The Big Kick-off (Racing Post)

Any hints at a publication date, yet?

Monday August 10th

Does anyone still buy this? A lot of punters used to buy the World Cup one, but nobody even mentioned it this year. No real need for it these days, especially if they charge about 6 quid. I sincerely hope they're not still putting up "Didi's Diamonds" That shyte used to be good for a laugh, but enough's enough.

Didi's Diamonds
Brazil to win the World Cup
Igor Thiago to win the Golden Boot
Austria to win Group J
Bosnia to win Group B
Ivory Coast to reach the quarter-finals

Brazil ace Thiago looks a golden bet
We finally (presumably) get to say farewell to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo but it doesn’t look as though they will be bowing out on a high. I cannot for the life of me work out why Messi believes he can emulate what he did four years ago at the age of 38.

Cheers MM for the update on Publication date.

I usually back half a dozen tips from it and make an overall profit.

Print copies of anything nowadays are expensive.

No reason why the digital copy needs to be £6.

Thank you MM but I will be in last man standing comp so it will be worthwhile read

Usually bite the bullet abd buy it, bouhght the rp for WC pull out, quite informative.
Use the pull out for early season ( new signings etc )

Do not miss out — it’s available free with the Racing Post newspaper on Monday, August 10.

Have they closed down the early-image post workaround???

There's a longish thread on Horse Racing about this.

PP paying out on Celtic.

Publicity stunt,probably stand to lose a
bar of soap.

Celtic are rotten and might get worse.

Bizarrely and with no idea how, the pictures are now working

Is hamman still there , I remember 1 year he didnt get a single prediction right , and I think he predicted leicester would go down and they won the league and aston villa would do well and they were relegated .

Aug 7, 2026 -- 4:09PM, MrStrawMan wrote:

Is hamman still there , I remember 1 year he didnt get a single prediction right , and I think he predicted leicester would go down and they won the league and aston villa would do well and they were relegated .

his world cup predictions were beyond abysmal I seem to remember

Didi's Diamonds from last season.

Liverpool Win P/L - @ 2/1...(5TH)
Chelsea Top 4 - @ 5/6...(10TH)
M Cunha Top P/L Goalscorer - @ 50/1 E/W...(20TH,10 Goals)
RB Leipzig Win Bundesliga without Bayern M - 9/2... (3RD)

So I’ll  have to enter the players’ nationality manually into my supplement
Any soccer website out there that includes players international team besides team websites and Wiki and that doesn’t require endless clicking?

One copy each in my two local shops. Do they want people to order online then!

Amazing how scarce the availability in provincial towns is.

You don't really get newsagents anymore.

Found one and paid the £5:70 purchase price. Feel for those who fork out for this paper regularly.

OUT TODAY

i also bought it this morning- have had a quick read through - nothing in there that was very enlightening tbh- most if not all predictions were pretty obvious.ill have a more thorough read later but dont think ill be buying at again.

better info i can get myself and sometimes off the forum

wow, Sunderland starting 11 doesn't even have their best player imo.

Aug 10, 2026 -- 3:58PM, morpteh mackem wrote:

wow, Sunderland starting 11 doesn't even have their best player imo.

Have they omitted Luke 09?

Aug 10, 2026 -- 7:46PM, TheGoddess wrote:

Aug 10, 2026 --  3:58PM, morpteh mackem wrote:wow, Sunderland starting 11 doesn't even have their best player imo.Have they omitted Luke 09?

Sadiki

Gone from 80 pages last year to 64.

Aug 10, 2026 -- 8:53PM, penzance wrote:

Gone from 80 pages last year to 64.

no non-league featured

or Scottish

Dumped Didi as well.