The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 21st June

[wrd]

I got stuck on ruminate

 

[Clive Wilson]

Ruminate on this one (numeration)

 

[kcfiifotk]

Something that seems to have escaped people's attention...

"double-cryptic"

Yeah, I was just going to say, is this a cryptic with 2 meanings for the same player, or a link to 2 players?

If it's the latter, I wonder if they are both from the same club, hence why the cryptic for both in one go.

Could be RM, which we would all love, but other options might be Villa, exploiting their financial situation, or Ajax, who have lots of good young players and who we can do business with?

 

[rossdapep]

His first name.

Sergej = Attendant - also shepherd

 

[Mate]

Yeah, I was just going to say, is this a cryptic with 2 meanings for the same player, or a link to 2 players?

If it's the latter, I wonder if they are both from the same club, hence why the cryptic for both in one go.

Could be RM, which we would all love, but other options might be Villa, exploiting their financial situation, or Ajax, who have lots of good young players and who we can do business with?

Or PSG, who need to raise funds to meet FFP?

 

[joelstinton14]

Other players signing contracts to be announced? Following our Son, who you could say is Kane? Shepard being a captain?

 

[Charlie.W]

Would be strange to have a double cryptic if they were not related - unless they were intended to be unrelated cryptics.?

Another word for 'Ruminate' is mediate, linked with the double cryptic I can only guess it has some connection with progress in mediation between Toby and Martial deal.

 

[Deleted member 27995]

The other could be de Ligt - "our son Matt"

The name Mattias is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Mattias is: Gift from God.

 

[0-Tibsy-0]

Would be strange to have a double cryptic if they were not related - unless they were intended to be unrelated cryptics.?

Another word for 'Ruminate' is mediate, linked with the double cryptic I can only guess it has some connection with progress in mediation between Toby and Martial deal.

'Ruminate on' also = numeration (anagram)

 

[Clive Wilson]

Matt, Shepard/numeration = 25:32
25:32 = separate the sheep from the goat
Goat = Ronaldo (greatest of all time)
Sheep = Modric (following the crowd to Madrid)
Modric is 32

Who is 25 at Madrid? Who is the Son?

Modric & ???

 

[T-Love92]

There is no 25 in Reals first team

 

[Clive Wilson]

Son is 25..... Son for Modric?

 

[jimbo]

Savic is the name of a company that make sheepdog accessories (well, general animal and pet accessories, but sheepdogs are animals).

 

[maccoys]

«The Shepherd» by Frederick Forsyth is the story of a flight from Germany to England (undertaken by a young vampire pilot one Christmas Eve)

Don’t know about the last part! But it may be someone based in Germany?

 

[GutBucket]

Ruminate on this one (numeration)

Numerate on this (this date, today?) 22 (Pulisic or just age of the player) and 6 (maybe some player at World Cup) Or 22+6=28 (Ndombele). Probably not because I suck at cryptics.

 

[Charlie.W]

'Ruminate on' also = numeration (anagram)

Very true.

Numeration, look at our son Matt, he's a Shepherd

Numeration definition; an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.

Numbering and counting stages of a deal - finalising the fee and organising player number?

 

[THFCjosh]

As if it's ever that simple.

Maybe some sort of sick double bluff

 

[yido_number1]

Matt, Shepard/numeration = 25:32
25:32 = separate the sheep from the goat
Goat = Ronaldo (greatest of all time)
Sheep = Modric (following the crowd to Madrid)
Modric is 32

Who is 25 at Madrid? Who is the Son?

Modric & ???

Nice link! Everyone pray to god for this to happen!

 

[HildoSpur]

It always amazes me at the really clever (well some anyway!) ways that people create answers to cryptics. I am clueless when it comes to these things.

 

[fatpiranha]

Hmmm ... double cryptic .

I'm sure one of you will work it out but i'm just going to assume it's Modric and Bale and go to my happy place .