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Just a few then: Suzie Aries/Dawn Lee - Felt a bit too fringey. Lee Noble - Seems to be doing a lot better than I expected. Immunotherapy. Tim Bilton - Another lock discarded late due to the immunotherapy recovery. Ady Barkan/Doddie Weir/Catherine Wreford/Nicola Mendelsohn - Feels far too early. Sophie Sabbage - Seems to be battling back yet again. Elizabeth Wurtzel - I think her cancer is controlled but tbh I struggle to get past 2 paragraphs of her writing without taking an immediate hatred of all... Richard Mills - wont obit Lee Kerslake - bored of him. Arne Sorensen - only Stage 2 pan can and rich so treatment? Mickey Thomas - on mend, somehow Patrick Murray - still making appearances, so cant be that far along. Breene Harimoto - wont get a DDP obit. Cathy MacPhail - lack of updates. Samuel Little - lack of trust Carmen Callil - Guessed she'd transfer to another theme team. Was right. Bernard Haitink - Classy pick but not much room. Katie Smith - Think she'll reach 2021.

OK, prepare to be underwhelmed, it's Pan Breed 2020 (my 9th year of DDP play!). Pan Breed 1. Chris Doleman (joker) 2. Michael Falzon 3. Yoo Sang-Chul 4. Tom Smith 5. Gavin Robertson 6. Steve Blackmore 7. David Gulpilil 8. Genesis Porridge 9. Hamish Barbour 10. Sir Roger Scruton 11. Terry Jones 12. Alex Trebek 13. Jean Louis Trintignant 14. Vic Seixas 15. Daniel Arap Moi 16. Gianluca Vialli 17. Frankie Banali 18. Peter Schjeldahl 19. Lars Hogh 20. Bernadette Chirac

And my team because I can never be arsed with all the secrecy after the reveal about a wee bit of fun: Al Said, Qaboos bin Said (Sultan of Oman) Andretti, John (NASCAR guy) Bellecourt, Clyde (civil rights, founder of the American Indian Movement) Doleman, Chris (NFL Hall of Famer) Banali, Frankie (Quiet Riot drummer) Crouch, Stanley (American writer/critic/biographer) Fashek, Majek (African reggae singer) Gibson, Bob (American baseball Hall of Famer) Gray, Henry (Hall of Fame blues musician, Muddy Waters collaborator) Gulpilil, David (Australian award winning actor in Walkabout/Rabbit-Proof Fence) Harris, Johnny (TV/film composer – Buck Rogers) Hernandez, Daniel AKA 6ix9ine (rapper/criminal) Hogh, Lars (Danish footballer from the 1986 World Cup) Jones, Terry (Monty Python star) Kerslake, Lee (rock drummer – Uriah Heep, Ozzy) Kulkov, Vasili (Russian international footballer/Porto league winner) Lewis, Karen (US trade union leader) Lindblom, Oskar (current NHL player for the Philadelphia Flyers) Littlefeather, Sacheen (Native American activist, accepted Brandos Oscar in 70s) McKevitt, Michael (Real IRA boss, mastermind behind the infamous Omagh Bombing) Nord, John AKA The Berzerker (WWF wrestler from the 90s) Obayashi, Nobuhiko (Japanese film director) Palau, Luis (TV evangelist with sadly international following) Porridge, Genesis (musician, Throbbing Gristle frontman) Raudonikis, Tommy (Australian rugby league player and manager) Rensenbrink, Rob (Dutch World Cup star) Robertson, Gavin (Australian cricket international) Sang-chul, Yoo (2002 World Cup semi-finalist,All Star team with South Korea) Schjeldahl, Peter (Vanity Fair/Vogue journalist, The New Yorkers Art Critic) Scruton, Sir Roger (English philosopher and political advisor Simoni, Luigi (football manager, won UEFA Cup with Inter Milan) Smith, Tom (Scottish national rugby team captain, played at 2 World Cups) Smullen, Pat (Champion jockey, won Epsom and Ascot) Spinks, Leon (boxer, beat Ali) Supernaw, Doug (American country music star) Toro, Jorge (World Cup footballer, scored winner in infamous Battle of Santiago) Trebek, Alex (US game show host) Trintignant, Jean-Louis (famous French actor) Vialli, Gianluca (Juventus player/Chelsea manager) Winter, Ophelie (French singer/actress)

I had four rejected picks: Rejected Michael Falzon – stage actor Kieran O’Connor – Irish footballer Dawn Lee – My exact description: (Beauty vlogger, picked just in case you let Allen have her...) (Hulka's reply - Err, no..) Steve Blackmore – Welsh rugby star

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Well done Drol.

Crosby was on mine. He's been a long time "can I find a spot on the DDP" name for me and that health update last year was enough to make him DLy for me. The Cmme clearly agree. I think he wont see the next World Cup.

Yeah there was a story from very late on in Kate Hepburns life when she was trying to remember an actor she'd starred opposite in the 1940s and kept describing him, until those present began to realise with horror she was trying to describe Spencer Tracy whom she'd completely forgotten. (40 year affair they had, followed by Hepburns 40 year mourning for him, for younger posters...) The news last year that Woodward couldn't remember who Paul Newman was anymore felt similar.

My reasoning is very simple - if the Cmme can stick Javier Perez de Cuellar on there for years and years and years, they can at least bed block with someone I genuinely admire. [Also I have an unsubstantiated by facts worry he's not got massively long left despite seeming fit.]

Hartlepool sent in 26/12/2019 1. Michael McKevitt (Real IRA, Omagh bombing mastermind) 2. Frankie Banali 3. Lee Kerslake 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Genesis Porridge 6. Henry Gray 7. Alex Trebek 8. Gavin Robertson 9. David Gulpilil 10. Sir Roger Scruton Sub #1 Steve Blackmore Sub #2 Chris Doleman

Genuinely in the last year I've had 3 recommendations to listen to his band off non-deadpoolers. Still haven't, mind you. But he's clearly got respect among sections of UK Music fandom. Obviously far more famous than Bill Gate's dad too.

Deathrace in 29/12/2019 1. Clyde bellecourt 2. David stern 3. Yoo sang-chul 4. DJ Richard Mills 5. Gavin Robertson 6. Steve Blackmore 7. Chris Doleman 8. Peter tobin (joker) 9. Terrence Matthews – Sea Cadets paedo 10. Doug Supernaw 11. Susan Bayh 12. David Gulipil – 13. Genesis Porridge 14. Jean Louis Trintignant 15. Henry gray musician 16. Roger Scruton 17. Peter schjeldahl 18. Qaboos bin said Lata Mangeshkar Daniel arap moi My relatively mediocre shot at winning this for the third (!) time as on the Masterlist.

Peter Schjeldahl.

Yep, he's on the list. Probably not for too long.

Fringey cert = Suzie Aries Mark Farren = Kieran O'Connor (misdirection) Guardian luvvie - Frank Bowling 12 pointer - Dawn Lee statesman - Tabare Vasquez (who is on the mend)

Captain of the Scottish rugby team at TWO World Cups, and pivotal in the Scottish side that won (!) the Six Nations (!) in the late 90s. I'd say he passes the fame level. And since he's on he has.

Has spent most of December seriously ill in hospital. Has the old school feel of a pick dead by February or alive in 2021, no middle ground.

Drol joined the Cmme I see. Could be a good pick.

If you heard him slurring on TV a few weeks ago you'd think he had weeks left tbh, not months.

Oddest DL return in some time. This over Nicholas Parsons?

Notorious RBG meets Notorious Pan Can meets Notorious DL top 40...

Surprising DL pick tbh. Clearly the older US-centric celebs are an area the Cmme goes for nowadays.

Surprised Woodward made the DL, but this could be another of their "chuck a long term ill person on the list in the nick of time" type picks.

Reaper selected the crook, now he can go nab the fascist for DL.

On the fucking DL at long last. Hopefully he likes the TV room and plans to stay a while...