I'm the opposite this week and am gunning for the yellow cap with three correct scores yesterday. Only two games left this round and swogerino is above me by only 0.5 points. Man United should easily win tonight but the question is by how much? They should slaughter them as Sheffield have only one point from all season but I still don't have faith in United so I'm not sure if they will win by a big margin, even though they should. Will be interesting to watch either way. If United don't get the full three points from this Ollie will be on slippery ground again. Villa/Burnley is hard to call. Home win or draw I have to deicide between.


You're top right now by half a point but they don't normally assign yellow caps until the round is complete. Mole still has it from my view.

That last minute goal robbed me of 3 points. Really surprised someone went with the draw on the City game and that they also got the correct score. I expected a thumping and was one of only two people to go with a 5-0 scoreline.


What's the point only allowing four clubs. Only can possibly give them an unfair advantage, but at only 2000 fans allowed back I doubt it would make a difference but at the same time with so few fans allowed back why even bother, especially when it's not going to be fair.

Leeds were looking shaky towards the end and I thought they were going to blow it and lose but ended up getting two late goals and winning. I'm starting to think Arteta might be the first coached sacked. Or maybe Ollie if they lose their next game to Sheffield (who still only have one point) and then Leeds on Sunday.

Gone for a narrow Liverpool win on the game now. Was temped by a 1-1 draw but maybe they'll have a slight advantage with the fans being back at Anfield.

If the Wilder trilogy fight doesn't happen before the AJ one then it almost certainly won't happen at all. Fury doesn't want to fight him again and will likely only do so if he's forced to by the courts. His camp argues that the contract is null and void because it expired but Wilder's Camp are claiming it's still valid because of covid meant they couldn't schedule it in time. Now the arbitration courts will have to decide who is in the wrong/right. It's a tricky situation because of covid and whilst Fury is probably in the right as the timeframe to get it done has certainly elapsed the pandemic is an exceptional circumstance so he might still be due it. Personally I think he should do the trilogy fight then move on to AJ later in the year. The AJ fights probably wont go on until they can have full capacity with fans and that might be a while anyway. AJ also might not want to fight straight away.


He's been out of the ring for a while so there's the ring rust as they say, but he probably could have taken Pulev down a lot earlier. I'm not sure why he didn't to be honest.

This is the one I'm looking forward to the most. Looks like Michel Pereira has been bumped up to the main card from the preliminaries which is good news as he always puts on a great show. Can't believe he was on the undercard especially as he won performance of the night in his last fight in September. Even if he's not the best fighter he always entertains. I wonder if he's only been bumped because the Leon Edwards V Khamzat Chimaev fight got called off.



I think he might have just been holding on for the bell which he new was coming so he had about 8 seconds to bare it. Had that not been coming I'm sure he would have tapped... or his arm snapped. One or the other  .

Have you ever thought he possibly could by lying and is trying to sever ties with something that went south?

He's wanting the image removed from COINHEALTH.IO here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2629209.msg26754780#msg26754780

If you go back to his early posts he made an Announcement for something called CareParrot here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4862168.msg43817291#msg43817291

Which he edited to remove all the info on December the 9th this year:



If you google them it looks like both COINHEALTH.IO and careparrot are related:


https://coinhealth.io/blockchain/team/

Sure, they could have used his info without his permission or he's trying to cover his tracks but that should be clarified first before anything is removed. If he's innocent then his images probably should be removed, but not if he's involved and is just trying to scrape the info of a scam he was involved in.

Didn't watch any of the games but what happened to Liverpool and Spurs getting draws?


Quite impressive for this round. Don't think I've seen a gap that big for the yellow cap before. It's usually only a few points that separates them. I guess it was getting both 1-1 draws right that gave you a big boost as not many people went for the draws. Up 23 places in one round shows yet again that it's not over for anyone as you can climb the table very quickly with a couple of good rounds.

Don't forget that there's midweek games this week starting tomorrow. The Christmas/new year period is always crammed with games so make sure not to miss them. Liverpool - Tottenham are playing on Wednesday and will probably be fighting it out for first place. Hard to call that one. I think there'll either be a load of goals and drama, or a boring 0-0-0-0 or something 

Manchester derby is the game to watch today. Really hard match to predict for me. City are obviously the stronger team, but Man United have the home advantage, though how much does that matter with no fans now? Not to mention they've been very inconsistent lately either playing really good or shit. I want to back the away win but I might go for the draw as I don't have that much faith in them. I don't think United will win though but you never no with them.


No. If they score then it's a goal no matter what the keeper does. Think of it like if a player is fouled but he somehow manages to score the goal wouldn't be cancelled and the free kick given. It's just like playing advantage I guess. Keepers really need to learn to not come off their line. I don't think it's a big deal though but obviously VAR is making sure rules are followed to the T.

Obviously he's not going to say that he thinks he might lose or that he's doubting himself  . It's just mind-games that most fighters try do to either get in their opponents head or try sell the fight with drama, but if you actually listen to what they were saying in the close-up the media was blowing it out of proportion. They were actually being quite respectful and they were even fist-bumping (though rather aggressively I might ad): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1gu4ZcHeI

I'll be watching the fight tomorrow anyway especially since it's on at a reasonable time being held in the UK. I think AJ should win, but his loss to the chubby Mexican is making me cast doubt. Pulev has a similar record to AJ with only one loss so I wouldn't overlook a win from him.

I went for a 1-0 Leeds win but I was very tempted to go with 1-1. Looks like six players missed out on their prediction for this match tonight. Leeds played really well in the first half and I think they would have deserved a draw at least but West Ham were the better team in the second. Good Old VAR cancelling out the saved penalty because the keeper moved slightly off his line. Most penalties that are saved these days will probably have to be retaken with VAR spotting everything so keepers are really going to have to practice staying put to avoid this as most players aren't going to miss the second attempt.

Depends on the Wilder arbitration decision which I haven't heard anything about in weeks. Either way I'm sure we won't see a fight between those two anytime soon as both parties will probably quibble over everything and drag it out trying to get the best deals from themselves, and there's still the issue of spectators not being allowed in fully so I'm sure the fight won't go ahead unless they can pack out a stadium as it will easily sell out the largest of venues in the UK. I think it's safe to say it will be the biggest British boxing fight ever so they're going to want to maximise revenues from it.

Shame Fury has said he won't be in attendance for the AJ fight. It would have been interesting to get them face to face for an interview from Fury about what's going on with the fight and potential Wilder rematch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-9037163/Tyson-Fury-confirms-NOT-attend-Anthony-Joshuas-heavyweight-clash-Kubrat-Pulev.html

Lol wooden spoon this week for me (though was technically joint with trofo). Bit weird how those that don't make any picks and get zero don't get it.

How the hell did Man United get a penalty given even after a VAR check in the game on Tuesday? At first it did actually look like a penalty and a correct decision by the ref but with the VAR replays it was quite clear that the United player knocked them both down with a shoulder barge. Some shenanigans seemed to be going on there to try give Man United a lifeline: https://youtu.be/VqbNzV8OVPA?t=299


From what I saw from the footage the player was complaining that the fourth official referred to him (or someone else) as "the black player", which if that was it then it's obviously silly, unless he takes issue with the Black in Black Lives Matter too:



I saw some people mention that they're might have been some confusion over whether the assistant might have said 'negru' which is apparently 'black' in Romanian which he might have misunderstood and taken offense to.

Another perfect score lost with the late-ish goal yesterday. It seemed lots of people went for 1-1 and 1-2 on last nights game and the latter came in stealing the three points from all us 1-1ers  . Manchester derby this Saturday. It's at Old Trafford so United have the slight advantage there but they're still the weaker team so probably will go for a draw. United are currently 2-0 down in the CL at half time. Maybe they'll have a bad streak now. I can't see them beating City though. Not sure if fans are allowed back or not yet in Manchester so don't know how much home advantage they'll have.


Yeah, it is, but just by one point:

Why have you decided it's off? He might not want to fight him again and maybe considers the case closed and personally moved on but he might not have a choice depending on what the arbitration judge decides. If they rule in favour of Wilder and Fury declines then he could be stripped of his belt, which I'm sure he's not going to let the belts go.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2020/11/18/21572925/fury-vs-wilder-3-could-still-be-coming-2021-boxing-news-2020


I've no idea what's going on with the court case though as there's been no word of it publicly in weeks. It's up to them at the end of the day unless Fury's camp appeals but he'd be stupid not to just take it. It'll be the biggest payday he'll be able to get outside of the AJ fights and that probably won't be happening for a while as AJ is fighting this weekend and if he loses then they'll be a rematch for that as well.

Don't forget tonight's games. Two have already kicked off and looks like two players missed them. Was gonna watch the Barca/Juve games but annoyingly it's not on the German Dazn as apparently the German Amazon have first pick of one Champion's League game per round and of course they chose that one (why wouldn't they?). Gone for a draw on that game as it's hard to split. Will probably watch the Real/Borussia game tomorrow as Real are fighting to go through after fucking up against Shakhtar. Probably go for a draw on that one too but maybe Real should win it.

Yeah, the table will probably look completely different by the end of the season to what it is now. There's only 21 points between tomahawk in first place and hahay/hoody hoo right down in join 20th and 21st place. I think I got 21 points in one round last season so the table can get shaken up quite quickly.


Hard game to predict. Everton were on fire at the beginning of the season but then they went and lost three in a row, won one then lost to Leeds last week who have been a bit  shaky recently. I'm not going with the Burnley win but I could see a draw maybe. I'll probably watch West Ham/Man U and Chelsea/Leeds games today. I expect Chelsea to win, though hope they don't, and who knows what will go on in the West Ham game but I've gone for the draw on that one. Man U should win, but I don't trust them especially away and losing to PSG at home earlier this week. I know West Ham are no PSG but Manchester seem to go through a phase of winning a few then bottling it again and then when you think Ollie's head is on the chopping board they go and turn it around again.

I think people would miss that one as well. The reason I suggest top is it's far more prominent at the top and will probably be the first thing you see. Theymos seems to be fairly against more advertising though, but I think a banner ad at the top would be less intrusive or annoying than signatures which the forum receives nothing monetarily from. Donator ranks would still be a good idea though.


Yeah, same. Auctions is probably one of the last places someone would go to. I know a few of us have received requests to buy sticked threads/promoted posts as well.


Well, that's if they even spot that in the first place.


Well you can already turn signatures off and they're still very popular. If someone wants to get rid of ads they'll probably find a way with an ad blocker or something and many people do use them and yet the internet is still full of adverts. If people are still paying for signatures or ads it doesn't really matter how many people may or may not be blocking them at the end of the day.

Griroud is always underused and it's criminal that he doesn't get first team play. I thought when he left Arsenal that would change but he's always benched at Chelsea as well. I think he should go to a squad that is going to give him a first team place but I think it will be the same issue whatever big club he goes to and I'm sure that will be the case if he goes to either Juve or Inter Millan who are reportedly after him:


https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/13344734/chelsea-giroud-transfer-juventus-inter-milan-emerson/

I don't understand how they don't play him over Ziyech and Tammy Abraham. They brought him on only for the last ten minutes against the bore draw 0-0 against Spurs last weekend.

I'm lookign forarwd to the Chelsea/Leeds game on the weekend. Hopefully Leeds don't get spanked. I'm sure they will if Giroud starts  .

So Khabib's conference happened later in the day, but disappointingly it seemed mostly about prmotiong his MMA company he's bought and trying to get MMA into the Olympics for 2028. He did say "anything can happen" in response to a question about Connor McGregor but I'm not sure whether he was sending out a dig towards the UFC referring to them being able to stoke up tension and controversy or them being able to make any fight happen. I'm not sure he would want to sour terms with Dana and the UFC though especially if he's looking to go into business with them and the UFC Pass to stream his promotions cards. That would be vital in getting his brand out there and will surely lead to rapid growth.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/ufc-mma-news-conor-mcgregor-vs-dustin-poirier-has-a-new-guest-khabib-nurmagomedov-announces-exciting-news-for-ufc-fight-island-week/

Well that's why they have to wait it out as they could pass it on to others even if they're asymptomatic, but my issue is what happens if they're having to sit it out even though they aren't actually positive and have just got a false positive from a dodgy test. The test could just be picking up something else or just be wholly inaccurate. I don't think I've heard of a football player getting very ill from it anyway. At best I think a couple have had mild flu symptoms like Salah: https://www.goal.com/en/news/liverpool-star-salah-has-mild-coronavirus-symptoms-confirms/1cx37j6iy5xq01pnnlghfttpcf

Fans are apparently going to be allowed back in the stadiums from the midweek games but it seems bullshit that the parts of the country that are in tier 3 lockdowns wont be allowed which gives an unfair advantage to other teams. They either should all be allowed back or not at all. It's going to be limited capacity anyway and they're out in the open. You've got just as much chance to catch or spread it at the park or walking about in the street, not to mention at your place of work where people are still allowed to go regardless of their tier they're in. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55139826


It was still quite an achievement considering the unexpected results.

I'm sure you can find someone on staff who would be willing to verify adverts. As I've said before, I don't think we should get rid of as slots completely. At the worst measure you could just refuse bids from any companies that you're possibly unsure of or are even remotely questionable, but this would still seem extreme to me. I still think you should consider putting a more prominent banner advert at the top of a couple of the more popular sub boards, especially the Gambling Section. It's seemingly mostly gambling sites that bid on the auctions anyway and it's usually from reputable casinos so there's not much issue with them. I'm sure that banner would attract a premium price as many casinos seem to quite obviously want to target their audience there (and we see this with their signature campaigns where they often require x amount if posts in the gambling section or pay more for ones in there). You could even maybe sell it for a fixed price or issue them for longer periods of time like monthly, quarterly or bi-annually or something so you didn't have to waste too much time on them.


I think you should strongly consider more donator ranks with some perks (Silver and Gold Memberships etc). I think they'd be very popular and would be a good source of income for the forum.


A lot of the time the ad slots do go for quite cheap, but the slot isn't very prominent in my opinion, hence why most probably prefer signature campaigns. I've actually even had numerous people over the years enquire why we don't have ads. They probably just blend in as another signature to most.