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Chris McCausland is delightfully non PC, of course only someone like Chris can get away with this on prime time BBC in 2024.
But to state he has an USP with this is an understatement, he actually has multiple. Genuinely witty (laugh out loud witty). A positive giant up against the competition in this. A potential winner anyone can easily get behind, and the people he was dancing against in the final (should he get there) would be rooting for him.
A force quite close to being unstoppable imo, one that I don't see the mystical suits trying to stop anyway. And he can actually move. How, fook only knows, but he can. In hold dances should be fine. So there won't be much too challenging I'd have thought. al pacino tango anyone? And Dianne.
So quite difficult to see him either being voted out, or manipulated out. I feel like the biggest threat at this point is doing the competition itself wearing him down, he seemed to put it all in yesterday.
But to state he has an USP with this is an understatement, he actually has multiple. Genuinely witty (laugh out loud witty). A positive giant up against the competition in this. A potential winner anyone can easily get behind, and the people he was dancing against in the final (should he get there) would be rooting for him.
A force quite close to being unstoppable imo, one that I don't see the mystical suits trying to stop anyway. And he can actually move. How, fook only knows, but he can. In hold dances should be fine. So there won't be much too challenging I'd have thought. al pacino tango anyone? And Dianne.
So quite difficult to see him either being voted out, or manipulated out. I feel like the biggest threat at this point is doing the competition itself wearing him down, he seemed to put it all in yesterday.
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Are you not just going to get the same thing over and over again and eventually they arrange for him to fall into a hole?
No financial interest, bank well tied up until trump stops fking with the election result |
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I think he's alright on the panel shows, but probably a bit of an acquired taste tbh.
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Probably will be all samey to help him through, but any disability in RV goes along way. Unless your pervy steve ofc
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I watched that travel series he did, joke was fun for a while, soon became grating
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No punting for me anyway but i like backing cripples so its a yes from me
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Steve was just ahead of his time, being a unrepentant perv massively popular now
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lol he certainly got the ball rolling
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Chris could definitely get away with being a bit 'handsy'. I'd pretend to be blind myself around that love island girl
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What price you on at cider ?
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There might be a few squeamish viewers, but I don't see that being a particular issue. Nothing that being a scouser won't balance off.
The self deprecation thing would get tiresome on something like bb of old xf, but scd is small doses isn't it, and he definitely has something to be self deprecating about. What's the opposition, someone who is a ringer, looks like a supermodel and knows it. I get the Amy feel good narrative but alone that's not enough, and JB also has a ringer feel, and he's not very humble with it. The audience loves an obvious non ringer, pv shows love people who make them laugh. Let alone the obvious, a completely blind person, who has no dance experience being able to dance to a certain standard, and being able to do it with shedloads of charisma. We know how heavily scripted this is, we had panto villain judge being negative and all the judges avoiding stating the obvious (so far). |
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Not much bigger than the current market price army. I'm not nearly as invested in scd as I used to be, bookies are now off limits for me so no pre series sleuthing or judging the ante post market. Just watched the first show to see if there were any opportunities.
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Obviously the suits will want to try and shake off all the negativity that preceded this series. Chris is the obvious vehicle for that. I fail to see them stopping him personally, quite the opposite.
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That's a shame no big prices but a winner is a winner, i agree with the small doses comment and he would make a feelgood winner after a bad year. I'd back him but any spare cash ive got coming in, will be for Luke at his current prices.
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For me one had to know he was able to complete a full dance well enough. So yes, pay for that in the price as everyone else knows. But if he wasn't able to cope, it would just be burning cash. We also got to see the competition in full, which appears lacking to me. Usual story of ringers and the shafting capable runners like Ward. There's a lot of fodder to burn through.
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I have at least watched it now. Can't say i was impressed tbh. I think this is personality punt and he's no bill bailey.
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Bill was old but not blind. Amusing at times but not as funny as Chris. He will need better dances for sure but, this was the poisoned chalice CCC put away. One would expect him to be able to do technically better with the in hold stuff, for obvious reasons.
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fair comment Cider, seems there was people falling over themselves when it appeared he could move and make people laugh. Being blind will give him leeway as well if he does slip up, meaning backing on the drift. Can't see much downside myself, lock for the final i suspect.
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Thank god that's sorted :)
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Sounds better than fig tbf, he was backing that pete wicks
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i could see logic in that pre show as he's Sam's best mate from celeb innit
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Yeah, but he looks like pirate
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'alpha' caucasion males are persona non grata. I'd have thought Toyah was the typical Figgis project. Wicks is the type of runner they'll have hanging around for a bit, ultimately easily despatched at an opportune time.
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Can you just make this a general scd thread, cos i can't be arsed to watch? :)
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Bit too pirate for the bbc
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oh god ive just realised we got a month off brushy, does that mean were stuck in here talking dance
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I'm mostly occupied with kamala vs diaper man, maybe cider could help the trumpers on politics, they definitely need it!
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I really can't stand scd these days. But I've probably done as well on it when not watching. In fact watching has been a negative at times
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Its definitely something that don't need close attention, the narrative very quickly becomes apparent and so does the market. If the blind man fits the agenda we'll know within a few weeks and he'll be odds on.
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Which is guaranteed coz im not getting on lol
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My biggest win was abbey, and i only joined in cos she was 20+ before the semi. Hadn't watched any. Or at least level with louis where i suffered the whole series
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Jay my only real involvement, a winning train
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Len's efforts to stop him were amusing
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unstoppable after that jive
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9 years ago, wtf. life is zooming by
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scd was an effective money printer, like many things in the specials world, not what it once was. they have xf style scripting and clinical efficiency now, Craig muzzled et al. Hardly any opportunity to make money off side markets like scoring or elimination, esp ir. the show has been recently, painfully right on and virtually unwatchable since the first lockdown year. scoring complete fiction and predetermined to what the week's storyline demands. Doubt I'll be viewing each week, let alone getting involved. Specials betting was lucrative fun and now it's mostly a drag, aside from obviously xmas number 1 and EV now and then.
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I still love Eurovision as an event and market each year.
Sadly besides that I'm fairly limited in much other specials - dabbling on SPOTY a bit this year. I don't play strictly and IAC really anymore, as it is a lot of time layout for some smallish return. Lost most of interest in the latest BBs also for similar reasons, and very small markets. At least Eurovision can pay quite well. I'd still be drawn to any of the more music events if they ever really did well again (e.g. XF), but that may not happen enough for a decent market. |
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edit: should say I still dabble in both IAC and BB with occasional bets - but don't follow the shows as much for inplay trading. As GB mentioned above, (although my stakes might have dropped slightly for those shows) I don't think it massively affected the level of results by not watching fully!
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I think you basically had to watch bb if you wanted to trade, but would have done well just laying anyone short in 90% of series
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