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Anyone see the state of Stephen Smith's ear last night?

Rigo just ducked and held for 6 rounds then quit. Very disappointing. Loved Lomachenko's interview afterwards. 'maybe I should change my name to No-Mas-Chenko'

Didn't know anything about the purses bit yeah, that's quite shocking really.

Lomachenko v Rigondeaux tonight. No way I'll be able to stay up for it after being out and there's a chance it'll be a stinker so I'll watch it in the morning. Fascinating match up this one

I know a few people who just don't rate him, which I find crazy. To replace him and bring someone else in who brings what he does to the side, you're talking unrealistic targets.

Yep, last time we reached the last 16 we played Real Madrid. Possible repeat?

Yeah I think if the previous WBSS fights in the quarters weren't on box office but normal ITV it would have attracted much more interest from the general public. Having said that, if ITV were to milk it with preview shows in primetime slots it could still be pretty big

Who you got?

The German fella is free at the end of the season though isn't he, if he was to sign in January it would be for a much smaller fee. It shouldn't be affecting our ability to go out and get a centre back too

Groves v Eubank has been confirmed for February in Manchester

Predictable. Shit for anyone who's got tickets and booked hotels etc but they probably need their head examining if they couldn't see this coming. Haye needs to pack it in and stop trying to con everyone

Frampton started well tonight but faded middle rounds and started getting caught too much. Entertaining fight though

Never caught fire like the first fight but was an intriguing watch nonetheless. Had Smith by a couple

Yep, I think last time Smith was coming on strong and Williams looked out on his feet. Smith would have won within a round or two for me regardless of the controversy last time

Smith V Williams 2 should be an other cracker tonight. Think a similar outcome to last time where Smith stops him mid-late rounds. I've done 10-12 at 12/1.

There's a chance he'd be an ever so slight improvement on the two we have but that would be debatable.

You were doing great until you mentioned Joe Hart

The stats for home and away aren't really comparable until the end of the season though. 9 of the goals we've conceded away came in two games against City and Spurs. At home we've only really played an Arsenal side who were awful at the time and a Man United side who had no intention of coming to try to win. Most teams are going to be stronger at home anyway. Last season we conceded 6 more away from home, not much difference really

This. I'm far from being on the 'AJ is the greatest heavyweight ever' bandwagon but I just don't think Wilder is that much of a difficult fight for Joshua. Joshua is a much better boxer and Wilder seems all over the place at times in terms of the punches he throws. I think Joshua wins in the middle rounds. Of course, Wilder carries huge power so if he lands one of those bombs it could well be over but I think Joshua and McCracken will have a game plan to avoid that

State of Stiverne last night. Seen 50 year old fellas down the pub in better shape.

The #LFCFAM strike again

Keita has picked up his third red card in about a month tonight. Is he gonna be another brain dead cunt?

It's not though is it. Surely you only look to replace someone if you're going to improve on them? Say the options presented to the manager after Van Dijk are similar in quality to what we already have, what's the point? It isn't good enough and heads do need to roll but is it just the manager or everyone involved that needs to take the flak? You'd think it was just the manager who was involved in the whole process listening to some!

That's not really how it works at Liverpool though is it. I think there's an argument that Klopp has just decided not to go down the road Rodgers did with Balotelli in such an important position. He couldn't get his man so he's not accepting the dross that's been put to him after VVD failed. He wouldn't win either way though. I very much doubt that Klopp has put forward Robertson cos he was desperate to sign him, he's been offered him and accepted. This ties in with a couple of things I've read about what happened during the summer, as does the CB situation. Also explains why he's not getting a look in ahead of a fella who looked to be on his way out