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1601  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 29, 2023, 09:49:28 PM
Breaking News!

Carlo Ancelotti has agreed to a contract extension as Real Madrid coach until 2026 and with this, Carlo Ancelotti's future fate is clear and he will remain at Santiago Bernabeu for the next 2 seasons. It seems that Real Madrid fans have to be more patient if they want Xabi Alonso as the new coach and they have to accept that Carlo Ancelotti will continue with Real Madrid for quite a long time. Florentino Perez still believes in Carlo Ancelotti's performance as a coach and therefore he gave him this contract so that he can continue to manage the squad of young players at Real Madrid.

On the other hand, with this news, Real Madrid players definitely have to be more patient because we know that Carlo Ancelotti's coaching style is quite eccentric and often results in players being placed in inappropriate positions. But that is one of his strengths as an experienced trainer and there is no doubt about his success. Carlo Ancelotti still has the responsibility to deliver the La Liga or Champions League title this season and it would be an extraordinary thing if he succeeded in presenting it to Los Blancos.

Source: Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1740708272271958450
I suspect Brazilian Fans won't like this news. Cheesy
They said Ancelotti had given his promise to the Brazilian FA. I think those words mean nothing today after reading the latest news regarding Carlo Ancelotti's future as he has signed a new contract with Real Madrid. Maybe for Brazilian fans seeing this news is not an honorable act.

However, for me, this decision is very good for Real Madrid this season considering that they have the ambition to win La Liga and the UCl League with the best squad at the moment, even though they only lack a striker. Additionally, Real Madrid needs a tactical manager to not only play good football, but also so they can win. Ancelotti is a good leader and a good tactical manager.
I guess Ancellotti leaving Real Madrid was just rumour, now He will be in Real Madrid till 2026. I guess Real Madrid really can now wait for Xabi Alonso. Brazil definitely will be disappointed about the whole drama but I guess they will look for other options.

I don't think any coach will be able to perform this fine as Ancellotti have been doing especially this season with the injury crisis, He is definitely the coach every team would love to have at the moment.
Talking about Carlo Ancelotti's future in the Real Madrid, ground, I was of the opinion that the Italian manager would leave the Spanish giants and join the Brazilian national team but was very surprised to see a news of contract extension till the summer of 2026 with the club this morning which I think is very good news for the club and for the manager as well. Real Madrid president Fiorentino Perez is one man that's so passionate about his job as the club's president and is ever ready to do anything that can help the club succeed.

When the news of Carlo Ancelotti's departure from Real Madrid did hit the media, I was of the opinion that Real Madrid will definitely turn to Xabi Alonso when Ancelotti eventually leaves the club but now that the Italian manager isn't gonna leave Madrid anytime soon, I think Xabi Alonso would want to stay at Bayer Leverkusen for a little longer.
1602  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 29, 2023, 09:15:27 PM
Yesterday results made Liverpool to sit comfortable in the first position because, Arsenal lose to their opponent in their home that gave Liverpool opportunity to be in the eye of people the team that will win this trophy this season if Arsenal miss it again.
How is Liverpool sitting comfortably in first position when they are just ahead of Arsenal, which is in second position with just two points? Any slight mistake by Liverpool will drop them from their current first position, so I won't say they are sitting confidently in first position. Let's see how they perform in their coming matches.

Yeah, obviously bro, there is one point that could decide the league: who will be 1st or who will be 2nd, which is on February 4, 2024. This match will show that Liverpool is not sitting in its comfort zone. They still have a bunch of hurdles, I mean for Liverpool, that still there are still concerns for him about the league table, despite It is true that Arsenal lost their previous match, but on February 4, there is a possibility for Arsenal to put down the Liverpool to the second place in league table. So I mean to say that you explain it well that's Liverpool is not put himself in the safe zone there are still chance for Arsenal to get back the 1st place in league table and moreover that if both of them will be good I mean hold up the first place or second place so on 4 February there will be decided for both of them that which one Arsenal or Liverpool will be the champions of the league table i table 1st place.
1603  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: December 29, 2023, 08:58:18 PM
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Everyone knows Mourinho and his dedication to targets. I agree with you that this match has a 50:50 chance but with Mourinho as coach it seems I will choose Roma who will be able to win the match and advance to the next round. Currently Roma is not performing well in Serie A but I think Feyenoord is not an opponent that should be compared to the top teams in the Serie A standings.
I don't think Feyenoord are that low, otherwise they really don't deserve to be in the Europa League this season. Feyenoord is a real threat to Roma this season in the Europa League, so no one should underestimate them even though Roma and their big names deserve to be favorites. Roma is inconsistent in its performance even though Mourinho is the coach, but Roma has a good chance of qualifying for the next round even though Feyenoord is the second best team in the Eredivisie this season.

In my opinion, Leverkusen is one of the favorites for the title this season in the European League apart from Liverpool. Roma are runners up who will try to do everything to win the title, but Milan also does not deserve to be ignored this season after failing in the Champions League.
In as much as I would want Jose Mourinho's AS Roma to beat Dutch club Feyenoord and progress to to the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League competition, I'll want to be more logical than emotional in my preview of the that all important tie. Let's talk about the performance of both clubs in their respective domestic leagues and draw our honest opinion about the two teams. AS Roma have played the same number of 18 league games with Feyenoord but the point difference between both teams is significant. While Feyenoord who are the second placed team in the Dutch league have been able to garner 38 points in 18 league games, their Italian counterparts are have only been able to get just 28 points and are currently sitting in the 7th position of the league table.

Though statistics sometimes doesn't work determine the result of important games like this, I think it somehow goes a long way to explain how good the both teams have been since the start of the season. Jose Mourinho will surely come up with his tactical experience, but I expect them to have a very difficult game against Feyenoord.
1604  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 29, 2023, 08:39:53 PM

I don't know if it's a matter of luck or not, but Barcelona has shown from the start that they have fought as hard as they could to get through the round of 16 and in the end this struggle results in Barcelona emerging as group winners even though they had the same points as Porto, Barcelona suffered 2 defeated in the phase, Porto also got the same thing in the Champions League group. This was not just a result of luck because in reality Barcelona fought hard in this group stage amidst the storm of injuries experienced by Barcelona.

Barcelona opponent is actually quite a tough opponent when compared to opponent Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayer Munich. In my opinion, in the rounds of 16 it is very visible thats big team like Barcelona, PSG, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid find quite difficults opponent. Even though I expect Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City to get equal opponent so they felt the same pressure, but it turn out that opponent Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City actually had less formidable opponents. So the round of 16 is not too bigs of a challenge for these three tough clubs.
Barcelona's performance are not even encouraging, they're behind their usual style of play. This definitely isn't the usual Barcelona of past seasons. Their performance hasn't really been encouraging and even though they're a better side technically to other teams, it's just a number of uncertainties that are present. The players and management teams aren't really at their best and it has to be corrected.

 In the round of 16, they are up against a tough opponent, they've got enough weeks to prepare hard and build strong confidence ahead. They really can't afford to take a bow out of the contest at this stage. Although it's unpredictable but they're definitely boasted of to scale through and they have the right player quality too. Just a bit of increase in performance is needed. Although, their games in the coming weeks are definitely awaited.
Barcelona actually started the season in a very good note and were one of the best teams in the Spanish La Liga at the start of the season but hasn't been consistent in recent weeks and that has seriously raised eyebrows on wether they can have a good season both in their domestic league as well as in thei UEFA champions league. They managed to win their group in the UEFA champions league but will now have to face reigning Italian champions Napoli in the round of 16 of the competition and as we all know, Napoli is a strong Italian team that's capable of defeating any European club on their day because they have all the needed quality of players  to it.
Barcelona is a traditional club when it comes to the UEFA champions league history but without taking anything away from them as a club, I don't think they are in the same category with other big European clubs like Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Real Madrid as far as this season is concerned.
1605  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: December 29, 2023, 08:29:58 PM
The premier league table is shaping up to  something we'd all remember. Liverpool on top of the table and man city winning their next 10 games and getting on top of the table. I do hope that it's not the case this time as Liverpool and Arsenal struggle really well at several matches this season. That Arsenal and Tottenham were absolute shockers but it's a good move considering Liverpool the opportunity to earn more points and increase at the gap at the top of the table.

Something like the Covid-19 (2019/2030) season.
The first 19 match weeks in the English Premier League have been played which also marks the end of the first half of the season and from every visible evidence, I don't Manchester City are gonna do what they did last season by coming from behind to defeat the rest of the teams in their the last 19 games of the season. Manchester City might not be at the top of the league table but have been impressive and recently won the FIFA club world cup but considering the performance of other big teams in the league especially Liverpool, it'll be very difficult for them to go past everyone and return at the submit of the table.
Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur's defeat yesterday was surprising to many including myself and I hope the two teams bounces back to winning ways and continue their fight for the league title
1606  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 29, 2023, 08:09:12 PM
Both Arsenal and Tottenham were defeated against their opponents.
Starting with Totthenham, Totthenham had a poor game.Totthenham were 2-0 down at half time and were 4-0 down after 75 minutes but scored their goals in the last 10 minutes.Overall Brighton had the better of the chances.
Arsenal, on the other hand, made an incredible effort against West Ham but couldn't get what they wanted.West Ham started the match fast and scored in the 13th minute.Although the first half ended with this goal, Arsenal put up a good fight in the first half.In the second half, West Ham brought the score to 2-0 in the 55th minute.Arsenal, who played dominant throughout the match, couldn't take advantage of the positions.West Ham didn't even have a position to score a goal except for the positions where they scored.Arsenal deserved to win in this match but couldn't do it.
Arsenal and Tottenham both had to give up in the end to admit defeat. All their plans did not go smoothly because the opposing team led the match until the end. Tottenham performed poorly with several attempts, but Arsenal, who performed well, also failed. To be honest, I was surprised by the results of these two matches, that's because I felt confident that Tottenham and Arsenal both deserved to win their respective matches.

As a result, Liverpool leads the Premier League standings with a 2 point advantage over Arsenal. Then from that, Aston Villa started to find Arsenal under threat because the point gap between the two is now only 1 point. Manchester City will also pose a good threat if they are able to maintain their performance. Pep Guardiola has the opportunity to move Arsenal to third place if in the next match Manchester City can beat Sheffield, so this will be a danger sign for Arsenal.
The results in the two English Premier League games between Brighton and Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal vs West Ham was very surprising to many yesterday especially that of Arsenal's home defeat to West Ham. Very few persons would've predicted such results but those are the things you see in the English Premier League and why it's regarded as the most competitive league in the world.

Arsenal did compete for the English Premier League title last season and were close to winning it before they were beaten to the title by Manchester City in the last few weeks of the competition. Their consistency this season made me to tip them to perform better than they did last season or probably go on to win it this season but it seems that they're also gonna not gonna end the season with the title this season.
1607  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: December 28, 2023, 11:04:59 PM
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Roma is definitely the better side here. Mourinho is very experienced when it comes to European competition as he has already won it many times. But Feyenoord also had to defeat some good teams to come here so I don’t think they should be underestimated. Roma are looking very good right now, they just beat Napoli in their recent match.

The match between Feyenoord and Roma is almost 2 months away and the result can depend on their form. So I don’t think now is the time to predict who is going to win the match between them. But if I had to pick someone between them, I would pick Mourinho’s Roma.

Lukaku is one of the most important players for Roma. So the match's result depends on him staying fit.
Yes, this match will be held in February and almost 2 months away, surely Feyenoord should not be underestimated. Even though on paper Roma is ahead, but maybe Feyenoord performance will improve, considering that there is still a lot of time for them. But indeed, with Mourinho experience, I think Mourinho team can beat Feyenoord. Moreover, so far Feyenoord not very impressive in big Europa competitions. So, I also think the possibility is high for Roma to qualify for the next round.
About Lukaku, I think without Lukaku Roma will still be able to win if Feyenoord performance does not improve. But it's better if he is available and not injured, because you are right Lukaku is an important key player for Roma squad this season.
Feyenoord without doubt, have been impressive since the start of the season especially in their local league and would possesses major threat against Roma when they face each other in the  playoff in their two legged game.
However, we must understand that Roma is managed by a very experienced European tactician in the person of Jose Mourinho. Mourinho as we all know is one manager that doesn't joke with any European trophy and would definitely introduce his best tactical method to make sure his team progresses to the quarter finals of the competition.
1608  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 28, 2023, 10:52:36 PM
Currently there have been no official confirmation on mbappes move to Real Madrid yet so I personally wouldn't want to be sure about the speculations because gradually it beginning to looked like Real Madrid is beginning to drift their attention away from mbappe because he has continually not rejected neither has he accepted every of their offer yet.
This rumor continues and doesn't seem to end every time the transfer market approaches. Because all this time, Mbappe has always wanted to go to Real Madrid and Madrid would definitely be very happy. But who knows whether this will become a reality or just a wish as it has been. If this is true, of course this will be very beneficial for both of them, especially Real Madrid, which will definitely get stronger. because so far the original striker position still doesn't exist. but then again, rumors are often just rumors.
I think Mbappe is the most sought after player with skills, and we all agree on this. However, Madrid will not lower its value as a top european club. Perez understands very well that Madrid is the dream club for all players in the world, Not to mention Mbappe, Who likes to change his mind. Madrid is reportedly going to make a final offer, But I just want to see how the speculation about his future ends. It seems like this will be just a rumor, a transfer that never materializes.

I think Ancelotti will prioritize recruiting players in his back line first, Because we know they are currently experiencing a central defender crisis. Militao and Alaba are injured, and Ancelotti certainly understands that the risk is very high in the future if he does not find a solution immediately, Rather than looking for an ideal striker that they are not so worried about. Bellingham has already become a solution in the front line, Without Mbappe they still have a great chance of achieving success.


Kylian Mbappe is unarguably one if the best players in football in the last six years and that's why majority of the European big clubs are trying to sign him to their respective clubs but there's one team who's shown more interest in signing the France national team captain and that club is Real Madrid. The club president has never hidden his love and admiration for Mbappe and is rumoured to have already reached personal contract agreement with the France international.

That being said, the current injury crises at Real Madrid clearly suggests that Real Madrid needs to sign few defenders during the winter transfer window to still remain competitive across all the competition they're playing this season
1609  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 28, 2023, 10:40:40 PM
Milan couldn't even beat Salernitana on the previous week which led them to fall behind Inter and Juventus more. After this they are about to host Sassuolo at San Siro. I'm not very comfortable with Milan to win this game either. Because as you know Inter have only one loss so far and this loss was against Sassuolo home as well.

Thinking how Sassuolo beat the strongest team of the league away I can't really fully trust Milan to beat them.  Sad  I'm only confident about both teams to score for this game. Sassuolo could even be the first team to score.
AC Milan is one of the strongest teams in the Italian Serie A but after starting the season on a very good note, they've deeply declined from their very impressive performance at the start of the season. In their recent games against the top two clubs in the Italian Serie A standings, AC Milan failed to pick a point from either of the games and the fact that Sassuolo defeated Inter Milan at San Siro earlier this season, many are thinking that they stand a good chance of winning two Milan clubs.

AC Milan might not be in their best but against Sassuolo, I think they'll definitely win to increase their chances of finishing in to top four of the Italian league table at the end of the season.
1610  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Health Benefits of Gambling on: December 28, 2023, 10:22:00 PM
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I have never come across this kind of topic in the gambling discussion before. It was just funny to me to be able to see this kind of topic but I had no option than to read in between lines to understand what the topic is all about. As it may sound, gambling has health benefits as op has said above. I have to agree with the point that gambling improves mood which I know is realistic. Also have to agree that gambling relieves stress but both the changing mood to a happy mood and relieving stress depends on the outcome of the gambling. Me someone who is sad and eventually loses big amount of money will even want to commit suicide. The point that gambling makes people happy is only relevant if there is a win.

The only point that sounds ridiculous to me is that gambling helps one to take risk. Although the point is valid however gambling itself is the risk so it does not help anyone to take risk. Should also exist it is not a calculated risk so it is just gambling.
1611  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 28, 2023, 10:14:15 PM
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Arsenal have taken an interest in Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de Ligt:
The English side Arsenal are trying to figure out how to sign Dutch and Bayern Munich center Back Matthijs de Ligt, but the move will be unlikely in the January not in summer transfer window. Arsenal already have good players in defense, such as W.Saliba, Gabriel, etc., but I think they are trying to improve it more. Currently Arsenal are in first place in the league table and still hold first place, as well as dominating the English Premier League competition. But let's see if Arsenal beat West ham tonight so they will again take first place because they played fewer matches than Liverpool.
 
At the end of this, I assumed that if Arsenal signed Matthijs de Ligt from Bayern Munich so I think there would be no better defense than Arsenal in English Premier League competition because 24-year-old Matthijs de Ligt is one of the best center-backs, and he has such a good mentality to understand other defenders and stop the attack. But let's see what happens next. Share your opinion with us, guys.

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Wanting to sell another defender when they haven't replaced Benjamin Pavard already? What's the plan of Bayern Munich honestly? I don't understand.
Though I've seen that they have plans to sign Rapheal Varane. This is a player committed towards staying with Manchester United I don't know what Thomas Tuchel wants. Varane already aged and I don't think he'll give them the hundred percent they'll be wanting from him.

For Arsenal, they shouldn't make mistake with chase of much defenders, they need a central forward amd that's Ivan Toney. Why invest to get another defender when you'll be seeing Timber return?
If Arsenal can succeed to sign a world class defender like Matthijs de Ligt, then it'll be a great addition to the current squad and would further increase their chances of winning an English Premier League title at the end of the season. Right from his days at Ajax before he was transferred to Juventus and now Bayern Munich, de Ligt is one defender that possesses the leadership qualities of marshaling out the defense line of any team he's playing in abd if he can be convinced to come to.the Emirates stadium, then it'll surely be a great signing for them.

That being said, I think it'll not be easy for such deal to go through as Bayern Munich are currently in need of defenders. Benjamin Pavard is currently injured and that's why the club wouldn't want to release de Ligt
1612  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is gambling all about luck? on: December 28, 2023, 10:00:50 PM
We can't chase luck because we don't know when it will come, and we can only gamble while enjoying every moment of loss and win that we find.
chasing luck by gamblers will only be detrimental. and that can be bad for gamblers.
those who gamble calmly will fare better than those who are too ambitious about their luck. like your statement, however, luck cannot be chased, it all comes when we don't realize it. but often when luck comes, it is considered bad for gamblers who have no control over when to leave the game.
Before we talk about a gambler chasing luck, we should first of all determine whether that gambler is lucky or not. Someone who is naturally not lucky should not be able to chest luck. One thing with gamblers that I do not like very much is their ability to compare themselves with their mates or their gambling peers. There is always this kind of statement that if Mr Tom can be lucky why myself cannot be lucky. That kind of mindset is the mindset that will make them gambling more than they are supposed to just because they want to win as huge as Mr Tom won.

We also see this kind of behavior when gamblers will look at the losses of another gambler and continued to gamble. They will be like if Mr Tom can lose 10,000 in gambling and he is still alive why can't I lose 5,000 in gambling. This is the kind of behavior that leads gamblers to early addiction
1613  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 28, 2023, 09:52:52 PM
It’s quite shocking to witness such a poor performance from Tottenham as they’ve now conceded 4 goals. Having just committed a foul inside the box, Brighton was awarded another penalty that has now given them the 4th goal in this game.
This game seems to be over for Spurs as it wouldn’t be easy to come back from this. I don’t see much chance of Spurs coming back from this. Son couldn’t do nothing for his team as they’re suffering a humiliating loss from Brighton.

We really did not expect that Tottenham would be defeated like this although Tottenham is trying to catch up but it seems there is no time to do it, Tottenham has just scored 2 goals in 5 minutes in the 81st minute and 86 and now the match will end in 5 minutes really unlucky day for Tottenham. If Tottenham could do it since the first half might be a different situation at least they can equate the score.
The game between Brighton and Tottenham Hotspur is over and contrary to my earlier prediction, Tottenham Hotspur were thrashed tonight despite having back some of their first team players that were earlier injured. Joao Pedro was Tottenham Hotspur's biggest threat of the night as he converted two penalties in the game.
Brighton will be very happy with the result and would definitely want to build their confidence from there as we are still in the very busy schedule time of the English Premier League clubs. With the result, I think it'll be very difficult did Tottenham to come back to the top four of the league table
1614  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The madness of gambling addicts. on: December 28, 2023, 09:43:57 PM
It's true, in fact in life, people who think and hope to be greedy in gambling will definitely get a lot of money and of course will make their family happy too, but sometimes those feelings and hopes won't work because we don't know what obstacles we will experience later.
And it is true that most gamblers have good goals but end up with regrets and setbacks because maybe they did their gambling in the wrong and inappropriate way.
Not all gambles can be a successful gamblers. Thats the harsh reality what most of the gamblers don't accept. At first gambling may seem like a thing for fun but soon we realize it isn't. Its more like a addiction which an addict cannot get rid of. The more we play the more we get addicted never realizing the harm we are doing to ourselves and to our families.
There is obviously no doubt about what you have said. Even in the real life scenario it is not everyone that is successful let alone in gambling which is already a risky type of investment. We do not expect everyone to be successful in gambling and we did not also expect everyone to be unsuccessful. Once gamblers comes up with a conclusion that they are not successful in gambling, it therefore means that more people will not be able to gamble and that will be the end of gambling. Even iin reality it is not so, is designed to favor a few and the majority of the people will not be favored. That creates the imbalance in the opinion of the people where some will be saying against gambling and many will still become gambling.
However it is also not difficult for anyone who wishes not to get addicted in gambling. They will be able to control themselves in the early stages but once they are eventually addicted it takes a lot of job to cure addiction.
1615  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: December 28, 2023, 09:31:06 PM
This is the main problem faced by french league. Psg was leading the competition without even a single team that was able competing against it. No doubt that this league is just another farmer league. Psg will be dominating this league may be more than 1 decade like bundesliga which had been dominating by bayern.
There shall be billionaire who can join in the french league then try to acquire the club in league 1.
Having saudi billionaire to acquire a club in french league will be very interesting. i hope that there will be a new investor to join in the league 1. Psg is obviously needs a new competitor. it was only against the weak club. nothing surpirse to see psg was always winning the league.
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The French League is another farmer’s league that is always carried home by PSG. They’ve nice investments that could help them keep dominating the league for a while another instance is Bayern in the German League. For another team, to come and dominate they’ll be needing massive recruitments and investments so as to be able to match PSG in terms of squad depth and all.

 That will also make the league an interesting one and increase the fierce competition in the league and probably make PSG get more serious in Europe too. Just like Bayern Leverkusen and Dortmund is doing to Bayern Munich In the bundesliga, if another Mediocre team start doing very well and put a threat to their title race you'll see them sitting up to doing better and try to maintain their records and history.

Of course, the French league is a farmers league. PSG is literally farming the trophies every season and that is not going to change because there is no team that can actually give any competition to them. And PSG has actually taking full advantage of that since a long time. Even if PSG does not play very well they are still sure that they are going to win the title. That's what happened in the last couple of seasons if I am not wrong. The other teams are so bad that even though PSG has a lot of problems going on in the team, they are unable to take advantage of that.

This season PSG is again going to win the title and I don't have much doubt about that, some teams might be able to give some competition, but in the end, they won't be able to stay consistent.
The reason why it seems like the French league is a farmer's or a league that is not competitive like the rest of the top five leagues in Europe is the fact that one club in the league have been spending heavily in bringing top quality footballers to the club than than the rest clubs in the league and you don't expect a club with so much quality players like Paris Saint Germaine does to not win the league as successive as they've won.

With the quality of players in the Paris Saint Germaine set up, it'll be very poor if them to not win the French league and abd I don't even expect them not to win the league this season. They have all it takes to win the league and would continue to win the league till when other club managements in the French league begins to sign quality players like PSG
1616  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 28, 2023, 09:14:42 PM
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If we talk about luck, it seems to me that Barcelona were helped only by luck that they were able to take the first place in the group, although they did not have strong opponents. If we look at Inter's game, we can say that luck is only a small part of it.
There is no need to debate luck, all teams need it regardless of the good performances of their players in the group phase and in the final match. Barcelona won the group stage this season because of luck, but of course that is not the sole reason why they won the group. Xavi and his players did a good job even when things didn't go to plan. Barcelona couldn't win all their matches like Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but Barcelona qualified as group winners.

Barcelona should find Napoli a worthy opponent in the round of 16, so it's one of the most exciting matches to look forward to. The Inter vs Atletico Madrid match was also good, while Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City didn't have too tough opponents. They are the favorites, except for Barcelona and Napoli which are difficult to predict.
In as much as a team needs some bits of luck to win the UEFA champions league competition, it's also very worthy to note that winners of the competition in the past years are clubs that were very good during games and didn't reach the final because of how lucky they were. You'll have to be very solid to be able to conquer Europe bit just being lucky.

Barcelona as we all know is one of the traditional clubs in Europe and Ave won the competition several times before now but their current squad I don't think possesses the strength to reach the semi final of the competition this season talk more of playing in the final. They play Napoli in the round of 16 of the competition and I expect that tie to be a difficult one for the both teams.
1617  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 28, 2023, 09:03:29 PM
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The first half of the game between Brighton and Tottenham Hotspur are over and surprisingly, Brighton are leading by two goals to nil. Many gamblers who must have staked their money in the game would never had predicted such outcome in the first half of the game and that's why I think that a lot of them will be losing their money tonight. Brighton without doubt is a strong team in the English Premier League but I've never fancied them to be this impressive against Tottenham.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou looks furious in the touchlines and is definitely not happy with the result of the game. He'll give his team a first half talk that'll motivate them to search for a comeback in this game but what I don't know if it'll be possible is if they can actually come back in to this tight game
Tottenham were basically the favorites in this match, but things didn't go according to initial plan. Ange Postecoglou has to think of several strategies that can make Tottemham win this match, but as far as the first half goes, I don't think Ange Postecoglou can do much. Brighton closed the first half with a win, which was good for them.

Ange Postecoglou and his team have struggled to penetrate Brighton's defense so far, so that was one issue he had to think about in the second half. Meanwhile, in another match, Arsenal trailed West Ham 0-1 through Tomáš Souček's goal. The referee finally approved Tomáš Souček's goal after reviewing VAR.
The second half of the game has kicked off and is already more than ten minutes played but the shoreline haven't still changed as Brighton are still leading by two goals to nil and are still even playing better.
Tottenham manager seems like he's not getting this one and probably doesn't know what to do at the moment to change the current scoreline. Considering the current performance of both teams in the game tonight, I wouldn't be surprised if Tottenham Hotspur concede more goals before the end the the game.
1618  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: December 28, 2023, 08:37:29 PM
Yes, it's true that the Real Madrid squad is much better than the Leverkusen squad. If we looking at the current situation, Leverkusen is still quite stable with a squad that is usually at Leverkusen. What if Xabi Alonso trains Real Madrid, which has a more capable squad? of course Xabi Alonso will achieve success with Real Madrid and will probably get more than 1 title in 1 season, I really look forward to Xabi Alonso coaching a club like Real Madrid after all this will also make Xabi Alonso a successful coach if he trains a big club and is able to wins title.
A coach will be able to bring out the best potential from a club if the club has players and a style of play that suits the coach. That doesn't mean that if you are very great as a coach at a club, it doesn't necessarily mean that you will be even greater if you coach a club with higher quality players. There are many factors such as the coach's approach to the players or how the coach manages the existing squad to be able to play with the expected tactics. I agree that Xabi is a great young coach at the moment but if he were to coach Real Madrid then it would be a different challenge.
I believe that Xabi would be definitely perfect situation, I mean he still has age on his side and that means we are going to end up with him being able to manage that team for as long as possible.

I know that it is not going to end up with anything that crazy, like Xabi being their manager for 20 years, which his age means he technically could but we all know that won't happen, nobody ever managed a team for 20 years in that size teams aside from maybe Alex Ferguson, but I think he could do at least 5-6 seasons easily, that is a good thing for Real, maybe even as high as 10 years which would make him a legend at the club, and if he does bring in some success, like 50%+ la liga titles on his seasons, and a few UCL cups as well, then it would be lovely to keep him.
Real Madrid is a club that's known for their intimidating records of success when it comes to European football and have been able to hire the best managers to take care of the first team of the club over the years but their current manager Carlo Ancelotti who has also won the UEFA champions league with them will be leaving at the end of the season and that has raised concerns over who's experienced or capacitated enough to replace him at Real Madrid.

To many, they believe that Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso is the best man that'll replace Ancelotti when he leaves the club next summer. Considering the impressive performance of Xabi Alonso this summer and the fact that he's a former Real Madrid footballer, I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop Real Madrid from bringing the Spanish manager to the Santiago Bernabeu next summer.
1619  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 28, 2023, 08:28:04 PM
Brighton are up by one goal again Tottenham Hotspur right now and it's just 23minutes into the match, I think Tottenham Hotspur has not really worked on their defense and they keep conceding cheap goals all the time.
But I must give it to them they also don't find it hard to score goals too so this game is definitely going to spark up along the line my prediction even as Tottenham is on the back foot is that the game would end with Tottenham Hotspur wining the match.

Everyone seems to have to be prepared to lose money because Tottenham today, how not surprisingly Brighton managed to take a 2-0 lead over Tottenham within 23 minutes of the first half. Tottenham have not made many attempts to score goals, while Brighton has looked good since the match started. Tottenham's opportunity to turn things around remains, but so far Tottenham have failed to develop their game and find solutions to score goals.

Arsenal vs West Ham is a good match to watch too, it might be interesting if West Ham is able to keep up with Arsenal until the end of the match. If that happens, then Manchester City will really feel lucky because they have the opportunity to reduce the gap in points between the two to 1 point. Arsenal has a high probability of winning at home, but I hope this is not an easy match for them.
The first half of the game between Brighton and Tottenham Hotspur are over and surprisingly, Brighton are leading by two goals to nil. Many gamblers who must have staked their money in the game would never had predicted such outcome in the first half of the game and that's why I think that a lot of them will be losing their money tonight. Brighton without doubt is a strong team in the English Premier League but I've never fancied them to be this impressive against Tottenham.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou looks furious in the touchlines and is definitely not happy with the result of the game. He'll give his team a first half talk that'll motivate them to search for a comeback in this game but what I don't know if it'll be possible is if they can actually come back in to this tight game
1620  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: December 28, 2023, 08:08:30 PM
Brighton could be a really tough challenge for Tottenham by the way. Because it is an away match for Tottenham before anything else. Both teams have many missing players though. Mitoma has been the key player for Brighton so far and he is also injured. This could have a really serious impact on Brighton's performance in offense.  Sad

Maddison is still injured for Tottenham also but Richarlison and Son are doing well anyway. Tottenham need to be in their good form in the attacking side to win this match one way or another. They did it in their last two head-to-heads so they can do this once again.  Smiley
Brighton and Hove Albion started the season on a very good note and were regarded as a team that were surely gonna finish the season in the top six of the English Premier League table but in recent weeks, they've not been as good as they were in the beginning of the season and that's why I don't fancy them winning against Tottenham Hotspur tonight.
 
Tottenham Hotspur who were once at the top of the English Premier League table before they went on a losing streak are trying to find their way back to the top four of the league table and would definitely want to win the game tonight but a shock from Brighton is still very much possible
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