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I was shocked to see Skybet offering Whitlock such a massive head start in such a short format. |
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Whitlock was superb in the World Championship and one of the stand out attributes was his fast starts in almost
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every round. This is crucial in the Premier League where each match is a race to 8 legs. |
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In the final against Phil Taylor the first 14 legs were shared 7 apiece and I would expect a very close game on |
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Thursday. I was very tempted to back Whitlock without a head start but decided against it. |
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Phil Taylor was below his best in the recent Players Championship and was beaten by Paul Nicholsan in the semi |
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finals. He admitted in an interview he had not been practicing as hard since the World Championship. |
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Taylor has been notorious for making a slow start to recent Premier League campaigns. |
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Last year Taylor won just 2 of his first 5 Premier League matches. |
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In 2008 Taylor lost 3 of his first 4 matches in the Premier League. |
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Whitlock has won 3 of 4 tournaments he has played since the World Championship and should give Taylor a |
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very close game. |
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Quite frankly Skybet have made a big mistake even pricing up this market. |
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