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No Vicar of Dibley theme team and no picks for Emma Chambers unsurprisingly....

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Because I feel bored and I might be busy for the next couple of days when other people may begin to reevaluate their team, here's a brief rundown on how I feel about my team (which apart from Stefansson, nothing really changed that much for an updated detailed review):

 

RIP: Cryne, Elias, Miller, Smith, Tsvangirai

Locks: Bracknell, Jowell, McCain, Stefansson, Vervoort

Likely deaths but obit risky: Cocks, Forster, Goodwin

Likely deaths but could see 2019: Gilbert, James

50/50 punts: Cappotelli, Francis, Ricksen

Unsure of health: Fraser

Will likely see 2019: Nolan

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Hmm

 

So

 

RIP - Alcock, Cryne, Elias, Graham, Nevin

You can run but you can't hide: Bracknell, Jowell, McCain, Stefansson, Stiles, Vervoort

You can run but maybe can't hide: Clegg, Francis, Goldberg, Herd and Francis (Joker)

Harder to call: Eric Harrison (amazed I snagged a unique pick there, mind), Newton John, Nolan

Much harder to call: Baddiel

Shoo-in but dodgy obit: Youngs

 

 

Currently sitting = 20th (which amazes me) though my generally good HPDP form has of late gone totally to shit

 

 

 

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R.I.P Rayya Elias, Bobby Zarin, Patrick Cryne, Liam Miller,Morgan Tsvangirai

Locks:Stefan Karl Stefannson,Marieke Vervoot, Matt Cappotelli, John McCain.

Likely:Devin Lima, Fernando Ricksen, Dean Francis,Greg Gilbert, Pete Frates.

50\50: Val Kilmer, Linda Nolan,Olivia_Newton John

Possible but not likely:Paul Gascoigne, Ami Brown

 

Think I could easily get 15+hits this year.

 

 

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RIP - Cryne, Elias, Miller, Nevin, Stokes, Toothill (obit?)
Probably Locks - Blanco, Brackers, Lynott, Stefansson
Likely Lock but Obit Worries - Anzaki, Goodwin
Dunno tbh? - Cappotelli, Frates, Gilbert, Jowell, Lewis, Lima, McCain, Piddington

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RIP: Cryne, Elias (J), Falkholt, Miller, Zarin.

Locks:Bracknell, Gilbert, Jowell, Vervoort

Very Likely: Tapie, José, Francis, McCain

50/50:Cappotelli, Goldberg, Lorimer

Not Likely: Nolan, Heine, Lima, Clegg

 

Anyway tomorrow is 50 days of lead. Not bad.

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Heres my main A team, Life Flies by So Fast

 

Life Flies By:

R.I.P: Miller, Nevin

Locks: Bracknell, Jowell, Stefansson, Vervoort

Likely: Lima, Gilbert, Ricksen, (Clive) James, Stiles

50/50: Clegg, Hallenga, Harper, Nolan

Possible but not likely: (Paul) Gascoigne, Macgowan, O'Connor, O'Grady, Ruffo (Im not sure what stage his brain cancer is at atm)

 

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@FixedBusiness Ruffo is currently in remission. I think the headlines on the type of brain cancer was very misleading and were less aggressive than stated, so he's (imo) safe for the year...

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2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

@FixedBusiness Ruffo is currently in remission. I think the headlines on the type of brain cancer was very misleading and were less aggressive than stated, so he's (imo) safe for the year...

Thank you for noting that! He was kind of one of my punt picks because I wasn't sure where he was at the end of the year either. I think I picked him purely on age which turned out to not be the best strategy.

 

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He has something less aggressive than glioblastoma. Something beginning with an o, I forget the exact name. I think most sufferers live for at least three years with it.

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Yeah, I think it'll come back eventually, but 2018 seems way too early for him. 

8 minutes ago, FixedBusiness said:

Thank you for noting that! He was kind of one of my punt picks because I wasn't sure where he was at the end of the year either. I think I picked him purely on age which turned out to not be the best strategy.

 

Just some advice, whenever you are considering someone for your DDP team, I would always do some extra off forum research to see if they are a good pick in the end. One example of someone that almost no one went for under further research is former Shameless pick Jake Bailey. Headlines had a very grim prognosis, but the actual cancer was something that wasn't that aggressive. He later went into remission, and if the people who considered him didn't do deeper research, they would've been duped by him...

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^ Aye, Linda Nolan.

 

:D

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Just now, msc said:

^ Aye, Linda Nolan.

 

:D

That was more of an example of major contenders for the title (such as Spade) that considered him and less of an example of some poor sod that won’t win the DDP...

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Kind of concerned that there is more than a whiff of strangeness that cancer patients are going out of their way to dupe deadpoolers....:huh:

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RIP: Elias, Graham, Nevin

Locks: Bracknell, Jowell, McCain, Stefansson

Likely: James, Jose, Rae, Stiles

50/50: Bush, Douglas, Harper, Newton-John, Nolan

Possible but not likely: Ginsburg, Perez de Cuellar, Peron, Prince Philip

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18 minutes ago, The Unknown Man said:

RIP: Elias, Graham, Nevin

Locks: Bracknell, Jowell, McCain, Stefansson

Likely: James, Jose, Rae, Stiles

50/50: Bush, Douglas, Harper, Newton-John, Nolan

Possible but not likely: Ginsburg, Perez de Cuellar, Peron, Prince Philip

Surely everybody is 50/50?!

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Have I missed some news about Stefan Karl Stefansson?  There seems to be consensus that he'll score this year but I can't see anything much in recent news suggesting a decline in his health.

 

In other news, last I looked Colin Butts hasn't tweeted for a while which is unusual compared with his normal patterns.  Could be a bad sign?

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Just now, Dr_T said:

Have I missed some news about Stefan Karl Stefansson?  There seems to be consensus that he'll score this year but I can't see anything much in recent news suggesting a decline in his health.

 

His cancer has spread and GoFundMe closed

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9 hours ago, Death Impends said:

 

His cancer has spread and GoFundMe closed

 

Dean Francis' justgiving also closed - but I think we'd be foolish to see that as an admission of impending death

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Funny old game when 0% of the obit/50-50 gambles came in for me in 2017, and so far in 2018 I'm 2/3 (Bloody Times et all not going back to mention Toothill...).

 

Looks like a (brief?) return to the top 10, perhaps even the top 5? For now, anyone.

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I didn't think Goodwin's obit was even a question, other than when....not if.

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1 minute ago, The Dead Cow said:

Ed Kennedy died 'a few days ago' according to his wife's Facebook page, awaiting obit and clarification on date.

 

Er, you meant to put that in the deathlist cup page, right? 

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Just now, Joey Russ said:

Er, you meant to put that in the deathlist cup page, right? 

Yep, well spotted.

 

:banghead:

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