Barney's been talking himself up throughout this tournament, probably on the advice of that slimey manager bloke who follows him around.
It's been unlike him and a bit unpleasant really, but I can see why someone who's struggled with the mental side of the game would suddenly take to talking himself up to try and get a performance out of himself. I think he reached the limit last night of what talking a good game can do whilst Taylor is still in the tournament, he's still simply too good for most players, even though he struggled over the line really.
It will be an interesting final though, plenty of players have looked as good as MVG on the route to a final against Taylor and then not shown up, but MVG seems to have a completely different mental strength to other players.
His pace of play, which I think is a hindrance to other Dutch players like VVDV and the rapey bloke, is slightly slower and more stable, and so I think leads to more solid performances.
He can't hit doubles for shit at the moment though, so who knows. I think Taylor will win.
I think it was just a misunderstanding between them at the end of last nights match, but every now and then you get a glimpse of the real Taylor like that, and it's not pretty.
There are some pretty unpleasant people in the PDC, James Wade seems like a real fucking prick.
That's why it's easy to root for MVG in the final, seems like a real nice chap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di6ft5GhdA0