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Week 8 update

One death this week, former Queens Park Rangers maverick Stan Bowles: Stan Bowles, QPR legend and former England international, dies at 75 | Football | The Guardian

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Tributes were paid on Saturday night after the death was announced of the former QPR and England forward Stan Bowles at the age of 75.

Bowles, who had lived with Alzheimer’s disease since 2015, was widely regarded as one of the game’s great entertainers during his 1970s heyday, and was an enduringly charismatic figure.

In a statement, QPR said they were now planning a “fitting tribute”, calling Bowles “a darling of the Loftus Road terraces [and] undoubtedly one of the greatest players to have ever pulled on the famous blue and white hoops. Many would argue that he is the best.”

The club already has a stand named in his honour.

QPR also put up a nice tribute video:

Is something lost from football in the age of professionalism and money, in that players like this don't and can't really exist any more? Probably.

Bowles died at 75 so he's worth 50 Base Points for @Moomintroll. He also gets a Solo Shot bonus for a total of 100 points.

As a result, the standings look like this:

1. mozam76 402
2. lolls 316
3. Billy Jean King 303
4. psv_killie 291
5. Ned Nederlander 282
6. lichtgilphead 279
7. Moomintroll 263
8. The_Craig 254
9. pub car king 238
10. sparky88 232
11. Indale Winton, JustOneCornetto 225
13. Arch Stanton 207
14. cdhafc1874 204
15. weirdcal 191
16. Melanius Mullarkant 176

16. amnarab, The DA, The Naitch 169
20. Salvo Montalbano 163
21. alta-pete 156
22. blackislekillie, Bully Wee Villa, choirbairn, Desp, Oystercatcher, peasy23 150
28. tamthebam 144
29. parxyz 125
30. Arabdownunder 117

31. buddiepaul, chomp my root, El Guapo, Forest_Fifer, mathematics, scottsdad, Trogdor, TxRover 113
39. sleazy, Sweaty Morph 100

41. ThomCat 94
42. invergowrie arab, Karpaty Lviv, Ray Patterson 78
47. Arbroathlegend36-0, DG.Roma, Lofarl, Mark Connolly, qos_75, Savage Henry, sensorsoupe, Sergeant Wilson, Shotgun 75
54. D Angelo Barksdale 71

55. Florentine_Pogen 58
56. stanton 25
57. Everyone else 0 

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CsroU6IlQNJOesOqCc5gsI7SCw8ywBS-PUzQwLTJe4g/edit?usp=sharing

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That compilation of Bowles features genuinely some of the worse goalkeeping I have ever seen. Kids playing in full size goals are better than some of those men.

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1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Bowles died at 75 so he's worth 50 Base Points for @Moomintroll. He also gets a Solo Shot bonus for a total of 125 points.

 

@Miguel Sanchez think you've got bit mixed up with 75/50 and awarded 75 points for Solo Shot when it should be 50 so total points for @Moomintroll should be 100

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3 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

New rule: If a pick dies on the 29th of February they get their age as points, not the usual score.

Just making sure I've not got any 30-year-olds in my team.

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