Ryan Searle wants big changes to the Premier League after one of the most surprising seasons darts has ever seen in 2024.
There have been three debut major winners in 2024, with Mike De Decker winning the World Grand Prix, Luke Littler winning the Grand Slam of Darts and the Premier League, and Ritchie Edhouse winning the European Championship.
With new faces challenging the elite, next year’s Premier League has become one of the least predictable tournaments in darts and Ryan Searle has called for the PDC to make some bold decisions.
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Ryan Searle wants new faces in the Premier League
After his win against comprehensive victory over Matt Campbell, Heavy Metal turned his attention to the Premier League and claimed some of the bigger stars should be worried about their place in the major tournament.
Speaking to Darts Now, Searle said: “I think I think the Premier League probably needs a little bit of a shake-up and I think obviously this season there’s going to have to be some new faces in there.
“The normal faces, they’re not playing well enough to be in there. As simple as that really.
“I’m not saying that I should be an over anyone but if I do well enough in this tournament you know maybe make a semi or final or something then I’d love to be in it if I was picked just out of merit you know so yeah we’ll see we’ll just see how it goes.”
Ryan Searle will play Ryan Joyce in the third round of the Alexandra Palace event.
Ryan Searle could be a dark horse after impressive Matt Campbell victory
Ryan Searle dominated Matt Campbell in his second-round match, suggesting he could be one to watch at Ally Pally this year.
Heavy Metal dropped just one leg in his 3-0 win over the Canadian, hitting an average of 99.39, as he produced one of the displays of the tournament so far.
With World No. 33 Relentless Ryan Joyce to come, Searle wi
ll fancy his chances of having a deep run in the tournament this year.