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  1. Premier League

    Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Aston Villa
    Norwich City 1-0 Bournemouth
    Southampton 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
    West Ham United 1-2 Everton
    Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea 
    Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United 

    Scottish Cup Round 4

    Partick Thistle 0-3 Celtic 
    Dundee United 1-1 Hibernian 

    French Cup Round 10

    Gonfreville 0-4 Lille (2pm)
    Athlético Marseille 1-3 Rennes

  2. One thing I can't stand from McGregor over the course of these Embedded episodes is this false sense of insincerity he's absolutely oozing with. The latest episode being a prime example. He just comes across as a very self-aware guy who knows his image has seen far better days, but everything he does just feels tarred with this brush of complete in-authenticity. Trying to crack wise with Holly Holm (who to her credit, was having fucking none of it), posing for photos with UFC fighters who just happen to be waiting outside the Performance Centre, the big over-exaggerated smiles and handshakes and waves, even down to the way he introduces himself to Holly's BJJ coach. Fuck it, I don't know if he means it or not, they could be sharing a pint as I type this out, but even from behind a camera lens I'm just finding it so difficult to take anything he says, or how he acts as genuine. 

  3. I wonder where they go now from a booking perspective. It really demonstrates how little depth they've got going for them, because once you get past the top guys in the main event scene, they're so ridiculously thin on the ground. Let's say for the next Takeover they headline with WALTER/Dragunov, and I'll be generous and let them have Pete back so they can run BSS/Imperium - what else do you throw on with that?

    Devlin's lost his last 2/3 big matches, the women's division isn't going to improve any if they've got the PROGRESS lads running the show so you can't bank on anyone from that side being given the spotlight that women have been afforded in NXT, your workrate guys like A-Kid, Andrews, Ligero etc have absolutely no heat, so who do you push? Coffey hasn't worked as a main eventer, nobody is buying Ohno as a proper threat, Bate's an option but that would be the third big match him and WALTER have had fairly recently (if you count their PROGRESS efforts).

    Are we going to run back Eddie Dennis vs Dave Mastiff as a title eliminator? I don't even watch the weekly show and that's giving me the fear.

  4. 19 minutes ago, Louch said:

    Still can’t believe people think that Okada match went twelve mins over itself, you never seen an Okada match and they length they go before? Guy might just want a challenge of his own, and he gets to keep working with his real life best mate in Aldis 

    I've no doubt that they've seen an Okada match before, but it's widely known that the six-man main event had a lot of time cut from it as a consequence of other stuff running over. It's also been frequently reported Okada/Marty went considerably over their time. I understand there's a stigma surrounding Okada singles matches having to go long, but in this instance I can buy it. Okada, the ace of New Japan against a Junior, not in a New Japan setting? I don't see that going 26 minutes anywhere else, or being allocated that time.

    Again, I'm not saying it's the likely option, but after seeing how the Elite chaps have dealt with things not going their way, it's not exactly an unbelievable story there could be a bit of friction which has contributed to this.

  5. I'll echo what Egg Shen mentioned there. Seeing Alvarez come back from the McGregor loss in such an emphatic and impressive manner really helped it to sink in how well Conor fought that night in MSG. His best octagon performance without a doubt for me as well. Mendes was looking dominant in the first round before Conor rallied in the second, the Aldo knockout was sensational of course, but in 13 seconds he was hardly about to provide much of a showcase for his full set of skills. Diaz had him in trouble in their second fight at times, though I did agree Conor deserved to get the nod from the judges.

    Alvarez looked like a proper shit fight for him on paper coming in. He had the ability to hurt you big time with his hands, as evidenced in his title win from RDA, but demonstrated against Pettis, had absolutely no issues grinding a fight out up against the cage to get the win. This was before Conor had really been tested by a smothering wrestler as well (Mendes aside, but he had 2 weeks notice coming in) which was another big reason a lot of people were selecting Eddie. But come fight night, it was a ridiculous story. Conor never gave Eddie a chance. Battered him everywhere, and dominated from the first punch until the last. Probably up there with one of the best individual performances of the last decade.

  6. The more I see Scurll and the Elite lads drifting apart, the more I'm convinced that the story of the Elite being pissed off at Marty because his match with Okada at All In ran over, meaning the Bucks didn't have as much time as they would've liked for their main event. If anything, the egos and echo chambers we've seen Omega et al living in the past few months would absolutely add credibility to this. Sounds like the exact type of pointless shit they'd be up in arms about.

    Fair fucks to Marty. If he's on good money, working very few ROH dates, can keep his NJPW relationship going and work other indies (presumably NWA due to the fact Aldis is still cropping up) on top of getting to Kevin Nash the whole company, he's had ROH over a bit of a barrel there hasn't he?

  7. 3 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said:

    I was at the Hull tapings and honestly thought Dragunov would be the next challenger instead of Coffey.
    He is charismatic as fuck and him v Walter will be one hell of a scrap. I reckon he'll be the next challenger.

    I'm still going with Jimmy Havoc for that title.

    One other note - Trent Seven looks like shit. Not quite Kassius Ohno shit but close.

    I'll accept Jimmy Havoc.

    At least he's making some sort of effort though. The whole entrance get-up, his mask and what have you. Yeah, he looks like a dickhead, but he's giving it a crack. Even his name! If you've no idea what he looks like, but hear his name, at least the idea's in your head that he's somewhat menacing. Nobody in the world is doing that when they hear Dennis' music, and hear the ring announcer go "IT'S EDDIE!".

  8. Just wanted to say the person who made the call to give Eddie Dennis the haunting, sinister music befitting of a Jason Vorhees esque character needs putting in the bin. He's possibly the least intimidating man in the world. I couldn't take anything in that match seriously after seeing him amble out to that.

    Everything else ranged from shit to pretty decent. Nothing was particularly excellent in my eyes. Devlin/Bate was obviously the closest to reach that benchmark, but as impressive as their work was in terms of moves and athletic prowess, it was lacking big time in any sense of a story, or emotional investment, or interest. Not so much their fault as the fault of this creative team for being the shits. 

    Speaking of creative, you can tell Jim Smallman's been brought in haven't you? Hope the female division gets used to that 2nd match on the card slot!

    Their triple threat was pretty dull barring the last five minutes, with a standard "heel steals the win" finish. I appreciate them keeping the belt on Kay Lee Ray though, she's easily my favourite out of the three involved. Everyone worked hard in the ladder match, but it was so...boring? I genuinely can't conjure anything else to sum up that match other than boring. Overly-complicated setups which went nowhere, some spots ranging from sloppy to completely blown, nobody giving a shit about the Gallus lads winning. Thought the main event was quite shit as well. Joe Coffey, whilst being a perfectly capable wrestler is certainly not capable of delivering in these main event slots. Fundamentally, there was nothing wrong with the match, but it never ever hit a high level that you'd associate with a Takeover main event. The booking here was awful as well, from both men getting a visual three, to the over-reliance once again of "heel needs help from stable to win" despite it being fucking WALTER, even the show-closing of having the Undisputed Era lads coming in and getting the biggest pop of the night by a large margin. 

    That'll show them who you think the proper stars are, lads.

  9. Week 24 fixtures 

    Premier League

    Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 3 Liverpool (5:30pm)
    Aston Villa 1 - 4 Manchester City (Sunday 4:30pm)

    FA Trophy Second Round

    Farsley Celtic 1 - 3 Barnet w/@TildeGuy~!

    FA Women's Super League

    Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 4 Arsenal (Sunday 12:30pm)
    Reading 1 - 1 Birmingham

    Serie A

    Lazio 1 - 1 Napoli (5pm)
    Roma 2 - 2 Juventus (Sunday 7:45pm)

    Spanish Cup Round 2

    Portugalete 1 - 4 Real Betis
    Sestao River 0 - 3 Athletic Bilbao (6pm)
    Escobedo 0 - 3 Sevilla (Sunday 11am)

  10. Just finished Night Two, and thought it was...good, but not excellent. A step down from Night One, truth be told.

    Liger's match was fun. Spending the whole match building to a Sano hot tag wouldn't have been how I'd have structured a match, but fuck it, Liger's gonna Liger. He was always going to do the job on his way out. Fitting ending to pass the torch to the new ace of the Juniors in Hiromu. The Junior tag match was okay. ELP/Ishimori are fairly uninspiring, and Roppongi 3K just feel like they've been spinning their wheels for the past year. Not sure it's all their fault though, they've got fuck all to work with in that division 99% of the time. It was just okay. Sabre vs SANADA was one of their better matches, but again, SANADA is someone that really needs a productive year. He needs to keep the fuck away from Okada as well. Thought Moxley/Juice was shit, to be honest. A real comedown from the Archer/Moxley the night before. Really weird to have Juice in this position, and could be a head scratcher to keep the belt on Mox if he's still unable to work American dates, where you'd presume he'd be a big draw. 

    Goto vs KENTA was kind of underwhelming, and in hindsight a weird booking choice. White vs Ibushi was a really poor usage of Ibushi. I get that you need something for them to both do, but the idea of a "losers" match just feels off to me. Something that WWE would cobble together to provide an excuse for something happening.  Loved Tanahashi vs Jericho though, two fantastic workers.

    Okada/Naito was weird. It was a great match, with a satisfying ending, but I was nowhere near as into it as I was for the same match at Wrestle Kingdom 12. Maybe it's because Naito's had a really flat year, or maybe because Ibushi's performance on the first night was so good, but it just wasn't grabbing me the way I would've expected. The post-match stuff was bollocks, too. Sure, you need to set up a challenger, but closing your biggest show of the year with KENTA sending your newly crowned champion battered to the back? Fucking odd stuff. It would be like if Bryan won the belt at Wrestlemania 30 and his celebration ended with Kane coming out and beating him up. Absolutely no reason they couldn't have done that on NYD.

  11. 1 hour ago, Keith Houchen said:

    Without meaning to sound like a JUST WANNA SEE THEM THROW DOWN BRO, I couldn't give a tuppenny fuck about the buyrate, I would rather just view the participants engage each other, sibling.

    Oh no, it's not something I'm arsed about at all, because it's not something that's ever going to impact me, but for instance I know that we're all going to be tuning in regardless because we're fans of the sport, and it's a big fight. I think on the other hand it would be interesting to see how his recent allegations/fight performances/interviews have influenced the more casual section of fans, and if they're still tempted to hand away their money on the basis of "it's McGregor" alone, which is pretty much all this card is, with no disrespect to Cerrone.

    The Khabib fight had the background and title implications, Alvarez was potentially history-making going in, Diaz was the huge rematch. This is the first time in a while that they're trying to sell us a fight based on Conor's name and that alone.

  12. Week 23 fixtures 

    FA Challenge Cup Third Round proper

    Fulham 2-2 Aston Villa
    Preston North End 1-1 Norwich City
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester United (5:31pm)
    Middlesbrough 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday 2:01pm)
    Liverpool 2- 2 Everton (Sunday 4:01pm)
    Gillingham 1-2 West Ham United (Sunday 6:16pm)

    FA Cup Third Round (Sunday 1pm)

    Brighouse Town 0-4 Barnsley
    Loughborough Foxes 1-4 Huddersfield Town

    French Cup Round of 64

    Le Portel 0-2 Strasbourg (2pm)
    Tours 1-0 Nîmes (2pm)
    St-Pryvé St-Hilaire 0-4 Toulouse (5pm)
    Bourg-en-Bresse 1-5 Olympique Lyonnais (7:55pm)
    Bastia Borgo 1-3 St Étienne (Sunday 1:15pm)
    Lorient 1-0 Brest (Sunday 1:15pm)
    Reims St-Anne 1-2 Montpellier (Sunday 1:15pm)
    Raon-L'Étape 0-4 Lille (Sunday 1:15pm)
    Trélissac 0-4 Olympique de Marseille (Sunday 1:15pm)
    Dieppe 2-3 Angers (Sunday 4:15pm)
    Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 0-5 Nice (Sunday 4:15pm)
    Valenciennes 1-1 Dijon (Sunday 4:15pm)
    Montlhéry 0-6 PSG (Sunday 7:55pm)

     
  13. Final predictions before setting my alarm nice and early for tomorrow morning.

    LA Dojo over NJPW Dojo and TenCozy to beat Nagata and Nakanishi on the pre-show. 

    Liger gets the pin in this match so he can go out on his back on the second night, but Taguchi pinning him would come as absolutely no shock. I think LIJ walk away with the 6-man belts, so I'll have Suzuki-Gun to win tomorrow. CHAOS over Bullet Club, GoD over FinJuice and Archer over Moxley. Hiromu to go over Ospreay in a match which could well transcend space and time, and Naito/Okada to win their respective main event matches.

  14. 37 minutes ago, David said:

    I think McG will be doing minimal to no media for this event in all honesty, and with good reason. We know the kind of questions he's going to get, and I don't think Dana or the UFC want those questions aired at the moment. 

    He'll probably do the weigh-ins and shit like that, but don't be surprised if he goes down the Rousey vs Nunes path for media obligations.

    How detrimental do we think that'll end up being to the buy-rate? 

    I'm not sure how much the Khabib loss will impact his drawing power. It's hardly like he's responded to it in a great manner, where he's come out swinging. Considering he's their biggest ever star, it really doesn't feel like anything resembling a big deal. Not sure if I'm just living in my echo chamber, but I'm not seeing anything productive from any party to try and get people to part with their money for this.

    How much is it on BT Box Office anyway? No chance I'm forking out, but it'll be interesting if they ramp the price up because of the attachment to Conor's name.

  15. I don't think there's a chance Okada takes two consecutive defeats, let alone to White, who pinned him last year at Wrestle Kingdom to set up Okada's mini redemption arc of winning the NJC and subsequently gaining the belt back at MSG. Plus, we have no idea how long they plan on keeping the belts together for.

    Naito over White, Okada over Ibushi, White over Ibushi and Naito over Okada. Naito/White at New Beginning, Ibushi wins the belt at Dominion, Okada wins the G1. That's what I'm going with at the moment.

  16. One of my resolutions was to try and get myself back into wrestling, so thought I'd start by checking out tonight's Dynamite.

    The venue was great. Any way in which they can get a bit of variety into the typical arena setting is always good with me. I liked how close the action felt, it came across really well on screen. Not the first time they've done it either (Fight for the Fallen, IIRC?) which is a good aspect in my eyes.

    Darby is cool. His shtick comes across well, especially with the little vignettes. Cody is a star in this environment. Really enjoyed the story they got across of each man being wiser to the game-plan of the other, and they had a lot more chemistry than I presumed they would have going in. It's not something I expected, but I'm really pleased about it. I really like how car crash Darby's style comes across, in that he actually looks like he's trying to hurt you with his offence. Even his dives, you don't get the sense he's doing it to look good, he's doing it because he's flinging his body at you as fast as he can. Not the ending I would've gone with, I personally would've had another draw, but this time Darby being on the verge of victory, but at least it helped to establish the relationship of Cody and Arn. At least it gave Arn a bit more substance than "people will pop for you and when you do a spinebuster." Comfortably the best match of the night.

    Justin Robert's overcoat was fucking hilarious. 

    Wasn't a fan of them playing up that Nyla hadn't been around for a few weeks, but still had a high spot in their rankings. Doesn't that just suggest everyone else is shit for not overtaking someone who's been sat on their couch? The women's stuff was bad. Bad, and really boring. I honestly can't imagine anyone genuinely taking any interest or enjoyment when they're just sent out, second on the card, thrown together match with little to no heat. Britt Baker's fucking triangle choke as well. State of it. Almost as bad as JR's attempts to pretend that he gives a flying fuck about what he's watching. They need to tie a rocket to Shida, she's the only one in this match that showed anything halfway interesting. They worked hard enough, but it's really not clicking.

    I wish they didn't keep giving Janela rubbish to work with. First Spears, now Sabian? I'd rather go back to see him throwing himself through lightubes against mid-1990's Japanese talent.

    Something I enjoyed especially during Mox/Trent was JR bringing more storyline than what we were just seeing in the ring. The whole Inner Circle deal with Jericho and Moxley, and Trent's singles record alongside the implications of a win. I thought Moxley should've just battered Trent around for a bit, as opposed to the back and forth exchanges they had. It's not like Trent's a protected commodity. Maybe it's because I've seen them more predominantly in PWG but Best Friend's shtick doesn't really translate well in my opinion to television. I'd much rather see them build to a Moxley/Cassidy match. If there's any two guys that could pull something like that off, it'd be those two.

    Sammy Guevara is fucking excellent. I love how he's the little stringy dickhead who gets himself involved in everyone else's business. Plays it excellently.Dustin was also great. Came out, no fucking around. No pandering to the crowd. Just had business on his mind, and wanted to get revenge on Sammy for the shit the Inner Circle pulled. He absolutely gets it. Unlike Jake Hager. Isn't he meant to be this big, brutish muscle? Hard as fuck MMA professional? Why is he strutting around in his River Island polo with his arms folded in that case? Fucking woeful finish.

    I like the idea of Wardlow/Cody in a cage at MJF's behest, but the presentation is going to be important. If they turn it into "who can escape" then it'll be shit - if they have it as Wardlow being assigned the job of beating the piss out of him, then it'll work a lot better. MJF's delivery was pretty good, and he got his points across well. Solid enough stuff. I'd far prefer to see Cody on the microphone, though.

    Not a fan of what they're doing with Britt. Do we really need another heel turn? That's MJF, Britt and Hangman either turned, or strongly hinted at in the last couple of months alone at going down that route. Plus the whole "will he won't he?" situation they've been working with Moxley.

    I get the whole angle they're going for with The Elite, but it's something that would be served so much better with some vignettes, or talking head interviews. You could easily cut some time from the earlier matches to try and get across your main story. A couple of throwaway lines on commentary isn't the most efficient method of trying to get across one of your key storylines. On an honest note though, I thought Hangman did a thoroughly decent job on commentary, getting across his bitterness and jealously. Could've gone down really corny, but he was quite reserve and subtle. The match was as expected. Everyone got their shit in. Didn't do too much for me. Pentagon and Fenix should have been main event stars in this company yesterday. Both of them offer something so unique and dynamic in their current main event scene. Really would've preferred the Elite getting some wins against the lower rungs of the company before moving on to some of the top heels in the company before declaring themselves as being back, but main events gotta main event.

    Good show overall. Did enough to make me want to tune in next week.

  17. Echoing the thoughts of most of you guys in here, to be honest. Can't remember the last time I've been this cold on a McGregor fight. Think that's a feeling translating to the more casual fans as well. I've barely seen anyone outside of "the circle" excited about this. Small sample size I know, but the last few McGregor fights (Alvarez, Mayweather, Khabib) me and my mates have all done something for it. Nobody has even brought it up this time around. And I'm about 80% sure they haven't all fallen out with me without informing me.

    I hope Cerrone wins, and I think he does at the moment. Conor at 170lbs isn't a recipe for success in my eyes, and I see Cowboy has possessing a lot of the Diaz traits that was giving Conor fits in their two fights.

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