Heh all you posting stats, they don't really mean much in Bundesliga ping pong. Watching the game dumps out the stats, in general. And ah, I skipped betting against City and Bayern yesterday, thinking I didn't want to waste money. Both games I was regretting at HT, but by FT, both vindicated me.

My man Sadio finally didn't score, saw one German press call him Sadioffside Made --  though really, he's also a lot of offside in Liverpool, why that nick eh? But 30+ shots and 20 on target? Bayern really have a bogey team, don't they?!

I was actually asking Trofo in chat earlier if there were anyone who'd bought into United's resurgence and took in Rashford/Sancho. Guess I found one of them, haha! Hope you at least got Bruno in as he's the only United player I rated all season last year.


Why would anyone do that? Haha. Bad reviews from United and Fulham? But he's always been bad defensively, he more than makes up for points surely in assists alone.


Yeah, honestly I looked at my position, effectively not playing the first 3 games of season and I'm not TOO bad. This week's gamble leaving Salah out was pretty cool, only I should have put Haaland in (opted for VVD and switching things around so one defender goal is not TOO bad).

Probably shouldn't have used my wild card so early but thought I needed to clear out my squad with injuries and randos...

Far from hitting, disappointing pick. Didn't even get the upsets competition right as more upsets happened in EFL trophy (Fulham I recall was the highest).

Still, be glad I didn't waste money on Palace last night, thought I'd missed an opp at HT but City as usual...

Instead, let's look to topple PSG, they look scary but Monaco always has a chance I feel.

100 units at Fairlay on Monaco to WIN vs PSG @11.95. Other odds: 10.80
Units advantage: 115

Ha yeah, I will end up betting on Monza one of these days though, perhaps as long as I see a 10/1 or more odds home game against midtable teams.

11/16 is my position after failing to see the draw from Juve. I honestly thought I was being smart about picking a 2-1 upset... and now Gini broke his leg I didn't know about until only when I saw him missing from squad. I've been SO out of it I will need a week or two min to catch up with everything. Pretty bad performance across all leagues on season start.

^ Sure, but they've their biggest weakness in terms of management, as if they've just got a revolving door that won't let anyone sit there for a full season. Forgot and have given up trying to remember who manages them.

And now, despite coming back twice, losing to QPR. Only Rotherham and PNE left with an unbeaten season. Reading doesn't care though!

Wonderful, I've just added your name as a pending participant haha, you're absolutely right, what's the fun in missing out?!

I've a feeling Barca will surprise a lot of people in UCL, I doubt anyone expects them to even make it out of Last 16 but there's something weird this season with so many teams in flux. Literally in flux, almost every big name minus PSG (are they really even that big?) have some major change in philosophy or personnel and this will be a cool season of unknowns.

Today isn't super interesting for me in La Liga, EPL has been quite breathless already but Mallorca if I'm not mistaken are quoted by bookies as a slight favourite. That seems weird to me =)

OK, so, first half performance from Liverpool is poetry.

I did take Salah out, hoping Diaz and TAA would do all the job and I was sort of right. My only regret? I removed Firmino when I refreshed the team to keep VVD in defence... haha, who's now got 3 assists and a goal. He was even my vice ouch.

Not bad, not bad. Don't worry guys, Trofo's right. Salah your captain will still give returns, he's been so sharp, just missing at least one sitter.

Want to agree but the loudest ones I used to come into contact with weren't even total nutjobs but were even just chest-out mealy-mouthed business suits who got lucky with Bitcoin, secretly invested in alts, publicly invest more in Bitcoin but ask them to sign a transaction and they'll fumble to figure out if they can do that with Coinbase Pro and Limited Edition gold-plated Ledger (I made this one up but not surprised if it exists). Not sure if they even really ever used Bitcoin in a supportive way.

Super toxic, pay to be seen at events and conferences... you know who they are before you know who the vegans are.

I do actually like most maximalists, they appear so to me, perhaps have never claimed to being one themselves.

I'm not able to go on, but according to regulars there are all receiving the freebets as we speak. Last time I checked 3 corners so 3 freebets already. In fact they're saying they're surprised not many more people are on there claiming those bets.

Are you sure you're on Club Talk? That's where it happens and where you can ask whatever's going on for any promo.

Hi OP! As soon as I saw Lhok Khaju I knew where this was. Instant memory lane trip for me!

I was at ground zero in 2004 and 2005. I lived and worked with your people for a while, and acknowledging the tragedy at the time, I enjoyed every moment and have many cherished memories from the time I spent there. And for the next ten years I still kept tabs for work. I wish only I had kept better contact with people in my youth as I recently considered visiting your place again to see how far it's come since.

I don't think many of us are particularly proud of how we started on this forum (feel free to see my post history haha). But that initial attraction is always natural, and be glad that you know see Bitcoin in a different light. I personally think Bitcoin in your place might not be the best solution for everyone (remember what happened in 2004-2008 when people just gave everyone jobs that were 10x national pay, satellite internet etc etc thinking that was good) and perhaps it only needs people like you to start using it to create awareness. First steps!

Also I think it's always tough to break into this forum, to be accepted, etc. But that's probably because it always becomes obvious when you're trying hard. Find what suits you, contribute, help, and if it still doesn't happen, then it's okay!

I wish you well.

And the fixtures list has been released! Official fixtures updated in OP and can be found here: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/fixtures-results/#/md/35203

Don't have a good overall image but impossible to find something that'll fit here, I'm really looking forward to this season!

Really not liking that we're meeting Ajax again as I prefer they go and knock out other teams haha, but here's hoping Barca find a way to take Munich out, but we've got to exorcise our Napoli demons =D

^^^ I've actually been sending out PMs to people here and there and several have said they wouldn't play, others cite there being many pools already and as Trofo points out, quite a heavy load, which is perfectly understandable. Even in my home country, the total commitment is already 1.5x monthly wage!

That said, this is a big prize, a shorter competition (less likely for people to forget to put picks and miss a week). Oh and, from my PMs, some regulars have actually responded NOT knowing about the thread... which really surprised me, as I literally mention it in almost all the UEFA threads and even in the UEFA member league threads every now and then. So yeah, it really baffles me like darxiaomi how we're not getting as many participants.

Perhaps it is because past seasons have never really been big and there is not yet enough awareness of the UCL pool. This does suggest, that next season more people will know about it. We actually already have new faces here I don't believe play in any of the other pools, and if those who confirmed end up playing, this pool will actually have quite a lot of fresh blood. I think that's good =)

Anyway, we should expect 26 people and we have 2 sponsored slots from kind anon person so I'm 100% certain we will have 29 at minimum. Honestly I don't think that's bad at all for the "first go"!

Paid participants (15)

Pending (have expressed desire to join) [11]

Possible (have not decided)

I know it's easier to say this now that we actually (briefly) broke 20k support twice in the past 24 hours, really didn't help that Powell's speech seems to confirm that they're going to be stubbornly plugging up the dollar... but yeah, I think this helps to confirm that Bitcoin's bear pain is far from over -- definitely needs a longer time spent, and lower prices achieved.

And I agree with above sentiment of "new" indicators like this, unproven and even if happens once will need many more repeats for reliability.

Ah, so THAT is where the 0.5 mbtc freebets came from, was wondering why I had 2 of them, and they expired 25th August, so I know they must have come on 22nd... good thing I actually logged in to check too, as I was honestly just almost not able to.

Hope nobody lost them SB probably should do better with notifies though!

Oh and shame on me for not taking Lazio, I thought they were really good value bet, but decided to switch out for an EPL game today in my acca oops.

@darxiaomi yeah early days, means nothing 3 or 4 rounds 10-20 points. I should know that very well after playing so many seasons.

@Harkorede nice catch on those exact scores. I was actually having doubts about Celta as I took them out of my acca (they were quoted almost 3/1 at some point) and now regret that. You're joining Champions League pool right?

3 points for me isn't too bad, I'll take close scores ANY day.

I lost two qualification bets with Sherif in it, seems like they just ran out of steam after using up all their magic against Real Madrid last season, huh. Can't say am unhappy about the draw but just wish Liverpool would draw some different opponents other than Napoli, I think they're a cool club but I always want to see different pairings.

Oh and ralle14: You're playing in the UCL pool of course aren't you? Do I need to beg?

Anyway: nice promo posted by rdbase. It almost feels like a Utd promo but I actually believe Saints will win AND not give away too many corners heh. Betbuilder on Saints + Saints more corners and United under 5 might be a great 10/1, hedged by all these free bets no?

Speaking of corners... if you really think United can get 9 corners, then you need to make sure you're participating in THIS new Sportsbet.io promo giving away $10 USDT freebets for every corner (up to 10) that United wins in this game: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5411281

That's almost guaranteed free money (please Saints, remind Ten Hag how lucky he was heh heh).

@Welsh: yeah I know I might sound like a blinded fanboi too but my son was asking me (he's a United "fan") why Liverpool aren't getting all the scrutiny despite being in 16th place and it was pretty simple. We're in poor form, but not for lack of trying. It's 3 games. Victim of the standards we set for ourselves.

Just saw the layout of the new inbox has a notification, so that's already an improvement on previous. Cool stuff. Less chance to miss out on time-limited promos

Kudos Tornike and co!

Anyway, EPL's been a horrendous story for my team so far but I've stuck by my veteran pick for MajSev (Kane, Vardy, Salah, Mitrovic, Coutinho, Zaha and a surprise St-Maximin.


P.S. Is that actually MILNER on the Majestic 7 logo? I know he's our #7 but not our likeliest goal hero

Welcome to the 0000 club Think I've hit it at least twice, also 7777... and yet, can't recall hitting a 4-of-a-kind on any other number. It's like achieving something that no one will ever recognise huh!

Not counting all the millions of autobets of course.

P.S. Are you by chance on the BBC Worlds Apart game?

Arsenal meet... Villa next week Wednesday and I have a special feel for this game, have to put my Villains aside and go all out on Gooner gala for this.


Liverpool. Of course. But take heart, we normally need a tough group to whip us back into shape for the KO rounds.

Group A doesn't look so nasty at first but minus our recent trophy, the group's actually got a lot of classic cups won betwixt them! And yes Rangers' Cup Winner's Cup counts haha.

@Hhampuz you've been tearing it up a bit recently, following up Man Utd with this one. What's your Club Talk username?