who just doesn't find pro darts difficult

 

[two sheds]

i've played a bit, am crap and don't really follow darts so I'm confident in saying that anything like a 9-dart finish has to involve huge amount of luck.

 

[Petcha]

He's a machine. That final was amazing. It's not just the skill of hitting the target but the maths and quick thinking. He seems to often go against what the commentators think he will do

 

[imposs1904]

Guardian had an article yesterday that Littler will now dominate darts championships for years and years and this isn't a good thing for darts.

I'm not convinced Littler can do a 'Phil Taylor' for the next 10-15 years. (They said the same thing about MVG when he burst onto the scene.)

There's too much strength in depth at the top end of darts these days. Players like Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith - to name just 3 - will be looking to knock Littler off his perch.

 

[imposs1904]

Just wait till Luke is able to legally drink, his hit rate will plummet when he has a pint in one hand and his darts in the other

A hell of a lot of top darts players play whilst drunk. (If you don't believe me, watch some of their post-match interviews.)

If anything, Littler might get better when he's legally allowed to play half-cut.