Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson and Raymond van Barneveld pick their players to watch

Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson and our Sky Sports experts have picked out talented players who could be Premier League stars of the future.

Taylor is currently leading the Premier League table as the race for top spot continues this Thursday night in Sheffield, live on Sky Sports.

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But who will feature in the next generation of darts heroes?

We asked Premier League stars and our pundits to pick out their players to watch!

Phil Taylor: Chris Dobey

You can give them good advice and if they listen they listen, and if they don't - there is no good doing it again.

Adrian (Lewis) didn't listen to a word I said - he never does!

Now Adrian says, 'Phil, I'm absolutely shattered', and it's now he understands.

He is a nice kid, very level-headed, respectful.

There's a couple of young lads I'm impressed with. I like a young lad called Josh Payne and another called Chris Dobey, who is a Geordie lad. He is a nice kid, very level-headed, respectful.

Arron Monk is another fella who could really do well for himself if he buckles down a little bit. But Dobey has really impressed me.

Sometimes where they have a little bit of publicity the pressure is on them. A bit like Stephen Bunting, the pressure is on, they don't do so well and they have to take 12 months to rebuild their confidence and get back in again. I think that is what will happen with those younger players.

Commitment, sacrifice and dedication. It is everything in professional sport - no matter what sport you are in. It is about living a boring life really.

Wayne Mardle: Josh Payne

He's one of these clean-living kids, who works out and looks the part. He's got the physique of Gerwyn Price, and he's very, very good. I think he could be one of the newcomers to make a breakthrough in the next few years. Not quite yet, but give him a few years or so.

He's beaten Dave Chisnall twice. Michael Smith twice, these are Premier League stars.   

Gary Anderson: Joe Cullen

I tell you who has been playing well, a young lad called Joe Cullen. The hard work is starting to pay off. You've just got to keep at it and touch wood it comes good for you.

I haven't played him for a while, but these past couple of months he's been doing well in the tournaments, which is good. 

Rod Studd: Jamie Lewis

Jamie Lewis has been threatening to make a breakthrough for probably two or three years. He's still only 24, is ranked world No 32, and has been hovering around that ranking, but has not quite kicked on yet.

I just think there are so many signs that he could do it and sooner or later he's going to crack it and have a real good run in a tournament. 

He's got a 2014 tour win over Michael van Gerwen and I don't care what tournament it is - any win over Van Gerwen means you must be able to throw darts.

In 2013, he really sprung to prominence when he got to the final of the Gibraltar Trophy and on the way there he beat the likes of Kevin Painter and Adrian Lewis and lost to Phil Taylor in the final.

He's got a 2014 tour win over Michael van Gerwen and I don't care what tournament it is - any win over Van Gerwen means you must be able to throw darts.

Jamie reached the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix last October, knocking out Michael Smith on the way, before losing to Van Gerwen. He sometimes get a little bit flustered on his finishing, but he definitely has got the ability to crack it sooner or later.   

Raymond van Barneveld: Jeffrey de Zwaan 

He played well in the World Championship against Michael Smith in the first round and lost, but he played a fantastic match. Afterwards, everyone was over the moon with Jeffrey's game.

He's been suffering with his back, neck and shoulder but he's coming back. He's an amazing player and we'll hear from him soon.

He's fast and furious, a fantastic player. Every time I play him in my office, I've got my hands full to beat him. Most of the time he beats me. But it's about learning, and I was extremely proud of him in the World Championship."

Robert Thornton: Keegan Brown

Other than Michael Smith, I think the other one that comes to mind is Keegan Brown - he is potentially a world class player.

He is not scared of anybody. It doesn't bother him who he plays, he just goes up there and plays his darts. He has a great attitude.

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