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Yeah, thanks very much for that reminder, leea, of how crap the tourney's been so far. I backed Senegal (always do) so the first win was actually a huge escape, really (Mane penalty in 97th min). Worst of all is he and Keita both tired themselves out and got nothing out of it.
Malawi's about 30 mins away from a mild upside right now, and Morocco looks headed for the usual 1-0 win heh. All specials seem to be out dead right now, good that I've avoided them all so far except for the opening day one.
Poor Comoros, they were one of my favs in qualifiers, their first tourney and haven't scored a single goal. (Hope this reverse-jinxes them to do so heh).
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Aussie Open finally got the promo posted! https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/tennis/wta/australian-open-women-singles/australian-open-women-singles-2022-61546a34080b0e1dddb4f733And it's my natural pick. Same as before (forgot which tournament) but 1 mbtc on Osaka and you get 0.25 mbtc every time she wins. So I guess it's a nice 4 wins at least I'm sure to get your money back eh? Barteigh's the favourite here but Osaka wasn't the last time I picked her either. 8.15 on boost, sweet odds I think! Speaking of freebets, I got and played my Blackjack free bet from Senegal's Matchday 1 win. Put all 0.2mbtc chips on one blackjack hand. Hit on 12, dealer showed 10. Dealer drew a 9, and stood at 17. 0.4 mbtc added to balance, so I'm only 0.6mbtc down so far... Now waiting to see if I get the Matchday 2 rewards. Another Mane injury time penalty? Ha |
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Game 1: 23' 2-1 Southampton
Game 2: 23' 2-1 Spurs
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Game tonight, gentlemen, new round, 17 more match days to go! ^Coutinho AND Digne for Villa! Gerrard factor at play here for sure. Both passed medicals so are eligible to play, don't know if they actually will, but Digne's distribution, and Coutinho's unlocking? United won't want them on the pitch! Based on the performance tonight, I think caution should probably be taken. Though, I have a gut feeling, and a bet riding on a 2-0 win with Jota scoring at anytime in the match. I think that's pretty probable. Brentford going through a rough patch at the moment, and conceding a lot. Shipping 3/4 goals recently, however we're significantly weaker without Mane, and Salah so I'm actually feeling the 2-0 here. Obviously, I haven't bothered to put in predictions since pretty much the start of the season so don't take my advice  . I'm predicting a CuJo, Henderson, and Fabinho midfield. Milner being used tonight against Arsenal pretty much confirmed this for me. I do like your way of thinking there Welsh!  Today's match just shown how vulnerable this liverpool side can be without their main players who are off playing for their respectable countries in AFCON. And Arsenal even with only playing with 10 men for the majority of the match showed this to be true. I really thought when I saw them go down on a red card at the 24' minute they were done for. But some how the gunner boys kept them off the score sheet. Rematch on Thursday then back to basics on Sunday against the Hot Spurs. Actually, though, both sides were going for the win before 24th min. 4 corners in that time, compared to 5 the remainder of the match. The red card spoilt the EFL game as after that, in came Holding, out went Nketiah, so Arsenal effectively put their men in their half, sometimes Lacazette ventured up front, but in fact we spend a big portion of the game with 21 men in Arsenal's half, and even Alisson outside his box. And Liverpool simply haven't really learnt how to dismantle a team bus. Ref didn't really have a choice but I wish Xhaka had stayed on, game would have been much more open -- as Brentford will NOT be playing like this, giving Jota and Firmino more space the way they excel, I'm still confident we can get a big win. Oh and now I've seen Mina, Jota and Bobby together, yeah, it's definitely not working. Mina doesn't take on people like Mane does, and both Jota and Bobby are too silky and unselfish for their own good. They need a bit of... Ox selfishness, without his finishing of course haha. |
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Well they actually did comeback before the break, just 2 goals down, and at 2 stages also came the same margin, but ended up 5-goal difference as you predicted. New things I learn about handball: also 2 halves, but 30 minutes each. Old thing I didn't need to learn: I can't throw jackshit with even my strong arm.
I might martingale on underdog on next bet. Dangerous paths should never be trodden with a small bankroll though.
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Now that's what I call a lucky winner. Didn't think the odds were THAT small actually (not that 1 in over a million is small) but I suppose this already pays out his cost, wonder how what his profit margin's been across all those 262 blocks found?
Anyone knows what the record is for solo block found with the most improbability (or lowest odds)?
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Hey, always here to support the guys I know Last year was probably a record year for me in that I actually started following and betting on new sports. Not seriously, but enough to know a little more than I did before: American football, baseball, even MMA. Not sure I'll ever start following Handball, but it's popular where I live now and I have seen probably more handball teams than any other (apart from football) walking around in my neighbourhood (their jerseys say so). I put money down on Croatia @5.32 despite your advice. Classic match? Then the underdog must prevail! |
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11) Giga Chikadze
10) Katlyn Chookagian
9) Brandon Royval
8) Chase Sherman
7) Joanderson Brito
6) Joseph Holmes
5) Ramiz Brahimaj
4) Charles Rosa
3) Viacheslav Borshchev
2) Saidyokub Kakhramonov
1) Silvana Gomez Juare
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This isn't such a sharp bounce either, almost too weak and gradual for me to really think we're out of the frying pan just yet, and certainly not enough to say we're not headed into the fire.
Volumes still meandering, global economic outlook and inflation still not shocking enough (so external pressure is not shifting).
Think it's literally a wait to see if bull or bear tires of this.
Yeah, literally we are still in the middle ground this 2022. The December plunge has still its effects till now although it's good to see the price sharply rebounding to $43k, and I even saw it getting into $44k but it goes down again. So we have to factor what is the global economic outlook, the Covid-19 effect is still here, many countries are still suffering specially with the new variant, so it's hard to see where the price will go. I was just saying that this rebound isn't "sharp" enough to give me any shivers in my timbers, but I guess if it rocks your boat, good for you. Not that I'm turning my nose down at 5+% gains, but without the volume to back it up, I just see this as bears lazy to move rather than a shrinking away of. And I wasn't saying macro factors will determine, just looking at all of it as a package. World Bank seems to suggest the first world is out of the woods on pandemic effects... |
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Finally, something to add to my very short youtube follow list. For now, anyway. Pity that lots of interesting stuff that's already happened not in January, but I think we've had enough of history, time to start highlighting new content (despite your footnote, I think we should look at the month). Might want to do a regular look at Meta if you want to cover internal goings-on, though you probably already did as I saw the thread on Newbie of the year referencing your show as better organised version of. |
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I know I have a soft spot for Coutinho so I've always wanted him to do well, despite the way he left Liverpool. I'm relieved that a talented player like that has been given the chance to recover his career. I think Steven Gerrard is the perfect manager for that, since they've played together, and obviously had a mutual admiration.
Anyway, my predictions are; Liverpool 2-0 against Brentford. They've been shipping a lot of goals for a while now, and while Liverpool definitely won't be at full strength, I think Jota might be able to pull us ahead. I'm also fancying either a 0-0 or 1-1 between Chelsea, and Manchester City. Chelsea have been nothing short of brilliant recently, after going a rather lengthy period of underwhelming performances, and most certainly lack of attacking threat.
I also fancy Aston Villa to beat Manchester United either 2-1 or 2-0. If anyone watched the game in mid week its an absolute miracle how Manchester United won that game considering they were pretty much getting opened up with every attack. I expect Villa to take their chances this time around.
Whatever we feel for him (and it's still positive for me, happy to have him back in England mind you), it's another feather to the EPL cap, and I'd love for Gerrard to get the best out of him. In fact, I'd love for him to hit the ground running against United in a grudge match after Villa got KO'd out of FA Cup (despite being the better team). I did mention my fav goal ever from him was against them, wouldn't it be great to open his account with de Gea? I've probably got to tone down my Pool pick too... heart says Jota and Firmino are good enough (and the latter did enjoy a backheel goal in FA Cup) but I don't think I've actually seen him, Jota and Minamino play together... we also don't have a full midfield so yeah, this could be tight. what do the pool thinks about City and Chelsea on weekend? it should be home win, but Chelsea knows how to play against City, and could prove me wrong
Everton is playing Norwich on weekend, time for a win after some dry period
I'm still backing City on the pool, but I'd love to lose Superbru points in exchange for City dropping some, so I'm definitely betting on Chelsea |
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Right now its hard to know where will Bitcoin is heading with. We've seen it going as low as $40,000 but we've seen that it bounced back immediately showing that many are accumulating at that price. I think we might see Bitcoin going sideways for quite a while (maybe a week or 2) around $40,000-50,000 before we see which direction it will go. Will the bulls prevail or the bear will take over the market  . What's next for Bitcoin after reaching $43,000? I don't know but seeing good upward movement after the decline from its recent ATH would be good though I'm not expecting too much from it . It's been difficult to know for a long time since December at least. This isn't such a sharp bounce either, almost too weak and gradual for me to really think we're out of the frying pan just yet, and certainly not enough to say we're not headed into the fire. Volumes still meandering, global economic outlook and inflation still not shocking enough (so external pressure is not shifting). Think it's literally a wait to see if bull or bear tires of this. |
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Nice observation there, arallmuus. The only way I or Joca would have pipped this is with an exact score AND an extra slam point, but it would have been one game short for me to get the 2nd slam point (thank you United?).
We all got Bowen to thank for opening Norwich up or this would have been another upset probably. I too eagerly put 3-0 on this, thought was being smarty pants... Wasn't watching though -- two Super Cups in Spain and Italy were impossible to miss, I switched off EFL semi after Ruediger scored, bleh on that.
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^^^ Damn, finishing work today and then I read about this drama you guys mentioned. I've heard of naughty officiating but this is new -- and I've heard/seen quite a bit in my time. Gotta blame the watchmakers this time huh. But another single goal game... to make matters worse, I totally forgot to put a bet on sending off and we had one. Twitter's pretty much taking it out on Janny Sikazwe haha. Wonder how many books have a headache on last minute live betting haha. I feel bad now for talking up Afcon from the qualifiers. It's not the spectacle we've been expecting at all. |
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There was already an easy way (and better rates, so let's say cheaper) in p2p trading. The Lightning is cheap argument also hardly makes sense now with already lowest possible fees on mainnet.
But of course, good news, was the most downloaded app (just parroting the news from El Salvador) and can't possibly be worse than the Chivo scandal...
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Heart wants Salah to stay of course and I think that'll happen. He loves the club and the club loves him back. But FSG I still can't really trust or understand. No tidbits from regulars here?
I’m not a Liverpool supporter but I want him to stay with Klopp too. But at the end of the day these club owners, FSG in this case, run a business. If it’s time to sell a player, it’s time to sell a player. And no doubt Salah loves the club but he’s a professional too. If another club offers him a better deal, he’ll get his agent to go talk and listen. Not everyone is a Steven Gerrard these days. [/quote] It's that business sense that should tell them they've got a bargain on their hands for 200k a week. These days, these markets? To get a proven player who's still got his best years in him at that price (actually, no price, just wages)? It's to keep challenging and to bring in the fans. I really can't see any better economic value. Now it's only principle at play -- will they lower their pricing expectations to keep up with the market? Of course, from Salah's PoV as you say, can't blame him if he accepts a better offer. Moneywise anyway, as everything else -- guaranteed playing time, the love, etc. Can't buy that elsewhere no matter what. Ask Wijnaldum, ask Coutinho, ask Sterling. P.S. Hey tokes, been a while since I seen you spar a bit |
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Betis - Sevilla
1. Match line - Away
2. Both to score - No
3. Number of yellow cards in the game - 3 and under
Atalanta - Inter
1. Match line - Away
2. Both to score - Yes
3. Number of yellow cards in the game - 4-5
7' minute
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So to throw in something that doesn't seem to be discussed much here, Liverpool are about to do 2 things this month. Either agree to pay the highest wage we've ever done (~200,000 a week) to keep Salah (and I definitely think we should) or scout around to buy a lot of talent with the payday they'll get to release him.
Heart wants Salah to stay of course and I think that'll happen. He loves the club and the club loves him back. But FSG I still can't really trust or understand. No tidbits from regulars here?
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How many points do you get from this "default" game?
I saw there is only 46% of players picked Southampton to win. Also, 15-16 players did not make predictions for this game. it is very possible that you will not get those default points for this match.
Only 1 point if the default is the correct outcome. And it doesn't count towards any other awards (or slam points). 46% would have been enough to be the majority, which is what would be the default pick. I don't see only 3% for draw or Brentford win. Besides, this was a postponed match, so Superbru should have kept the scores as it did mine. I upgraded from 2-1 to 3-1, and as a result took home an extra half point (yay). Coutinho, back in EPL, and under Gerrard. I always wished he'd stayed on. I guess he would never have suited Klopp, so it all worked out in the end, but yah never thought he'd come back actually. Thought he might even have gone to Germany, but I wager he's a good fit for Villa and if he gains his confidence back, he's more than a worthy successor to Grealish.
I've been trying to think back, I'm pretty sure he played extremely well under Klopp did he not? I remember the quote that Klopp came out with (paraphrased): "stay here, and they'll build a statue of you. Go elsewhere and become just another player" it was something along those lines, and looking back Klopp might have actually been spot on. Coutinho at the time I'd say was our absolute best player, and a personal favourite of mine. Judging on that quote Klopp would have definitely preferred to have kept him. I mean just for his free kick ability. Whenever this man stepped up, I was almost celebrating the goal already. He was absolutely lethal. In fact, he's the only player I remember in recent memory of putting the ball under the wall to score so effortlessly. Its funny because this isn't really a common thing to do, yet most teams in the Premier League now try, and protect against this by lying down a player in the wall. He did, very well, yes, but this was before Klopp assembled his full team. But long-term, I think once we had full gegenpress, I'm not sure he'd have been a good fit (then again, we haven't really found someone who has in that role). It was first Bobby, then joined by Mane, and then Salah before we had that attack we now do, and yeah Coutinho stayed on the whole rebuild, and we all missed him, Klopp certainly wanted to keep him as I recall we won a lot of matches we struggled for creativity. We had real problems with delivery and always needed him to crack open defences. We never really did replace him too... but then enter Trent and Robbo and we found a way out of those chance creation problems... not to mention the way Hendo's really developed. That Klopp quote was amazing, and absolutely true (brings to mind another quote about Klopp made for Liverpool and Liverpool made for Klopp) but I thought he only said that later on during the Gini negotiations? I tell my kid every time we're watching: do you hear that? Origi's a bit player, but he's come on and the stadium's singing his name. When the Kop loves you, they'll be sure to let you know. There's a song for everyone who's worn the shirt with pride. I know in my heart players like Coutinho and Gini look back and long to be loved again. I mean, even those who left because there was no space left for them? Thinking of players like Lucas, Ings, Lovren, Moreno... they still haunt the club on social media, you can feel the longing! My fav Coutinho goal is nothing special, a cheeky lob over de Gea in Europa League heh. That season was so successful for me betting it started my whole current daily sportsbetting haha |
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Phew man, Cagliari just saved me here. Think the bookies had just slightly favoured Bologna so I'd gone for 2-0, and then adjusted down to 1 nil to the other side, and then thought, well okay. Scored 8 in last 12 Serie A games, and only 2 in the last game after 3 scoreless ones, let's give them one goal and a draw? So thank you, and no thank you for the injury time winner haha.
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