CWC1983

My £5 this week goes on Cove, Queens Park, Stranraer.

4/1. 

11 hours ago, Anag Ram said:

 

I don’t think Usyk has the punching power to succeed at heavyweight but anything below that weight level he will dominate.

 

I remember thinking the same about Holyfield back in the day. 

Off the top of my head, Riddick Bowe used his superior weight advantage, but Evander managed to use his speed and heart to negate many others. 

Falkirk, Ipswich and Inverness came up at 5/1. 

For the amount of £ on the pitch, this must be the worst games of football I've seen in a long time. 

2 managers playing it safe? 

And me, £5 down the swanny. 

Shrewsbury and Falkirk did me in. 

Falkirk, Dunfermline, Dundee and Shrewsbury. 5/1

I toyed with Sheffield Wed, but went with the Shrews instead. 

8 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

one of the best programmes ever IMO. Stick with it. Some of it is factual.

Cheers, I listened to Sound and Vision, a bbc podcast about the music behind movies and TV. 

Stephen Graham was this weeks guest and he raved about. 

Just watched episode 1 and 2 of Boardwalk Empire. 

Is it worth sticking with, its been a bit slow?

22 hours ago, Kinder said:

Just ordered a few of these.  I’ve really enjoyed the other Vocation barrel aged so I’ve got high hopes.

 

They look superb. 

Also, it may have already been mentioned months ago so I apologise, but,

Once upon a time in Iraq. 

On BBC iplayer. 

5 part documentary on the story of Iraq told by interviews from Iraqi civilians, US journalists, US army, Isis activists. 

It starts from the 2nd Iraq war in 2013 through to the ISIS invasion in 2019.

You tend to forget what actually happened over those 6 years, and the insight given by the interviews are fascinating.

You end up feeling so sorry for the normal Iraqi people, they got shafted. 

Brilliant 5 episodes. 

Episode 2 of The Trump show, on BBC 2 tonight 9pm. 

Last week was about his first year in office. 

It was fascinating listening to the people who were in the front line at the time being interviewed retrospectively. 

Whitehouse staff, journalists, politicians. 

I think it moves onto year 2 tonight, Stormy Daniels etc.

24 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Dennis and Bobby

Bit long in the tooth for that game.

As soon as I posted it I realised the mufc link. 

For what its worth, Dennis would ko Bobby. 

Good bout on sky at the moment. Laws v Charlton. 

Both loading up and the geordie favourite looks done

Football wise, on BBC player, Shankly the Fire, is a good watch.  Story of Shankly and Liverpool 1964 - 1973. 

Vydra playing like Messi until he gets in to the 6 yard box, thank goodness. 

44 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

think Barkley has had a great game.

Barkley and Grealish have a good understanding already. Good loan signing for Villa. You could see Grealish doing simple things rather than being pressured to do something special every time he got the ball. 

Wish Spurs went for more goals in 2nd half. Lost opportunity to put 10 on the board at Old Trafford. 

Potchetino in by November? 

6 hours ago, Andicis said:

Looking forward to this one.

Dubois win for me. 

So far, he's taken decent shots to the chin and not wobbled too much. 

The Joyce bouts I've seen he has looked a bit ponderous.

12 hours ago, Alpha said:

He's one hell of a fighter isn't he? I didn't see this fight but seen pretty much all his others since Dave Ryan.

Did you see the WSS cruiserweight final? Thought it was a little bit underwhelming

 

As a fighter he is brilliant. I'm not keen on some of the stuff he posts on twitter. 

No, I didn't see the WSS fights. I think there's a Matchroom card this weekend though. 

Strange ko by Taylor last night. 

I didn't really see the shot that caused the damage. 

Hopefully some big names lined up for him from now on. 

9 minutes ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said:

Cracking T20 game but the Morgan run out probably the telling moment. Tees it up nicely for a decider though.

I think the series is drawn now. There was 1 match rained off. 

Aussies up next at the end of the week. 

3 minutes ago, Alpha said:

Gutted for him though. He really is great for boxing because he gets fights made. 

They say styles make fights and these two were built for fireworks. 

Just don't see who thought Povetkin would be a good idea. He tags everyone and he's hard as nails. Pick someone like Ruiz Jnr, Breazeale, Parker or even Ortiz. People who will eat a jab all night if he needs to take it on points. Big names who have slow feet. 

Not bloody Povetkin who always comes up and under. A short HW with vast experience and a solid KO record!?! Nightmare for Whyte because he always fights fire with fire rather than walk away. 

Plenty of big UK fights in the horizon.

Depending how the world belts get split in the next 18 months, he will get a title shot eventually. 

Whyte seemed a bit wary from round 1. Povetkin was quicker. 

Im not sure Dillian was at his fittest, he was on Fight camp week 1 looking heavy. 

5 hours ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said:

Crawley finally out after as elegant an innings as I've ever seen from an Englishman. The long, long wait for a natural #3 is over it would seem. When you look at how he plays you'd think there's nothing in his technique that you could offer up as a potential point of failure. 

Hats off to Jos too. I'd written him off long ago as a test cricketer and while I still think there are better keepers out there, in his batting he's shown a immense discipline in the last two tests. Also to the Pakistani team who showed real class with nearly all of them jogging over to congratulate Zak as he left the crease. That was really nice to see. 

Warne has him as an opener. Sibley and Burns give bowlers an opportunity to find a rhythm but Crawley would make them think. 

Skys coverage and analysis is brilliant for stattos like me. 

George groves on C5 co comms. Thats a fair hair weave or syrup.