Wayne Mardle: Back Dutch pair of Barney and Van Gerwen to do the business

"Michael van Gerwen is unrelenting, I think he'll out score The Thorn and go into the playoffs having topped the table."

Week 14 of the Premier League is here, and Wayne Mardle thinks Raymond van Barneveld will have too much for Simon Whitlock while Michael van Gerwen is in unrelenting form...

Simon Whitlock v Raymond van Barneveld 

Simon has played superbly well to even be in with a shout of a playoff place but I think this match up with Raymond van Barneveld will be a step too far. 

Barney has been the most consistent performer in this year's Premier League, he's showed that he's up for a fight as well, a trait that's not often said about the big Dutchman, and so Simon will have to really be on top form to have a chance. I've got this down as a Barney win.

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Back Raymond van Barneveld to win 7-5 at 10.09/1

Michael van Gerwen v Robert Thornton 

Robert won a tour event on Saturday, his second win in three weeks, so he's playing well, and his opponent MVG won the next tour event on the Sunday so in theory this should be a belter. Extra spice is thrown into the mix in the form of Robert needing to win to have any chance of a playoff spot. 

Michael is unrelenting though, and I think he'll out score The Thorn and go into the playoffs having topped the table. 

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Michael van Gerwen to win 7-2 and 7-3 at 6.05/1 and 6.5n/a respectively
Michael van Gerwen to hit the most 180s at around 1.910/11

Andy Hamilton v Adrian Lewis 

What a match up this will be! Two highly unpredictable players and all the thrill of the Premier League!
The Hammer used to be the most consistent player on tour, but in this Premier League he's shown a few frailties. Lewis on his day (and he's not having his day that often at the moment) beats anyone, and I'm going for Adrian because he can produce a tide turner should he need it. 

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Back Adrian Lewis to win at 2.111/10

Phil Taylor v James Wade

James Wade has let it slip. Losing to Hamilton last week was a massive blow for him, especially after losing to Simon Whitlock and all that after he'd lost to Raymond van Barneveld the week before.
Taylor is still tinkering with his darts and set up, which is a distraction for him, yet he persists. He had no trouble overcoming Robert Thornton and is still the main man in this Premier League. He can stop Wade progressing and I think he will, in probably quite easy fashion. 

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Back Phil Taylor to win 7-3 and 7-4 at 6.75n/a and 6.25n/a respectively
Back The Draw in most 180s at around 5.04/1

Robert Thornton v Raymond van Barneveld 

Robert's hopes could be dashed by the time this match comes around and that might affect him, so we'll need to wait and see how the other games go I think. 

As I said before Barney is playing very well indeed and I can't see The Thorn posing too many problems to him when he's in this sort of form. I think he'll win again and post a few more maximums in the process. 

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Back Raymond van Barneveld to win at 1.728/11
Back Raymond van Barneveld to hit the most 180s at around 2.111/10

Adrian Lewis v Simon Whitlock

Like Robert Thornton, Simon Whitlock's Premier League could well be over by the time his game comes around so it's difficult to know what frame of mind he'll be in. 

That said, Adrian Lewis hasn't played that well when he's had to play twice in a night though, so for that reason alone I'm going for Simon to run riot. 

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Back Simon Whitlock to win 7-3 at 6.75n/a

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Dutch Moto GP Betting: Unstoppable Stoner to win again

Moto GP / Trent Burton / 23 June 2011 / Leave a Comment

CAsey Stoner comes home first at Silverstone last time out - expect a repeat of this scene in Assen

"Traditionally, Stoner has gone well at Assen with two wins and a number of podiums and again it will take a stellar effort from someone else to stop him."

Trent Burton looks ahead to Saturday's race in Assen where he can't see past runaway championship leader Casey Stoner leading the field home

It was a wet and chaotic British MotoGP a fortnight ago and so far in Assen this weekend, things are no different.

The Dutch TT is 'the cathedral' of motorcycle racing. The fast and flowing circuit isn't quite the spectacle it used to be after recent layout changes but there were other problems today with torrential rain in the morning and the afternoon's sessions cancelled following an oil spill in Moto2.

Silverstone saw Casey Stoner put on the latest episode of 'Catch Me If You Can.' Even though we had no dry track time today and he was in third in the wet, he's still as short as [1.74] for the win in Holland with Marco Simoncelli, his closest rival in a developing market, available at [5.3]. That's as good an indication to the Australian's form as you'll see. Traditionally, Stoner has gone well at Assen with two wins and a number of podiums and again it will take a stellar effort from someone else to stop him.

So who can? Jorge Lorenzo ([6.0]) once again looks the man best suited to. He won comfortably here last year and his crash last time out was his first DNF since the latter stages of 2009. Yamaha will be running special livery this weekend to celebrate 50 years of GP Racing and they're very keen to celebrate that with a win. At his current price the defending champ represents excellent value again. Jorge can ill afford to let Stoner get away after surrendering the championship lead. But what he needs to do, and what that Yamaha will let him do, are very different things.

Simoncelli's price is all about is raw speed. He was quickest in today's wet session and, in qualifying at least, has been the only person to get close to Stoner of late. But he lacks consistency. While in line for a podium at Silverstone he crashed out yet again. By all accounts he should have four podiums already this season, yet he has none. He's also crashed whilst leading in Jerez; crashed on the first lap in Estoril and, of course, had that incident with Pedrosa in Le Mans. He'll eventually break the duck and make the podium but I can't have him for a win until he proves he can keep it together for a full race distance.

The dark horse of the weekend could be Valentino Rossi. Imagine that - Valentino Rossi, a dark horse. His British GP weekend was probably the worst of his career. Not cracking the top ten in qualifying and practice was one thing but then to finish nearly a minute behind the winner, in the wet, was a catastrophe.

Ducati have a new bike for him this weekend. The GP11.1. It's the 2012 frame on this year's bike and there's a new clutch system as well, based on the Honda. The Italian is very upbeat about it and was second in this morning's wet but we won't get an idea of how much of an improvement there is until, or rather if, we get a few dry sessions tomorrow. I don't see him challenging for the win, but [2.2] to finish in the top three, for the first time this season, is a punt worth taking on Rossi.

Remember, being Assen, the race is on Saturday. The field seems a little closer this weekend, and the weather should play a major role again, so anything could happen. I say could, but it most likely will be Stoner further stamping his authority on 2011.

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Back Casey Stoner for the win at [1.74]
Back Valentino Rossi for the podium at [2.2]

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