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« Reply #26205 on: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 16:48:52 » |
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These posts should probably belong in the boxing thread......
Call me cynical but I honestly think this could be all scripted, the fight plan is already set just like a wrestling "fight".
McGregor comes out and starts impressively, landing a few punches despite many of the greatest boxers of recent times failing to land many punches against Mayweather. The fight looks in the balance early and then Mayweather finishes it of impressively in rounds 7-9. Both come out of with reputation intact and the theatrical element of this farce lived up to the hype.
As I said I'm so cynical towards this
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« Reply #26206 on: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 16:51:16 » |
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There's a legitimate super fight a few weeks later.
Many people don't even know about Golovkin v Alvarez
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« Reply #26207 on: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 16:56:17 » |
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There's a legitimate super fight a few weeks later.
Many people don't even know about Golovkin v Alvarez
Genuinely excited for this fight. Think Alverez can retire him? |
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« Reply #26208 on: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 17:06:37 » |
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I guess GGG is favourite, slightly, I haven't looked at the odds.
It's a mouthwatering prospect, I've seen a lot more of GGG and hope he wins but I don't really know
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« Reply #26209 on: Sunday, July 16, 2017, 08:11:14 » |
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I guess GGG is favourite, slightly, I haven't looked at the odds.
It's a mouthwatering prospect, I've seen a lot more of GGG and hope he wins but I don't really know
Sat infront of oddschecker at the moment. GGG 4/7 (4/6 best price, betfred) vs. Alvarez 11/8 (6/4 is still about with some lesser bookies) |
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They've got muslamic rayguns, muslamic rayguns..
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #26210 on: Monday, July 17, 2017, 15:54:50 » |
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England's Test performance at Trent Bridge, these last 3.5 days. I'm struggling to remember a more incompetent home performance, certainly since the pre central contract days of the 90's.
I guess it's another nail in the coffin for Test cricket... we're going West Indies style, players don't want to play, as the easy money is in the white ball game.
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« Reply #26211 on: Monday, July 17, 2017, 16:52:37 » |
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I'm not sure where the fault lies, because for a while it looked like we were on a good track with Test cricket in the mid 2000's. Since the retirement, voluntary and otherwise of key players from that group we've gone rapidly backwards. Balance for example - how does he manage to get a recall after being shown to have a massive technical flaw that good standard Test bowlers have identified? To have not found anyone even remotely looking like a competent opener? The seeming desire to have a team Stokes type all rounder style players because they look good in the one innings in five it works and they look good at the one day stuff?
I haven't checked, but we must have a team of players averaging in the 30's at best, outside of Cook and Root, and that includes Tests against Bangladesh which used to be used to balance off players having 40+ averages 10 years ago.
The bowling isn't too bad, could certainly do with some competition for the frontline two, but the batting is simply more likely to fold than bat big. When we perform, it's because one od these hit and miss players has a big hit, but they'll follow that with several single digit efforts.
The answers don't seem obvious either - people keep calling for other players who are equally as poor at the long game - Morgan being a good example.
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« Reply #26212 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 10:37:58 » |
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It doesn't annoy me or make me angry but it surprises me...a lot...being an ex contact lens wearer for 20+ years I just can't see how....trouble was neither could she I am guessing.... http://globalnews.ca/news/3603281/woman-27-contact-lenses/ |
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #26214 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 12:49:47 » |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #26215 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 12:52:16 » |
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Why is this acid attack thing becoming a thing?!
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« Reply #26216 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 13:07:02 » |
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Why is this acid attack thing becoming a thing?!
Agreed, I don't understand it at all. 'Chappy door run' was about as brave as I got when I was younger, it seems the yoof of today are a different breed altogether. |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
the gorgie boys, for Hearts in Europe.
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« Reply #26217 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 15:40:43 » |
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Agreed, I don't understand it at all.
'Chappy door run' was about as brave as I got when I was younger, it seems the yoof of today are a different breed altogether.
TBF BO, I suspect the modern day equivalent of your younger self are not the ones carrying out acid attacks. Conversely, your contemporaries that would be the equivalent would likely also have been very very different from your younger self. |
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« Reply #26218 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 16:20:10 » |
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TBF BO, I suspect the modern day equivalent of your younger self are not the ones carrying out acid attacks. Conversely, your contemporaries that would be the equivalent would likely also have been very very different from your younger self.
That is a fair point Paul and I am inclined to agree with you. Still, I will never understand how people get kicks from chucking corrosive substances into random people's faces. |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
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« Reply #26219 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 16:25:35 » |
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That is a fair point Paul and I am inclined to agree with you.
Still, I will never understand how people get kicks from chucking corrosive substances into random people's faces.
Me neither. Something for which I am profoundly grateful. |
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