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mkirkhope wrote:Has this thread really gone from working out the time/location of the weigh-in to whether the haka is better than the macarena?

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
Don't be surprised to see Haye's knees dip the first time he takes a big jab.

yes.

MachoMan09 wrote:
If you were a once great human being who had atrophied into a weary cretin due to abject personal failure and bad judgement, would you brag about it or keep your mouth shut?

beautifully put, mate.

[quote="mkirkhope"]

Perhaps its because I'm Scottish, and when I'm abroad supporting a British fighter I don't want to spend the night singing ingerland ingerland ingerland. quote]

yes, that may well be a factor.

apophenic wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote:

apophenic wrote: what do you think of the haka?

As in the Maori dance? I think it's Better than Big Fish, Little Fish Carboard Box but worse than the Macarena, why?

because essentially it's the same thing....

btw - you LIKE the macarena!

Steady on mate, I'm a Kiwi. We cook people in a pot for less than that.

keithmoonhangover wrote:

apophenic wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote: As in the Maori dance? I think it's Better than Big Fish, Little Fish Carboard Box but worse than the Macarena, why?

because essentially it's the same thing....

btw - you LIKE the macarena!

Steady on mate, I'm a Kiwi. We cook people in a pot for less than that.

i LIKE the haka mate...just as i find the chanting etc entertaining....it all adds colour!

apophenic wrote:

keithmoonhangover wrote:

apophenic wrote: because essentially it's the same thing....

btw - you LIKE the macarena!

Steady on mate, I'm a Kiwi. We cook people in a pot for less than that.

i LIKE the haka mate...just as i find the chanting etc entertaining....it all adds colour!

"Colour"?!?!?!?!? So, you're a racist now!!!!

Emotions are running high from a weigh in!

German birds are better than English? Difficult to say because I've never been but the few German girls I've ran into in my time should have been wearing leads.

Final round wrote: Emotions are running high from a weigh in!

German birds are better than English? Difficult to say because I've never been but the few German girls I've ran into in my time should have been wearing leads.

the ones ive met should have been sheared!!

rhino222 wrote:

Final round wrote: Emotions are running high from a weigh in!

German birds are better than English? Difficult to say because I've never been but the few German girls I've ran into in my time should have been wearing leads.

the ones ive met should have been sheared!!

I bet those hairy armpits keep your ears warm!

charlieb wrote:I must've completely misread the footage.

Wlad looked very tense to me, uncomfortably so in the staredown, while Haye looked super confident from top to bottom, not one audible frog in his throat when interviewed, held his stare with ease, had a swagger about him.

I'm not sure whether that's a good or bad sign. I've never really analysed any of Wlad's weigh-ins before this fight so I've no idea how to interpret his demeanour.

They both look to be in perfect nick and the size difference really didn't appear to be that big in Wlad's favour, this is going to be very interesting. I cannot fu*king wait for this one.

I've just watched bits of it back and i thought he looked a bit tense. At the stare down he seemed to have one of those blank impressions on his face where he was trying to think of anything to make him look a bit intense rather than actually staring Haye down

Counter-puncher wrote:

mkirkhope wrote:
Perhaps its because I'm Scottish, and when I'm abroad supporting a British fighter I don't want to spend the night singing ingerland ingerland ingerland. quote]

yes, that may well be a factor.

That's a shame then, given that I've been to see English fighters abroad in the past and not had to sing England football songs all night. It's a relatively recent phenomenon that all the football fans who don't watch much boxing started going to the big fights abroad and brought that atmosphere (complete with heavily booing national anthems etc).

David Haye himself has also stressed how thankful he is for the support he gets from 'all corners of the UK' (and there will be plenty people in Hamburg to support him from all over the UK).

I don't see why people can't support the actual boxer ('there's only one david haye' etc) rather than singing songs about world war 2 or england football songs. In the same way I wouldn't expect anyone from England supporting Andy Murray to enjoy chanting tartan army songs.

mkirkhope wrote:

Counter-puncher wrote:

mkirkhope wrote:
Perhaps its because I'm Scottish, and when I'm abroad supporting a British fighter I don't want to spend the night singing ingerland ingerland ingerland. quote]

yes, that may well be a factor.

That's a shame then, given that I've been to see English fighters abroad in the past and not had to sing England football songs all night. It's a relatively recent phenomenon that all the football fans who don't watch much boxing started going to the big fights abroad and brought that atmosphere (complete with heavily booing national anthems etc).

David Haye himself has also stressed how thankful he is for the support he gets from 'all corners of the UK' (and there will be plenty people in Hamburg to support him from all over the UK).

I don't see why people can't support the actual boxer ('there's only one david haye' etc) rather than singing songs about world war 2 or england football songs. In the same way I wouldn't expect anyone from England supporting Andy Murray to enjoy chanting tartan army songs.

That's why we have freedom of speech.

English/Scottish - I just dont care anymore - I just want to see the best entertainment!!!!

We're all part of the EU and thats going to pot!!! Let's just enjoy the fight!

Im Scottish BTW

Chambers2 wrote:

rhino222 wrote:i sense some peoples confidence is leaning towards wlad...mine has.

Mine hasn't, Haye's taking him out spectacularly!

Time Will Tell!

Chambers is the only pudendum apart from me, as I remember, who's confidence hasn't been shaken since this fight was made. Me and this fanny will be proven right come Saturday night.

Atmosphere was superb on the sky footage.
Agree i wish there was less "england england" shit again because im scottish but if i was there id probably join in. Haha.

Cant wait now.

Excited about a heavyweight fight, whats happened 2 me. Lol.

MachoMan09 wrote: l. The British managed to be on the winning side in WW2 thanks to the Soviet Union and the US
m. etc

Listen, you carry on with your pseudo-politically correct 'right on' bollocks all you like.

The latter part of the statement is of course correct but your phrasing of the first bit does a disservice to the hundreds of thousands of people who 'managed' to lay down their lives fighting for some of the freedoms you so willingly dismiss by saying England has nothing to shout about.

Given your military background, and your obvious intelligence, I would have thought you could have come up with something less offensive than this.

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote: l. The British managed to be on the winning side in WW2 thanks to the Soviet Union and the US
m. etc

Listen, you carry on with your pseudo-politically correct 'right on' bollocks all you like.

The latter part of the statement is of course correct but your phrasing of the first bit does a disservice to the hundreds of thousands of people who 'managed' to lay down their lives fighting for some of the freedoms you so willingly dismiss by saying England has nothing to shout about.

Given your military background, and your obvious intelligence, I would have thought you could have come up with something less offensive than this.

Lots of others did also and they had nothing to do with the European bunfight that was going on - like the 2 million all volunteer Indian army for example that fought in all theatres - the largest volunteer army that has ever been assembled - it would be nice to say we stood on our own to defeat the boche but it wouldn't make it true.

Dioufy wrote:

Chambers2 wrote:

rhino222 wrote:i sense some peoples confidence is leaning towards wlad...mine has.

Mine hasn't, Haye's taking him out spectacularly!

Time Will Tell!

Chambers is the only pudendum apart from me, as I remember, who's confidence hasn't been shaken since this fight was made. Me and this fanny will be proven right come Saturday night.

No, me too. I'm a minor pudendum who still has complete faith in Haye treating us to the spectacle of Wlad crawling around the ring on all fours.

Fat Git wrote:

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote: l. The British managed to be on the winning side in WW2 thanks to the Soviet Union and the US
m. etc

Listen, you carry on with your pseudo-politically correct 'right on' bollocks all you like.

The latter part of the statement is of course correct but your phrasing of the first bit does a disservice to the hundreds of thousands of people who 'managed' to lay down their lives fighting for some of the freedoms you so willingly dismiss by saying England has nothing to shout about.

Given your military background, and your obvious intelligence, I would have thought you could have come up with something less offensive than this.

Lots of others did also and they had nothing to do with the European bunfight that was going on - like the 2 million all volunteer Indian army for example that fought in all theatres - the largest volunteer army that has ever been assembled - it would be nice to say we stood on our own to defeat the boche but it wouldn't make it true.

Hear, hear. That's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying the OP's phrasing diminishes the loss.

Fat Git wrote:

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote: l. The British managed to be on the winning side in WW2 thanks to the Soviet Union and the US
m. etc

Listen, you carry on with your pseudo-politically correct 'right on' bollocks all you like.

The latter part of the statement is of course correct but your phrasing of the first bit does a disservice to the hundreds of thousands of people who 'managed' to lay down their lives fighting for some of the freedoms you so willingly dismiss by saying England has nothing to shout about.

Given your military background, and your obvious intelligence, I would have thought you could have come up with something less offensive than this.

Lots of others did also and they had nothing to do with the European bunfight that was going on - like the 2 million all volunteer Indian army for example that fought in all theatres - the largest volunteer army that has ever been assembled - it would be nice to say we stood on our own to defeat the boche but it wouldn't make it true.

why are you calling the english 'we'. you are a bloody wop and a greaseball, you should be ashamed of yourself carlos, you supported the argies in the falklands war, and you were in the british army!!! ..... ;;-)

jBacca wrote:Quality from the Brits.

Yeah great, The Hattons years legacy to boxing. Arsehole football fans.

Yeah it's a bit annoying to hear what is obviously football fans chanting bollocks - no football to get tribal about, so latch onto the boxing - Bruuuuuuuuno

rhino222 wrote:

Fat Git wrote:

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote: Listen, you carry on with your pseudo-politically correct 'right on' bollocks all you like.

The latter part of the statement is of course correct but your phrasing of the first bit does a disservice to the hundreds of thousands of people who 'managed' to lay down their lives fighting for some of the freedoms you so willingly dismiss by saying England has nothing to shout about.

Given your military background, and your obvious intelligence, I would have thought you could have come up with something less offensive than this.

Lots of others did also and they had nothing to do with the European bunfight that was going on - like the 2 million all volunteer Indian army for example that fought in all theatres - the largest volunteer army that has ever been assembled - it would be nice to say we stood on our own to defeat the boche but it wouldn't make it true.

why are you calling the english 'we'. you are a bloody wop and a greaseball, you should be ashamed of yourself carlos, you supported the argies in the falklands war, and you were in the british army!!! ..... ;;-)

The English are 'we'? Now - I was talking about the United Kingdom.

Yup, I was in the British army.

And I am a wop and a greaseball who knows boxing.

And the Falklands should either go back to the people we took it off or give them independence. Maintaining empires in this day and age is so...

Dioufy wrote:

Chambers2 wrote:

rhino222 wrote:i sense some peoples confidence is leaning towards wlad...mine has.

Mine hasn't, Haye's taking him out spectacularly!

Time Will Tell!

Chambers is the only pudendum apart from me, as I remember, who's confidence hasn't been shaken since this fight was made. Me and this fanny will be proven right come Saturday night.

You're such a little charmer

AH!