Jump to content
msc

Derby Dead Pool 2020

Recommended Posts

TJS for 2020:

  1. Chris Doleman (JOKER)
  2. John Andretti
  3. Frankie Banali
  4. Susan Bayh
  5. Jimmy Carter
  6. David Gulpilil
  7. Lars Hogh
  8. Terry Jones
  9. John Lewis
  10. Genesis P-Orridge
  11. Gavin Robertson
  12. Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman
  13. Yoo Sang-chul
  14. Roger Scruton
  15. Ronald J. Shurer
  16. Pat Smullen
  17. Belinda Sykes
  18. Alex Trebek
  19. Gianluca Vialli
  20. Rachel Zoll

 

SUBS: Jana Bennett, Tom Smith, Tim Bilton

 

Now that I seem to have finally won, my primary goal in the DDP is to get a hit with a US President. I talked myself out of Bush Sr for years, and when I finally convinced myself to pick him, he died weeks later and I was kicking myself for days! And so Carter will dutifully be on my team for the rest of his life. It is admittedly good timing that the likely win coincides with Carter showing his first signs of mortality since his cancer battle.

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Back for a second year in the Derby Dead Pool.  Hoping to improve upon a tie for 16th place in the 2019 edition.  Here is my 2020 DDP team:

 

 

Fade To Black

 

1. Vicki Eastaugh (British breast cancer sufferer) (joker)

2. 6ix9ine (American rapper)

3. George Alagiah

4. Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot drummer)

5. Jana Bennett (media executive)

6. Miroslava Duma (Russian entrepreneur)

7. Bob Gibson (American baseball player)

8. Nikki Jenkins (British bodybuilder)

9. Lee Kerslake

10. Sam Lloyd (American actor)

11. Lee Noble (British boxer)

12. Genesis P-Orridge

13. Michael Robinson (British footballer)

14. Yoo Sang-chul (South Korean footballer)

15. Luton Shelton (Jamaican footballer)

16. Tom Smith (British rugby player)

17. Pat Smullen (Irish jockey)

18. Bernard Tapie (French businessman)

19. Alex Trebek (Canadian-American game show host)

20. Slick Woods (American model)

 

Substitutes: Greg Gilbert, Barry DuBois, John Andretti

 

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

2021? – No thank you! I’ll leave before.

 

01. Tom Smith (Rugby) (Joker)

02. John Andretti

03. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

04. Frankie Banali

05. Olivia de Havilland

06. Chris Doleman

07. Kirk Douglas

08. David Hagen

09. Vera Lynn

10. Sinisa Mihajlovic

11. Olivia Newton-John

12. Estelle Parsons

13. Genesis P-Orridge

14. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh

15. Qaboos bin Said al Said

16. Pat Smullen

17. Jacqueline “Jackie” Stallone

18. Alex Trebek

19. Gianluca Vialli

20. Betty White

 

Subs:

Anne Buydens Douglas

Jerry Stiller

Sam Lloyd

 

 

 

 

Deutsch (-Land) verabschiedet sich!

German Language says Goodbye

 

01. Pope Benedict XVI (Joker)

02. Hans Albert

03. Helmut Berger

04. Gottfried Böhm

05. Wolfgang Bosbach

06. Egidius Braun

07. Arthur Cohn

08. Horst Eckel

09. Jürgen Habermas

10. Hardy Krüger

11. Armin Mueller-Stahl

12. Gudrun Pausewang

13. Liselotte Pulver

14. Uta Ranke-Heinemann

15. Michael Schumacher

16. Caterina Valente

17. Ingrid van Bergen

18. Hans-Jochen Vogel

19. Ernst-August von Hannover

20. Martin Walser

 

Subs:

Janosch

Peter Weck

Friederike Mayröcker

 

 

 

 

Vive la France... et la mort

 

01. Jean-Louis Trintignant (Joker)

02. Pierre Cardin

03. Leslie Caron

04. Raymond Cauchetier

05. Bernadette Chirac

06. Suzy Delair

07. Jacques Delors

08. Roland Dumas

09. Francoise Gilot

10. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

11. Jean-Luc Godard

12. Juliette Gréco

13. Zizi Jeanmaire

14. Jean-Marie LePen

15. Michael Lonsdale

16. Micheline Presle

17. Renée Simonot

18. Pierre Soulages

19. Bernard Tapie

20. Albert Uderzo

 

Subs:

Anouk Aimée

Renaud Séchan

Anne Vernon

  • Like 2

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
1 hour ago, Joey Russ said:

Here’s my squad, Day In The Death. Did a little more relaxed approach because I felt like I could’ve with this batch:

  1. Chris Doleman (joker)

  2. John Andretti 

  3. Frankie Banali....


interesting.  You sold on Doleman then?  Lots and lots of Brian tumours out there.  Well, we all gotta pick someone as Joker.  I respect your work...just looking at a few teams outta interest.

SC

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Different types of brain cancer, though. Neuromas and low grades are common and easily treatable but sound scary - think Nick Boles as one example. Oligodendrogliomas (yeah of course I googled the name) are the incurable but treatables folk can have for decades like Sarah May Philo. Then you have various forms of astrocytoma, the smallest of which can be treated, but the largest of which is the notorious Glioblastoma,  which is cureless and swift. And any astrocytoma can turn into Glio at any time, basically.

 

Doleman has Glioblastoma and has done since early 2018. He is very lucky to have reached this far but his time is running out.

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Here is To Kill A Gabor Sister 2020.

 

1. Genesis P-Orridge (JOKER)
2. John Andretti

3. Daniel Arap Moi
4. Frankie Banali
5. Susan Bayh

6. Chris Doleman
7. Maggie Griffin - mom of Kathy Griffin
8. David Gulpilil
9. Lars Hogh
10. Terry Jones
11. Lee Kerslake
12. Michael Robinson
13. Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said of Oman
14. Yoo Sang-Chul
15. Roger Scruton
16. Doug Supernaw
17. Bernard Tapie

18. Peter Tobin
19. Alex Trebek
20. Gianluca Vialli

 

I'm not gonna make any dramatic claims like ''this is my last year playing the DDP'' but this very well may be my last semi-competitive entry. I've certainly started to lose interest in deadpooling and I couldn't bring myself to do much research. However, I did pull myself together in the final days of 2019, so I don't think I'll completely embarrass myself with this team.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Here are my teams.

 

Drollercoaster

 

1)Tom Smith (Joker)

2)Frankie Banali 

3)Lisa Griffiths (only FFBI, but a Daily Mail fav)

4)Chris Doleman

5)Susan Bayh

6)Bob Gibson

7)Greg Gilbert (finally his year, maybe... patience would have paid with José and Vervoort)

8)David Gulpilil

9)Sam Lloyd (I don't think he is cured. We'll see)

10)Sinisa MIhajlovic (don't realy think he'll die this year, but too big to miss)

11)David Hagen

12)Alex Trebek

13)Bernard Tapie

14)Roger Scruton

15)Qaboos of Oman

16)Genesis P-Orridge

17)Tracey Smothers

18)John Andretti

19)Pat Smullen (keep faith)

20)Gianluca Vialli

 

Plan B from Outer Space:

 

1)Tom Smith (Joker)

2)Tom Long

3)Carel du Plessis

4)Kerri Parker

5)Lee Kerslake

6)Peter Frampton

7)Yoo Sang-chul (on obit grounds)

8)Kay Ivey

9)Leon Spinks

10)Tabare Vazquez

11)Dave Mustaine

12)Eddie Van Halen

13)Ged Stokes (wasted)

14)Chris Doleman

15)Bill Freehan

16)Nobby Stiles

17)Frankie Banali

18)Sam Lloyd

19)Pervez Musharraf

20)Bernard Tapie

 

Complications from a fall (theme)

 

1)Qaboos of Oman (J)

2)Daniel arap Moi

3)Violeta Chamorro

4)Jiang Zemin

5)Kenneth Kaunda

6)Pervez Musharraf

7)Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

8)Giorgio Napolitano

9)Javier Perez de Cuellar

10)Francisco Morales Bermudez

11)Zhu Rongji

12)Mwai Kibaki

13)Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

14)Milos Jakes

15)Lubomir Strougal

16)Jimmy Carter

17)Hosni Mubarak

18)Abdelaziz Bouteflika

19)Edouard Balladur

20)Tomiichi Murayama

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My main team:

1)Pat Smullen (Joker)

2)David Hagen

3)Frankie Banali

4)Tom Smith

5)Nanci Ryder

6)Alex Trebek

7)Leon Spinks

8)David Gulpilil

9)George Alagiah

10) Bill Turnbull

11)Doug Supernaw

12) Roger Scruton

13)Genesis P-Orridge

14)Peter Tobin

15) Sam Lloyd

16)Gianluca Vialli 

17) Mark Gastineau 

18)Jana Bennett

19) Eddie Van Halen

20) Sophie Sabbage

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
4 minutes ago, Sean said:

My main team:

1)Pat Smullen (Joker)

I hope to F you right about him.  Had my doubts as I was hitting ‘send’

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Everyone piling on Roger Scruton.  He was on long list but cut quickly.  What am I missing?  
* off to figure it out*  Something fishy.  News broke last three days??

 

EDIT:  OK THAT guy.  Salman Rushdie Light.  He ain’t dying.  And won’t be killed.  Still don’t see it.   Just googled.  Feel free to straighten me out, cuz I’m drinking and in the mood to mock 10% of DDP teams all at once.

SC

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
Just now, Sir Creep said:

Everyone piling on Roger Scruton.  He was on long list but cut quickly.  What am I missing?  
* off to figure it out*  maybe QO chances?  Something fishy.  News broke last three days??

Probably because a) he’s someone very few people will miss and b) he looked extremely frail in those December pictures

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I don’t espouse to ‘looks frail’ as a basis of anything.  I know it’s proven to work a few times.  I’ll take me chances.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
1 minute ago, Sir Creep said:

I don’t espouse to ‘looks frail’ as a basis of anything.  I know it’s proven to work a few times.  I’ll take me chances.

 

Paraphrasing the shits own article, but before Christmas he announced he'd been given a week to live with Stage IV cancer in July without treatment, and that the treatment since hadn't gone as well to plan as hoped.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

The annual "looks like shite" picks for the three years prior were Wetton, Mark E. Smith, and McCririck. I omitted all three, who all then promptly died. Not going to repeat that mistake with Scruton.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

This year's effort.  Hoping to better the 31st place achieved in 2018 and 2019.

 

The Living End

 

Yoo Sang-chul (Joker)

Sam Lloyd 

David Gulpilil

Doug Supernaw

Gianluca Vialli

Frankie Banali

Alex Trebek

James Church

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Belinda Sykes 

Pat Smullen

John Downing 

Sultan Qaboos of Oman

Sally Sheridan 

Jana Bennett

Judy Dyble

Michael McKevitt

John Lewis 

John Andretti

Lee Noble

Sub: Bradley Murdoch

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
19 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

The annual "looks like shite" picks for the three years prior were Wetton, Mark E. Smith, and McCririck. I omitted all three, who all then promptly died. Not going to repeat that mistake with Scruton.


They had medical reasons even if they looked like Johnny Depp 20 years ago.  Scruton doesn’t.  msc better provide a link, if Twitter I don’t care I’ll never sign up.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
11 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:


They had medical reasons even if they looked like Johnny Depp 20 years ago.  Scruton doesn’t. 

 

Jesus_Wept.jpg.259929a9200ab65680dc3e8b10473824.jpg

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

McCririck and Smith were not even publicly known to have cancer until after their deaths, even if it could be reasonably guessed off appearance alone. If anything Scruton has less conjecture involved.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Of the teams announced so far, a dozen who seem to be ones to watch on paper as contenders (yes Willz, obligatory the DDP isn't won on paper reference here...)

 

Joey and Clorox (who seem to be early favourites),  Toast and Book who both look to have their best teams yet, Jireomon, Spade (well, duh?), Eesti, Chorizo, Rad, drol, Reptile and that chap DI.

  • Thanks 1
  • Sad 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Hmm, I'm sure most of mine are goners, but not confident they'll all go this year.  Glad I haven't stooped to jokering cancer brides. :closedeyes:

 

  • Like 5

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My team.

EtushIsPushingUpDaisies (terrible name)

1. Kirk Douglas
2. Alex Trebek (JOKER)
3. George Alagiah
4. Frankie Banali
5. John Andretti
6. Lee Kerslake
7. Gianluca Vialli
8. Roger Scruton
9. Bob Gibson
10. Alcee Hastings
11. Tabare Vazquez
12. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
13. Mark Gastineau
14. Tom Smith 
15. Doddie Weir
16. Vasily Kulkov 
17. Anastasia Zavorotniuk 
18. Genesis P-Orridge
19. David Gullpilil
20. Pat Smullen.
How much do you think I'll score? I'm so insecure, because it's my first team.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
23 minutes ago, Etushispushingupdaisies said:

My team.

EtushIsPushingUpDaisies (terrible name)

1. Kirk Douglas
2. Alex Trebek (JOKER)
3. George Alagiah
4. Frankie Banali
5. John Andretti
6. Lee Kerslake
7. Gianluca Vialli
8. Roger Scruton
9. Bob Gibson
10. Alcee Hastings
11. Tabare Vazquez
12. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
13. Mark Gastineau
14. Tom Smith 
15. Doddie Weir
16. Vasily Kulkov 
17. Anastasia Zavorotniuk 
18. Genesis P-Orridge
19. David Gullpilil
20. Pat Smullen.
How much do you think I'll score? I'm so insecure, because it's my first team.

for a first team, it's very good.

Edit: And good in general.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Well, David Stern is the first DDP hit of the year it seems, on my B-team, but for some reason, not on my Deathrace team.

GUN is working hard on entering the late submitted teams. Then the scoring process begins.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×

Important Information

Your use of this forum is subject to our Terms of Use