Don't forget the games tomorrow and Wednesday. 5 players haven't done their picks yet. Not sure whether to go for a draw on the Chelsea/Bayern game or an away win. Definitely don't think Chelsea are strong enough to pull off a win but they could hold onto a draw. I'll be watching that game then the Madrid/City match on Wednesday. I'll probably go for a draw on that one for sure. Hard to split those teams but if I had to pick a winner I'd take the home win.


Well City are becoming the new Manchester United. Everybody used to hate United fans and it was never cool to support them, especially when they were not from Manchester. You always get glory supporters and they become like rats and that's what people used to call United fans because you're never more than ten feet away from one  . Whenever I see a City shirt outside of Manchester I always bet that they haven't been a fan for more than 5 years or so. I'm sure the same thing will happen to Liverpool if they start to dominate the game now. Liverpool have always had a pretty big support outside of their city though.

Are you talking about unlisted youtube videos that are only available to you or those you send the direct url to or videos where nobody can comment as the comments are turned off? We'll need to know the specifics of why you want to do this before you can get a relevant answer. As people have said, you can create a thread and then just lock it so nobody can comment, but if you want a thread somewhere that's not published and only you can see it you can keep one in your drafts by hitting the preview button instead of post. That way if you keep it open in your browser you can keep adding to it and it will still be saved in your drafts if you need it. Just keep hitting preview to save additional versions.

What makes you think they'll draw? It's at Anfield and I expect Liverpool to comfortably win. And Liverpool have to win 5 more games before they secure the title. The earliest they can win is against Bournemouth on 7th March, but I think that's also only if City drop a point by then, otherwise it will be on the 21st of March when they play Crystal Palace.

It looks like Liverpool could be in with another record breaker this season: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51163821


Think they need to win 8 games and draw one to beat Man City's record 100 points by one.

Don't forget the Liverpool/West Ham game today. Liverpool should win this pretty comfortably I reckon.


The top 5 win plus the top 5 highest scorers from the weekly rounds win small consolation prizes.

The top 5 overall:

0.04 1st
0.03 2nd
0.02 3rd
0.01 4th
0.005 5th

Consolation prizes for for the highest points from a weekly round:

0.005 1st
0.0025 2nd
0.0025 3rd
0.0025 4th
0.0025 5th


It's still pretty close at the top and two or three good rounds can move you up to the top of the table. Just do your best and hope for the best.

The ref didn't stop it. Wilder's trainer threw the towel in. It did look like the ref stopped it during the fight but on the subsequent after fight replays it shows the towel coming in. I was confused at first as I didn't think the ref should have called it off.


It could have just been a harmless cut on the ear or something much more serious - perforated ear drum or even bleeding on the brain. If they had concerns it was something serious they shouldn't have let him go back out, but most fighters are stubborn and have too much pride to call it off themselves and will continue on at all costs.


Again, boxing is all about the money. They don't do these fights for fun and for the love of the sport. Besides, a trilogy makes sense. The first was a draw and this was one by Wilder's camp throwing in the towel. A third fight can determine the rightful winner if there's a clear KO. The AJ fight makes sense but I think he's said potentially 2021 so Fury will probably fight before then and Wilder will be his next best opponent, and he'll have to fight him if Wilder requests the trilogy anyway.


Not if it was all due to the ear injury. That would have explained his lack of balance and unsteadiness of his feet. I thought Wilder was the better fighter in the first fight. This one was obviously Fury's but that ear injury could explain why he was so off and that's why I'd like to see the third fight.


I'm almost certain he'll take the rematch. Not only will he want the belt back but each fight in a trilogy always make more money with each fight. There's just more buzz and interest.




It depends how hard you get punched and where. One good punch can turn your legs to jelly and some people can't even stand after that and getting hit in the ear can throw your balance off completely.

Boxing is all about the money. They don't do these fights for fun, but it wasn't a KO win. Trilogys are what happens with most fights when it's one a piece, and not even that in this case with the first being a draw. If Fury is really the better fighter than I can't see why he wouldn't do it again. He seemed to offer it in the post-fight conference and I'm sure a rematch clause is in Wilder's contract anyway. Either way another fight is going to be a huge.


I don't think Fury was robbed. It was a fairly equal fight in my opinion but you're forgetting Fury was knocked down twice and he was lucky to get back up. Another round in the first fight and I doubt he would have got back up. People forget that anything can happen in boxing. Doesn't matter how tough you are or if you're unbeaten; one punch and it can all be over. Wilder was the favourite going into this  but it was obvious that punch to the ear that made it bleed threw him off for the rest of the right. I think a rematch would be right in this situation. First was a draw and this one was won by the coach throwing in the towel, although I'm sure Fury would have got a KO had it been allowed to continue. Fury should fight AJ and I'm sure he will at some point but not sure it would be before another Fury fight and likely the Wilder trilogy.


He wasn't out of shape. That's what getting punched in the head/ear can do to you. Same thing happened in the Joshua fight.

After watching the analysis it definitely should have been a red. In the highlights it didn't seem that bad especially slowed down, but in full speed and from the camera angle behind the incident it definitely looked very vicious.


Giroud is such an underrated and underappreciated player and it's criminal he never used to start much for either Chelsea or Arsenal. I've always called him a super sub as he often scored when he came on but he should be starting every week. Didn't Giroud have a goal disallowed last week as well? I hope he starts in the Bayern game on tuesday. I'll be watching that one either way.

At first I had no idea why the ref stopped it and thought it was very harsh, then the replay showed the towel being thrown in by Wilder's corner which nobody not even the commentators seemed to see. Really surprised they did that and not sure why really. Wilder was blocking most of the shots. Should have left it to the ref to stop it which I'm sure he would have if he felt it needed to happen. Fury was winning the fight but it could have gone the distance. Wilder was obviously shaky on his feet but he was still throwing some bombs, they just weren't connecting. If they did connect though it could have been a very different fight. Wilder's knock downs were controversial as well. Definitely not clean ones and one looked like a punch to the back of the head. Rematch has to happen now. Hopefully Fury will agree to it if it isn't already in the contract. It seems only fair given controversies is both fights and I'd like to see a clear winner by KO.

Did you see the VAR penalty decisions for the handballs in the City/Leicester game? Ridiculous. Leicester's wasn't given in the first half and then City got one in the second.



Given:



Not given:



I can't see what the difference is between them. They're either both handballs or neither are. They need to get some consistency with the handball rule. It's either all or nothing. Either give them anytime the ball hits the hand in the area or only give them if they're purposeful which is hardly ever.

Bastard tokeweed with the correct score on this match again. Only person to get it as well.

It will all depend on the contract. Wilder probably has a rematch clause if he loses seeing as he's the belt-holder. If he wins he'll probably just move on, but maybe Fury also has one. Depending on how this fight goes a third fight could be even bigger.


Lol. It's not going to be on Youtube. The only way you'll be able to watch this for free is if you find an illegal stream. Dazn are showing it on some of their platforms but it depends where you live. It's on the German one but not The Canadian one for example. They do offer a free month trial and you can cancel at anytime and it's a great service in my opinion if you're into sports as they show a lot of stuff not just boxing.

I had 1-0 down but then changed it to 1-1. Just watched the highlights and not sure it was a red card. Another one of those hard-to-call ones or ones where there's not much in it. I guess they probably just kept watching it and then decided they probably should have given it. Seen them given before but at the same time others get let off. They probably shouldn't have said anything. I think the VAR refs having to make a decision as quick as possible is going to lead to these sorts of things and errors made both ways. It's not like this was deciding a goal or a goal-scoring opportunity though so it's not that big of a deal in my opinion.

This is one of those fights that is so evenly matched it's hard to call, especially after the draw in the first one. Wouldn't surprise me at all if that happened again but draws are fairly rare in boxing so it's probably unlikely to happen especially when that decision was so controversial (even though I think it was the right one). Wilder is probably the slight favourite to win and if I had to pick a winner it would be him but I think it might go the distance again if he doesn't knock Fury out. Gonna set my alarm for 4:30 in the morning so I can watch it either way.


He's said a lot of stupid stuff in the past but I thought he was over this nonsense and had grown up a bit. It's a shame because he seems like a decent guy otherwise and could be a good role model and spokesman for a lot of causes but always puts his foot in his mouth. I'm sure he would have been a shoe-in to win the BBC Sportsman of Year Award but he always says something controversial around the time they do the nominations and he screws himself over.

This is the issue for me though. How can UEFA be objective or be fair in handing out punishments. They seem the judge jury and executioner. Couldn't they just pull a random figure out the air to fine them? It's obviously in their interests to fine them as much as possible and that why these things need to be independent of the governing body. I dunno how I feel about it. I don't know the full extent of what City did yet as I haven't read up in depth, but there definitely needs to be some harsh punishments for teams that essentially just cheat by throwing money at players, but at the same time I don't think they should ruin clubs or be biased in their decisions.

Cliques are obviously going to develop anywhere and people make friends just as they do enemies. There's nothing wrong with that but people are becoming biased to certain things especially if they're pally with people and the reporting of users posts as off topic when it was one of their buddies that took it off topic in the first place is a perfect example of that and people need to knock it off. If people don't like each other they should either just ignore them or keep their beefs out of every other thread and keep it confined to Reputation or something because threads going off topic is out of hand.


Some will leave, but what about all those users that are given negative that don't deserve it? If you haven't got a thick enough skin or feel like the forum has betrayed you in some way you would have every right to think fuck it and leave and this probably happens more to newer members than older ones. Neither shouldn't have to accept it or just grin and bear it. You might not get along with certain people and not like their behaviour but obviously users like tecshare and timelord don't deserve negative feedback as much as you might dislike them. If you're not a scammer or there's no very strong suspicion that you are one then people shouldn't be leaving negative feedback. The only exception I would possibly make is for the full time trolls who are only here to be disruptive, but again and as I've said before, I think people are stretching the definition of a troll and tagging people who they just don't agree with.


It's helpful, especially to newbies, or at least it was more so before the flags, but people should be responsible for their own money I guess. I honestly don't know whether it would be worth just getting rid of negative feedback for all the drama that's involved with it, but it would lead to a lot more people getting scammed but that's the compromise.


Unless you can somehow make all mods part of a hive mind then there's always going to be difference of opinion in enforcing the rules, all you can do is enforce them to the best of your ability, but one person may think someone is trolling whereas the other doesn't. Some people think their posts are on topic when they're clearly not and when there's humans involved in either scenario you're going to get differences of opinion.

Are you sure? I think they should be given a grace period as to appeal so it doesn't effect them if they're successful in their appeal, but from what I've read the ban comes into effect for the next Champion's League and is until 2022.

There's a lot of questions answered in this article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51511252

Luckily for City it seems most of their big players are contracted beyond 2022 so they should be safe from refusing to sign a new deal because of no Champions League play. Sergio Aguero's expires in 2021 so he could leave then but only waiting one more year for Champion's League football shouldn't be a biggie. I wonder if Pep will be true to his word as well. Something tells me he could just throw a fit behind the scenes or something just to get sacked, which I'm sure he would be anyway if they don't start winning the league again, which should be much easier with no CL games to worry about.

Yeah, I went with 3-0. And yes, the most frustrating ones are when you lose out on any points at all by one goal. Even more so when you go for a risky draw and you're one of the only ones who did. You go from getting a very valuable three points to nothing and other's grow further away in the table. I guess that's the gamble though and you've got to take them with the wins you do get, especially when nobody else goes for them. 


They can't be relied upon now. Certain teams like Man United and Chelsea used to be called 'bankers' as betters and bookies say, but not so much these days. I don't mind playing them on the pool but they're not usually teams I'll be so sure about putting on an accumulator.

It's possibly a good idea. Whilst it's rare that it happens, there have been a couple of instances where a user has disagreed with where their thread should go and then kept moving it back every time. Those users just ended up with a ban though. Maybe mods can choose to 'lock' a thread into a particular section if this happens but I'm not sure it happens enough to warrant changes and as I said users would just get a temp ban if they became a nuisance. As for the thread I think you're referencing that's a tricky case. I think due to the wording/promises he made it does look like a scammy HYIP, but I'm not sure it actually is.


This would be even less likely I think. Threads can be locked once they're resolved but they shouldn't be trashed. As long as they're not constantly bumped for no good reason they will quickly be forgotten about.

Yeah, it's getting annoying. Even more so when I'm one goal out and he gets the correct score  . I think Chelsea should win this one, though maybe 1-1 is also a good call. Spurs have won their last three games but aren't playing great really and especially without Kane. Two of the teams they've beat aren't anything to boast about but they did beat Man City three weeks ago. I'll probably go for mostly narrow home wins this round. A couple of draws here and there. The Leicester/City match being one of them, though I hope Leicester win. It's probably the only game I'll watch from this weekend. Anything could happen in that game really.

So Pep addressed the city situation after the West Ham game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqKVY-2-8kw

He said he will stay with City until they sack him so that's respectable. He even apparently said that he would stay with City even if they were relegated to the second division. Now that's something I would like to see  . It's going to be interesting seeing what does happen with this situation. There's obviously going to be a long legal battle as City appeal. I don't know the full extent of the shenanigans that they were involved with but I think there should be some serious repercussions for teams that purposely break the rules and try hide it, and it shouldn't be limited to fines either. I think they should start docking points or even relegating teams. That would send a clear message that it's not going to be tolerated and I doubt any club will even try it after that.


Yeah, I had no interest in them. Roll on next week.

It was a decent enough. Liverpool actually had far more possession - 73 percent in fact - but I'd say the game was 50-50-ish overall. Liverpool had a goal disallowed and I think they deserved a point at least. They should win the return leg I think, but they could have done without the pressure, but if they can come back from a 3-0 defeat at Barca then they can certainly do this one as well. Not gonna bother with watching the two games tonight. Gone for narrow home wins in both fixtures. Next weeks matches are far more interesting. Madrid vs City will be one to watch.