Michael Van Gerwen’s BRUTAL Opinion of Phil Taylor…

In 774 matches, Phil Taylor’s lifetime average is 101.28 That is insane

MVG is talking about Taylor the man, not Taylor the player. We all know he's not the best guy in the world

MVG choking up saying he was partly the reason Phil retired, clearly a huge amount of respect there.

Phil Taylor had the greatest belief in himself. His nerve was rock solid. I’d be watching his games freaking out under the pressure of the intense moments. When he was winning he was ruthless and when he was behind he was angry but calm. The way he stacked his darts gave him an advantage over everyone which he was happy to take over and over again. No one could match his consistency long term without stacking the darts in the same way.

Personally i think taylor is the greatest player of all time his consistency was just unmatched he could just maintain levels only other players dreamed of. Van gerwen has the ability to take a game away in 15 minutes with bursts, but factor in the dedication of taylor to stay at the top for 30 years almost he was relentless in darts was his life in which van gerwen is now finding tough to maintain after 10/11 years at the top. They are both unbelievable player but taylors consistency and longevity should put at the top that's without mentioning 16 world titles and 16 matchplays the sheer desire to be and maintain being the best for so long is incredible

There is no way this fella is 16!

Taylor has a far superior head to head record to mvg despite the fact they're rivalry came at end of Taylors career, taylor won all matches at world championship and peak taylor of 09 to 11 had a higher average than mvg from 15 to 17. Not to mention that van gerwen is 13 world titles behind taylor

I really like Michael but I find it weird how he seems to think he retired him, he was old, it is part of life lol.

I think they're both incredible. I really can't choose between those 2. I'm pretty sure Phil and Michael would play for spot 1 and 2 if they started at the same age in this era.

In a footballing analogy Taylor is Liverpool and Gerwen is Blackpool.x

Crediting himself with being the reason Taylor retired is a bit rich. Taylor retired because he was getting older and his results were starting to slip. It would have happened at a similar time with or without Van Gerwen imo

I've still got an early 2000's newspaper article somewhere explaining the methods to Phil Taylor's great success. This was to stack the darts vertically, one on top of the other, inside the centre of the treble twenty. All very neat and tidy, also printed with a matching diagram to illustrate how it's done!

MVG is not dominating darts with no stand out players. Don’t think Taylor is jealous of someone way back on 3 World Titles!!

Watching Phil Taylor growing up was incredible, it seemed like Barney was the only one who could ever get somewhat close to beating him but he truly dominated his era. I will always respect him for that. I can't help but think he did have some unnecessary arrogance in his personality though, having heard similar words from a few people now inc MVG & Wayne Mardle who both come across as decent blokes.

Van gerwin sounds like one of those kidnappers in Hollywood films who sends a disguised voice ransom demand!!

His last game was the world final and he won a major that year.

MVG sums up Taylor perfectly -- the greatest darts player of all time but a deplorable human being...

If it wasn't for phil these guys wouldn't make the money they do,show respect

Mvg bragging about putting Taylor on the floor when he’s in his mid twenties and Taylor in his 50’s. Yeah well done mate 👍🏻.

Cannot believe these comments. I see it with all sports, the moment a Legend retires they were no good and the competition was poor. Taylor was literally the most dominant sports star ever. He was the standard. MVG also never met Taylor in his prime, luckily for MVG