Ronaldo is not going anywhere for the time being. I think all he cares about is the money. Why else would he stay at United when he knew he wouldn't be a starting player again? He had the choice of clubs. United are not playing the Champions League this year, there were plenty of clubs he could go to and play CL. Shame to see a great player fade away. I think PSG has made quite an impression so far. In my eyes they are the favorites to win the title and not City.
Well you cannot go by force and make rash decisions. He had probobly some options but not good enough for him,he also asks for a big salary and some additional things that other clubs cannot get for him. He will need to be satisfied with europa league this season and try with Man utd to get the champions league spot for next season |
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It will be an interesting weekend, this one for Inter and Juventus.
Both their coach are risking being sacked but the game of Inter is way harder versus Roma.
Lukaku Brozovic and Dybala will probably skip the game.
Juventus has an easy match at home but with how many injuries and missing players they have its gonna be really hard for them to get back on the road. They need to survive this period and try and get all of the players recovered as soon as possible. Inter has a much more complex match against a good team like Roma and i think they might lose in this match |
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Union Berlin are the only undefeated team so far. Big clubs like Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund have lost in their matches. What is more worrying is Leverkusen, they are included in the 5 clubs that often lose. With the acquisition of 5 points puts them one step above the relegation zone limit. While Vfb and Bochum are clubs that have not tasted victory until entering this 8th week.
Union Berlin is playing good and their fans deserve this place. I hope they can continue to be first and play good like they do it woild be a sensation if they can do something big but it is still early to say. Leverkusen has also a good team but just cant get on the right path and that happens already a couple of seasons |
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Why is Manchester City at 1.35 against Manchester United? Is it really this bad?
IMO, it is a value bet on United, not sure that it is going to make it, but @1.33 I would skip City bet for sure United started bad, but they are on winning strike in PL, and not so bad performance City is playing solid on the other hand, winning as expected, two draws so far, and will win the title easily, but odds here are just statistics based, not including local rivalry, and derby status Well clearly to for me at least Man City is better then United by far. United picked up the form lately and is playing good but City is a much better team and have a good style of football. With derbies you can never know what will happen but i think City got this match in the bag. |
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We have the final 4, but who is actually the favourite? Italy, Croatia, the Netherlands and Spain. Those are 4 countries with an excellent selection. I don't think we have a favorite. Italy has had a bad period by missing out on the World Cup due to the elimination against North Macedonia. The Netherlands has already reached the final once, but Italy is the reigning European champion. You can expect everything from Spain. The title but also a defeat. When is the draw for the semi-finals? I understand that the matches are played in the Netherlands, which is a huge advantage for the Netherlands team.
For me the main favorite is Spain then Netherlands. This two teams are in the best form from this four teams. Croatia played good in their group but i dont think they can win this. While Italys moral is bad after not going to the world cup and there is a lot of pressure on them. |
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Fulham will face an opponent who is in their 5 matches without a win, Newcastle. This should be a match that Fulham can win if you look at the trend of this opponent. Another advantage is that they will play this match at their own home which will make Fulham more confident in front of their own supporters. Fulham themselves have not been consistent and they have had ups and downs in every game, but this week it looks like they will give me the advantage.
It is true that Fulham will get advantages as they will play their home ground. Newcastle isn't on winning track but this match will not so easy win for Fulham. Newcastle is a team can able to to beat team like Fulham. I hope it will be a very competitive match between Newcastle and Fulham. This is a really confusing match for what side to pick. In last 6 matches Newcastle played a draw 5 times and lose rarely but rarely win as well. I think still there is a small advantage for Fulham with Mitrovic in attack and with a win they would be in the very top of the table |
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I doubt that if bayern can win against leverkusen for the upcoming match. The odds for this game are very Weird and I don't even understand why the bookmakers are giving bayern a big advantage even though they know that bayern performance in the last bundesliga games is a very bad performance. for example: in case of victory we have: Bayern = @1.34 Bayer 04 Leverkusen = @7.40 it looks like bayern is like the old days so they will win easily, when in reality this season they are bad. I don't understand why there is such a difference in odds. I tried to see if the over or under goals could have something interesting, maybe I'll risk betting on the Under 4.5 which has an odd of @1.52 and I would put it in a parlay This is a really important match for Bayern Munich and for their coach i think if bayern munich loses points in this match they will sack the coach for sure. But i dont see how Bayern Munich can lose at home against Leverkusen with how good the Bayern Munichs attack is |
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That is a question of definition. As aoluain already pointed out, it depends on what. The most titles, the most Grand Slams, the longest time at number 1 and so on. I find it difficult to give an answer to that. Every generation has its favourite player. According to this list, Djokovic has been number 1 for the longest time. https://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/record?recordId=WeeksAtATPNo1But it does not mean to me that he is my number one. Boris Becker, for example, was number 1 for only 12 weeks, but he still left his mark on an entire generation. That is why he would be higher ranked in my personal list than, for example, Pete Sampras. It is always a popular talk to determine the GOAT but as you say, how do you define it? For me, there is no doubt that Federer is the greatest of all time; his natural raw talent, his technique, overall game, ... are too me unmatched even if other people has won more titles or grand slams. Its hard to disagree with you but how are you basing this? Talent has to show results which would put many others ahead of him IMO. Here is another - Player who spent the longest at #1. Navak Djokovic with 373 weeks. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_tennis_players
Anyone following the tournament at Sofia Bulgaria? Sonego is in attendance, I wonder how he will fair out after his recent win? With how Djokovic is playing if he overtakes Nadal in grandslams there will be no doubt that he is the best in history but no body is taking into advantage that djokovic was all of this years first in the world in the prime of nadal and federer and i think Djokovic is infront of them |
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It is not easy for the Ligue 1 to attract sponsorships and investors too much while the English Premier League is the focal point for those. As long as the Ligue 1 doesn't do extra things which might draw the attention of people from that league more to themselves, there won't be anything changing. But as for how they can do this, it is a big question mark of course. To tell the truth I find Ligue 1 football quite boring except PSG's performance. While teams aren't rich it is impossible for them to build a squad similar to PSG's.
It looks like there are only two ways to increase the popularity of this league:
- Some more teams to be bought by very rich people to increase the competition level
- PSG's starting to win some Champions League titles to draw the attention here
Ligue 1 problem is with marketing they arent on the level as premier league and they wont come even close to it. England fans are always on stands and their leagues stadiums are always full even the leagues below. PSG is the richest team in the league and the only one so this is why they win the title every year and dont have any competition. While in england premier league a lot of rich clubs and really powerfull clubs. |
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Thats what City has as a difference, they are so good at long term that for many years now, all of their championship came from being able to sustain success, it was basically weeks of liverpool chasing them with very close points and they kept on winning without a loss of points, and managed to beat Liverpool to a title. This is why they could out play Arsenal as well, arsenal will end up losing points here and there for no good reason because they are not used to it, whereas City will keep on winning and beat Arsenal with sustained success just like they did against Liverpool over course of many seasons. You got the real point, which is being consistent on the long run and being consistent on the long run is caused by only one thing, which is having a good club depth. When you check Manchester City squad and realise that a player like Grealish may not be categorised as a first team player, you will understand how good Manchester City is. Even if Haaland is injured today, City will confidently play matches and will still win and a player will still be able to get a hatrick Manchester City have no weaknesses at the moment. Guardiola was able to understand his weaknesses very well. And this season he has made the team even stronger. Undoubtedly, his target is the Champions League title. And if Manchester City are not too unlucky then we will see City in the final this season. At the same time, we will see Haaland as the top scorer in the Premier League. Manchester city target is winning the Champions League, they are already know that winning the Premier league won't be a problem to them to win. Since Manchester City couldn't win the Champions League last season, this time they will try their best to win it. With Haaland Manchester City can win the Champions League Manchester City is same like PSG they just want that champions league title that they are missing. So many millions have been wasted for that trophy and they want it badly. City has a perfect chance this year with an amazing team but its always hard fighting on so many leagues and cups and trying to win everything |
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Bayern and Kane could be an ideal matchup to be fair. Spurs couldn't get anything out of him, sure he is a great player there and scores a lot but they haven't won anything with him, whereas Kane going to Bayern would be a lot better for him and he would win so much there, as a player who is so talented, finally winning something would be so great for him, and he could be their striker for at least another 5 years, maybe a bit more, and that is why it is such a great deal.
If a player is so great at premier league, imagine how great they could be in bundesliga as well. Of course nobody is another lewandowski, but Kane is as close as it gets.
Kane would be a perfect addition to the bayern munich squad,they are missing a striker and they are having troubles scoring goals so he would be a perfect match for them. Kane also wants trophies and what better place then Bayern. They win o most every year everything |
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I still dont understand why no body is talking about Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic who scored a het-trick against Sweden today and is still playing at a huge level in worlds football. I still dont understand how he is playing for just Fulham and not some top european club its just a shame
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 Bayern Munich's current condition is really worrying. Honestly I'd like to see a different team winning the Bundesliga title finally after a ten-year break.  But it is still very interesting to see them in this shape of course. They are having big difficulties in even the games against much weaker teams in the league. For example most of us waited for them to put an end to their streak with point losses. But they couldn't even defeat Augsburg and lost that one. The poor performance of Bayern Munich didn't come to me as a shock, I saw it coming and I was saying the Bayern isn't that super human team.they used to be, but I was disregarded. But it is fine as it has played out for everyone to notice. There is enough time and opportunity for Bayern to get it right on the long run but for now let us enjoy seeing them as an ordinary club. Despite that I complain, but deep down me, I don't want Bayer to win this season's Bundesliga title. Let the streak end. I really think that they have superstar team they only played a few bad games and everyone thinks they are done for. You will all see in a couple of weeks that they will be back on top of the league. Their style is so attacking their only problem is that they just cannot score lately and that will come when they pick up their form |
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Switzerland which denied access to Italy to the world cup is not beating Spain.
Meanwhile, Portugal winning 3-0, and no goals for CR7.
Ronaldo got a pretty bad injury to his face,his nose just bleeded blood everywhere and this might have had some effect on his gameplay but not on his teams mates. Swiss leading 1-2 with a pretty stupid second goal and looks like they are going to best spain in an away match. |
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It’s clear that we can't change Qatar anymore, it was decided and it is going to happen, we can't reject it now, it’s getting close and it is going to happen. What we can do however is to make sure that we do not have the same things anymore. I have a lot of things that I disagree with the west as well, Europe and the USA do things that I do not approve of neither, but nothing that would put the lives of visitors in danger to be fair, France being exception knowing what happened in Paris last year.
So, I am guessing that the best thing to do would be making sure that they pick liberal nations with laws that would not hurt any visitor from now on, and that starts with management.
I dont think that there will be any trouble in Qatar and this is unique to play at winter the world cup for the first time ever. But its gonna be really hot so it will be really hard for all players playing at that big of a heat. Qatar should safely host this only if some individuals dont make problems |
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I think it will be a very interesting game between Spain and Switzerland... On the one hand Spain are favourites for this game, but on the other hand Switzerland, if they win, have a chance to climb out of the relegation zone under certain conditions... I think Switzerland is a strong team and no worse than the rest of the group... I also wonder how the Czechs will play Portugal... I think it will be an unpredictable match...
Switzerland beat Spain? it might happen. In their last meeting, Spain could only win with a score of 0 - 1 which was scored by Pablo Sarabia in the 13th minute. Because of the victory with Spain's small score, it is not impossible for Switzerland to win this time. Maybe the final score in this match will be 0 - 1, or maybe it will end in a draw. As for Portugal, it seems we already know how it will turn out  . I dont think that it will happen. Spain looks much more better and i think that Swiss isnt on that level currently to make a surprise against Spain in todays match. Also Ukraine won pretty heavily today and i was thinking that they werent even gonna win in this match |
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And as the saying goes, if one door closes, another one open, so this is a good opportunity for the young and up coming to really show their talent because Federer has retired already.
We have discussed their names already, and then this year, we have another one in Alcaraz. So we will see who is brave enough to somewhat become the next or even surpassed Roger's achievement.
Federer had an elegance with how he played and Alcaraz dosent have that. Alcaraz has a gamestyle like Nadal and is similar to him. New stars are here and i dont know for how long Djokovic and Nadal wi be playing. Nadal always has injuries now so i think he will be the next to retire. |
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I think we can already see the pressure of World Cup approaching on internal clubs but also on national teams are tonight we have Nations League and big teams like England or Germany are really having a slow pace game in order to avoid injuries or anything similar. Also , with this Nations League games , South American teams are having an advantage because players are extra rested than some others.
This nations league is apsolute stupid stuff and just a waste of player strengths. Europeans best teams are really bad lately and i dont think they will reach their top levels once the world cup begins. Most disappointing are Germany and England. France played really good so we can see them going far but others i dont think they can do much |
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According to some news, Leicester board are thinking of giving one last chance to Brendan Rodgers. That chance is their next league game against Nottingham home.
I don't know if their current condition is really Rodgers' fault. Because most people are already aware of the source of their main problem now. It is about their defense. They don't have a reliable defense line now and this causes them to concede so many goals in most of their games. The huge loss against Tottenham has made things even worse for them mentally. I don't know how good their financial status is now. But if they have enough money to bring some defenders in January then I think Rodgers should be given time until then. If he makes good transfers and it affects the team performance positively then there would be no need for bringing a new manager. It is also a process in the end as the players will need time to adapt to the system of that new manager.
I dont think that the entire Leicester situation is because of their coach. I think the management of the club did a really bad transfer window and that costed the start for a bad season. You just cannot allow a big club like theirs to not sign one single player at all. I dont think even if a new coach arrives that he will make better results with the club |
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