00:00That's a minute, yeah. I'm confident in playing well. I've been up and down all year, really.
00:05I haven't had the best of the year. Even probably the end of last year I wasn't the best, in
00:08my opinion, you know. But it's one of them. It's kind of, the form was in and out. I'm
00:13starting to find myself again for my own game. I think I'm still in my C game, really. But
00:19I know I can be much better in what I'm playing. I'm just kind of working on that and trying
00:22to improve myself. I'm trying to keep up the ladder.
00:27Does this tournament feel like a little bit of a bonus for you, obviously, coming through
00:31the qualifiers, sort of a last-minute route, I guess, into the tournament? Whatever you
00:36achieve here is a nice bit of a bonus and a good time to do it as well on the calendar.
00:41Yeah, definitely. I missed out on the players' championship finals because, again, obviously
00:45this year's been a bit up and down. So to get into this and qualify, I played really
00:48well on the day of the qualifiers, so I was happy to get in. It's one of them. Obviously,
00:53I'm here to try and win. If you're not here to win, then why are you here, really? But
00:57it's one of them. I obviously just want to try and do the best I can. It definitely is.
01:02It's a nice tournament to be playing in. So, definitely, definitely a good boost to the conference.
01:07Steven Bunting has had a year to remember. Being a fan favourite in the PDC, he touched
01:13on his year and the prospect of rejoining the Premier League line-up in 2025 after ten
01:20years away.
01:21Steven, just on the fans and the support that you've received, it's been massive over the
01:25last year or so. How have you taken to that? It's brilliant to see when you come out every
01:30time you play.
01:31Yeah, as soon as I walked on the stage tonight, you could hear them all singing, let's go
01:34Bunting, mental. It's very emotional, to be honest. I'm an emotional guy, so I had to
01:39check myself back and make sure that I didn't cry.
01:41You mentioned your high ranking, your form, fantastic. Have you thought yourself about
01:46the 2025 Premier League yet? Obviously, coming back to Liverpool would be amazing for you
01:51and the fans.
01:52I won the Masters, great. I'm in the top eight now in the world. I've just got to keep doing
01:56what I'm doing. I'm confident, I believe in my ability. I've got a lot more tournaments
02:00to go before they announce that. It's on people's lips, but it's down to me to keep doing what
02:06I'm doing. Obviously, the fan base is there, the walk-on's great, but I'm saying nothing
02:11until they say, you're in the Premier League. It'd be a dream to be back in there, but I'm
02:17not holding any thoughts until that happens.
02:22I don't know. If you look at my career on paper, I'm really up and down. I've beat all
02:28the top players, and I've lost to everybody, really. I'm one of them players where it's
02:35all on the day, really. I don't tend to look to the future too much or think about things
02:40like that. I just try and find that top form on the day.
02:45I think everybody always knows, in the back of their mind, everybody's capable, but not
02:49everybody actually proves it. To see some of the lower-ranked players doing really well
02:54and having big runs in Majors gives a boost to everybody, definitely.
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