Spoilers For Thursday September 16th 2010

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Spoilers For Thursday September 16th 2010

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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 :?: :lol: :oops: (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. ;) :) :D
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They should have made a condition of the Pope's visit being him appearing on Countdown. Although given the current champion...maybe not.




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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" ?
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Fucking awesome 9. If a little annoying for me, was well proud at spotting TENTORIA for the first time ever!
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ANORTHITE lol quality
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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!
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Kirk Bevins wrote: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!
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Taxi for Hansford!!!
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Matt Coates wrote: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.
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Spoiler for round 14:

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

In the time!!

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Tim wrote: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?
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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 :?
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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Tim wrote: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.
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Eoin Monaghan wrote:
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.
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I was having a bad day - the an F1 reference!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D
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Robert Baxter wrote:I was having a bad day - the an F1 reference!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D
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.
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Matt Morrison wrote:
Robert Baxter wrote:I was having a bad day - the an F1 reference!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D
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.
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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
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Matt Morrison wrote: 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.
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Very good performance again, Eoin.

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Also thought the same as Ryan in round 2, although I thought you'd get TENTORIA minimum anyway.
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SPROILER as an equaller in round 11.

Well done again Eoin 8-)
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After Daniel's performance, I'm not sure that Eoin can be sure of winning the series.
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Joyce Phillips wrote: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.
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Joyce Phillips wrote: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.
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anorthiteis easy, anyone whos done 5minutes study will get it, kids shit, hes not a natural countdown player
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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!
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Conor wrote: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.
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