But I don't think you are going to be able to get those kinds of players or even human beings, to be honest. If someone were to come to this post, he would likely think first about money before thinking about how to improve the board. It's just like any government that stays in power until they have looted enough of the nation. Additionally, I had a lot of positive thoughts about Ganguly, but those thoughts didn't turn out to be very accurate in the long run.
And honestly, if I am being blunt I really don't think anyone is willing to actually respect the first-class players or domestic players. At least not until they get paid a lot more than what they are being paid at the moment.
For the BCCI, money comes first nowadays. They just got an IPL deal worth $6 billion for 5-year period. That is more than 1 billion USD per year just from IPL itself. On top of that they receive funds from the ICC, sponsorship and also for the TV deal for international matches that are hosted in India. Their revenues have go up by 3-4 times in the last 5 years. And given the nature of politicians and businessmen in India, it would not surprise me if these guys rush to steal at least some of this huge amount. BCCI actually has always thought about money first, people actually know that very well. The only reason they are getting away with this is because India is a very highly populated country and they have a population which is more than 1.38 billion and that's why they don't have much problems finding good talent. And the IPL is a great place for them to find young players. So, they basically don't have to worry about that. They have a really good infrastructure. The pipeline of India is also very good. I really think that these are the reasons why even if India does not do too much they are going to find good players anyway. That is a reason why the BCCI personnel are much more interested in having money for themselves instead of actually finding raw talent. If the cricket board has been doing this kind of practice for a long time, then the good cricketers may not be able to survive in cricket for a long time. It is true that India is a over populated country with many young talented players. But long time corruption will take a bigger shape at some point, Though it is not affected at the moment but it will have an effect on it after a long period of time. I totally agree with you’ll and Ganguly could definitely have done better, and now I wonder if the new president who’s an ex World Cup winner will be able to do a better job or another 3 year’s will pass by and nothing really would have changed. Furthermore it’s an open secret that domestic matches performances no longer matter, and the only performances that matter are those seen in the IPL but I hope that BCCI focuses on domestic matches too, because we need new bowler’s who can immediately step up and play for team India. |
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In 1998, Zidane won the Ballon d'Or, and now Karim Benzema as a Frenchman does as well. Next would be Mbappe, lets forget all things going on now. Mbappe is still a youngster and mistakes are common in this stage of life. As his career continuous he'll rewrite his wrong and a time will come when he'll be top of his game that nobody can deny him the Ballon d'or. Mbappe was born to win that award and good thing he's playing with two of the greatest to kick football in our generation. Provided he lets his ego down and learn from them both, he can go far but first he'll have to leave that club probably after learning from the bests. PSG isn't a club to produce balloon d'or winners. Congratulations to Benzene, saw a video of him watching Ronaldo lift the award and after many years he does the same. Things like this give me the beliefs that dreams do come true provided you put in dedication and discipline into your craft. Life is full of stages, don't rush it as when it's your turn, the universe will bend to your comman and worship you. Just keep hustling as it does pay off. @CryptopreneurBrainboss for that to happen first he has to move to a better league preferably La Liga or the Premier League, because staying at PSG he’s not going to win it. Furthermore I feel that Halland has a better chance of winning than Mbappe, and this season Halland can definitely win it because he’s in terrific form and I feel that he can easily score 30 - 40+ goals by the end of this season. |
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India VS Australia (warmup match)
What a fantastic win for India in the warm-up match. Combined team effort from India.
India won by 6 runs.
Last over situation : 11 runs required out of 6 balls.
Mohammad Shami directly came into the last over, conceded four runs in the first two balls.
Four wickets in a row made India win the match.
India won this match very hard. After watching the game I thought Australia will win this match but Australia lost by 6 runs. Although Australia could make good runs from the beginning, Australia could not make good batting runs. I think India won this match with a lot of difficulty. I was supporter of india. I thought india will win and finally it happened and i am very happy that india and australia game was very hard but india beat australia very hardhardly . Thanks India for gifting us a beautiful game. I bet with one of my friends for India and I won that too India not only beat Australia in today's match, they beat me too. I bet for Australia. I thought I will win this bet but lost this match because of only 6 runs. I can't accept it. I first thought that India will win this match then I bet on the support of Australia. I lost today's bet due to my mistake of mind. If I had bet on the support of India first then I would have won today's bet. Ops mate this is really bad for you. how much you are batted for Australia ? and from where you are batted ? in any online gambling site or offoffline bet like me ? Don't get upset because you lost. Try to place potential bets in the next time. good luck mate Everyone has this kind of regret when they lose a bet. As both teams are very strong, luck is more important than calculation. After losing the match, it seems that you made the wrong bet. But if you win then you may think it is right. However, the gambler has no problem losing a match. Because it happens to every gambler most of the time. Research the upcoming match and make strategy how to recover the losses. I think everyone likes betting. But what I found is that betting takes a lot of luck. I think that is entirely based on luck. So before betting on any team, think well before placing your bet. Otherwise, you will have to think later. But losing some winning matches is very difficult to accept. @jkoil I too was expecting Australia to defeat India easily, but it seems that this Indian side is finally finding its groove just in time and hopefully they’ll be able to perform much better and at least make it to the semis. Yes, in this match, Scotland has defeated a strong team like West Indies. It is a matter of thinking. At first I thought that West Indies could easily take the runs that Scotland took. Later, I saw that Scotland's words put the West Indies batting under a lot of pressure. After time I see all the batting of West Indies are all out and Scotland won by 42 runs
What happened yesterday was entirely the fault of West Indies. At this point, both Sri Lanka and West Indies are languishing at the bottom of their respective groups. And both these teams need to win both their remaining matches in order to qualify for the next stage of the world cup. And I have a feeling that at least one of these teams will not qualify. In that case, the situation will get interesting. For the next edition (2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup), these teams need to play the regional qualifier if they don't make it to the next stage. Imagine Sri Lanka playing alongside teams such as Myanmar and Bhutan in the qualifying tournament.  @Sithara007 imagine both Srilanka and WI crashing out early on, because that’ll make this World Cup really interesting and then I believe that fans will start to wonder if they’ll see a repeat of 2003 World Cup where a unexpected team (Kenya) reached the semis. |
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They dont really need to have lots of arts specialist for them to verify on what's AI arts or not.Just like the rest been saying above that they do have that criteria for them on what arts
will really be considered or be chosen.
Speaking of participating then never make yourself get discourage just because there are lots of good participants.You would'nt know if you are one of the chosen
winners but of course dont expect for something like that so that you wont get discouraged.
Its indeed lots of artist we do have here on this forum which you could really say that it is really tough for the said competition.
As the price goes higher from time to time, you can see a lot of participants. I have been participating since then and I didn’t miss any art contest, I can say that they fairly choose the winners and it’s really a good art where you can see humor and passion. There’s a lot of good and creative artist here, I know they wont hurt their reputation here by using any AI software, they know the rules and they will surely follow it. Looking at the thread right now, we can see a lot of reserve participants, I can’t wait to see their art work. and according to the recent couple of events , There are added new winners that participated meaning that the judgement is based on their quality and uniqueness of art and not because same artist providing this, though we can see some names wins again yet there is always a chance for others to take a piece of cake. and also congratulating roobet for years of providing events like this that showcase the ability and skills of bitcointalk members to be added in their advertising .Good Job Roobet. I agree. The team have their own criteria on choosing the best artworks and it's not because they are already familiar to the artist who created it. It's nice to know that they have another art contest running for halloween. But compared from the previous contests, this special contest have 5 winners only because we used to seeing a 10 winners in total. Anyway this is going to be a tough competition since we have many good artists here so goodluck to everyone who will join. I totally agree as we Roobet user’s had been clamouring for the art contest to be brought back, and now that it’s back it’s kinda strange to see people complain and conveniently forget that Roobet decision aren’t biased at all and all their previous winners deserved to win. Furthermore I feel that it makes sense to have 5 winners as that will further motivate people to get even more creative, and thus we’ll end up witnessing some really quality submissions in this contest due to the limited slots for winner’s and lastly good luck to all. |
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I cannot believe almost 12 hours has passed since Drake vs Stake rd 3 was announced and there has been nobody talking about it. The stream is this Sunday so those entering had better send their email and phone number quick as they have less then 2 days. Good luck to all who enter!! Like sending your ID to this email gives you any chance lol. Those "users" are picked before hand. Never read about any real/active stake user getting something from this giveaway. @Maasdamer do you have any solid proof to back your allegations?, because Stake is a legit casino and they won’t do such a shady practice in my personal opinion. @condoras I wasn’t aware that he was a football fan, but he’s sure picked one of the best match to wager on i.e El Clasico and now let’s see if he gets it right it not, because I have a feeling that he’s picked the wrong team anyone else feels the same?. |
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^ Yeah, I don't really follow international football much but having somethng new would be great. I'm kinda getting bored with football again. I'll prolly take up something new like curling.  And I forgot to make my picks for this round. But if I had made my picks it would be Toney, Vardy, Pereira, maybe Costa, Ronaldo, Adams and Jesus. If that's the winning ticket then fk me. @tokeweed why would you select Vardy as Leicester player’s have forgotten how to score this season, and now we’ll be seeing too many matches due to the World Cup so make sure you’ll keep an eye on fresh injuries and suspensions before selecting your picks. Furthermore Ronaldo did score last time round, but I’m not sure if he can get on the scoring sheet again because currently he’s being used to draw the defenders away so other player’s can score from his passes. |
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Business as usual for Arsenal, 1-0 up already. Saka continuing his great form, it’s a different Arsenal this season. They really mean business, 28 minutes gone & all is looking good.
Nice win and I expected narrow win in this match, they rested some players and they are preparing for Premier league match against Leeds this weekend. I think they can win this Europa League title, but I am afraid they will have to sacrifice something, and Premier League title is more important for them. Tell me what is your early prediction for Liverpool vs Manchester City? Lot of goals as usual?  Winning europa title would be great, but winning the EPL title? That would be generational love for Arsenal for sure, there are so many people who has been Arsenal fans and never saw them won a title before. Last time they won was 03-04 season, which is about 19-20 years ago, so there are people who are 18 and never saw them win, or if we take it back, people who where born in 2000 probably don't remember it, which means there are people who are out of school system and started working and don't remember Arsenal ever winning a title. Winning EPL this year would mean so much for the club, it would mean so much for the whole fan group as well. Yes, but also because the Premier League its a tier 1 competition and the EuropaLeague its a tier 2 competition. You can remember also Liverpool has this trouble, they were champion of UCL but the fans want the Premier so much after a lot of years of no winning that one. In this last case we have in addittion the Man Utd were cutting the distance of being the most champion of the history. @wiss19 to win the premier league Arsenal player’s will have to develop a strong mentality, because City is chasing them and if they slip then it’ll really difficult for them to recover and win the league title. Don't forget to put in your $50 bet on Leeds-Arsenal tomorrow everyone! BTTS should be the option, as with almost every Arsenal game that's in EPL, especially because Leeds are at home and Bamford is fit again, surely they will lose, but they will put all their effort into at least scoring one goal.
Another 3-2 win for Gunners is my prediction!
Are you sure that your predictions are correct? I have budgeted $100 for tomorrow's game and I have been thinking for a while about which team to bet my $100 on. I am satisfied with your predictions and I am willing to bet 100 dollars on that game and I am not afraid to take ricks on it. @smartaction he’s actually walks the talk and wagers on many matches, and while I’m expecting Leeds to give Arsenal a tough time I too feel that in the end Arsenal will prevail and win the match. |
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Manchester City have impressive performance in this season have unbeaten record and become the only team at Primer League without loss until 9 games. Next match Liverpool have waiting for and seems interested how competitive both team in Primer League for last several season always dominance at 1st and 2nd position. Liverpool have poor performance in this season because standing position place at 11th right now is bad result have left many points behind top fourth standing, actually right now Liverpool left 13 points with Manchester City.
This match, Manchester City have good preparing because Haaland saving in last match at Champion League and would be starting eleven against with Liverpool. Can't stopping Haaland most productive for scoring goals, will Liverpool become the next team will score by Haaland in Primer League?
So far Erling Haaland is a very terrible player because he has very good ball possession and when he gets the ball he often scores well, when Manchester City is met by Liverpool it will be a nightmare because Liverpool will surely be defeated by Manchester City. that proves if haaland is worthy with its price unlike another expensive players that gave nothing to the team. I meant you must also take a look at so many players in MU. these players have very big valuation but their contribution to the team is less compared with what haaland did in manchester city. that proves that if haaland was not only selling gimmick but this player has a real potential to become the next beast striker for sure. I think that you shall aware about this too if haaland was the best striker in EPL for now. glad to see haaland can adapt with the situation in city @makishart as a Manchester United fan it hurts knowing that we could have brought him when Ole was the coach, but the management was too lazy to secure his signature and now all we can do is watch him break record after record. Good day everyone as I welcome you to another weekend of excitement and entertainment in the English Premier League .
The early kick-off of today's match will be against the struggling Liecester City and Crystal Palace . I don't know what more to speculate in this match but to bet Crystal Palace to win, if you cannot bet for Crystal Palace then avoid the match, you cannot afford to take the risk of saying Liecester will draw the match. I am not expecting something spectacular if Rodger doesn't want to design and thr club isn't willing to dismiss him .
@Docnaster the reason he’s not fired yet is because of the huge compensation being involved, and of course he won’t resign and miss out on that big compensation thus you’re right that one can wager small amount on Palace victory. |
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There is no doubt that at this point, Brazil is the strong favorite to win the world cup in Qatar. Almost all the European teams are in bad shape. England got relegated to League B of UEFA nations league after finishing at the last place in their group. Germany was in the same group, and they did slightly better by finishing at the 3rd place below Italy and Hungary. Belgium is another team that failed to perform, as they finished beneath Netherlands in Group 4. France avoided relegation, but they had just 5 points from 6 matches in Group 1.
My bet is also between Brazil and Argentina. I believe that Brazil has a better chance of winning the world cup, because even without a team of great stars (let's face it, Neymar is not doing so well), it's a young team that has actually played very well (undefeated). in all the qualifiers and friendlies in which he participated. In any case, I see that France is also a team with a lot of potential to reach the final.... let's watch carefully. @alegotardo Brazil has many important player’s like Casemiro, Anthony, Fred and currently they’re all playing for the same club which will further strengthen their bond heading in to the World Cup. Furthermore while Messi will want to win it and retire in style, but I personally feel that Argentina will just fall short and miss winning it and I’ll say it again that if Brazil fails to win then it’ll be really disappointing for millions of fan's who’re sincerely hoping that they win the World Cup. |
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Schalke vs Hoffenheim that both of teams had the same mission that back to winning track after 3 consecutive failed to win but away team has slightly better because at least Hoffenheim only experience to lose once from 4 matches and head to head statistics showed both of them had equal records because they can beat each other but i am quite worried about Hoffenheim away matches records because they seems hard to win and for this match i think the possibilities to ended with draw results is quite high considering from Hoffenheim away matches results that they can able to get draw results several times
Yes, it's natural when there are doubts when you see the record of away matches from Hoffenheim which is difficult to get maximum points. But this game it is clear they are the favorites because Schalke are no better than Hoffenheim did. Instead I see betting on a draw as riskier, I personally place Hoffenheim as the main favorite and bet on them to win this match. Yes, when talking about risk, there will always be risk, but I choose the smallest risk from what I have seen so far. Without doubt, Union Berlin's performance this season have been outstanding. They so far won 6 out of the 9 games they have played. While, their match between Dortmund will be an interesting one. Union Berlin have high chances of winning, Although, it quite certain that it won't be an easy winning. But, I will like to see Union Berlin win inorder for them to maintain occupying the first position on the standings.
Even if Union Berlin loses in this round, they will most likely still remain in first place, since Dortmund will not have three points to overtake Union Berlin, and Freiburg will play with Bayern in this round and most likely will also lose. Not so long ago, Union Berlin hosted Bayern at home and the match ended 1:1, so the team can score points with strong teams too. But the odds of 2.3 for Borussia looks very tempting. I don't think Union Berlin will lose against Dortmund in their clash, Union Berlin has managed to play some of the top teams in the league including Bayern Munich and with their results so far, I believe they have what it takes to defeat Dortmund or secure a draw. With the last draw seen in the last week's game between Dortmund and Bayern Munich, I think Dortmund may likely have a draw again because Bayern finds it difficult to win against Union Berlin in their home so Dortmund can't defeat them in their home. Union Berlin will remain, league leaders if they lose against Dortmund because they are 4 points ahead of Bayer Munich and Dortmund s they will remain on top of the league with 1 point difference unless Freiburg defeats Bayern Munich which I don't think is possible. It is difficult to predict who will win in this match. Both teams are targeting the same result, namely victory. I don't think Union Berlin will be that easy to beat Borussia Dortmund, on the contrary Borussia Dortmund will also be difficult to get the most out of this match. Maybe a draw is a bet that will win if you look at the performance of these two teams. A home game for Union Berlin might be in their favour, but to be honest I haven't decided which team to bet on yet.
Don't be too confident because Borussia Dortmund are also targeting the same thing, namely the victory to close their points acquisition in the standings. Union Berlon are playing very well but that doesn't mean they can underestimate Borussia Dortmund. They still have to be wary of what Borussia Dortmund will show later. I see Borussia Dortmund have the spirit in this match, they will even chase the goal until the final whistle is sounded like in the match against Bayern Munich last week.
There is no way to underestimate a team like Dortmund. Maybe Dortmund can't play consistently well. But often they surprise everyone by performing well. Undoubtedly, Union Berlin's performance is better than Dortmund this season. Even then, if Union Berlin is not able to perform well in the match, they will lose points against Dortmund. Maybe in this case the concentration and individual players can also be one of the determining things. Even though it is clear that Union currently has a good performance, it is still difficult if you look at the condition of the players. We know that Dortmund's squad is definitely better on an individual basis and I'm pretty sure this can be the difference in the game. On the other hand, Dortmund's experience with a tight schedule clearly dominates because it can be said that this season is the first time the union has had a fairly tight schedule because it is in the Europa League and of course this requires extra energy in managing the squad in rotation of players. @nara1892 I see that there’s mixed opinion’s about this fixture, and while some people are favouring Dortmund I feel that they won’t win because look at the GD between these two sides, and that tells how good Berlin has been this season. Furthermore they’ll have to stop Berlin from scoring, and then somehow manage to breach their defences and score goals which I feel will be an uphill task for them given their recent struggles in the league. |
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I would say this match is more important for Allegri than Juventus. Because if Juventus is not able to win against a relatively weak team, the pressure on Allegri will increase. And Juventus management may now decide to fire him. Because, Juventus management has given Allegri enough opportunities. But Allegri has repeatedly failed. But it seems that Juventus will be able to win this time.
Juventus management is still cold to Allegri by giving him a chance despite the fact that he deserves to be fired from the Juventus coach. The bad results that Juventus continue to achieve due to Allegri not being able to mix up the Juventus squad properly, in the hands of Allegri Juventus are like without direction. Juventus, who just got two painful blows in the away match, had to play the derby against Torino, and they will again play in the opponent's cage. Last week Juventus were defeated by AC Milan and after that in the middle of last week Juventus were again defeated by Maccabi Haifa in the UCL Group elimination, in these two matches Juventus lost with an identical score of 0-2. If in the away match this time Juventus again lost points, Allegri had to say goodbye to Juventus. Losing by Milan I can still accept, but losing by Maccabi Haifa was an unacceptable loss and should not have happened. Juventus are very patient and kind because there is still no decision or even rumors to sack Allegri, I don't know what they expect from Allegri because they still provide an opportunity to coach Juventus. The derby match can be a difficult match for Juventus with their condition like this, because Torino when against Juventus can be very strong even though they are ranked below Juventus. Therefore, I personally still don't believe Juventus will win in the derby match against Torino, and will try to choose Torino to win at this moment. @hahay my theory is that Juventus are giving him time till the World Cup begins, because even if they fire him now the new coach won’t have much time to galvanise this Juventus side. Furthermore I feel that his day’s are numbered and even if Juventus wins this game, he’ll yet be sacked by the start of the January window because they clearly need a new coach who can push them to reclaim their lost glory day’s. |
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Barcelona will try to continue to perform optimally in La Liga to keep their chances open. El Clasico is a big game for both clubs, Madrid and Barcelona will try to give their best to beat each other. It is very difficult to make predictions in El Clasico this time, because the two teams are almost equal in strength, but if you judge from the point of view of the main players who are injured and the advantage of playing at home, Madrid have a slightly greater chance than Barcelona.
Barcelona are in deep trouble right now. Could not win against Inter Milan in the Champions League. So it is very difficult for them to qualify for the knock out round. They will face several strong teams in La Liga consistently. Barcelona have to win all the matches if they want to be at the top of the points table. El Clasico is very difficult to predict. Both Barca and Madrid have strong squads and consistent performances. So we have to be ready for any surprises. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona has almost equal strength to battle it out in the El clasico but Barcelona is not going to the match with high spirit and morale, this is because they have been having poor performance in the Champions League, the performance of Champions League could also affect them. It is reasonable that if Barcelona cannot win Inter Milan will it be easy for them to win Real Madrid? Unless the El clasico will happen in camp Nou, if not Barcelona has little chances of surviving that match the advantage is now with Real Madrid as I also learnt that some Barcelona players will be absent due to injury problems @Docnaster Xavi knows the importance of winning this match as an ex player and now as coach too, and I believe that he’ll be motivating his player’s and explaining them why a victory is needed against Real Madrid to salvage their season. Furthermore while Real Madrid will be the favourites, but Lewandowski can turn this match on his own hence I’m starting to feel that Barcelona will beat Real Madrid by 2 - 1. |
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Yes, we have discussed as to who is going to take the leading position. But those guys doesn't have the same mentality of the big 3 or 4 way back. I mean if Medvedev becomes the number 1 he should at least won many tournaments by now. But it didn't happen and then Alcaraz took over, and so all eyes are on him, if he can maintain his position and lead the new pack or will he melt out under pressure from fans and background noises from behind. We have seen him lost to a relatively unknown player and that could not be a good sign, in my opinion. Consistency is the key here.
In my eyes there is way too much focus on the smaller tournaments. In the end, there is only one thing that's matters in tennis and that are the grand slams. So who cares that Alcaraz lost against an unknown player in a (smaller) tournament; even Federer/Nadal/Djokovic have lost matches against unknown players. Hmmm that's a big statement. Yea the Grand Slams are what they are, there are only 4 annually, they pay the biggest prize money and are very prestigious but the lesser tournaments have their part to play too. Some are more important to different players for various reasons, that's why they keep showing up trying to win them. Yes, of course Grand Slam are the biggest tournament and the center stage in tennis. But we also have seen 250 masters and up tournament that really mold great players to become successful in Grand Slam. Of course everyone losses, but what I'm trying to say is that top players needs to be consistent and take every tournament seriously even if it small or mid or the big 4 Grand Slams. Yes absolutely, another target for the top players is getting into top 10 and challenging for the number 1 position. All the tournaments from 250 upwards play their part in rewarding players with points which go into the journey to the top, they have to take all tournaments seriously then!
Is anyone following any of the tournaments currently running? ATP - Firenze Open WTA - San Diego I am watching the match between Swiatek and Zheng at San Diego and have a -4.5 handicap on Swiatek. It's getting close to not being met if Swiatek wins in 2 sets.... I feel that it’s not wise to ignore the loss in smaller tournament’s, because champions never let their guard down even against unknown opponents. Furthermore those big 3 thrived to win in each and every match they played, and they had an attitude to give 100% in each and every match irrespective of the opponent and this attitude is clearly missing from this current generation of player’s. |
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Mbappe's childlike behavior can only result in egomaniacal and self-centered behavior. There are already a lot of Madrid fans who have lost faith in him due to the controversial extension of his contract. As a result of his actions, he has only made things worse for himself.
Football is a team sport and you need team mates to play and achieve good results. It is not like tennis with which you cqn train, play and win by yourself. Mbappe can not have best mind if he self isolates himself from other team mates. In addition, other players can isolate Mbappe too. He must change his PSG lack of competition or success at the biggest stages is down to their poor chemistry or performance as a team, even with a number of aged players, one can literally argue that PSG have the best squad in Europe or in the world at large, that's talking about their players as individuals, they've got the needed qualities in the every part of the pitch right down from attack to their midfielders, and defenders, but collectively as a team they look like the most overrated team, in terms of expectance and what they deliver and it's somewhat hard to guess what the exact problem is because you can hardly pick them out for their individual flaws, but as a team, they're just awful and it's going to take a gutsy coach like Mourinho or Guardiola to make a meaning of the kind of team they have. Jose Mourinho is a bit outdated and old fashioned He defends too much as I take that to be too boring Pep Guardiola will make a better side out of PSG, they rely too much on Messi and Neymar to create chance Yes, I'd literally agree with you that Mourinho his tactically outdated, and plays a very boring form of football to be honest, but we must not forget that's got a winning mentally and he'd get it at whatever it would cost, and If Mourinho should ever be incharge of the team, I'm sure there will be an overhaul of the mentally they've currently got with several players being overly egomaniac and feels bigger that any of the coaches that PSG have always brought, so despite the changes of coach after several years, it's obvious that PSG approach to football and their tactical ideas still haven't change one bit, hence the need of a coach that'd have the balls to impose he's own personal tactical ideology and approach to football, and Mourinho and Guardiola are the to first coaches that came to mind, because even Thomas Tuchel never seemed to have been able to handle that team as he would have ideally loved. I do agree that Mourinho’s tactics are not fun to watch, but that guy delivers trophies and look what he’s done for Roma and thus I feel that we should never underestimate him. I read that Luís Campos and Galtier have already denied this intention of Mbappe wanting to leave PSG and honestly PSG depends on Mbappe, they gave things to satisfy Mbappe's wishes and it would not be now or so soon that PSG would let Mbappe leave PSG and no club would spend so much money in January to buy Mbappe and PSG would ask for a very high amount of money, that would not be a good deal. Mbappe if he really wanted to leave PSG he should have done it before renewing his contract, now it's too late for regrets
What you're saying makes sense, considering I've just read some news about it. if Mbappe wants to leave PSG, clubs interested in signing him must be prepared with a very large amount of money as a dowry to bring him. and some newspapers that I read, it seems that Real Madrid are said to be no longer interested in bringing Mbappe to the Santiago Bernabeu in the upcoming transfer window. like it or not, Mbappe will stay at PSG until there is a club that really wants to bring him. IMO, if Mbappe's attitude continues to be childish. I think his career will quickly decline with his selfishness. Also Mbappe will probably end up in Real Madrid but definitely not in 2023 January window, but in the summer transfer window he may reignite his desire to leave and then Madrid will happily pay for his service’s, because he’s one of the best striker and lastly they need him to replace Benzema. |
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I can't really tell how serious Bayern Munich are concerning this deal, for now they are just speculations which seem unlikely to me. Harry Kane has always been a die-hard Tottenham player it will take a mind blowing offer to convince him to switch sides and join Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich are in need of a striker but I think Tottenham also need his services and might not be open to letting him go this January. I don't think this player would fit in Bayern's squad, he is more suited to the English style of play and Bayern are currently tossing from side to side due to problems with the lack of a good striker. And besides as you said it will be difficult to convince him to move and most likely money won't influence the deal, Kane is a man of principle A typical lazy striker like kane will not suitable on bayern. This striker is too lazy to help his teammates to get the ball. As a pure striker and that's he was doing but it's too lazy for him. I didn't like his play style. Just let him to play in totenham even longer. Totenham was also rarely getting trophy. Buying him may become a big mistake from bayern. Please bayern don't do it @baeva if the interest is strong then he’ll definitely consider the offer, because he knows that with Bayern he can win many trophies and with Spurs I doubt that he’ll ever win the league title or the champions league trophy. Furthermore I believe that he’ll be able to adapt to Bundesliga, but it’ll take a big offer from Bayern to convince Tottenham to let him go. |
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Actually, the problem is that in the subcontinent the weather and pitch are not best suited for fast bowling. This is one of the major reasons why even a lot of really proficient fast bowlers are getting injured a lot more often, despite their talent. The fact that the bowler has a short distance to run up to the pitch is not going to benefit him in any way either.
Actually, I think it can cause a lot more arm and shoulder injuries to the bowler because with a short runup a bowler has to put in more shoulder power to produce pace. But on the other hand, with a long runup the bowler has a lot more momentum to generate speed. It is not really the runup that is the main reason why a lot of bowlers are getting injured, it is the mechanics of the bowl. I actually think that it is more about the rhythm and the follow-through of the bowler.
I don't think that the weather conditions play a major role in the fitness of fast bowlers. But it is true that the hot and humid conditions in sub-continent is more suitable for spinners. Anyway, Pakistan has produced some of the most famous pace bowlers in history, so this argument can't be 100% true. Even India has some of the best pace bowlers in the world right now. Australia, which has produced some of the fastest pace bowlers in history such as Brett Lee and Geoff Thompson, is more hot and humid when compared to the sub-continent. Another major factor is the cricketing culture and role models of respective countries. India has a batting and Spin culture that's why India has produced many great batters and a ridiculous amount of spinners. In India, it's Legendary Gavaskar, Sachin, and countless other role models. Similarly, in Pakistan Great Immi, Waqar, Wasim bhai, and Shoiab are inspirational figures. @JSRAW while it’s true that India has produced more spinner’s, but it was a medium pace bowler that sealed their 2007 World Cup win. Furthermore Bumrah is one of the best fast bowler I have seen in recent year’s, and I hope that his performances inspires BCCI, Indian fans to back fast bowler’s because Bumrah has shown that fast bowler’s too can exploit the Indian conditions and win matches for their team. |
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England 🏴 vs Australia 🇦🇺
2nd T20
Australia won the toss and chose to field first.
England manages to make 54 runs 3 wickets gone in 8 overs.
David malan and Ben Stokes batting right now. England openers didn't perform well today . Let's see how many runs they will score in this match.
Good partnership firming between Malan and Ali. If these two stay any much longer than England would be able to set a target of 200 runs. Chasing a big target like that won't be easy for the Australian side. England has lost only 4 wickets at the end of 13th over, they have couple of batters who can hit big after this pair. @pakhitheboss after a slow start it seems that England managed to recover really well, and at the end of their innings they have scored 178 runs. Also Malan showed good form and he managed to score 82 vital runs for England, and now it’s up to their bowler’s to win this match for them but I feel that it won’t be an easy task against this mighty Australian side. |
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I think this conversation about having foreign players on the team has been dragged on for quite a long time. Honestly, nothing is going to happen unless the ICC actually wants something to change. I doubt that the ICC will take any action regarding this matter soon. It will obviously be better if they just somehow manage to not have any foreign players in a national team. This would be great for the future of cricket.
ICC is moving in the opposite direction. They were even considering giving test status to teams such as UAE and Oman. Imagine this, UAE and Oman receiving $16 million per year from the ICC, while Nepal and Kenya receiving just $200,000 per year. And they will use these millions to purchase even more players from India and Pakistan, which will force teams with native players such as Nepal to stop competing in international competitions. Rather than any other rule, the eligibility criteria has negatively impacted the associate nations and destroyed the game in their territories. Such activities do not only affect the domestic players but can also have a major impact on the cricket fans of that country. I think ICC's initiative is like when a patient is kept artificially alive with oxygen like ICC keeps cricket alive in these countries. As long as this cricket organization would not be responsible, cricket will remain in the stagnancy. @Sithara007 if ICC had given UAE test status then it would have been a real disaster, and they would have completely lost their credibility. Lastly I’m not totally opposed with country’s outsourcing player’s because it’s extremely difficult to get into India or Pakistan team, and there’re so many talented player’s who’ll never be able to show their talents if ICC scraps this policy. |
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That's insane, one out of nine people in the world watched the 2006 World Cup Final. Italy won that time, and it's now not even qualified for Qatar!
It's a shame why a strong team like Italy couldn't qualify for the World Cup this time. And it seems that Italy lost to North Macedonia which made it fail and did not qualify for the World Cup ticket. But at this World Cup I think it will be very lively. because everyone had been waiting for it. and even many star players who will play for the last time in the world cup. @Ahli38 the blame lie's on Italy’s coach and their player’s because they simply failed to step up and deliver, and even when there was a second chance to qualify they once again let their fan's down. Furthermore this World Cup will be dominated by Messi and Ronaldo as this is their last World Cup, but sadly I don’t expect either one of them to win it for their country. |
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I absolutely agree. City but this year I think they can achieve different results thanks to haaland, of course this is my personal opinion.
On the other hand, I didn't expect such a win from chelsea. graham potter really seems to be doing something. I hope he will be in charge of chelsea for a long time. I think he is a good manager. As he said, resting players and getting such a score is very promising.
Whining about 2-3 games does not automatically make one a better coach; I'm a Chelsea fan, and I'm not overjoyed just yet after a few games. I'm interested in seeing what he does in the long run, as well as how he manages the team during injury crises and how integrated the younger players are into the team. I'm not overjoyed because he beat the mediocre Wolves with bench players. I'll make my decision at the end of the season, not now. Manchester City only won the league trophy last season; let's see what they win this season with Halaand.. @igehhh Manchester City are having a great season, but the match I wagered big on them they drew so I believe that they’re not entirely invincible, and they’ll have to hope that Arsenal drops points otherwise they may end up in the second place. Lastly it’s too early to say anything about Potter but if he’s to succeed then he’ll need time and backing in the transfer market, but after spending so much during the last transfer window I doubt that Chelsea can spend big again in the upcoming transfer window’s. |
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