The Daily ITK Discussion Thread 21st June

[rez9000]

Are we allowed to know if anyone has guessed correctly yet, @Archibald&Crooks ?

 

[yankspurs]

My first thought was Bale and Modric but for no other reason than i have newly optimistic vibe going today and the cryptic sounded bible esque. So Modric = our beautiful sheep and Matt = our prodigal son = Bale

 

[Clive Wilson]

Ben Shepard and Heung Min Son to official cut the ribbon at the new stadium between 25th-32nd September

 

[Spunkmonkey]

Has anyone seen Modric play recently? There is no way he is coming back to us.

 

[spurslenny]

Ben Shepard and Heung Min Son to official cut the ribbon at the new stadium between 25th-32nd September

Stop guessing, people. I believe Clive has solved it.

 

[dazherring]

Fair play it worked

 

[Waiwonder]

numeration is anagram for ruminate. numerate on 'double-cryptic'. 6 letters and 7 letters. wilmar barrios? no idea on the 2nd part

 

[fatpiranha]

'Matthew & Son' is a song by Cat Stevens that was covered by the Delgados.

Having spent over an hour searching for footballers with the name Stevens or Delgado I am strongly of the opinion that this in no way relates to the cryptic and I am horribly wasting my life .

 

[rez9000]

Could there be some link with animals? Cows, sheep, goats, etc are animals who ruminate (chew the cud). May also link with 'Shepherd'

 

[TottenhamLegend]

Has anyone seen Modric play recently? There is no way he is coming back to us.

Agreed. It's even less unlikely than Bale re-joining, which is in itself extremely unlikely.

 

[Flynn]

numeration is anagram for ruminate. numerate on 'double-cryptic'. 6 letters and 7 letters. wilmar barrios? no idea on the 2nd part

That’s numberwang.

 

[Matthew]

My first thought was Bale and Modric but for no other reason than i have newly optimistic vibe going today and the cryptic sounded bible esque. So Modric = our beautiful sheep and Matt = our prodigal son = Bale

who are you, and what have you done with hank.

 

[BISHSPUR]

A shepherd Gather's his flock, Gather/Gareth

 

[codspur]

'Matthew & Son' is a song by Cat Stevens that was covered by the Delgados.

Having spent over an hour searching for footballers with the name Stevens or Delgado I am strongly of the opinion that this in no way relates to the cryptic and I am horribly wasting my life .

Cat Stevens changes his name to Yussuf...so by this logic you cold arrive at Denmark's Poulson...but I hope thats not it

 

[BobbySoldier]

Could there be some link with animals? Cows, sheep, goats, etc are animals who ruminate (chew the cud). May also link with 'Shepherd'

Luis Suarez?

 

[vAs]

If we bring back Bale and Modric we will win the PL this season.

 

[L-man]

It’s the year 2532

Lessons have been learnt

 

[glospur]

There are a few parts of this that could be interpreted to mean Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

The etymology of 'Sergej' is Latin, and in Latin it apparently means shepherd (as well as protector, attendant).

'M' and 'S' are capitalised, seemingly giving them importance. Obviously they provide the initials for Milinkovic-Savic. Also relating to his name is that 'double-cryptic' is hyphenated when it shouldn't be, perhaps referencing the hyphen in his surname.

Somewhat more tenuously (if the above isn't tenuous enough), and 'ruminate on' being established as an anagram for numeration, there are the same amount of letters after that anagram and before the hyphen (so between the end of 'on' and the hyphen) as there is in Milinkovic. After the hyphen and before the comma is obviously the word 'cryptic,' which clearly doesn't have the same number of letters as 'Savic,' but if you remove the number of letters in 'Savic' from 'cryptic,' perhaps interestingly it leaves two letters, 'ic' which both present at the end of both his family names.

 

[HildoSpur]

There are a few parts of this that could be interpreted to mean Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

The etymology of 'Sergej' is Latin, and in Latin it apparently means shepherd (as well as protector, attendant).

'M' and 'S' are capitalised, seemingly giving them importance. Obviously they provide the initials for Milinkovic-Savic. Also relating to his name is that 'double-cryptic' is hyphenated when it shouldn't be, perhaps referencing the hyphen in his surname.

Somewhat more tenuously (if the above isn't tenuous enough), and 'ruminate on' being established as an anagram for numeration, there are the same amount of letters after that anagram and before the hyphen (so between the end of 'on' and the hyphen) as there is in Milinkovic. After the hyphen and before the coma is obviously the word 'cryptic,' which clearly doesn't have the same number of letters as 'Savic,' but perhaps interestingly it leaves two letters, 'ic' with both present at the end of both his family names.

Don't understand a word of that but you have a fan in me.

 

[Faysa]

There are a few parts of this that could be interpreted to mean Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

The etymology of 'Sergej' is Latin, and in Latin it apparently means shepherd (as well as protector, attendant).

'M' and 'S' are capitalised, seemingly giving them importance. Obviously they provide the initials for Milinkovic-Savic. Also relating to his name is that 'double-cryptic' is hyphenated when it shouldn't be, perhaps referencing the hyphen in his surname.

Somewhat more tenuously (if the above isn't tenuous enough), and 'ruminate on' being established as an anagram for numeration, there are the same amount of letters after that anagram and before the hyphen (so between the end of 'on' and the hyphen) as there is in Milinkovic. After the hyphen and before the coma is obviously the word 'cryptic,' which clearly doesn't have the same number of letters as 'Savic,' but if you remove the number of letters in 'Savic' from 'cryptic,' perhaps interestingly it leaves two letters, 'ic' which both present at the end of both his family names.

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