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  1. Posted

    2 hours ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

    Damn, had him pegged for the MMMDP.

    Had him lined up for the semi-finals of the cup. Another example of why it’s pointless putting together a cup team a week in advance. A few hours before the deadline is time enough. 

  3. Posted

    16 minutes ago, msc said:

     

     

    Hmm, with Cordero on the mend, I need 2 from Tobin, Hallett, Draper and Cullen to go just to pull level now.

     

    The concession speech is in the drawer ready to go.

    Willie K?

  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, Joey Russ said:

    Inevitably there will be some cup misses over the coming months. This one in the form of Canadian actor William McFadden

    Ah bollocks. Another one that I gave up on too early. 
    If I do make the semi-final, I might as well fill the team with people I’ve dropped from previous teams. 
     

  7. Posted

    49 minutes ago, Toast said:

     

    But I thought that FFBI picks weren't allowed, and I am not convinced that anyone would ever have heard of this person but for her illness.  

    Probably not, because if she didn’t have her illness, she wouldn’t have been campaigning to get a treatment licensed. In the same way that few would have heard of Vicky phelan if she didn’t have cervical cancer because she wouldn’t be campaigning on behalf of cervical cancer patients. And Pete Frates probably wouldn’t have been famous without ALS because he wouldn’t have started the Icebucket challenge to raise funds for it. 

    There is obviously a big difference between someone who just talks to the Mirror or the Mail about their diagnosis, and someone like Frates who did a huge amount of work raising funds for research into his condition. But there is also a big spectrum of activity in between those two extremes. And somewhere along that spectrum, someone stops being FFBI and achieves their own level of fame. I have no idea where along the spectrum that turning point is, and it is certainly debatable whether Jaci Hermstad had crossed that threshold. But I’m happy to accept the ruling of the host as to whether or not someone has achieved their own level of fame, as I was earlier in the competition when a debatable pick of mine was allowed in, and another was ruled out. As should everyone else - it seems hard enough running one of these pools without someone whinging and bitching about a decision. 
    It’s a game for fuck sake, and one that your not even taking part in. 

  9. Posted

    4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Enjoy the football/soccer/deathmatch guys and bon chance to An Fear Beag.

    Thanks YoungWillz. My prediction of a bloodbath in the last round were woefully wide of the mark. The Reaper was far too busy with the Covid-cases to be bothered with the Frank Ifields of this world.

     

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  15. Posted

    1 hour ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

    And then there's this, saying that current testing for Covid19 only has a 70% accuracy for negative tests.  Which would mean that 30% of the people that are told they don't have Covid19, actually do.  That's so high that it seriously undermines the value of the test at all.

    That’s not quite what it means. It says that the tests in China gave 70% positive results, whereas 90% of the people SHOWED SYMPTOMS of Coronavirus. However with further testing, you cannot be certain that they actually had it. They could also have had another severe respiratory infection whose symptoms were similar to Coronavirus. 
    I do agree though that testing with that level of accuracy is next to useless and is not much better than an educated guess. 

  16. Posted

    29 minutes ago, CastAway said:

     

    But yeah, I do think dying of pneumonia given the current situation is probably a bit too much of a coincidence here.


    No it isn’t. Old people die of pneumonia all the time.
    The mortality rate for old people with pneumonia is about 20% and it is considered the 3rd or 4th most common cause of death in the old. In the US alone, approximately 50,000 a year die of pneumonia, most of them elderly. 

    it is perfectly reasonable to accept that an 86 year old woman died of pneumonia that was not Covid-19 related. 
     

    No doubt some cases of Covid-19 will not be diagnosed, and will be put down to “ordinary” pneumonia. But there will also be a lot of people dying due to pneumonia that has nothing to do with Coronavirus, so speculating that a pneumonia death must really have been Covid-19, when the family says otherwise, does not make any sense. 

  17. Posted

    Ok, maybe I’m missing something on this Deane Sutherland debate.

     

    Surely the obituary posted above is the typical paid for obit that families and funeral directors pay to put into local papers every day of the week. 
    I am very new to this whole deadpooling thing, but my understanding was that these type of obits are not accepted in any pool, regardless of how august the publication is. Otherwise any of us could pay to put a death notice in a local rag and claim it as a legitimate obit. 

    Or am I missing some obvious (or indeed subtle) aspect of deadpooling? 

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  18. Posted

    12 hours ago, The Quim Reaper said:

    7) An Fear Beag V YoungWillz: He won it so narrowly last round but YW is very much in with a shout of going further here. As a consolation prize though, I gift An Fear Beag the 'e' back in his name which Joseph Russell keeps missing off.

     

    I’m Very disappointed that you haven’t kept faith Quim. After correctly predicting my wins in the last 2 rounds, you’ve given up on me when the going gets tough :angry2:Hopefully that’s all the motivation my team needs to not fight to the bitter end!

     

    thanks for the e though:biggrin::biggrin:

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  20. Posted

    7 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Come on @An Fear Beag, get your team in!

     

    NOW!!!

    I'm in

     

    Sorry for the last minute theatrics. Half the people at work are off sick with tickly coughs, self isolating for 2 weeks as they pretend to be worried about Corona. Working day and night to keep the business going, so had to chuck the team together at the minute.

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  23. Posted

    This next round could be an absolute bloodbath. Definitely some high scoring matches on the cards. I guess the tactic is to wait until the last minute, and pack the team with oldies who are in hospital with Coronavirus. 

  24. Posted

    11 hours ago, ladyfiona said:

    The Irish can't drink alcohol or watch football on TV.

     

    Now would be a good time to do a study on sport vs domestic violence and whether alcohol affects a person more or less.


    Yeah - because only the Irish have an issue with alcohol and violence. And alcohol, sport and violence would definitely not be a problem in England for example. 
     

    You dumb fucking cunt. 

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  25. Posted

    I’ve just noticed that John Prescott, the professional Tom Jones impersonator, is apparently on 5 teams, including a theme team of uk labour politicians. 
    I’m going out on a limb here, but I suspect that may not be the John Prescott they meant. 

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