He did very well against Woodley and whilst obviously he wasn't a pro boxer Woodley isn't a bad one and has several KOs from punches. I think we could probably ask would Tommy even be a pro boxer if it wasn't for his family connections? I'm not sure if he would as even a mediocre fighter would probably be signed on the Fury name alone. It's like how the children of pro footballers also get shoe-horned in to teams. Some of them certainly deserve it but others probably would have never even made it to an academy if it wasn't for their father's connections. Tommy really needs to win this fight as if he doesn't he's always just going to be the little bro of Tyson riding on his coattails not to mention a laughing stock.


It would be a circus but I'm sure they'd both make it one worth watching. I wonder if the sort of money is there for McGregor. I'm sure it's a big pay day for Tommy and Jake but they're still not on the same level as Connor or the Mayweather money. Then again, I'm sure Jake would fight McGregor for even 10% of the purse so I guess it could happen. We'll have to see what Connor's next moves are. His stock is going to continue to decline the longer he's out of the ring and even more so if he keeps losing. 

From what I've seen I'd say they're actually quite evenly matched, though I do think I favour Tommy. Jake has continually impressed and surprised me and Tommy has only been average and has a padded record fighting mostly bums so I think this fight is going to be a big test for both. The pressure is going to be on Tommy though as Jake isn't expected to win and Fury's family has practically said they'd disown him, or at the very least his boxing career would be over and I think I agree with them there. Not much point continuing if you can't even beat a YouTuber and that will follow him around for life. I actually think anything other than Jake getting KOd is going to be an L for Tommy. If it goes the distance then that's going to be an embarrassment for Tommy. If Jake even gives him a good fight then it won't look good for him. Regardless, I think it's a win-win for Paul regardless of what happens. If he loses then he'll just say well of course I wasn't meant to win; I'm fighting an undefeated professional boxer and a member of the renowned Fury family and go on to fight whoever will take him. If it's a draw then that's still a massive embarrassment for Fury. If Jake wins though then his stock will go up massively and don't be surprised if he ends up fighting someone huge like McGregor or Mayweather next. I can see McGregor actually clamouring for that fight the way his career is going. Tommy really needs to win this comfortably if he wants people to take him seriously and just be the little bro of Tyson.

Doesn't matter how 'good' your squad is if they ain't playing right. Could be a tough battle between those you mention, though I think a couple of them will turn their fortunes around eventually.


If somebody had an AI that was accurate enough they wouldn't be letting others use it haha. They wouldn't need to. I'm sure if will get some games right but it takes the fun out of picking them yourselves.


I'm sure Newcastle will probably have half a new squad in the upcoming transfer window. It's going to be interesting to see who they get. I'm sure players won't be clamouring to go there straight away so they'll have to build their squad up over a few seasons, consistently climb up the table and attract some big names. It's not like City flipped their fortunes around over night but as bigger players start to go to St James' Park more will likely follow.

Just put your scores in in advance. You can do them for the entire season if you want. Would actually be interesting to see how you did without changing them. You can still win the weekly round and there's going to be a consolation prize for the highest yellow cap so there's still stuff to play for.


I'm guessing Gerrard will be hoping for Klopp's job once he leaves. As long as he doesn't do shit at Villa he should be alright but I think they're a risky team to take on. They could easily see themselves relegated again this season if they don't turn their form around after 5 losses in a row.

Yeah, it's silly quitting now. The table can shift quite drastically and we've seen this time and time again. For those who can't even be bothered doing their predictions every week you can input them in for the entire season if you wanted. You can always change them at a later date as well as long as you don't lock them.


Well it's only a break for those not good enough to get called up for international duty  . Top tier athletes should able to work 5 days a week though. I know people who play 5 a side 5 days a week and they're not getting paid hundreds of thousands.

It was definitely a crazy round with some very unexpected results so I wouldn't feel bad for not doing so good. I'm not sure how I managed 9 points to be honest but I got the exact scores on two of the more predictable games so that's six alone right there.


It's working for me. The yellow cap was MoSala with 14.5. Pretty impressive.

No games until the 20th now. Must be an international break.

De Gea was having a pretty good game up until that blunder for the second goal. Props to Silva for manging to get it in from that angle but De Gea should have had it covered.


Most people won't get many points from this round. Norwich bagging their first win and Chelsea drawing with Burnley were all unexpected. Tomorrow has some tough games to call as well I think. All of them could be close and upsets in any of them wouldn't surprise me. West Ham could be tricky for Liverpool. Leicester should win against Leeds but I think Leeds are due a turnaround. I don't trust Arsenal to get the win either though I think they should. Everton/Spurs could go any way. Depends what Spurs team turns up.

They should never have got rid of Poch. I don't understand how seven+ Premier League teams think they all should be winning the league with their respective teams. I doubt Conte will last any longer than the last couple.


Well I'm off to a good start with the correct score on that match. The Manchester derby next up is a tricky one. I kinda want to back the away City win but I'm not sure I trust City to get the job done right now and United might be due a bounce back and maybe both teams will cancel each other out. Hopefully there's a lot of goals. It's the only game I'm interested in today.

That would have been a pretty disastrous round for me had I not got the correct score on the Leeds game. Had a solitary point before that match. Wasn't hopeful Leeds could get the win either and it was pretty dicey with 3 goals in 5 mins in the second half. Quite a few shock results especially City losing to Palace and Liverpool drawing with Brighton. They're doing pretty well this season. Might be a overlooked team. Was one goal off a correct score on last nights match and if that would have come in it probably wouldn't have been a bad round for me ultimately.


I can't believe they signed Nuno in the first place. Didn't expect him to last long in this current climate of sacking managers. Spurs should have never got rid of Poch and at least given Mourinho a lot longer. I'm not sure what the board is expecting of Spurs given the strength of the big 5.

There's still the free $50 bet to play for every week and also probably 0.01 for the overal highest yellow cap.


I don't think they give you then unless you're active. Hoody Hoo and Leea-1334 got it for the last round with 3 points, though not sure why alexr wasn't awarded it with 2. Maybe it's because at least one of his picks were a default one and thus disqualified him from it.


I don't see the point in this culture of sacking managers after a bad loss or a run of poor form. I'm not sure what's expected of Ollie/Man U but they're not the best team in the league any more. In fact they're probably not even top 3. Getting into the CL league should be seen as a huge success for them given the quality that's in the league right now and finishing second last year should be good enough for Ollie. Whoever manages them will probably just have the same problems as the last few mangers but I'm sure if a big manger like Zidane showed interest they'd snap him up.

Man U played like a Sunday league team in the first half. I thought United could bounce back so went with the draw.


It's the players that are at fault. I'm not a fan of sacking managers after a bad run. United have been all over the place under Ollie but they did finish second last season. I'm not sure why clubs think going though managers constantly is somehow magically going to turn their form around. Who else is there left now? Zidane? Giggs? I doubt anyone is going to come in and change stuff up drastically but it's pretty embarrassing for United given the talent they've got on the pitch.


I don't think they've been playing bad, just not good and maybe a bit unlucky. Phillips and Bamford have been out for a fair few games as well. Leeds have got some good youngsters coming through so it's going to be interesting seeing how they effect the team if they're given more time.

I would only count the regular ten match rounds and all other larger ones would be disqualified. We could do something else as a prize but I can't think of anything. I kinda would prefer a prize where anyone can win it right down to the last round so everyone still has something to play for even if you're way down at the bottom.


Maybe you will change your mind if you end up in first place by the end?  . I probably will go with the top ten though. I would like to have a huge jackpot of 0.1 but that means the other places suffer and it's always close at the top.


It's a tricky game to predict. Arsenal should win but nobody trusts them right now. Villa have two losses on the bounce after two impressive wins against Everton and Man U.

How shall we split the prize pot up? I got the 0.1 in sponsorship from Sportsbet and I was thinking we either do top 5 or top 10. Obviously more people get a chance to win with 10 but the prizes are diluted. 0.1 as the jackpot would be a nice chunk of change for the winner but only 5 people can win total. I'm open to either:

A)

1 0.1
2 0.05
3 0.02
4 0.01
5 0.005 = 0.185

or

B)

1 0.05
2 0.04
3 0.03
4 0.02
5 0.01
6 0.005
7 0.004
8 0.003
9 0.002
10 0.001 = 0.165

+ maybe 0.01 for the highest overall yellow cap. Or if anyone has any other price breakdowns I'm open to suggestions. I'll probably go with the top 10 though unless most seemingly want the other.

I was so close to going with a draw as I needed to get either that or the correct score and hope nobody got a close result to win the yellow cap.


Most people backed the home win. People might start to lose faith in them now though. Shocked at Man U losing more points. I bet Ronaldo is starting to regret his decision. I really thought he'd turn the team around.

I think Usyk is far better and also a much bigger threat than Ruiz was. Anything can happen in boxing though and one punch can change that game as happened in the Ruiz fight. I think if Fury had ten matches against Wilder Wilder would win a couple of them at least. Ruiz didn't take the rematch as seriously as he should have done and paid the price.


Somehow I don't think Usyk is going to go on a diet of booze and McDonalds for the rematch  . It's going to be interesting to see what game-plan he comes up with. Is he going to try beef up? AJ is already in peak physical shape so I don't he can do much unless he really hits the weights but like I said before don't think it's a good idea.


Pulev is pretty old at 40. He won't be able to tire Usyk out and go in for the kill later on in the fight when he's fatigued. That's pretty much what Usyk did to AJ. If that fight would have gone on another round or maybe even another ten seconds AJ would have gone down.

Seems like a month since there's been any PL action.


I doubt Steve Bruce will last long now. I'd be surprised if he's still there by Christmas. I'm not exactly sure how all the FIFA financial fair play rules work but apparently Newcastle will be able to spend quite a lot of money due to them being a profitable club and not being in any debt. Still don't think it's right that any club can be bought and have money pumped into it like that. I think most teams will be state-owned or by the ultra rich eventually. They can use the clubs to easily promote their other businesses for very cheap or even free much like Mike Ashley did with Sports Direct.


BTW, a lot of people still need to do their picks. Over 20 still.

He can beat him. I thought the first fight was closer than most people are making out. Even the bookies still had AJ the favourite after the fight whilst they were waiting for the judges score cards to come in, at least on the bookies I use. AJ is going to have to have a different game plan though. He's going to have to try go for a KO otherwise the same thing will probably happen and he'll get outboxed. AJ has all the stats on his side and is much bigger and in better athletic shape so he needs to use that to his advantage. Maybe he should take Fury up on his offer to train him for free. The rematch clause has been activated now so hopefully they can get the fight organised ASAP so we can see one of them fight Fury. Neither should trouble him too much I don't think.

It depends on what sort of weight it is as well. Fat isn't going to do anything other than weigh you down and make you sluggish. Might give a little extra protection against some body shots at best but Ruiz was out of shape for that rematch and it was definitely mostly fat. The only way extra weight would be an advantage for AJ is if it was muscle, but even still and as I've said before too much muscle isn't always a good idea and that's why bodybuilders usually don't make good fighters. It's best just to fight at closest to the weight your comfortable walking around at.

Wilder will be fine. He's still probably the second best heavyweight now and there's lots of options for him and he'll end up taking anyone Tyson turns down. I'm sure he will fight AJ at some point. A better question would be where does Tyson go after this? The next logical match would be to fight the winner of AJ/Usyk rematch but he might have to face Dillian Whyte as a mandatory but that should be a breeze for Fury. Whyte is going to struggle against his upcoming bout against Wallin. Maybe he should get that out of the way and AJ/Usyk do the same and then Fury fights the winner of those.


There doesn't seem to be any excuses there, in fact, he's admitting defeat and that he wasn't good enough. Whether he leaves it at that is another matter.


What gives you the idea that you speak for others or even all? That's laughable. You only speak for yourself. Most people seem to be saying the same things.


I don't respect anything you say especially the amount of nonsensical shitposting and conversations you've been forcing yourself into regarding things you know nothing about since you joined a signature campaign.


Discus game? That's a completely different sport and shouldn't be discussed here.

That was a great fight. Exactly what you want from a boxing match. It was like a thriller in some rounds as both fighters looked like they weren't going to make it and you didn't know what was going to happen next. People need to give Wilder his props as a boxer regardless of the shitty excuses he comes out with because like Fury said I'm the best boxer on the planet but Wilder is the second best. There was a couple of times where Fury shook him and he was shaky on his legs lucky to remain vertical but Wilder was still throwing those bombs and a couple of them nearly took Fury out. Both fighters were saved by the bell a couple of times as well. Fight could have gone either way but Fury got the job done in the end. AJ wouldn't win a fight against either of them, though I'd still like to see it.

It's going to be interesting to see if Wilder just accepts defeat or comes out with more excuses. I'd actually like to see another fight between them at some point. I think Fury should go off and fight AJ, Usuk, Whyte, maybe Chisora again and then Wilder again. There's not really anyone that will challenge him like Wilder would.


You're a moron and don't know what you're talking about. Do you think fighters have infinite gas tanks or a reserve tank somewhere that they can magically get extra gas and power from for a Ko? Both were clearly exhausted at certain points and the 'hugging' they do is tactical. It gives them a breather and if you're leaning on someone the other fighter has to use a lot of energy just to keep both of them up. Sure, fans don't want to see it but it's easy to criticise world class fighters sat in your arm-chair at home when you're not the one getting repeatedly punched in the face.

Them being bought by new owners shouldn't make any difference until they start splashing the cash which like you said can't happen until Janurary. With that being said, their next game is against Spurs who I can't trust to win right now so not sure who to back. Not sure why Newcastle's fans were celebrating like it's a revolution or something either or are they just excited about the potential of the new owners pumping money into the club after the notoriously tight and cheap Mike Ashley? Not sure how much money they can spend right now either given FIFA financial fair play rules. It's a different climate than when City got bought out and essentially bought themselves glory with the billions they spent. Even if that did happen and Newcastle's fortunes turn around where's the glory in that?