PETER WRIGHT was torn apart at the oche then on social media – after the reigning champ’s whitewash loss at the European Championship.
Snakebite wobbled to the tournament’s third-lowest average EVER as world no 40 Jermaine Wattimena KO’d the two-time world king 6-0.
Peter Wright looked shellshocked after Jermaine Wattimena walloped him
Dutchman Wattimena sailed to a 6-0 victory in Germany
It wasn’t quite as big a surprise as Luke Littler‘s 6-4 defeat to Andrew Gilding in the very next match in Dortmund.
But the manner of Wright’s departure possibly stunned viewers more.
The 54-year-old averaged just 74.81 and failed to achieve even one attempt at a checkout.
A scathing fan posted: “Up there with one of the worst performances I’ve seen by a so called top player.”
Another wrote: “Not even gonna lie, as a massive Wright fan: That was just sad. Every time Wright looks like he might be turning a corner, he does something like this.”
A third pointed out: “74 average, no attempts at doubles.”
A gobsmacked fourth said: “Unreal, he couldn’t find a treble to save his life. Poor performance heading towards world champs.”
And a fifth fan claimed: “Genuinely the worst performance I’ve ever seen from Wright in a season of sh*** performances.”
Snakebite now has two months to prepare himself for the World Championships
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However, other viewers were baffled by Wright slumping so tamely – after mounting a revival in recent weeks following a rough few months, especially in the Premier League.
One said: “Thought Wright had found some sort of form.”
Another added: “Wow what happened for Wright, been so good on euro tours last couple of weeks.”
Meanwhile, darts lovers who were more sympathetic urged the Scot to keep plugging away to help do himself justice at this year’s World Championships, starting in December.
The only two averages below Wright’s in this event both came in its inaugural year of 2008.
German no-hoper Andree Welge averaged 71 in losing 5-0 to Wayne Mardle in Frankfurt and Roland Scholten managed just 51 as he struggled with a shoulder injury.