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Quids' post rings very true. I thought it was just me getting a bit older and seeing most of my friends leave the area, but maybe not.
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Absolutely Groves wouldn't have sold it out had he not been fighting Froch, but I bet a lot of the people that rushed to buy tickets will be hoping to see Froch get knocked out! (not that I think he will, but I do hope so.
Froch should just let his boxing do the talking and shut the fuck up because he can't talk the talk and just sounds like a tool.
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Carl Froch, good as he is, really is a knob. Unlikely as it is, I'd love Groves to beat him!
From the BBC
Carl Froch believes his status as a "massive international superstar" is the reason for impressive ticket sales for his bout against George Groves.
Twenty thousand tickets for the fight in Manchester on 23 November sold out in 11 minutes.
Froch will defend his WBA and IBF super-middleweight belts and has made no secret of his dislike for Groves.
"Boxing, unfortunately for him, is all about levels and I'm in a totally different league," Froch said.
"I've become a massive international superstar. I don't know about 'us two', it's all about me really. If George Groves was fighting somebody else, I don't think he'd have sold out this arena in 10 minutes."
The Nottingham-based boxer, 36, was angered by Groves sparring with Mikkel Kessler ahead of his fight with the Dane in May.
He feels that defeat to Groves, who is unbeaten in 19 fights, could be the end of his career.
Froch added: "I cannot see this fight going the distance.
"Trust me, believe me: this fight is ending by KO. I am knocking out George Groves - in style.
"I've got no respect for George Groves as a person. He's not shown the champion, me, a four-time world champion, the respect I deserve. He's talked very disrespectfully to me."
Groves, 25, maintains he is ready to make the step up in quality against Froch and insists he did nothing wrong in sparring with Kessler.
The London-based fighter was on the undercard of that Froch-Kessler fight and knocked out Uruguay's Noe Gonzalez Alcoba to become the mandatory challenger to Froch's IBF title.
He said: "It's a step up, but it's one that I'm more than ready for.
"I've only boxed maybe one other fighter as experienced as Carl Froch but he isn't going to get any better and I'm more than enough to beat him, and that's what I plan to do.
"It's typical Froch with his superiority complex, [to think] how dare someone go and help the guy he's fighting.
"I think Froch - knowing that somewhere down the line, we could end up meeting - was trying to paint me to be the bad guy and unpatriotic. Fight fans in the know were pulling his argument apart."
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I'm hoping to watch the Haye Fury fight, think it should be a good tear up with Fury leaning and Haye picking him off.
My money is definitely on Haye, although I do think he could get caught if he's not on his game.
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So I'm really on 35 and only 1 point ahead now. I seem to recall last season having a cracking opening week, and then going downhill for the next 37 weeks. Looks like more of the same.
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I'm about to fly away for the weekend, so Dopamine you take this turn as I don't kniw whether there will be wifi in the rural surroundings we're heading to.
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For the record, I was still talking stab & wine when I mentioned the shit coke.
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Personal taste I guess, but I'd pick Forest Hill over Nunhead in a heartbeat!
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It's fine until 2am when all the shit coke comes out.
Haven't been there in a few years (I'm not allowed out that late anymore), and won't rush back.
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I made my first visit to Sylvan Post at the end of July for my birthday, and I rather liked it. Also a big fan of The Hob.
Dartmouth Arms just feels cold and bleak to me, and the bird in cage (or whatever it's called) just looks like it's full of old skool villans.
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Jkartel Wrote:
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> I hope they make a McDonald's and give you all
> something to moan about
That would be freakin awesome!
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Yep, what Mick said.
Also in 96 there was a much bigger pool of players playing every week fir their clubs in the top flight. At that point we had a few great foreign players who added something to the premier league.
But for me at least I was much more likely to go and neet mates in the pub to watch the matches and just got more excited about the whole thing.
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Yep, it's all getting full on ahead of the big finish.
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ratty Wrote:
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> The realisation over the last few years is
> strongly that the England football team mean
> nothing to me anymore. Oh how different to the
> teams of 86 - 90 for whom I would have supported
> to the ends of the earth. Quite sad really!
I think sone of this is just age.
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Kyle Walker was a bit of a liability.
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I like Gregory Peck, so may well have a watch.
Anyway, I'll be back in a bit.
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Hugh O'Flaherty?
Never heard of the bloke, but a bit of ggogle searching suggests that Gregory Peck played this Irish chap in a film called The Scarlet and the Black.
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Yeah poor old Andy does look like playing half a season will be considered a good year for him.
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Haha! Couple of friends of mine were looking last week. Mrs Otta quite fancies it, but I am far from convinced. You can definitely get some nice property for what looks like pennies when compared to ED though!
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MrBen Wrote:
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> The government surely now has to cancel the second
> part of Help to Buy planned for January. It's
> impact has been to push prices up further so it's
> not helping anyone, especially those who need it
> most. I find it all very depressing.
I see your point, but it's still the only chance a family like mine has to claw our way on to the bottom rung of the ladder somewhere not particularly local. Rochester looks nice...
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Louisa Wrote:
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> You'd have to be on some sort of illegal substance
> to pay over a million quid for a house anywhere in
> SE London other than Dulwich Village. True story.
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> Louisa.
Posh houses around Blackheath must go for a bomb. Went to a few parties in such houses as a teenager, and they are huge!
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The hob in Forest Hill has live music.
One for the Boxing fans!
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