PDC chief explains Joe Cullen being included in Premier League and Rob Cross being ditched
dailystar.co.ukRob Cross was “very unlucky” to miss out on selection from the Premier League to Joe Cullen.Cullen has been included in the eight players who compete in the Premier League, alongside Gary Anderson, Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen, James Wade and Jonny Clayton.The 32-year-old owes his selection to his excellent recent form, which saw him win back-to-back Pro Tour titles with victory at Players Championship 4 in Wigan on the weekend.
Cross won the European Championship in October and admitted recently in an interview with Oche180.com that he was “gutted and devastated” to miss out and slammed the decision-making process as “ruthless”.
Porter has now explained that process, which sees the top four players in the rankings and four others picked by the PDC complete the line-up.Cross believed that winning a “major TV tournament” would qualify him, but Porter has confirmed that such a criteria doesn’t exist, because there are 11 PDC televised tournaments – too many to whittle down. “Rob has been very unlucky.
Rob is a class act and a lovely guy,” Porter told Online Darts TV. “We want nothing more than to see Rob Cross and every other player at the top of their game and Rob showed a lot in the latter half of last year that he was getting back towards his best.HAVE YOUR SAY!
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