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I didn't reply at all unless someone had done something really stupid...

For those who haven't spotted it yet, @Miguel Sanchez has kindly taken on the responsibility for this fine tradition and has launched the Dead Pool 2019 thread.

Thanks again for taking this over, P&B wouldn't be P&B without the Dead Pool

To be fair, Balk never got a run in the team in his correct position and we didn't really get to see much of Latouchent either. Celcer, Dreesen and Fenlon though... Ooft.

Negan's quite clearly being lined up for redemption.

In my final year of the running the Dead Pool (stay tuned) another of the long term big-ticket participants has decided to leave his mark on the competition with a numerical quirk, George Bush Snr donates 31 points to 31 players. To clarify the scoring, as per the rules George Bush Snr does not earn a Deadly December bonus. Some place changes in the top 10 over the last few months, including my best ever year to date with Stephen Hillenburg propelling me up into 6th. @Gypsy Joe Swanton remains at the top of the pile, with @Ned Nederlander and @Sherrif John Bunnell closing out the podium positions. With Deadly December and the Last Gasp bonuses in play one single death (especially of a young captain) could easily propel any of the top 10 into the lead still at this late stage and equally those as low as 50th could still sneak a top 10 so it's all to play for. Here's the table as it stands: 1 Gypsy Joe Swanton 464 2 Ned Nederlander 440 3 Sherrif John Bunnell 420.5 4 Indale Winton 402 5 Fuctifano 348 6 Spain 340 7 chomp my root 330 8 cdisaccie 329 9 cal234ey 322 10 Arabdownunder 302 11 psv_killie 295.5 12 Supermik 292 = the snudge 292 14 Billy Jean King 291 15 Bishop Briggs 290 16 LoonsYouthTeam 284 17 Ben Twilly 281 18 Bluetoon87 274 19 Sloop John B 268 20 JustOneCornetto 266 21 alta-pete 263.5 22 Karpaty 236 23 Savage Henry 216 24 The Naitch 198.5 25 mozam76 197 26 DBA 171 27 lichtgilphead 151 28 expatowner 150.5 29 Eednud 149 = qos_75 149 31 Shotgun 146 32 Mark Connolly 144 33 50/50 Winner 143 34 Miguel Sanchez 140 35 sleazy 137 36 Ross. 133.5 37 Michael W 133 38 Enigma 130 39 harry94 128 40 Helpma 127 41 Sweaty Morph 123.5 42 thistledo 123 43 Once A Rover always a Rover 122 44 10menwent2mow 120 = thelocalcat 120 46 weirdcal 119 47 paulathame 114 48 pub car king 104 49 Cardinal Richelieu 102 50 doulikefish 90 51 sureiknow 89 52 blanco 84 53 Weesiecodal 82 54 Bold Rover 80 = Salvo Montalbano 80 56 Arch Stanton 78 57 Oddy 69 58 ToBeSomeone 67 59 Bobby Skidmarks 62 60 endieinreeke 61 61 nessies long lost ghost 57 = The Master 57 63 HI HAT 55 = The DA 55 65 choirbairn 51 66 RadgerTheBadger 49 67 bazdons 44 = invergowrie arab 44 69 wellinwigan 43 70 aberfeldy 31 = blackislekillie 31 = gingette 31 = Meden89 31 = microdave 31 = Richey Edwards 31 = Sergeant Wilson 31 = Troy the gardener 31 78 Christophe 26 = lolls 26 80 Everyone else 0 Name and shame for the zero-pointers going into the home stretch: @cambozpar, @D.V.T., @dee_62, @deky, @Flybhoy, @gkneil, @itsnome, @JamesP_81, @JamieStevenson, @Melanius Mullarkey, @Mo Wonderboy, @pawpar, @Ranaldo Bairn, @RR #1, @statts1976uk, @Stellaboz, @trainspotter & @Ziggy

I stopped watching it quite some time ago, because not only is it a pretty dreadful show but Chris Hardwick is an utter bellend too.

Excluding the Henry stuff, that was comfortably one of the best episodes in quite some time I'd say.

Three Standing Bowls? Wow, just wow. First of all I'd like to thank that special someone who's always been in my corner [see below}; I couldn't have done it without him. Lesser notes of gratitude go to Swarley, and to the Steelers who kept me alive at the last minute last week.

Submitted already, that's quite a tough schedule to call.

Wait a minute... That last minute Steelers win has kept me alive thanks to the Raiders. Outstanding.

Week 7: Rams & Falcons Week 8: Chiefs & Patriots Week 9: Bears & Panthers Week 10: Chargers & Saints Week 11: Steelers & Titans

I was away on holiday and completely forgot Annoyingly it looks like I'd have had a decent haul too.

I'm going to check through to see if there's any updates for this due this weekend but more importantly... REMINDER ANNOUNCEMENT I'd like to remind everyone that I won't be running the Dead Pool next year, even if I wanted to I can't as I'm actually away over the New Year period. So unless someone steps forward to take it on, there will be no Dead Pool 2019 - and we're only a month away from the normal launch time. If anyone wants to take on the running of it, I'd be happy to share my pre-configured spreadsheets to make the job easier, and I'll be around enough to give a crash course and advise on how to use it.