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Any bets we'll concede on the 7th minute again? We did it twice in two games on the weekend.

From a stand point of now yes.. That said how many will break through to become the stars they should be? Just like the brand split back in the day benefited guys like Eddie Guerrero we may find that being on Smackdown will be greatly more beneficial for growth. I agree that in terms of star power right now Raw has it, but that's also why I added my disclaimer at the end that Smackdown Live is loaded with potential, it will be exciting to see who rises to the top on that brand as it could be literally anyone.

Hmm so this draft was a bit odd really. Shane has talked the talk about being all about the new-era and while to be fair he did choose the most NXT stars he also lead the charge with the likes of John Cena and Randy Orton. I personally think Smackdown Live has the better overall roster* and we will see some names flourish that would have never had a chance before, but it just seems a bit disjointed to me. I also believe that Smackdown Live got shafted a bit as I think WWE put too much emphasis on Raw being a 3-hour show. I mean if things don't change Raw will have the Women's Title, US Title, Tag Titles and I assume the soon to be unveiled Cruiserweight Title. If WWE then go ahead with Raw also having a WWE Title of its own then Raw will have four (maybe five) titles while Smackdown has two. Yes Raw is longer but Raw getting the Cruiserweight division basically grants them another 5-10 wrestlers outside of this draft depending how big WWE want that division to be. I am also concerned about the variety of the Women's division. Yes I get that they don't get the same amount of time as the men do, but Raw has seven women and Smackdown Live six. I understand that the Women's Title is a floating one so it can be won by someone on Smackdown at one of the big four PPV's, but my main concern is the division feeling tired full of the same old matches yet again in few months. I mean there are only so many combinations of fresh match ups you can create with a Women's division of seven female superstars on one show. Hard issue to fix without giving one brand all of the women, but it may get a bit stale rather fast. Top picks for each brand: Raw: - Seth Rollins - Finn Balor - The New Day - Enzo and Cass - Sasha Banks - Kevin Owens - Sami Zayn - Cesaro Notable mention: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows (Balor Club anyone?) Smackdown Live: - Dean Ambrose - AJ Styles - John Cena - Randy Orton - Becky Lynch - American Alpha - Bray Wyatt - The Vaudevillains Notable mention: Zack Ryder (should be harder to bury now :P) I am sure it will work out alright for both brands. I suppose now it's just waiting and seeing how Raw differentiates in look and feel to Smackdown Live. I do fear for some of the guys on the Raw roster as that roster is still pretty huge, it's still possible for some to get lost in the shuffle. On the other hand I hope Smackdown Live can use its more condensed roster creatively enough to mask how small it really is. Should be interesting going forward that is for sure. *PS. When I say better overall roster for Smackdown Live I mean in terms of potential. Raw have some superstars that will flourish for sure and they will go on to become huge stars over the coming decade, but some will get lost in the shuffle. Smackdown Live has a roster full of workhorses and wrestlers that are incredible in the ring but don't get the same hype or attention as say a Kevin Owens. Yes Smackdown may not produce as many top names when the draft inevitably ends in 5 or so years, but we may wind up more surprised about who rises to the top in that brand as its full of underdogs for the most part.

I'm playing on an iPhone 6S Plus and have had no issues. I don't even find the battery life an issue, I can get like 11-12 hours of Pokemon GO on a single charge based on my calculations. That said there are so many iPhones of varying power, battery life and spec so I guess just because one iOS device is fine doesn't mean they all will be.

If it's anything like the GAK game they will just put the highlights/goals on Facebook. It took like 2-3 days for them to get them uploaded from the match at GAK so I would assume Tuesday/Wednesday if they are going to bother.

If it happened I would be salivating at the thought of our first season back in the Premier League if we paid that much in the Championship.

We rebuilt last season and arguably did too much too soon. Yes there were lots of things wrong with last season from poor managers, to poor pre-season and a culmination of that was a poor season. Our issue though was we basically signed an entirely new first-team last season and it was too much in such a short span of time. In an ideal world I would love Xia to come in and spend £50 million just buying out the contracts of every player we don't want, but that would then put us in risk of having a completely new squad that needs time to gel just not gelling in time. So as much as we need to rebuild it may be wise to buy the new sofa, the new coffee table and the new TV now and merely move them all into the newly built house when it's ready, than scrap everything at once and hope it all works out. We need to take this slow and that is likely why the time frame of one year has shifted to two years. We will try our hardest to get up in one but it will require a lot of players on low confidence coming good again, so it's a hit or miss approach.

That is the point. This is an app that is meant to get people active and exploring places they have never been before. If I could catch everything in my area I would just lie in bed and pop Incense all day and wait it out, but the fact it's not that easy finds me walking 30-40k steps some days just hunting. This app is brand new so shit tier Pokemon are all you are realistically meant to have currently. @Demitri_C have a bit of patience. I don't know if you broke terms of service to get the game a week or so ago, but the game is super new. It has only been out globally for 2-3 days so yes there are things to fix and things to balance but those will be in the coming weeks fixes take time.

Maybe simplifying it a bit? Goals never change yes, but quality defenders do. Gestede struggles in the Premier League because the quality of player and defending is vastly better than in the Championship. He was a threat in the Championship, he wasn't in the Premier League and that is largely because he's not cut out for facing players that are actually semi-decent at defending.

I am sure most people in China use a proxy to by-pass the great firewall of China. I would assume there that using Google is the same as someone in the UK using a proxy to access to a piracy site, both are wholly illegal but no one is getting carted off by the feds for it.

It would certainly tie in with Xia's tweet about "quality over quantity".. Seems Xia doesn't care what the cost is provided they are good which is certainly different to what we are used to as a club.

Very closed minded view there based solely on the vocal minority of dickheads. Much of Twitter is actually a solid avenue for networking and discussion, this can be abused yes but I find worthwhile stuff happens vastly more often than the bad.

End of the day the club fundamentally is completely different to the one that got relegated.. Yes some of the players are still the same, but everything around them has changed and that could be all the difference. Often times I think as fans we let our bias cloud our judgement, yes we woefully under performed but I truly don't believe that everyone involved in that relegation is as bad as it made them look. I trust RDM and if he believes that we can get by with a few new signings and many of last seasons players then I have no reason to doubt him yet... Yes I will hold my hands up at the end of the season if my trust was misplaced, but I feel I have to trust RDM on this.

The game does work properly if you consider the sheer volumes playing at once. There are games out there that have server issues with 200k logging in at once. 50 million people have likely downloaded this game now considering 25 million downloaded it in the US alone. So the fact it even runs in the state it is now is a sheer miracle..

Over the years quite a lot. Once all the wrestlers from the 70's and 80's started dropping down dead from heart attacks and things attributed to being on Steroids for decades WWE started taking it very seriously. WWE is scripted and for entertainment, but anyone caught using performance enhancing drugs these days is suspended as part of their wellness policy. I just wonder if something showed up because USADA are more strict? I dunno. So it's still very likely that Brock was caught with something, but I just wanna know what at this point.

They took advantage of the game going live globally which is all they needed to do in this case. These are same guys that have been taking down accounts left, right and center from YouTubers. Twitch streamers and even the likes of Bill Gates and the owner of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. Sometimes they merely crack passwords, though recently they have been using social engineering to take over the SIM cards of certain people to get into accounts using two-factor-authentication. Not to give these guys credit but they have been insanely effective over the last few months and this is yet another thing for them to add to a list of accomplishments.

Hahaha! I didn't even notice that, but yeah that was Lescott coming on.. How does anyone spell Lescott that wrong? Haha.

Pre-Season so far.. 3 wins in 3 games. 15 goals for, 2 goals against. RDM..IN!!

It's not that they couldn't support the load. The servers were DDOS'd by a hacking group, they have been taking credit for it online as I suppose hacking high profile YouTubers and the owner of Facebook wasn't a big enough score.

@VillanousOne Richards was injured against GAK last weekend.

FT: Worcester City 1 - 5 Aston Villa

GOOOOOOOOOAL!! 1-5, Davis (88 mins)

GOOOOOOOAL!!! 1-4, Davis (84 mins)

" Agbonlahor showed a burst of pace reminiscent of old to power past his marker, only to screw his cross over the clubhouse before glancing accusingly at the playing surface " Yes Gabby the playing surface was the reason..

1-3, Hepburn-Murphy (51 mins)