I honestly don't see the point in sacking Jose just to go with Solskjaer. Do they really think he's going to do any better and turn the club around by the end of the season? They should have just let him play out the Champions League at least and see how far he could have got them there. I don't think they've got a chance and probably won't get past PSG but they should at least given him that. I doubt Solskjaer will last very long either. They'll probably keep him till the end of the season unless he does something miraculous then hope a big manager like Zidane can be enticed with a fresh start.

Pochettino isn't going to go to Manchester United. Why would he do that? There was speculation about him leaving for Real Madrid but I don't see why he would jump ship to Real when he's doing so well with Spurs. He's built them up into a team that has a real chance of winning the Premier League at some point and maybe they'll even have a chance at the Champions League eventually. Winning anything with Spurs would be a far bigger achievement than doing anything with United or Real and I think he should stay there. United should just stick with Jose too. I'm sure they'd take Zidane if he was available but I don't think he would do any better either. I wonder if Jose would ever go back to Real if he was let go? They're doing pretty poorly so I'm sure they'll be looking out for a new manager.

I thought it was quite boring. Fell asleep during it. The pitch was in a terrible state. They should have postponed the match until they've sorted the pitch. It was like a sunday league pitch in some parts.


If he can't do much at United then I don't think he'll be able to do much at Real either. I'm not sure Hazzard would want to go there now given their current standing. I think Real could be in big trouble if they don't turn things around soon. Imagine if they didn't even qualify for the champions league this year.


Agreed, and I think that's why teams like City and Chelsea do so well because they have a bench of mostly world class subs they can bring on at any point. If a team like Spurs were to lose Kane through injury or suspension then they'd be screwed. Hopefully they'll be looking to strengthen their squad in the next transfer window.


I think it'll be closer. Could even see a tie but I think Liverpool will pip it by a goal. Arsenal have been playing pretty decent so far, and it was a shame about that late equalizer the conceded against Palace.

EPL: Arsenal vs Liverpool 0-1
EPL: Wolves vs Tottenham 0-1
La Liga: Real Sociedad vs Sevilla 0-1
Bundesliga: Hertha BSC vs RB Leipzig 0-1
Bundesliga: Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund 0-1
Serie A: Fiorentina vs AS Roma 0-1

Trying something different and going for all away 1-0 wins. The away teams all seem to be the strongest this week and draws are too hard to predict though I expect a couple (& also of course some home wins). Hopefully I'll get at least one correct score right this week however  lol.

Twitter is a huge worldwide platform where public opinion can be swayed. Why would Russia waste time with their bot armies on a bitcoin forum? Without evidence it's probably not even worth postulating.


What makes you so sure? Somehow I doubt they're on every message board on the internet. They'll go where they can have the biggest impact and to places where they can influence the masses such as social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.


I disagree. I think they will always have an agenda. Clearly they wanted Trump in for whatever reason. Maybe not for anything specific other than being disruptive, but something tells me they did have a specific motive with this last presidential election.

You can't grow height once you're an adult. If how tall you are is something you're insecure about then you should wear shoes with a higher heel or something, but height is only something you will care about and nobody else so try work on your confidence which is a much better fix for this. Why are you not able to actually increase your diet? Is that something to do with medically or can you just not afford to eat more?  Anyone can work out just by using their own body weight and that's something you should be doing if you want to get bigger, but you will also need to up your protein intake a little but without knowing why you can't eat more I probably can't give you any more specific advice.

What job could he possibly be holding out for? If any manager gets offered the United job they should take the honor as there's not many other bigger teams and he's already managed Real. The only thing he may be concerned about is his own reputation. It's much easier coming in at the start of the season where you can build your own squad, buy the players you want and bond with the current squad. At the moment he has to turn around an under-performing United and that won't be easy and what happens if they finish badly at the end. Will he then be disgraced and people calling for his sacking?


He probably wont be, but he's probably the only option they have right now without getting someone arguably worse than Mou or who is seen as a step-down. No point firing Jose to get someone who's not even as good as him. New managers rarely come in and turn the team around straight away though either. When teams are playing poorly or not to expectations they just need a fall guy and someone to blame for the issues and the managers are put on the chopping block as it's easy to blame one person than the entire team. I don't think Jose is doing anything tactically inept. Sure, there are always different formations and tactics to try, but he's won plenty of titles before playing essentially the same or similar way.

Glad the tournament should be starting again. I enjoyed it and I honestly didn't expect to win anything.


Physical prizes are cool and all, but I think a lot of people here are big on privacy and don't like giving their real world details out and especially their home addresses, though I guess you could offer a physical prize or the bitcoin equivalent and they can choose what they personally prefer. I like the idea of free credits, but I prefer free bets that can be placed on anything like sports rather than just free spins. The bookmaker I use I only bet with them because they give you a free bet every week as long as you wager a certain amount but they also have some great enhanced odds on certain sport accumulators. Maybe some people didn't claim their spins because they didn't have an account with you yet as well and was just taking part for the fun here. To get people betting I think it would be good to offer certain bonuses if they place an actual bet on site or something but maybe not give them bonus points here as that would be a huge unfair advantage, though I get why you would want to do that. Maybe you could do a prize draw for people who actual bet their predictions as well. The more you bet the more tickets you could get.

They're not yet at the level of Messi, Suarez and Neymar was, but you don't need to be slaughtering teams 3/4-0 every week especially if you're getting the results which is all that matters.

I'd stay away from backing a winner in this game but maybe go with both teams to score, though maybe they will end up being quite evenly matched so there ends up being little or even no goals. I think there will be goals though, or at least I hope. It'll be the only game I watch from this weekend.


I think the Zidane rumor is just speculation from excited fans and there's no real truth to it. I'm not saying it won't happen but I don't think Mourinho is anywhere close to done at United and I can't see them getting rid of him during this season. Maybe if they finish in a terrible place at the end of the season he'll go but unless they have a catastrophic losing streak I think he'll be here to see the league out.

Slightly off topic but does anyone have a Cloudbet account? I won Cloudbet's Premier League competition of 0.05 but don't have any account. Proof: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4809890.msg45138805#msg45138805

If you have an account and are trusted enough I'll let you keep a bit as a fee if you send me the rest. Just PM me if you've already got an account there and we'll work something out.

Some people enjoy this and I have so,me friends the same, but I don't care for it unless the odds are high  . I only get a buzz if I win big so I stick to higher odds betting .


Well sometimes I'd rather be bored than lose money lol.


Exactly. I would have never thought West Ham would get a win here and by that scoreline too. I wonder if they'll turn over Chelsea this weekend?  I doubt it.

This game couldn't get any more boring. Bore draw just after half time. Wouldn't be surprised if there's no goals at all.

Can't see the Everton/West Ham game being much different either. Everton have drawn three out of their four games and West Ham have lost all of theirs, but maybe Everton will get a win here especially considering West Ham have got quite a few injury problems.

Bring on the Champions League Midweek I say  .

I would choose bitcoin over ethereum any day of the week, and btc is better as a currency for numerous reasons (though obviously not perfect), but eth has different functions (mainly smart contracts as I said), but I also think a lot of people do - or did - just get involved with it because they saw it as the second best thing to bitcoin and missed out on getting in early with btc so they're trying their luck with eth in the hopes that someday it will bring them riches. I just had issue with the argument that eth's only use is as a speculative asset when I don't think that's true, and especially when I think it's speculation that is driving the majority of the entire cyrpto market right now, but that doesn't mean to say you can't be both a speculator and purveyor of the tech either as many people are.


 

Agreed. Zapo is doing great but this is a bit disappointing but all we can do is accept the terms. Would it not be better to just get rid of some of the slots from the lower ranks that haven't even been filled yet?

What's to discuss? Bit early for speculation on this in my opinion. Are things really that slow in the bitcoin world that we've got to look for something that isn't happening for nearly two years? I think there's far more important events potentially happening in the meantime like the various ETFs


What the hell does this have to do with anything?

Hi. I saw this orange warning message in the users profile below:

This user recently woke up from a long period of inactivity.

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I have two questions just out of interest:

1 How long does someone have to be inactive for that message to be shown.
2 How long is it shown for.

Apologies if these have been asked and answered before. I did a search but couldn't find anything. Will lock the thread once I get an answer.

No, I'm really not at all. You're desperately trying to paint all alts as bad whilst ignoring the facts and you'll even be dishonest to do this. I'm actually just being realistic and stating truths but you're obviously blinded by your own fanboyism of bitcoin and dislike of alts.


What you have done is called cherry picking. I can do that also:

Bitcoin value December 17th 2017: $19,783
Bitcoin value today: $6200

Bitcoin value July 28th 2018: $8151
Bitcoin value today: $6200

That's not a store of value.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_of_value


Bitcoin is a speculative asset. Something that loses such drastic value in the space of hours is not a good store of wealth as much as you and anyone else wants it to be.


You're right, it's not bitcoin's fault it's a terrible store of value, but it is. You can blame people for that all you want, but I'd love to hear how you can work out how to buy in at peak levels or not. You can't, especially when it can lose hundreds within the matter of hours and that is why it's not a good store of value and is a speculative asset.



I completely agree.


I don't think bitcoin or any crypto is perfect, but my main quarrel with 1referee is him saying that eth has no other value other than being a speculative asset. If that's true then the same applies to bitcoin (except it doesn't have smart contracts so speculation would all it also would be worth for). Take away the speculators from bitcoin and the value would be worth a lot less than it is now and arguable near to collapse.

Yes. What is the problem with it and what exactly should I open my eyes to?


Because you said all Eth was nothing but a speculative tool, which is incorrect. The exact same is more true of bitcoin, but eth has the added value of things like smart contracts. Bitcoin just has the brand name and fanatics and hypebois behind it hoping that one day it will actually recover to become profitable for them.  


Any other currency could become the 'reserve' currency. Bitcoin is currently only more popular because it was the first. The big issue with bitcoin is that a lot of its value is based on speculative hype which relies on new blood to prop it up but once they panic and drop out the bubble quickly bursts.


So is practically every other coin including eth.


Bitcoin is currently a terrible store of value. It lost over $10k within months. That's not something to boast about.


That's pure speculation, but if bitcoin tanked to zero there would be another coin that would replace it. Bitcoin offers nothing else that any other coin can't and is one of the reasons why bitcoin is very risky to me. There's no good reason why bitcoin can't lose market dominance very quickly and be usurped by a new or even existing coin, especially if it has more benefits than just a speculative asset.

I don't think this is true at all. You can't discount smart contracts as that is where its value lies. Surely you could just as easily say speculation is all bitcoin has as well. You might as well say take away bitcoin's mechanism as payment system and what do you have left? Well bitcoin being a payment system is pretty much its bread and butter much like smart contracts is to eth.

Probably EOS. I still much prefer ethereum though, and I think most people who are jumping on board EOS are just doing so because they see it as a coin with the potential to become the next ETH and hope to get rich quick from it.

An alt coin is only a shitcoin if it offers absolutely nothing new at all and there's no obvious need or benefit of it. For instance, I think the majority of alt coins or tokens are in fact shitcoins, but I wouldn't say ethereum is one because it obviously has usefull features that bitcoin doesn't. I still see that as the second 'best' alt coin despite the battering it's taken in value recently.