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3981  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: August 16, 2023, 05:31:55 PM
Kane's transfer is too close to the season. We cannot blame him. He did his best. He didn't even have time to rest. He went to the club and checked his health, and had to play. If Bayern Munich did not hesitate in the transfer window, Maybe we'll see different results.We can give Kane and Tuchel more time, don't pressure them both because they're under a lot of pressure.
There is still plenty of time for Kane and Tuchel because for now maybe all of them in the Bayern Munich team are making sufficient preparations to face every game this season in the Bundesliga. And then it will also make a better focus on the Champions League because Tuchel's own target is to bring Bayern Munich into a strong team this season with several player changes. So in general there is obviously still a lot of time for Tuchel and Kane.

Basically it's not about Bayern Munich not making a transfer sooner, but the fact is that Tottenham always reject Bayern Munich proposals. So yes, in the end Kane came at a very tight time with their important match yesterday in the German Super Cup. But even so, at least Kane still has time to be able to play well later in his first match in the Bundesliga.

Thus, at least Kane still has time that might be enough for him to adapt. But after all, Kane situation like this does look very rushed and very tight. Therefore, we also cannot always demand for Kane to be able to quickly make a big contribution at Bayern Munich in his first season.
Harry kane is not to be blamed for the  ill fate of Bayern Munich against Leipzig his transfer took longer due to numerous rejection from Daniel levy who later realized  he could lose Kane totally for nothing next summer and decided to accept a bid for Kane, few days before the super cp, giving kane less time to prepare for the match and blend in well with his new teammates it's so sad that he lost  3-1 on his debut with his new and couldn’t get a trophy which is more reason why he decided to leave Tottenham.
 But i believe before the league start he'll have enough time to train with his teammates and understand their style of play, kane is a proven player and a top flight for that matter so adapting in Bayern Munich might not be a difficult task for him because he's currently in a team with a better squad that could offer him more chances of scoring goals, Tuchel bought some quality players in this transfer window so there's no excuse for a poor performance their squad is strong enough for the champions league and even if they don't play in the finals or carry it i expect a better performance from them.
3982  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 16, 2023, 05:00:17 PM
The second week of the EPL will also present an interesting match, Tottenham vs Man United on 19 August. Man City vs Newcastle on 20 August, it will be interesting to wait whether these clubs will also draw.
Between Tottenham vs Man United in my opinion Man United can still excel but the potential is slim and Tottenham can still control the game even without Harry Kane. As for Man City against Newcastle, so far Man City remains the superior club. But Newcastle has changed a lot, especially since qualifying last season with a Champions League ticket, they will definitely use the match against Man City as an important match to study the opponent's game. I'm not going to take it lightly that Newcastle are quite capable of holding a draw, it will have a very positive impact on Eddie Howe's squad.

Seriously, the two matches can be hard to predict, especially Tottenham against Manchester United, because in their openly Premier League matches, both teams didn't perform to our expectations; the performances were not impressive at all, so seeing the two teams playing against each other next week, I am not even encouraged to bet on their matches, but from my observations, Tottenham may be a little bit stronger than Manchester United based on their performances I saw last week against the Wolves. So the chances of any team winning are not clear. Honestly, judging them from their last week's game, I will see that Tottenham may win or draw the next match against Manchester United.
 
As for Manchester City's match against Newcastle, both teams had good performances, especially Newcastle. The game may be tough, but I believe by all means Manchester City will try all it can to win the game and come out with three points, especially since the match will be played at their home. If Manchester City does not later win the match, I am not expecting less than a draw from them because, despite Newcastle's performance, I don't think their standards are up to Manchester City's own. Newcastle won and scored up to five goals, which should not be used to judge that they were better than Manchester City.
 

I think the match against Tottenham this Saturday is going to be  a big test for Erik Ten Hag this season against on of the big teams and fans would be expecting to see a better performance than the one they had against Wolves they narrowly escaped a defeat and were rescued by Rafael Varanes header, if im to judge by their team performance in their last matches I'll say Tottenham stand a better chance but when it comes to the squad Manchester united have a better a squad all Erik Ten Hag just need to do is to boost the moral of the team to gain confidence when they're playing especially from the midfield area, Bruno Fernandes and Mason Mount seemed lost in the last match even Casimiro looked so weak and allow the ball to get past him easily, however i feel it would be a win or draw for United against Tottenham.

 Newcastle seemed very tough this season and i was suprised of their 5-1 victory against Aston Villa their new signing Tonali is leaving the dream and fastly adapting to his new team and scored on his debut, fans would be looking to see if he'll replicate such form against a big team like Manchester City,  City on the other hand would be playing without one of their key player Kelvin Debruyne that got injured during their opener against Burnley but Gerdiola doesn’t depend much on one player to win matches so he'll seek other Alternatives to replace Debruyne,  the match is very tough for me to decide due to the present form of Newcastle but i know Gerdiola would try to avoid a defeat in that match.
3983  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: August 16, 2023, 04:10:22 PM

Regardless of whether or not you like Mbappe's behaviour in the end he also has the right to decide for himself on the career he is currently doing and don't forget that Mbappe's nature can arise because he is too spoiled with more than he should. indirectly, the existence of Mbappe's nature like this is a factor from PSG too so I think this is a cause and effect that occurs.

PSG rewards Mbappe too much but on the other hand Mbappe is also aware that if he continues at PSG then indeed this will not have a big impact on his career apart from the power of money and power for PSG at the club.

Now that won't happen because Mbappe has extended his contract for one season at PSG but seeing from the clauses circulating in some news this is just like a game so that PSG does not lose its money considering that in the new contract there is a condition where PSG is obliged to sell Mbappe next season which indirectly indicates that Mbappe will still leave, it's just that his departure will not be free because he still has one season left on his contract.

On the other hand, this is actually a good option for PSG because at least they don't lose a lot of money considering that if there is no clarity from Mbappe then apart from the loss they cannot hold Mbappe, they also won't get a cent if this new contract does not exist.
It is enough to withdraw the offer made by PSG for Mbappe and this will allow PSG to continue to receive money from selling Mbappe next year. What PSG has done is right, it's just that they have to anticipate unwanted things next season. Certainly there will be many clubs who are interested in getting Mbappe and the cost is definitely not cheap. Manchester united, chelsea and Real Madrid are probably the most advanced teams to be able to bring in Mbappe. But seeing Mbappe's own interest, it is certain that he will choose Real Madrid and maybe it's just a matter of how the negotiations between PSG and Real Madrid go quite smoothly later. For now Mbappe's future is clear in Paris and that will add another year to his title-winning streak with PSG.
There is no other way for PSG because if they let this drama continue, apart from disrupting the performance of other players on the field they will also get nothing from Mbappe when he leaves so when they cannot force him to leave in this transfer then one hope is to extend the contract at least one season and be ready to sell Mbappe next season because this way Mbappe can be played without previous threats and they can also get money from the sale of Mbappe next season.
if you noticed lately most young talents are being moved by my money and contract offers by clubs and it think Mbappe understands what he has to benefit in his new contract apart from playing time and uplifting of the punishment given to him, he tried his best to move to Realmadrid this summer which later attracted a punishment to him, and his new contract involves him being allowed to move to another club next summer.
 PSG gave him an offer he couldn’t reject knowing fully well that they need a player of such quality after letting go of Neymar and also if he signs a deal they won't lose him for free next season, left for me i think this might be the last seaaom for Mbappe at PSG because the new clause in his contract permits him move and if he remains at PSG he won't have a better chance of winning the Champions League only has to settle for the France league trophy and the money benefits that comes with it.
3984  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 16, 2023, 03:40:23 PM
It is true that high salaries are the key for top European players like Neymar to join the Saudi Pro League with Al Hilal, there are many reasons behind this transfer process. It is reported that Neymar is no longer wanted by Luis Enrique, and is currently at odds with another PSG star Mbappe. But I myself can not confirm the truth of this news, at first glance I think it makes sense.

Neymar presence at Al Hilal further complements and sharpens their attack line, for the adaptation process I think Neymar will not find it difficult, except for being hit by an injury.

Saudi clubs are just trying to make news and get enough attention of the football lovers with money and huge signings. To be honest I feel like they are still far from getting to a level where PL and other league competition is.

As for Neymar, good for him as he is getting a huge contract as his career was becoming more and more uncertain at PSG. PSG is kinda club who ditches player too easily. Also there wasn't a club interested like Al-Hilal with huge proposal. It was obvious where he was gonna go and it was a perfect time I would say for Neymar.
They're are trying to build their league and it very popular so they're doing everything possible to make sure they get top European players across the continent that would help them make the league more popular and competitive and  if you noticed in the final match against  Al-Hilal vs Al-Nassr you'll notice that the number of European players in both teams dragged alot of attention and got more viewers and publications than before, they might not be in the level of other top leagues but in the near future in they continue in this manner to lure quality players they'll gradually get close to the level of other top leagues.
Neymar saw an opportunity he'll never get at PSG and took advantage of it, he's currently one of the highest earning footballers in the world all thanks to his decision to move to Al-Hilal where he'll get more playing time and earn huge salary.
3985  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 on: August 16, 2023, 01:36:22 AM
The three goals that were scored in the match between Spain(2) and Sweden(1) occurred between 81 and 90 minutes of play, which is highly unexpected.
~snip~

This, indeed, was a game to break any sports bettor's bankroll Cheesy
Who would bet on so many goals and comebacks after the 81st minute?

It's a good thing that the result was decided during normal game time, as often the result of penalties is very unfair to teams that often play better in normal time but lose on penalties.

In my honest opinion, Spain deserved to qualify... despite the dramatic game, I believe they had a better performance on the field, and Carmona's great goal was enough to consolidate my opinion about this result.
The match was really interesting, well i expected a draw and didn't think there would be a comback aftee the 81st minute to be honest i thought it would end in a penalty shoot-out and Sweden would remove Spain from the competition but Carmona scored on the 89th minute to seal a 2-1 victory, the Spanish women really deserved the winning and have qualified for the finals.
 Austrália would be playing England today to qualify for the finals and only time will tell if they'll knock out the Lionesses from the tournament but left for me I really want the Lionesses to qualify and battle the spanish women for the trophy, it's going to be a very tough finals with two of the best so far in this tournament challenge for the trophy however the Australian women won't give up easily and would give the Lionesses a very good challenge.
3986  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: August 16, 2023, 01:21:47 AM

In fact, Real Madrid tried too much for hiring players from PSG and it was not the first and first season for Real Madrid to wait for Mbappe to join this team.
Mbappe did the same thing in the last time and he let Real Madrid to wait for him but at the last minute he accepted to stay in PSG and now he did the same thing once again.
There's nothing  Mbappe could have done , i mean he really tried hard to make sure he moves to Madrid this even breached the contract he had with PSG, refused to sign a new contract with them and went behind to have a secret negotiation with Realmadrid, that forced PSG to punish him by taking off the first team to go train with the Junior team when they discovered, and even increased his release clause to €250m to chase possible suitors away.
 That was why the deal didn't come through and he had no other option than to sign a new contract for them to uplift the punishment and secure a playing time instead of training with the Junior team and waiting until next summer till he'll be free to make negotiations with  other teams of his choice, Realmadrid is one club Mbappe has been wanting to join and unlike the other times he tried forcing a move there this season but things didn't work as plan so i don't really blame him for signing a new contract.
3987  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: August 16, 2023, 12:55:38 AM
Al Hilal bought Neymar and made the transfer of the year. PSG will be paid 80 million Euro, while Neymar signed a 2-year contract at 150 million Euro per year. Never before in the history of sports has an athlete made so much money in one year.
In addition, although it's not talked about much, Malcom which Al Hilal transferred last month, started the season like a storm. Malcom scored a hat-trick from his first game. It looks like Al Hilal will take out the 60 million Euro they have given. Al Hilal is currently the most important of the championship favorites.

They can sign Veratti as well as any other player. There is a big power in Saudi Arabian teams right now: money. They may overpay the salary. FIFA can't do anything against their power. Since they do not have any financial problems, they transfer every player. The next player could be Veratti.
I don't think Verratti is the only player they're in search of, Al-Hilal are on the verge of creating a very tougher team that would challenge their arch rival Al-Nassr so they're still in search of possible European footballers that would strengthen their team and they solely depend on their financial strength to help convince this players to join their team since the league is not affected by any financial fair play rules.
 According to the news Al-Hilal have regenerated their Interest of signing the fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic and they've started another negotiations with a new offer for the player, and it is said that they're planning on getting the deal done this week and make Mitrovic their top striker, if they succeed in getting Mitrovic it's going to create a very strong attacking force for them and their only hope would be the player convinced by the offer or Fulham willing to let go of their top 9
3988  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: August 16, 2023, 12:41:40 AM
Today, Renato Sanches and Leandro Paredes both were doing a Medical test for Roma and it seems both players are going to leave PSG soon because Leandro Paredes was playing Juventus on loan in the last season, while he had to return to PSG he didn't want to come back and instead, he prefers to join this Italian team.
I think PSG can have many empty slots and it's time for Enrique to hire more players.
Since those were not so beneficial for the club and PSG took the right decision to let them all join in as roma.Leandro gets regular time in serie a club. No reason for him to compete with another player in PSG.
That's the main reason why he was moving to the to the roma instead of back again to the PSG. It's a good decision for his career as roma seems fill mourinho's request. At least the club was spending some money to bought the players instead of doing nothing.

He will be coached by one of best coach in the world. Mourinho is very happy to see him goes to the as roma as the club really needs the new player right now. He is making right movement.

It's a good decision taken by both clubs, instead of him going back to PSG where he won't see much playing time and benched often instead they decided to get money for him by letting him stay in a club where he'll be given more playing time by Mourinho to build up his career and become a better player.
 Roma offloaded their player Nemanja Matic for €3m to Rennes and they're needed a quick replacement for the midfield area so they decided to make a permanent move for parades and in addition with Renato Sanches and it’s said that parades was bought for a fee of €4m while Sanches for a loan fee of €1m with a mandatory €15m clause if he's going to play in 60% of games, according to the news those are not the only players that's left PSG, Abduo Diallo has also left PSG to sign a permanent deal with a Qatar club side Al Arabi SC, i just hope Enrique get replacements for the players that's left the club before the window ends.
3989  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 16, 2023, 12:16:14 AM
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It's suprising that Ronaldo and Messi at their age are still trying to break more records with there present teams Messi has score 7 goals for Inter Miami and would need about 27 goals to become the all time score of the club thereby toping Higuaín, while Ronaldo at Al-Nassr has scored 17 goals and would need about a 109 goals to top Mohammad Al- Alshalawi and become tge all time scorer for Al-Nassr.
 I think it would be very easier for Messi than Ronaldo because he's much younger and could still play for 2 or 3 more seasons for Inter Miami making it very possible and easy to score about 27 or more before he finally retires for playing, but Ronaldo is older and getting 109 goals he has to score about 40 goals or more in a season and due to his age i don't think he could get up  to such amount of goals or play for 3 more seasons at Al-Nassr, however despite his age he still looks very fit and his feet still delivers strong shot even though he doesn't get up to 100 goals i believe he could attempt getting about 50 goals or more for Al-Nassr before he resigns from football.
3990  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 15, 2023, 11:55:28 PM
Chelsea played a better game than Liverpool. Liverpool even had a hard time making a pass. I guess the old legendary Liverpool no longer exists. I expected them to play a more dominant and quality game against Chelsea, who rebuilt the team. Liverpool was the happy team in this draw. That was an interesting thing. In the weeks to come, Liverpool need to be more careful and concentrated.
The two teams performance wasn’t really bad, in the first half of the match, the two clubs had equal chances, but Chelsea dominated the match in the second half of the match. I was surprised with the way Chelsea played, their coach is really rebuilding the club, and with the new signing they made, I am sure their performance will still be so different in their next match. I can’t really judge Liverpool, their performance wasn’t really bad in the match, at least they performed well, but Chelsea, which they played against, is also a strong club.
 
With all the signing of top players into Chelsea, they ought to play at their best than last season they had terrible coaches who don't know how to utilize players to their best form. The money spent on signing new players into Chelsea from the transfer window in 2022 to this year's transfer window is roughly around $1 billion.
As Liverpool's coach, Klopp tried and persisted for a while in the match against Chelsea, while still Liverpool's manager, it wasn't easy to face nine different Chelsea coaches and play in 21 matches against them (winning, drawing, and losing some). I'm giving Liverpool management a high five for believing in and putting their belief in Klopp. The legendary Liverpool would surely come back alive with time.

 Klopp is a good coach he's had his good times at England but getting back as the champions would be very challenging for him because the competition is becoming very tough due to the number of quality coaches that are presently in the league, Mancity  got Guardiola, United got Ten Hag, Chelsea got Pochettino, Arsenal got Arteta, even Brighton, Newcastle, Aston Villa and Tottenham got top quality coaches as well so even if he bounce back it's not going to be very easy
 I don't know how Guardiola does it but he's proven that he's the best coach in England currently and it would take a while before any other coaches would do what he's done which is winning the treble, their are only two coaches that's done that, Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United, in the past and Pep Guardiola currently.
3991  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: August 15, 2023, 11:45:19 PM
If Milan want the championship in the new season, I think they should transfer good players. Many players leave the team, but it is a mystery how successful the new ones will be. If you are a big team like Milan, you have to target the best players. If you are having trouble recruiting good players, you will minimize your chances of winning Scudetto.
Getting good players is not as easy as you say Milan needs a lot of money that has to be spent on just one player, whereas if you buy more than one player, it will disrupt Milan's financial condition. At least if you want to buy new players, Milan must consider players who are much needed so that the money used will not be wasted.
I think a team that played in the Champions League Final and lost needed to strengthen their squad and prepare well to stand a better chance of winning next time but Milan failed to do that rather they sold most of their best players and even allowed Onana to move to Manchester united instead of renewing a contract with him although Yann Sommer is a good replacement for Onana but he's not young and won't serve them for a long term so why replacing a young player for a much older one that won't last up to 4-5 years in the club.
 Well they made a handful of signing but im not impressed by it and i feel their rivals and neighbours Ac Milan would perform better than them this season with the kind of quality players they signed players like Chukwueze, Noah Okafor, Christian Pulisic,  lotus cheek and about four others, that's a team that's ready for a better challenge this season therefore they went for younger and talented ballers that would help them perform better than the previous season.
3992  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: August 15, 2023, 11:28:41 PM
-snip-

He came in at the end of a difficult season. It seems Bayern Munich believe in Tuchel so much that it replaces Nagelsmann. But until now, his arrival does not seem to be better than Nagelsmann. Last season's Bundesliga champion, it seems to be luck too. Let's see this season, if he fails miserably this means Tuchel is not able to control Bayern Munich. The option of another one-year extension might be good, but maybe a 2-year contract if he fails then he has to leave.
Personally I don't put much faith in Thomas Tuchel. I know he's got some career experience going uphill during his spells at Chelsea and PSG, but Thomas Tuchel also has good experience with other Bundeliga teams during his time at Borussia Dortmund.

I'm not saying Thomas Tuchel is a worse coach than Julian Nagelsmann, but the two coaches seem to differ in terms of experience and coaching style. I prefer Julian Nagelsmann to get more chances than Tuchel, but Tuchel can also prove something useful for his current team. This is Thomas Tuchel's second season with Bayern Muncen and he has brought in some players the likes of Harry Kane, Min-jae Kim, Konrad Laimer and Guerreiro. That will support his plans for this season at Bayern Munich, especially in the Champions League and Bundesliga.
With the kind of squad he has at disposal if he fails to win the league or carry any trophy then it would be right to say he's not the preferred man for the job and Bayern Munich should seek another alternative because even before Julian Nagelsmann was sacked he still won some trophies for Bayern Munich, therefore Thomas Tuchel has to maintain that standard.
 I think why Bayern bought him is because he's been successful with Chelsea in the Champions League in the past so they need a coach that got the champions league experience or probably won it and he was there preferred option, so far they've backed him in the transfer window to get his preferred players and even got a replacement for their old striker Lewandowski therefore his current squad is strong enough to challenge any European teams current and much more is expected from them in the Champions League this season.
3993  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 15, 2023, 09:02:08 PM
Before the game, a lot of comments here were about how easily Manchester United were going to beat Wolves but that wasn’t the case because Wolves had the entire game in their hands, but their failure to convert their chances made them lose the game. Manchester United were lucky to convert one of their chances through Varane’s header to get the winning goal. With the way they played yesterday, if United had played against a stronger team, they would have definitely lost 5 nil.

Manchester United did not start the season well. I think they should have been better in yesterday's game and they should have taken more important positions on the field. They took the lead with a chance goal and won, but Wolves got exactly 23 shooting positions. They shouldn't be in that position.

Manchester United will not be able to do as expected again this season. This is evident from the game they play. I am not sure that the player who will lead the team on the field is chosen from the right players. How far can United go with one different win. They do not have a clear advantage in terms of play on the field. The only advantage is that they didn't concede a goal.

I wonder how Manchester United will play in the next games because they act like they are a team that doesn't know what they want to do on the field.
You don't judge the outcome of the league performance of a team from the beginning of a game, if you noticed Manchester united last season lost two of their opening games, a horrible back to back defeat against Brighton and Brentford and everyone thought that would be one of the worst season for them but it ended up being of the best since after Sir Alex Ferguson's era, they finish third, won a trophy and even played the FA cup final though they lost to city, the league just started and some players are still adjusting to the new tournament maybe due to an injury or lack of fitness and though their performance was not as expected but they managed to secure the  3points which is most important.
 As for the captain  Bruno Fernandes he's definitely the best option for the role and the players and board supported it so im not going to judge his ability with just one awful performance, however he was the one that created the chance that made Wanbissaka assist a goal, i think Erik Ten Hag would learn from the match and make the necessary corrections against  their next match, moreover they might still sign more players before the window ends especially in the midfield area.
3994  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: August 15, 2023, 08:40:32 PM
Several Serie A teams also have the ability to sign expensive players like Juventus did for Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuaín, Matthijs de Ligt, Dusan Vlahovic, and Arthur Melo a few seasons ago. But a Serie A team has never been richer than some Premier League teams so far in terms of income, but that doesn't make Serie A any worse in terms of the quality of the game.

For this season, Juventus is also still the top team that brings in players more expensively than all other Serie A teams. Juventus have spent 60 million euros at least on their 2 new players with a value of 30 million euros each, they are Manuel Locatelli and Moise Kean.


Juventus have good players, it's quite important that they suit their style of game without any challenge. However they faced crucial barriers last season, but it's all in the past, let's look what they have to offer this new season. Juventus bringing up good performance, and there's more to expect from them this new season. Allegri Massimiliano is one of the good coaches that have managed the Old lady's and I would strongly believe that there's chances of them winning the scudetto this new season. Seria A league is competitive and there's always good chances of winning their game.
If not from the points deducted from the based on the issue they had with the financial fair play rules they would had stood a better chance to quality for the champions league and even challenge napoli for the title and i hope they don’t face any issues again that would lead to a deduction of points.
 However you're right when you said their squad looks balanced they've added some players into the squad and some of their top players sent on loan across Europe have arrived the team to help them challenge for the league this season, Allegri Massimiliano is a very good coach on of the best in the league and would be looking to get a trophy this season to make up for the previous one, though they might not play in the Champions League but it would help them prepare and focus more on getting  the league title.
3995  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: August 15, 2023, 04:58:31 PM
 Here are my predictions for todays matches

Maccabi Haifa FC vs SK Slovan Bratislava - Bts yes
Sparta Prague vs Copenhagen - Bts yes
Galatasaray Istanbul vs Olimpija Ljubljana - Home wins
GNK Dinamo Zagreb vs AEK Athens - over 1.5 goals
SK Sturm Graz vs PSV Eindhoven - Away wins
Servette Geneva vs Rangers - Away wins
Marseille vs Panathinaikos Athens - Home wins
 In case of clarifications Bts means both teams to score, i also think that teams like PSV Eindhoven, Rangers, Marseille, Galatasaray and Copenhagen are going to qualify for the UEFA Champions League, however the match between Dinamo and Athens is going to be a tough one but i think both teams would score.
 
3996  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: August 14, 2023, 11:39:41 PM
I can honestly see a problem being created if Napoli cannot defend the title successfully. Well, if they perform well enough, it is probably going to be okay. But if in the upcoming 2/3 seasons, they cannot win the Serie A title, I don’t think Victor Osimhen is going to stay in the club anyway. Personally, I believe that it was certainly going to be a good decision for him to leave and probably join a club from the English Premier League or maybe Real Madrid from La Liga. But of course, I respect that decision that he has taken. He is finding success with his current club and he is trying to see how long that can last in the future.
With Victor Osimhen's current age, what you are saying is very true, it is certain that Victor Osimhen chooses to stay at Napoli in the hope that Napoli will succeed in scoring a victory in the Serie A League, and that is very important for Victor Osimhen to make career history. very good value, so that it will make the price very considered. Hopefully, his choice to stay at Napoli is the right choice and is the best way for Victor Osimhen to have his career history here.
One thing i like about him is that he's loyal to the team and fans of Napoli and he decided to sign a new contract with them and help defend the Serie A league trophy and also the his teammates believe in him and know that he's a big threat to the opposition and would be hoping to have him back in the squad sooner, they still have a stronger team, though they sold some key players last season but they've had them replaced and would be ready for the new season to kick off, winning the league again won't come easy and we're still yet to see what Rudi Garcia has to offer to his new team.
  Oshimen has resumed training after his ankle sprain and he had a training with the Rudi Garcia for the afternoon session and might as well feature in their opener if he recovers very fast and is fit for the match.
3997  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 14, 2023, 11:22:36 PM
Neymar is officially joining Al-Hilal finally. I think he has taken the best path for himself now. Because he didn't have a good relationship with PSG lately and it was time to leave for Neymar. As he has been getting injured quite often he hasn't been a big use for PSG in the recent times either.
Neymar is quite young to move to a less competitive league right now, but it is what it is! The relationship between PSG and Neymar broke down a long time ago, and the club have just been waiting for the best offer to sell him. I'm pretty sure Neymar wanted to stay in Europe, but it is difficult to find a team than can pay his salaries/wages, and also pay a good fee to PSG for signing him. The Saudi's have come with such wealth/money, and they make transfers like this look so easy, thus in the end PSG got a very good fee and neymar's salaries/wages is just absolutely ridiculous, so win-win for all parties, though i know Neymar wouldn't be completely happy, it wasn't supposed to end like this.
Neymar is 31 years of age and he's seen that he's not going to get a good playing time at PSG and with his injury spells i don't top clubs at the moment would be in demand for an injury prone player at 31, so i think he made the right decision to play where he'll be welcomed by both teammates and fans and would even earn double of what he's earning at PSG, well it's win win for both parties cause they'll get a huge fee of €90m for him while he'll also earn a huge salary from Al-Hilal.

 Neymar is not the only player to had recently joined Al-Hilal, the ivorian midfielder frank kessi also joined Al-Hilal some days though for a lesser fee of about €12.5, he's relocated to his new club and was also featured in a match against Al‐Hazm that ended in a 3-1 victory and frank kessi scored a goal in the 89th min of the match.
3998  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: August 14, 2023, 11:02:37 PM

This is just like a done deal since personal terms has been agreed from both parties, and it is only on a successful deal that players do go for medicals.

Nice move for Neymar Jr, staying at PSG will not be interesting for him seeing all the players he was competing with during their own time are not more playing in the Europe, and the squad structure of PSG did not look competitive enough compared to last season.
I came to this thread to ask if anyone has seen someone like Neymar Jr here. But on opening this thread, it is his pictures that flooded here. It is indeed a pity that Europe has lost once the three mightiest footballers (Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar).
Honestly, I'm not going to enjoy champions league this season. The departure of Ronaldo and Messi didn't pain me as much as this of Neymar is paining me.
Who will spice up the game, who will flare and garnish the round leather. Well, I'm diverting my attention to SPL. Football is shifting but we do not understand.
Those three really made European football very interesting especially Ronaldo and Messi that's been battling for supremacy for decades the champions league was really interesting when those two were involved, i think Neymar was very interesting to watch while at Barcelona along side Messi than at PSG, he had lots of injury spells that hindered his performance while playing in the Champions League and even with a squad invoving world class stars like Messi, Neymar and Mbappe they couldn’t win the Champions League.
 I think Neymar has realized that his playing days in an European team is over and he won't get lots of chances due to the recent singings by Enrique so therefore he has to seize an opportunity to move to where he'll definitely see more playing time and also earn a more an better improved salary than at PSG, he'll be earning a whooping sum of €160m over two years which is 2x of what he earns at PSG.
3999  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: August 14, 2023, 10:48:58 PM
Yes, it was the win that Diego Simeone was hoping for and they did well.
On João Félix, Barcelona might make a move for him if Ateletico Madrid weren't asking such a high price. Barcelona started working on signing a right-back from the sale of Dembele, but Xavi has several options for the position.

I doubt Xavi is really keen or shown much interest in bringing Joao Felix to the club, and Diego Simeone does not have him on his plan for this season. I hope he stayed at Chelsea, but Pochettino is also uninterested in him. His career is currently in jeopardy as a result of his recent absence of competitive football. He's still a fantastic player, and I'm confident he'll find a home in Athletic Madrid or Barcelona, depending on where he concludes up this season. Barcelona is also considering a swap deal for him, which I believe is still possible before the transfer window closes.

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Barcelona also had an unpleasant moment in the first match of the season. They repeated it like last season where Rayo Vallecano managed to hold Barcelona's troops to a draw, but I'm sure that doesn't reduce Barcelona's chances of defending the title. Barcelona's play and form were good, but they failed to score even though some of the chances came quite well.

Rapinha's red card may have weakened them, but I don't think that's a reason for them not to have taken advantage of that match. It was against Getafe, who were less powerful than them. They didn't get their first three points of the season, but let's see how their next game goes, which I believe will be more exciting because they'll be well prepared for a strong win.
I think Barcelona would consider signing João Felix in the late hours of the transfer window and according to the news they could likely be a swap deal involving Ansu Fati, though Xavi is not very keen on signing the player, but he's made his desire to play for Barcelona open, since he's not in the plans of Simeone and Xavi barely uses Fati this deal could pull through easily if Xavi later pick an interest in getting him before the window ends because both players share same agent, Jorge Mendes who is said to be involved in different deals for Barcelona including that of Cancelo.
 They'll miss playing without Raphina in their next match against cadiz and he has took to Instagram to apologise for his reckless behavior and for the anger he showed while taken off the pitch, anyways Barcelona still have ferran  Torres to replace him in the next match against Cadiz and Xavi's team would do their possible best to have a win in that match.
4000  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 14, 2023, 10:25:19 PM
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Raphael Varane helped his team to claim a victory after they failed to have a good performance against Wolves, all thanks to Aaron Wanbissaka for his fine cross from the right flank to Varane who got the ball into the net with a fine header, though they won 1-0 but the opposition team played beyond their expectations and stood a better chance to win the game but missed too much chances, the Midfield of Manchester United was very porous, they keep making lots of wrong passes and didnt create much chance for the attack, allowing the opposition to get away with a counter most times.
 Apart from Varane that rescued his team with a fine header one player that was outstanding for Manchester united is Aaron Wanbissaka, both him and Varane helped the keeper in blocking several shots that would had led to a goal, another played that had an outstanding performance was Onana he had 5 good saves and kept a clean shit on his debut, but Mason was impressive to and didn't have a good game today, Casimiro also was very poor with his marking and couldn't hold the midfield, íf they play this way against any top EPL team they'll concede  alot of goals even before the 1st half, Ten Hag needs to work on the confidence of his team so as to have a better performance in their next match.
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