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    Boxing Thread

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    2 hours ago, jaggyness said:

    Ben Whitaker really is an arse

    The definition of hype job.  Easy on the eye but no power and will be found out before long.  Willy Hutchison would be a great match up and one he'd lose.

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    Happy GTF day

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    9 minutes ago, Toby said:

    When have you been stuck out in the elements at Cappielow when there hasn’t been a viable alternative?

    I can’t remember a time since the away section of the Cowshed was pulled apart in 1999 that away fans haven’t at least had the option of sitting in the main stand, and nor can I remember that section of the main stand being completely filled by the Ayr fans.

    I’m not denying that you may well have stood out in the rain, or that the main stand my not be to your liking because of the leg room or facilities, but you’re just making it up when you say you’re being “stuck out” in the elements. You had a choice.

    Admittedly with bigger supports like Partick, Dundee United, Rangers, Hearts and Hibs in recent years, supply for cover will have out-stripped demand and they’d have legitimate grounds for complaint, but that just isn’t the case with Ayr.

    *little Ayr 

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    Happy GTF day

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    10 minutes ago, Sarcastic Bairn said:

    Airdrie-don’t like (played some decent football last couple of years though)

    Ayr Utd-like

    Dunfermline Athletic-historical rival

    Greenock Morton-don’t like (crooked)

    Hamilton Accies- meh

    Livingston-don’t like (another crooked team)

    Partick Thistle-like

    Queen's Park- used to like (imbalance of political power)

    Raith Rovers-all right for fifers

     

    Right, I'll bite at that.  Crooked?

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    Boxing Thread

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    Posted · Edited by LargsTON

    So much for Saudi fights being prime time in the UK.  I'd been up working since 6am, opened my first beer for the Hutchison fight so by the time we'd reached the Bivol fight I was asleep and missed the two HWs 😆

    I'm guessing Wilder Zhang must've been well after 1am?

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    Boxing Thread

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    2 minutes ago, kiddy said:

    Ford hit Ball with his best, & Ball walked through it

    I'm not sure there wasn't a bit of kidology from Ball tbh.  I've got Ball by stoppage between 9-12 at 10/1.

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    Boxing Thread

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    1 minute ago, Shandon Par said:

    Yeah, and folk thought Josh Taylor was a hard sell to the general public.  

    I've seen Willy box a couple of times but that's the first I've really heard him speak.  Clearly not his strong point.  Very polished performance though I did fear for him in the latter rounds.

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    The Greenock Morton Thread - It's Better Than Yours

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    35 minutes ago, Thumper said:

    Yes. None of Ayr's capital expenditures hit Ayr's balance sheet. (On that note, neither did any of the assets thus generated, but that's a story for another day.) The season before last, the club not only finished second but then also got six times as much for their top scorer as they did by miraculously conning John Hughes into paying money for Joe Chalmers.

    Sugar daddies are a mercurial and finite resource, but the simple fact is that right now Ayr have one and Morten don't. Which is pleasing.

    We know seeing as we're not long out the Rae era.  We also know it's not always rosy at the other side. 

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    The Greenock Morton Thread - It's Better Than Yours

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    30 minutes ago, Buckfast said:

    Our benefactor has built a hub and hospitality suites among other things that are raking loads of cash into the club now, when he goes the infrastructure will still be there generating cash for years to come. Morton on the other hand will be hoping to raise their cash on the goodwill of the supporters and a few sponsors who could disappear at the drop of a hat.

    Showing your ignorance here.   There are already plans to develop the area between the Norseman and the cowshed to generate income outwith matchdays.  Imries budget has been curtailed to an extent to accomodate this.  Whether or not your new hospitality area will justify throwing money around the way you are long term remains to be seen.

    Morton have turned a healthy profit for the past couple of years now.  Out of curiosity did Ayr? 

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    The Greenock Morton Thread - It's Better Than Yours

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    1 hour ago, Buckfast said:

    It's unlikely he'll be knocking on the Cappielow door next year when he's on a 2 year deal at Ayr and on double the wages a tin pot club like Morten offered.

    Little Ayr can't call anyone tinpot I'm afraid.  You're getting ideas above your station thanks to your rich investor but as we know only too well it'll all come crashing down eventually.  Know your place.

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    The Greenock Morton Thread - It's Better Than Yours

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    5 hours ago, Chippyminton said:

    Fair play to the man. What a shame Gutless George wasn't as enlightened. I look forward to him returning to his hopeless Inverness-level form before being plucked out of obscurity and having his career completely turned around by Dougie Imrie. Given the indisputable evidence of the last 4 years, I look forward to watching plucky wee Ayr get to grips with the fact that a stellar racehorse will rapidly become a donkey unless it has an outstanding trainer.

    I'm really looking forward to that .............

    ................... but not as much as I'm looking forward to GG coming knocking on the Cappielow door this time next year, begging Dougie for his old job back.

    I'm cringing at this post in all honesty.  Jesus christ.

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    Boxing Thread

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    What's everyone's thoughts on Taylor v Catterall?  Tbh I was edging towards Catterall points before I saw Josh on the scales today.  He looked fantastic.  Not gaunt like last time.   I'll go Taylor later stoppage.

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    Boxing Thread

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    23 hours ago, Shandon Par said:

    Think against Lopez, the lack of running and sparring soon caught up with him. He has been in peak condition for a good while now and seems to have been sparring for fun for months and 170ish rounds in camp for the fight. His op got rid of his double vision too so that can only help. 
     

    He hasn’t been able to make adjustments during the last two fights and I think that’s partly from the lack of conditioning and the inability to think straight that brings.

    Definitely holes in Catterall though. He really loads up on his shots and the elbows come out. The way he finished the Thai lad could be the way to go. Looks a bit weight drained too. 

    I actually never knew about the double vision until I heard an interview with him yesterday.   He looked untouchable in the super series so i hope he can rediscover that form.

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    Boxing Thread

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    9 hours ago, Shandon Par said:

    Josh Taylor looking in exceptionally good nick ahead of the rematch. First time in years he is going into a fight properly prepared so we’ll find out if he’s truly shot or if there is more to come. 

    Out of curiosity what do you base that on?  I always think he looks in good nick.  Curious to know what I'm not seeing that's different this time.  For what it's worth whether or not he's shot or not I think Catterall may just have his number anyway as his technical, spoiling style is all wrong for Josh.  Hope I'm wrong.

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