RIP indeed

He posted about this a few weeks back, terrible news, absolutely terrible

RIP. Very sad

Rest in peace x

Saw the post over there and saw absinthe post about his illness previously.

Absolutely awful news.

🙁

sad sad news indeed

R.I.P Simon 🙁

just read that. Very sad indeed. Dont think i can discuss any ff tonight after reading that

Rip simon

RIP
Very sad, great bloke

RIP Simon, he sounded very together and in good humour despite it all. Humbling.

Damn!

very sad news....... 🙁

So sad. I remember his post from a few weeks back essentially saying good-bye. That provided some extreme perspective. I sure hope his family and friends are doing okay.

🙁

Awful news, just awful.

God bless

RIP Absinthe

I remember him well. I didn't realize he was ill. How very sad.

Rest in peace

Rest in Peace.

This is sad news.

One of the saddest things and perhaps most humbling was his post post from 2 weeks ago -he still retained that sense of humour in what must have been a dark & difficult time.

I hope it's deemed ok to link.

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/04/12/the-treatment-table-gameweek-32-2/?hc_page=3#hc_comment_10084525

RIP Absinthe

Just seen this......how sad. I had a very similar experience last season when the founder of our work mini-league tragically passed away with half dozen gw of the season to go. My reaction was to form 'The John Dunn F.P.L. Cup' which were all playing for this season. He too left a child behind and our lives will never be the same.
Fantasy Footy is clearly nothing compared to real life trauma but i can only applaude Triggerlips for his gesture with the renaming. All we can do is honour their life, their passions and our friendships with them in the best way we can come up with.

Rip Simon

;( great man, rip my friend

Never had the honour of talking to him but may he be at peace.

Damn, RIP Simon. Great guy and gone far too soon.

Great, great poster. Words fail me. Rest In Peace Absinthe.

RIP Simon. Very sad news 🙁

RIP Absinthe

A true gent and a wonderfully insightful poster, you'll be missed, Simon. Take care up there buddy, you're at peace now 🙂

Rest in peace, Simon.

Saw some posts earlier today about the young Belgian footballer who sadly passed away and it got me thinking about Absinthe and his post from a few weeks ago. Now I've just seen this terrible news. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. RIP

Absinthe was a very knowledgeable poster here for a long time, and it was a huge shock to hear that here was so ill.The community is a lot poorer without him. RIP Simon

RIP, quite inspirational that he continued posting until the end. Many do not stay that active as the illness progresses. Perhaps this may sound crass and I do not intend it to, rather its how I have dealt with the loss of others but in a cruel world where many die young, to reach middle age and beyond should be celebrated, as that is more than millions have been able to.

Oh that's so sad - RIP. Really feel for his family.

Oh God I read his entry a few weeks back and googled him. So young and an accomplished journolist too. Seems like Mark knew him too. I can't believe he was that close to death when he wrote his note as it was quite upbeat. RIP Simon Humber aka Absinthe

RIP Simon

This is tragic news. We were preparing our own post for the morning but I'll say here that all at FFS are deeply saddened by Simon's death.

He was someone I met in person in a previous job, years before FFS and we became friends on Facebook immediately he turned up on our pages. I was very proud to have him contribute to the community.

In my limited time meeting Simon and from his posts on our site, he was clearly a very smart and funny guy and we're all going to miss him in our little part of the world.

That, of course, is nothing compared to the tragic loss this is to his son and other family - our thoughts are all with them.

We're going to think on a way to honour Simon, in memory of his contributions here on FFS.

Sad news. RIP

Really sorry to hear this. I didn't know Absinthe except to exchange one or two comments with him, but this is really sad. RIP.

RIP Simon, dreadful news. His last post showed he kept his spirit and humour until the end.

i offer my respects to a man obviously highly regarded by the ffs community reading these tributes.

Truly awful news. RIP.

RIP Absinthe. I'm very sorry to hear this.

Terrible news. Thoughts and prayers with his family.

Hvil i fred min gode mann

Deeply saddening to hear this tragic news.
RIP Absinthe

Deeply tragic news this. There are no words, my thoughts go to his son, wife and family and friends. RIP dude.

As a cancer researcher with a young son of my own, this one hits a nerve. Fighting back tears on the train... F cancer.

RIP

Truly very sad news... RIP Simon... My thoughts go out to his family...

Very very sad news AK, his post on here a couple of weeks back was so honest, brave and open. My thoughts are with his family, may they have the strength to carry on in this life without him. So long Simon, may your soul rest in peace.

Wow, very sad to hear. Rest in peace.

Rest in Peace. My thoughts are with his family and friends. I remember reading his post afew weeks ago. Terrible loss

RIP, very depressing news.

Rest in Peace.

I've spoken to him on here in the past I missed that he was ill.
I'm gutted.
A similar scenario happened to a friend of mine (37) with a young wife and 3 kids.
So so sad,
May absinthe rest in peace.

Rest in peace Simon. My condolences to his family.

RIP.

Rest In Peace Simon

I remember him telling us about his illness a couple of weeks ago. It was very humbling to see someone facing the ultimate challenge in such a level headed way. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and son.

May he rest in peace. Condolences to family and friends.

This is incredibly sad. RIP Absinthe. I just hope I can find similar bravery to cope when its my turn. My deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

RIP Simon. My condolences to all who knew him. The FFS and Transfer Hub communities will not be the same.

Words fail me...
Almost two years ago, reading through pre-season transfer talk, I was shocked by a message from him announcing that he'd just lost one eye due to cancer. But he mentioned that his second eye was not in danger and has always been making an impression of a positive person since then, so I thought that that was it. And now it turns out that there was way more behind that... that's a tragedy... rest in peace, Absinthe...

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/06/24/sleeper-david-silva/?hc_page=1#hc_comment_4997522

RIP Absinthe.

It's messages filled with kind words like this that should remind us on rough days that this is just a game we play...

This is devastating. Rest well.

He was a great and very witty bloke and obviously a very brave man. Ever such sad news. Like everyone, my thoughts are with his family and friends.

Sad news indeed. R.I.P. Absinthe.

I never had a chance to interact with him on here, but obviously he was a very intelligent, funny and respected poster. RIP Absinthe. Puts things into perspective.

Sad, sad news. RIP Simon

You're a legend ! RIP Simon

In remember him asking for transfer suggestions a couple of weeks back, in fact the very day he made the post about his illness.

I alongside others such as Ryan, Innsie gave our own piece of advices to him on that as he wanted to take in a GK. I also wished him all the best, saying that his health will improve just like Doos' had in that thread. That was our first ever interaction and sadly we can have no more.

Cannot even fathom how brave one has to be to still be cheerful while staring at the face of death. Thinking about football and even playing the fantasy game. I see he made 4 transfers last week as well, incredible, words fail me to be honest!

Deeply saddened by the loss of such a great guy.

Rest in Peace Simon.

You'll forever be remembered mate.

Rest in peace Simon. 🙁

I knew about the Melanoma. He told me about it during the World Cup finals.

This was his mail to me during that time.

Absinthe was a great contributor to this site. His pre-season articles were excellent and he was always keen to open up a discussion and explore different aspects of FPL. He was a real pleasure to have around in the dead zone and I thoroughly enjoyed his insight. Such a shame that a young lively man such as he has been taken so early. My heart goes out to his family and his young son, I hope his boy can get to know him somehow in his own way as he grows up. Absinthe was an inspiration to us all with his positive outlook while staring into the face of adversity. The fat lady has sung, the bitch has taken him.

Rest in peace Simon

Very sad 🙁 R.I.P.

🙁

RIP my friend.

Rest in peace

Please forgive me in advance for this long post.

Like many others here, I didn't know Simon beyond the exchange of a couple of posts. But I saw his post a couple of weeks ago regarding his prognosis and found it very touching. It revealed the kind of man I wish I had gotten to know. May he rest in peace.

Reading all the preceding comments led me to this thought: Is there some way for this community to let his son know (through his wife, of course) how much his father was appreciated and respected here, how much he contributed and how much he'll missed? If so, my sense is it will be a very meaningful gesture to him - perhaps not immediately, but definitely at some point down the road.

I say that from experience, having been 11 years old and an only child when my father died. Years later, and having forgotten or not known many small facets about who he was in the world, I found a box filled with condolences, papers and other seemingly insignificant stuff containing information related to him that I either hadn't known or had completely forgotten about him. The memory of the time spent going through those items is wonderful and bittersweet, and I still have many of those items.

If my dad had been a member of a club in which his "handle" was Absinthe, I'd have loved to know that, and to know about how he participated in it. Maybe not when I was 11, but certainly when I was 21 or 41 or 59, which is my age. And I'll bet Simon would be happy if his son knew it.

So what's my proposal? I don't know, but my hope is that Simon's son and wife are made aware that he touched us and mattered to us, which he obviously did.

I'm not sure why AK's post hit me so hard. Then again maybe I do.

RIP Simon, from a fellow Pompey fan

"I'm not going anywhere until I have a #1 season though. So if you do win, it keeps me going too 🙂

S. "

I will always cherish this mail from him. He has taught me a whole new dimension to the word Optimism.

Rest in peace Simon

Very sad, RIP Absinthe.

I read this last night after logging on. I considered what to write for 10 minutes but just logged off again.

News like this puts perspective to life. It causes you to reflect and puts life into perspective.

Based on his message on here, it sounds like Simon was able to somewhat came to terms with his condition and his fate. I hope he was able to spend his last few days with his family and that he passed peacefully.

Awful news 🙁 RIP Absinthe

This is terrible news, my thoughts go out to Simon's family and those close to him.

I am genuinely deeply saddened by this. Despite the medium we used Simon/Absinthe was as much a part of the community I exist in as my next door neighbour or my work colleagues.

May he rest in peace.

:(((((((

Rest in peace, Simon

Such sad news. Rest in peace Simon.

There are few words that I can use to succinctly express my sadness about this news.

To Absinthe:
I know your life was too short mate but I hope that the time that you spent with fantasy football on this site at least helped you through the pain. It's indeed inspiring that despite it all you shared your news with us and continued posting.

We will miss you, and I wish all your family a long life.

G.

BTW JONTYATHUKLAN has posted a wonderful tribute to him here.

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/05/01/a-tribute-to-simon-humber/

I remember him posting with a smile a few weeks back. I hope the best for his family and friends.

I can't say I have ever directly interacted with the fellow, but anyone on here whether they do a post a day or a post a month is part of this community and I echo the sentiments of everyone else on here and hope that the man is in a better place.
RIP

RIP Simon

Sad sad news. My thoughts are with his family.

I've been out of the FFS loop and I've just tripped upon this terrible news. My thoughts with all of those who held him dear. Puts all of this FPL business into perspective and a worthy reminder to all of the community.

May the great man rest in peace.

RIP

This is such sad news. It has left me down all day. I can't imagine the pain his family must be going through.
R.I.P Simon.

RIP.

What a terrible loss. Rest in Peace Absinthe. Wherever you are, may your points be plenty and your captain choices fortuitous.

Very sad to hear this. Rest in peace Simon.

Very sad to hear RIP

Bless Triggerlips, much appreciated advice and guidance provided here. RIP.

So sad, R.I.P mate

Wow, this is truly shocking news. I'm sure like everyone else has said, he was a great man in real life. He will be truly missed around here, my thoughts are with his family and his dearest friends. Rest in peace, Absinthe.

RIP Simon.

OMG

RIP 🙁

Although I did not know Simon in person, his previous posts showed me that he was a good man with a great sense of humour.

My thoughts go out to his family. May he rest in peace.

Sad news indeed but the below is proof that he was respected indeed and that he will be truly missed - RIP Simon.

Didn't know the guy, but terribly sad news to lose one of the community so young. 🙁