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1221  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: November 02, 2021, 03:09:46 PM
I am so excited about the ashes series and I think this time England has some advantages over Australia because almost all of the England players are in form and they have some world-class players who can turn the match on its head by themselves especially ben strokes who are returning to the England squad. I think Australia might have some serious problems this time.
I too feel that England have a far more stable squad I’m comparison to Australia, but at the end of the day Australia will only need one or two strong player’s to step up and change the game’s momentum for them eg Smith.
Also lot of attention seems to be on Stokes, but I feel that he’ll handle it well and maybe he’ll be the key player who’ll help England beat Australia.
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If you leave Joe Root out from the discussion then not a single English batsmen, i mean literally you can't find single batsmen who can anchor the inning or make a ton for the English team. That's their story since 1-2 years. Yeah 1-2 individual players might score odd hundred here n there but that's about it.
I had very high hopes from Buttler, Bairstow but they completely failed to impress anyone in Red ball cricket despite playing 50+ tests match. Buttler is about to retire from Test cricket anyway.
English Opening prospect Rory Burn, Sibley and Haseeb Hameed are top notch performer in County circuit but their international average is about 33-ish. Hameed is new guy but you don't expect these sort of averages from your openers.
One new middle order batter is Daniel Lawrence, although his numbers doesn't make good case for him but he's considered a most complete batsman in current English squad after Joe Root. All his runs comes when odds were against the batsmen. I really hope he gets the long rope along with Ollie Pope because they are future of English Team.

Joe is a great player no doubt. But if England wants to win all the players need to contribute to the scoreboard because with only Joe Root scoring and the others failing to the task doesn't have the cause of England. From the new players, I don't know what to expect but I hope they can come to the rescue when their team needs them.

And Australia needs to play really well if they want to beat England. I think Warner and Smith can get going then it will be really a big problem for England and Pat  Cummins needs to take a big responsibility off the bowling department. Because he needs to get Joe Root out as he has done this before and Joe Root seems to be a little prone to be off-balance when deliveries are coming in.
1222  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: November 02, 2021, 03:07:03 PM
Damn I hate going on social media!
Everyone is complaining about Messi and I saw even the clips circulating of "him standing still" in the field while all his teammates run. 2 seconds of him doing that, not realizing two things. 1, that this is his style. Stay still 1 second and burst forth. 2, that he actually was even an injury concern for the match but he played anyway despite not being at full health.
Anyway 7 points lead for PSG, so sad nobody can take advantage. And they won so many points after 80th minute this season damn PSG lol.
On social media they only compare him to Ronaldo and they only compare in the bad, even though we know their journey to become the best has taken a lot of time in the past. Their age isn't what they used to be which would be natural when they don't move much because after all, they also don't just sit still during the game so there's no problem with that style. Social media is just a place for them to joke around and find something funny to laugh about, so I personally don't take it very seriously about such things. Anyway, PSG are still the strongest in Ligue 1 and Messi realizes that the competition in Ligue 1 is very difficult from some sources I read so yeah, with his achievements so far I think it's still okay.

Rule one of social media is that don't get triggered by everything you see over there. There are a lot of factors working behind him staying still for that specific time. Maybe he was not thinking like us, or else all of us would be Messi, right? Another thing is as you said, it's his style. Stay still for a sec and then burst forward,. And he's somewhat dealing with injuries and stuff and he has also aged. All of this accumulatively made him stand still for those 'specific' seconds.
1223  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: November 02, 2021, 02:06:48 PM
Atletico Madrid finally managed to make it to the victory against a quite tough opponent two days ago. Their opponent was Betis and we know how good they have been doing in this season so far. They were even two points ahead of Atletico Madrid in the table. But Atletico Madrid were really well-prepared for this one and they simply destroyed Betis with their huge performance here. Betis couldn't even react much to this. There was a 3-0 result at the end.

A big win for Atletico Madrid against Betis. Atletico won with a 3 goals difference. Carrasco scored the first goal in the 26th minute and the last one was scored by the youngster Felix in the 80th minute. With this win Atletico is 4th in the league and just behind them is Betis having 1 pointless and 1 match more played. Do you guys think Atletico will be able to win the title this season?
1224  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: November 01, 2021, 06:44:19 PM

What you talking about? Bayern was simply unrecognizable, for 15 minutes their defense did not play at all, they lost all canopies, allowed to beat on their gates. You can call me paranoid, but for some reason the team didn't play, they just watched. I don't think that a team like Bayern can be shocked with something, it's something else. Well, the third goal, the penalty is very controversial, Embolo was already falling trying to hit the ball and therefore would have fallen without anyone's help. But as the saying goes, the referee can be seen better. The fourth goal - two defenders of Bayern just part and let Embolo pass, what is it? Smiley

Yes, everyone has bad days, and Borussia Mönchengladbach is not a very convenient opponent for Bayern, but a 5:0 defeat simply does not fit in my head.

Maybe there are some problems going on which we don't know about but still, Bayern is the team who doesn't even think about big teams as worthy opponents, and here we have a relatively small team beating Bayern 5:0. It can't be the player's lack of knowledge or skills but something that is not being seen by the naked eye. Maybe there were some problems especially that day which made the players lose interest in the match and I hope Bayern will come back strongly in the next match. And I don't think it's a case of match-fixing at all.

@Altryist
I didn't see the penalty but I think that Bayern are professional enough to not do such stuff. They even had a loss against Frankfurt earlier and they came back. They lost this match and I'm sure they will bounce back again. Maybe they got zoned out or something I don't know! About Match Fixing, @Iranus, I didn't see any such kind of rumor.
1225  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: November 01, 2021, 06:24:23 PM
Mercedes said past days "will we go up with horsepowers if needed, we take the risk of breaking the engine if necessary".

And next GP in Mexico with high altitude and less oxygen in the air it will be the benchmark for the end of the season...

I heard an interview of Damon Hill a few days ago and he also said that the engine of mercedes, especially the turbo charger is much more fragile and sensible in comparison to the other engine manufacturers and that the high altitude and therefore the thin air that the teams have to deal with will be another big additional load for the engines. That is why i don't really think that mercedes will open the engines completely in the next race the risk would just be way to high to harm the engine and to have to retire the car. They will treat the engines carefully in Mexico and then in the races afterwards they will risk more in my opinion.

I also do not think that doing new stuffs and engine at the end of the year would be a very good decision. Cause it will take some time to adjust to new kinds of stuff properly. But still, I could be wrong. If their one is more fragile than the other, they should not be opting for that in Mexico in my opinion.
1226  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: November 01, 2021, 06:19:13 PM
The coaching staff will do all they can do to find a better solution unto this but the question here is does their stars can adopt the changes to their team? If they are really willing to win maybe they should lower down their ego that they are a star. If all of them can able to play with each other and can rotate the ball for sure they will create a good chemistry also maybe they should try to use their other bench since maybe they can find better solution on their current problem.
Melo had a good season with the Lakers, they all have the superstar to dominate.
Westbrook and Melo had already shown that they can contribute big time to the team, and their contribution will be more useful in the playoffs.
Maybe they struggle a bit in the regular season but comes to the playoffs, I'm sure they are a team to beat and they will likely win a championship.
Also, did you guys see Jordan in this game? That alley-op dunk is his trademark and he contributed 8 points from 4-4 shooting.
Deandre Jordan can still be a threat offensively, he's just really often underlooked by his teammates since they have better scoring options like Melo and LeBron, their chemistry must still be developed, Rockets are in rebuilding mode right now which means Lakers can win easily, and they did.

Melo has great experience in the game and it amazed me, even at this age, he's still very good.
It is true that the Lakers have a good squad but I have to say they still lack the chemistry to win the championship, So I don't think right now Lakers can win easily they must have to focus to improve their chemistry first.
1227  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- Group Stage! on: November 01, 2021, 06:08:34 PM
Winning against Atlanta is not easy. But not impossible. Manchester United have a strong squad. But they are not playing well together, that is the main problem. Winning against Atlanta would be easy if two midfielders Pogba and Bruno and Ronaldo could play well. And of course the defenders have to play well today. Atlanta likes to play attacking, so defenders have to play very carefully.
Manchester United are very unpredictable this season, so it's a thankless job to predict the outcome of this match. Here it is better, if there is a desire to bet on this match, to look at the option of betting on the number of goals scored, because both teams attack well and score goals, and both teams have problems in defense. Therefore, total over 3 may not be a bad option in this match.
Manchester United played with Spurs quite convincingly but this is a UCL game sometimes unexpected what happens but with Atalanta's victory in the first leg it is a miracle that Man United can win in reverse, now games like that must be maintained especially in defender defense sometimes Man players United like to concede balls from other players.
It's away and most importantly the defense has to be strong as for the midfield and forward I can trust Ronaldo and Cavani up front.

Yes unexpected but Manchester United will play an away match and they had a good comeback in the last leg against Atalanta. They came back from 0-2 and won 3-2. I'm so much optimistic about this match and hope they will be able to win this one.
1228  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: November 01, 2021, 05:54:21 PM
There is news circulating in the premier league that Antonio Conte is going to replace the sacked Tottenham coach(Nuno Espírito Santo) today.
That's a very good move by Tottenham chairman Daniel levy. I believed Tottenham will do better with Conte as head coach
This news is really circulating, has there been an agreement from Conte's side? If so then this can improve Spurs' game which is currently not improving with Conte's return to the premier league this will be something new which after Conte won a trophy with Inter Milan.
Maybe Antonio Conte can put Harry Kane and Son as sharp strikers later?
But I look forward to more valid news.

If Conte comes to Spurs that will be good news for them. Conte has a reputation for making average teams a better ones. So maybe he can bring Spurs to the top tier in EPL again? To compete for the top 4 spots maybe? Though all are rumors now, only time will tell if he comes to Spurs or United.
1229  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: November 01, 2021, 05:21:23 PM
An easy win you said, no game in the Laliga is a soft one,you must fight to get what you want, prior to this game,they did loss and Drew matches they supposed to win.
Good to know they currently sit at the comfortably in the quest of defending there title his time around, they play Liverpool on Wednesday.
Football matches are not easy to predict, sometimes the team that excels at the top actually loses the match, I think La Liga is starting to be competitive and all teams have the opportunity to beat each other, both big teams and small teams, and hard work in the field will determine the final result the match, as in the athletico vs levante match, although superior in terms of player quality, however, athletico was unable to win in the match.
Against liverpool will certainly be a difficult match, especially since liverpool are currently in an injured condition after they failed to win against brighton in the league and this will motivate liverpool players to return to winning ways against athletico later and secure their position at the top of the standings.

You are right, teams on top of their league won't always win in the Champions league every match. But you are correct that la Liga is now competitive because Real and Barca have lost their strength. And the Atletico Liverpool match should be an interesting one. I see this one as Attacking Liverpool vs Defensive Atletico game.
1230  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: November 01, 2021, 04:57:44 PM
AC Milan have really proved to us that this season they are strong enough to face any team in Serie A. It is hard to believe how they lost 3 time in a row in the Champions League while they have not lost in Serie A in the last 11 match. Is it because of the effect of being absent for too long in the Champions League?
Different performances this season have been shown by ac milan, quite consistent in winning in the league but they have failed to score points in the champions league, now it looks like they are in a stage fright condition and as you said maybe because they have been absent for too long in european competition, with With 3 matches left, it looks like it will be very difficult for Milan this season to qualify for the next round of the Champions League and in my opinion it would be better if AC Milan now focuses on Serie A because it is more possible than the Champions League.

@skarais  I don't know but maybe your point is correct. They haven't been the Ac Milan who has feared decades ago until the last 2 seasons. I feel like they are getting back on track again. In the league, they are now one of the title contenders but I don't know what happens to them in the CL matches.
1231  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- Group Stage! on: November 01, 2021, 04:54:39 PM
Barcelona are going to play their second match after sacking Ronald Koeman. This time, they are going to come up against Dynamo Kiev away. And unfortunately, I see that Barcelona have many important missing players for this match. Gerard Piqué, Sergio Agüero, Sergi Roberto, Frenkie De Jong, Ronald Araujo and Martin Braithwaite will not be able to play. Pedri's condition is unknown and Fati seems to be back in training. And they left two points in the match against Alaves by a 1-1 result in the La Liga the last time. My favourite side still will be Barcelona but I don't trust them as much as placing a bet on them.  Grin
Against dynamo is a very important match for barcelona, ​​because now they are in third place and only have 3 points, so to maintain their chances of qualifying for the next round, barcelona must win when dealing with dynamo,I think the match will be balanced especially now that both teams are experiencing the same problem, namely player injuries, not only Barcelona who have lost a lot of their main players, but Dinamo Kiev also experienced the same thing and they even lost their main striker due to injury.

You are right, actually, this will be an important match for them in order to qualify for the next round. You know, they even have a match against Bayern later, so if they win this one, a lot of pressure will be off of them in the next one. Also looking forward to the new tactics of the new coach.
1232  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: November 01, 2021, 04:48:26 PM
Have you guys digged the history of your country into Football. I went through the history of my country's football. Surprised to see it getting on the FIFA World Cup, but it has withdrew themselves. This has taken place as opponents withdrew from the tournament for different reasons. Finally it hasn't participated in the tournament. The board has given different reasons for withdrawing from the tournament. First reason was the expenses, then it was lack of practice. Some had said FIFA imposing the rules banning players with barefoot. What is the real reason isn't exposed. However my country hasn't qualified after that.

Well, my country is honestly not good at football and it shows when there are a lot of players from other countries playing in the national team. And in my country, a lot of people want to play as a striker but ultimately at the end of the day, we have to depend on our defender's goals to win the match. I don't think my country has ever qualified for the FIFA world cup and I honestly don't know when they are going to qualify for the FIFA world cup in the future as well.
1233  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: November 01, 2021, 04:43:52 PM
Well, like it or not, Man United must accept Ole until everything is finished this season with results that are not too promising. Nothing has really resolved the issues at Man United and also the players need to be able to end what they started with Ole.
Manchester United delayed to fire Ole too much. They are patiently too much to not fire him. I don't think if they let Ole stays in the club, they will get something good. He can not be a good coach and three seasons are enough. Pep, Mourinho and Klopp shaped their main tactics in early of their career but Ole, hey what is his main tactic? What is his management phylosophy?

I think Manchester United should get rid of Ole as soon as possible because that's better for the team and as Manchester United is as a team and considering how good the squad is they should be doing for better than this. The last game played by Manchester United against Tottenham was won by Manchester as the scoreline was 3-0 Manchester United - Tottenham. It was any received outing by the players but if we think about the previous match before this to it was a genuine disaster for Manchester United. So I think Manchester United is a better team than having a 50% win rate.
1234  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: November 01, 2021, 04:37:43 PM
Glad and happy about that Gladbach managed to win there game against Bochum and my bet was for a win at Gladbach , just have seen the review!
Also i have seen now all the reviews of all games and the most craziest i think was the Frankfurt game , with that Goal in the last seconds.
The next weekend will be for sure the excitest game about Bayern Munich and Freiburg and i really dont know how to bet there.

In Bayern and Freiburg Match, Bayern will surely be the winners. I think the 5-0 loss of Bayern was like a one-off failure. No reason for Bayern to lose the match unless something unbelievable like that day happens again. But I don't think it will happen.
1235  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: November 01, 2021, 04:31:27 PM
^^ Don't look at Smith's limited overs form much. He scored fair amount of runs against us in the last tour and scored shit load amount of runs in the last Ashes series. He is capable of switching into his god-mode in the test cricket out of nowhere. Warner's confidence looks bad but he's also champion batsman at home when playing tests. Apart from Marnus, other players like Travis head, Green and more or less outcast member (because of Smith-Marnus's form) Usman Khawaja are in excellent form.
Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith are in good form but Usman Khawaja is not even in the team but Australia has some young talents especially Cameron Green and they are yet to announce the team for the Ashes, England already announced their squad and Ben Stokes is returning after a gap and they have a really strong team and hopefully it will be a good series.

I am so excited about the ashes series and I think this time England has some advantages over Australia because almost all of the England players are in form and they have some world-class players who can turn the match on its head by themselves especially ben strokes who are returning to the England squad. I think Australia might have some serious problems this time.
1236  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: November 01, 2021, 04:26:45 PM
England is struggling to score runs freely, i thought it would be an easy game for them but they already lost their top three wickets and are struggling to score runs against the Sri Lankan bowlers. The pitch is difficult to bat for the team batting first and any team winning the toss choose to field first and they are having an advantage. Hopefully England could score a competitive total because i placed a large bet on them to win Undecided.

Have you seen Joe Buttler bat today? He's playing a gem of an innings. Right now he's 86 of 60 balls. England is in a powerful position right now as they have scored 148 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. And they still have 6 wickets and 7 balls in hand. Expect some explosive batting right now from them. I think Buttler might get a 100 today. And England should be happy with the score, especially with how they started the innings.
1237  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM... on: October 31, 2021, 05:38:26 PM
Perez has not been a very good support for Verstappen or a good second driver at Red Bull.  Look at most of his finishes. If he had finshed better at every race RBR should be ahead in the constructor championship or at least make it very close.
Neither Perez nor Bottas has been great. If you have a situation like this season where two teams are quite evenly matched and fighting for the title, it's absolutely crucial that the second driver steps up. Look at the last race, Red Bull had the advantage because Bottas was further down the grid and once the race started, Perez was able to stay near the front two, which gave Red Bull the crucial tactical edge at the pits stops. This is what the second driver should be doing every race. If it's a Merc track, then Bottas should be up there so that they can control Verstappen; if it's a Red Bull track then Perez should do the same to control Hamilton. If it's a neutral track, both Bottas and Perez should be in the mix, giving their team-mate whatever advantage they can.

But in the recent races, Bottas hasn't been doing as good as Perez in my opinion (though he started a bit behind on the grid) Max won the recent few races and a lot of credit goes to Perez for holding off Hamilton or at least trying to do so. On the other hand, Hamilton is not getting the support from Bottas he needs to outperform Red Bull drivers. Last few races he got 2v1'ed by Red Bull.
1238  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 NBA Season on: October 31, 2021, 05:34:41 PM
The ex-Lakers are doing pretty well with their new team. Kuzma and Harelll are great and I think we will see their true potential that they were not able to show in their previous team, also let us not forget Dinwiddie who is good in any team he will play, this team has the potential to compete in the playoffs.
That was 3 Lakers players were traded for Westbrook.
Their stats have really improved, especially for Kuzma and Harell.
you can see the improvement here.
Kyle Kuzma
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Montrezl Harrell
Montrezl Harrell having the best season of his career so far with 19.3 ppg average.

Kuzma has been playing very well for the Wizards so far with 15 points a game and 42% FG. So are Harell and Pope. I think getting them traded was a win for both parties. Lakers got WB and these players got a better team they can perform consistently in.
1239  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: October 31, 2021, 05:32:22 PM
Atletico Madrid is currently playing against Real Betis and if current scores don't change, this will put Atletico 2 points behind league leaders Real Madrid and Sevilla and from the look of things the old top 5 is back but Barcelona is nowhere to be seen
in this pack and not to be so hard on them they could catch up with a couple of wins if they play with consistent wins.

As things stand in Wanda Metropolitano @ half time Atletico Madrid 1-0 Betis

Atletico is a very good team in the defense and I don't think that they will lose this lead. Seems La-Liga is also getting interesting this season. Even the struggling Barca are also making a comeback. If Atletico wins this, they will be 2 points behind Real. This means no top teams can make any error in the next matches.
1240  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- Group Stage! on: October 31, 2021, 05:27:03 PM
Manchester United got a very valuable win against Tottenham today by 3-0 away. And this must be enough for them to get better in their Champions League match ahead. They are going to be away this time and against Atalanta again. In their last head-to-head match, Manchester United managed to defeat them by making a big comeback from 0-2 to 3-2 in Old Trafford. This match could be harder than that one. But Manchester United must win to keep up a decent form and they can too.

A very well-deserved win against Spurs. They won the last game against Atalanta with a very good comeback. Atalanta might give Utd some headaches in their home to Utd. I'm hoping for a competitive game.
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