GARY ANDERSON's bid for a World Championship hat-trick was chopped to the ground after suffering shoulder damage cutting down trees.
But manager Tommy Gilmour says talk of him being finished as a top-level force is "b****** *S".
The two-time king of the Ally Pally turned in his worst show at this level as he crashed out to Jeffrey De Graaf.
Anderson suffered a disastrous exit at the hands of the Swede having simply failed to perform.
However, it can now be revealed that the 54-year-old played on painkillers after an incident at the grounds of his fishing lakes.
The Scot made no fuss but Gilmour confirmed: "For the last week he's been suffering problems with his shoulder.
He was cutting trees at the lake.
"That's what happens when you have another job and you have to keep everything going. He admitted his shoulder was killing him and he was on the painkillers.
"That's why he was just 15 per cent on his doubles. He's not been able to reach up to the doubles. On the way to the venue he seemed to be okay but obviously it wasn't right.
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