An update for those of you who don't follow the Tour de France, Vindegaard leads by 7 minutes and 35 seconds now. Pogacar fell on the bike today which made him lose some time on it.. Too bad for me  Here is another bombshell, for those that went with all favorites to qualify for the UCL next round of qualifications, the most favorable team to proposed to have made it easily is losing out by the widest margin of them all right now  |
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Hey fellas, back from the trip.
On a happy note, I started well with BATE Borisov. But then again, so did most of us.
welcome back! I expected most users familiar with the team to go with BATE Borisov, the ML for them @ 2.60+ was an early new week gift from the Sportbook, I just couldn't take proper advantage of it  now Slovan Bratislava ML @ 1.92 Odds for later today also seem to me like a good value bet, don't you think ?
Looks like I'm also setup for a stellar week, I going for 9-10/10, y'all watch out  |
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Joao Felix stated that it has been his childhood dream to play for Barcelona. Therefore he sees joining Barcelona as priority now. You know that he has been willing to leave Atletico Madrid lately. But there isn't any offer for him yet. I have heard Atletico Madrid are overpricing him like 100 million euros despite his current market price.
I don't feel like there will be any team to pay that price for Felix. Because I don't think we have seen a performance worth that much from him these days. He dreams of playing for Barcelona maybe but it isn't possible for Barcelona to make a that big signing this summer even if they would also like to have him.
I don't think any club will sign Felix for 100 million most certainly not Barcelona. He won't succeed at Barcelona even if he goes there. Barcelona don't play the type of football where a player like Felix will shine. Felix explodes behind the striker an Barcelona don't have that type of role. That's the same problem Griezmann had at Barcelona. If Barcelona had that type of money to spend on a player they would have gotten Benardo Silva and Cancelo. Cancelo is a players that plays a position that Barca really need to fill before the season starts. But the deal is getting complicated because of the price Manchester City want for Cancelo despite being expelled from the team. Bernardo Silva on the other hand is a player that have always shown his love fr Barcelona and Barcelona's head coach Xavi loves him too but they have not been able to make the deal happen because of funds. It's okay for Joao Felix to fantasize about playing for Barca but it won't happen and it will be for his own good, plus, he isn't worth that much anyway. Joao Felix definitely is Barcelona style of player and he would fit right into a club such as Barcelona, but should Barcelona make a bid or move for him, absolutely no! There are more than enough players that plays the positions that Joao Felix could be used for within the squad that barely even getting playing time not because they are terrible, but because football is about every fielding their best 11 players, and no more at a time. Barcelona doesnt have such amount to spend on any player right now, and even if out of nowhere they are able make a 100m+ signing, it sure would not be Joao Felix in this current transfer window. |
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Alvaro Morata's agents were in Milan today and had a meeting with the Inter management.
It seems that an agreement has been found with the player, now they just have to find an agreement with Atletico Madrid.
The player has a release clause of 21 million but the inter only wants to pay 15 Might not be a terrible deal for Atletico Madrid unless Diego Simeone has plans for him for the upcoming season, and as a matter of fact I'm very strong with the opinion that Morata would slot right in perfectly into the Inter Milan squad he's a better finisher that Lukaku in my opinion, of course Lukaku is the stronger player of both, while undeniably Morata has more flexibility and positioning as a typical center forward, and a potential pairing with Latauro Martinez upfront could pose a deadly duo threat for any defense line in Serie A, and could be a reincarnation of the Diego Milito and Samuel Eto striking partnership under Jose Mourinho during his time at Inter Milan. |
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I'm just not going to try to state the obvious that have been discussed over here already regarding users submitting late, I know it's a game of tactics and awareness sometimes we all need to wait a bit closer to the deadline to get extra information (and that's actually commendable showing a little bit of extra commitment rather than just entry random jargons, just like someone putting just "Astralis" question no. 7 answer, whereas, Astralis were already out of the picture before the question for the round was released) but at the same time of what use are all those information gathered if you eventually miss the deadline, and I understand it takes just a few minutes to get distracted and bang! you've missed the deadline. As for myself, I often do submit my answers relatively on time except when I'm sure there are still other relevant information to get, but despite me having +1 hour advantage to the forum default time, I still set multiple alarms to remind me should incase I had get carried away buy a busy real life activities, and Here is an example of my alarm schedule for today of which the last alarm still gives me an hour of advantage to that of the forum's time  we really can just do better guys  |
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Hey guys, last reminder for this round, about 2 hours left to the deadline I just submitted my own predictions, I wanted to get some insights about some sports and CSGO, but I had my hands tied all so I had to take some unprecedented risks and blind guesses too, I would say. I really might just let this round slip through my fingers again, given who I'm up against and lack of time to do my proper due diligence, but let's see what lady luck might have in store for me against all odds 🤞 |
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/snip with these varieties of questions coming up, only time will tell if I won't get relegated this season You know, I was thinking the same thing the other day. It's much easier (at list I look at it that way) to predict result in a sport that you are familiar with. But when you have to do the research in a sport that you know nothing about, it's hard and it comes down to pure luck. The only difference with sports you're familiar with is that sometimes you get a bit cocky, and you barely depend on research and can just tell like let's say it's football for instance, you know that a team is only have decent run of for form while you can decide that the form is just a fluke and confidently pick against them, however, for sports that you need to research on, it's usually a games of odds vs their form, and you really don't know if there is an important factor that could make them win or lose a game, we mostly just go with flow and trend. I don't know... Look at me. In the last season I was invincible and in the season I have only one win if I remember correctly. I agree that some of you sport fanatics maybe get a little cocky when answering football questions but I don't follow sport that much (at least I didn't before this competititon), but somehow I always managed to win in the last season. Maybe it's just a matter of the "big boys" division this time so I'm up against the best  Anyhow, I hope I don't get relegated in the first season in division 1 I guess that mean my analogy is right because for most football question, I don't even open any sportbook to decide more often than not, the only time I usually do is when we are asked to guess the line up or the players to score a goal or make any an assist, but I can't complain because it put other opponents on their toes as well, and we can't rely on just a general analogy, we'll get more contrast responses for with these questions. I'm really just looking to pick up points against opponents that are the potential favorites for the 1st position, and that's why it really is a must win affair for me versus jeremy, I'd say. |
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/snip with these varieties of questions coming up, only time will tell if I won't get relegated this season You know, I was thinking the same thing the other day. It's much easier (at list I look at it that way) to predict result in a sport that you are familiar with. But when you have to do the research in a sport that you know nothing about, it's hard and it comes down to pure luck. The only difference with sports you're familiar with is that sometimes you get a bit cocky, and you barely depend on research and can just tell like let's say it's football for instance, you know that a team is only have decent run of for form while you can decide that the form is just a fluke and confidently pick against them, however, for sports that you need to research on, it's usually a games of odds vs their form, and you really don't know if there is an important factor that could make them win or lose a game, we mostly just go with flow and trend. |
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Jeremypwr submitted 2 questions, one for MMA and one for box. Thanks for that jeremy. That will probably be more than enough for upcoming week. We can't have multiple questions from fringe sports. Multiple questions are reserved for football and sometimes tennis. Everything else is usually limited on 1 question per week. I knew that jeremy will likely have you covered with potential MMA and Boxing questions, now at least it shows everyone is getting a shot at selecting a sport of their choosing, and still not have any edge with it because they'll still have no clue with what the exact question would be. /snip regarding next week questions, there is a Waterpolo championship, and grand finale is next Sunday, so maybe it could be included
most probably many people not familiar with it, but I presume that Cro2 is following since you are good in that one
It's where people on horseback try to smack a ball with some kind of long stick, except splashing around in water, right? No, waterpolo has nothing to do with horses  That's just polo. At least I think. But casperBGD is right... Waterpolo is a world championship and if we had cricket, I think that waterpolo needs at least one question for the finals. The sport is similar to football, the only thing different is that the ball is played by hands and it's in a pool (that's where the "water" in the name comes from). It's not very popular sport, but Croatia and some other European countries are quite good in it so we all know the sport. with these varieties of questions coming up, only time will tell if I won't get relegated this season |
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Damn, but Djokovic still remains goated regardless of this outcome, I'm just glad that consistency and hard work paid off eventually for Carlos Alcaraz, well and duly deserved!
16 years apart and Djokovic still managed to put up epic match against Alcaraz. Well I guess youngsters are always better at some point especially when they are considered underdog against the favourite Djokovic deserves every praise and flower he's gotten all these and even up until because, I'm very certain if he had played a different opponent today, it would have been a different story entirely. That's that and now, here we are back to reality after a week of break from some of us here, for this week it's "jeremypwr vs Harkorede" for the league 6th Round fixture. I have a score to settle with jeremypwr from last season, the defeat is still pretty fresh in my mind, so I'm coming for my revenge this week and nothing is going to stop me from getting back at him |
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-snip
This kid needs to be stopped, he's fast and he's stroking game is too powerful, this is my first time of watching him play.
will be stopped, at least today, but he is getting closer to winning GS's in series seems that Djokovic started changing gear and playing better, or at least using experience to get back into match finishing off tough match was always the hardest thing No! Definitely not to today bro! Alcaraz have beaten the best of the best, and he's done it at the best of fashion, everyone expected him to fold after losing the the 4th set, but he came back very stronger. Damn, but Djokovic still remains goated regardless of this outcome, I'm just glad that consistency and hard work paid off eventually for Carlos Alcaraz, well and duly deserved! |
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@Harko let's hope this holds and continues for a while. Am following but only on text, still pretty good weirdly enough!
I can't hear you buddy, louder! 6-1 for a 3rd set and 2-1 lead for Young King! I really don't know but I just can't wait! Huge respect to Djokovic for everything he's represent over the years, but we need someone to takeover from him really! and here he comes like an earthquake, I just hope Alcaraz sees this through, really! |
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Djokovic missed a great opportunity to lead 2:0 in the sets and currently Alcaraz is leading 3:1 in the third set and is playing much better than Djokovic.
Djokovic makes a lot of mistakes on key points in the match, which is not typical for him and he doesn't look good.
If Djokovic fails to change the course of the match, Alcaraz will be close to winning the match overall.
I didn't expect this kind of match, I thought that Djokovic would be much more dominant in this match, but it seems that he got nervous and makes a lot of mistakes. Alcaraz is giving Djokovic every dose of his own medicine, and he is on the verge of the of taking the 3rd set in dominant fashion too! EDIT: Set taken! Alcaraz is one set away from a Wimbledon title, he took the 3rd set 6 games to 1, I can remember the last time that happened to Djokovic, and here we are on centre court where he's never lost a game in 10 years, so many records on the line here, Vamos Alcaraz! |
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Lost money on Alcaraz - Medv game.
Lost money on Djokovic -Sinner game. I'm done.
I'm so done with this tomunment; you go over, these dudes plays under. Any stable link to stream the final?
That's why Tennis is called the devil's sport here in Nigeria, you have to look before you leap, I actually made a bit of profit off both games you mentioned here, because I tend to go for the first set over or under depending on the match up. I'm not streaming the games, I watched the games on DSTV channel 214 or 210, I would love to get a streaming link too because I get raining and wind signal disturb which frustrate me a lot. Alacraz is bringing Djokovic back to earth and making a huge statement here in the 3rd set, especially game 5 currently on it's 13th Deuce on while on Djokovic's serve, man! This young lad win or lose is the next face of tennis, with Alcaraz, tennis future is in safe hands! |
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back to topic, Vondrusova make it look easy to become first unseeded Wimbledon winner in Women open era
and Djokovic should claim 24 GS tomorrow, @1.53 it is a really value bet
Feel sad for Jabeur, it should be very painful to lose 2 Wimbledon finals in a row, but Vondrousova made history today. Yeah, odds for Djoko looks not bad, but probably I'm going to look at other markets too to get more value. That would be a hard pill to swallow for Ons Jabeur, I mean back to back finals, and giving so much fight to have come this far, I really feel it will be very unfair to think Vondrusova had it a bit easy, because she also faced very tough opponents on her way to the trophy, and for Jabeur it still shows her level of consistency too. As for Djokovic vs Alcaraz, I don't understand the over confidence with most people here going with Djokovic because Alcaraz would definitely keep him on his toes all game long, and stand a very decent chance to me, to win the trophy. |
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To all those who had doubts about Rice to Arsenal deal after Arsenal delaying the announcement, here is confirmation from Fabrizio Romano on twitter reporting to announcement to happen today. It was a done deal since a week and maybe they did a bit of delay due to some formalities but there was no backing away or other clubs chiming in to hijack the deal. A star signing 🌟 for Arsenal. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1680014220803416064I believe we all know the deal was going to be completed regardless, it was just a matter of time and how much Arsenal were going to be skimmed off eventually, but man £105 million for Declan Rice? After what they've paid for Havertz, they're being highly ridiculous with these fees in my very honest opinion, because they are multiple perhaps not better but reasonable other options than players with a maximum of 1 or 2 years at most left on their contract, because it is what it is, and they had better win the league next season, and make at least the champions league semi finals, any thing short of that would be an awful season to me. |
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I am sure Alcaraz will not be impressed though and will want revange for RG. His problem could be that he will want it too much and maybe force it a bit which will result in unforced errors. It is really a fine margin to walk to get a perfect amount of aggressive play against Djoković.
Thinking about a revenge for RG would be his biggest mistake, because as for RG it could been a whole different ball game had he not been injured, but he wouldn't want to retired at such stage is what I feel because he got back into that right Djokovic had taken the first set, and I don't think Djokovic would underestimate him too, especially knowing Djokovic getting back to No 1, after Alcaraz 28 weeks at the top of the rank didn't last for too long, and the next ATP Tour 500 was all Alcaraz need to reclaim the top spot. I don't think Alcaraz will be anywhere near the level of Djokovic when it comes mental strength, because there is almost no situation in tennis that he has been in, but if there is any young lad that can put Nole to a strong test, I believe it's gotta be nobody but the Alcaraz, because he just doesn't give up on plays too, but Djokovic does know how to mess with his opponent mental strengths, reminds me of the Mourinho vs Arsene wenger back and forth words exchanges before every Chelsea vs Arsenal games and then Arsenal often ends up losing because there is always an Arsenal team coming into a game already psychologically demoralized with Mou's evaluations and antics, but in the case of Djokovic he sure knows how to make his opponent doubt their own abilities. |
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Bayern Munich offered 80m with add-ons the last as far as I know. Levy shouldn't resist for getting at least 100m. I think they can find a middle way at around 90m. Levy must be aware of the serious situation that they will lose him for free certainly.
Tottenham don't need to depend on Kane. They can sign an average level but good scorer also. It is all about improving their team effort be more successful at the end of the day.
Tottenham without Kane are just be on the level of Aston Villa. Take nothing away from the other players in the team but Kane is what has made that team a top team in the premier league for a long time. The best option for Spurs is to sell Kane for around 90m and use that money to get another world class striker. They can't get anybody as good as Kane or better but they can get a good striker that can do what Kane does to an extent. If Spurs don't sell Kane and they lose him for free next season, it would be hard for them to get another world class striker because strikers are very expensive. If Levy does feel that the 80m offered by Bayern Munich plus add-ons is lowballing on 30 year old Harry Kane, a player could potentially lose for free come the of the 2023/2024 season, then I don't understand the type football club owner he is because the club in the end stands to lose to the most at the end of the day. I believe Tottenham must have forgotten how they held Harry Kane from a potential move to Man City was it last season or 2 seasons ago against his will, I'm pretty sure that Harry Kane still carries that grudge around and only chose to be professional by honouring is contract with the club, but now that Harry Kane is in a better position to call the shots, not Tottenham, all he just needs is to playout the upcoming season, then he'll be at liberty of picking his next destination without any club owner being able to hold him in contempt for doing what is probably the best choice for his career. |
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probably a potential handing over of class from a old generation to the new era.
I guess Djokovic wont be retiring anytime soon but I honestly still want Djokovic to win this though. Anyway they are both 16 years apart and by the time Djokovic started his professional career, Alcaraz is still a few months infant  they are totally both coming from a different era I really don't know though, but one thing I know for sure is that whichever one of them wins the title have more than earned it here, you get. I really do love Djokovic too, and I love the fact that there is at least one veteran out there active in tennis showing these young generation players the need for consistency, because I can't imagine if the likes of Ruud, Rune, Tsitsipas, Sinner and co, are all we to compete against Alcaraz for the top ranks in tennis, that means there is becoming some level of decline in the sport quality over time, because most the mentioned players are top 10, and I don't believe I'm seeing distinct improvement in their level of competitiveness, not if a 36 years old Djokovic is having relatively easy against any one of them, I mean no disrespect Djokovic because he manage to keep himself fit and stay agile over the years, and this really should be the time that these young players begin to stress him according to his age, but they barely look as fit as Djokovic does. |
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I don't know if it's right to pay this much for Kane. They can get it for free at the end of the season. I don't think it's unreasonable to buy this year. Maybe if they can evaluate Osimhen, they can get the same efficiency from him. Next year, Harry Kane can sign him for free without signing any contract.
Osimhen is actually much more worthy of Bayern Munich, but if the price is also much higher than Kane or not much different from Kane. I think Bayern Munich will also face the same situation in this regard even though on the other hand Bayern Munich can get Kane next season as a free agent. But that is another story because Bayern Munich are improving themselves to be better next season with the implementation of a precise strategy from Tuchel. Bayern Munich would be very dumb to have sold Lewandowski and now trying to get Harry Kane for twice as much the price while Harry Kane would also be 30 years old in a few weeks, so Bayern Munich would be better off with players like Kolo Muani or Victor Osimhen who is actually just 24 years of age and still have a whole career ahead of him, while Harry Kane have how many years left at most to perform at the top of his form. Tottenham would be the biggest loser here, because they'll lose Kane for free next season, and I strongly don't think a trophyless Kane would want to end his career at a trophyless club era, that make go down as the most unfortunate No. 9 to have performed at world class level and can rated as one of the top 10 centre forward scoring to have ended his career trophyless, Kane really deserves much better. |
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