I doubt Mou is going to change this and I doubt he'll be given much to spend either, but if he is, why couldn't they have given the money to Poch? I guess I'll watch the opening Spurs game this week to see how they fair. It's at West Ham so they won't have an easy game but a first game loss for Mou won't look good.


I think the Sheff U vs Man U game will be close and one I'll be watching. Probs going for a draw as well but hoping for the home win. I also think Bournemouth vs Wolves will be close and a draw the most likely outcome.

Anyone think City or Liverpool could drop points this week? I'm not sure I'd predict them to, but I don't think either game will be easy for them and Chelsea are on a bit of a run recently.

Yeah, that was pathetic and I couldn't believe they did that. They should have built a statue of him there. He should have been given time to turn the team around which I'm sure he would have done. Did Leicester's owners really expect them to win the league again or something and anything else was unacceptable? Was Ranieri doing anything different there that was crazy or unacceptable? No. And then to get rid of him just to have the assistant manager take over. What's the point? Even if Leicester would have ended up relegated - which I really doubt would have happened under him - they should have given him time to get them back up. After all, they were relegation favourites that year they won.


It's honestly stupid. What do the owners expect? what will be a successful season with Spurs? A Champions league spot? Avoid relegation? I'm not sure what they're after but Poch was as good as they can get and they should have stuck with him. Mourinho will be there two seasons max.


If they don't win this season and don't go far in the CL I reckon he'll go. He'll likely walk away though rather than be sacked, but who else are they going to get? Wenger?

It's getting embarrassing clubs sacking managers after a few bad games now. What's the point of sacking one manager just to almost certainly now go through a load of others when they don't achieve what their owners want like Man United did. I actually think the PL should start handing out fines and maybe even point deductions if clubs feel the need to sack a manager during the season. That would stop them. You can't buy players whenever you want and the same should be of managers. Spurs have finished 4th, 3rd and 2nd the last three seasons and Poch got them to a Champions League final last year but sack him now? I know they're currently 14th in the table and it looks worrisome but they're technically only 3 points away from 5th place. Is Mourinho going to do any better than Poch? I doubt it. It'll be the same story as United. The way things are going Pep will probably get sacked this year if he doesn't win the PL or CL (which probably isn't going to happen). What do owners actually expect from managers these days? Win every possible game and at least one title? When the competition with City, Liverpool and Chelsea is so strong it's a huge achievement getting a Champion's League place these days. They really need to change this culture of disposable mangers. Also, get rid of VAR  .

I think it would be helpful and is something I've suggested in the past. A lot of times people actually have no idea what their post was removed for so at least this will help people learn to not make the same mistake again. Giving mods a drop down menu with the most common infractions would be helpful (of topic, ref spam, undeleted bumps etc), but maybe also an additional comment box to expand further if needed (but not required).



But a lot of times it's not because they're off topic. In fact, most times it's probably something else, but I can't tell you the amount of reported messages I've had from people reporting their deleted post notification screaming that their post wasn't off topic because that's what they assumed it was removed for because it states it likely was in the message.

Doing this is pointless if nothing changes at the manager level as the abusers will just jump though the required hoops to abuse the campaign at any cost. If a campaign pops up here and they have little to no management or quality control then it will be abused regardless of how many posts they can or can't make. If you limit it to x amount of posts then they will just create or buy multiple accounts to maximise earnings as many are already doing on certain campaigns. Decent posters can make 10-20 posts a day, but they're not the problem; it's the shitposters on shitcampaigns that shouldn't even be allowed to operate here that are causing the damage and the ones that can't run a campaign to an acceptable standard should be dealt with in other ways.

The problem is the ambiguity of the handball rule. VAR usually gives these sorts of ones, or at least the first one (the second came off Silva's hand first so that would have been given for that).


I'd put them in so you don't forget but just don't lock them and you can change them at anytime.

Really didn't expect the Watford win. Congrats to the five that went with it. No real games I'm interested from the early-midday games today, but the Arsenal/Leicester game should be one to watch. People are making out like this game could be the final nail in the coffin for Emery but I don't get why everyone's shitting on him as they're fifth in the table right now and doing well in the Europa.


I've said it multiple times before but 2-1 is often a good score to go with. It's kind of my lucky score.


You can have a max of 5 devices registered, but I'll be using two myself and probably also another with a friend but you can only have two watching at one time but I think if you is the same IP it doesn't matter. Do you have a proxy?

There's a few people who look like they've forgotten about the game tonight.


I really wouldn't back Watford, especially away. I think it will either be a bore draw or Norwich will narrowly win. Don't forget they beat City at home a month or so ago and Watford haven't even won a single game yet and I don't think this one is going to be it.

Where they for one of the bitcoin sportsbooks? I saw some in a couple of the other games yesterday that mentioned bitcoin in the advert. Think it might have been sportsbet but there was also another. Either way, nice to see bitcoin getting some mainstream promo.


Yeah, they didn't show or mention it on the highlights I watched, but I was wondering why Son was reacting like he'd just seen someone murdered. Looking at it again it doesn't seem like it was Son's tackle that broke it but the follow up one by another player.


Congrats. Think you should be in the top 5 highest round scorers now.


All leg breaks are possible career ending, but they're usually not. It all depends how they heal. He'll likely be out for this season though.


The red should probably be rescinded in my opinion. The ref gave the red after he saw the extent of the break and probably assumed Son was responsible.


Var should only be used when called upon. Don't go looking for stuff to disallow the goal as you'll find something half the time. Give the teams three appeals like in tennis. I really doubt they would have used one for that goal, and even then, if it was studied better it probably wouldn't be offside anyway and that really defeats the purpose of VAR when they're getting it wrong. Even footballers who were for var are saying it's ruining the game.


Well you can share mine if I get it. You can have up to five devices so you could use it as well. Dazn is $150 for thew year which is about £80 which is a steal for all the content they offer. I think Sky Sports would cost you that a month in the UK. If you want to split the cost I'd be ok with that. I'm going to try get it set up today so I'll let you know how it goes.

I doubt it's anything to do with Atkinson but shityy var. Did he view the footage on the screen or just take the VAR guys word for it? Var isn't perfect in those sorts of calls because of the camera angle. The only way it would be ideal is if they have a camera running up and down the sidelines which would be silly.


This is why I'd never but a ticket from a tout. Far too many scammers taking advantage. Would be great to see a final or maybe some sort of high stakes game at a major venue but I wouldn't shell out more than £100 or so unless it's maybe the El Classico or something.


Grabbed the full three points in the dying minutes:



12 minutes of injury time lol. What happened?


Darkstar sorted me out with a Dazn account but I'll probably need a dedicated Canadian IP to use it. Seems like they're only $2 a month with PureVPN for one so very cheap. You interested in Dazn? You can have two simultaneous connections  and 5 with Pure VPN.

It was looking like there was going to be some more big upsets today but then late goals happened for City and Liverpool and not only did that Liverpool winner bag me a correct score it also won my bet:



So doubly chuffed with that. Did pretty average on the pool but looks like most others did as well which isn't surprising with the shockers today. I wonder if there'll be another one with the last game of the day with Watford vs Chelsea. Maybe Watford will get their fourth draw on the bounce or will it be Chelsea with their fifth win in a row in the PL. Personally I've gone for the Chelsea win but 1-1 is looking like a good choice right now.

A few people still need to put their scores in.

What does everyone think of this weeks opening match between Bournemouth and Man U? Will United comfortably win or will they slip up and return to the previous poor form from a few weeks ago? I think United should win but I don't think it will be easy as Bournemouth are at home and also on equal points with them and for that reason I might go for the draw.

No real games I'm that interested in watching today other than the City game but only in the hope that it'll be a goalfest. I didn't actually realise that City played Southampton in the EFL cup on Tuesday. They beat them 3-1 but with a weakened team. I'll probably actually go for a 4 or 5-0 on the rematch but as I said before I wouldn't be surprised if it was much more but City might put another weakened side out due to the Champions League on Tuesday.

Also still looking for this:

Lol. Well I actually didn't realise that but I have stated a few times that the points system would be better if it was changed, but since you mentioned it getting three correct scores and finishing mid table for the round is quite harsh  . I think the BBC site we used when I first started the pool was something like 10 points for a correct outcome and 40 for the exact score and that was much better. I like that you can get an extra half a point for a close score on superbru but it makes things far too close in my opinion and getting a correct score should get you a significant bonus since it's relatively hard to do (and getting just the outcome right isn't that difficult).

BTW, does anyone have a SkyGo account that they'd be willing to share access to? I can pay for such. Tried to sort accounts for both Dazn and Hotstar but no luck so far.

One: Why have you trademarked Butt Hurt? Two: Why would I be butthurt© over you posting on my trust wall that? It was pretty moronic and redundant though when I've already publicly posted about them in the feedback section and everyone knows they're my accounts. Three: There was no "connection" to be made.


lolwut?


I used to read them all the time. You've made plenty of wild unbacked accusations in the past and used ludicrously large time frames as some sort of evidence, far larger than 24-72 hours as you claim.

Well I don't think it will either, but a team like City should be hammering the shitters regularly by half a dozen goals really. They've already had a couple of 5-0's this season and if they can beat Watford 8-0 and 6-0 this season then I don't think it's out of the question to see a similar score line again or even more. I know Southampton will want to bounce back but that's easier said than done against City at their homeground.


It's both a good and bad thing (depending on where you are in the table  ). My only issue with superbru is the scoring. I think you should get more points for an exact score and with getting 1.5 points for a close score it makes the table even closer. Something like 1 point for the outcome and 5 for the exact score would be more preferable imo.

I anyone going to go for a ludicrous scoreline on the Man City / Southampton game this weekend? If Leicester can beat them 9-0 away could it be even worse for them at the Etihad? City beat Watford at home 8-0 last month so could they eclipse that? Not sure I'd go for that sort of result but it wouldn't surprise me. I'll probably go for somewhere in the middle. No real thrilling games this weekend really or none I'm that interested in watching except for maybe the possibility of a goalfest in the City game.

He might have some good investigations under his belt but his ratings are kinda invalidated when he'll throw out negatives based on little more than some ludicrous coincidences he thinks he sees.


Only ten? I haven't paid much attention to his ratings for a long time but he used to tag numerous people as alts because they were registered in the same year as some other accounts or he's found some other random pattern in their accounts that only he can see. If he left those alone and only left negative after thorough investigations with evidence more than someone was registered in same huge time frame he sets himself then I wouldn't have a problem with him other than his petty attitude.


They are probably just looking at the decent investigations he has done and overlooking all the bad ones.


I wouldn't go that far. I think this is a case of where exclusions work. I excluded him a long time ago because half his feedback's were wildly inaccurate as have several others.


I'm not sure he was on DT but maybe someone yahoo trusted put him on their trustlist. I wouldn't have an issue with timelord being on DT if he didn't leave all the other grossly inaccurate ratings that unfortunately they spoil the lot.

It's probably not selective enforcement, but there are dozens of mods here who will all interpret the rules their own way and nobody has to handle the report, but even when they don't people will still call that selective enforcement so we lose either way. I saw the report on the necrobump but left it because it didn't seem like a big deal and was on topic at least but it was technically a necrobump, but you could ask what is a necrobump? At what point does a post become a necro? I've seen people report posts as a necro because they're merely a month or two old but yet we have countless old threads that are bumped constantly and some with much larger gaps, and that's when staff opinion becomes involved because there is no date on when something technically becomes a necro. Personally, I'd rather people bump old threads if they're still relevant as opposed to creating new threads for the same old things time and time again but that's just me and there was nothing wrong with removing the post.


Again, it comes down to purely opinion. Personally, I wouldn't really say that is ad spam but I can see how you would. However, it's arguably sig spam but again, that would purely be down to opinion and the report is still in the queue because all the mods who have looked at it are probably on the fence about it... or maybe someone will handle it at some point.

4 draws in total from this weeks games and Brighton/Everton and Liverpool/Spurs were very close with 3-2 and 2-1 scorelines respectively, so I wasn't far off. I was the only person to bag three points from the Watford/Bournemouth game ending in 0-0. Had a feeling that would be a bore fest.


Bit of an exaggeration. Maybe watch the latest debacle though. If VAR did what it was supposed to then I wouldn't have any complaints, but getting decisions wrong after 2/3/4/5 minutes of deliberation is counter-productive and a waste of time. It clearly needs tweaking but I think we'd be better off without it at this point or not using it to check every possible thing that could go wrong after every goal.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2460526 AntKB

I'm not sure whether this guy is a troll or a 24/7 scammer but the various scams money making schemes he's trying to pull are quite amusing. Contents include trying to sell a Banksy, selling virtual real estate (neighbours include Christain Ronaldo + many more), "space land" and his latest one of fortune telling:


See all his various scams "services" here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;threads;u=2460526;sa=showPosts