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2821  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: June 26, 2022, 07:38:28 PM
I'm excited as Seria A teams are actively in the transfer market with English Premier clubs. The Seria A teams are not holding back as they are landing massive deals with players in the transfer window. The top teams leading in Italy for signing of players are Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan. There will result to high competition for the scudetto next season due to some new players coming in. As they say, new players, new challenges and new chapter. We hope to enjoy a better season ahead.
I don't see with Serie A team are really active on window transfer until right now, just have Juventus as Serie team have been getting Paul Pogba from Manchester United as free transfer player. Inter and Milan keep calm down qithout any activities on window transfer and waiting who will be first recruit on window transfer. Need to get new player exactly for Milan, Inter and Juventus because they have Champion League match and Serie A team most weakness on this competition.

Serie A teams are very frugal. They don’t spend much money. And that's why we don't see any Serie A team dominating the Champions League. Juventus did not perform well last season. They need some talented players if they want to do well next season. Juventus have only picked Pogba, but Pogba's performance in the last few seasons has not been satisfactory. AC Milan and Inter Milan, on the other hand, have not taken the necessary steps to strengthen.
2822  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: June 26, 2022, 07:17:20 PM
Suarez is now about 36 years old. I don't think Barcelona will take on older players at the moment. Moreover, Suarez's performance in the last season was not good. Suarez is old enough now. Will he be able to play better now if he joins any team in the Premier League? I think he will get more injuries if he plays in the Premier League.

I think not really sure with Barcelona not give chance with old player like Luiz Suarez have been 36 years old, looking with rumor Barcelona intersted with Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich have been 34 years old right now. I think have advantage withLuiz Suarez with free tranafer and need to pay above 40 million euros for getting Lewandowski from Bayern Munich. But have different level between Luiz Suarez and Robert Lewandowski and I think Suarez not on the top level right now. Still have better performance Lewandowski than Suarez last season but Barcelona need spent much money for Lewandowski.

It is actually better if Barcelona does not pay 40 or 50 million for Robert Lewandowski and tries to get Luis Suarez for a lot less. I think he can be bought for free by Barcelona if I am not wrong. So even though the performance of Luis Suarez was not the best and compared to him Robert Lewandowski played really well in the last season I think it is a better deal for Barcelona right now to get Luis Suarez instead of Robert Lewandowski.

I believe the financial situation of Barcelona does not allow them to go for its $50 million transfer right now. I know that they will have to compromise a lot of quality if they do bring in Luis Suarez instead of Robert Lewandowski but I think from a financial standpoint it is going to be worth it.
2823  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 26, 2022, 04:55:48 PM
New Zealand scored 328 in the first innings and 329 in the second innings. And they gave England a target of 296 runs. Winning doesn't seem possible with such a low-run target. England is an experienced team. Like the first two matches, they will win this match as usual. So far England has collected 104 runs, and they have lost two wickets. The interesting thing is that England's run rate is now 4.33. Pope and Root are playing great.
2824  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: June 25, 2022, 04:52:04 PM
Bale is going to MSL for at least 1 year.
Source: https://twitter.com/DiMarzio/status/1540726735683174400

I have to say it was really bad to see Gareth Bale leaving Real Madrid. I still remember that when Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid and a lot of players also wanted to leave because it feels like Cristiano Ronaldo was the only reason that there were playing in Real Madrid.

You know, Gareth Bale was the player who gave stability to the Real Madrid attack and was basically the backbone of Real Madrid. But because of injuries, he got lost. when he came back from his injury he was not the old Gareth Bale. And the number of injuries also put him in the wrong eye of coach Zidane.

Now it is sure that he is going to MLS. He is going there for 1 year and if he wants to continue he will have the option to increase his contract for another 18 months.



https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1631081/Transfer-news-Gareth-Bale-LAFC-MLS-Cardiff-snubbed-Real-Madrid
2825  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: June 25, 2022, 04:35:12 PM
Christophe Galtier is rumoured for the manager position of PSG now but I'm having my doubts about him. Because we have never watched him in action with one of the top teams in the world so far. As far as I can remember, the biggest teams he has worked with so far are Lille and Nice. I know that he was managing Lille when they reached the Ligue 1 title. However, his only successes are this and a French League Cup with St Etienne. I don't think this is enough to be the manager of a huge team like PSG.

Last season he took over as Nice team manager, will he take over PSG this season? He also coached teams such as Saint Etinne, Lille and Nice. However, while he was Lille's coach, he was able to win the Ligue 1 title after a long 10 years. He destroyed the PSG's dominance and brought the title to Lille. Maybe that's why PSG's management is interested in Christophe Galtier.
2826  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 25, 2022, 04:26:39 PM
Australia lost 6 wickets to bat for only 160 runs. Australia is doing very poorly in both batting and bowling. Sri Lanka lost the seventh wicket for 62 runs. However, Sri Lanka was able to give a target of 161 runs. This is due to the weakness of the Australian bowling. If Australia can't improve on such a poor performance, they will not be able to reach the semi-finals of the next World Cup.
It was indeed a poor performance from Australia. But they have some positives to take away from this series. The emergence of Matthew Kuhnemann resolves a lot of their issues with spin bowling. David Warner performed well in this series, also he didn't got much support from Aaron Finch and other top order batsmen. In addition to Kuhnemann, a few other younger guys performed credibly, including Cameron Green and Marnus Labuschagne. Anyway, given the pitch conditions, it wasn't that bad from the Australians. 
Yes, through this series few of the young players have made good performance. Other than the first ODI Warner have contributed good in the entire series. Maxwell didn't perform as expected, and in my opinion Labuschagne and Carey played well in the lower order. The partnership developed by these players helped in few matches. This is a practice for majority of the young players in an Asian ground.

The Australian team has a lot of talented players, and they do not rely on the performance of any particular player. Almost every player of the team is able to perform well. The fact that Warner and Maxwell did not play well, this is not the reason of Australia's defeat. The performance of every player in Australia was irregular. I expected better bowling from the bowlers in particular, as the Sri Lankan batsmen are not very experienced. But the performance of the Australian bowlers has disappointed me as usual.
2827  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 25, 2022, 06:35:57 AM
One thing I understood after the England vs New Zealand series, if England play a test match like a test match it'll surely loss wickets and struggles to score. When they start playing the test match as if like playing an ODI or T20 then they get into the track and make a winning. Now other teams will be making strategies on how to face England while playing test matches.
There is no guarantee that this strategy will work everytime. Jonny Bairstow and Jamie Overton added more than 200 runs for the 7th wicket partnership at almost a run a ball. And New Zealand bowlers have done this so many times. When they have the opponents almost wrapped up, they allow the lower order to build huge partnerships. When Ben Foakes got out, I was expecting England to get bundled out for a total of less than 100. But now it looks as if they may make a total of more than 400 and get a sizeable first innings lead.

England's first 4 batsmen scored 4, 6, 5 and 5 respectively. It is truly admirable that England is back on track in such a great way, even after the top order has been so badly broken. Thanks to Bairstow and Overton for that. Jonny Bairstow is unbeaten on 130 off 126 balls and Overton's collection is 89. However, England is still behind by 65 runs. But England will not face a big problem to collect only 65 runs. England will probably be able to give a lead of 70-80 runs.
2828  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 25, 2022, 06:26:03 AM
~snip~

This match is not important for Sri Lanka though. But I don't think their batting will be ruined in such a bad way. However, despite losing 7 wickets for just 62 runs, they were able to collect 100 runs. Karunaratne is unbeaten on 28 runs. And this is the highest collection among Sri Lankan batsmen. Waiting for an easy win for Australia.
Is that a same pitch as last match? Looks like pitch is really hostile against batters, which is rare but also nice to see in white ball.
Aussie are also 3 down so pitch do have some sort of demons. Spin doing a fine job for Lankans.
Australia have lost its fourth wicket for 50 runs. Marsh who took responsibility and started scoring have lost his wicket. Labuschagne and Carey are in the crease. Losing two more wickets will confirm the win of Sri Lanka. The pitch is much supportive to the bowlers than batters. Possibly this match will end as the previous match with a small score difference.

Australia lost 6 wickets to bat for only 160 runs. Australia is doing very poorly in both batting and bowling. Sri Lanka lost the seventh wicket for 62 runs. However, Sri Lanka was able to give a target of 161 runs. This is due to the weakness of the Australian bowling. If Australia can't improve on such a poor performance, they will not be able to reach the semi-finals of the next World Cup.
2829  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: June 24, 2022, 06:38:35 PM
Clement Lenglet will remain in Barcelona next summer because the only team who are opening interest in him is Olympique Marseille which seems to focus on Arsenal leftback Nuno Tavares. The French defender will work on his self during the preseason in other to start games in the barça team. Xavi's only use potential players who can work under pressure and can last long on the pitch. Although, Lenglet is a good and sharp player, it's just that form is inevitable in football. This season might be your best form, the next season will be your worst form, just keep on happening. The only thing is just to maintain your best form.

Honestly, I don't think Lenglet is a player in demand. So, if he doesn't want to play in Barcelona, I don't think a lot of other teams are going to be very interested in him. Barcelona is not in a good financial situation right now and if they were in a good financial situation, they didn't have to think about the bad form of Lenglet in my opinion.

But now I think Barcelona is going to have to work with what they have. This player has good potential and if he is able to get back in form he can be a really valuable player for Barcelona.
2830  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 24, 2022, 11:14:01 AM
Sri Lanka vs Australia

The fifth and final ODI will be played today between Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka is already leading the series 3-1 and they have won the series. So the last match is not important for them. Since this match is not important, my guess is that Australia will win today. But even today, if Australia loses and the series loses 4-1, it will be a great shame for Australia.
There has already been a win in the series. There has already been a batting collapse in 17 overs, 62-7 for Sri Lanka since this match isn't as important for them. Aussies have a great chance to humiliate them and lose the series 3-2. Let's hope that Chamika Karunaratne will play well and post a fighting total.

This match is not important for Sri Lanka though. But I don't think their batting will be ruined in such a bad way. However, despite losing 7 wickets for just 62 runs, they were able to collect 100 runs. Karunaratne is unbeaten on 28 runs. And this is the highest collection among Sri Lankan batsmen. Waiting for an easy win for Australia.
2831  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 24, 2022, 07:24:08 AM
Sri Lanka vs Australia

The fifth and final ODI will be played today between Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka is already leading the series 3-1 and they have won the series. So the last match is not important for them. Since this match is not important, my guess is that Australia will win today. But even today, if Australia loses and the series loses 4-1, it will be a great shame for Australia.
2832  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io UEFA Nations League Prediction Pool Discussion Thread on: June 24, 2022, 01:17:55 AM
England do not deserve their reputation. Italy do not deserve either.
Finalists of Europe.
Both the leagues I spend the most time on.
Shameful!!
Well, there is something that we cannot control, and that is that in football, as in any sport, anything could happen, in this case we see the case of Italy and England, which are countries that are icons in football, but they also fall, this it means that the other countries are not doing so badly, because nobody passes by pure good luck, they have to have something more, however I like to see that new countries are becoming very good in football, this means that for the next qualifiers for the World Cup, the powerful countries have to increase their style of play because this is becoming more and more competitive, I like it.

Actually, there is a reason why this is happening. You know, Football has changed a lot over the years and now football has basically become a game of fast running.
In the past everyone expected the great players to make some great runs and score some unbelievable solo goals.

But now football has become everything about passing. The mentality has also changed. It's basically like if you can just pass the ball to a player who is making a run for a through ball, why are you going to even bother making the run with the ball yourself. And this has changed very quickly in recent times. So the teams that are being able to adapt to this are doing well and others are not doing so well.
2833  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 22, 2022, 06:27:24 AM
Netherland VS England

Today's third and final match between the Netherlands and England will be held. England set a new record by scoring 498 runs in the first match. However, in the second match, the performance of the Netherlands improved a lot. They were able to provide a target of 236 runs. Hopefully the Netherlands' performance in the last match will be better. Despite playing well with their batsmen, they are unable to put up any resistance against England due to a poor bowling lineup.
2834  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: June 21, 2022, 09:13:24 PM
If you look at Ibrahimovic maybe yes, he still has a pretty good physicality playing in Serie A. But to play in the EPL or a fast league maybe he can't adapt. There are not many players who can still survive at the age of 40. There are even many players who retire young because they can't maintain a diet and physique.
As for the current Di Maria I think it is still pretty good to compete in Serie A if any club is interested in him.
Ibrahimovic is one of several players who are able to play at a high level even though he has reached the age of 40, it is not easy to steal the attention of elite clubs when a player has reached 37-40 years, especially his position as a striker. His experience and sharpness in scoring goals is still reliable, he is still able to maintain his performance for another 2 years, especially in Serie A. The Premier League is not the place to attack 40-year-olds. where they rely more on physicality and sharpness, While Serie A is known for its relaxed style of play.
There is no doubt Ibrahimović is a legendary player but now as you already mention he is 40 which is not suitable for soccer even he is super fit and able to play some but as we already watch in last season he was mostly injured or not able to play full matches, so it's better time for him to change his role and try to manage in coaching or some other thing in soccer because with this all he can face some dilemma which is possible for any person specially when you are playing soccer.

Mostly after 37 players try to leave this game because they feel it's better for them and their body, but he is still enjoying which is not bad because he is physically amazing player but as I already mention he can't play as he was few years back but if he is able then he can play part-time in this season then surely he needs to give himself better favor for his health.

Yes, we all know that ibrahimović is a strong person with a strong mentality but I don't think even he will be able to continue after the next season. He is still playing well and contributing to the team but the team is going to play a lot better if they have an agile player who is young and has time on his side.

Don't get me wrong, Ibrahimovic still contributes to the team but I don't think his contribution is going to increase. He is already 40 years old and his skills are also decreasing over time.
2835  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 winner - Real Madrid! on: June 21, 2022, 12:31:58 PM
I just think that Messi's role at PSG is not the same as when he was at Barcelona. He wasn't a penalty taker at PSG but he was the first choice at Barcelona. Messi is also difficult to score at PSG not because he is not capable, but Mbappe and Neymar are the target men there who make Messi often miss opportunities. Apart from that he was also unlucky with his accuracy, there were a lot of balls hitting the post and that made him a bit frustrated.

Messi has been included in the PSG squad to win the Champions League title. And so they are not using Messi properly in Ligue 1 matches. Even Messi himself is less interested in Ligue 1 matches. In Barcelona we have seen such a good performance of Messi, we do not see his good performance with the PSG team. However, if PSG's coaches change, maybe PSG's overall gameplay and strategy will change.
2836  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 21, 2022, 12:10:25 PM
Sri Lanka VS Australia

Australia won the toss and elected to field. At the end of 40.2 overs, Sri Lanka collected 207/6. Charith Asalanka is still unbeaten on 90 runs. Dhananjaya de Silva was also able to collect 60 runs. Probably Sri Lanka will be able to give a target of 260 runs. Since the performance of Australian batsmen is now irregular. So it is not clear whether Australia will win the match. But Australia has the potential to win by batting for a target of 260/270.
2837  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: June 20, 2022, 07:03:32 PM
The problem occurs when they go far in the CL and when another high quality team knows how to take advantage of a 'Herrera' type of player - or Draxler. If they really plan to win the CL - in my opinion, they have to aim a lot higher than a player like Renato Sanches to play alongside Verratti.

It's strange that an ambitious tram like PSG still has Herrera and Drakler (who have spent most of the season on the bench) as players, and it's already looking like both players will be back next season. This is not the squad depth PSG requires, and I agree with you that they are fine in the French league but struggle in the Champions League, Herrera is old, Draxler has nothing else to offer, he wasted his potential on the bench, he had some good offers to play elsewhere some seasons ago but chose to stay on the PSG bench instead.

R. Sanchez has one of the best work rates of any midfielder in Europe; he's been awful the last few years, bouncing around on loan to various clubs, but he still has the beast in him; based on his off-the-ball movement and abilities, Veratti x R. Sanchez will be compact than Veratti x Gana. TBH, R. Sanchez will provide more than Gana and Wini.

I really don't think that any player should play with PSG. I don't have any problems with PSG but if they do decide to stay in PSG I don't think they will be going very far in their career. The best decision right now for any player is to play in a competitive league. PSG is not in a competitive League right now because they are playing and winning everything. And they don't have any competition at all in this League. Is going to be basically farming the trophies. But only the league title, because they will never be able to be in the Champions League.

Renato Sanchez He's always able to maintain an unbelievable amount of work rate. But he is still a good talent and he just has to find a good form and get noticed by the big teams.
2838  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 winner - Real Madrid! on: June 20, 2022, 06:56:17 PM
In my opinion, Messi made a good decision in terms of money (PSG is a bag of which it’s not a sin to milk) but a bad one in terms of image - outside of Barcelona he turned out to be an ordinary player. But he couldn't stay in Barcelona because, according to trade union rules, he could not agree to a >=50% cut in wages even if he wanted to, and Barcelona had no money to pay a normal salary.
Yes I agree with what you said about Messi, especially about the image of his game. At Paris Saint Germain, he played like an ordinary player without showing that he is one of the best players in the world who is still actively playing. He seems to confirm that he is only good at playing for Barcelona, but not for other teams. I think that lowers his quality.
I agree with you. We have seen that when Messi was with Neymar and the Barcelona club in the city, they would fight in a very strong way in any match. Messi and Neymar's chemistry was such that only the two of them had a lot of plans for the coaching and team management of the opposing team.Since Messi joined PSG and got easier with Neymar again, it can be said that the two of them will take PSG a long way again like Barcelona.

The bonding and chemistry between Messi and Neymar is excellent. In Barcelona, ​​we have seen, that Messi and Neymar have knocked down the opponent's defence many times. Young Mbappe is with Messi and Neymar at PSG. If Neymar does not suffer too many injuries next season, and the Messi-Neymar-Mbappe trio play together, then PSG's attack will be even stronger. At the same time, if PSG gets an experienced coach, they will be the favourites again to win the Champions League.
2839  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread on: June 20, 2022, 06:47:50 PM
England's performance from the last three match they played is really poor, england only played a draw match against Germany, in the nations league. That was the only match they scored, checking from the past three match. I am just expecting them to do something better in the next match they will play against Italy. If they still continue with this low performance it literally means they need new players for better performance.
Football players do not take this league seriously. They are not unfair. They have completed an intense match schedule all year. Now they are playing in a tournament with low prestige. It would not be right to expect them to maintain their concentration in such a tournament. I think UEFA should do something urgently to increase the prestige of this tournament.

You are right. The players are tired now. And most players want to rest now. The big teams have rested their key players as their goal is to perform well in the World Cup. Nations League is not important to them.
However, it could have been a warm-up match for the teams before the World Cup. Since the players play in different clubs, they rarely get the chance to play in the national team jersey. So the Nations League matches helped to increase the chemistry between the players. As a result, they could have performed better in the World Cup. Portugal and the Netherlands are desperately trying to play well in the Nations League, I think they will be able to play well in the World Cup.
2840  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 20, 2022, 06:16:27 PM
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The match was over for Bangladesh after they failed miserably in there first innings. Its very difficult to make a come back once you are out on 103 runs. West Indies is not very strong test team these days but still Bangladesh failed to perform good against them. Don't know when we start seeing improvement in Bangladesh test performance.
Bangladesh does have a solid team if they are playing at home but while touring they seems to struggle and if they won the toss then i believe that the situation would have been different considering how West Indies struggles in the longer format against quality bowling. It was an easy win for West Indies in the first Test but i expect Bangladesh to bounce back and perform better in the later part of the series.
It's a 1-0 series lead for the West Indies! This is just a normal display of Bangladesh losing match after match in test cricket. Likewise, past tests are always just study tours for tigers. They'll learn and try not to repeat them in the future. The bowling side of their team was awesome despite their pathetic batting. It is also important to consider the skills of the batters. In order to improve mental strength, some meditation is needed to improve fielding skills.

If Bangladesh wants to perform well in Test format then they have to improve on some small issues. First, players must be patient. No matter how talented a player is, if he is not patient, it is not possible for him to perform well in Test format. Second, the fielding needs to be improved. Missing a catch in a Test match can have a devastating effect. Third, top-order batsmen need to be responsible. If the top order players get out quickly, it becomes very difficult to collect high scores in the match.
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