Currently watford has only 4 points difference with newcastle who are above the relegation zone, a win is very important for watford to get out of the relegation zone this season, facing crystal palace may be very difficult for watford but the host factor is at least an advantage for the watford players to improve their mentality in facing crystal palace, currently crystal palace is in 13th position but I saw in the last few games crystal palace, they also played inconsistently and certainly not much better than watford's game, so in my opinion, watford maybe have a chance to get the three points even though it's a little difficult.
It is a bad season for Newcastle and if they can not stay in Premier League, money from new owner can not help them to buy good players and improve quality of their team. So their top priority in rest of this season is fighting with all energy they have in order to stay in Premier League. This will be a big achievement and plays as a foundation for a new era of Newcastle. With good budget from new owner, there is a bright future for them. I don't know how long the new owner will stay in the club but if they stay there long enough, Newcastle might get good support from them. |
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Although in the next match Inter and Milan both have weak opponents on paper, but I think both Udinese and Genoa are very likely to provide a difficult match. Also, it's Napoli who have to play away against Lazio and it looks like Napoli will fall behind, but I personally am still not sure because these three teams now from recent results show how difficult it is for them to be consistent. And unfortunately, the teams that trailed him like Juventus were equally inconsistent, with results like this the competition for the title race will still occur every week.
With all bad performance recently from top teams, I think we can not predict wins for all of them in this weekend. The second leg of Champions League/ Europa League matches are waiting for them and they will be distracted so much. Then they might get unexpected results in this weekend or next few ones. Napoli will have a difficult match with Lazio and in many seasons, they are at same level and Lazio have enough good players to beat Napoli. As a fan of Serie A, I would like to see Napoli win in order to make the Scudetto competition more exciting in coming months. Juventus will come back from Champions League with purpose to win in order to get a position in top 4. Currently, they are at the fourth position but it is not solid for them. They will have to keep fighting seriously to end the season with top 4 area. |
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A week full of surprises, when Milan & Inter failed to get 3 points, apparently in the match against Cagliari, Napoli also failed to get 3 points to shift Milan's position at the top of the standings. Quite happy with Cagliari, they seem to be inspired by Selernitana who managed to hold Milan to a draw. But, this results still not good for Cagliari, they are still in the relegation zone.
So, this week's Top 5 can only get a maximum of 1 point, nothing more. ha ha..
Sounds like it is a competition to get the best among the worst for Scudetto. AC Milan are not better than Inter Milan or Napoli and neutrally said, they are the same. Almost same total points, almost make their fans disappointed by mixed results between good and bad. They all make predictions for the Scudetto race is very unpredictable. Napoli went straightly in early of season then fell down. Then AC Milan took over their positions for several weeks. Next, Inter Milan got good difference against others but then now they are all in very tight competition but together they help the league is interesting to watch. Much better than Bundesliga or La Liga or Ligue 1. |
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First you need to do, and after that you can talk about it. And for Zuckerberg, the opposite is true. There is a lot of hype, grandiose and vague plans and speculations. At the same time, a lot of hype affects the states and their regulatory bodies, and they take countermeasures. As a result, it turns out to be just a soap bubble.
For regulators, it is very dangerous to connect Facebook with any projects of a financial nature. And the Metaverse is in any case connected with cryptocurrency and big capital. Therefore, one should expect that Zuckerberg's next plans will face the same inglorious end as with Libra / Diem.
Metaverse is not all about Mark but the world are in. We have Vitalik Buterin in. We have Nike in and much more. It sounds like a weird virtual world and things are unclear on how real people will accept it and change their lives from real world to virtual world but we can not say it is impossible. Internet used to be consider as impossible to change the world. Bitcoin and blockchain used to be considered like this. Now, Metaverse is in similar perspective by the crowd. Let's give it time, a few years or up to 10 years, then we will see a clearer picture about Metaverse. Mark and Vitalik have changed the world with their top brains. Mark with Facebook and social media. Vitalik with Ethereum and smart contracts. Now, they are crossed each other in Metaverse which is big enough to expect. |
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Napoli also had to fight harder to get points in last night's match against Cagliari as a team in the relegation zone, even though on paper Napoli should have won easily even if it was only one goal. But what happened was that Cagliari could take the lead first and Napoli could just score a goal in the last minute of the match and indeed, Napoli should be more focused against Barcelona next but with Inter getting a defeat Napoli should be more motivated to overtake Inter in the standings.
Napoli are in the race with two Milan clubs. They don't fall behind Milans too much but they don't have many good substitution players like Inter Milan or AC Milan. So if they get luck enough till the end of season without injury or long absence of their key players, they can fight for Scudetto and even might win it. If their key players get troubles and can not contribute in a few matches, Napoli can be out of the competition. I think AC Milan still lucky with rival result match getting where Inter Milan defeated by Sassuolo then failed get three points, the same situation with Napoli exactly have chance to lead fixture standing a week but last night draw with Cagliari. Now Milan can focus on the next match still hope how to missing failed again get three points. Still have competitive for Milan, Inter and Napoli how to get scudetto but only Napoli looks difficult against on next week faced with Lazio. Milan vs Udinese looks not heavy how get three points and Inter Milan vs Genoa should easy to win.
To win a big competition like Scudetto, lucky is not enough. They will have to fight hard, need luck and support from unknown factors from referees to weathers, etc. AC Milan are on their good movement to challenge Inter Milan for the trophy but the season is on and lots of match ahead. They will have to play towards the end of season with their best and without hope that Inter Milan will lose so many points. |
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New player transfer for Tottenham Hotspur Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski on line up give top performance for Spurs where defeating Manchester City last week, I hope Antonio Conte keep stay with last formation and keep take rest for Lucas Moura and Harry Winks on the bench still both player have top performance. Most lucky for Conte with many option player but I think keep touch with the last formation on the next match will be better and have large chance back to top standing position, next match face Burnley I think will give opportunity for Spurs collected perfect points and make close position to 4th standing.
Bentancur and Kuluseveski are good players and they are good for Spurs. Juventus is a big club and has bigger ambition as well as expectation on their players and they don't hesitate to replace players who make them disappointed by others. Conte will need more time with Spurs but there are more things and challenge for him. In next summer, he will have to deal with Harry Kane and his transfer request. Will he feel happy and decide to stay in Tottenham or he will send another transfer request to Levy. It's hard to say now but I am thinking about a transfer request from Kane. It will not be easy for Conte to convince Kane and in case he leaves, it's hard to replace him. Kane and Son are so important for Spurs and they contribute about more than 50% of Spurs' attacking power. |
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I agree with you here because i just can not imagine that Bayern shows such a bad performance like the one in the first half of the first leg against Salzburg again in the second leg, because now they know if they are playing that way again the chances to be eliminated from the Champions League are very high, so i am pretty sure that they will be able to get a grip and show a solid performance.
Bayern are lucky to have an easy opponent in Champions League. With their strength, they will beat Salzburg in aggregated result. I know how bad they performed in the first leg but they still have a second leg to fix it. Anyway, result in the first leg is not too bad for Bayern but still disappointed for them and their fans. Salzburg have good journey so far but I don't think they will be able to beat Bayern eventually. If they can, hmm it will be one of biggest shock this season in Champions League. I think we can all agree that if both teams show their normal perfomance level then Bayern should be the team that will advance into the next round. I still think though that anything can happen in the second leg. Bayern was playing very badly again this weekend against the worst club of the Bundesliga and was even 0-1 behind in the half time break, so this can also happen again against Salzburg.
In the first leg, Salzburg performed well and Bayern performed worse than they usually do. Will they keep perform like this in the second leg. To win in final result, Salzburg will need to have both conditions which are probably hard to be seen. |
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Serie A is going on really interestingly right now. Because we witnessed very different results on last week. Milan and Inter really shocked me this time. Because they both had comfortable matches but the final scores weren't saying the same thing. Milan had a big problem on defeating the team at the last position in the standings, Salernitana. And there was a 2-2 draw at the end. And Inter were even worse than Milan because they lost to Sassuolo in their match home by 0-2. Milan still kept their lead for now as a result however this could change today. It can change only if Napoli defeat Cagliari.
A draw which is bad for AC Milan but because of worse result from Inter Milan, AC Milan expanded the gap a little bit. Inter Milan will waste their 1 unplayed match if they keep playing badly like this. Now they have 2 points less than AC Milan already and only 1 point more than Napoli. Top 3 in Serie A can be changed after one round and three teams are good enough to compete with each other in this race. Inter Milan looks to have more experience than AC Milan and Napoli but with the tight difference, any team among three competitors can win Scudetto. The next results in Champions League and Europa League will be important for this race too. If they fail to go next, they will all focus in Serie A and if any team have to allocate resources for more than Serie A, they will have disadvantage compares to opponents. |
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Such a great performance by Manchester United! I must admit that I was really astonished after seeing that Leeds equalized the score by scoring two goals in only two minutes. But Manchester United weren't intending to give up on the game that easy and they proved it by scoring two more goals and bringing the score to 4-2. And this huge win started a winning streak by two games for now. And it looks like it will be the time to have revenge on Watford next week in Old Trafford and grow their winning streak also.
It has more values than just 3 points for Manchester United. Gradually, it seems Jadon Sancho has found his position and best position in Manchester United with help from Ragnick. The coach decides to use Sancho on the right swing and allows him to dribble as well as gives him more space to play. With this help from Ragnick, Sancho connects better with his mates and has more impacts in match. I expect to see a real shining show of Sancho from now on and it will be good for Manchester United too. If Sancho does his job well, Ronaldo will have more opportunities and with his finishing skills, Manchester United will have more goals and better results. |
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In the second half Juventus seemed to be playing defensively and some of Juventus' mainstay defenders did not play making the defense less than optimal because Turino in the second half continued to attack and also created several chances. Which finally Andrea Belotti was able to score a goal in the 62nd minute and change the score to 1-1 until the end of the match.
Juventus did not intend to maintain pressure on Torino after they have a goal and in the second half. They gave Torino ability to attack and Juventus defense nowadays is not like a bongke in the past so it was broken by Torino. In that goal, Belotti has an amazing volley but it's not only about that goal, but also in general performance, Torino have more shots than Juventus. It's a shame that Paulo Dybala was the victim in the match against Turino and he was injured, and that's worrying considering Dybala is an important player to face Villarreal in the UCL later. And it has not been confirmed whether he will play or not and also several Juventus players who are still injured.
After the equalizer from Torino, Max tried to send Moise Kean in but it's too late and Juventus even could not create so much pressure on Torino. Dybala is important for Juventus because he can connect a whole attack system of Juventus and make key passes. I wish the best recovery for him because Serie A will have a serious failed season in Champions League if Juventus can not do something. AC Milan out, Inter Milan almost out |
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Looks like we need a new strategy to use an advantage when trading in crypto market since arbitrage isn't that profitable these days. Early days are always profitable for those who invest and make use of it as long as there aren't much people knew about it. He's like the creator of Facebook on early days who gain massive support from the people around the world and then become a billionaire. Although his style of making money is different but he's the best example of a consistent person who doesn't waste opportunity when it's available he grab it.
Arbitraging is not a new strategy as same as many trading strategies and investment but only very few people can succeed. A same method, strategy but it works for a few and fail for the most in the crowd. Because people have different characteristics as well as psychological response in the market. In addition, in market, the most importance is to control your emotion and try to not do something stupid. I know it applies for investment but I want to expand it to trading as well and I believe it is right. Trading or investment with whatever methods, strategies, less than 20% of people can get profit. |
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Benzema still not back to top performance because against PSG as first match for him after recovery from injury, I think PSG need have already team for second leg and keep use as second composition player on Ligue 1 for this week against Nantes. Left 13 points from Marseille is not have to worry although faced with Nantes and keep focus with Champion League for second leg. PSG have two week later for Champion League match maybe will focus on Ligue 1 how have many different points from Marseille.
Because he does not fully recover from his injury and in general the quality of PSG is better than Real Madrid. We can say PSG don't have much difference as a team when they playing against Real Madrid but quality of PSG players is better than of Real Madrid. It is fact and the task for Pochettino is covert it to real result. At least in the first match, PSG controlled the game and manged to win even by a very late goal. If PSG beat Real Madrid in the second match and go next, they will have more confidence in Champions League. Indeed, there are not too many big opponents for PSG in Champions League. I only can see Manchester City and Bayern are most dangerous competitors for PSG. Will they win Champions League in this season? |
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With the power of the player that exists today, PSG look very convincing to win the first leg. PSG are currently in first place in the French league. They look very comfortable with a position of 13 points ahead. It's very difficult to catch up with that point difference. They are not like Madrid who only have a very narrow points difference with 2nd place. That's a bit of an advantage PSG can win, but Madrid are an experienced team they can certainly take advantage of opportunities. Maybe their (Madrid) Hope of a draw is a good result because they are losing Benzema.
Benzema did not have his best fitness for the first match with PSG so that the attacking power of Real Madrid was affected. In addition, the plan of Carlo Ancelotti was broken by the late goal of Mbappe because Real Madrid can not have a draw in Paris so they will have to take more risk in Bernabeu. It would be bad for Real Madrid because PSG will have more opportunities to use the speed of Mbappe, Neymar and dribbling as well as key passes from Messi. Furthermore, Real Madrid will not have Militao and Casemiro for the next match which will do affect their defense system. The absence of Casemiro will bring more open space for Messi because we know Casemiro can reduce danger from Messi a lot. |
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The public has many expectations when he begins to manage the club even though the squad is not so good or mediocre. That's why he started the strategy to use the young player as a starter and He got critique for that all and Everything went awry, he could have asked to officially to buy the best player in the market, but he doesn't because he knows the club has Financial problem. What he can be done now is just play what they have.
The public expected good things from Mourinho and until now, they did not show that they stop their support for Mourinho. It's good support for him from the public but he needs more: support from his players. They must to listen to Mourinho advice and improve themselves in order to keep their positions in the club or they will have to find other clubs. Mourinho also gets good support from the club board director and he will be given good budget for transfer to improve quality of Roma. It sounds like Mourinho will be given at least one more season in Roma and will have a big transfer in the next summer. In order to attract star players, Mourinho has a challenging task, help Roma to finish this season in top 4. |
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Blockchain is not all about Bitcoin which is not a first one to be created in history but Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency which is successfully with peer-to-peer transactions on a really decentralized network.
The idea to set up total supply at 21M and halving every 4 years by Satoshi Nakamoto are very great. They are one of fundamentals make Bitcoin is different and more valuable than altcoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).
Smart contracts initiated by Ethereum and Vitalik Buterin, not by Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto. NFT is a trend which inititated since 2020 and it takes more years for NFT technology to be verified by the market and society.
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Bayern and Dortmund still have 12 games to play, this means that there are still very many opportunities for Dortmund to catch up with Bayern's
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12 matches to play means it does not enough time left for Dortmund to catch Bayern. They will need Bayern to slip in a few matches and yeah 12 matches are not enough to see Bayern drop too many points. Although Dortmund's performances are quite consistent, but I doubt Dortmund will not drop points in the last 12 games in the Bundesliga.
Usually they drop more points than Bayern and in Bundesliga, in second part of season, usually opponents of Bayern drop more points than Bayern because the closer to the end of league, opponents of Bayern lose their hope and motivation to fight against Bayern. As a result of that, they lost more points than Bayern. Will it be different with Dortmund in this season? I am doubtful about it. Moreover, there are still several strong teams that must be faced by Dortmund, including Dortmund must face Bayern at the end of April.
My prediction is that Bayern will be the winner of the Bundesliga trophy this season, it is very difficult to stop Bayern's dominance in the Bundesliga.
It is one of easiest prediction option in Bundesliga. In addition, in this season, with a temporary result on standing table, it is easiest to predict like that but I agree with you. |
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I think not any impact with Mourinho arrive on AS Roma for this season because he can't give his magic how club not fully consistent on every match, always loss from bigger position standing team and some team with mediocre team failed get full points make AS Roma not any speculative will finish on top four position standing. I think still have chance for AS Roma but really need how to keep consistent for all left match success get three points, Depending with AS Roma management will give second chance for Jose Mourinho if failed in this years and keep extended him for next year.
Indeed, Mourinho improves Roma somewhat but in result, it is not much different than recent seasons. However, I believe in him because I take into consideration that in some big matches, Roma were just lack of something to have points or even to win and get 3 points from big clubs. I don't know that the approach of Mourinho to seriously criticizes Roma players is right and is helpful for them in long run but I do see some accurate points on Roma players in his statement. They are good ones but still lack of strength and confidence in some points which damage their whole performance and results in big matches. To be fair for them, they played well enough in big matches and in general, did not have much worse performance than opponents. Unfortunately, some weak moments cause lost matches. You can consider Roma in Serie A like AC Milan in Champions League. AC Milan have their first season in Champions League after many years and they struggle to have points even they played well enough (just like Roma in Serie A). Give them time, they will return stronger. |
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The problem still lies in the coach who is not suitable for Manchester United, because if Rangnick is the exact coach then at least Rangnick can give good results against weaker teams. In fact, Manchester United can still be held to a draw by Burnley, in fact Burnley is currently at the bottom of the standings. See how Tuchel worked for Chelsea even though only with players who were there at the time of his debut for Chelsea but Tuchel could give the UCL title straight away at that time. At least that's a great thing when the coach fits into the team, here at Manchester United they still haven't got an exact coach.
Ragnick can be a good coach in another club but it does not mean that he will be a perfect coach for Manchester United. So far, he does not satisfy expectation of the club or their fans. Based on his management and results so far, I think Manchester United are right to not sign a long term contract with him. A temporary contract is better for the club in general because they will not have to pay compensation fee if they sack Ragnick. It is time for Manchester United to play their absent game tonight. They are going to play a home game against Brighton and this is a tough game for them surely. Brighton haven't lost in the Premier League for seven weeks and this would affect them positively. Manchester United should get prepared really well for this game. They need an immediate win to get rid of this poor form. I don't expect a very comfortable win but I still want to believe that they will be winning this time by a one-goal gap. It could end like 2-1.
Every game now is a tough game for Manchester United but if they can handle internal things and boost their player mentality stronger and more positively, I am sure they can come back. In fact, their player quality is not too bad but the bad thing is in their coach position. From Ole to Ragnick, I don't see they control their players too good. It is bad from a foundation for any success. Next, tactics can be another serious issue. So far, Ragnick has been still unclear on what tactics is best in the club. Players might feel unclear about it as well. |
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