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And DDT thought "Lo, but I will for sure win the Derby Deadpool now!" And he did. Incidentally, the DDP team "Grim up North" from 2008 onwards isn't our Grim Up North? Well, that's just complicated.

What's that, Lassie? msc forgot to add DI's Moss pick to his paper masterlist he checks to hand out points from? What a silly old man.

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Rather than any analysis, just some thoughts on the popular 2018 deadpooling picks: Anzaki - went from 4 teams in Round 1 to 5 in Round 2. Bracknell - went from 14 teams in Round 1 to 4 in Round 2! Rover and some dashing chap called msc were the only 2 to keep faith with Brackers. Though an impressive 11/14 people to pick her in Round 1 went out! Blanco - A Charon unique in Round 1, a Charon unique in Round 2. Certainly a goner, maybe not this soon? Could be a very smart pick though. The Bush Couple - Went from 2 teams to 1 team, but the team with each of them in Round 1 kept them. Only this time, Rover and YWillz have unique picks, due to their Round 1 competition leaving the Cup! Cappotelli - Sean remains the only person so far backing the WWE man not to be tough enough. De Koven - Went from 3 teams to 2 teams, and that's 5 different teams in total! Ken Doddery - Still a YWillz solo pick. Goodwin - Goes from 5 teams to 8 teams. Hamilton-Byrne - With no Maryport (her champion in these parts), AHB goes from 3 teams in Round 1 to none at all in Round 2. Jose Jose Jose Jose - Went from 8 teams to 11 of the 16. Is he ill or something? Jowell - Went from 6 teams to 2, and curiously, was on a bunch of top contenders teams in Round 1, all of whom dropped her for Round 2. Instead, Sean and Chorizo, two entirely different top contenders, have nabbed her, when you'd assume she's a month closer to expiring of brain cancer? Lynott - Went from 9 teams in Round 1 to only 3 in Round 2. A clear reaction to her looking well (for someone with incurable lung cancer) at a public event in mid-Feb. McCain - 8 to 5, but with 6/8 eliminated in Round 1. Only me and Rad survived. Moss - Went from 2 teams to 4. Surprisingly low number imo. Rae - Went from 6 teams to being a unique pick for msc, somehow, incredibly. Stefansson - Was on 3 teams in Round 1, all exited the Cup. On 3 teams again, which seems incredibly low given the outlook - would have been on my team if I'd been able to send in a later team! Vervoort - Goes from 12/22 to 16/16. The most popular pick in Cup history. Going to be a LOL if she now survives the month and makes everyone look foolish! Vento - From 1 team to 4. As you'd imagine for a centenarian with pancreatic cancer! Hannigan - The only pick to jump from nowhere. No picks in Round 1. Eleven picks in Round 2. Curious as I've been monitoring her case on and off for years now - almost part of the furniture round these parts like a Vivian Campbell or Daisy Berkow...oh yeah, he died.

^ The same Jim Kelly whose original cancer inspired Sir Creep to post here originally, no?

Yep, and as someone who hates putting alphabetical masterlists together I am now very tempted to add a Hewlett Rule to next years Cup.

^ Then in fact I was smart and cunning. Thanks Spade.

Norway not being in the EU is known to anyone, say, in the UK who has to sit through Brexit talks on the news every bloody night. The Norway Arangement, etc. Also, by the time I got to Jose Jose, I'd read about so many Grammy winners my brain melted. That's my excuse...

*nods* Because I find debates over levels of fame to be as fun as developing a case of ebola, the criteria is simple and easy to remember: any noteworthy activity BEFORE becoming ill. So writers of obscure books, random historians and athletic legends in New Zealand OK, cancer blogger's no. Grey areas still crop up, and by god, this lot have tried most of them so far... Happens to the best of us.

He wrote a bunch of books like this in the 1990s. Every pick goes through quality control checks at Cup HQ.

Err, no, he says his teacher is in hospice care, which leads to a whole bunch of folk going "oh didn't realise he was that ill", "prayers" and talking in past tense which is a common but really fucking annoying thing people do about folk dying (not dead) - my grandad used to get pissed off by it when he was dying. Then, TWO HOURS AGO, chap says "David died last night" and then, TODAY'S POSTS are full of sorry and RIP and the lot. But anyhow, this is why we are WAITING for further info on the case. OK. OK? Good. Cool, everyone.

It's an update to an older Facebook post, Joey... Hey, you need to be in it to win it, as they say.

Probably the only forum in the world 15 people can enter a deadpool game, and Michael Sinelnikoff, Leslie Bricusse and Joseph Campanella weren't unique!

Group 1 - 0 unique picks Group 2 - 0 unique picks Group 3 - 0 unique picks Group 4 - 4 unique picks!

Sub At the very least, it has to be obvious they didn't die in another month. Yes, this came up last year with Bernie Portenski (a hit for Heef) - based on country they are in, like the DDP.

We're ahead of America, so it's AM there, so last night would be the 28th. However, IF an obit shows up saying 1st March instead, I will retroactively hand back the points based on the First of the Month rule. And if another sub is needed, I am so nicking a Hewlett Rule off Maryport for next year.

Subs for David Martin: The Dead Cow gets Manohar Parrikar, whose name I struggle to spell. Death Impends gets Stirling Moss.

Yes, Book equalised with Billy Graham, but Chorizo's score was with Bill Crider.

And now, a look at the classified football results... The 2018 Deathlist Cup Round 1 Charon 6-0 Maryportfuncity Pedro 3-13 The Dead Cow Young Willz 0-0 The Engineer Young Willz wins 3-2 on penalties Grim Up North 6-3 Yorkshire Banker msc 3-0 Wormfarmer Spade Cooley 3-9 (NINE!) Roverandout Joey Russ 7-0 Garn Bibliogryphon 0-6 Phantom of the Midway Sean 9-0 Fixed Business Gcreptile 7-3 John Key Deathray 0-3 Sir Creep Captain Chorizo 3-3 Book Captain Chorizo wins on the "away goal rule" Death Impends vs a local scratch team postponed due to numbers, the pools panel decided "home win". The draw for the 2nd round Death Impends vs Heef Gcreptile vs Sir Creep Joey Russ vs Grim Up North Phantom of the Midway vs The Dead Cow Sean vs Charon Roverandout vs DDT Captain Chorizo vs Young Willz msc vs Deadsox The draw for the Quarterfinals Phantom of the Midway OR The Dead Cow Vs. Sean OR Charon Death Impends OR Heef Vs. Roverandout OR DDT msc OR Deadsox Vs. Captain Chorizo OR Young Willz Gcreptile OR Sir Creep vs Joey Russ OR Grim Up North All in the one post for ease of reference.

So, I discovered her as a potential pick in November, and thought "Hmm, unique?" Then you named her on the forum, so she went off my DDP team. Then I put her back on it as my gut feeling was telling me her outlook was grim. Then I dropped her due to the super drug (Superdrug?) she was using which held her illness at bay. However, I thought "maybe I was right and it tails off at the end of the year" so picked in this just in case. Then I find out in mid-Feb her superdrug has stopped working entirely, so add her to the Cup team, only for her to die on the 28th, thus being too early for the Hares and the Cup. Nae luck at all. Her, I mean, not me. RIP. Although, I think the above is likely a lesson in not second guessing your own instincts or something.

For fairness, I will go to number 12 on my list (ie Sub 1) and it is Bernard Tapie. Which @YoungWillz can confirm for any naysayers out there.

I was trying to make him feel better, you! And no, she'd gone to bed by that point.

It's on his official twitter I'd considered him for the Cup but wouldn't have counted as apparently he died on the 28th Feb.

Aye, msc/deadsox, no doubt! I had a near miss with this in 2015 when, shortly after someone mentioned a lock pick on here, a friend brought their illness in conversation, and it turned out not only was the celeb a friend of a friends, but I had actually sat next to her at a party! And not noticed. It's a small world, but anyhow, she died before the bells anyhow... Had a laugh when I saw who else had the pick, tbh. You have the exact same route, by complete fluke luck of the draw, that Deadsox had last year. Perhaps its an omen! On paper, of course. Heef could have something to say about that. And DDT obviously.

^ I wouldn't worry about it, it happens. Anyhow good luck deadsox. I upped my game slightly just because I feared losing 20-0 to the champ.... which is actually still possible given your side.