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Steven M. McCann

Have just watched this episode tonight, I was feeling quite smug at having spotted ADDICTIVE and was therefore slightly annoyed that John seemed to have got it as well judging by his body language. John would of most likely have won if he had of risked DUALIZES, as I get the impression he's honed hi...

Steven M. McCann

Xmas is cancelled! The winner of the 12-10 ROSIE ALICE was backed from 50/1 into 10/3 the winner of the 2-30 CYPRIAN PRINCE was backed from 10/1 into 11/8 both trained by the same man who has obviously landed two huge coups for the people in the know (unfortunately I wasn't one of them!) The last tw...

Steven M. McCann

Tramore 12-10 HELLO SWEETIE
Tramore 12-45 LAKE FIELD
Tramore 1-20 ARKWRISHT
Tramore 1-55 CLONTARF
Tramore 2-30 BALLYCAHANE
Tramore. 3-05 CORPORATE BOX
Tramore 3-40 DELEGATE
Don't forget to take the prices!

Steven M. McCann

The vast majority of Wladimar Klitschko's fights over the last 19 years or so have been in Germany (where boxing is still very popular) hence he's build up a huge German following.
Up until the Tyson Fury fight he had only previously lost once in his adopted homeland.

Steven M. McCann

As I'm sure you well know Jim, this award has always suffered from having "Personality" in it's title rather than something more suitable, like as you say "Achievement" or maybe "Performance". Ironically enough it might be Mr. Fury's "personality" that may rob...

Steven M. McCann

Got to be Tyson Fury surely, beating a Champion who had held the title for 11 years in his own backyard, magnificent achievement. Lewis Hamilton? easily had the best car, enough said. Jessica Ennis-Hill? very well done, but her two main rivals handed the World Title to her on a plate, by imploding. ...

Steven M. McCann

I thought the last numbers game from the Champ was "very iffy", almost as if he was winging it, I rarely used to notice this sort of thing, until I joined this forum!

Steven M. McCann

What a nice top Rachel's wearing today, It's a shame she didn't wait until it was finished before deciding to wearing it!

Steven M. McCann

I'm afraid I broke the first rule of betting on reality television, DON'T dive in and bet on who you think will win, wait a while and then bet on who the PRODUCERS want to win and you won't go too far wrong. Mr Eubank blew his chances by not volunteering to do any Bush Tucker Trials and got practica...

Steven M. McCann

BAPTIZER as a beater in the PAINTER round.

Steven M. McCann

CURLIEST the 8 Susie didn't mention in R2.

Steven M. McCann

Gavin, I caught a bit of it tonight (after The Apprentice, which I do watch obsessively) apparently there's a "I'm a Celebrity" free app you can download for your smartphone, tablet etc.... which will fill you in on all you need to know about the show and it's "Celebrities", that...

Steven M. McCann

Well done on your 8 wins Matthew
,you were well below your usual level today, mental fatigue?

Steven M. McCann

How on earth did Matt miss IMPARTED? it was practically spelt out in the selection!

Steven M. McCann

LOGIES as an alternative to GOSPEL.

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TRAITOR as a beater in the QINTAR round.

Steven M. McCann

"Celebrity" seems to be infectious these days, take Brooklyn Beckham for example, he's a "Celebrity" only because of his parents, whoever he dates will now become a minor "Celebrity". Some Chefs are now "Celebrities" simply because some celebrities frequented ...

Steven M. McCann

CHEERIO in the CHEERY round.

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I knew Eubank,Dyer and Hadley, had a vague idea about the Dragons Den guy, the fashion lady, the Hollyoaks girl and the Blue Peter lady, as for the boy bander, the royal expert and the choreographer........afraid not. My definition of a Celebrity is, if you stop someone in the street show them a pic...

Steven M. McCann

I know who 3 of them are for definite, I have a vague idea who 4 of the others are, but as for the other 3..... not a bloody clue! The nerve of some of these people, to declare "I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here!" when around 98% of the viewers wouldn't have the slightest idea who they a...

Steven M. McCann

It's been driving me nuts for the last few days trying to think who Matt reminds me of and at last I have finally nailed it.......Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad!

Steven M. McCann

They are a good match these two, one's hopeless at the numbers the others hopeless at the letters!

Steven M. McCann

Damn, why didn't Zac play like that yesterday against the fragrant Francesca!

Steven M. McCann

Any chance of Zac playing a "live" one, before he becomes a octochamp?

Steven M. McCann

Martin Lewis spots a nine the village idiot would have got, yet still feels the need to hold up nine fingers.......

Steven M. McCann

I'm changing my solution slightly too (small acknowledgement to Jon!) only on CRUCIAL conundrums, players must write down their answer (spelt correctly) then buzz and reveal.

Steven M. McCann

Unbelievable, why didn't Chris go 4 large for the last numbers game? did he not know he needed to outscore John to take it to a crucial conundrum?

Steven M. McCann

There's a simple solution to cut out "split-second buzzing", players write down the Conundrum (spelt correctly) then buzz and reveal their answer.

Steven M. McCann

POOL BREAK LITE, an unbelievably addictive free Pool/Snooker Android App. for your smartphone, tablet, etc.. I won't go so far as to claim I'm the best in the world at it, but judging by my stats I would certainly be in the top 5%! My player name is Dragonfly8, if anyone here fancies their chances o...

Steven M. McCann

Le Saux v Le Tissier for the Ex-Footballer Countdown Championship of Jersey, surely that is the clash we all want to see!
Come on Channel 4, make it happen!
I would make MLT a slight favourite.

Steven M. McCann

He said "ORTOLAN, I think it's a bird" rather smugly and then spells it wrong!

Steven M. McCann

Channel 4 can "protect" Matt all they like, but sooner or later he's going to come up against a proper player, who will duly kick his butt!

Steven M. McCann

Is David channelling Julian Clary?
After Harry declared GROUT the first 2 rounds I was hoping for the 3rd selection to give him the opportunity to land the hat-trick,alas it was not to be.
Harry Grout of course was Norman Stanley Fletcher's nemesis in Porridge.

Steven M. McCann

David Webb? didn't he use to play for Chelsea.

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GARROTES with one T? it's alright in Scrabble.

Steven M. McCann

I'm enjoying these old pared down episodes, It's funny the way most players won't even attempt a solution, if the numbers game is the slightest bit tricky. These days there's far too much inane waffle, Nick's intro, the guest's anecdote and Susie's D.O.W., cut all this out and we could have another ...

Steven M. McCann

Starting today 7-00pm, was it posted on the forum somewhere?

Steven M. McCann

STUNNING!!!!!!!

Steven M. McCann

Congratulations on your run Jonathan and for trying to make PODGIER the new LEOTARDS!

Steven M. McCann

Matty seemed quite pleased about the bloke in the audience getting the conundrum.

Steven M. McCann

PASTORED? as an alternative to ADOPTERS.

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DUCKIES? as an alternative to GAUDIES.

Steven M. McCann

Has Gyles got a new book out? you would think it would be mentioned.

Steven M. McCann

That's just it Jim, fingers are always getting pointed everywhere, but for some reason Kelly Holmes always seems to get a pass. 34 year olds are always running Personal Bests in Major Finals, happens all the time, it might even happen next week, my mistake Justin Gatlin is only 33.

Steven M. McCann

Maybe it was just priced up as a "fun bet" for Kelly's fans, with (in their opinion) little chance of landing.
They had her 8/1 roughly for the 800 and 16/1 for the 1,500 so in their eyes 100/1 the double wasn't exactly been over generous.
Did any of Kelly's main rivals run in both races?

Steven M. McCann

Oops....It should have been Google....Kelly coup hits layers.

Steven M. McCann

Correcting my lies? oldest woman to win Olympic 800- TRUE, oldest woman to win Olympic 1,500-TRUE, oldest woman to do 800/1,500 double-TRUE, Bookies offered 100/1 for her to do the double-TRUE. It's you who doesn't seem to know what ante-post means, in sports betting, it means before any action has ...

Steven M. McCann

She was 100/1 to win both, before she stepped on the track(if you want to call that ante-post), obviously after she won the 800 the bookies went into a blind panic and slashed her from 16/1 to 1/2 for the 1,500, as the Great British Public wanted to be on her to complete the double (whatever the pri...

Steven M. McCann

The 100/1 is referred to here......news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3609442.stm.

Steven M. McCann

Nothing wrong with my memory Jim, Dame Kelly Holmes WAS 100/1 for the 800/1,500 double, Bookmakers had taken the view that she was highly unlikely to run in the 800 (but if she did and won it) she would then probably not bother with the 1,500, plus she was 34 and had NEVER won one Major Championship...

Steven M. McCann

Never mind Michael Johnson, what about Dame Kelly Holmes? throughout her career she was always the bridesmaid never the bride, then amazingly at the ripe old age of 34, became the oldest 800 metres Olympic Champion and the oldest 1,500 metres Olympic Champion at the same Olympics!, defying ante-post...

Steven M. McCann

I feel a little cheated that we didn't get to see a clip of Mike's appearance on Japanese TV.

Steven M. McCann

I got 702.5 for the second numbers game, would that have been allowed?

Steven M. McCann

Has Lord Coe been made a Saint yet? he seems to be one of these people who picks up honours and titles every other week.

Steven M. McCann

Despite the forum managing to put the mockers on Barbara, the 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (seed's wins) can still happen this week, providing Kevin wins tomorrow and gets turned over on Friday!

Steven M. McCann

Crazy, If Nathan hadn't missed that "open goal" i.e. the last numbers game, he would have won.

Steven M. McCann

Judging on today's performance, I don't think Andrew's conqueror,Nathan, is going to be around for much longer either, obviously I could be completely wrong and he could go on to be an Octochamp, but I very much doubt it.

Steven M. McCann

I see Mo Farah and a few others have released their anti-doping blood test data.
I wonder will Paula Radcliffe, Kelly Holmes & Christine Ohuruogu follow suit?

Steven M. McCann

Was that the Duchess of Cambridge representing Newcastle tonight? or more likely her doppelganger.

Steven M. McCann

World Cup Draw coming up, the mighty Wales who haven't qualified for the finals since 1958 are among the top seeds in Pot 1 relatively recent World Cup WINNERS France & Italy are in Pot 2! hilarious.

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