Rod Harrington: Phil Taylor may slow down, but won't stop before 60

Phil Taylor is now a clear favourite to win the World Championship once again.

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Chisnall was thrashed in the final and that can hurt players, but you have to get over it. There's no sympathy in this game and you won't see people putting their arm around his shoulder. If you don't get over it then you don't move on. Less than 48 hours after his first PDC major final he was playing in the Championship League and he got relegated. I think he needed a few days to get over the tournament. Reaching the final is an incredible feat and I think the Championship League came a couple of days too early for him, but that's the way the calendar is nowadays. I had a word with him and told him that it's the way it goes sometimes and you have to move on. I'm sure if I'd told him before the World Grand Prix that he was going to make the final against Taylor then he'd have bitten my hand off. He's made himself a nice wad of money and he is possibly going to get himself into the Premier League next season. He would do well in that event because he's such a great 180-hitter and the fans want to see big finishes. He's also a contender for the World Championship because of his scoring power. If the Grand Prix Final had been a straight start, rather than double-in, I'd have given him half a chance against Taylor so he could do well at Ally Pally if he's firing on all cylinders. You have to move up rungs of the ladder and he has done that. As he moves on and makes more finals - which he will do - he will get more confidence in his own ability and that's what carries you on in this game. When he sits back and reflects then he should have confidence of reaching the World Final - even though he probably doesn't realise that now.