After collecting six points today nothing has changed for me and I'm still at the last position in the leaderboard.  

Croatia - Denmark was the only match I predicted the exact result of. It could have been the same for Belgium and France matches as well if they both scored one more goal. And it looks like I overestimated Poland for this match. I thought that they would make difficulties for Netherlands again. As you remember they started their previous head-to-head by getting 2-0 ahead. I tried a draw for this match as a result but Poland couldn't even score one goal. Netherlands didn't let them have many chances throughout the match.

Manchester City are the biggest favourite according to bookmakers as well:



Real Madrid are behind some other teams as usual even though they are the last champions. But of course we all remember how difficult it was for Real Madrid. It is really hard for them to do this two times in a row now I think. This season can really be the one for especially Manchester City or PSG. I have big doubts about Bayern Munich now. They are much better in the Champions League than the Bundesliga. But this might not last long. Because they are still playing without a natural striker. If they don't solve this issue in January at worst this can be a big headache for them.

Maybe Real Madrid or Manchester City might be eager to sign him for a huge price like this.

Real Madrid had bigger plans like bringing Mbappe and Haaland at the same time. Maybe they failed but it wasn't due to financial issues of course. I think this was a proof that they had very high amount of money in their budget. Bellingham has been under their radar for some time. Considering that they were quite silent in the last transfer window this might be their biggest planned move. When it comes to Manchester City they might want to increase the alternatives for central midfield position. But Bellingham would need to fight really hard for his place in the starting eleven.

It might be a little easier for him to do this at Real Madrid maybe.

Scotland's easy victory wasn't a surprising incident considering the war in Ukraine now. And Ukraine didn't have some important players in the squad at the same time. It was a total domination by Scotland especially in the second half. We can consider that Ukraine still did a good job by keeping the score at 0-0 for 70 minutes. This was an important match for Ukraine as well. Because they lost the lead to Scotland after this result and there is a two-point gap now. Now they will just hope Scotland to make mistakes to maintain their chance for League A.

Maybe I'm partial about this but I'd like to see Ukraine in the upper league. Because I believe they really deserve this. Despite the very bad condition they are in they are still doing a really good job in the group.

We are going to have one of the very important matches of the season next weekend. Besiktas are going to host Fenerbahce in an Istanbul derby.

This is a match between the teams that are one of the biggest candidates of the championship. There is no clear favourite in this match of course. Maybe both teams to score might be one of the best options to bet on for this match. Besiktas are still having defensive issues and I can't say that they have a reliable goalkeeper in the squad as well. We might start watching Mert Günok maybe but he needs match fitness at the same time. I wonder if Valerien Ismael is thinking of putting him in the starting eleven in a big match like this. Fenerbahce are very effective in offense these days. If they see weaknesses in Besiktas defense they might use this to their advantage.

1.  Mayweather 
2.  Over 2.5 Rounds
3.  UD

I agree with the people who say that Mbappe is quite selfish this season. After he has signed his new extraordinary contract extension he has a much bigger ego now. He is acting like he is the manager of the team instead of Galtier from time to time. PSG are tolerating his every action for now but I believe this is wrong. No player is indispensable in football. It is the truth that Mbappe is the most important part of this team. They need him for the Champions League championship.

However if Mbappe continues to act like he owns the team PSG need to take an action to prevent their players from starting to be uncomfortable. The team as a whole are more important than only one player to achieve the Champions League title especially.

Bayern Munich's need of a striker is getting bigger by every week. Some people believed that they would still do a good job with Mane there but they couldn't do this so far obviously. Because Mane isn't mainly a striker in the end. Rather than playing like that, we need to see him on the wing more. He should be allowed to play similar to his role at Liverpool. They need to solve the striker problem until the end of the winter transfer window. If they don't bring anyone in the middle of the season then the remaining time period also would be very tough for them.

I know that it is really hard to find and convince a striker who can contribute as much as Lewandowski in the middle of the season. But if they want to be successful this season the only way seems like dealing with this quickly.

The Singapore GP is at the next weekend not this one.


I think that there are more than enough races in the USA next season. We don't need 3 races there. They could have made an effort to bring back some loved tracks to the calendar. For example adding the Turkish GP would be really great. It has one of the greatest tracks in F1 and drivers enjoy racing there also. But I assume that Turkish officials are having problems with the agreement now. Actually they have also seemed very eager to bring Formula 1 back there again. Maybe we would see it back in case a race is cancelled.

1) CLE
2) PIT
3) Yes
4) Under
5) 2nd
6) Even
7) Odd
CLE
9) CLE
10) PIT

Final Score prediction  27-10

Game 1:  22' SPFC 2-0

Thanks for the reminder. I'd have lost my place if I forgot about making predictions. 

I'm also having difficulties in believing that Arsenal would keep this up throughout the season. They have generally failed when it comes to doing this. For now they have seemed like a more reliable team. At least they aren't making simple point losses for now. They might still not manage to stay as solid as Manchester City during the whole season.

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Manchester City have a much stronger system thanks to Guardiola. They don't drop their guard down that easy. However Arsenal aren't in the same condition. I don't see much change in their game plan actually. They are in a really good mood when it comes to team effort these days. New transfers are making a really nice contribution to the team as well. But when the time comes and they start being shaky I wonder how good they will be able to deal with it. I'd like to remind you that Arsenal were doing well in the second half of the previous season but they started a really bad form on the final weeks and missed top 4 chance by a small gap.

Porpoising problem is back, really?

I thought that all teams have solved this problem already and we wouldn't see it anymore. If Ferrari really have to make a negative change in the height of their car then Leclerc and Sainz both are likely to have even a worse race than the previous one. Verstappen is already way faster than them and this will just make things easier for him. This is really a nightmare season for Ferrari and they must be begging for it to end as quick as possible. They will need to work on their car even more to have a cleaner season next time. It is the same when it comes to the people in their crew also to drop the individual mistakes to minimum.

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These are statistics for Gabriel Jesus's last season with Manchester City. Haaland has already scored 14 goals and made 1 assist in only 10 matches. Can you see the huge difference between these players?

Of course I'm aware that these players have different characteristics. Haaland is like a complete forward while Gabriel Jesus is more like a deep lying forward maybe. But the most important thing for the team is to get as much efficiency as possible from their strikers. It was obvious that they needed a forward like Haaland. They were interested in Kane before as you can remember. After failing in this task they went for Haaland. And it looks like they have made the best move they could. Maybe Kane wasn't going to be as effective as Haaland.

Guendouzi scored two goals today but one of them was an own goal.    I had an expectation from Marseille to lose points today after a winning streak of five matches. Rennes' scoring first made things more difficult for Marseille. Rennes also had a good performance actually but they must have been tired mentally and physically both after the Fenerbahce match in the Europa League. Otherwise they might have even won here.

Marseille have captured the lead despite the draw of course. But they will hope for PSG to lose against Lyon to be able to keep their lead. However this is a quite far possibility for me. Maybe PSG are focused on the Champions League more these days and Lyon are one of the teams that can take advantage of this. However PSG don't have any Champions League match next week. They wouldn't have any problems with focusing. Lyon might still get one point of course which is depending on the performance of the amazing trio of PSG. They were really impressive against Maccabi Haifa as each one of them scored a goal.

According to rumours, there are four teams after Jude Bellingham now. These teams are Real Madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.

To be more realistic, I'd eliminate Chelsea and Manchester United options for him. Because Chelsea aren't having good days and Manchester United aren't in the Champions League for now also. On the other hand Manchester United have a little advantage in this as well. Because they have Sancho who might convince Bellingham to come here. But if I were in Bellingham's place I'd choose Real Madrid or Liverpool. They are winner teams unlike Chelsea and Manchester United in the recent years. He can develop his skills and shine more at those teams.

I feel like Bellingham will choose Real Madrid. It's like a dream for most of young and skillful players to play for Real Madrid in some part of their careers.

The only obstacle Manchester City have on the road going to the championship is themselves actually.

They have everything they need for being the champions this season. Erling Haaland has helped the team to be completed finally. Guardiola already has one of the best strategies among all the teams. They didn't have a good luck last season as Real Madrid performed a miracle against them.    This time they need to get lucky also to achieve the title finally for the first time in their history. Guardiola's main target has been winning the Champions League title for years. I don't think he is thinking of leaving the team before achieving this title as well. Maybe this can be their season finally.

Eternal Fire are the biggest favourite in this closed qualifier for ESL Challenger Rotterdam. They couldn't start well by a 2-1 1WIN loss but their return was really great. They had their revenge on 1WIN by this solid 2-0 win as well. Their performance on Dust 2 was really impressive. XANTARES really carried the team on this map. One of his rounds was really amazing as he got three kills with two bombs. 



The new opponent in the consolidation final is Iron Branch. Actually they are a weak team compared to Eternal Fire. But they defeated forZe and 1WIN both. They were almost doing the same against Entropiq as well. As a result Eternal Fire should consider them as a dangerous opponent now and prepare well for the matchup. But Eternal Fire have a really good team performance recently. I believe in them to win this matchup by 2-1 in the worst case.