Danny

I just reckon if it was marketed as say "Rugby League Premiership" people would be able to differentiate quite easily, I mean Rugby Union doesn't have a hold on the term "Premiership" considering its been used for football and even NRL.

I don't think he's too wrong. It is bad for football if direct/defensive teams constantly win trophies. You'd rather watch a United of old than what the last two years has produced.

What do people on here think about a Super League re-brand? May not go down well with some, it may sound a bit silly or simple but I reckon changing it from Super League to Premiership would help change perceptions of the sport in the Midlands and the South.

Saracens and Gloucester both a bit pissed off at the timing of the Lions meet up before their European finals...

People who think British food is shit have never had proper British meals, go to a tasty countryside pub/restaurant and you're in heaven. On the subject of Italian food, yes, yes and yes. I went to Rome on a lads weekend (weirdly ) and it's an amazing city, history all over the gaff and the food is something else. Going to Rome from the UK must be the equivalent of a yank going to London. Currently stuck in Sydney working though I do plan to go to Melbourne and Perth, but once that's up the next plan is to go to South East Asia. Edit: I said stuck in Sydney but I live in Bondi Beach so stuck is probably not the word ha

The middleweight division needs this fight as it was becoming a bit stagnant, won't be long after until one of them unifies against Saunders. Glad there's a fight of this magnitude also because it makes Eubank Jr's IBO title even more pointless.

That fight was one for Mexicans really, the best thing to come out of it is the triple G announcement

Watched the Haye v Bellew fight the other day....seemed pretty even up to the 6th with probably Haye edging it. Bellew didn't throw a lot but he didn't take any damage either, rematch would be interesting to see what happens if they'd taken the right that mate on with Haye fully fit.

So it looks to be London Irish vs Yorkshire Carnegie in the Championship Play-Off Final. Yorkshire beat Ealing on aggregate after both sides won away and Irish have a fairly healthy lead over Doncaster but the second leg is yet to be played. Neither Ealing or Doncaster applied for promotion so only Yorkshire or Irish could go up anyway. Fantastic stuff from Ealing, a few years ago in League 1 and now after the second season in 3 years in the Championship (relegated in the first) have reached a playoff semifinal. There's definitely plans for growth at Ealing which is good for west London as currently the only alternative are Harlequins Irish maybe coming back to London via Brentford but have spent years out on Reading

Paddy McGuinness looks more like Lukaku than him

Potentially but he was fighting someone who didn't want it up close and personal...Joshua on the other hand loves it.

Fury's so lanky and has such an awkward fighting style, I don't think he'd harm AJ from a distance and AJ has a class uppercut which I could see him ending a fight with Fury with. Don't really rate Wilder that much, massive right hand but that's about it. Still it's a big hit and would make for an interesting fight as he won't be holding back.

Incredible banter

If Bellew fights Wilder next that will be a disappointment, unless Joshua fights Parker. Bellew needs to have his re-match vs Haye too, Bellew didn't really offer much before Haye rolled his ankle and Haye was starting to land some good shots too. Although I'm sure he wouldn't have much to lose if he did fight Wilder, Haye will still want to prove he's the better fighter.

Joshua proving he's one of the best, shat a brick when Joshua got knocked down

Big test for Joshua this, obviously supporting him. The fights on from 7am tomorrow morning, need to find somewhere with it on

Thought that happened to Llorente?

Congrats phillywilly, how do you not wind her up? Like if my missus was pregnant she'd probably end up aborting me instead.

Picture from Saturday, few beers and getting burnt by the sun, what more could you want?

I went to watch Sydney FC vs Melbourne City with Simon, the standard out here is quite low and tbh I feel sorry for Australian fans. There's a strong European/South American Ultras style attitude and they do try to create some noise even if it goes against what I'd deem normal, but the football is utter gash. Sydney have smashed the League this season and their goals were scramblers and toe pokes. I feel like if the money available was used to sign a higher caliber of team rather than single out retired stars the league would be much better. But then the problem is would it sell as much without the big names when AFL dominates Victoria/WA and NRL dominates NSW/QLD. I would honestly say the quality is somewhere between Championship and League 1. Just comparing our season in the play offs, there was no quality at Sydney FC like what we had with the likes of Judge, Pritchard, Odubajo etc and we got knocked out of the play-off semi finals. The fans do try and make a day of it even if they do copy ultras from abroad (Sydney had a "capo" of sorts who stood in a box with a megaphone, whilst someone stood below him with a strap on drum), and the fans sang along to things like "forza Sydney". I am going to try and do a Sydney FC vs WSW game though, does look a tidy game rivalry considering there is naturally a rivalry between North Shore/Eastern Suburbs/South Sydney vs western Sydney.

Manly narrowly beaten by Melbourne 26-30, first time I've watched a game on a hill Storm smashed the first half but didn't score a Try in ththe second, looked like Manly could pull off a great comeback but ran out of energy by the 70th minute and that was that. Good defending in ththe second half, shocking in the first

Been hanging about with Danny Simpson?...

That's the expectation for next season, we've got a good young side that's a lot more balanced now we sold Hogan and brought back Jota, Canos and resigned Judge. Considering we have one of the lowest budgets in the league it'd be class if we were to go up simply for our ability to punch above our weight.

It's as if someone at the Guardian reads this forum, a good article about our B Team: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/apr/05/brentford-ditched-their-academy-premier-league-outcasts

Not surprised, Liverpool have a lot of average to good, good to can be really good at times sort of players. If that makes sense Emre Can is young, Adam Lallana will never be a great player to take you over the line, Coutinho is inconsistent even if brilliant at times, there seemed to be a crumble when Mane left in Jan and you're left relying on the Jordan Henderson's and Divock Origi's of this world. There's a good squad of players as it is, but you just lack the class that the likes of Suarez or Gerrard afforded you. Maybe a big bid for 1-3 key players in the Summer? I imagine that'd only be possible with Champions League football otherwise you're relying on more inconsistent players to come in. I know you're top four now which is you lot being on target at the moment, and whilst I can't see United catching you up, you've still got Arsenal and City to contend with.