SKY SPORTS commentator Rod Studd launched a brutal attack on Stephen Bunting and opponent Chris Dobey on Thursday night.
The two went head to head on night seven of the BetMGM Darts Premier League in Cardiff, but things were far from pretty.
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Bunting, rock bottom of the table with ZERO points, crashed out again with a mediocre 87.05 average.
Dobey, meanwhile, averaged an equally mediocre 90.27 to progress into the second round, with Sky Sports commentator Studd left totally unimpressed.
With Bunting struggling to land his doubles, Studd fumed: “This is like watching two blokes try to push custard uphill with a fork.”
As Dobey began to pull clear, Studd continued: “[Bunting] will be saying to himself, how many more mistakes am I going to make up here?
“It’s almost like a bingo card of blunders.”
Co-commentator Mark Webster, meanwhile, added: “There have been positives from some of his defeats, when he knew he played well against good opponents.
“He’ll struggle to find positives here.”
Bunting, 39, is winless in the Premier League for 10 years after a decade away from the competition.
The former BDO World Champion was named in the 2015 lineup, and managed just three wins across the 15 weeks.
After winning his first PDC major by claiming the 2024 Masters title, he was tipped to make amends for his last spell in the Premier League.
With the Liverpudlian winless after seven weeks, he will be fearing history doesn’t repeat itself.