Yes with every round passing by one of you guys will be playing against casperBGD, but since that game has now already been added to the table, whoever of those who haven't played casperBGD will then have a free round without any changes in the table so to say. That's why the table will now take until the very last round to even out in terms of games played for everyone. But everyone will still be playing for the free bet though.

It is because you guys got already added the game that you did not yet play against casperBGD. leea-1334, mitchr4 and I already played against casperBGD, which means for us the game we played will just be replaced with the 3-0 result. I won my game, but still stand at 6 points, since I officially won 2 games. Whereas everyone else got one game on top + 3 points on top.

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It doesn't look very well that way Being so close to the relegation zone doesn't feel great. I'll better change that while keeping that game in hand.

Good luck to leea-1334 for this round. It is a critical game for you early in the season. May the luckiest win!

I wouldn't be jumping the gun in regards to Barcelona's financial situation! The headlines have been horrible all those years, but it is true that they did manage to seal deals again and again eventually. So I guess they are not bankrupt in the sense that they could not sign new players. They pretty surely can and I think Cancelo could be a good deal for them. I consider Cancelo a good player, wondering why he didn't get more chances to find his way at Manchester City. But Guardiola can be quite merciless once he made up his mind. I haven't watched all the game, but what I saw from Cancelo was solid and his style is something Guardiola usually likes. But with rising competition in the team and Guardiola remaining the coach there, I doubt that Cancelo wants to go back at all.

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Prediction: $66,364.07


$66,364.07

44 home runs

14. Erin Blanchfield
13. Joaquin Buckley
12. Bruno Silva
11. Nursulton Ruziboev
10. Bill Algeo vs. Kyle Nelson
9. Chidi Njokuani
8. Jamall Emmers
7. Loopy Godinez
6. Julio Arce
5. Connor Matthews
4. Anton Turkalj
3. Viktoriia Dudakova
2. Caolan Loughran
1. Andre Petroski

NOT go the Full Distance 6

Game 1:  30, 25'
Game 2:  30, 25'

I am feeling some discomfort when I read your post, but no insult intended here.

I thought that Leverkusen would hammer Qarabağ Ağdam in the BayArena and there would not even be a minute of sweating during that game. But I had to once more find out that phrases like "no problem at all" have to be taken with a grain of salt. I can tell you that I bet on Leverkusen win that day to push the odds a little of several multi-bets. I couldn't believe when they were 0-2 down and several slips would have been down the toilet.

I agree with you that under most circumstances, Leverkusen should advance to the next round here. But I think that the Hammers are probably quite a bit stronger than Qarabağ Ağdam.

Lol, "I do" was the perfect rhetorical addition to that previous sentence!

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The tennis question is nasty this time as there are some games where surprises could be due. I was super motivated to submit early, but when I saw the outstanding matches at the ATP Miami, well, I instantly hesitate to finalize my submission form. There are a couple of games where I wouldn't be shocked if one of the favorites gets knocked out.

Death penalty, no mercy!

But joking aside here, I think that a lot of things must have been going wrong beforehand. I think in a healthy relationship between father and son, it would be quite a rare occasion that a son steals money and then uses it to gamble. Wonder if it is about stealing money from a physical wallet or taking it from a credit card or otherwise, but in the end it doesn't matter.

I'd think that if father and son get along well, what would the issue be to ask the dad for some cash to have fun doing some gambling? It's not the best activity, but if there is trust between the two, I'd rather want my son to ask.

I tend to disagree with your "highly" unlikely because I think this has been seen before. But this is not so much about Alonso per se, but about coaching any of the big clubs. One of the most important requirements is that 99% of the time a coach isn't given the time to be successful. When Klopp overtook Liverpool, the team wasn't a winning team back at the time but rather hovering around in the midfield of the table. That is why Klopp was given the time to win something. But now he has raised the bar significantly for anyone to follow in his footsteps. In a situation where Liverpool would have a start with Alonso like 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, I think the air would get thin quickly for him. Maybe Klopp would publicly ask for patience and that would help, but success is a must at least at a certain level. Bayern wouldn't be patient at all.

Division 3 historic results are skewed quite a bit as there were tons of 3-0 because so many players got disqualified. If anyone wants to have a look and calculate the average, I think the spreads resulting in 3-0 from disqualification should be excluded. But anyway, 3-0 is more than fair I guess although toning it down means less of a penalty to the one not submitting. There are two sides to the coin. But that has been taken care of due to the reward penalties at the end of the season. Hence, a 2-0 might make sense in the future.

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@cls63 the innocuous Equipe Tricolore sealed the deal for me. I was still a bit nervous and I thought the early German goal play more into your hands as I suspected the French team to go even harder. But the Germans did quite well on this one.

No need to become too philosophical about the issue as this is still gambling discussion I suppose!

Klopp has given a very clear statement about his current sentiment and what he thinks about the future. Current situation: one year break no matter what. Situation in a year from now: it depends on what he comes up with or what kind of opportunities cross his way until then.

I don't understand why so many people here are speculating because he gave an interview. I assume that most people commenting on the issue never took the time to watch it.

It's all good, no harm done here. And if you ask me I am quite sure that Klopp will return even though he left it up for public speculation. But nobody can really imagine that he would retreat and not return. Rummenigge from Bayern Munich said that football is like a heavy drug and Klopp is a junky, and there is no way that this junky can live the rest of his life without being a football coach. I think there is some truth to that!

Lol, this is funny, but frankly, if Xabi Alonso deserves a thrown of his own, I think Mbappe should have had one by now for a very long time! If Mbappe had his own thread here, we would probably soon be looking at at least 200 pages of posts...

But yes jokes aside, he is an interesting personality without a doubt, but there should be caution that we don't exaggerate. I mean it is not impossible that he goes to another club and gets fired within the six months. If he goes to Liverpool or Bayern and the teams don't perform, which is a possibility, the big adventure could be over faster than anyone thought it would.

That was definitely a lucky result for me, no doubt about that. If you you look at the whole game, the result wasn't undeserved, but once the game goes into extra time, that sort of goal is certainly a big bummer for you. It was deflected and then perfectly hit the ball of a Jamaican player and then ended up in the back of the net. It's lucky for me that there was a goal at all, and even luckier considering how that goal was scored.

This time I was the lucky one, but let's see how the game France - Germany will go. You got a decent chance there although I prefer to pick ranges in such questions rather than one fixed number. But 2 goals doesn't sound unrealistic.

It is a matter of age and less a matter of motivation. The reason I am saying this is two-fold: on the one hand he declined offers from Saudi Arabia and I think someone who is undergoing declining motivation may get to a point where the desire for more money outweighs the passion for playing the hardest games possible. On the other hand I watched a few interviews he gave in German when he explained why he wanted to go to Barcelona and leave Bayern after breaking and setting all these records. He said that Barcelona has been a lifelong dream for him and he felt it was the perfect time to give his career a last challenging shot. He was super happy about his little children and his wife being able to live in a wonderful, sunny place and he was on fire when he was speaking about his new challenge in Barcelona. It didn't really come across as if he was taking that step to slowdown. I rather thought he wants to prove one more time that he can do it at another top club at his age.

8 goals

I don't know where you are gathering your information or whether you take some time to have a closer look at what exactly has been said and what has been proven to be wrong.

Klopp gave quite a long interview explaining his exact reasons as to why he is leaving the club before his contract will expire and what his plan for the next 12 months will be. He said he is healthy and it has nothing to do with his physical condition, but he also said that he feels weak and he feels the need for a break. Hence, he guaranteed that he will definitely not train a new club in the upcoming season. He added that he doesn't know his exact future plans because he wants to take time during that break to make up his mind, but he said there is no chance to see him on the coaching bench in the season 24/25.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is showing some resistance against conceding the third goal in the EURO U-21 qualifiers. It doesn't matter for my duel with cls63, but I saw that the vast majority went with less than 2.5 goals and it reminds me how I got away a few times with my tips on goals when after 30 minutes it looked as if I am clearly on the losing path. But for the time being it seems as if the game will end with less than 2.5 goals. Or this is going to be another foto finisher and we'll see another goal in overtime of overtime (like USA - Jamaica)

I am sure notblox1 wouldn't be complaining if he starts the round with a perfect 4/4, free bet would probably be waiting for you already.