Spoilers For Wednesday February 2nd 2011

[James Robinson]

So, Dave gave us a few glimpses of his abilities yesterday, with an impressive 12-max game, nearly more famous for Thom's efforts as well as Dave's declaration in round 11.

As it is though, his opponent today will need to be on top form to oust him out of the champions' chair. Luckily, the challengers' chair is to be occupied by an Apteforumite today, but not just any Apteforumite......

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...... EDWARD McCULLAGH (That's some nice pressure for you there, mate. ) Will he be able to dispose the champion from his throne

Join me for the Robinson Recap later on.

[Ryan Taylor]

So we have in our hands a great contestant in every possible way and then apterous comes along and kills Countdown again.

[Matt Morrison]

So we have in our hands a great contestant in every possible way and then apterous comes along and kills Countdown again.

Yeah right! Go on Dave!

[Gavin Chipper]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...... EDWARD McCULLAGH (That's some nice pressure for you there, mate. )

I look forward to seeing this pressure working backwards in time.

[Josh Hurst]

Put the T on the end of OPAQUES for an 8 in round 9.

[Joseph Krol]

Does the newNPower ad have a subtle nod to Countdown in it or is it me?

[Jojo Apollo]

Well played, Ed. Great ton debut and class shown to praise Dave.

[Eoin Monaghan]

Great stuff Ed, nice to start with a ton. Your accent isn't bad! You hyped it up way too much, at times it was hard to tell you were a Nyuck. Swish stuff anyway, and I look forward to tomorrow. I'll be tellin' the school possibly.

Also, Dave was a great player and definitely could have won a few more.

[Dan McColm]

Wow, nice high-scoring contest! Well done, Ed.

[Marcus Hares]

Great century on your debut Ed - can't wait to see the next one(s)

[Kirk Bevins]

Excellent debut, Ed. REPLEVIN was awesome by DC and unlucky to Dave who could clearly play the game, especially at the numbers.

[James Robinson]

Very nice start, Edward. Hopefully 7 more to follow.

MARINAS as an equaller in round 6.

[JackHurst]

Good Debut Edward, did really well considering how good your opponent was. My favourite contestant of series 64 so far.

Bit careless of susie not to notice OPAQUEST when it was probably listed on the page she was looking at at the time of explaining OPAQUES.

[Adam Gillard]

Quality game. Dave was an octochamp-in-waiting had he not met such strong opposition. Well done Ed, good start. Nice to hear someone saying thanks to Jeff at the start for a change as well I concur with the comments about OPAQUEST, but I'll let Susie off having spotted REPLEVIN.

[Edward McCullagh]

Cheers guys

After the first part, I was thinking "God, this is so easy!" Two rounds later, and I'm absolutely bricking it, though I got lucky that Dave went with unquotes in round 8.

It was a very good game - Dave was about to pounce on the conundrum too but I just nicked in there in time.

Surprised no-one has picked up on "accidenty" yet

[Graeme Cole]

Surprised no-one has picked up on "accidenty" yet

Well played. This might have been asked before, but was your apterous photo taken shortly after the incident with the paramedic?

[Edward McCullagh]

Surprised no-one has picked up on "accidenty" yet

Well played. This might have been asked before, but was your apterous photo taken shortly after the incident with the paramedic?

Literally minutes after getting home from the hospital the morning after

[Ryan Taylor]

Surprised no-one has picked up on "accidenty" yet

Well played. This might have been asked before, but was your apterous photo taken shortly after the incident with the paramedic?

Literally minutes after getting home from the hospital the morning after

I'd genuinely always thought it was like fancy dress for Halloween or something. How very embarrassing.

[Brian Moore]

I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but you all realise that Dave Dyer is an apterite, right? Not been seen since the middle of December, though.

Out of interest, when was today's game recorded? Just wondering if it was round the middle of December.

BTW - good game today - two quality players. At the start I wondered if Ed was going to do to Dave what Dave did to his opponent yesterday, pipping him by one on most of the rounds.

[Marcus Hares]

I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but you all realise that Dave Dyer is an apterite, right? Not been seen since the middle of December, though.

Out of interest, when was today's game recorded? Just wondering if it was round the middle of December.

BTW - good game today - two quality players. At the start I wondered if Ed was going to do to Dave what Dave did to his opponent yesterday, pipping him by one on most of the rounds.

Yes Brian it was recorded in mid-December

[Brian Moore]

Yes Brian it was recorded in mid-December

Thanks Marcus. It was only while I was watching Ed squash Dave in the first few rounds that I realised Ben's post might have been a clue that Dave hadn't managed to get into the finals. Up till then, I thought ctochampdom beckoned for Dave.