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41  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: October 18, 2024, 08:09:29 PM
Monaco is the favorite to win the match in their meeting against LOSC. However, they also cannot be comfortable because LOSC also did not come to accept defeat just like that. The away team will definitely try their best to be able to bring home points from this match. Monaco brings very good capital with their series of wins this season, while LOSC looks not completely stable and at the beginning of the season they still made many mistakes which ultimately made them have to accept 2 defeats. However, the 2 wins they got in their last 2 matches will also be something that can increase their morale so that they can provide fierce resistance to Monaco. They also still have a chance to win, although their chances are not as big as Monaco.

The match is already ongoing now and it looks like Monaco is finding it difficult to score Lille as they are currently playing 0:0 in the second half and Lille's defense is doing a great job. Monaco needs to score and win if they want to still be at the top of the league table because if they end in draw and PSG win their match against Strasbourg tomorrow then they will be equal points with Monaco but PSG will use goal difference to top the league table so Monaco needs to try as much as they can to win Lille in this game before fulltime.
42  Economy / Speculation / Re: Road to 100k? on: October 18, 2024, 06:20:24 PM
Buying the dip is not for new investors but rather for old investors whom their bitcoin size is in a certain level, maybe 60% and above of their bitcoin target. They can wait to buy in the dip, so that their bitcoin portfolio can increase significantly when they buy more at a cheaper price. If you choose the wrong method as a beginner, you might end up wasting your time that you should have use to accumulate a good amount of bitcoin and you will miss the opportunities in the market.
 
Everyone is presented with the opportunity to buy bitcoin at a DIP price whether a new investor or an old investor so far as they have reserved funds. being new to bitcoin investment don't mean that they have a little amount to invest with because there are beginners that actually has a huge amount of money but decided to be investing part of it from time to time using the DCA strategy so will you also say that investors like that should not buy bitcoin when it DIPs simply because they are beginners?. A newbie buying bitcoin at a DIP don't mean that they would have to wait upon starting of their investment but they can still be investing and an opportunity to buy at a DIP price comes then they can buy with part of their reserved funds and still continue with their DCA amount.
43  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025 on: October 18, 2024, 05:54:52 PM
Liverpool recently have top and consistent performance until games week 7 but most the opponent teams faced not have difficulty or top opponent team, upcoming match will face Chelsea and its first big four teams face by Liverpool in this season and waiting their consistent performance will easily get three points?

Chelsea not easily opponent team will face Liverpool at this weekend looking their consistent performance in this season and success reach the top fourth position place. I think the super big match between Liverpool vs Chelsea become most interested match exactly how good trend performance of both teams Chelsea have opportunity raise up to second standings position behind four points remaining from Liverpool.


It is true that Liverpool hasn't faced stronger opponents but it is not also easy for them to win those teams after all Nottingham Forest that won Liverpool is not also a stronger team but they were able to defeat Liverpool. There is no arguments that Liverpool's match against Chelsea is the toughest match of this week and this is also a match where the strength of Chelsea will be tested as well because they have also been meeting smaller teams apart from their match against Manchester city which they lost so if they are unable to win or draw against Liverpool then we can agree that their strength is only when they are faced with mediocre teams. Chelsea winning Liverpool and climbing to the second position will be determined by results of those teams ahead of them in the league table.
44  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25 on: October 18, 2024, 04:29:01 PM
Barcelona performance is good, and seeing Sevilla performance this season, I can’t give them a winning against Barcelona because their performance is incredible this season; they are at the top of the table, they won’t want to lose a point to continue securing their position in the table, and again, Barcelona will be playing at home. That should be another reason why they will be able to beat Sevilla easily because they will get more strength from playing at home; they won’t want to disappoint, so Sevilla will really find it difficult against Barcelona.

Sevilla has been very backward in the La Liga since last season and even in this season they haven't really shown any signs of improvements as they are currently now on the 12th position in the league table so there is no way they can stand Barcelona who doesn't want to endanger their stay at the top of the league table since they are just only 3 points above Real Madrid and if they drop points and Real Madrid meet them up in points it will disorganize Barcelona entirely because their confidence now is just based on the fact that they are still topping the league table otherwise it won't have been easy for them so definitely they can't gamble their game against Sevilla in Camp Nou the home ground of FC Barcelona.
45  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Season on: October 17, 2024, 09:57:19 PM

Although it is still quite a long time but it feels interesting to discuss how José Mourinho will welcome his former club Man United at Fenerbahçe headquarters. There will be many things that are certainly awaited by both supporters, considering that for Mourinho it should not be difficult to beat Man United whose current condition is not scary for any club. An opportunity for the Fenerbahçe club to give their best game.

What do you think? is this match worth waiting for?

Apart from this match being about a former club that Jose Mourinho once coached and the current club he's coaching now, Jose Mourinho is always careful when his team meets with any premier league teams so i feel that it will be a very tough game between Manchester united and Fenerbahce even though Manchester united is not in a good form. Jose Mourinho once met Manchester united in the Europa league in 2021 when he was Roma's coach and he won Manchester united while at home by 3:2 while Solskjaer the then Manchester united boss won them at Old Trafford by 6:2 which led to an aggregate of 8:5 in favor of Manchester united. Jose Mourinho won the Europa league trophy for Manchester united in 2017 when he was their head coach. I think Fenerbahce meeting Manchester united will be an interesting match to watch.
46  Economy / Economics / Re: Trusting your budget in times like this. on: October 17, 2024, 09:17:13 PM
When it comes to expenditures, you will definitely exceed your budgets because:
1. Due to inflation, the price of goods and commodities might not be the same again as you thought it would

2. Sometimes you can have a budget of things you need at a particular period of time but at some point you will find other things of more importance than the ones you already have in your budget which can lead to spending more than your budget.

3. Improper planning of your budget can also lead to one exceeding their budget.

No matter how you want to plan your budgets, you should make provision for miscellaneous items and also make an excessive budget such that inflation will not affect your already planned budget and if there's anything that would have falling outside the box, your excess budget can take care of them without you having to go above what you planned for.
47  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025 on: October 17, 2024, 08:30:21 PM
Manchester United have been absent from winning the title for more than 10 seasons, the last time they won it was in the 2012-2013 season. It could even be said that it will be impossible for Manchester United to win the title if their performance is like this. It is really difficult to expect them to win it.

And since that 2012/2013 that Manchester united won their last premier league title they have become a shadow of themselves in the premier league as they are no longer seen as part of the traditional four teams of England.

IMO, It is difficult for any coach to make Manchester United win the title since Sir Alex retired, in fact I don't know how many coaching changes they have made in order to win the title again. Ten Hag is more likely to end his tenure as Manchester United coach without winning the Premier League title, but fortunately he has already won some title for Manchester United in the previous season in different competitions.

Sir Alex Ferguson just left the club with his glory and the team have been going without winning the trophy again it's so sad. ETH cannot really find liberation for Manchester united so it will be better if the club replaces ETH with a new coach if they want to make progress to the level they will become title contenders and have the chance to possibly win the trophy this season.
48  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: October 17, 2024, 07:50:36 PM
The performance of Atalanta is very dissapointing this season because their matches results in Serie A is very hard to predicted because sometimes Atalanta can win from strong team just like Fiorentina but they also sometimes performing poor and lost while against weak team and the latest is Atalanta is lost from Como which on the paper Como strength is below to Atalanta and actually this weekend they got easy match because Atalanta upcoming opponent is only Venezia

Just like we all know that as promotion team Venezia performance is very poor and this season they even only get 1 win during this season and Venezia position currently at the bottom of league standing and if Atalanta can managed their consistency actually it's not hard to beat Venezia and collect 3 points from this match and here is the current odds for these teams below



Atalanta is not that disappointing as you call them because they are now in two strong competitions which is the Serie A and the Champions league, they have a good form in the champions league as they drew against Arsenal in the first match and won Shakhtar Donetsk in their second game so you can see that they have a very busy season that is why it looks like they are not paying much attention to the Serie A matches but yet they still trying their best in the Serie A. In their last game they won Genoa with a high score of 5:1 and they are in 8th position in the Serie A league table.

Atalanta match against Venezia is not a game to worry about because they surely will win Venezia since it was not all their players that went for International duties, they will be fit to play Venezia and win them easily.
49  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: How prepared are you for Christmas inflation? on: October 16, 2024, 08:30:14 PM
Even though Christmas is a festive period that is very significant in the life of Christians all over the world but i feel that we all can treat the Christmas season just like every other normal day instead of being under pressure of meeting up to buy things earlier due to inflation of the festive periods and all that. There is life after Christmas so people should not go above their budgets or involve in unnecessary expenses that will affect them during the new year because the problem most people have is their mentality and approach towards festive periods like this because they spend money extravagantly and even on frivolous things that leaves them struggling after the Christmas event. Live to your standard and don't try to get things you can't afford. Christmas will come and go, it is how you plan yourself that really matters and not about the Christmas celebrations.
50  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sports Betting and AI predictions on: October 16, 2024, 07:56:54 PM
I feel like casinos are at a big risk nowadays, just think about a new AI focused on sports coming to the market to bring the best predictions, it would be a huge trouble, and even if no one can predict the future those AI could have a huge accurate rate, and that's an "Always win" game for the users.

For sure some AI will be locked for features like this, but some others will work with freedom and will be able even to analyze live games and suggest the right bet for the second time of the match.

There is no much difference between the AI and humans reasoning just that the speed of the AI in calculating the possible outcome of something is the distinct features that it has but AI will still act like prediction sites in the sense that they will still gather data of the statistics of the both teams playing such as their previous meetings, previous matches, current form and standing in the league table, injury assessments and possible players that will be featured in a match and etcetera. As for live matches it will mostly depend on ball possession and the team that gives more pressure than the other for it's prediction.
51  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you have a habit of tracking your gambling progress? on: October 16, 2024, 06:48:14 PM
Of course, after all, i use this as a metric to know if i'm making good sense in my sports betting based on my wins and losses and this determines whether I should continue or change how I analyze the matches i'm interested in betting on one or both sides.

In your case you can find it easy to keep records of your gambling activities and evaluate your winning from your losses to know whether to continue or not but for most gamblers, keeping track records of their gambling don't determine if they will choose between reducing their stakes or quitting in a case of numerous losses because knowing about their losses makes them gamble more aggressively to see if they can make a recovery from the losses they have already incurred so far.

Whether for fun or to increase profits, analyzing how you bet makes sense to me. Doesn't it?

It doesn't change anything for a gambling addict because having more winnings than losses will make them feel they are doing well with their gambling lifestyle so they will gamble more and if the losses also supersedes the winnings they don't also care about quitting or reducing their stakes.
52  Economy / Speculation / Re: Road to 100k? on: October 15, 2024, 09:59:11 PM
Part of the problem and dilemma for the newbie bitcoin investor is that they do not have a choice except to buy if they are wanting to be prepared for UP prices that might happen.  Waiting does not prepare the newbie and/or the low coiner for UP.  

Definitely newbies are just expected to buy at any price they meet the market and since they are new to the market they might not really care about waiting for the price to drop a little bit before they start buying except when they are being persuaded by someone about waiting for the price to fall before buying if not there's no option for a newbie than to start buying immediately no matter the price at that period of time.

I doubt that it should be important for any newbie to give too many shits if they are reinforcing the value of bitcoin or getting confirmation of the value of bitcoin, even though surely even newbies get excited when the BTC price goes up, even though they might not have even close to enough bitcoin, especially if they are new and also many people are ONLY capable of investing small amounts each week, so it tends to take a long time for them to accumulate a decently good sized bitcoin position, so those folks who don't have a large budget would most likely be more advantaged if the BTC price did not go up so much prior to their exercising their abilities to buy bitcoin, yet bitcoin does not stop for anyone, so newbies are still stuck with the dilemma of having to buy on the way up, which they might have had been better buying on the way down, yet the BTC price may well not go down, so it is likely better to buy and continue to buy rather than to wait for down that might not end up happening... also ongoing buying likely puts them into a better mindset, especially if they expect that they are going to be buying for at least one whole cycle and perhaps even a couple of cycles before the might start to be able to feel that they can start to slow down in their BTC accumulation practices and process.

I can recall vividly on when i invested a little amount in bitcoin and the price started skyrocketing i was so excited when my bitcoins started increasing not until the price fell that i started feeling bad so they are just mentality of a newbie because they feel as they have bought some bitcoins that the price should keep skyrocketing without going the other way round. Just like you said earlier, a newbie don't have any choice yet because whether the price is high or not they will buy at least own some bitcoins before they start getting acquainted to how the market works . A newbie deciding to accumulate for a whole cycle or more than depends on how much they have been able to accumulate within those years so it will enable them to evaluate their level of accumulation if they can still buy more aggressively or slow down their level of accumulation.
53  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Nations League 2024/2025⚽ on: October 15, 2024, 09:10:30 PM
Finaly Nations league break is over and we can return to club football. But today we had some exciting games.
Poland 3:3 Croatia. It was possible to expect some goals in this game
Switzerland 2:2 Denmark. Odds for BTTS very really high, happy that I took it. Only regret that didn't went over 2.5 goals.
Probably only disapointment tonight is goaless game between Scotland and Portugal.

The League A Group 1 matches of Scotland Vs Portugal and Poland Vs Croatia were really tough games but Scotland Vs Portugal ending in a goaless draw really affected the predictions of gamblers because the most options people will place on the match is Portugal to win, over goals and both teams to score but since the game ended with a 0:0 score it will be difficult for most gamblers to win bet except for people who played either sides to win or draw. Poland Vs Croatia game got a lot of goals but Croatia could have won if they had maintained the 3:1 lead they got earlier in the first half but the Poland  side where able to score two goals in the first half and equalized in the second half of the game. Croatia's defense made big mistakes that gave the Poland side the opportunity to equalize all the goals. For Switzerland and Denmark, draw was also a good result from both side.
54  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Jeff Garzik = founder and creator of Bitcoin on: October 15, 2024, 07:49:32 PM
The real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains a mystery. I am sure a large number of the community members do not want Satoshi to be revealing his/her real identity for good. Let's respect that! 
 
And i believe it's going to remain a mystery forever because even if Satoshi reveals himself today, apart from the community members some core bitcoiners will be very angry with him because a lot of things will be uncovered and probably the government will also hunt him down so it will really affect bitcoin and the adoption process. If Satoshi has plans of revealing himself someday he would not have said he has moved on to other things so let's just stop expecting a revelation of him any day and focus more on how the purpose for his invention can become a reality.
55  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: AFCON 2025 Qualifiers - CAF. on: October 15, 2024, 07:14:36 PM
As it was speculated that the super eagles were not allowed to book their flights back to Nigeria and were held against their will until there is confirmation of what will be the faith of the match tomorrow, the super eagle media person posted on X just 2 hours ago that they have been allowed to fly back to Nigeria, which they are already ready to depart, which can only mean that their decision not to continue the match tomorrow stands. We wish them safe landing in their father's land.
 
https://x.com/OgaNlaMedia/status/1845800126293434444
This has been existing in the past and it’s usually North African countries that are guilty of this. I think CAF turns a blind eye to these issues that’s why it is still happening. CAF do not abide by its own rules and regulations. This preferential treatment from CAF like this one is the reason why African football is not growing and puts a dent on the integrity of African football. The Super Eagles should be reimbursed for the expenses they made during their trip to Libya.

Well spoken mate because if CAF has not been biased and compromised then this act by Lybia deserves some purnishment or sanctions. I just hope they revisit this matter because the ill treatment that the super eagles went through at Lybia is a dent to Nigeria at large and not only about the Super eagles alone. Since the match has now been postponed, CAF should make sure that everything are set in place before the day the match will be rescheduled and such thing should not repeat to any other African country again in the future.
        Asking for reimbursement for the expenses of the Super Eagles should be done by Lybian government because the humiliation is much. If Lybia experienced some kind of ill treatment upon their arrival to Nigeria in the first leg why not they channel their complaints to CAF instead of taking a retaliatory step, it's so unprofessional of the Lybian government.
56  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025 on: October 14, 2024, 09:39:48 PM

I am sorry but if United loses once again, this should mean ETH gone, really doesn't feel like we are going to end up seeing them do anything better after losing to Brentford, not even joking, they should absolutely fire ETH right away. Just because Brentford did alright so far, doesn't mean United should be losing, this isn't a joke and we are not talking about remotely similar levels of talent neither, and the squad difference is huge.

I understand it may not look like there is a difference based on standings, but United spent so much money and even wasted time with ETH for a while now, and they should be getting this win after all this. If they end up failing, then Erik Ten Hag has no place there. The only downside, they do not have a replacement ready, which means they will get some interim coach, and more often than not interim coaches aren't good neither, they will end up even worse. So, they should start looking for other coaches and start making phone calls.

ETH that Manchester United extended his contract till 2026, how will he go when the club's management still want him to continue. I think it's high time we removed the idea of ETH being Sacked by the club due to poor performance because I don't see that happening at all. I feel Manchester United's management team are not yet ready to make positive decisions that will better the club if not tell me why they extended his contract even when the club is not in good shape yet. It's really a thing of concern to see that after all those money they spent in the transfer market yet nothing changes for the team at all, so is it not a sign of an incapable coach that could not be able to use players very well. For now the club is still very much comfortable with the coach so we should just stop deliberating a possible sack of ETH if things doesn't improve with the club.
57  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: Bitcoin and cost of living. on: October 14, 2024, 07:26:58 PM
Bitcoin is one of the best investment right now in the world and a lot of people in Nigeria are now into Bitcoin investment by Accumulating and holding using lump sum strategy, DCA strategy etc.

How do you get to know that a lot of people in Nigeria are into bitcoin investment? Well to bring to your awareness that even though a lot of people in the country have some knowledge about bitcoin now but the truth is that only few number of people are really investing in it for future growth as majority of people are only after trading their bitcoins with other cryptocurrency and after which they sell their bitcoins to get Fiats after they must have gotten some profits from it within a short period of time. Most people feels that bitcoin is too expensive even though some are still aware they can be buying using the DCA strategy but with the economy now, not many people can actually withstand having an investment in bitcoin for a long period of time except for those who have regular jobs they earn good amounts of money from and can take care of their daily needs without tampering with their holdings.
58  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy Buy Buy or Sell Sell Sell? on: October 13, 2024, 02:09:13 PM
It is true that we can't know what the price of bitcoin will be in time coming but even though we are making speculations based on it's current price movements and it's price activity in the past, but it is also good to have some understanding about some of the characteristics and factors that leads to it's price movements as it will help to evaluate if the price will likely go upwards or downwards in the future. Speculations are not just mere guesses as it may seem but combination of both present and past price performances which even if it is not accurate in the future but it can be close to being accurate and this speculations are also what gives investors hopes and confidence about their investment.
Any bitcoin investor, no one knows for sure what the price of bitcoin will be in the future. Because bitcoin is an asset that will certainly continue to experience price changes every second, hour, day, even year. Therefore, all bitcoin investors can only predict the price of bitcoin. Predictions are sometimes right and sometimes wrong. However, fortunately bitcoin has a clear cycle every 4 years (Halving), so with this it becomes easier for us to predict bitcoin price movements. Because as we know, bitcoin price patterns are almost the same in every cycle. I think this is more than enough to predict bitcoin price movements. Because in essence we don't actually need to worry too much about the price of bitcoin, because in each cycle bitcoin always passes the price it touched in the previous cycle. So basically the price of bitcoin will continue to increase (if there is no chaos or major problems in the world). Therefore, it is better for us to just focus on doing DCA and not think too deeply about price predictions. Because as I said, the situation in this world is safe, Bitcoin will definitely continue to experience price increases. Because I see that now many people are starting to get to know Bitcoin and are starting to invest in it. Because the advantages of Bitcoin have now been noticed by many people, and these people are aware of this.

From the area i highlighted, Bitcoin's cycle is not a prerequisite that the price will be certain to skyrocket after every halving, the reasons why the price have been experiencing rise is just because of some positive news and the involvement of new investors in recent years and it's awareness has gone vast unlike when few people were just involved in holding bitcoins. From news and the activities of the whales and the United States Spot bitcoin ETFs, the price of bitcoin is likely to gain more strength because those big investors and the Spot bitcoin ETFs plays major role in the determination of what the price of bitcoin would likely be. Making speculations about the price of bitcoin is good but let it not be some kind of random speculations but instead before making speculations let it be that you have done some researches and background checks to know if there are likely changes that would make the price to rise or fall in the future.
59  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: If US Spot Bitcoin ETF surpass the holding of satoshi, what's next? on: October 13, 2024, 07:37:28 AM
Who cares about who holds more bitcoins than the other, the question is are you holding? United States Spot bitcoin ETFs holdings or Satoshi's holdings shouldn't be our concern what matters is if you are part of those hodlers because we know the bitcoins that Spot bitcoin ETFs are holding are mostly owned by investors and some organizations so it's not same with that of a single Hodler Satoshi Nakamoto and besides it's only Satoshi's wallet address that he made public that we are aware of the amount of bitcoins in it, but definitely there will be other secret wallet addresses that he will own some good amount of bitcoins in them as well without the public knowing about it.
60  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: AFCON 2025 Qualifiers - CAF. on: October 12, 2024, 02:13:27 PM

I carefully watched the match of today between Nigeria and Libya and I drew the following conclusions.
  • Nigeria has good players but majority of them lack capacity or motivation to represent Nigeria.
  • This could be because of Nigerians bad economic situation that made the boys lose interest.
  • Victor Osimhen seems to be the only one that plays with Passion.
  • Lookman didn't show capacity and motivation until Boniface was substituted.
  • Work needs to be done on the team, so much work.
You’re right in your assessment. I dare say that Eyinmba FC starting eleven will do better than this Super Eagles team did against Libya. The players lack hunger but I wouldn’t say their lack of motivation is because of poor state of the economy. It just doesn’t correlate. Most of these players are playing in Europe and are doing very well for themselves. People are suffering in Nigeria right now, football is one of the few things that gives Nigerians joy and for 90+ minutes we can forget our problems. It will be unfair if the players are playing poorly on purpose.  

hahaha, you made me laugh so hard when you said Eyimba first eleven can do more better than the Super Eagles of Nigeria and on a serious note is really very bad because we know that our government is not helping football in the country but this players needs to try their best at least for the sake of her citizens who are always excited to watch them as they play. This made me remember the last Africa cup of Nation finals between the Super eagles and Ivory coast like majority of Nigerians were watching this game on their TV hoping that the Super Eagles will win but they disappointed in toto. Most of this players are big boys in the respective leagues they play for but can't show patriotism for their own country, honestly it's too bad let's just keep sentiment apart.
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