SpanishVilla

8 hours ago, benfathers said:

Hi SpanishVilla, 

Are you from the UK? I have to ask because if you are based in Spain, then I don't think you can make nearly as much as in the UK unfortunately. 

If you are from the UK, then you are good to go! The amounts vary quite a lot. The most I've seen someone earn in a month is £4,069. A guy called Tom in Mike's group made this. You can visit that link and scroll down to see his spreadsheet earnings per month for 2 years. He managed over £50k in that time. This is exceptional I'd say and full time. 

So, maybe £500 a month is easier to first aim for... Something like this. See it as an extra side income at first. 

Yeah I'm in the UK Ben. I was reading some blogs and websites about the earnings and was finding some of them hard to believe, but I suppose if you are doing it full time every day then it all adds up.

Do you do the casino and bingo offers too? One of the sites I was reading (this one) the guy had hit some big wins with both last year which contributed to his very large overall total.

I'm keen to get going but I also read somewhere that with the Cheltenham festival in March bookies increase the sign up offers that week, is that right? If so it might make sense to hold off and get a bit more cash from them then perhaps?

On 29/01/2016 at 11:07, benfathers said:

Update:

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There's still time to get on this weekend's bets and make some easy money!

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Have looked in to the websites you have recommended and also been reading about matched betting in general. Have to say I'm amazed I haven't known about this until now.

If you've got a fair bit of time to put in to it each day, what's the ceiling of the amount of money you can make every month? I'm going to get started with it and see how I progress.

Sometimes after watching the news I feel like just selling up everything I own and living every day like it's my last when I think about Americans. W Bush was one thing, how that never went a lot worse than it did is a miracle, but Trump would be quite another. As another poster alluded to, if the yanks were capable of not only voting Bush jnr in, but giving him a second term, then anything is possible. A president Trump does not even bear thinking about.

With how the up coming fixtures are looking I think we really need to get the 3 points from this if we've got any hope. A draw may suffice but if we can get the win then it'll do the confidence wonders. Back to back wins going in to some really tricky fixtures may just be the difference, and the lads may surprise us. Without some momentum and growing confidence in the players we are doomed.

Wow, some nice cars you boys are driving in here. I've been looking at the new Merc C class as my 10 year old 3 series beemer is getting a bit boring now.

On 03/02/2016 at 09:17, Dr_Pangloss said:

He'd probably make more from a UK showdown with Brook being the A-side than being the B side to Canelo. Canelo is hardly established as a PPV draw so it's not clear this fight will even do decent numbers. 

The fight isn't really credible, a welterweight who has done **** all at welterweight to fight a 'middleweight' at 155lb catchweight. If (more like when) he loses he probably doesn't have much of a career left. At his age, going back down in weight is much, much harder, so is he going to stick at around 154lbs and fight junior middleweight? 

This was my initial thought. I'm sure he'll be able to still get the Brook fight afterwards, but going in to that after a bad knockout (which is the only way I can see this fight going for Khan) then he'll have to be dreaming to be demanding anything like the same split as he wanted previously.

On 02/02/2016 at 14:11, BOF said:

So the 4 is for what then?  4 should be approaching mediocre.

* Yes I'm bored enough to query your marking system.

Ha, fair point. Olivia Munn's face responsible for 3 of the 4 out of 10 maybe.

Ride Along 2, 4/10. Not funny in the slightest.

On 21/01/2016 at 13:20, Designer1 said:

The last half an hour makes the first half an hour look like an episode of Heartbeat.

I love the **** out that movie (and soundtrack) but it's only something I can watch now and again due to it's story.

I'll have to take your word for it buddy as I won't be rushing to put it on again any time soon ha.

On 18/11/2015 at 16:56, Brumerican said:

Existing is alright I guess,  but I kinda like knowing that it wont be forever . It makes you appreciate it a bit more .

This is my philosophy also. Breaks my heart seeing the incomprehensible number of people living their life in fear of some judgement in an after life because they've had their head filled with nonsense by following [Insert any religion here]. Such a waste.

Literally anything by Ellie Goulding

Even though I wasn't about, the late 60s and 70s produced some of the best music I've heard to date. I enjoyed a lot of 90s bands as well, so would give the 90s a close second.

Rarely turn a film off abruptly as I like to give everything a chance to get going, but the first half hour of Requiem for a Dream was probably the most torturous I've had to endure watching anything, ever.

1 hour ago, mjmooney said:

The Curse of Ramsay.

Aaron Ramsey, Arsenal midfielder. For several years, the day after he scores a goal, someone famous dies.

The "black list" will start on 1 May 2011: scores a goal against Manchester and the day after bin Laden is killed.

2 October 2011: goals against Tottenham, the day after Steve Jobs died.

October 19, 2011 goal against Marseille in the Champions League, the next day is killed Gaddafi.

February 11, 2012 goal against Sunderland, the day after Whitney Houston dies.

May 15, 2013 Ramsey scores against Wigan. Following day the Argentine dictator Jorge Videla dies.

The Nov. 30, 2013 Ramsey makes goals to Cardiff and the next day dies the actor Paul Walker, that of "Fast & Furious."

After a few months without networks, the next coincidence is in August 2014: Saturday 10 Ramsey scored against Manchester City, Sunday 11 is found dead actor Robin Williams.

Two weeks later, on August 23, Ramsey goes back in goal against Everton and the next day disappears Sir Richard Attenborough.

We arrived at these days. The midfielder scored a couple of times: 3-1 against Sunderland in the January 9, just hours ahead of the disappearance of David Bowie. The Gunner repeats Wednesdays. Goals against Liverpool. And goodbye to Alan Rickman, Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter."

Vulnerable celebs everywhere hoping he doesn't find his shooting boots again any time soon.

On 13/01/2016 at 14:18, BOF said:

BBC are making A NEW ROBOT WARS.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.

Brilliant, loved watching this back in the day. 

Spotlight was a decent watch, also watched Bridge of Spies last night too. Hanks was really good in it.

7 hours ago, The_Rev said:

He's been trying really hard to drum up interest on social media.  He's had a photo campaign going every day for a couple of weeks on Instagram, I didn't realise there was such little interest in the fight.   Maybe he needs to sack his promoter. 

Saw this on his Facebook, getting a different z lister to post a photo every day counting down, tragic. Boxing on channel 5 is bad enough, but Dave must be the new low for British boxing surely.

Sky probably gave him the swerve after the money they hemorrhaged on Haye with the Fury pull outs. I reckon if he knocks the guy out and can get a credible opponent next then Sky will entertain him again.

On 10/01/2016 at 21:34, benireduk said:

Got both seasons of Peaky Blinders for Christmas.

Brilliant. Well worth a watch.

Read an article yesterday saying they had wrapped filming of season 3, should be on our screens in a few months hopefully. Cam't wait.

Grew up listening to David Bowie via my parents, sad to see he's passed today. RIP.

Very tough watching that today. I am struggling to find any positives to take from it, apart from technically not 'losing', I'm just left empty. Sad times.

A flat £10 fee for people to visit their GP would never fly, but get the feeling that some sort of fee system will be introduced eventually. The NHS is a behemoth drain on the UK's finances that no government seems to be able to get a handle on so I don't see any other way that it can continue the way it is for too long before it is a total shambles.

14 hours ago, Neil said:

Please god, one win - even if it's considered meaningless to most it may spark some kind of alternative reaction and we might get to find something out about some unknown players.

Any win could really work wonders, we need to start bagging wins and improving even if we are already down.

My thoughts exactly, never has an FA Cup tie against a lower league team been so important. We must get a win, and if we can do it with style and hammer them then even better.

On 02/01/2016 at 10:56, Dr_Pangloss said:

Cheers mate! 

Also I agree with Rigo, it's been an awful year for him, marred by politics, being somewhat mishandled but also his commitment to the 'Cuban style' against clearly over matched opponents. His last fight was an absolute stinker when it needed not be, he just didn't want to entertain, right or wrongly this has lead to HBO dropping him completely. 

I think he's a knock out waiting to happen. He's 35 now and is getting caught more often and I think his reflexes have slowed down somewhat. 

Yup, he's certainly not the feared man of the division that he was a couple of years ago. Reckon Frampton and Quigg would fancy their chances of banging him out based on recent performances.

15 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said:

I did this last year so I'll do it this year, it's my boxing end of year awards, probably the most prestigious awards in all of boxing!

Fighter of the year: Tyson Fury. Yes, what he did is without a shadow of a doubt the best achievement in the sport for a while. Going to a legitimately great, long reigning champs backyard and snatching 3 of the 4 recognised world titles off him in a relatively dominant display. Fury made himself the heavyweight champion of the world in one fight, no other achievement ranks up there this year by a long shot. 

Fight of the year: Has to be Takashi Miura vs Francisco Vargas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nFtSorIfGI . Great back and forth action and a stunning finish. Other contenders for me were Edwin Rodriguez vs Craig Baker, Huck vs Glowacki, Dimitri Kudryshov vs Durodola and Matthysse vs Provodnikov.

Knockout of the year: Tempted to go with Canelo's stoppage of James Kirkland, it was as brutal a beat down as it gets. However I'm going to give it to Zoltani Tete's one punch wipe out of Paul Butler. This was a very, very good, competitive fight, ended by a perfectly timed, beautiful left uppercut, which had Butler collapsing to the floor and on queer street when he got up, the ref had no choice but to stop it.

Break through of the year: Probably Roman Gonzalez. If I remember correctly he was my fighter of the year last year, this year, he didn't exactly fight the best in his division, but after an exhibition against a lower ranked contender, he stops the excellent, but aging, Brian Viloria in a very good fight later on in the year. I believe it's the first time Viloria had ever been down and confirmed that Gonzalez can take a good punch. The reason Gonzalez gets break through of the year, despite having over 40 pro fights, is that this was year he won universal recognition, becoming a fixture on HBO and being crowned pound for pound number one by Ring Magazine. He's 'only' a flyweight, so this is quite a big deal. 

Loser of the year: I'm going to have to say Keith Thurman. He's rightly considered a potential star, but 2015 was very much a damp squid and I feel he has lost momentum. Baring in mind, he hold a version of the WBA World Title, Thurman only squared off against aging and wash up boxers such as Robert Guerrero and Luis Collazo. He beat them both convincingly (although Collazo gave him some issues and managed to hurt him if I remember correctly), but this really isn't the level of opposition a world champ who is 27 years old should be facing. He needs a big 2016. EDIT: Kell Brook could equally win this 'award' for the exact same reasons.

Guys to look out for in 2016: 

(1) Naoya Inoue - Flyweight destroyer who was one of the fighters of the year in 2014, only fought once in 2015, but has 9 pro fights, 8 knockouts and already a two weight world champion (and only 22). He's one of the most complete talents and skillful fighters in the sport right now. 

(2) Errol Spence - Brilliant fighter with pretty much everything, power, hand speed, combination punching and ability to stay in the pocket. Will become a world champ this year if handled properly, one of the best welterweights out there IMO. 

(3) Marcus Browne - Will emerge as a real force at light heavyweight. He is lightening fast and punches with a lot of power. He's rangy, tall and has a devastating body attack. Does however need a chin check and I've not seen him get hit clean yet.

(4) Artur Beterbiev - Enormous punching light heavyweight, possibly more powerful than Kovalev. A fight between the two is possible this year, as they have a lot of bad blood stemming from their amateur days. 

(5)  Felix Verdejo - Looks to be the real deal, 22 years old, super fast and very skillful. Needs to answer questions about his chin (not really been tested) and could do with being stepped up but appears to have the lot. 

(6) Anthony Joshua - I'm a skeptic but it's hard not to rank him. Tremendous power and a massive hype train behind him, everyone will be watching him this year and surely his level of competition will improve. Let's see what he does. 

(7) Joseph Parker - Heavyweight from New Zealand with shit loads of power but also extremely fast hands for someone who is 6 ft 4, he throws a lot of punches in combination for a big man but is often using the jab well to set up his power shots. He could be a bit of a bust since he has not fought anyone, but at 22 he appears to have a very unique skill set for the division.  

Nice write up Dr. Agree with you about KO of the year with Tete, couldn't believe how good he looked in that fight having previously never seen him fight. Shame to see he was stripped after only getting offered a poor fight in Thailand for sweeties. Can't see any other current champions being too eager to give him a shot.

Think Rigondeaux could also be thrown in to the mix for loser of the year. Put on his backside in Japan in an uninspiring win, and then putting on one of the worst displays I've seen in his last fight. Throw in getting stripped of his world title due to inactivity, he's not in a great place going in to 2016, especially when on his day he's one of the best boxers on the planet.

Must admit I was surprised to see BJS entertaining the GGG fight. Fair play to him for taking it if he does, boxing needs more champs biting the bullet and doing unification fights. It's the only way we find out who is really the best in each division. Even though it's obviously GGG in this case, and this particular example is a bad one, but you know what I mean.