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Totally agree mate

Back to Fury, if only he'd listened to his corner who told him to throw his right hand more. The 1-2 down the pipe could have won him the fight. He'll be kicking himself today. The game plan was clearly to disrupt Parker's rhythm, never stand in front of him, and pot shot. But it's almost like he took the gameplan too literally and forgot that he has to engage enough to win rounds clearly. Parker seems like a really nice bloke, but he's a very one-dimensional fighter. Klitschko should come out of retirement to fight for the WBO belt because it's there for the taking. I can't see Parker lasting 6 rounds with Wilder or Joshua. What now for Fury? If he doesn't trust his power or his chin he needs to find a strategy that can win elite level fights. Edit: by the way, a draw would have been a fair result

Normally this would be a game that we expect to lose but the current form has got us all a bit giddy. I guess we'll see just how potent our momentum is right now. You can guarantee that a win would get us all talking about the Premiership etc etc. Perhaps a drab 1-0 defeat is more likely and would put our hopes in check? I really don't know... I'll sit on the fence and predict 1-1.

Do people still sing that? I never got it. Why do we clap our hand when we tell the Rovers to??

With Klitschko and Tyson Fury out the picture it leaves AJ with limited eye-catching options. Casual fans won't be enticed by names such as Pulev and Ortiz, so Hearn will be tasked with stacking the card and hosting domestic fights. The AJ/Matchroom plan to break America is held back by his mandatories so it'll be interesting to see if both those fights happen. These chump heavyweights in the US would line up for the money fight and all roads lead to Wilder. That's his only glamourous option. Actually, at this stage of his develomment, Pulev is a good match up. But with the expectation of the paying public, and his teams own ambitions at such high levels, it now feels like Joshua's fights could lose their sparkle. Klitschko knows what that feels like.

I love that Paul Dempsey has only ever tried one hairstyle

I was worried for Williams when he started blinking repeatedly but he had a great round. He can target that eye with left hooks

Cor, scary physique on Dubois. Im surprised he didn't wait til after the next Olympics but he'll be an interesting one to follow.

This could be the first game toward survival or the first game toward being adrift in the bottow three. I predict an error-strewn draw.

Ref: inconsistent, petty City: dominating midfield, wasteful possession Burton: scrappy, defensive, but better delivery Reid not good

Could easily be 2-2

Evidently 2 teams vulnerable at the back!

Back 4, strong midfield, Tomlin in his best position, top scorer up front. Strong bench to supplement. I like it!

Well I don't know why Hearn made it sound like it was close. He's negotiated with Khan's people (is it his family?) before and they always have the 'A-side' approach. But if it means Brook fights Spence Jr, then it's great news!

Will do, cheers!

So Warren signed up Nicola Adams today. He no doubt had to outbid Hearn, who tried to shrug it off, but something tells me that he hoped that giving Katie Taylor centre stage would entice Adams. You might not be a fan of women's boxing (I personally think Adams and Taylor will inspire a surge in female participation), but from a promotional perspective don't underestimate Adams' appeal. She's a darling of British sport, an OBE no less, and she's got style. I actually proposed that Warren should sign her on my website back in December: http://www.bigtimeboxing.co.uk/?p=345 Warren needed to add something different to his stable, which in truth is lagging way behind Matchroom, and this could help draw attention to his new collaboration with BT Sports. Will anyone follow her progress?

Great stuff, are you on Twitter? If so I'll connect and give you likes.

I can't agree with LJ being lucky. I mean had we not had a bizarre turnaround away at Wednesday, we'd have been completely flying! Then we got 10 points from 4 tricky games including wins against Leeds at home, and a 4-0 at Fulham. Lucky? It was surreal bad luck to lose the game at Hillsborough and we were fantastic all season despite that...until the international break. Then somehow he lost the players.

Lucky? For four months of last season and two months of this?

I keep seeing this comment but is it true? We got 17 points from our first 10 games, plus won tricky cup ties away at Scunthorpe and Fulham. That's not fluke. We were a good side up until October! Then something happened... EDIT: We were a good side from February to end of September!

I really think that Kovalev will be kicking himself when he watches it back. After three rounds he was well in charge, but he let Ward regain control of the pace of the action. Kov seemed content to cut the ring off and land single shots (mostly jabs). On the rare occasion he threw two or three punch combinations he had success, but was way too tentative with his considerable firepower. I don't know if Kov just tired early on, or if he was wary of Ward's attacking threat, but he didn't 'go for it' in the second half of the fight, and he'll wish he did. Of course, Ward showed his class to land the more attractive shots and will be relieved to have pulled that out the bag.

Was at the game and came away thinking we are definitelya better team than them but it was a fair result based on number of goalscoring chances. Barnsley were clearly playing to hold on but did look very dangerous around the penalty box. We were the opposite.

What minute will Lee Tomlin get sent off in? I'm going for the 52nd...

Playing like we want a third

Tammy latched onto bad back pass. Rapid. Forest gonna be under siege now