I was never going to trust Japan not after they lost to Iraq a couple of days ago, I'm quite surprised by the number of those that went with a Japan to win by 3-4 goals, after the halftime ended 1-Nil, I believed the likelihood was slimmer, although hell yeah, I was very close to getting it wrong, but if your arse was about to be saved by an 88th minute own goal, I guess I'd gladly take a 90+1 minute consolation goal too 

That was quite a close call, congratulations!

Brooklyn Nets were supposed to call timeout after the second missed throw from Jalen Brunson with about 18 seconds plus left to play but the coach allowed time to run off the clock and that was definitely to their disadvantage as the Knicks were able to set up a defensive play, even with 18 seconds and down 3 they could have gone for a quick 2, and play the long game.

I was checking the spreadsheet to see if there some weirdo that had Algeria to finish as the (4th) last in Group D and to my biggest surprise there is none!!! @Cro2 have there been any round where everybody across all division all got the first question to a game round wrongly ? If no then this round should be null and void, what the actual hell of a tournament!

Yeah, I totally agree with your points and I can categorically say you're right and we can say some players are rather tired, than others too, I mean players from England for instance play all through the festivities and whatnot(and their form from club side is a replica of what they displaying rn), all I was just saying is that it is a very wrong mindset to have and the players would be doing themselves more harm than good, because they're already being replaced by their respective clubs partially or otherwise, and whatever they're failing to do right now, they're other players who barely have a name for themselves and are giving it their all on the pitch and it often doesn't go unrewarded, look at the Senegalese team for instance, vast majority of them are playing in Europe too (top 5 leagues, precisely), and quite a number of them got a good transfer right after their last victory in the previous tournament, Algeria once had one of the most player paying at the highest level in Europe they still are but not compared to when they were probably the most feared team in Africa football.


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That said, this has got to be the most unpredictable AFCON tournament I've seen my entire life!

I think creating a telegram group or channel will be more or less but them taking away the attention and engagement that were supposedly meant to be directed here or towards the Sportsbet chat to another platform, almost everyone here have a means to setup a reminder not to forget to submit there answers, for those that forget my opinion is that other things takes precedence and they probably remember a bit too late, but I'm very sure none of those who forget to make their predictions would be active on telegram at the point of any sent reminder, for instance I personally have the few groups I am on telegram muted.

There is only one constant thing in life, which is death right, but as BSFL there are also two constant things; 1. The questions get posted every Sunday (which I supposed is a free day for almost every body here). 2. There is a deadline of almost 48 hours, which is Tuesdays at 6PM GMT, and it has never change.

So, in my most candid opinion, anyone who is genuinely interested here would find a 5-10 minutes of free time between Sunday and Tuesday to submit even if it were just randomly guessed answers.

I could careless about when it's being player, January or June why the hell should it matter ? Players get injured during training don't they ? Not trying to get injured is nothing short of an unreasonable excuse for any player here, If you really can't play for your country then where lies your integrity, if they didn't want to represent the national country, no player is being forced to by FIFA or any governing body, they could announce their country side retirement and they won't get punished for it, Onana did retire from national football at the last AFCON and nothing happened, his country moved on, and before he rescinded on his decision. Asia and Africa are two different geographical location from Europe and they decide to play their continental tournament when the weather is most favorable to them, If FIFA can because whatsoever reason to shift the World as a major tournament because Qatar was supposedly hosting to the middle of the league just barely over a year ago, and every player on the continent were clamoring to be there, Asian Cup and AFCON shouldn't be of any exception if they're choosing to very early into the year either due climatic factors and other reasonable factors, if we are still considering Football to be an all inclusive sport, after all they world doesn't evolve around Europe alone, and more so even during the Euro Competitions their still some leagues in Europe that have league matches up and running too.

Bottom line: Scouts from all over the world are definitely watching and following these games, so if any player can't represent their country with their integrity, I wonder why any club would expect loyalty from such player if there is a sudden change in circumstance, because a lot of these players were scouted from their national teams during the Under 17 - Under 23 competitions, why then should there the be a circumstance as such that would make them not represent those flags, there is saying "When you sell your brother, even your buyer will not trust you.", but just that these time they are not selling their Brothers, they're selling the place they all call "Home!"

How well as overthinking served you so far this season, it is very obvious how well you overthink on questions too, you overthink them to an extent of which you can't outthink yourself 

I could say I knew what your answers could be on at least 3-4 of the questions, and I actually was right about 3 of them, so much for being an overthinker 

Hhampuz have been one of the very first to submit since he came aboard, if not for how well he's been doing one would guess he just throws in a bunch of answers and get it over with, while we that wait for a very probable hint have never won the best player of the round for once, time to switch tactics, I'd say the new quote is "Fortune favours the Brave First - Hhampuz, 2024"

The finals (If Djokovic makes it) game doesn't count, the very first clause of the question is whether or not Djokovic will make it to the final, and the second question is how many set will he lose in total before getting to the final (If eventually he does).

So, to be very clear whatever happens in the final doesn't count for the question 


Yeah, no league game, got a few bucks to lose ?

At first I knew that was a mistake but on second thought, I felt it could have been intentional and since the 2nd and 3rd answers would have been the same thing, while the 1st answer could have been the most probably one, it will indicate users that only pick random answers for some question without knowing, following or making any research about the sport.

I'm glad I was able to help 

@cryptofrka @Trofo, Question no. 9 looks either wrongly worded or the answers to question is incompletely.

1. Djoković does not reach the semifinals
2. Djoković reaches the semifinals and loses more than 5 sets in the process
3. Djoković reaches the semifinals and loses less than 5 sets in the process


So, what then happens if Djokovic reaches the semifinals and loses exactly 5 sets in the course of doing so ?

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The question and its answers are valid, I forgot Djokovic had played earlier today, but there is quite a booby trap there, you guys are literally ingenuous!

Game 1:  32, 22'
Game 2:  32, 26'

I missed this, why would Steve want to take on one of the shitty teams in the Division 1 ? Steve if you can see this, Team Mafia A.K.A cryptofrka doesn't represent us in Division 1, If you wouldn't mind I'd like to take you on myself, I suppose my last two results can also indicate how much of a terrific form my team is right now, and you don't strike me like someone who backs away from a challenge, so would you like a friendly match against Team Flying without Ings ? Whatcha say ?



I'll take you on for a 1 mBTC sidebet, I wouldn't pass on free money  

Quote me on this and it's on mate!

I was also able to win my fixture early enough, not that West Ham result would have mattered to me anyway, Bayer Leverkusen already saved the day from that H2H question for me, and I'm able to increase my score difference quite a lot for this round as well, I'm sure the score difference might come in handy by the end of the season given how close the table would be after this week.

That was quite some drama to end the game between West Ham and Sheffield United, I can only imagine what those who needed a West Ham win to get a win or draw in the fixture would be going through right now and for those of us who were FPL-glad that Jarred Bowen was fit enough to play with the expectation of some decent returns  

The stoppage time goal cost me 3 points and a chance to move up to the 10th position, I knew Leipzig wasn't going to win the game but Leverkusen without Boniface made me went for a draw instead.


Good stuff mate! It's quite easier to climb up the ladder on Kicktipp (Just one good game week and you're in sight) and it is also twice as easier to fall off too.

So, it's free week for me next game week, I'm not sure If I'd be having a friendly match against with Trofo as usual, I'll see what my schedule would be like, and with everything getting highly volatile in Division 1, I might have my team take a few days break so as to prepare for the final 3 games run of the season which wouldn't be easy but, with fresh leg and adequate rest my team should get continue from when they left of when the league resumes 

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Looks like Leipzig would be getting the better of Bayer Leverkusen, Leverkusen have been kept at bay for the entire first half and they couldn't have even an attempt on goal, I really wish this would end with 1-1 score line 

That's a wrong a assertion in my opinion, he has zero knowledge about FPL chips, fine but he knows his ball, take a look at his team over the course of the season so far and tell me that his choice of players are terrible or just random picks with no subsequent games in mind. Having your FPL chips work out for fine for your selected game week is where you can consider luck as a factor and that's how many gameweeks for a bench boost and triple captain ? For free hit and wild cards you need to know what you're doing, but luck isn't what help you stay head above waters for 21 gameweeks simply because you haven't used your any of your chips.

Not the case mate, Iga Swiatek have just been knocked out by Linda Noskova, what a twist!!! I anticipated a less than an hour game after Swiatek took to first set 6-3, but then Noskova have done the unthinkable!

So, I can officially say that it's 3 points for me this round as well!  

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Looking forward to the next round against yet another tough opponent @LTU_btc, and really, I hope I can keep this streak of mine going 

But who consistently get's lucky for 38 game weeks ? Every player in the FPL gets unlucky at some point regardless of how strategic you're, I just want point out that some decision are just riskier but doesn't make them luck oriented just like the term differentials that is often being used in the FPL, no one could convincingly predict that they'll finish in top 10,000 at beginning yes but finish there doesn't make lucky and rule every long term strategy, you could see someone who set up their team and never look back at it win manager of the week multiple times along the season, or even manager of the month (very very low chance), but you'll almost never see any manager that didn't touch their team after game week one finish in the top 100k come the end of the season, meanwhile if luck has the biggest impact on where a manager finishes then I'd suppose there should be at least 1 manager from the multimillions that would get a lineup that doesn't need any change and get within the need average point per week to finish within the overall top positions.

That have been their Achilles heel this season, they're too good a shooting team and they know it too so it hurt them a lot when they need a win and tie making shot they often give up easy play and end up with the very wrong ones like leaving layups to tie a game and passing it out for a 3 pt shot, I remember just like how they lost against Warriors about a less than month ago, where they had a 6 chances opportunities came begging but they kept going for a 3 point shot and end losing the game.