To be fair to Price he'd never heard of Warriner-Little, one of the biggest names in darts, when he picked Iceman from a range of suggestion on his social media, most subscribers probably not being darts fans.
I'm not sure if the BDO still aspires to being a professional organisation but Fallon and Mikuru are both eligible to play in their WC if it goes ahead! Similarly, all the players that were unsuccessful in the PDC Q School last January still compete in BDO events - to compete in Q School you have to join the PDPA so technically you are a professional. In fact, Glen Durrant played in this years Grand Slam as a BDO representative, he wouldn't have qualified under the PDC OOM. I know Barry Hearn tried to get BDO to concentrate on the amateur game and is rumoured to have offered sponsorship if they done that. However, that particular soap opera rolls on. They've booked the O2 in London for the 2020 WC, starting next month but still have no sponsor and no idea if they can come up with the prize money. Meanwhile Bob Potter threatened to stage a legends of darts event at the Lakeside during the same week, not sure how or if that's progressed at all but ticket sales for the O2 were reported to be at 9% last month with as few as 36 tickets sold for one session. I hope it does go ahead though. Cork's John O'Shea won their Masters last month and ought to be a contender!
O'Connor committed a cardinal sin last night, 2-2 in sets, 2-2 in legs, the ref bellows "William you require 4" and he throws at double 1. Still, where he lost the game was in his head. When he went 2-1 up in sets he was thinking about how bad the final leg of that set was and how he didn't deserve to win it. FFS, instead of shaking his head in disbelief he shoulda been jumping up and down, shouting and roaring, letting Price know the only stat that matters is the 2-1 scoreline. You didn't see Price shaking his head in disbelief when he capitalised on Willie's mistaken target!