Wise or smart, I don't know. Old money is always smart by virtue of history, but if they're not institutional, what would you categorise them as? Their funds anyway probably are managed by other smart people (another aspect of old money) so if they're not already exposed to Bitcoin, there's no better motivation than a crippled ruble.

Great to see all you punters coming in strong for a late pool, but I knew this forum has the will I count 8 already registered in the pool. I've made my payment, PM'd OP my tx ID, and will uh, figure out Superbru's scoring system shortly.

Dumb pre-season prediction: AlphaTauri win in first 5 races!

Bloody hell Juventus. What on earth happened there? Kept an eye on stats and they were dominating corners etc but an engrossing Liverpool-Arsenal game kept me glued the second half -- I suppose after falling back they had no choice but to pile on the attack and the Spanish just took them on the counter huh?

Real, Villareal, Atletico -- that's almost a guaranteed semifinalist if we get a Spanish QF!

I hate myself for being the way I am, my position's pretty precarious in the pool after taking risks last week and failing most (Spurs and Everton, I am talking about you especially) and I know 2:1 is the safest bet -- this is a resurgent Arsenal side, pressure is on us to take advantage of City's slip, and well, football is round.

But I'm going to bite my lip and stick with good old 3-0 Reds win. A win is all I need though of course! Liverpool 22/10!

Chelsea issues mean either good news for fans (bookies up the odds) or bad news if you think they might start to get affected by on-field play. I've never seen them much as a team reliant on fans though, so they won't miss much if only season-ticket holders watch. Pretty shit to do that to them though, I do feel sorry.


I did! Much smaller than I initially wanted, I'm trying to be more responsible with my betting as I'm having a poor season -- blaming it on much shorter time spent on games and news these days and some crunch time with studies (or maybe my shittiness is finally showing ha). Watching the match, yeah, I agree. Atletico clearly know how to win matches much more than United, and seeing Pogba start on the bench, I thought it was worth to back them more but the odds actually kept improving so I saw less and less value.

A big series of VAR calls this season and of course some clubs have benefited more than not, there's been a VAR table done up by ESPN ever since this new implementation that keeps track of how teams have benefited (or not). Liverpool were in the negatives for 2 past seasons (more gone against them than for) but we're actually +1 now I believe.

I'd still take it away.

City have had 2 go for them already that I can remember. Everton's should-have-been-a-pen the most recent, but much earlier, they had a lucky handball pen in December against Wolves. Moutinho has his back to ball. Ball hits his armpit, then his arm. No pen call from ref but VAR review... penalty. Sterling scores, City win 1-0.

That's TWO 1-0 games that should have been draws because VAR robbed Wolves and then Everton.

Ooops, I thought I got over VAR. Guess not haha

Good on you! We've all scrambled to make last minute bets, overpaying Bitcoin fees to get next-block confirmation and then rushed to put a bet seconds before kickoff. So I'm sure we can do this F1 easily. Worst-case, you can set up the pool to start counting points from 2nd race, no biggie.

Sorry for the mass tag but Trofo NeuroticFish LTU_btc coinlocket$ slaman29 qwertyup23 examplens casperBGD swogerino vd309 leea-1334 -- F1 afficionados and SB pool meisters, ready for some pedal to the metal? Sign up, we're all mostly on Superbru anyway already


Bloody hell man, I thought I was special to get the superboost at just over 4/1 but you went big there. Shame about Benfica odds, they were 12/1 at one point I'm sure I saw! Still, solid, solid win, that's the type that gets me juices flowing heh.

Well, what do you know? Another pool for me to pretend I know what I'm doing

But for sure, I think F1's interesting enough to watch even for a total n00b -- to hell with the technical rules, first one to the finish line usually wins it all, right?

So count me in.

Let's go for Superbru, and familiarise ourselves with the way they score so we all don't get lost (speaking for myself anyway).

Unfortunately not, one of my worst performances in recent times as I also only got one guy right (Harry Kane). To be fair, there was some confusion about MD 29/30 though (and I see FJ's decided to skip MD30 altogether and combine into MD29), and I thought I was making my picks for different matches in MD30 -- not FJ's fault at all, mine for not comparing match schedules heh.

Havertz was my Chelsea pick the previous edition, I opted for Ziyech this time around (tough). Low scoring week anyway so we shouldn't be too concerned.

Shame there isn't a MD30 as it kicks off with Arsenal Liverpool and Brighton-Spurs... I'm predicting plenty of goals!

Ajax did all the huffing but they're under fire in the second half. Need to have more killer instinct though or it's going to end badly even if they qualify to QF. Like they haven't matured or something.

Eyes still on the game at Old Trafford though as I've got a bet on Atletico (4/1) so I'm kind of hoping they get another goal to cushion the game and force Rangnick to bring on Pogba and Varane -- I meant Cavani of course.

W00t I almost missed this! GL gentlemen!

Call me simplistic but this is really how I operate and it seems to hold true for me: when the noise surrounding you is generally that of a positive, bullish outlook - then it's a bear market. And that's what people trying to convince and will the market into submission sounds like.

When it's all doom and gloom, and even the hardiest of traders are shaking their head -- watch out, the cream is about to rise to the top.

In that sense, you can't really expect the bull when it arrives, but you can kind of expect when it's not.

P.S. There are days I wonder why I spend so long trying to understand something. This almost turned into one of those days.

I think both Ajax and Atletico were really unlucky last week not to walk away with the win, but that just means tonight's games should be really fun to watch. Both home teams are clear favourites, so that suits me a lot. Going to back Atletico to win, although to qualify at 25/10 is also pretty good odds if they decide to go back to their playbook and just play to annoy. Think I'll wait for some kind of price boost to see if we can't get it bumped to 3/1 and parlay that with a Chelsea clean sheet tomorrow?

Oh, for sure, this isn't an easy game. But I like whenever we play Arsenal as they play the way we like (positive football) and it's generally a high-scoring entertainment edition whenever we play. A draw's definitely the smart bet, but I can't help betting on Liverpool.


To be fair, the result doesn't change very much and the pressure is equal on both teams -- Liverpool still need to win every game, including and especially the one against City in April. If we draw that one and win everything else, then we still need City to drop points in one more game. A Palace win would have allowed us to win everything AND draw the City game. So as it stands, mathematically, the leage's two leading horses each have destiny in their own hands, simply winning everything left to play for... so I guess your horse metaphor makes perfect sense in the case of both teams

Zverev and Medvedev out, so glad I didn't back the latter (he put me off last GS) but man, Nadal must be licking his chops. My Tsitsi also out, so there goes my outright even earlier than expected. Wow.


If that's all that was said, well, then she really really needs some help, come back stronger, etc. Needs to work on that first before she ever comes back. But like we all agree here I think there is also an unspoken rule about not beating down on someone who can't take it. Eriksen getting hugged after fouling in football to me demonstrates this.

But yeah, good thing tennis because I was 9 playing football and I got a hell lot worse than that. And watching school and college sports too, it gets way out of hand especially with no good officiating.

a) 10 b) 1:54

I get the excitement about institutional money, and I suppose oligarchies fall right into that category, but yeah, I still think retail interest is underestimated and their time isn't over. We're still going to need major mainstream consumer utility and demand to push us over into six-figure territory, which I'm certain the next range of ATHs should advance into.

Yeah, I think you, I and anyone paying attention will probably have to expect the worst when it comes to mixers (and I'm sure you guys all know what I'm talking about), and we'd probably have to expect it sooner rather than later. The only hopeful thing I can see is that some mixers still operate a little less visibly than the likes of Wasabi. And, in acknowledgment of above discussions on commercial/profiteering interest, some still choose to operate with clearer goals that would not see them give in to regulator pressure without a fight.

Not pretty, not at all, and Palace, well, if they'd just been half as clinical in passing as City up front, they could have had a shot on goal or two more. Zaha was really bright at holding, but his final pass just really poor, you have to be a bit better on the counter -- first time I've really seen Mateta playing and he's a bit lanky but also a good holder, I'd say an upgrade on Benteke.

4 points ahead having played one game more. Liverpool must beat Arsenal on Wednesday or this will be a waste!

@Trofo
Yeah, actually I just put Petra's game tomorrow on an acca with Tsitsi to get 2 legs up on Champions League football. Don't know much about her but I picked the best-looking 2/1 player after what should be a morale-boosting victory to get the better of Samsonova (and she's beaten her not too long ago).

@Cnut237
She's too young, I think, yeah, physically as well and that's not at all a criticism from me, just a matter of physics. Really important consideration for the rigours of a tournament, match fitness and conditioning hasn't quite had the time to set in. I know I say it without any real basis but I really do think her fantasy run was fantastical and sporting miracle that I doubt we'll see again soon. I always say there's a need to protect young talents and realign expectations. For the future this one, but it must be great times to be watching British Sports.