Comrade 86

A humbling experience.

Yeah, the two Russians has the feel of immovable object and irresistible force, doesn't it? Pair of bona fide warriors. I think a few years back, Beterbiev might have put Bivol away, but I think Bivol is now in his prime and time won't stand still for the other fella any more than it does for any fighter. I just hope it's as good a fight as it really ought to be and that both fighters emerge in one piece! Wardley vs Clarke is a nice contrast of a fighter coming up off the streets vs the more traditional amateur / Olympic route and I do think that's another that might be an absolute belter of a fight. If I had to call it, I'd go with Wardley, but I couldn't honestly put up a sensible reason for the call! Opetaia and Jr ought to be winning their fights comfortably, but now I've said as much, they'll probably not! It's a great card to be fair, my only complaint being that's it's also another Saudi production, but for all that the constant rimming of the Saudi royals is quite repulsive, their cash gets fights made that might otherwise not be. I'll definitely be watching in any case, unless seriously sidetracked.

Bivol by decision or technical decision @11/10 my only interest. The other fights appear pretty lop-sided though Wardley v Clarke is a bit of a head scratcher. Who do you like?

I'll just leave this here then, shall I? 😂

Halfway through this post it suddenly dawned on me that you are in fact a lady and not a bloke who wears his daughters undies. You can't imagine my relief.

I was joking but if @jono can't do a second thread, why are you doing another after the Sheffield and Sunderland losses? I don't recall @Animal is a Ramretiring either, just you deciding he should.

@Eoghan1884 why are you doing another match thread? First you booted @Animal is a Ram off the job while he was still on a no-loss streak and now we have you instead, we've not won a game since. #BOOTEOGHAN #JUSTICE4ANIMAL

I hate QPR and I really feckin hate that Zamora t***. I don't think it'll be an easy game but I'm going to plump for us having one of those days where everything goes right for once and predict a rout despite my head saying 1-0 or 2-1 at best. Rams 4 Shittest club in London 1 Kenzo FRGS

Ah, that explains the venue and the lack of pictures! Ref McAndrew, yes, you are one of the 'decent judges' I was referring to 😂 I'm semi-reliably told that there's a few of ours being looked at, so I hope we've got the good ones signed. Not a secret I'm a bit of a dreamer where the Rams are concerned, but I'm genuinely excited by some of our prospects. The u18s (and younger) look a special group to me, especially given the top lads who would have been in the U18 age group now got hoovered up by Manure and a good few who would be eligible are already plying their trade in the U21s. I really think they might be the best I've seen on admittedly somewhat limited evidence, even better than the group who won it. Folk will think I'm mad but for all that I think Dajaune is going to be a proper striker in time, I think there's even better prospects than him still in the academy.

U18s look like the best group we've had in yonks, especially given those who could be playing in that age group and are not. What's your take on the U21s though Ghost. Before tonight I'd have said steady improvement. Annoying it's so hard to catch games. Not sure why they couldn't have had a even a single camera on tonight's game. Was hoping to see Stepien-Iwumene, whom I thought looked pretty accomplished in pre-season, McAndrew who some decent judges tell me is a baller and Wheeldon who seems to know how to score. What's your take on the team and players to watch?

Bonkers isn't it. Had a decent bet on them at 17/10 about an hour before the game, then for some reason, we got pushed out to 9/4 in the last 30 minutes. Really rare to see that kind of a swing based on line ups, but clearly the layers felt Wolves were playing a significantly stronger side than us. The stats indicate that we're dominating though, so no fluke. Just gutted it's not on Rams TV.

Mackems 0 Super Rams 1 FRGS Jackson

Not sure, but those Coke flavoured Jaffa biscuits were simply fabulous.

I think you make an interesting point, but I suspect that for most, the performative piece was likely directed at the officials, not the players. I guess from the players' perspectives, that might be pretty hard to discern though, so if that is indeed how they took it, that's a bit unfortunate. Especially so when I think most would agree that today and this season in general, the lads have given their all and in some ways, surpassed our expectations. Most seem to see that and it'd be rubbish if the players thought otherwise 😔 It's a shame in any case, as it was a decent enough game of football with two fairly well-matched sides and another match we really did not deserve to lose. Sunderland away will provide an even sterner examination of both Warne and the team's credentials and character, so I hope the fans remain as staunch as they've been to date. To try to wrestle back a little more control in the centre of the park, I'd be reverting to the Ozoh set up with Chirewa taking over the role alongside Kenzo and Ebou. For me, Fozzy would be the very obvious call to continue as Elder's replacement at LB. At this juncture, a point would be a very fine thing, but once again, perhaps the performance matters as much as any possible result? A hard result to take then, but take it we must and thankfully the games come thick and fast, so not too long for us to dwell anyway. I think we'll be fine in time and with another unrestricted transfer window behind us. COYR

By a strange quirk of coincidence, it's £2.5 million.