There is one Premier League game taking place this evening: Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur Both teams have lost four of their previous six Premier League games. If Tottenham manage a win they will be joint 4th place with Manchester City but will remain in 5th because of goal difference. These are the games taking place tomorrow Saturday 16th December: Bournemouth vs Luton Town
Chelsea vs Sheffield United
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace
Newcastle United vs Fulham
Burnley vs Everton I am expecting wins for Bournemouth, Chelsea, Manchester City, Fulham and Everton  If anything I think it's a hard pass on Fulham playing against Newcastle United away. I know they got a couple matches one back to back and Newcastle lost at home vs Milan but in the EPL Newcastle still holds a good record with 7 wins and just a loss. And they've allowed just 4 goals in against them at home. On the other hand Fulham doesn't really have a good record in their away fixtures. After the humiliation against AC Milan in front of their fans, I think they take this chance to bounce back. Edit: Just checked the lines... And the books know. Just 1.84 for Newcastle to win. :/ |
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I think Luque was rather silent because Garry was his team mate before. He prolly just didn't want to disrespect the guy. I heard Garry had the flu when he arrived in Las Vegas and it got worse. So no bueno. I don't mind a Holland vs Luque match up tbh. Even at short notice Holland could win it. Anyway, did you guys watch the pre fight press conference..? I mean LOL. Won't spoil it if you haven't but all I can say is Covington is living in Edwards' head rent free.  Some vids.... UFC 296: Embedded Episode 4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQvlL3xjMIsUFC 296: Live Weigh In Showhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg3rOBKpbjsUFC 296: Ceremonial Weigh In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrVxL79nQI |
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^ Yup same here. I want Ferguson to own Pimblett's soul then ride off to the sunset and retire.  And same for the Garry vs Luque one too. I want Luque to win as I don't really like Garry much. I think he's worse than Pimblett now that I think about it. But the fight was canceled due to Garry getting pneumonia or something. :/ I would got with DDP. People say that Strickland got his belt by accident, but Du Plessis is just a phenomenon in middleweight. His striking is something hard to describe. There are not specific fighting style in his striking. He is just like... Imagine you are at redneck disco, everyone got drunk and a fight starts. You swing and throw hands everywhere, on any angle, any speed, any power. You get yourself hit with a log, mugs got smashed on your head, but you stay like that is nothing. Then you throw a right backfist under your knee and land it left side of opponents temple, and knock him down. That is the style of Du Plessis. He is like bull that only goes forward and dont have reverse gear. Block everything with open head, strike like heavyweight and one could read where his strike would go from.
I agree Dricus du Plessis has phenomenal striking and yes even I had a hard time getting into it, and his fight with Adesanya if that continued I really don't know who I am going to bet, for sure because these two got a monster of a striking and for sure that will be an epic of a fight but I am not sure if that would be great for du Plessis if he can get into Strickland's defense, DDP is good but I wouldn't say he has phenomenal striking. He actually looks awkward on the feet but the guy hits haaard and he's yuuuge. Anyway, some vids to watch! UFC 296: Pre Fight Press Conferencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOQKkjoBDM^ That one should be fun with Covington riling everybody up. UFC 296: Embedded Episode 3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbo2W780jM |
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^ But then again, didn't Pellegrino confirm a day later Layer Zero's announcement that the snapshot has not happened yet? I guess that does encourage the botters to go keep on botting LZ protocols as the devs confirmed that there's going to be an airdrop but snapshot hasn't happened yet. Lol.
Anyway, again... I hope I get in but looking at how airdrops have gotten so competitive, I'm not too hopeful about this one anymore. It'd be a bonus for me. I got some decent volume in tho.
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I got ANOTHER zero round wtf man
I put all my trust in Arsenal, because they are supposed to be that good. And then I sat in the shit bed when I trusted Sevilla, so that one's my fault but I seriously thought they wanted at least to go Europa where they love it so much.
Union could have won, salute to all those who tried and failed to go against Real.
Lol don't worry, without looking at the scores I don't think there's anybody worse than me in this round of fixtures. I tried to be clever and picked mostly draws as it's December. Player fatigue and the winter should start taking its toll on the players by now. But no... Mostly no draws. I was expecting United vs Bayern Munich to be a nil - nil or 1 - 1 draw. I gave United some credit since the match was at Old Trafford. Again, nope. :/ And I'm making a quick look at the groups... All the clubs expected to proceed at the KO stages are making it except for one club cos the other club fcked up. Yeah it's in Group A. |
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I would got with DDP. People say that Strickland got his belt by accident, but Du Plessis is just a phenomenon in middleweight. His striking is something hard to describe. There are not specific fighting style in his striking. He is just like... Imagine you are at redneck disco, everyone got drunk and a fight starts. You swing and throw hands everywhere, on any angle, any speed, any power. You get yourself hit with a log, mugs got smashed on your head, but you stay like that is nothing. Then you throw a right backfist under your knee and land it left side of opponents temple, and knock him down. That is the style of Du Plessis. He is like bull that only goes forward and dont have reverse gear. Block everything with open head, strike like heavyweight and one could read where his strike would go from.
My first thought was to go with DPP, but on a second thought, I think Strickland is a bit underrated (despite holding the belt), people assume that since he's got a big mouth he must be lacking in skills. He might not be as strong as Dricus but his cardio is A LOT better and can be relentless in his attacks (as demonstrated fighting Adesanya). Du Plessis has been very effective so far but seems to be gassing out quite early and gets hit quite a lot. So if he doesn't finish Sean in the first two rounds, he probably won't make it. I don't really mind either of them winning. But after Adesanya took a break and Pereira moved up, there aren't many others worthy of the title shot, unless Chimaev gets the chance despite being ranked #9. Strickland become suddenly underrated when he won Adesanya Before that he was just a good fighter with charisma, imho. If we look on his record, Adesanya perhaps is his biggest achievement so far. And people say that he had won not because of skill, but because Adesanya has burned and required a vacation. DDP on the other hand has beaten one of best middleweight striker (Whittaker). Got stone chin. I even think that he would survive one or two Pereira left hands Either DDP gonna knock out Strickland (more likely) or Strickland wont have enough power to penetrate DDP stone chin (DDP by UD) Yup... Hard to disagree there. Think back about Adesanya vs Strickland, it was more like it was Adesanya not performing at the best of his abilities rather than Strickland making a leap in terms of skill. Strickland is pretty basic. I'm not saying he's a bad fighter, it's just compared to Adesanya, the latter has more tools than the former. And the latter really didn't show up that night. But yeah, it's just one of those things when somebody is the champ for a long time and sometimes the growth as a fighter has stopped. Anyway, here are more vids to watch. UFC 296: Embedded Episode 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5sxYREjtvc |
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^ The other guy got it right for the Aston Villa vs Arsenal match tho... Lolol. But yeah, those guys were mostly sub posting what has already been said by the regs of the thread. It was getting obvious that City was faltering a bit and it did feel like Aston Villa has a chance... Which they did.
I'm not sure how they fare against Brentford away tho as Brentford is usually solid at home. Could be a 1 - 1 draw or it could even be a loss as Aston Villa has a midweek match in some lower European league. But Emery will prolly have his first squad stay at home.
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Since I'm way behind, I decided to be clever and try to get above average points somehow. I hope it works out. Lolol. But sad to say it usually doesn't. As for the other pot, I'll just go all in on a draw for the Man United vs Bayern Munich match. Lolol. I think I need a steak of 5 all ins or so to get back in the running. :/ That's a tall order but then again you never know... I'm still a tad hopeful I could do it. |
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14. Colby Covington
13. Alexandre Pantoja
12. Shavkat Rakhmonov
11. Paddy Pimblett
10. Ian Machado Garry
9. Josh Emmett
8. Irene Aldana
7. Brian Kelleher
6. Casey O’Neill
5. Dustin Jacoby
4. Tagir Ulanbekov
3. Lucas Almeida
2. Martin Buday
1. Randy Brown
NOT go the Full Distance: 7
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...So yeah, my guess is the snapshot was taken right before they made the announcement and they are now in the process of removing botters and cheats.
Of course, you can trust your intuition, but I prefer to trust the words of Bryan Pellegrino, who is the Co-Founder and CEO of LayerZero Labs, published in the official chat: "There will be public comms if there is a snapshot or anything of the sort no need to guess, comms will be clear" - https://t.me/c/1540062342/84652 So it's too early to stop) Can't access the message. When was that posted? After or before they made the announcement? If it was after the announcement then the snap shot hasn't been taken yet. But if it's before and especially months before then dunno... With all the sybil and the botting going on it's prolly best for them not to share any info. But then again it could be good for them too cos if Pellegrino says that the snap shot was already taken, all the farming stops and they mark those 'active' wallets that suddenly stopped being active. Lawl. |
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And there you have it folks, BTC's first insta sell off in while. I'm not really sure what it means, if our little run is over or not, but from what I've seen before sometimes BTC dominance hits the top which paves the way for alt szn. Not really sure if it's gonna happen this time but it's prolly good to start rotating a little big of BTC in a few select alts. And when you're doing this, use ALT/BTC charts not the ALT/USD ones... NFA tho. Some alts might look like they're trending up against the USD but really their must bottoming out against BTC and getting ready to trend up against it. |
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looking at Newcastle questions in another promo make me realize that Newcastle has scored goals only against PSG in this season CL group
two times against Dortmund, and once against Milan and they can't score
will this repeat on Wednesday, fully interesting last round there, PSG is probably want to see Milan on top there, since that is opening them to pass with a draw against Dortmund, if Newcastle wins, they will need to win as well
and IMO, Milan is closer to win than Newcastle there
Newcastle so far this season has been disappointing imho. In the EPL, they're decent at home but terrible at away matches. But with AC Milan also not being that good at the CL and it's a home match for Newcastle, they could get the win in this spot. I mean yeah, they prolly have nothing to play for anymore but don't forget that it's for pride now as they're playing in front of their supporters. But from a betting perspective, I wouldn't touch it. Could still end up with something like 1 - 1. :/ So yeah, the value side is def on AC Milan. |
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Can you guys give me your comments please on Alexandre Pantoja. I am not very familiar with flyweight division guy. Dont know much who he is. He took the belt from Moreno. So what? Was is skill? Luck? Or Moreno was sich that day? I can check Pantoja record, but that will be just paper math. I can google him, but that will be highlights mostly.
He's pretty good and prolly one of those guys who was just kept under the radar because it was mostly Fig and Moreno who kept getting into all the PPV main events for 125 for more than a couple of years. At the other side Royval is pretty good too. I still lean towards Pantoja but Royval could show up and make it closer than what the lines suggest. Anyway, who you guys got in the main event? At first glance I got Covington but I'm going back and forth the more I look into it. UFC 296: Countdown - Full Episodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqdG2xqdqkAnd I think we're gonna witness a murder in the Thompson vs Rakhmonov match. Rakhmonov is the real deal, I think he could even make it look easy vs Chimaev. |
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I think snapshot is already taken. They wouldn't have confirmed and announced that they're having the airdrop at the first 6 months of 2024 if they haven't. ..
Well, that's just a guess. And if the picture has not been taken yet and you stop being active, then you deprive yourself of the opportunity to receive airdrop. I think that we need to continue to show minimal activity until it is officially announced that the snapshoot has been taken. Sure, I get that. But in my case I use Layer Zero based protocols because I need to, not because I'm farming for the airdrop. I'm not sure about this but I think the Layer Zero devs have learned from other airdrops and wisened up to remove botters and sybils as best as they could. And I think they're still prolly sifting through the list right now which could last a couple of months more before they're ready to airdrop. So yeah, my guess is the snapshot was taken right before they made the announcement and they are now in the process of removing botters and cheats. |
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^ Yup... All we can do is check which players are injured, pick the most likely players who get the goals and hope for the best. It's like picking numbers in the lottery but with slightly better probabilities. FJ was smart to do this promo... They prolly did the math and found that they wouldn't really lose much even if they make it free to play which they are. But we still have until May next year to crack this thing and win some money. |
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Yup, as pitting Tsarukyan vs Makhachev next would be anti climactic imho. We already know Makhachev is gonna win it.
There's no way that fight will be happening until Arman gets more recognition by defeating another top opponent. Letting him fight for the title now would be a massive wasting of earning potential. But if they were to fight, I don't think Tsarukyan would be without chance. He gave Islam a bit of a hard time in their first fight and he definitely improved since then and is now more experienced. Makhachev improved by a lot too... Won vs Volk and won vs Oliveira. As of now we really can't be sure of Tsarukyan until he fights somebody like Justin Gaetje or Chandler even who's a tough dude. But yeah... We'll just have to see next year. Anyway here's the event everybody has been waiting for. And it's the last event of the year. It's gonna be around three weeks for the next one. -_- Date: Saturday, December 16 Main Card (PPV): 10:00pm EST Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 8:00pm EST Early Prelims (ESPN+/Fight Pass): 6:15pm EST Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada Live Streams:  Main Card (PPV)Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Stephen Thompson Tony Ferguson vs Paddy Pimblett Vicente Luque vs Ian Machado Garry Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)Josh Emmett vs Bryce Mitchell Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa Cody Garbrandt vs Brian Kelleher Casey O'Neill vs Ariane Lipski Early Prelims (ESPN+/UFC Fight PassAlonzo Menifield vs Dustin Jacoby Tagir Ulanbekov vs Cody Durden Andre Fili vs Lucas Almeida Martin Buday vs Shamil Gaziev Randy Brown vs Muslim Salikhov ^ Bangers from top to bottom imho. |
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I have seen that too but has snapshoot already taken? This is become the main concern. I have been consistently brigding through layer zero but i don't know whether snapshoot has taken or not. According from the CEO on the telegram if the snapshoot potentiall has not yet been taken...
I think that the team will make an announcement about the date of the snapshoot shortly before TGE, otherwise everyone will stop being active in anticipation of the airdrop. After all, no one will conduct such a number of useless transfers among various blockchains if there is no reward for it. I think snapshot is already taken. They wouldn't have confirmed and announced that they're having the airdrop at the first 6 months of 2024 if they haven't. It's now just a matter if removing sybils from the list and figuring out which wallets gets how much. A balanced distribution is what makes the tokens have sustainable value once listed for trading. So getting rid of sybils and botters as best as they could is top priority... I don't think the LZ devs' primary concern is everybody getting less active. Lol. I'm thinking airdrop happens around March or April. |
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^ I've always wondered why a club that's had long success are usually followed by years or even decades of nothing. I think it will happen to City after Guardiola leaves. I missed Majestic 7 by a split second! I was making my picks real quick but couldn't make it as the whistle blew by the time I clicked submit. :/ But no big deal, am not gonna win anything anyway. Then again it could've been my lucky week! These guys would've been my picks this weekend. Would be an epic fail if it was the winner for 10k. Salah Ferguson Rashford Hwang Bowen Doucoure Son I hope none of them hits the mark. Lol. |
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^ It's hard to disagree, there were a couple more guys saying that about McGregor too itt. :/ Too much money just fcks you up as a fighter. But then again, that's the goal. So it's all good. Anyway here are the weigh in results... Just one fighter missed weight. Song Yadong (136) vs Chris Gutierrez (136) Anthony Smith (205.5) vs Khalil Rountree (204) Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs Jamie Mullarkey (156) Tim Elliott (136) vs Su Mudaerji (136) Andre Muniz (186) vs Junyong Park (185.5) Kevin Jousset (170.5) vs Song Kenan (170.5) Sung Hyun Park (126) vs Shannon Ross (126) Melquizael Costa (155.5) vs Steve Garcia (155) Stephanie Egger (135) vs Luana Santos (139)* Carlos Hernandez (125) vs Tatsuro Taira (125.5) Talita Alencar (116) vs Rayanne Amanda (115) *Missed weight And here are the weigh in vids and face off. I think Song Yadong is gonna fck Gutierrez up. And he's been training in Team Alpha Male which surely makes have some wrestling skills in his back pocket. UFC Fight Night: Song vs Gutierrez Weigh Inshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzZaFAdPI_8UFC Fight Night: Song vs Gutierrez Face Offhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiBJFZO_TjoLast call for jeremypwr's Multi Master. UFC Fight Night 233: Multi Master Challengehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5476543.0 |
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