Feeble?

Flammable ?

fistable

has Mr God's-Gift-to-Wordgames been booted off yet? Is the coast clear?

'just eight'....did he really say that?!

Unfortunately he's still there. And yes, he did say that.

Yesterday he made a big deal of checking his opponent's numbers game, rather than just giving it a cursory glance, before announcing "Yes, it's cool".

Not much longer for him now. You'll be able to watch next week.There'll be somebody new in Dictionary Corner by then.

Julia Bradbury's in DC next week. Current champ will be done by Thursday...

Never heard of him.

Richard Arnold, the man so camp he makes Graham Norton look like a heterosexual man. Cannot stand him, and the way he kept touching and kissing Erin on Strictly last year put me off even more. How she didn't smack him round the face I'll never know.

Unfortunately, after Julia we have Richard Madeley. I won't watch that week, just record them to see the contestants and Rachel, then skip to end to see who won.

Richard Madeley could be interesting - not too sure about Julia Bradbury!

Never really warmed to Richard M, I might give him a go on Countdown. He surely cannot be as boring as Judy can he?

Looking at today`s Countdown, and the orange number into which Rachel appears to have squeezed herself today (nicely accompanied by black tights and heels), I was struck by the thought of whether she could actually get her outfits any tighter. Then I thought "yes please, nice white blouse and black skirt"....

I never used to like Richard Madeley but have got used to him over last few years, although I prefer him on radio 2. I think he'd be quite good at hosting countdown itself one day in future

Good riddance to the current champion. The first numbers game was possible without going up into the 5000s but he just couldn't resist showing how clever he is.

He'll be infinitely better than the totally unwatchable Richard Arnold at least.


As for today's departing 'champion', what a horribly smug and self congratulatory t%$* he was! I really hope we get a new Conor or Jack crop up in the next few weeks who he then meets in the first match of his next appearance and who completely obliterates him!

In one of the letters rounds, he said something like 'I can't think of anything else, so 8 I suppose'. What a show-off he was.

Still, Rachel looked incredible.

Well said. My favourite of that recent batch was Jonathan, so modest about his talent which was obvious from his first appearance.

Ah, you guys. Disappointing to see this. Here goes from me.


If you are talking about 236, your point is kinda hindered by the fact I was prepared to do it either way - I offered Rachel the straightforward way or the flamboyant way because I'd been speaking to her in advance of the game about some of the tricks that are possible with 4 large numbers. She duly chose the more interesting way. If you were an actual fan of the show, I think you would be more likely to find it interesting too.


Come on man, you're better than that. You understand how the game works. You have to get every point possible to guarantee yourself as high a seed as possible to give yourself a better draw in the final stages. If you'd rather I just didn't say anything of a tactical nature then that would be fair enough, but I think it makes it more interesting to know what the contestants are thinking. Again, feel free to disagree.


I actually agree with you here, so fair play. I think Nick was too keen to praise me and at times it left me somehow embarrassed or not knowing what to say next.


This. Cheers. But I'm not really that "smart" so to speak, I just practised a lot before coming on. However, unfair on my opponent who apparently had a very strong performance in his audition but unfortunately never lived up to it on the day.



Would be interesting to hear why you thought that. I wouldn't say I was either insecure or arrogant. Although, that said, I wasn't really pleased with my demeanour in the first few games when I watched the show back, but more because I thought I looked more boring and competitive rather than arrogant, but you are entitled to your own interpretation and it's a shame you don't know me.


I like your opinion here. He is an absolute legend and a pleasure to have met. Great guy and great talent. After having my application for the show approved I was hoping to land him (or perhaps Tim Vine, Alistair McGowan etc) as my dictionary corner guest - a point I made to him in person (I'm not sure he believed me though, haha).


Yep, my play will never be as consistent as anyone like Conor, Jack, etc, but I gave it a bloody good go. Kudos if you spotted them, as they were beyond me there.


Yeah, I heard it was Channel 4 who decided this rather than the Countdown team. Something about clashing ad breaks with other channels. I kinda prefer the new format, it flows slightly better and as someone else mentioned well, it is more balanced in terms of numbers picks, something that was certainly a little skewed beforehand.





If I said that it was because I thoroughly expected a nine and was frustrated at myself for potentially losing 18 points to my opponent rather than being arrogant. You are kind of interpreting things how you want to, I see. Kind of says more about you than about me.


I honestly don't think he actually had it. I certainly couldn't make heads or tails of what was written. But I just gave it to him anyway in the end due to how long it was taking. Sorry for like, trying to play the game by the rules, and all that.


How smug and self-congratulatory? I responded to audience claps and the aforementioned praise from Nick in what I, and everyone I know, thought was a completely modest and acceptable fashion. Ask yourself if you would have had the same opinion if the scores were level or I was losing. But I agree with the last point, Conor and Jack are much better than me and if I could achieve anything like what they did I'd be delighted.


Yeah, Jonathan is a awesome - he is very well liked and respected among Countdown regulars & other top players. Genuinely glad to see he has a fan or two here. Looking at your post history it seems you don't throw around compliments very often so that probably means quite a lot.


To those of you who are genuine fans of the show, I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. Without giving too much away there's a guy on a few days into April who is definitely worth keeping tabs on. For those of you who just enjoy vitriolically criticising stuff, then you guys have fun too

I think this says it all!

By the way, I don't know what constitutes an "actual" or "genuine" fan of the show but I'd have thought I might qualify having been watching it since episode one - not every day admittedly. I think that was before you were born.

Can`t quite recall how and when it happened, but in the last day or two there was a bit of genuine wit and humour, quite unexpected, really; made me realise how much I miss the fun we had with Richard Whiteley.

Rachel is a lovely girl, if I were to be really critical though I`d say her body is a little too long and her legs slightly too short (in comparison); the overall effect is just about saved by her wearing those high heels.

oh, that is what I thought, but there seemed no reason to state that you only had eight, or whatever you said.

That sort of thing inclines me to think that you are a bit insecure. Why should you be frustrated with yourself for not getting the nine? You were probably going to win anyway. It's not like it's Who Wants to be a Millionaire with a lot of money at stake.....it is a game, which is supposed to be fun.

I have been arrogant myself, perhaps I am being now, and in me, I think it comes from some insecurity, although it is always a risk to apply things about one's self to other people.

I was pretty sure that you would be looking on the web for this kind of thread. I would be too. I remember that Come Dine with Me woman came on this forum after her episode...maybe that is also a sign of insecurity?

Don't worry about it mate, I'm sure most of us have some insecurities.

Nice to have a genuine Countdown contestant on these boards, welcome andyp99x.

Don't worry about the narky comments, if you're not a sullen taciturn savant [ which accounts for most of the top players in my experience ] you are a smarmy, cocky egomaniac.

You can't please everyone on DS.

Why do people on TV google themselves? If you've spent longer than 10 minutes on the internet, you know it isn't going to be a pleasant experience.

My thoughts exactly. It seems a British trait to criticise success.

I have to congratulate andyp99x, a fantastic performance to score over 100 points in every round.

Cheers for your responses, especially Geeza & stevie.

I didn't actually find this by googling, I have a mate who is a member of this forum and he pointed it out to me & I kind of felt compelled to say something. Couldn't tell you his username off the top of my head though. I tried to keep track of twitter though. Most of the negativity came at the start - understandable - I'll be the first to admit I came across boring/serious/competitive and wasn't really able to look like I was enjoying it until about game 5. It was quite fun retweeting all the abuse but some tweets were genuinely lovely.

Anyway won't be sticking around. Enjoy