Spoilers For Thursday September 16th 2010

[James Robinson]

Thursday and the Pope seem to have arrived on our shores, but also making an impression, probably a much bigger one than Benedict XVI is our very own Eoin Monaghan, who put in a very polished performance in dispensing of David Rayner yesterday.

How long will this boy wonder last before he's Eoin, Eoin, gone (It's been done plenty of times, so I couldn't resist.)

Something else you shouldn't resist is the Robinson Recap, which'll be around later on.

[Michael Wallace]

They should have made a condition of the Pope's visit being him appearing on Countdown. Although given the current champion...maybe not.




TOPICAL!!!

[Matt Morrison]

I'm most interested in seeing how Alastair and Jeff manage to mispronounce Eoin's name today. I mean really, how hard is it to say "ee-oin" ?

[Matt Morrison]

Fucking awesome 9. If a little annoying for me, was well proud at spotting TENTORIA for the first time ever!

[Matt Coates]

ANORTHITE lol quality

[Innis Carson]

<3

[Kirk Bevins]

When I saw ANORTHITE I was just hoping that he'd seen it and you saw his face during the 30 seconds and you knew he had 9 - he was looking all round the studio lol. Sounds so sad but it made me so happy when he said "9" I actually did a fist pump in the air. Awesome Eoin!

[Matt Morrison]

When I saw ANORTHITE I was just hoping that he'd seen it and you saw his face during the 30 seconds and you knew he had 9 - he was looking all round the studio lol. Sounds so sad but it made me so happy when he said "9" I actually did a fist pump in the air. Awesome Eoin!

Fuck I can't wait til you have kids Kirk.

[Matt Coates]

Taxi for Hansford!!!

[Matt Morrison]

Taxi for Hansford!!!

Yeah I really don't see the point in buzzing that quickly unless you're trying to go down in countdown history for the fastest solve or something.
I mean surely no non-apterite has ever buzzed before about 3 seconds, so you don't gain anything points-wise by buzzing that early.
That said, Eoin is no doubt confident he'll win the series so I guess he doesn't care about maximising points for seedings, and record-hunting means more.

[Tim]

Spoiler for round 14:

25*100 = 2500
-1 = 2499
/ 3 = 833
+75-50 = 858

In the time!!

Tim.

[Kirk Bevins]

Spoiler for round 14:

25*100 = 2500
-1 = 2499
/ 3 = 833
+75-50 = 858

In the time!!

Tim.

Seriously? That's bloody awesome if so. Also, I wonder if they purposefully put a teacher against a student today as that always makes good TV - it happened with Kai too I think. Don't think they made a big deal of it though. Yeah, not sure why Eoin buzzed in instantly when he clearly solved it like 2 seconds in and was gutted. I buzzed in because I thought ENSCONDED was a word and then after I was told I was wrong I saw CONDENSED and was pretty annoyed but I only ever buzzed if I thought I knew the answer - did you think it was PARTRIDGE, CIGARETTE, GERIATRIC or something Eoin?

[David O'Donnell]

Awesome stuff Eoin. That's the first opportunity I have had to see you on the show. I was nowhere near ANORTHITE ... and thought you had made it up

[Eoin Monaghan]

Spoiler for round 14:

25*100 = 2500
-1 = 2499
/ 3 = 833
+75-50 = 858

In the time!!

Tim.

Seriously? That's bloody awesome if so. Also, I wonder if they purposefully put a teacher against a student today as that always makes good TV - it happened with Kai too I think. Don't think they made a big deal of it though. Yeah, not sure why Eoin buzzed in instantly when he clearly solved it like 2 seconds in and was gutted. I buzzed in because I thought ENSCONDED was a word and then after I was told I was wrong I saw CONDENSED and was pretty annoyed but I only ever buzzed if I thought I knew the answer - did you think it was PARTRIDGE, CIGARETTE, GERIATRIC or something Eoin?

I thought it was GRACIATED for some reason and felt really stupid when I realised it wasn't, sorry about that but I geniunely did think I had it and wasn't doing a Hansford.
Thanks again for the nice comments anyway.

[Kirk Bevins]

I thought it was GRACIATED for some reason and felt really stupid when I realised it wasn't, sorry about that but I geniunely did think I had it and wasn't doing a Hansford.
Thanks again for the nice comments anyway.

Don't feel stupid mate - it happens to us all. I learnt that my opponents were unlikely to get it instantly so I could spend a fraction of a second checking (I didn't do this on a crucial though). You're coming across really well. Hope your teachers and mates love it too.

[Robert Baxter]

I was having a bad day - the an F1 reference!!!!!!!!!

[Matt Morrison]

I was having a bad day - the an F1 reference!!!!!!!!!

Trust me, if a reference can F1 can completely turn your day around, then it really wasn't a bad day. Wait til you experience some of what life has to offer. At some point you'll experience a day so bad that it might take upwards of three or four F1 references to sort it out.

[Jon O'Neill]

I was having a bad day - the an F1 reference!!!!!!!!!

Trust me, if a reference can F1 can completely turn your day around, then it really wasn't a bad day. Wait til you experience some of what life has to offer.

Get out of happy threads.

[Oliver Garner]

Haven't seen all of it, but ANORTHITE was quality. Didn't know it at all. As for the conundrum, I thought nerves or adrenaline made you hit the buzzer by mistake; I was scared of doing that

[Innis Carson]

Yeah I really don't see the point in buzzing that quickly unless you're trying to go down in countdown history for the fastest solve or something.
I mean surely no non-apterite has ever buzzed before about 3 seconds, so you don't gain anything points-wise by buzzing that early.

Probably also comes down a lot to force of habit from apterous, where you usually need to buzz as soon as you can to avoid getting beat. I doubt there was any kind of strategical thinking in it.

Very well played again Eoin, this series has been brilliant to watch so far.

[Ryan Taylor]

[Charlie Reams]

Racial stereotypical, offensive to gingers, and showing a gross act of urination and degradation. Like.

[James Robinson]

Very good performance again, Eoin.

DAIKONS in round 3, MODULI in round 6, LITHOED in round 12.

Also thought the same as Ryan in round 2, although I thought you'd get TENTORIA minimum anyway.

[Ben Hunter]

SPROILER as an equaller in round 11.

Well done again Eoin

[Joyce Phillips]

After Daniel's performance, I'm not sure that Eoin can be sure of winning the series.

[Charlie Reams]

After Daniel's performance, I'm not sure that Eoin can be sure of winning the series.

I'm not sure anyone's sure that he's sure he can win the series.

[Kirk Bevins]

After Daniel's performance, I'm not sure that Eoin can be sure of winning the series.

Nobody can ever be sure of winning a series. Eoin is a better player than Daniel (in my opinion) despite Daniel being quality but anything can happen head-to-head. We don't know who else is to come yet and Eoin might not even make the finals.

[Jon O'Neill]

anorthiteis easy, anyone whos done 5minutes study will get it, kids shit, hes not a natural countdown player

[Conor]

ANORTHITE was fantastic. Knew it, but was nowhere near it. Great to see someone young tearing it up again - reminds me of that time Lewis Hamilton came second in the F1 drivers' championship in his rookie season!

[Eoin Monaghan]

ANORTHITE was fantastic. Knew it, but was nowhere near it. Great to see someone young tearing it up again - reminds me of that time Lewis Hamilton came second in the F1 drivers' championship in his rookie season!

You could have some long talks with Robert Baxter.