Billy Jean King Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Bannon gets to stay on the park ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Oh Captain, My Captain - points please*One of Scottish football’s greats - RIP Jim 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 He was never my favourite person but huge huge respect to Jim Mclean, remarkable achievements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Chris and John's dad Michael Sutton. He played for Norwich and Carlisle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Week 51 update Two deaths this week. Up first is cricket man John Edrich: John Edrich obituary | Cricket | The Guardian Quote The cricketer John Edrich, who has died aged 83 after suffering from leukaemia, was one of the best English top order batsmen of the 20th century. Short, stocky, bushy-eyebrowed and brave, he played 77 times for his country between 1963 and 1976, and had an especially good record against the two best sides of his era – Australia and West Indies. In 1970-71, his superb batting performances were one of the key reasons that England managed to win the Ashes in Australia for the first time since 1956, and with Geoffrey Boycott in the late 1960s and early 70s he created a formidable opening partnership that provided many good platforms in Test matches. His best score, 310 not out against New Zealand, is the fifth highest for England in Tests. In county cricket, Edrich was a leading figure for Surrey, whom he captained in his later days and with whom, from 1958 to 1978, he accumulated most of his 39,790 career runs, one of the highest tallies in history and at an impressive average of 45.47. By the end of his career, he had also become one of the rare breed of cricketers to have scored 100 hundreds (103 in all), putting him in the company of greats such as WG Grace, Jack Hobbs and Wally Hammond. Edrich’s greatest asset was his gritty concentration and discipline, allied to the unusual skill of being able to treat each ball as it came, no matter what had gone before. He was also tough, shrugging off countless nasty injuries inflicted by the world’s fastest bowlers, some of which might have permanently unnerved lesser characters. While he was pugnacious rather than stylish, he could exhibit an aggressive, almost carefree intent when the fancy took him, and was a ruthless dispatcher of bad deliveries, using his strong forearms to punch the ball to midwicket or through the covers. There was no better example of his capacity for extravagance than his 310 at Headingley in 1965, during which he scored more runs in boundaries – 52 fours and five sixes – than anyone has ever managed in a Test innings. Seems like he was quite good at cricket. He died at 83 so he's worth 42 Base Points, which is doubled with the Deadly December bonus. He was a Solo Shot for @ToBeSomeone for an extra 50 for a total of 134 points. ======================= The second death this week was former Dundee United manager Jim McLean: Jim McLean, title-winning Dundee United manager, dies aged 83 | Dundee United | The Guardian Dundee United's YouTube channel put up an hour long documentary about his time in charge last night: The thread about him in the Premiership forum is worth reading now and I'm sure it'll continue to be filled with stories and memories from fans of all clubs: To try and put this into some meagre context, I'm going to list United's achievements before and during McLean's time there. They won the Scottish second tier - as it was - in 1924 and 1929. McLean became manager and in his 22 years there they won the league, two league cups, six cup finals, a UEFA cup final and a European cup semi-final. It's a record that speaks for itself. Although a lot of the deaths on this thread are people before my time watching football/listening to music/watching films, the 1980s are just close enough for my life for this to not seem that long ago. The notion of a club the size of Dundee United winning titles and reaching European finals - getting cheated out of more European finals - is completely unthinkable now, but it's such a prominent and comparatively recent part of Scottish football's history that it doesn't feel like a lifetime ago. My own memories of Jim McLean are comprised wholly of reading his column in the Daily Record and feeling sorry for his wife Doris. For once I'd recommend the articles on the websites of papers like the Record and the Sun right now. They're reverential, but honest. As much as it's a cliche, the one thing that's certain is that we'll never see someone with his ability and achievements in Scottish football again. McLean died at 83, so he's worth 42 Base Points. A Deadly December bonus doubles that, with 84 points for @dundeefc1783, @microdave, @pub car king, @The DA and @The Master. He was Vice-Captain for @Arabdownunder who gets an extra 21 for 105, and Captain for @D.V.T. who gets an extra 42 for a total of 126 points. I'm not going to add in the Last Gasp Bonus yet, but that also currently stands to apply to McLean. As a result of all this, the standings now look like this: 1. Bishop Briggs 520 2. JustOneCornetto 464 3. pub car king 410 4. Melanius Mularkey 398 5. Ned Nederlander 387 6. speckled tangerine 370 7. ToBeSomeone 366 8. thistledo 361 9. Musketeer Gripweed 343 10. peasy23 340 11. chomp my root, The_Craig 337 13. The DA 321 14. Fuctifano 320 15. Arabdownunder 309 16. Aim Here 300 17. cdisaaccie 295 18. alta-pete 287 19. sparky88 286 20. Lofarl 281 21. paulathame 272 22. Karpaty Lviv 271 23. Savage Henry 266 24. Billy Jean King 263 25. Flybhoy 257 26. weirdcal 250 27. psv_killie 206 28. Sergeant Wilson 188 29. dee_62 186 30. sureiknow 184 31. Mark Connolly 183 32. ICTJohnboy 176 33. 50/50 Winner 172 34. qos_75 171 35. sleazy 169 36. microdave 168 37. lichtgilphead 166 38. Arch Stanton 164 39. D.V.T. 160 40. Bobby Skidmarks 155 41. choirbairn 150 42. Meden89 149 43. dundeefc1873 142 44. weejack 140 45. Indale Winton 134 46. Scotty Tunbridge 127 47. expatowner, sjc 125 48. pawpar 124 49. statts1976uk 123 50. Bold Rover 122 51. gingette 119 52. The Naitch 111 53. Ben Twilly 107 54. Perkin Flump, The Master 106 56. Salvo Montalbano 105 57. 101 103 58. Shotgun 102 59. CountyFan 98 60. LoonsYouthTeam 96 61. Hamish's Passenger 94 62. BWAClyde 84 63. Ludo*1 83 64. HI HAT 69 65. lolls 67 66. Blootoon87 60 67. 19QOS19 58 68. Sweaty Morph 57 69. mathematics 48 70. BillyAnchor, RussellAnderson 47 72. Raidernation 45 73. doulikefish, cambozpar, LondonHMFC 44 76. 10menwent2mow 37 77. wellinwigan 35 78. Cardinal Richelieu 33 79. shuggz 22 ZERO POINTERS - @Eednud, @Empty It, @Henderson to deliver ....., @Miguel Sanchez, @senorsoupe, @thisal The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V64rLXKhrmZf-6K4D3RyN3cR5Z_i2rh-ztODUB_dQyI/edit?usp=sharing 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Since next Sunday will be the last update for the 2020 Dead Pool, I should add that I'll go through every pick then to make sure nobody's missed out on any deaths. I don't think we have any picks this year who died without a qualifying obituary, but outright missing people is still possible. Remember that if you want to play next year you only have a few days left to get your team in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Mon the iron sheikh do the honourable thing and win this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 55 minutes ago, pub car king said: Mon the iron sheikh do the honourable thing and win this. He’s immortal. No chance. If he’s not dead now with the amount of coke and booze he’s done he’ll live to 100 at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Wrestler Luke Harper aka Brodie Lee dead at 41 https://news.sky.com/story/wrestler-brodie-lee-fka-wwes-luke-harper-dies-at-41-12173445 Dont think that was the Undertaker he was looking at taking on Edited December 27, 2020 by AL-FFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Lee Wallace - https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/new-york-ny/lee-wallace-9957038 "Lee did many years in the regional theatre and at his first love, Broadway. He appeared in "Zalman or the Madness of God", "Grind", "Some of My Best Friends" and others. Off Broadway he was in many commercials and films ("Batman", "Taking of Pelham 1-2-3", "Private Benjamin".) " Edited December 27, 2020 by Bishop Briggs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said: Lee Wallace - https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/new-york-ny/lee-wallace-9957038 "Lee did many years in the regional theatre and at his first love, Broadway. He appeared in "Zalman or the Madness of God", "Grind", "Some of My Best Friends" and others. Off Broadway he was in many commercials and films ("Batman", "Taking of Pelham 1-2-3", "Private Benjamin".) " Grass.... ...is what he'll be six feet under. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Breaking news: Lambie-Nairn deid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar P Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 4gone conclusion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Gone but not 4-gotten? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 A Design For Life Death - Pierre Cardin at 98 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: A Design For Life Death - Pierre Cardin at 98 His cotoure be haute in a few days. Edited December 29, 2020 by Sergeant Wilson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: A Design For Life Death - Pierre Cardin at 98 In my team for this year but i had also had him in next years aswell..totally selfish to pop his clogs and not hold on until friday imo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, doulikefish said: In my team for this year but i had also had him in next years aswell..totally selfish to pop his clogs and not hold on until friday imo Think there are 3 others with him too so no Solo or Duo bonus but still decent points with the Deadly December bonus and possible Last Shot which would give total of 79 points Edited December 29, 2020 by JustOneCornetto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, doulikefish said: In my team for this year but i had also had him in next years aswell..totally selfish to pop his clogs and not hold on until friday imo You ungrateful sod! Cardin timed his demise to get you a Deadly December AND a really good chance at a Last Gasp bonus to spang you upwards of 20 places up the leaderboard, and you're moaning at him? If you're unhappy with your score, I'd address it to the other slackers in your team. This guy totally pulled his weight. It'd be more surprising if the teammember who gets the Last Gasp bonus didn't cause a bit of admin inconvenience for next year's picks. -- In other news, Cardin was the 63rd Dead Pool hit of 2020. That means that 2020 is now officially at least 50% more lethal than 2019, which had 42 hits (despite a very similar number of unique celebrities being named). It's not clear whether we can attribute it to Coronavirus or to the players here being better at picking teams, but the relatively covid-free months of January to March 2020 had a hit-rate much more in line with the rest of this year than last year, which is a mild hint at the latter. So congratulations, everybody, on a much better collective effort in 2020. Good job guys - we've really stepped up this year! (Weirdly, we've only scored roughly 3/4 as many points but that's because a lot of 2019's most popular hits were young, publicly ill folks like Andrew Fairlie, Fernando Ricksen and Leah Bracknell, whereas 2020's scoring players were on average, 15 years older, partly due to a high number of centenarian stalwarts - such as Kirk, Olivia, Vera - choosing this year to rack up their points) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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