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2241  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: I'm officially not a newbie anymore!!! on: April 24, 2022, 07:25:53 PM
I can't blame you if you feel ashamed of newbie rank. Ranks and reputation are the currency of the forum. This makes newbies desperate to increase their rank, desperation can lead newbies making mistakes to get merits to increase their rank. Learn to enjoy your state par time par time, once you pass this rank it's gone forever.
2242  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: African Proverbs in Pidgin on: April 24, 2022, 07:24:33 PM
Proverb: price of bed no dey determine if your sleep go sweet
Meaning: money cannot buy everything
2243  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 24, 2022, 03:58:48 PM
It is not about performance, United wants to keep him but what can they do when he himself is unhappy with the lack of chances and reports some weeks ago said that if situation were to be same like this then he might leave. Rashford has lot of potential but is going through rough patch and who doesn't but clubs still need to hand out chances but they are not utilising him at all.
Marcus Rashford faced bad situation with Manchester United in this season trough less minutes played, but he have on listed name for player selling and arrived Ten Hag not guarantee with his position on Manchester United. I think better moving to other team give minutes guarantee playing actually few months later have World Cup event, without got chance play with club will difficult for him because England player will join on FIFA World Cup 2022. I believe Marcus Rashford is potential player but difficult for him how to get more minutes playing trough Ralf Ragnick manager.
I actually think after Manchester United is been able to show Harry Maguire the door,  Marcus  Rashford should follow suit; honestly that should be the best order because I don't see Rashford improving especially in United shirts. He probably would do better in other clubs. For the sake of getting your players I feel Marcus Rashford should at least be given one more season at United. Just maybe he will be better under Erik Ten Hag.
2244  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 23, 2022, 08:41:53 PM
Transfer rumours:

Mohamed Salah wants to stay at Liverpool but his long-term future is uncertain with no agreement reached on contract negotiations and the 29-year-old Egypt forward saying money is not the only factor. Salah is Liverpool’s best footballer and has already become a symbol of the club in a way. I believe the club will do anything to keep him on the team.
Paris St-Germain have made France striker Kylian Mbappe, 23, a contract offer worth 50m euros (£42m) a year, which would make him the club's highest earner. His much reported move to Real Madrid has reportedly stalled over the player's image rights. It seems that the story with Real has just become more complicated. Is it really possible for Mbappe to change his mind and stay at the club?
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte is keen on managing PSG next season and is confident of replacing former Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino at Parc des Princes. Is a big coaching change in Paris just about to take place?
Newcastle are preparing a move for PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas, who will leave the Ligue 1 leaders in the summer, but the 35-year-old Costa Rica veteran is also attracting interest from Juventus and Sevilla. Navas is probably one of the most underrated goalkeepers in the world. Which offer will he accept in the end?
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has ruled out moving to Manchester United. The 29-year-old Germany international becomes a free agent in the summer but is only considering clubs in next season's Champions League. Due to the sporting failures of recent years, Manchester United is increasingly losing its reputation and it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to bring in the best footballers in the world.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/61194084
Mohammed Salah best bet has always to stay at Liverpool where his career was resuscitated, switching clubs now might affect his performance just like Eden Hazard leaving Chelsea to join Real Madrid. Despite still being the coach of Tottenham Hotspur Antonio Conte is clearly flirting with PSG. Basically, showing interest in coaching PSG next season probably because Spurs aren't going to qualify for the Champion's league plus the team is frustrating his efforts.
2245  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 23, 2022, 03:25:53 PM
Next seasons transfer market is really going to be a hot one,because every team is looking forward to adding to the present club.A team like Arsenal and Manchester United is in need of players at different positions in the team,and will dig deep into the transfer market to get those players.
Arsenal are in need of at least two attackers,and central midfielder that will pair with Partey and Xhaka,and also a very strong left back that will cover for Tierney.They will be  letting Nketiah and Lacazette go and a replacements will be signed.

I really hope Arsenal will be able to do good business in the transfer market this summer though, they are certainly not known to be big spenders but they need a good striker option after letting go of Aubameyang. Apparently, Lacazette is out of favor at the club too and will likely leave, Nketiah hasn't be consistent all season until recently and Arteta might release him too.
2246  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 23, 2022, 01:27:34 PM
This will be Paul Pogba's last season at Manchester United as confirmed by Fabrizio.
For me Pogba has been faking injuries several times , I already know he was not going to continue further news about contract extension where plain speculations and fake news.
There are rumors that Manchester United are already looking for a suitable replacement for Paul Pogba and in recent games, the fans have been booing him. It seems like Pogba exit from the club is imminent but I think the fans and board won't have much to complain if the incoming coach insist that he need Pogba to stay, and he stayed. I don't think Pogba is the worse player wearing United Shirt though, he is just an easy target.
2247  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Round of 16! on: April 23, 2022, 01:20:30 PM
Manchester City vs Real Madrid game next week is going to be the most attracting one to me. But I'm going to watch both of the semi-final games of course. For the game I mentioned, I think that Manchester City are going to have a dominant game in Etihad as always. I don't think that Real Madrid will be able to overwhelm their opponent at any point of the game. But they can make really deadly counter-attacks in this game too. Vinicius Junior - Benzema duo are going to be very dangerous for Manchester City if they have many opportunities.
Manchester City vs Real Madrid is surely going to be had most attraction from fans as currently both teams are at top in their leagues and having amazing form with some quality players but here things are going in favor of Ream Madrid because they have some amazing run of form in this competition specially as when we have results against PSG one of amazing matches in my life.

But, here Manchester City needs some good planning if they want to go through into final and want to win their maiden Champions League trophy they surely play aggressive game and try to have minimum 2 goals lead which can secure their place otherwise there is no chance for them against Real Madrid in away match for progress into final.
Manchester City should be able to win Real Madrid if all things are being equal, Real Madrid team cannot do without Benzema. It is truth they have the likes of Vinicius Jnr and Modric to display some level of brilliance that could swing the game to their advantage but Vinicius is not consistent game after game and Modric can be marked out. As for Manchester City, their major worries is the injuries plaguing the team now and this might just give Real Madrid the advantage.
2248  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: April 23, 2022, 01:17:37 PM
Barcelona sudden turnaround at the middle of the season is still a misery to me. The catalans have been unbeaten for the last 14 games this season when their new boss, Xavi's took over. Although they started poorly this season, but they even tried to be ranked second this season after stupendous games. Xavi's defeat Carlo Ancelloti side this season. They humiliated Real Madrid 4 Nil this season. Barcelona is getting back to their winning ways, after their 2 lost on a row. Both in Europa which resulted to them getting eliminated by Frankfurt in Camp Nou. However, their performance in La Liga are impressive.

Yes it's a good achievement since Xavi took over at Barcelona and we have to admit that Barcelona has experienced a very significant improvement
But have to remember Barcelona don't have important games ahead I predict they can make a few more surprises
Indeed, Xavi became a factor in the increase in Barcelona's appearance. Although he was doubtful at the beginning of his signing, Xavi showed that he could bring Barcelona out of a bad situation. And now it is the result of their hard work, yes now they are ranked 2nd in the standings and improved long before Xavi took charge of this team.
With Xavi who managed to restore the best form and also managed to bring Barcelona back into the top 4, basically that's enough. But sometimes some of them will just keep asking for higher achievements without considering a process, so they are still not satisfied with this achievement. Because for me, even though this season Barcelona is without a trophy but with them being able to finish in the top 4 it is already great because they actually started the season badly. Therefore, there is still next season which I think, next season will be a testament for Barcelona to be even better and of course targeting some trophies.
I think Xavi is doing a great job at Barcelona at moment, he can't be blamed for how the season has been so far. The damage was already caused by Koeman before he was sacked, all Xavi can really do is try to make best of the situation. He can judged next season but for this season, the main goal was to make it to top 4 for UEFA Champion's League.
2249  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: April 22, 2022, 07:44:39 PM
You're right, Barcelona just lucky to score in the 11th minute after that there is no good opportunity Real Sociedad takes over the game
From what I saw Real Sociedad almost scored at least 3 times unfortunately the accuracy of the attack is not so perfect
My conclusion even though Barcelona wins but does not show that they return to the best performance.
barcelona game was not very good last night, last night's victory was also a big sacrifice for barcelona because several players suffered injuries in the match against real sociedad, Ronald Araujo, Jordi Alba, Gerard Pique and Dani Alves, Well this situation will certainly be detrimental Barcelona in a match that  will come because it could be the injury experienced by some players cannot heal in a short time.
Barcelona won this game through the grace of God, even though they did not play well. Auba is delivering the goods for Barca right now, and I don't think it's necessary to add a striker. It's his prime duty to score goals, so I'm glad he's doing it. Aubameyang is a gifted player, and he will do great things next season. However, statistics can be deceptive.
Barcelona deserves to win the game by the way. Sergio Busquet was incredible and displayed a master class but Real Sociedad did gave Barcelona a run for their money too. Raphina, who was a former Barcelona player was playing like a wounded lion for Sociedad and was easily the best player in the opposition.
2250  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 22, 2022, 07:21:55 PM
Erik Ten Hag shouldn't be over hyped yet. To me I believe Manchester united problem is beyond having a new manager. Except Erik Ten Hag is coming with the mind of recycling the team else the same set backs Ralf Rangnick experienced it will be similar to that of Erik Ten Hag. I wish united the best but the should also consider changing their players as well
I agree with what you said, after Ferguson retired, Manchester United had changed coaches several times but until now none of the coaches have been able to restore the glory of Manchester United, so I also think that it is time for Ten Hag to destroy the philosophy that has been abandoned so far by fergie and rebuilding manchester united as a whole with his coaching metode.
After Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United performance not consistent yet and failure get primer league trophy and good achievement on champion league. I think Manchester United fans havee big expectation with Ten Hag can bring back the glory of Manchester United, but still waiting with this season how possibility for Manchester United can finish with top fourth and get champion league ticket next season? Will see many player composition change under Ten Hag era and become speculative with Cristiano Ronaldo, keep extended or not?
Manchester United appointing Erik Ten Hag will certainly bring a fresh of breath of fresh air to the club and cause fans to want to believe again. I also think he might not be as successful as Sir Alex Ferguson even if he is not backed adamantly by the board. First, he need to remove captain band from Harry Maguire and loan him to other team.
2251  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: April 22, 2022, 07:17:59 PM
Today, neither Manchester United's performance nor their home is secure. Harry Maguire, United's captain, received a bomb threat recently. News of the threat spread after United's disastrous performance against Liverpool. It's sad that Manchester United fans believe he is their only problem. The guy's performance in past contests has been awful, but no one deserves such a threat. Is anyone doing better than him? It must even be wearying for the players. You can put your faith in Arsenal, at least they are performing better in the league.
Maguire does not deserve to be a captain of a big club like Manchester United. I remembered that Mourinho did not want to buy Maguire because of his slow pace which is a terrible drawback against fast attacking players. After a few seasons in Old Trafford, Maguire proves that Mourinho was right, at least about his pace.

I agree with you that Maguire is not the only reason why Manchester United played too bad. Other players are responsible for the club terrible results too. I also disagree with fans who sent threats physically or mentally to Maguire. Such responses can not help Maguire to come back to his best.

About Manchester United, I believe they made another stupid mistake by announcing Ten Hag as their new coach next season too soon. It will destroy motivation of their players and might negatively affect their ending position in this season.
This is a shame and shouldn't be condole in this beautiful game. Harry Maguire has been nothing less than a setback to the Manchester United team but no one truly deserves be threatened this way. The authorities should go into this and I hope this doesn’t stop him from being in the team for a while because I actually want him to play against Arsenal.
2252  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Round of 16! on: April 22, 2022, 06:47:57 PM
City have been among the top favorites to win the Champions League for years, but have managed to make it happen once again. That must frustrate Guardiola somewhere in the back of his mind, so many good players, such a good team and it doesn't work every time. Best result reaching the final. I don't think it will work out for them this year either. Real Madrid could well be the final station actually.
Manchester City is currently one off best club in world with too many quality players and having manager like Guardiola they have done amazing things in last few years, but sadly they fail to win any Champions League which is big misery for many, but we can say as it is also bad luck because with this all they can win but never have mean lady of luck never favor them for this, and they are losing again and again just in hands of this lady of luck now again in this season they are amazing and having good fair chance, but now they are going to face giant killers Real Madrid which is having very good support from lady of luck in these competitions and won many matches those were never been expected as they can win so lets watch now in this season what we have from these two amazing teams of European soccer.
Manchester City will be hoping Kevin De Buryne will be back for the Champion's league tie against Real Madrid. I think he's the most important player in the City's squad because of his ball vision. The club will be demanding that the likes of Foden and Bernado need to pull up their game in this fixture. I strongly believe they haven't done enough in previous games.
2253  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Round of 16! on: April 22, 2022, 06:30:30 PM
Real Madrid slightly benefited in the first leg against Manchester City, almost 6-day break in the competition schedule is a good time for the Real Madrid squad to rest compared to Manchester City who still have a game against Watford this weekend. Between Manchester City and Real Madrid have match last night and both team success got good result but different with Manchester City have home match against with Watford on April 23 and four days later will against with Real Madrid, except with Madrid after last night match defeated Osasuna just waiting with Manchester City match only.
Maybe in terms of rest they will be favored but don't forget this first leg we will travel to the Etihad which indeed could be a blow too because City fans can be mentally shaken right now.
Well even though I'm still at Madrid's side now because of his performances but we also shouldn't be too confident because City are not an easy opponent to tame right now.

I think we all need to remember that the Real Madrid squad is a little old. And the rest will do a lot of good for them. I am sure that Manchester City is going to make it really hard for them to win. because, in my opinion, Manchester city is a lot better than the opponents that Real Madrid have faced before in this year's Champions League.  

But, this time I am not going to say that Manchester City will win because I have said that for the past two games and Real Madrid proved me wrong.
Real Madrid need to sign Kylian Mbappe or Erling Haaland to take over from Benzema, Vinicius Junior is not a striker neither is Asensio. The team actually looked a lot more better with Asensio and Valverde, they took a lot of risk pushing forward but Real Madrid need a clinical finisher.
2254  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: April 20, 2022, 07:41:18 PM
Why England? Historically, they are the losers of every World Cup (except the one they won 100 years ago)  Grin
As for Brazil and Argentina, these teams almost never won the world championships that were not held at their longitude, this championship should rather belong to Europe if we take this factor into account. And Germany has a chance no worse than the rest of the favorites in my opinion.

Just because historically they haven't had good results doesn't mean they can't be different now.
Portugal has historically never been able to win a European Championship, and won in 2016 against all odds.

What I want to say is that the current England squad is very strong, and they have a more international style of play, staying on the same level as other countries.
And Euro 2020 was an excellent example of that, I only lose on penalties against Italia, which doesn't even go to the World Cup.

So, looking at the current conditions, and not at what has been done in the last 80 years, I see England as a team capable of reaching the final.
I think that England has a decent chance to make it to the final of the world cup, after all their group even if it is filled with matches with political controversies they should still easily win Group B. And then in the next round they will have to face the runner up of the Group A which is the weakest by far.

So with this in mind England should be able to make it to the quarterfinals without any problems and from then on they will have to depend on their own performance and only beat 3 good teams in a row, which is a very easy path compared to what Spain, Germany or Brazil have to face.
For every world cup before now, it has been the same story for the English national team, they are easily tipped to be one of the teams that would have a decent competition but they tend to fall short of expectations as always. I think England can make it to the quarter finals but I don't see them going beyond that or probably at best they will end up at the semifinals.
2255  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: April 20, 2022, 07:39:21 PM
I was really surprised to see Barcelona losing to Cadiz in a game home by 1-0. It was totally unexpected of course and even they weren't seeing it coming. And their next game is going to be against Real Sociedad away. This is even a tough game for Barcelona as their competitor is trying to qualify for a European tournament next season. Barcelona already destroyed them by 4-2 in Camp Nou actually. And they weren't this much good those times too. But we might see a draw this time we never know. I think Real Sociedad would fight back hard.
Barcelona did lose to Cadiz and out from Europa League too in a week but this is not the first time they are having difficulty with Cadiz though. In as much, rival fans will want to banter Xavi and Barcelona, the truth is this team is in progress and it seems to me that the rebuilding project is going on well.
2256  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: April 20, 2022, 06:43:09 AM
In this minute, Bruno Guimaraes saved his team by scoring his second goal in the game at the same time. And Newcastle are far away from the relegation area now which is really good news for them.
What a bloody player. Great result in a game where, even though they didn't dictate the pace, I think they defended well and prevented Leicester city from getting many sniffs at goal at all. Figured a draw was a fair result, but it was fantastic to nab a late winner for sure. They have embarked upon an impressive turnaround in form which has lifted them from the thick of a relegation battle to a 12-point cushion on the bottom three with six games left to play. Though they remain technically not yet clear of the drop, Newcastle will be able breathe easier with another crucial three points under their belt, and can likely look towards another season in the top flight next term.

Bruno Guimaraes is the best and most influential player in Newcastle so far he has help them win five successive EPL home games for the first time in three years and this has helped them drift far away from the relegation area. Leicester City seems to be on top of the game during second half but the truth is they literally  didn't threaten Newcastle goalie once, they were just passing the ball around the back for most the game till Bruno struck.
2257  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Round of 16! on: April 20, 2022, 04:32:09 AM
Agreed, it's not only me who doubts Villareal, because even though they reached the semi-final points it has done them a lot of miracles. Liverpool is a tough club, disciplined and easier to control emotions. So I won't doubt the mentality of the Liverpool players on the pitch. Especially with Klopp's strategic game, which is always easy to get up to reverse the opponent's pressure.
Liverpool are favorites for this season's Champions League final and if they make it to the final then I'm sure they will win the title this season. I just want Liverpool to play as expected and not underestimate Villarreal because to be honest Villarreal can still score goals and survive until the end of the match.

Besides I want Liverpool to be in the final, I also want Manchester City to reach another final this season and try to win the title. Regardless of whether they are successful or not this season but the game against Madrid is a game that might be called the pre-final of this season.
I think the proper semifinals fixture for this season champion's league should have been Liverpool Vs Bayern Munich and Manchester city Vs Real Madrid but Bayern Munich underestimated Villarreal and that empowered Villarreal to knock them out. Real Madrid vs Manchester Ciy fixture is easily the favorite fixture every fan want to see because of the strengths of both team.
2258  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 20, 2022, 04:23:19 AM
Man Utd will attempts to get new midfielder because seems Pogba confirmed will leave Man Utd because refuse to extended his contract and the recent rumour is Man Utd want to bought Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio and why Man Utd want him because they consider Sergej Milinkovic-Savic have equal skill to Pogba and his performance also during play for Lazio was quite stable and price tag for him is 70 millions euro
This is the seventh year now Manchester United have been chasing Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and still Lazio haven’t increased his salary. He is a top player by all standard but still below Paul Pogba's clsss though. Sergej Milinković-Savić has been directly involved in 19 league goals this season, scoring 9 goals so far. Can he really thrive at Manchester United?
2259  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Round of 16! on: April 19, 2022, 11:49:20 PM
I'm thinking also that Villarreal isn't a weak team in this season. They're playing good and they've played well today also. They're performing regularly and I hope it will be a good match between Villarreal and Liverpool.
If we focused to see the performance of Villareal in UCL competition only, surely this team deserves to call a big team this season. Although most of their players aren't famous as well as Bayern or Juventus players, they can prove us by beating these two strong teams. A big team isn't only determined by the many popular players on the squad, but how the ambition of the team and how good they can show the ambition in each match. In this season, Villareal clearly showed us that they have a big ambition to get high achievement in UCL, even they seem not really care about their position in La Liga.  Grin

At UCL, they are always showing good performance so far. So, we can expect that the match between Liverpool vs Villareal, will be a tight match. Don't underestimate again Villareal, this team can surprise us any time.

Truthfully, say about three to four years ago, I never thought I would be saying that I'm really worried about maybe facing Villareal in the UCL semifinals, and that Bayern Munich would have been a much easier tie. It will be detrimental for any Liverpool fan to undermine or underestimate this Villarreal team, Emery have been doing a great job and they deserve to be given the respect. Benzema is key in the Real Madrid vs Manchester City fixture and if Pep can get his boys to withheld the ball there's little or nothing Real Madrid and Benzema can do.
2260  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: April 19, 2022, 10:33:47 PM
Arsenal could stand a chance against Chelsea since it's a derby match, they might be motivated to give a better fight. Again, Chelsea is having injury worries with the likes of Mateo Kovacic and Callum Hudson-Odoi ruled out.
Despite these injuries, Chelsea is still far a better and stronger team than Arsenal. Honestly they should be able to beat Arsenal regardless.
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