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281  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling is not place to make money is place to lose it? on: June 09, 2024, 12:01:56 PM
Hi everyone,

Gambling has become very popular in the world , especially after the changes that have occurred over the years with modern technology and the abundance of games, we can now gamble with one push    anywhere and anytime . More money is flowing to sites and casinos in huge quantities, and everyone’s goal is to win more ,As is always known, if there is a loser, there is a winner, and I don't think that the percentage of losers is greater than the winners .

Is this true gambling is not place to make money is place to lose it?

who said so? Haven't you heard of people who becomes a multi millionaire through gambling, gambling can change lifestyle in one day why because it's a game of luck. If gambling isn't a place to make money, why are people gambling every day and night? Is it for fun or you just want to give out the little money to the casino gambling. First one thing you should know is that their are set of people who gambles, some gamble because they are earning from it why some gamble because they are just try to meet up with their monthly incomes. So even if you're gambling for fun you're also chasing for the money and in gambling you losses occurs more than winning, why because it's a game of luck and risk and through taking the risk you can become a millionaire not in one day but as long you're continually doing it. So for me every one gambles for the money not for the lose.
You can't stop people from saying gambling is a place to lose money because that is their personal experience and might possibly be different from yours. But for sure you can't deny that you often lose rather than win and I think everyone has the same experience. But some gamblers are not leaving, they stay gambling because they are now on the chase of their losses, not by just making fun of it.
Yes, some got millions but we never know how much they lost before. So if we think it a place to lose, yes but of course, this is also a place to enjoy life with friends and other people. Some gamblers are doing well while others are in trouble.
Seeing gambling as a place to make money is a wrong concept. Gambling should be done for fun and if along the line, you made profit it makes it more funkie. I know some gamblers that have won huge amount of money but most of them misused the money and if you see them now, it is like they haven't seen such huge funds that they won in their lives. It is all gone back to gambling, because they want to win again.

When you are not contented with your wins, it will be taken back from you, if you don't quit the game and need more wins. People that benefit from gambling are discipline gamblers who believes that it was through lunch that made them hit it big. They will invest the money into a business to continue increasing the money.
282  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Team strength as the main predictor. on: June 09, 2024, 10:51:40 AM
The strength of a team varies in different matches and that is sometimes based on the club that they are playing and their motivation in that particular match. Nobody is perfect and so are the clubs, sometimes these strong clubs underestimate the underdogs that want to play with them, and when they get to the field unprepared, the opposite will be the case.

A team with good strength needs to take every match more serious than the previous match even if their opponent is an undergo for them to be able to maintain their strength, otherwise, the undergo might win them. We have seen it playing out in football matches this season.
283  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: June 08, 2024, 06:53:02 PM
There was great interest in Julián Álvarez, especially from PSG. Today City made a statement, loan offers for Álvarez will not be accepted this Summer. The player's playing time will increase. It's the right move for City, he could guarantee his place in the rotation. I don't understand why he says he wants to play more when he played almost all the games last season. He missed only two games in the league and came on as a substitute in only five games.
Manchester City’s management is trying to be sure of Haaland, if Haaland will not be leaving anytime soon, then they can send him out on loan, but his performance last proves that he is very good, he just lack enough playing time, and if they can give him the playing time, he will do better.
I think City is trying everything possible not to let him go so that they cannot regret it letter if Haaland all of a sudden decided to leave them because he can leave to Madrid because Madrid after getting Mbappe will try if they can get Haaland to make their squad complete.
What are you really saying mate,do you watch football atall,or you are just a poster,Haaland is a regular starter,and Mancity cannot send him on loan when he is delivering for them day in day out.He is their best striker,and for the past two seasons now,he has been the highest goal scorer in the English Premier league, therefore,they can't even contemplate on selling him or sending him out on loan.Mancity is very okay with the performance of Haaland for the past two seasons,and if his contract expires,they would think of renewing it because they won't want to lose the best striker.
Manchester city will not think of selling Haaland who is their goal machine at all time. If Haaland leaves City, they will suffer to get a good striker like him and that is the reason why they will not let him go. He is still young and has a lot to give to City.

Haaland was still able to win the highest goal scorer last season without playing in some matches due to injury. De Bruyne works hand in ha d with Haaland because he will never miss the net if he is properly positioned. No club will want to lose such a player at the moment when other clubs are busy buying professional players to add to their team.
284  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Internet connectivity - Gambling wins/losses on: June 08, 2024, 05:48:36 PM
It's only in our nature to blame things around us when we are losing, be it gambling, playing a video game, etc... When playing online gambling, we rely too much in our internet, so this is the ones who will mainly got blamed when we lose our bet and then it co-incidentally get slower or disconnected. You already checked the fairness and it was still the same, so the internet connection didn't bring a negative impact in our game.

All our what if's and thoughts are only in our head, but apart from being negative when that moment occurs, I remember I also feel positive one time. It's when I'm losing and the internet turned bad suddenly, which delays the animation in my screen but eventually wins are coming out like crazy and that resulted me to recover and win some more. It was a wild experience though.
Gamblers are always looking for ways not to accept that their losses are normal and they will want to put the blame on something or someone. I don't see how internet connection will make you lose you bet when if your internet is down the casino will know that you are not online and the game will stop.

Gambling is based on luck and whenever you lose put the blame on yourself for not being lucky enough to win the game. Maybe this will help you understand gambling better. I use to have all these different thoughts of why I am always losing my bet because, I was gambling for profit when I started gambling. Presently, I see my losses as something I cannot do without, even though I hate losing.
285  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy Buy Buy or Sell Sell Sell? on: June 08, 2024, 05:00:33 PM
The point is you don't build wealth by diversification, what's the need of having so many asset and so little invested in all, as a bitcoin investor you should focus on building a good stash in bitcoin first before you think of diversifying, then when you have at least a while year of your living expenses in bitcoin then you can consider diversifying into other asset.
I don't know how you arrived at this statement but I have noticed it to be the case with most of the world's billionaires,  they became rich through a single product before some of them diversified. Bill Gate, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and many others were all known for a single product which made them rich before they later diversified into others things. So it could be said that starting an investment career or wealth creation process might require one to focus on one asset which in our case is Bitcoin, this way it will be given the attention it deserves. Diversification should only be consider probably when one have riched his portfolio objectives in terms Bitcoin stash.

Bitcoin right now has more potential than any other asset I know, so it's a better idea to focus on building my Portfolio in it and this could take up to 4 years before I can have a whole year of my living expenses in bitcoin because of how much I'm investing now and it could also differ with someone else.
Most times diversification is not just about the profit margin but as a way of spreading the risk. People diversify on the basis of hedging against risk so that they will remain afloat no matter what the future throws at them. We understand that the risk in Bitcoin is less but then you cannot completely know what the future have to offer.



I agree with you.
When one invest in Bitcoin he Should firstly build  a good solid Bitcoin portfolio and focus on it not thinking about diversifying into any shit coin, if diversifying should be considered probably into any other physical asset of which the funds are readily available and not related to Bitcoin funds or holdings.
As you mentioned which I agree as the merits of diversifying and also affirm that wealth can be made through Diversifying with the right assets.
I don't like the idea of diversifying your bitcoin portfolio into shitcoin because I don't think that shitcoin is an assest and it is in the same line with bitcoin. You should understand that bitoin is king and other cryptocurrency depends on bitcoin price movement for them to perform in the market. So if you diversify into shitcoin when bitcoin price dips, all your investment will depreciate in value making it more risky.

It is good to diversify into other investments like bond, stock, cash related properties and cash equivalents so that if bitcoin price dips your other investments will not face the same value depreciation but they might be into profit at that time, balancing up your investments value. It is good to diversify into assest that will last very long.
286  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season on: June 08, 2024, 04:35:00 PM
For Real Madrid to have that amount of champions league which is considered to be the most difficult competition in Europe, it show that they are the most successful team in Europe and considering their squad next season, most football analysts have already predicted that Real Madrid would once again win the champions league. Having Mbappe in the team is a great opportunity for them to do better than the just concluded season. Don't quote me wrong, they played outstandingly well last season but I believe they'll do better next season in terms of goals and possession. Real Madrid has always been Mbappe's dream club and it's obvious he is happy about his signings.
It is well known that Real Madrid has the most trophies.

We should never overestimate Real Madrid for the arrival of Mbappe so as to ignore how other teams might be able to beat Real Madrid, that any team can beat Real Madrid, don't be too fanatical about the team whose popular players are still not guaranteed anything.

Statistically the Real Madrid game is not to be doubted, it's all great players, but I don't want Real Madrid to be the only team that can't be beaten, then I won't agree we will see next season with the new UCL format that can change the atmosphere.
Real Madrid signed Mbappe, the most wanted player in the world. Superstars abound on their roster, and a museum could hold all of their awards. They're the favorites to win now. Still, hold on. Not yet final. Man, Kroos and Nacho are gone. They were the team's soul. There will be a change even if Real Madrid has young players ready to mature. Created chemistry in this sport takes time. An further complication will be the Champions League framework change the following year. Real Madrid is undoubtedly the team to beat. Never undervalue the power of an underdog. These hungry squads, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, PSG, can beat anybody. There is going to be chaos this season
I don't see any changes in Manchester city squad and I know that Pep will take UCL more serious next season because he is now used to winning EPL. Real Madrid might not win UCL next season but they will fight to see how possible it will be for them to defend the trophy. I would not involve Bayern Munich yet until I see their performance next season.

Who knows, a different club that is not having a big name like all these clubs that you mentioned above might be the club to win some big clubs. Football is full of surprises and our predictions don't mean that it is possible for it to come true.
287  Economy / Economics / Re: Should there be a limit to investing in your children? on: June 08, 2024, 03:57:57 PM
Financial management is what matters a lot so that you don't end up piling up debts for yourself and get disappointed when expectations are not met. No matter where a child learns a skill or course he will still be smart in it, if he has the zeal and passion to learn what he is learning. This is why parents shouldn't go get loans from banks just to send their children to best schools. If the parent does not have money to send their child to school, and it is the wish of the parent to see her child going to school. If they borrow money to send the child to school, it is fine since that is their heart desire.

But thinking that the child will later in future take care of you is under probability. However, I have seen it worked out for some parents but it is not what we should depend on or should be why we are sending our children to school, so that we can train them in the capacity of our finance to avoid debts in future, if the child is not successful.
288  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: June 08, 2024, 03:13:20 PM
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But if Arda doesn't also want to leave then there is no need to look for a new adventure. Real Madrid is a great team when it comes to improving a young talent in every way. Even while that player isn't able to find chances very often.
well, that's the problem as I said before. If Arda chooses to stay, Ancelotti will definitely be confused about arranging his appearance schedule to provide experience because after Mbappe comes to Madrid, the main players will definitely be prioritized to continue adding points and winning another La Liga title in the following season.
maybe Arda could occasionally replace the main player in the second half but it doesn't look like it will be an easy alternative because the competition in the next season will definitely be tougher and Ancelotti doesn't want Madrid to lose their best performance after bringing in Mbappe.
so the safest alternative for me is that Arda is still loaned to another team, but not a team in La Liga, so that Arda has extensive experience in several other leagues.

but we'll just have to wait for the latest news from Madrid, whether there will be a new formation from Ancelotti or maybe another player will leave and Arda will fill in, but still, if he is forced to become the main player when he doesn't have much experience, it seems like it will be very difficult to develop his talents.

The arrival of Mbappe and Endrick has great potential to make Real Madrid even stronger but on the other hand, this will also make the battle for places in the first team even fiercer (particularly on the front lines). If Arda Guller ends up staying with Real Madrid next season, then he will also be in that fight. Obviously it won't be easy, because he has to compete for a place against Vini, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Mbappe, and Endrick.

This condition might also be a headache for Carlo Ancelotti because it's not just about determining the best decision but he must be truly transparent so that the decision does not give rise to assumptions among the players that might actually trigger jealousy and unhealthy rivalries.
I don't think that it will cause much problem between the players, but it will make them to buggle up in order for them to be among the first eleven. It means that any player that is not meeting up with what is expected from him, will be on the bench. Ancelotti will know how to handle the players and who will be among the first eleven.

This will strengthen the team more, and if any of them have injury, it will not affect the club performance because there is a sharp replacement. Ancelotti might choose to rotate them in order to try some experiments as usual to know his best first eleven.
289  Other / Off-topic / Re: Is getting addicted to gambling right or wrong? on: June 08, 2024, 12:24:29 PM
You don't need to ask because A person who knows what is right or wrong can determine if addiction is good or not.
Addiction is the worst thing to happen that may cause severe destruction to our lives in terms of relationships and money. There are a lot of discussions showing how it ruins the entire life of a person which I don't want to experience. That is why we should stop thinking that gambling would make us rich instead, we'd rather think that at least we could win something. Because the moment we think about more winnings, the closer it pushes us to addiction.
That's why we must be careful when playing gambling and always remember that we playing gambling is because we wants to have fun in our spare time. We don't wants to gets addicted to gambling because that can makes us lose our money and ruins everything we had. So getting addicted to gambling is wrong for because we already see what's the effect that people gets from the addiction.

We must not thinks that gambling can makes us rich but we should use gambling as a way to have fun. We don't have to thinks about wins in gambling because that will be difficult for us and we may lose much money. It's better we playing gambling moderately to prevents the big lose that can happens to us. We must have strong self control to prevents ourselves playing gambling too long to avoids many problems in gambling.

Making Gambling as a source of Fun, can still make a gambler addicted it does not only happen when the gambler think in terms of Money making. It is never a bad idea to believe one can make money from gambling, source of relieve, fun, what the gambler needs is limits, discipline and self control. If any gambler lacks this qualities he will surely get addicted and gamble irresponsibly.
Addiction is very wrong aside gambling too.
Gambling for fun will not lead to addiction, because you are only entertaining yourself with gambling. When you are gambling for fun, you don't care about your loss, because it does not mean anything to you since you used an amount of money that you can afford to lose.

Whoever is not disciplined will not gamble for fun, and if you think that you are discipline enough to the extend that you feel that you can make money out of gambling, you will finally become an addict. This is because you will not be able to control yourself and you will be gambling always to make profit, and that will lead to trying to recover your wins.
290  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Religious leader barred from casinos because of big wins. on: June 08, 2024, 09:05:49 AM
Lol, this post made my morning because I just can't stop laughing that the casino banned the Archbishop, and he said that he got his wins from revelations. It is funny that casinos are scared of losing but they love to see gamblers losing to them. This alone has shown that casinos are trap to collect our money when we don't gamble for fun.

I don't see anything wrong in what the religious leader did, because if he does not gamble all the time that he will become an addict, but gambles once a while for fun, it is not bad. Religious leaders drink alcohol and we don't say that it is bad.
291  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How are crypto assets frozen - On the Blockchain or wallet? on: June 08, 2024, 04:54:55 AM
Centralized exchange don't use wallet. It is called account in which they are in charge of it just like banks are in charge of your bank account. This is why it is very easy for CEx to freeze your account with them. No one can freeze any bitcoin in your self custody wallet because you have the private keys of that wallet. Bitcoin cannot be feezed in the blockchain.

This is the reason why people are advised not to keep their funds in an exchange, because the exchange can do whatever they like with your coins because they are with your keys. Miners cannot do anything to the transactions which has been signed, because their own work is to  validate add your transaction to the next block. Miners can only reject your transaction from adding it to the next block to be mined due to low TX fee

This is why bitcoin is unique and decentralized, because only you have full access to your bitcoin that is locked to your wallet address and only you can unlock it, because you have the private keys. There is no back door in bitcoin blockchain.
292  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: June 07, 2024, 08:39:12 PM
All I know is that psg will surely miss Mbappe. It is not to easy to get a replacement for Mbappe currently in the world of football. Mbappe is one of the best players in the world, and his contribution to PSG is undeniable. It may be possible to find a replacement for Mbappe, but honestly, it can't fully match him abilities. Osimhen, whom you suggested as a replacement for Mbappe, is a good idea, but he is not as smart as Mbappe. Additionally, one problem with Osimhen is injury. I am not calling him an injury  player, but he is not always not far from injuries. So, even if PSG signs Osimhen, they need to have alternative options for him.

Who wouldn't miss their highest goal scorer, he has set record for that club which need another great player more than him to achieve under 9 years, look at Ronaldo performance in Real Madrid, there hasn't been any player that was able to break his record till date and they miss him so much because their separation was mutual, he still visit the club often but I'm not sure if Mbape is going to do the same with PSG after the way he was treated towards the last of his season.

Osimhen is good but he is not good like Mbape, Mbape has speed and Osimhen has speed as well, they both has great composure and ball control but Mbape skills in playing is far ahead of Osimhen, another advantage of Osimhen is that he is tall and can't do without good midfielders but Mbape can do well in every situations, with good or weak defenders, he can do wonders.
There is no need to compare both players because Mbappe is far better than Osimhen. The vaccum that Mbappe left in PSG will always be felt since there will be no player that will be like him in his performance and the number of goals that he do score in every season.

PSG will find it difficult to see a player like Mbappe, and they bought Mbappe to enable them win UCL but it didn't come to pass. Osimhen will enjoy his career in PSG if he can be with them next season, because he will be an additional value to the club and he is also good at scoring goals. All he needs is the support from his team mates.
293  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: Worldcup qualifiers - CAF. on: June 07, 2024, 07:50:33 PM
The match is ongoing and South Africa is on the lead with 1-0. T. Zwane score the only goal in the match currently on the 29th minutes of the first half. Nigeria are gaining possession of the ball, but the South Africans are just waiting for any opportunity that they will create in order to score again.

It will be lovely if Nigeria can equalize this goal in the first half so that they will not play with much pressure in the second half. I don't like the view of the match...

Nigeria 0-1 S.Africa

294  Economy / Speculation / Re: Road to 100k? on: June 07, 2024, 06:59:34 PM
Is good to start early to invest but at the same time the price movement can be discouraging to some who don't know how Bitcoin works when the price starts going up and later fall back the a familiar amount. Is best to forget what the market price is giving us because any moment from now we won't be seeing the price roaming around $60k to the current price which is $69k but $70k is going to start making a run towards $80k.
At some point I thought we won't be seeing Bitcoin price getting close to $70k without any obstruction dragging it back to $65k. Is best to advice people to invest in Bitcoin now but let's not forget on how to also give them the basic tool to get started because we can't be shouting start investing when they don't know how to go about business.

If you  understand the fundamentals of bitcoin and understand the cycle on how bitcoin works you will never feel/be discouraged by the price swings in bitcoin, hat's why before diving into investing in bitcoin have the knowledge and information of bitcoin price movement.
I don't think that it is important for a new beginner who wants to start his bitcoin journey to have any knowledge of bitcoin price movement, because his main focus is to keep accumulating consistently and persistently without looking looking at the price movement or trying to understand the price movement of bitcoin, because it is impossible and he is on a long term goal in which he can learn that  as he is investing.

There is a lot to learn about bitcoin during your accumulation journey and that is why to get started is the best thing a newbie should do, rather than distracting himself with unnecessary knowledge that can be acquire while investing. Using DCA method is good because at all price level you are buying and as you are buying, you are learning. The bull run and the bear market is enough to know and that can also be experienced during accumulating bitcoin, because those market will definitely come. No one can predict the next price of bitcoin even though they are well experienced in the market.
295  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: June 07, 2024, 06:19:10 PM

I believe this is why we’re here to raise concerning conversations and talk about ways to simplify investments and derive the best possible outcome, most new comers getting into crypto and buying Bitcoin come bearing the same thing in mind which is investing for a short period of time.

This only emphasizes the usefulness of this platform and threads like this aimed at educating investors on how to buy and hold which is the anthem of all crypto enthusiasts hoping to become mighty whales some day.
The discussion about bitcoin and put together with other cryptos can be confusing so when we discuss bitcoin then indeed the focus remains there because after all even though crypto is the initial discussion but in the end we are currently referring to one part in crypto, namely bitcoin and that's it so I think it would be better if it was only bitcoin that we discussed because it doesn't mean we put aside crypto but indeed the discussion will widen to other assets such as altcoins so instead of that happening it would be better if it only focuses on bitcoin.

In addition, I also disagree if this is only used as a short period because after all for some people who are in this discussion now they believe that the period is longer than that and some are even up to 10 years more although at this time I still set for myself is 5 years or more in the investment period that I want to do but in the end there are a lot of people who will invest in a duration of 10 years or even more and that you can see from some of the previous discussions so I disagree if you say being in bitcoin is only for the short term because in my opinion it is not an investment but trading if it is for the short term like that.

You are right and I will like to add by saying Everything that has advantages also has disadvantages, and the truth about anything someone wants to do And that is why we need knowledge to know more about their advantages and disadvantages. As for me, after my research, I think that holding Bitcoin for a long period of time is more advantageous than disadvantageous, and when they talk of holding Bitcoin for a long period of time, I don't think they are suggesting just hodling it for less than four years before halving, which always occurs every four years. I believe when they suggest holding for a long period of time, they are suggesting holding for more than four years so you can witness one more bull run.
 
Assuming you have been holding Bitcoin for over 12 years now, will you be making a good profit or not? Surely you will make a good profit. So when you hear people say hold for a long time, it does not mean years short, like two or three or less. You need to do your research and know the reason why they are saying that. The bull run is among the reasons why people are suggesting that holding Bitcoin for a long period is the best because that is when the price always moves higher.The bitcoin market is unpredictable, and the timing market sometimes will never pay because of the price fluctuating. Are you telling me that when the price is going up, we should buy, and when it comes down, we should always sell? That can even make you continue losing your money. What makes some people think of converting their Bitcoin into USDT is when they are panicking because they invested what they couldn't afford to lose but when you invested what you can afford to lose I don't you be that panicking.
If you are a small size of portfolio or you just started your bitcoin journey, there is no need to thinking of selling, and there is no specific time to buy. You are to buy constantly whether the price of bitcoin is dipping or pumping, in order for you to keep growing your bitcoin portfolio. DCA gives you that chances to buy bitcoin at different price level and that is why a new beginner should use DCA to stack up his bag.

It is when you have reached your bitcoin target and you feel that you have enough Bitcoin, you can sell a little part that will not affect your portfolio size. The best time to sell by then is in the bull run, but from what I have understand, if an investor was able to accumulate bitcoin for 16yrs, if he sells at the dip, he will still be in profit. This is because his average bitcoin price of his portfolio will still be in profit, because the dip price of bitcoin when he wants to sell will be higher than what he bought way back and also the compounding value will make him not to be in loss.
296  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you lost the money that you where supposed to withdraw from online casino? on: June 07, 2024, 03:29:26 PM
My little experience today, earlier today I was gambling with one of these online gamble site then I was very lucky that I won so much money that's up to $500 with an initial amount that's it not up to $15. However I didn't win the whole money on one stake, for instance I won $200, I only withdraw $150 and gamble with the remaining $50. So that was how I was doing untill I won a lot but didn't withdraw them at once, I withdraw up to 4 times from my online gamble account and the fifth withdrawal wasn't successful and they said I have to wait for 24 hours before I can continue to withdraw the money, so while waiting I gamble and lost the money I was supposed to withdraw, so have you experienced a thing like this from any online gamble site that make you to lose the money that you wanted to withdraw?
Of course, it is a normal thing that happens to gamblers, and this is why it is good to withdraw all your wins at once so that you don't get tempted to gamble again with the balance in your account. However, I will say because you have made a good win today, and you will not regret your actions. Some people are bad in managing their bankroll when gambling, and if they did not empty it, their mind will not be settled.

Congratulations on your win, and I hope that you have learnt a lesson of not keeping funds in your gambling account to prevent such scenario repeating itself. This happen to gamblers who do not have self control over their gambling activities, and also greedy gamblers who are not satisfied with little wins and want to gamble more to see if they will win again. OP, will I say that you are lucky to have withdrawn majority of your funds, if not you might be triggered to continue playing after the loss.
297  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ballon d'Or Odds 2023/2024 on: June 07, 2024, 02:32:17 PM
Today I saw a list of odds for the Ballon d'Or and I wasn't too surprised
I think Vinicius JR will win this time, however, if Bellingham or Mbapee win the Euro and play some great games, that chance may be reduced
All arrows point to Vini Jr, but if England wins the European men's football competition, it will mean that Jude Bellingham has won the la Liga, the champions League and then the European competition in one football season, that will be a very big achievement that will be difficult to ignore.

For Mbappe, even though France wins the Euro's, he still does not deserve it, he should wait until next season.
I agree with you based on your thoughts on Jude Bellingham have a high chance compared to now, if England wins Euro's. On the other hand if Brazil can also win Copa America, it will increase the chance of Vini winning Ballon D'or because currently he has the highest chance of winning.

Mbappe did nothing extraordinary this season a d he did not win the world cup too, which makes him have a lower chance of winning. Maybe next season, Mbappe will be the winner of Ballon D'or since he is now in Real Madrid, the home of trophies and provides an opportunity for good achievement to their players.
298  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: June 07, 2024, 02:02:53 PM
If there is no accident then Real Madrid team will dominate La Liga next season too. Madrid's squad has not been very strong this season. Vini and Rodrygo's performances were erratic. Even then, Ancelotti's mastermind led Real Madrid to win the La Liga and Champions League titles. Mbappe joins the squad to strengthen Madrid's squad for the coming season. Mbappe will further strengthen Madrid's attack.

On the other hand, Barcelona's situation is now very shaky. The performance of the players in this team is erratic. At the same time, Barcelona need new players to strengthen the squad. And Barcelona can't afford to play any new players right now. So it is unlikely that Barcelona will dominate La Liga next season.

I don't understand what you mean by Vinicuis and Rodrygo performance was not good this season, Vinicuis and Rodrygo are the top players of Real Madrid this season. I agree that Rodrygo performance was not as good as Vinicuis this season, Rodrygo made many mistakes, and missed a lot of chances they could have convert into goals. Vinicius on the other hand, if he missed the chance to score his first goal, I believe he wouldn't miss the second chance to score. If it were not for the contribution Vinicius made to the club, I don't think Real Madrid would have been able to win the trophies that they won this season because it was only Vinicius who had speed in Real Madrid that disturbed their opponent's defense. Mbappe joined Real Madrid to strengthen their squad and win more trophies next season, not because they had a bad performance this season.

In addition, we know the issues going on with Barcelona right now, their performance was very weak due to the injured players they had this season, I will not expect Barcelona to dominate La Liga next season unless they add more players to their squad. However, the Barcelona president stated that they don't have to sell any of their current players to acquire more players to the club, and even though their current players are fit to play next season, no way for Barcelona to dominate the league.
I will say that this season was a very good season for Real Madrid because they had no top striker with the jersey number 9, and there were still able to win both Laliga and UCL. Vini tried a lot this season and that is why he is been nominated for Ballon D'or. I will not accept that the standard of Real Madrid performance didn't meet up to expected. Any club that wins the UCL is the best. Real Madrid is bringing in Mbappe for them to be rest assured that, they can continue winning Laliga and UCL over and over again.

If Barcelona did not add to their players and only brought a new coach, I don't see them being a rival to Real Madrid next season. This is because only the coach will not be able to coach and play on the field at the same time. Barcelona needs new players to add up to the team for a superb performance next season.
299  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is the role of home/away matches? on: June 07, 2024, 01:22:19 PM
Using home advantage as the major factor when betting should be based on the club that is at home and who is their visitors. Some clubs have worst history playing with a particular club at home. While some clubs will not easily accept defeat at home, which means that they win 90% of their matches at home.

However, some clubs don't care where they are playing either home or away, they always win most of their matches, and you should be careful to bet against such club. It is good that when placing a bet, you check this out too before other factors. It will help a lot. Majority of club have a higher advantage of winning matches at home, the fans is an additional advantage for the home side.
300  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: Worldcup qualifiers - CAF. on: June 07, 2024, 12:43:54 PM
Which African footballer do you think is most likely to win the next award for the best African player of the year?
Ademola Lookman and Victor Boniface are like my two favourite African players right now. They are stars in their own right and if the African Footballer Award can be given to two players, I'll certain pick the both of them. However, that is not the case so I will bring in my own bias just like those who will vote will do too. My pick will go to Victor Boniface because even though he was absent from the AFCON due to injury (I hope the judging criteria will not include this), he has had impressive stats in his own league and club. Lastly, because he is witty and has a great sense of humor. Have you seen his tweets. Dude would have been a very successful comedian if football didn't work out for him.
I think this two players have done very well from their respective club, I think the best Africa player this year can go to boniface because of his team winning the Bundesliga tittle and Bayern Leverkusen getting to the final of europa league.  But to be honest the two players have done very well in this season, I must say lookman have done well for scoring the three goals during the Europa finals game, it is not easy for a player to score all the goals to win the title of the team. Ademola Lookman is just a great player and if not for him Bayer Leverkusen would not be able to win the Europa League.

The two players have really contributed much to their club and I think Africans will be proud of them because of the mich works they have put in their respective clubs.
Ademola Lookman is who I will vote for and I believe that he will be the winner. He did what no players has done before in history of Atalanta and Italy in Europa finals for scoring a hat trick which made Atalanta the winner of this past season Europa League. He is the second player to score a hat trick in the finals since the history of Europa Legaue.

He played in three finals, and deserves to the best African footballer of the year. Victor Boniface didn't feature in AFCON, which will lower his odds of winning.
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