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A) No
B) Over
C) Yes
Tiebreaker: 329 points
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I think there is no way Arsenal are losing today. I'm aware of their current form completely. They have been losing points for three weeks which led to Manchester City's taking the lead in the standings. However there is still no reason for Arsenal players to be demoralized by this. Because they still have the same points with Manchester City and they have another card to use later on as well. That card is their having a missing game to play in a couple of weeks against Everton.
Until that match they need to win all of their matches. Today should be a start for this series. Aston Villa have Emery maybe but their recent form is also bad. After seeing them losing to Leicester home by conceding 4 goals it looks not very unlikely for Arsenal to beat them by a decent score as well.
Aston Villa are no joke they are a good team and I do not think it will be easy for Arsenal but I do think they will win. I did not put them in my predictions because I thought it would be obvious I would go with Arsenal and they are the favorites and they should have the quality to beat Aston Villa. It is a early kick off which sometimes throws teams off and they do not perform their best so there is a little doubt in my mind but I think Arsenal have the drive behind them to challenge for the title and Aston Villa will not be as motivated and do not have the same quality players that Arsenal have. I think it will end 2-1. Arsenal's defense have just been breached yet again, but this time it's just within 6 minutes by a superb finish from Olie watkins, but it didn't take too long for Arsenal to responds back to return the status quo, and puts them in better position to chase a winner now than being a goal down, we've got quite a game on our hands now, because Arsenal now the momentum on their side, but it's still not going to be an easy one by any stretch. EDIT: Arsenal have going behind once again, now can they pull another comeback ? |
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I have big hopes for next couple GW, people will have a lot of problems in them. Careful planning and chip strategy will be essential, as i expect to see some significant rank swings in the next 7-8 GWs. I remember having a lot of fun around this time last year, and it was also during that time i gained the most rank. I'm crossing my fingers that this is the case again  What's also interesting is that there will be legit multiple captaincy options almost every GW, not just Haaland...and that's kinda important. Don't plan to much, you have to give the rest of us a chance to catch up  I can already tell you that we will lose most of the remaining casual players and probably some players in this pool by the end of week 28. More then half of the most transferred in players in last 20 days doesn't have a fixture in GW25 and GW28. Will be fun when those managers realize that. Free hit if they still have one will only cover one of those weeks and then comes resignation and giving up. I am not buying Kilman and Tarkowski because I am mesmerized with their performances they are there just to cover those weeks and cheap enough to be on the bench in normal and double game weeks. Starting with this week, I could give Rashford another chance for captain band, he did deliver for me on TC. Rashford have been pretty solid and very consistent since after the world cup break, and looks like a very viable captain choice, but playing Leicester is making me roll my eyes, and I'm not sure if Kane is still worth having right now, he's been very quite in all Tottenham recent games, and it looks like the only way he would get a goal is through a penalty, because he doesn't even put his opponents CBs in a tough situation trying to keep him out the box, I don't know of any more disorganized team than this Tottenham side, is seems Conte just put some random 11 players on the pitch with no clearer instructions or he just wants them to go figure it out themselves on the pitch. |
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Now, I understand a lot from the game now and have made some costly mistakes that I wish reverend stil. Some of you guys are real pros and aside from how you form your teams, there are tricks to GW that I keep noticing from good point earners. Next season, its going yo be real competitive out here for sure.
The top three guys are the silent killers, they don't share their thoughts here and are silently killing us behind the scenes haha, the most dangerous of them is Icopress, he throws in a one line question here gets what he wants and bang 90 points the next GW, man is tactically gifted and how hw climb up so consistency needs to be studied. trofo I excluded you because you are always sharing your tips with the rest of us, but I have my eyes on you.  VD is a silent killer in many pools, he just signs up and quietly takes our money. Our leader is a fantasy expert and he was excellent in every fantasy season or game I played with him. Icopress is a suprise for me since I know he knew nothing when season started but it just shows that even as a beginner you can do well in this game with a bit of effort. I am suffering from my initial team selection where I made two big mistakes. I thought Haaland will need time to start scoring for City and went with Kane. The other one was starting triple Liverpool with both Trent and Robbo in my team. Never fully recovered but i have been climbing steadily after I rectified those mistakes. I have big hopes for next couple GW, people will have a lot of problems in them. The first couple of weeks was where I got it all wrong too, I didn't stop captaining Salah and always TAA on my team too, and my ego was rather to big to for Toney and Mitrovic despite their consistent goal form, not to speak of my defensive blunders, at least Jose Sa was still giving some decent return, but Man City consistent tweaks and fail to notice the Newcastle and Arsenal defensive prowess but I'm sure there is still enough time to play catch up. |
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Saka, Martinelli, and Ode need a break; they've been playing every fucking game since the beginning of the season, and they're already exhausted, which is affecting the team.. Of course, I'd agree they all need a break but that's the beauty and curse of the English Premier League, there are no easy fixtures and you just can't be allowed to breath when you have a team like Man City lurking around, all Arsenal built so far from the very first of the season is getting undone just in space of 3 bad games, some of which they could have won, but would you say resting those players then and all is working out well for City ? I think the biggest edge City have over their opponents is not just good coach in Guardiola, but a very decent squad depth. Regardless, I don't think needing rest would be enough excuse for Arsenal at this point, because I recall Arteta bringing in a bunch of guys to help reduce the work load on his players, perhaps they just weren't enough, but with we've witnessed Klopp and some other managers win the league with almost single starting XI all season long, or a very minimal rotation. I believe Saka's standards haven't dropped, but some players for have dipped mostly notably Martinelli, I guess there is no better time to have Gabriel Jesus back within their squad than now. |
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I can easily live with the errors I made this week by not reading the question clearly and or being in a hurry since I thought the deadline was very close, but It's quite still alright since I'll be ending up with a draw for this week, so it's not so bad, I'd say.
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As the saying goes, "Sometimes, the only way out is going "All in"", I think I'm going to stop playing the conservative game for the time being at least until I'm to hold a decent position, I've been trying to make the most of just my single free transfers week in, week out and it's all turning for the worse, I just need to take some drastic measures, que sera sera.
I'm looking at the remaining fixtures, and it's going to get harder to predict managers with other tournaments commitments, so I believe it's better to be passive aggressive with my decision, I'm totally shifting my focus away from having reasonable bench players that can fill blank fixtures and bank more on just the starters, and hopefully the transfers gets easier.
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Nice to know my prize money is ready and waiting in escrow. Thanks SB/Cro2 I guess you must have missed the fact I'm a participant in the pool right, but if you're referring to the 2nd or 3rd prize, then it's all good I'm rooting for you all the way. Thanks to Sportsbet, and CRO2 team for the initiative . |
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Arsenal lost this one with individual errors, Tomiyasu gifted the first goal and Gabriel gifted second one. You can't play like that against top teams. Than Nketiah topped it off with two big missed headers. Could have been so much better for gunners.
City on top of the table, but Arsenal with one game less. Can't get closer than this. The problem now is how will Arsenal respond to this situation, I really don't Arsenal as team that will dwell under this kind pressure and the only advantage Arsenal have now is a game in hand, but the season is still pretty much long, and I really fair for the Gunners, but unfortunately for them it's not as though Arsenal are literally being just so shitty in these games, but a few of them feels like luck not just being on their side, Arsenal literally pressed Man City well enough to earn at least a draw, but they lacked the final 3rd brilliance like they have all season long, or is it just City's defense that is quite better tonight. I'm sure I'm not the only one finally waking up from the Arsenal fairytale title chase dream ?? |
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Game 1: 36, 20'
Game 2: 36, 20'
Game 3: 36, 20'
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Can't really decide if Liverpool was good today or Everton was that bad. I need that one more game to make up my mind. All attackers got returns today so maybe it doesn't really matter who to take. I think Liverpool were not subpar or at least better than the average they've been this season, I'm sure looking to bring in some Liverpool players and at least one from Chelsea to when I play my Wild Card, I really just want to get a hang of what these coaches have in mind for their the final run of the season. I'm going back to Salah that's like 70% sure, so it's going to be Salah, Haaland, and De Bruyne premium for me I think, is Arsenal declining already, that's another question I'm waiting to have more clarity on before making my move. |
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I didn't bother watching today's games after seeing the fixtures; I'm sure it was as bad as I imagined. Both of my predictions were incorrect. Milan are going through a very terrible patch, but Tottenham look even worse and Milan were impressive today, forgive me but it's the end of the road for Conte's men imo, and quite off track but what the fuck does Harry Kane actually offer as a striker ??
Harry Kane provides goals and assists, as well as covering the midfield, he is a complete ball playing striker, he doesn't sit and wait for service, he creates it, that's why he's a complete striker, he plays the free role in the team, he offers more generally to the team than anyone else, I understand that sometimes a team needs someone who sits and doesn't involve much in the deep part of the team like Halaand and Lewandowski, but the way Tottenham plays such strikers will not get enough service, which is why Richarlison has struggled whenever he plays. Tottenham were fortunate to have progressed this far, but there is still a lot to play for in England, so I'm not ruling them out just yet. Haaland is more of a striker that doesn't often gets involve in game play, but Lewandowski isn't such a player, he contributes to every aspect of the game perhaps except defense, my problem isn't with Kane participation in the midfield and build up, but he often forgets his primary objective as a striker and create spaces for his midfielders to thrive in, him dropping into SS/ST more often than not makes the job rather more easy for some opponents defense / midfield set up to contain him together with his midfield compatriots without doing extra. |
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2 of 2 so far me, I hope I can keep the trend up  Here is my txid: e3b931ad05f28a3eaa547388849fe8290c902657ad57da0e98aa8ec3bba44aea cc: @Cryptofrka |
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11. Jessica Andrade
10. Zac Pauga
9. Jamal Pogues
8. Marcin Prachnio
7. Alex Hernandez
5. Khusein Askhabov
4. Philipe Lins
3. Nazim Sadykhov
2. A.J. Fletcher
1. Clayton Carpenter
NOT go the Full Distance: 5
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Bucks and Kings though could be the best bet for your $27 Specially the Kings who are the underdog here against the Phoenix Suns. They are very good road team. While the Bucks has the 10 game winning streak and playing at Fiserv against the top seed Celtics. So there is pride on this game, Giannis for sure wanted to get Celtics a beating in this game. I like the Bucks going into tonight game too, not just about being the home team or trying to take some form of pride in the game, the Boston Celtics could also be without their complete 5 starters, with Jaylen Brown, Tatum, and Marcus Smart all ruled out already, and Robert Williams and Al Horford listed as questionable, Milwaukee Bucks could have wished for a better time to face the Celtics, the second unit of Celtics led by Derrick White and Brogdon are still a bit of force to reckon with, so the Bucks shouldn't get all comfortable too. |
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OK so Bayern won, as I expected, just perhaps not with the scoreline I thought. And deserved too, on evidence of possession, corners, attempts, it was just the team who tried more that was rewarded. PSG will fancy their chances on the return leg, though, with most of their key stars expected to play fully fit unlike tonight.
Milan Spurs was really a lottery draw as far as I'm concerned, as stats show it was more even than the scorelines displayed. I thought Spurs would bounce back from their horrible outing to Leicester, especially with Milan indifference in Serie A... how wrong.
Didn't watch any of it though. Dinner was not an option... I went with both AC Milan and Bayern Munich to win, I was lucky to review my picks if not, I'd have had PSG to win still. I literally felt Bayern Munich would win, Messi and Neymar looked rather so ordinary and Bayern Munich were pretty much the better team for almost the entire up to 75 minutes or there about, Messi and Neymar were so easy to contain without the explosiveness of Kylian Mbappe, but Mbappe upon coming on as a substitute made PSG way better and PSG found it much more difficult to keep numerous legs around Messi and Neymar because of what Mbappe is capable of on the break, and he had couple of chances, unfortunately for them and fortunately for me they couldn't find a way back into the game. PSG would be much better in the 2nd leg imo, even though they'll be at Munich, I believe they still have very good qualification chance. Milan are going through a very terrible patch, but Tottenham look even worse and Milan were impressive today, forgive me but it's the end of the road for Conte's men imo, and quite off track but what the fuck does Harry Kane actually offer as a striker ?? He does make forward runs when the winger and midfielders are looking for open runs, he spends most of his time tracking back and playing much more like a #10, I think Conte really needs to start playing Richarlison much more or create a room for him and Kane together on the pitch, because if Kane is to remain their biggest goal threat, and he still plays like this, I'd be surprise they still manage to score 15 goals in all competition for the rest of the season. |
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The only question I find very tricky would regarding LeBron James, he's missed a couple of the last games, he would be fit in time for the all star but if he doesn't play, that's an automatic no for him to win "another MVP" right, or does that invalidate the question ?
It doesn't invalidate it, it makes it a bit harder to guess Yeah, I guess as much, I totally agree with this I believed it is just the standard bookies rules that would apply here because as for NBA rules, for a player props to count even if the said player is said to be on the roster and substitution list, he most record at least a second on the court (playing), so in this case only players that take part in the game as the question stated will count, although It's certain that every healthy player in the list for that day will get at least one minute on the court.
Not quite, if a player is healthy but for example has an argument with the coach and does not enter the game we'd consider him fit to play - therefore we would count on him. I'm still not so sure I agree totally with this, but I agree you're right since the question was "all healthy players to score a point" right ?, but that's a really a nice one you did there, as it makes the question even more tricky and not the usual layman interpretation of "all players that plays should score at least a point", despite reading the question as the former in quote, my interpretation was the latter in quote, without even giving it second thought, I'm sure going forward, I'll have to digest the questions properly before jumping into conclusion. |
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one clarification regarding last question
if a player is not entering the match, due to being injured before the match, will that mean that didn't all players scored points, or only players that will enter the pitch be counted as all players?
when I read what I wrote, it does seem complicated, but hopefully you understood my question
for example, before the match it is announced that some player from roster is injured and will not perform, is that automatic NO as final answer on question 10
Players have to be healthy. If a player doesn't enter the game at all we will check whether there was an injury or not - and that player won't count then. I believed it is just the standard bookies rules that would apply here because as for NBA rules, for a player props to count even if the said player is said to be on the roster and substitution list, he must record at least a second on the court (playing), so in this case only players that take part in the game as the question stated will count, although It's certain that every healthy player in the list for that day will get at least one minute on the court. The only question I find very tricky would regarding LeBron James, he's missed a couple of the last games, he would be fit in time for the all star but if he doesn't play, that's an automatic no for him to win "another MVP" right, or does that invalidate the question ? |
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@Harkorede @CLS63 have a look at your betnomi acc - you should now have received the free bets (from matchday #20) credited to your account good luck with it - maybe you can use it today in some cl games then  cc: @icopress I want to confirm that I've already gotten my free bet from Betnomi, although I squandered and lost it already thanks to the incompetent Nicolas Claxton for costing me a potential $850, you guys are my witness that Nicolas Claxton officially owes me $858, and I'm going to collect my money from him   I should have known better than trust that clown   |
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Congratulations @harkored, you have become the leader of the pool but you have to keep it for the short term the contenders for first place are getting very close to you That's the plan, to keep being competitive and hopefully stay at the top of the table, but it's easier said than done with a pool as competitive as this, one day you get it a bit right the next week, it feels as though you have no clue about football as sport whatsoever, when the results are being finalized. It's not going to be easy as I've said earlier, but I plan on giving every participant a decent run for their money  |
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