Taylor Hatches Masterplan For Success

The description of darts as the “new rock'n'roll” could be sealed tonight when Oasis swap stage for oche. Phil Taylor claimed last night that Noel Gallagher and his brother, Liam, are likely to watch from the sidelines as he does battle against Mervyn King in the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship semi-final. Sugababes are also expected to be in attendance.

Some might say that Taylor has been left looking back in anger at his exits in this tournament in the past two years. He is determined to take the crown for the fourteenth occasion, illustrated by the way he demolished Co Stompe, the Dutchman, 5-0 in the quarter-final on Thursday. “I am told [the Gallaghers] will be here to see me and you have to roll with it,” Taylor said. “I have not met them, but I know they like the darts.”

Quite what Robbie Williams, who allowed Taylor, his friend, to practise at his mansion in Los Angeles in the summer, makes of it is not known. Williams and the Gallaghers had a public falling-out. “Robbie will beat me up,” Taylor said. “I hope they are mates now.” A war of words erupted between King and Taylor after King suggested that he was as good, on top form, as his opponent. King, the No12 seed, has defeated Taylor twice this season. “I want Taylor,” he said. “I have the game inside me to beat him. I want to beat him on television.”

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk