The problem is when sell a player to bring in him in next week, you'd lose some transfer budget, and I've also got Rodrigo on some knock.

Only way I'd sell Haaland is if I'm gonna go without him for the remaining two weeks after tomorrow, I really haven't made my mind up yet as to how to go about it, but I'll come up with something

The odds look good in terms of value, but I'd gladly pass on it, because I think are easily going to concede a goal or two, Haaland is likely not to start, so I'm sure Guardiola tactical ingenuity might come to hunt him again because I'm quite looking forward a couple of tweaks if Haaland doesn't start then it's likely we'll have De Bruyne play further forward while I like the calm he and composure he brings when playing deeper.

I believe the new buyers understand football, like someone here already mentioned and building an efficient squad takes more than just an all out buy, which often almost never works immediately for any team, they've got a really decent coach that can identify what's needed to make the team better and I believe that's quite evident with every transfer they made so far, I believe If they club retains Howe for at least 3-4 seasons with the kind of budget he's got, there will be another big team to worry about for the likes of Chelsea, City and Liverpool.

I understand your point and I quite agree, especially with Ben Simmons, but he's just got to face it, and the only way to get through it, is to go through it. but that asides he made some pretty solid defensive plays and decisions with setting screens and whatnot, if only Kyrie Irving and Durant, even Royce have had the shot fall, they could have won, or at least stand a better chance.

Brooklyn Nets actually looks pretty solid too me rn, but they just still out of sync, they made good plays last night but their just shots just would not fall into the basket, they stood a pretty decent chance to win the game last night, but it was all down to their very poor FGM% and some little details, once they get that sorted, they should surely be the real deal.

That being said I'm still going to fade on them tonight and back the Mavericks, but I'll only be settling for the ML

Just way too many dramas for one Uefa Champions League night, from Harry Kane's goal (looks pretty solidly legal to me), and I've also seen several top football analysts argue why the goals should have been allowed, but VAR, you just might never be sure until they give their verdict, often solely based on their own discretion.

Another drama was Atletico Madrid getting a penalty after the final whistle have already been blown, first time I'm witnessing sure a drama tbh, they eventually lost the penalty while the save fell kindly enough for them, but the send attempt hit the crossbar, and still fell quite nice enough for them, only for them to have it deflected by a whisker too, all in the space of less 30 seconds, not just their night to be, I'd say.

I think they're doing a lot better than they're getting credit for, just because they have a blank cheque which haven't been put to a full use yet and their biggest signing have barely been of much use too, meanwhile the team seem to be highly motivated.

They've lost just only one game (to Liverpool, which was a 98th minute goal, as well) despite having played against teams like Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United and even this season's somewhat impressive at the early stage's Brighton, I'd say that deserves some commendation to say the least, and despite all of these aforementioned fixtures, they've conceded the least amount of goals compared to any other team in the league, only City, Chelsea and Arsenal comes joint second in the aspect, meanwhile they've all played a fixture less than Newcastle.

Newcastle also have one of the best goal difference +10 or goal scored to goal conceded ratio 2:1 in the league currently as well, also only just Man City and Arsenal (slightly) have done better in that aspect.

For what it's worth, I think their season so far is nothing short of a brilliant success, considering the fixture they've played so far and what's left for the first half of the season, it probably can only get better, however, that's just my personal opinion and it's solely based on an informed guess..

I think Lakers problem actually trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, I think having Lebron might actually be a part of that problem because of the expectation of him to single handedly carry them along side a barely usually healthy Anthony Davis all season long, AD is always barely healthy and was already holding is back yesterday again, even LeBron had an awful night yesterday, so at least there was no finger pointing towards WestBrook. AD is a fantastic player and option for Lakers when fit, but how many of the 82 regular games can he be predicted to be actually available for, and I'm not talking about major surgery or injuries, and as for Westbrook, I actually believe he's fall off his usual best, but not by so much imo, if we're being honest statistically, he's always been stats paddling and we all probably know it already, and I also think he's just being primarily tasked with doing tasks he's not accustomed to, he's wasn't praised in his former teams for dropping points like LeBron each night so expectation of such standards is highly ridiculous imo, and he's succumbing to those pressures by trying to do too much, which only leads to more problems for him and the team as a whole.

I hope one of your perfect scenario turns out to be true, but definitely not the latter... I'm not optimistic enough to think Inter would lose to Victoria Plzen, but should that happen I'll definitely have my money on Barcelona to win.

I'm not anticipating a lot of twists and turns tonight, I currently have Bayern and Barcelona on BTTS as well as Tottenham vs Sporting Lisbon and, Ajax vs Liverpool.

Seem our fate are somewhat intertwined for tonight, I got some bills on Valanciunas over 11.5 rebs + CJ McCollum Over 5.5 assists and Chris Wood Over 7.5  Rebs from the second tipoff of tonight, I believe Chris Wood is more of complete Center than what the Mavericks had with Powell, but I hope he gets better minutes than JaVale McGee being preferred as the starter but getting lesser minutes.

EDIT: Despite being an entertaining game, it was a really weird one statistically, and I think Pelicans having to dig deep into their played a major factor there.

I hope you didn't make the bet a multi and went with the singles instead, at least you'd have hit that beautiful City draw, I really was expecting an explosive game between both sides, but it seems that's the switch places with Benfica vs Juventus, what an impressive display from Benfica all through the 5 games, they're still yet to lose a game, defeated Juventus both home and away, and were also able to hold PSG to draw over both fixtures as well, this is some 2-5 years ago Ajax-esque display and I'd say they are side to be very weary of regardless of their opponents gets to be in knockout stages.

I'm not going to make much of Barcelona game, except of course something interesting happens at Italy between Inter and Plzen, either way, I'll be expecting goals at both ends.

I really don't think Milan vs Zagreb would be an entertaining match to see and I don't even see much goals in it, I'll likely be tuned into Man City vs Dortmund, or Juventus vs Benfica, both matches should be quite dramatic and/or entertaining.

10. Calvin Kattar
9. Max Griffin
8. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
7. Josh Fremd
6. Dustin Jacoby
5. Phil Hawes
4. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
3. Junyong Park
2. Chase Hooper
1. Cody Durden


Match 10 winner Total Strikes: 75

1.  Astros
2.  6 games
3.  7 runs

1.  Paul
2.  Over 6.5 Rounds
3.  UD

I don't think any team will be more focused on the league than Champions League, at least not this early, but I understand your drift, they tend to look like two different teams, but If were being honest, the result the team has gotten from champions league matches doesn't really portray what transpired in those games, Barcelona could justifiably won each of their last 3 games, the result weren't just in their favor, they were the team in each and every of those matches, even if it's just slightly better but the 3 points is all that matters in the end, and It's an awful situation to be in, honestly.

1. TB
2. TB
3. TB
4. Yes
5. Under
6. 3rd
7. Odd
8. Odd
9. BAL
10. TB

Final Score prediction  21-15

I'm fancying a couple over and under bets, rather than the spread, I'm still getting used to new season, and players at different teams.

Raptors vs Miami Heat are playing for the second time in 3 days, It was a scrappy game the other night and both barely able to the Overs, despite an early high scoring half, I would expect much of the same style of play/result, So I find the Over 214.5 to be of decent value and, that'd be my call.

It was a terrible week for me in the pool, I was able to rack up just 4 points in total and I dropped by 5 places all the way to 15th, Kudos to all of you guys sharing the yellow cap because It wasn't an easy week and and 10.5 points as the joint best also shows how tough the week was on an average.

I was also rooting for Bournemouth to score a goal, I had BTTS on a bet slip and I also went with 2-1 in the pool, so it could have been a win-win situation had that happened.

That's the fact I've actually been trying to emphasize since the beginning of this season, there's definitely room for improvements in certain areas of the team, but they're a beautiful team in progress, I know they're a lot expectations and the results haven't entirely gone in Barca's favor in certain instances.

Getting eliminated early in the UCL was just them being unlucky, because both matches they lost, they should have gotten a point or more from either them and didn't play awfully too, but the team still lack a bit chemistry and the new guys at the heart of defense are struggling with fitness and knocks, but everything in attack and midfield are doing literally quite alright.