That's just as I expected, that is for England to be the favorites even if slightly, but with the odds for a potential draw being involved, this is more like 50/50 odd for the bookies, upon checking on the Flashscore average bookies odds, Spain is the slight favorite now @ 2.75, while England to win is valued at @ 2.77, with a 3.46 Odds for stalemate.

I might end up chasing the Odds for the draw, that seem like the most valuable of all 3 options so far imo, except I get extra insight or let's call gutsy inspiration to go with just either of them to win.



I think this have been discussed at some point on this thread before, but what I might not really like is it just been a 3-0, and 3 points too, I proposed 3 points, but just 1+ goal difference for the user getting the 3 points, because the points difference might end up being a very significant factor here by the end of the season, because the score line difference are often very marginal, for example there is just 3 goal difference between myself at 5th position and CLS63 at the top of the table, while he has 5 points advantage over me, so the 3+ SF might be quite a stretch in the threshold of having an unfair advantage, after getting 3 points which already isn't fair to other participants, while I understand that if the user that submitted their pick score is counted against a user that all their answers are void, it could be a lot more than the proposed +3 SF, I just think we should also be conscious about finding an even ground for other participants too, if such a change is to be implemented.

It could be that Premier league is a very tough environment to start your coaching career from, but I really don't rate him as bad as almost all Chelsea fans hate Lampard as a coach, and in my strongest opinion, I think Lampard is actually a good manager if you ask me, but the relationship between the Chelsea board and these managers is often toxic and affects the players mentality at large too, still, that's the status quo at Chelsea, getting new players for a coach that hasn't taken over yet, and the coach comes want's them out which often leads to several media rumour.

It's better much better now that Chelsea are on a selling spree mode, because the squad was just too large for no apparent relevance than just some white guy thinks that football is NBA or American Football that he can use money to get just every trending Tom, Dick and Harry to the club.

Pochettino too might obviously be an upgraded tf Lampard, I won't disgree with that, but Pochettino doesn't sit with me like a coach that will always have that hunger for excellence or create identity for his team, he did a fantastic job with Tottenham to be honest, but Tottenham goal for every new season won't not be same thing that will be required off Pochettinno by Chelsea, I'll be surprised if he remain has Chelsea's manager until the end of season, but let's us see how it will go!

Maybe England might really pull this off and lift the trophy, but It's not just as going to be an easy strectch and I don't know who even the bookies would have as favorite here, it's just that Spanish side does have really good individual talents that are a bell-ringing name in Europe as well, I understand why and how much we know about the English players because of the clubs they are playing for and the porpulaty that sorrounds them, but writing them off could be a very huge mistake, I'll surely have something on the line for the game, because it is indeed going to be an interesting game, clash of the young titans.

Damn mate! That's some huge winnings especially with the number and type of events available for gamblers currently, Congratulations! this winnings should disqualify you from this week freebet competition, and a couple of beers should be on you for the user with the most points for this week across all divisions together 

Congratulations mate!

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What a riot from the Spain U21 team, 5-1 from being a goal down, I'm sure a couple of us with England to win the tournament would be having a rethink right now.

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I must say I pretty much agree with you on the Ukrainian U21 side over Spain's, but I just had to follow logic over my guts this time, that's why I had England to win the final instead of Spain, because I'd rather err on the side of caution, should Spain to f**k everyone over as they often do. England have the over Israel in what is expected to already be a one sided affair, However, It's just a lone goal difference, with Morgan Gibbs-White making up for missing a penalty earlier into the game, just a few minutes before halftime.

Fortunately for me my opponent, had I one of the finalist wrong, so I hope Sri Lanka doesn't win the finals so I can still the H2H question over my opponent, because he Sri Lanka to win and if that happens, I'll have to settle for nothing but a draw.

We are live back at Wimbledon and am I the only who is now actually finding Tennis as a very interesting sport to watch, it barely gets boring regardless of the match ups, compared, to 1.01 heavy favorite match up.

It might be for the greater good right now, with you saying you're having a rough start, If I were in the same state I'd rather the top 12 from Division 1 are free for the first round than me stand a chance of facing any of them at this early stage, 3 of them are still unbeaten while a couple of us, aren't doing so well down the mid table of the first 12.

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Rain Delay is going to rob us from getting some early actions from Wimbledon today.

Is Norrie's second game schedule for the second week, because the Norrie's questions involves him winning his first two games, not reaching the second week like it was asked for top four 4 seeds, perhaps, your statement isn't related to the question asked, but just your making point, right ?

I put Sri Lanka and Scotland, without even knowing the games was scheduled for today, but unfortunately for me, I didn't put who will win the finals, it still has everything to do with me reading the questions or interpreting it wrongly, and maybe not understanding the sport well enough to know there will still be a final between them, because these are the two teams that said is left to make it the world cup because question go thus "7. Cricket World cup qualifiers are going on, 6 teams are left in qualifiers and 2 will make it to the World cup later this year in India. The question is which two teams will make it to the final of qualifiers and who will win it? Provide your answer in the following form: Sri Lanka,  Scotland - Sri Lanka. This is a H2H question." So my brain probably stopped functioning at the 6 teams are left and only 2 of them will make it to the World cup.

14. Alexander Volkanovski
13. Brandon Moreno
12. Robert Whittaker
11. Jalin Turner
10. Bo Nickal
9. Niko Price
8. Jack Della Maddalena
7. Yazmin Jauregui
6. Jimmy Crute
5. Vitor Petrino
4. Cameron Saaiman
3. Jesus Aguilar
2. Kamuela Kirk
1. Tatsuro Taira

NOT go the Full Distance 7

Aside from the cricket being my most hated sport, I still think about 8 of the questions looks quite easy to make a decision, there are certain cons that could it go from making the all No answers answers being a Yes outcome with very small unfortunate circumstances the reason for making go side ways.

For the cricket, I'm probably worse player that have no clue about that sport, although I've played in a paid cricket pool here before but I have zero clue about how the scoring is being counted or any other of it's rules of playing it.

Damn!

The draw still feel pretty much like a loss to me because, just snooping around this thread before submitting my pick would have totally change the outcome, but there's no point crying over spilled milk, finding out all possible info be any means necessary is part of the requirements of the competition.

Now, it's time to move on to the next round, which is playing against a very tough opponent in mitchr4 for the next round, I'm waiting for the questions already.

I don't think they're broke or can't afford him, but they know he's already surplus to requirement at Chelsea, and the fault is that of no one but Chelsea, they were so indecisive with Romelu Lukaku, they had him at first loaned him out year in year out, until it was eventually sold to Everton, I believe that should that should have been the end his spell at Chelsea, Everton had the best version Lukaku for some years before cashing in on him with a deal to Man Utd, the fact that Lukaku didn't fully live up to expectation at Man Utd should have been a kind of signal for Chelsea imo, Man Utd sold for less than paid Everton for his service, just barely 2 years of good, but not so spectacular season at Inter, and there comes Chelsea again, head over heels for him and paid 3x as much they had sold him Everton for without proper thought of how well he'd fit in to their game plan. Inter Milan are just being smart enough to hold their ground and not fall for Chelsea's antics that have worked for them this season in the Transfer Market so far, and should Lukaku stay back at Chelsea, I'm sure they'll probably sell him for less than what they're asking off Inter Mlian.

I don't think PSG will be totally in the driving seat of making a deal happen, regardless of them being able to reach conclusion with a team and accepting a potential transfer fee, it's still going to be up to the player to also agree personal terms with the new club before a deal can be completed, I remember vividly the issue be Frenkie De Jong, Barcelona and Man United last summer, Barcelona did everything possible to sanction the deal, both teams reached a transfer fee very early into the transfer window, but Frenkie never wanted a moved to Man United and as such never reached personal terms with Man United hence Barcelona were force to have for another season, so all I can foresee is such scenario playing out between Mbappe and PSG, and PSG theatrics of holding players against their will to remain the club and whatnot is becoming a very evident and consistent issue, while they feel they have all the money lure any player away from their current club, It's probably just going to keep having a negative impact of their chances of get the biggest stars of the game henceforth, especially with their extremely flawed structure of what's expected of a supposedly top football team in Europe.

I believe I some news about David De Gea being offered a new contract with wages reduction and he has supposedly signed it before leaving for the summer holidays, I can't remember the source of the news, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case, I don't think any big club in Europe would be making any move on getting De Gea even as a free agent and offer him anywhere near what he was earning at Man Utd 375k per week, as a 32 year old GK, especially now that coaches are prioritizing goalkeepers that are good with their feet and can help the team player out from the back conveniently.

Yeah, I really just hope they can mess things up, because a draw with Slackovic for this round would feel like a loss to me to be honest due to the fact that I got fucked over by the Tennis issue regarding De Minaur, but I just want to believe that what are chances he would reach the final, and of course win the trophy, because since Cerendulo made it to the final and won the first tournament, I’ve taken it in good fate because now it’s justified, it’s time to move on and look forward to the next round of fixture.

Teams are going nuts with these trades honestly, and so are players, It's going to be a whole new team shuffling by the time the news seasons gets underway, it's literally going to take a while I adjust to these players and their news clubs.

I really can't blame Lillard, it's Dame time he tryout a new path for himself, and Blazers aren't doing well enough to give him a reason to keep trust the project, as for the Houston Rockets, I'll be keeping a huge tab on them for the season they look really highly prospective and a very young too, If they can keep the structure and players, VanVleet is gonna come in very handy for them honestly.

As for Damian Lillard, Heat is said to be preferred destination, that'd be a perfect place for him, I would have said Boston Celtic since they've already Marcus Smart out Lillard could come in as quite an upgrade in terms of points, but I'm not sure if they will be able to make an allocation within their salary cap to afford him.

I wasn't expecting an all out activity from Barcelona in this transfer window, but I indeed expect a couple of signing to complement the team's dynamism and fluidity especially after losing two senior member of the team, the transition period of the club is almost done, just a couple of transfer, a wing back, full back and then an extra player in the front line would bring the team to near perfection and almost fully ready for the new season as far as I can tell.

This is a different bet, It's sprint race which is different from the main event, I believe.

The sprint race is current on, while the main race is going to take place tomorrow.

I think it does racing position does give some form of advantage, prior to the qualifiers or it is test race it's being call, the odds for Leclerc to finish in the top 3 was well above 2.4 Odds, but now it's 1.60 odds the him not finish amongst the top 3 is valued 1.95 Odd.

When it comes to combination and permutation my mathematical skills isn't so great but for anyone that wants to know the chances here are the odds as at the time of this post;

To Finish On The Podium        Yes     |   No

1. Charles Leclerc                  1.6         1.95
2. Carlos Sainz Jr.                  2.2         1.37
3. George Russell                  11.0        1.07


According to the odds for other players, it's seem Leclerc is the best shot for those who picked, so unless Lewis Hamilton, Alonso and Sergio Perez can pull off some decent stunt, it's going to be a Yes to the question.