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Fair enough really. Ricky gave hes all but it wasn't enough. Mayweather is a very clever fighter. The ref was a disgrace through as Mayweather kept ducking below Hattons waist but the ref was then pulling Hatton up for chopping at Mayweathers head. Take nothing away from Mayweather though he is a class act. For Ricky Hatton, well bring on Oscar De La Hoya at Wembley next year.

Just dropped a few pro plus ( hardcore I know ) I want to make sure I'm wide awake for what could well be one of the greatest fights, involving a British fighter for a long time. Decent fight on at the minute and could well be the first upset of the night.

Is that 5 litres of coke or did you mean 5 lines .

The undercard starts in 15 mins. Hatton will be in the ring sometime after 4 am.

I am and I can't bloody wait. Biggest fight in years involving a British fighter no way I would want to miss this.

The more I watch the build up to this fight the more I'm convinced that Hatton will win and teach this clown a lesson. If your British then you've got to want Hatton to win. And win he will.

As a "white boy" theres a lot of things I could reply to that but I'd be called a racist.

I'll stay up. None of this going to bed then getting back up. Few tinnies and I actually enjoy the buid up to these fights plus theres a pretty decent undercard including a couple of Calzaghes left overs in Lacy and Manfredo. I'm looking forward to this fight more than any other in recent memory.

That is f'ckin hilarious.

Hi General, Just to echo what others have said and to say thanks for taking the time yesterday to answer the same questions over and over again in regards to Mons future. Again like others have said can you give a big thank you to Mon form the fans for being a man of great integrity and showing great loyalty by giving a committment to finish the job he has started.

Capello for me. He wants the job, is a great coach, has vast experience of working with high profile players and is availble.

Your right that article about them trying to play like Man Utd was the biggest load of shite I've read in ages.

Reo Coker will come in to his own in a derby game. Its the one thing we've lacked the last few times we've played them is a nasty little bastard in the middle of the park. Well now we've got one and alongside the superior class we have in the likes of Young, Barry, Gabby, Carew etc all points to a comfortable win for us.

Stevo go watch the game round your scum supporting mates and Gizmo go down your local. We are going to win and win well and it would be a shame if you missed out on having a few Sha supporters to take the piss out of when it happens.

shit your probably right. Was our win against SHA 2 years ago not televised? it wasn't . Shitty statistic isn't it and one that is pretty unbelievable It is pretty shocking. But to be honest so is our away record in general over the past few years. IMO this game will go one of two ways. We will outclass them and win convincingly. Every one will bang on about how great we are, how we are going places and what a great manager MON is. Or our weaknesses will be terribly exposed and we will get humiliated. Then all hell will break loose on Vtalk! you reckon Birmingham City would 'humiliate' us? Not a chance, if we play crap it'll be a draw, no way do they have the ability to thrash us Sha couldn't humiliate us even if we only had 8 players on the pitch. They just aren't good enough. I'm really looking forward to this game and am 100% sure we're going to get our first away win by beating them by at least 2 clear goals.

Little known fact - one of the Gold's (I don't know which and care even less) was an Army Boxing Champion. It could be quite a decent bout. You could put both the Golds, Sullivan and kung fu Yeung in the ring against the General and my money would still be on the General and he'd still have enough energy to f**k Brady if he was willing to lower his standards.

Great match report again Scott. Can't believe we've got to wait till January for the next one. Salifou sounds like he may have something to offer us at fist team level.

Doubt that'll happen to be honest. I wouldn't be so sure. After Hopkins last fight he said he'd be up for fighting Calzaghe. I'm not sure theres any other fight left for either of them now. The Yanks are well aware of Calzaghe now so it would be a huge fight over there also. Says a lot about how much Calzaghe has achieved and how well hes respected that he was on HBO live in the states tonight which is unusual for a fight featuring two europeans.

Calzaghe deserved it although I have to say Kessler looked dangerous and because of his power was always in the fight. Calzaghe can be his own worst enemy sometimes by getting too complacent but when he does what he does best and drew Kessler in then threw 4,5 punch combinations then backed off, he again looked unbeatable. Bring on Hopkins.

How you know. I haven't seen him.

I'm really looking forward to this. I have more than enough beer to see me through to 3 am and even the missus is gonna stay up and watch it with me. Calzaghe will win by unaminous decision and will give Kessler a lesson similar to the one he gave Jeff Lacey.

Great report Scott. Really enjoyed reading it.

General when you next see Mon and the players can give them a pat on the back from me as I was proud of the character they showed against United today when lesser teams would of completely folded when down to 9 men and up against 12. As you would be well aware General its in the face of adversity you see a mans true strength and character and to a man today they showed they are not lacking in either.

He'll be ripped to pieces. Taylor went from finishing second in the top flight with Villa to managing England then trying to rebuild his reputation in the second tier at Wolves. I'm not sure where McClaren will go when he is inevitably sacked if England fail to qualify or Euro 2008. Hes reputation as a club manager is shit after his stint at Boro so he'd have a problem getting a job at a decent sized prem club.

And if Carson had been picked and had howlers, you'd be saying hes lost them for not sticking with the first choice. Robinson has experience of those games, he didnt do much wrong tonight in all fairness, there was no pressure on the inital shot he palmed out therefore to get any kind of save to it was good, given the player had the whole goal to aim at. It would have been worse for him to have dropped Robinson imo - simply because of the understanding Robinson has with his back 4. Robinson, though cant be blamed for the second goal, can be critiscised for his part in it, as he didnt do what goalkeeper do - palm the shot out wide, instead he palmed it out into the center into a dangerous position, and Lescott could have been a bit more alert. Robinson should have been dropped a couple of games ago as his confidence is shot to pieces and this has affected his judgement big time. I've heard people say that as his confidence is low the worst thing you can do is kick him in the teeth by dropping him but its not about Robinson its about having a keeper in form in between the sticks for England. Carson or James should have been in goal in the last 2 or 3 games for England and I'd expect Carson to start in Englands next game ( the friendly against Austria ) and if he performs well he'll then keep his place.