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5601  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Has someone tried to use ChatGPT to help in trading? on: February 11, 2023, 12:27:45 PM
I think that many when the GPT Chat went on the air, the first thing they thought about was using it for trading, I asked questions, but I know that it is not an AI to make predictions, it has very good information, but I think it is still very limited, I would have I liked that it had that option of predictions, because that way you could do beta tests, but I know that people would not use it for those purposes but to earn a lot of money, so I think they evaded it that way to avoid a great world disorder, a great uproar where all things got out of control but I couldn't deny that there are already many people using some AI for these purposes.
5602  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It's on! 2024 US Presidential Election Biden+Harris Vs Trump Bitcoin betting.... on: February 11, 2023, 02:36:48 AM
In the USA, what political current is dominating right now? because I think that Trump's is quite radical and I don't think he can win, although I have seen some programs used that are from some predictors who say and affirm that the winner will be Trump,. Although I don't see the Americans, seeing themselves with such a political current, I think Biden has not done badly, he has had many things, I know it's a pity that what happened in Russia could not be avoided, I know that they could have entered into more conversations with them to avoid the attacks on Ukraine, but that's something else, I think the main thing here is that, that something worse doesn't unleash for them and for the world, whoever promises to end that war can win.
5603  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: February 11, 2023, 02:16:02 AM
But let's see first what the first fight will bring, maybe it could be just one sided and end in less than 10 rounds and someone getting his ass knock out for good that he doesn't want to have a rematch.

In that case then there's no trilogy anymore, maybe a rematch but I'm sure it will have the same outcome since the first fight was already obvious it's just a one-sided fight. If they'll make a controversial decision in the first fight like what happened to Wilder vs Fury fight where the first fight was declared as a draw, then there are still 2 fights where Fury has dominated the KO artist.

That would be the nearest scenario for them to make the trilogy into a reality, that is if there will be a draw in their first bout but that's highly unlikely considering that both of them is a knockout artist and neither one of them is also willing to make the fight draw or take a defeat, by the looks of it, Ryan Garcia especially Tank Davis wanted a one-sided fight so that they can move-on towards other boxers.

In any case, I think that in each fight the same clause is established that we have all talked about at some point about having a rematch? Because this fight promises a lot, it is very important if Garcia wins, Davis will most likely ask for a rematch and Garcia will say yes without thinking.

This is something that is known and obviously all the pressure is going to be on García, but if it is the opposite, that everyone expects Davis to beat García, then the facts will be as we all think. Garcia is a fighter who is not afraid of anything, so I think he would be a very good option because this becomes much more exciting.


Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia back on, PBC allowing Golden Boy to be lead promoter




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By Sam Volz: Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Ryan Garcia is back on after PBC sent back the contract that allows Golden Boy Promotions to be the lead promoter in the rematch if Kingry wins their April 15th fight. Chris Mannix is reporting the good news about PBC sending the contract with the change that Golden Boy has insisted on for them to allow the 24-year-old Ryan to take the fight with Tank (28-0, 26 KOs) for their Showtime PPV contest. It’s unknown whether Golden Boy and Ryan would have walked away from the lucrative Tank fight if they didn’t get their way because the future of the popular Instagram star is murky, given that he’s moving up to 140. He’s still totally unproven in his seven-year professional career.


Source: https://www.boxingnews24.com/2023/02/gervonta-davis-vs-ryan-garcia-back-on-pbc-allowing-golden-boy-to-be-lead-promoter/
5604  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: February 10, 2023, 11:17:09 PM
Congrats mate. The spread was very small for Artur, but it's still good because you won the game. It was not an easy win for him, good thing he was able to connect with a solid punch that put Yarde down and that was the end of the fight as Yarde could not respond anymore.

Just watch the highlights but I heard the news that he won the fight, he is still undefeated now and with a perfect KO win in all of his fights.
Beterbiev is really a monster, no one can survive from his punch. I think if there's a fight where he can't knock out his opponent, anyone will think the boxer is capable and has a power to compete with Beterbiev. The odds for Beterbiev to win via decision is high too since everyone know Beterbive always knock out every opponents including the strong boxer like Yarde, Smith Jr, Gvozdyk and Browne.

Could Bivol survive for the complete 12 rounds or he will pull an upset against Beterbiev?

Really hard to see how the Beterbiev vs Bivol will turn out. Obviously, Beterbiev has the power, but Bivol has the footprint and the volume punching.

Yes, I do think that Yarde did very good in this fight and judges awarded him as he was ahead in the 2 cards. But it's just a matter on time before he will be caught by Beterbiev's power and that happen. Just very unfortunately that he was doing good until the 8th, and the right hand had a lot of power as you can see in his eyes that he felt that power.

Well to put it mildly and without seeing statistics or predictions of any kind, much less without seeing any article alluding to this, I think this fight would be very interesting, but between the two I think the strongest is Bivol, he can make the difference, but Bivol has something very clear and it is his objective, I know he wants to be famous, he admits it himself and that is something that no one can take away from him, and seeing the discipline he has, he could do it, I don't know, but I do believe in the boxer's skills, hopefully they don't keep bothering him with the Russian stuff and he finally manages to be famous without being bothered by the country he comes from, hopefully they see the meaning of the sport and nothing else.

Here is something very interesting:

Why Tommy Fury wasn't at Jake Paul press conference in Saudi Arabia



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Tommy Fury has explained his reason for not attending a press conference with Jake Paul on Thursday.

The fight between the pair of celebrity boxing rivals will take place in Saudi Arabia at the Diriyah Arena on February 26.
Why wasn't Fury at the press conference?

Paul, 25, has accused Fury, 23, of being 'scared' after he failed to show up for media duties earlier this week.

However the latter has insisted that isn't the case as he claimed that he had no reason for being there.

“I can clear that up in two seconds,” Fury told MMA Fighting.

“Basically, Jake Paul signed up into the world of professional boxing and I am a professional athlete, a professional boxer.

Source: https://www.givemesport.com/tommy-fury-jake-paul-fight-press-conference-boxing-news/
5605  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue - WBC and WBO 122 lbs bout - May on: February 10, 2023, 10:22:07 PM

Again, if you haven't seen Fulton fight, he doesn't have the same power as Inoue, he wasn't able to bring down Figueroa on his last fight. On the other hand, he could have taken a lot of damages during that fight. Yes he won, but the score is really close. And as I have said, he could have been soften by Figueroa and then Inoue just go for the kill and maybe knock him out, just saying.

Which makes Inoue different because there's no fighter that he has a close fight, well, the closest was Donaire because he survive the 12 rounds, but the result was still all in favor on Inoue since Inoue won via Unanimous decision. This might be a debut of Inoue but despite that, I'm sure he will not struggle and his confidence is still very high, he likes a real action because he got bored in his last fight where he won the undisputed champion.

There's no need to compare their records, it's very obvious, we already know who is the better fighter here. The thing is, even if Fulton is the champ, if he will be able to defend his title, people will react thinking it was an upset. That's how big their trust to Inoue since Inoue has been knocking down opponents, a monster with no fear, that's who he is.

Well if the odds favor Inoue (most likely), and then Fulton is the underdog then we can call it an upset if he wins because of that. Yes, I also see him not struggling, it's just 4 pounds of weight and he could easily make it without any struggle and could make him big and feeling powerful as well.

Yes, the record of Inoue says it all, so we can't really discount that, he is knocking everyone in the 118 lbs, including Donaire and against his last fight in Butler. So in terms it will be an upset technically even if Fulton is the champion and Inoue is the challenger.

At this moment they are already giving Inoue as a favorite, I do not doubt it, I am sure that in the boxing forums they do not have him as a top favorite and I do not rule him out, he is a boxer who has set a very good example and his victories have been quite legitimate , so I have no doubt, if we think of all the number of boxers who want to challenge Inoue, it is impressive, of course we have to wait for the results he can against Fulton, he is not a bad boxer, he is a very good boxer, and that He really wants to win and with many dreams, all this is categorical, I know that Inoue will achieve everything he has.

Inoue for me is a monster and I think that's something that everyone knows, I'm waiting for that fight, a good bet in favor of Inoue and he can win, yes!

Some friends who trained with me boxing say that this boxer is not going to lose any fight.

Naoya Inoue named Japan’s best boxer for record-breaking sixth time



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The Japanese Boxing Commission and the Sportswriters Club held their annual awards ceremony at the Tokyo Dome Hotel on Wednesday. The showpiece award, the 2022 Japanese Fighter of the Year, went to bantamweight champion and pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue, who won the award for a fifth consecutive year and a record-breaking sixth time overall, surpassing Japanese greats Yoshio Shirai and Yoko Gushiken.

Inoue definitively stopped old rival Nonito Donaire in two rounds to claim the WBC bantamweight title and retain his Ring, IBF and WBA belts in June. “The Monster” then became the undisputed bantamweight champion by defeating WBO titlist Paul Butler in 11 rounds.

Source: https://www.ringtv.com/649399-naoya-inoue-named-japans-best-boxer-for-record-breaking-sixth-time/
5606  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: February 10, 2023, 09:58:17 PM
We are currently seeing world cups where they present something new, in this particular world cup that is coming up, do we think it can happen with the combination of these countries? I understand that on the part of the USA things are going to be phenomenal, but will they be compatible with Mexico? Mexico is a purely soccer country, and soccer is in the hands of the Mexicans, they have a culture more focused on that sport, the Americans have their own league where it has been growing, I like the idea that Canada is on the way to improve a lot Because these countries have a great operational command to do great things, and that is what is sought with the organization of the World Cup, that their football grows.

Compared to nations like Venezuela that have never been to a World Cup, I'm already beginning to think that if they continue like this, the only way they'll go to a World Cup is by being organizers, and that's a long way off.

now the sub 20 qualifiers are taking place, and I have not seen a soccer game that convinces me of Venezuela, there is still a long way to go, just when I thought so, that is why I think that Canada will like a World Cup so that they continue to improve, That is one of the advantages of being a first world country, everything is focused on improving.
5607  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Artur Beterbiev vs Anthony Yarde on: February 10, 2023, 08:56:20 PM
I believe Bivol would win if the fight will happen. I saw the weakness of Beterbiev in this fight, it's just unfortunate that Yarde was not able to capitalize on his advantage, if he was good, then most likely Beterbiev will struggle due to a big cut above his eye. I know that Beterbiev has powerful punches, but I believe in terms of strategy, Bivol has the edge.

Beterbiev have slowed down maybe because of his age but the power is still there, no doubt about that but against Bivol who is so very disciplined on his defense i think he may struggle but let us see if the unification will happen because as what they said in boxing that "you have a very good game plan but that will change once you will be hit with power punches".

The good thing about on Beterbiev's promoter is that they were already saying and hoping that Bivol's promoter will sit down with them to discuss this huge fight in the LHW division that all of us is wanting to see while they are still in their prime.

BTW, congrats to those who bet that this will end via KO on round 8.

Beterbiev shows intention that he is willing to fight his compatriot for all the belts in LHW. The only obstacles is obviously the Arum vs Hearn negotiations. Although he have fights before and cooperate with each other, not sure if Arum is willing this time specially if they are going as who will be the A side in this fight.

And Bivol also targeting Canelo for a rematch either 168 or 175, so this fight might have to wait then as this will be Bivol's priority for sure. And if he won against Canelo again then go for the unification, that will be the perfect scenario.

Well, Beterbiev has shown that he still has power and that he is willing to have all kinds of challenges, that is something obvious, but now, if we start to think that they can do something, how could we think that he can face his share of the ball, we will Bivol is something that we will see, I know that this fight must happen, but read the truth, I see Bivol very reluctant, he does not want that fight, it annoys him to see Canelo again, I think he will comply only because of that clause, but rather In another case, I think he would not accept another fight with Canelo and I think it is because of his way of being that does not fit with what Bivol is looking for.

More about Canelo vsd Beterbiev:

Eddie Hearn: "Canelo vs. Beterbiev Is A Helluva Fight"



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Artur Beterbiev thoroughly enjoyed soaking his gloves in the blood of Anthony Yarde this past weekend. Although he fought courageously, the 31-year-old contender succumbed to the pernicious knockout power of the unified champion.

As Beterbiev stopped and posed for pictures while holding onto his three light heavyweight straps, promoter Eddie Hearn stood motionless in awe. Impressive, amongst a bevy of words in Hearn’s view, first came to mind.

Presently, the current head honcho of Matchroom Boxing has no promotional ties to the newly turned 38-year-old. Nevertheless, that didn't stop him from fantasizing about a certain high-stakes showdown that would deliver in the most violent of ways. 

“Canelo vs. Beterbiev is a helluva fight,” said Hearn to BoxingScene.com. “That’s a bloodbath.

Source: https://www.boxingscene.com/eddie-hearn-canelo-vs-beterbiev-helluva-fight--172365
5608  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season on: February 10, 2023, 04:05:25 PM
It is true that Manchester United has had a difficult history against Barcelona in past matches. However, it is important to note that every match and every season is different. Manchester United's current coach, Ten Hag, has the potential to lead the team to success, even against a historically difficult opponent like Barcelona. Additionally, it is important to remember that football is a team sport and that anyone match can be won by either team. While it will certainly be a challenging match for Manchester United, it is important to keep an open mind and not underestimate the team's potential for success. Thus, I really hope that MU will win.

The odds for MU to win and draw is 4.2, putting a bet on MU can be a wise decision right now haha
This match is 20 days away which is what football lovers have been waiting for. You are right that both of these teams have pretty good quality this season where Barcelona has again performed quite well in the laliga and they have just won a trophy. Thus it is indeed quite difficult to predict who will come out victorious in the match later, even though there is a lot of speculation going around that Manchester United will be able to beat Barcelona but that is not necessarily going to come true.

I'm still not hasty to determine who will make it to the next round considering that these two teams will perform better than what we can see from their play in the domestic league.
I think the match between Barcelona and Manchester United will be one of the best in history. Because currently both teams are performing incredibly well. We will see a competitive match, with Barcelona one of the attacking players Lewandowski in top form as well as Ousmane Dembele.

What's interesting about the matches of these two teams is that both of them met in the Europa League after failing in the UCL.

The two teams met too soon, one between Barcelona and Manchester United will go home.That definitely reduces the excitement level in the Europa League. In terms of performance, I think the two teams are in different situations in each league
But Barcelona is doing great in La Liga. Their position there is one of the best. Barcelona's performance in the rest of the leagues is not remarkable. But this will likely be Barcelona's first match in another league after a return to form. Even if Barcelona wins this match, it won't be much of an advantage. However, self-confidence will increase.
Yes, I understand that there may be a good performance due to the fact that Barcelona has a good performance, I don't deny it, but it may also happen that now Barcelona is struggling a lot to continue as leader in the League and that could distort the trajectory that has in the league. Europa League, it is something that you must take into account to continue being the best, remember that Man United is a team that has a lot of potential, now things are going better, despite the fact that the season was a total disaster, or at least Except 2022 was not the year for Man United and now they want to fix everything, we'll see how they continue to do it, but in the Europa League they don't have it very easy, I would like Barcelona to win, that's what I want, or Roma.

Yes I agree with your opinion.Barcelona is trying to play more focused games now.Because in UEFA Europa League Barcelona played bad game in several matches due to which now they want to correct those mistakes.What I have seen is that Barcelona goalkeeper has a lot.  By performing well, due to which Barcelona is known as such a strong team.
Maybe you mean playing badly in the Champions League, not in the Europa League, because Barcelona, who are already in the Europa League now, is due to not qualifying for the Champions League group phase, so they have to be in the Europa League play-off round. And yes Barcelona will try to improve everything in the Europa League as well as in the domestic league as well as has been seen from the results in several matches there (La Liga).

Do not forget that last season Barcelona also crashed out of the Champions League and went to Europa League where everyone thought they would be able to win the cup but unfortunately for them they could not make it too. I think it was Frankfurt of Bundesliga that eliminated Barcelona from last season's Europa League. Funny enough this season too they have also crashed out of the Champions League and waiting to crash out of the Europa League that is what she was trying to say you
I think Barcelona is much better in their performance this season than last season, I'm very sure that Barcelona will have a better result in the Europa league than last season.  In last season Barcelona was not very confident of there performance,  they were just trying their best to become better.  But right now Barcelona is in good form, even if Barcelona don't end up in winning the europa league their performance will be that better than that of last season.
The Barcelona team is currently in one of its best performances. The young players of the team have taken their best form. However, this performance of the team is only noticeable in Laliga. If Barcelona can perform like this in all leagues then the team will gain a lot.

Hopefully that's the case, because when Barcelona is well they can give Real Madrid a war, and honestly as a good Real Madrid player I would like them to beat them while they're in better shape, so they don't say that later. Real Madrid beat them because they weren't there. 100% that it was due to the injuries, because the players who played the best were not there, that was partly because of the league, which can also be used for the Europa League, because with Manchester they also have some casualties, and because of Casemiro who had this performance that was really amazing, I had never seen Casemiro lose control and almost hit himself, because he was choking him lol.

I still see Barcelona as strong, and they have already begun to say that it is impossible for Real Madrid to reach them.

Let's see what Xavi comes up with this time, I hope he doesn't run out of ideas, I would like Madrid to reach them and reach them, but wanting is one thing and reality is another.

Gabriel Jesus Returns and the Left Back Conundrum



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When Gabriel Jesus suffered that unfortunate knee injury in November and required surgery, everyone associated with Arsenal were legitimately concerned, but in Eddie Nketiah, the Gunners have found a dependable deputy that has done his bit to stake a claim for a first team berth. Prior to featuring consistently due to Gabriel Jesus’ injury layoff, Nketiah had scored two goals in the Europa League against Zurich and Bodo/Glimt as well as Arsenal’s solitary goal in the Carabao Cup home defeat to Brighton. After the World Cup, Nketiah has made eight starts and has scored seven goals, including a brace against Manchester United that helped the Gunners gain a foothold at the top of the table.

Source: https://goonerdaily.com/2023/02/09/gabriel-jesus-returns-and-the-left-back-conundrum/
5609  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: February 10, 2023, 03:00:00 PM
but I'm sure retirement is not something that Messi will achieve shortly. after the news he didn't want to extend his contract with PSG, it seems that there are many rumors about Messi with other clubs. it was even rumored that Arab clubs were also interested in bringing Messi. and if it does, it will be good business for the Saudi league.
Not for the near future, maybe 2-3 years old he's just trying to retire or go to a league that can take him. At the moment he is still quite good with PSG, he can still show the best ability and make it difficult for the opponents. Maybe uniting Ronaldo and Messi in one club is the dream of many clubs, but I think it's too difficult. Indeed I've read that coach AN Nassr likes Messi maybe he can bring him in. But nowadays there is a lot of news on social media, if Ronaldi there is just ruining the game that the coach has formed. Many say Ronaldo has not been able to play to his full potential.


His brother made it very clear, he is not going to Barcelona, no matter how good a friend he is of Xavi's, his answer is no, it seems good to me because if the same thing happens to him with CR7 it would be trying to tarnish his career and that's not it, it is very ugly What his mother told him about him was accurate, and it is not a lie, there is Dinho how it ended.

Messi's mother said that the Spanish took advantage of him and then threw him out and it is not fair that they do something similar to him again in France, that really with the last games that I have seen him play, he is not comfortable at all, so I have perceived it.

It is better to leave a good memory, than to go through the back door, I have realized that when some players are very successful, the press and everything help them to look bad afterward.




Curiosity: After the World Cup, this is how they refer to the Dutch thanks to Messi:



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Perhaps one of the most iconic post-match interviews ever. Lionel Messi, in his purest form, fresh off the back of a World Cup quarter-final penalties victory, angrily confronting 6 foot six (198cm) Wout Weghorst. It was led to ‘Que miras, Bobo?’ [What are you looking at, stupid?] becoming a globally recognised phrase.

Messi is perhaps lucky that Weghorst did not square down to him in that moment. The great Argentine has recognised that it was not a moment he was proud of, although it is one he is unlikely to forget, given his children repeat to him often.

Source: https://www.football-espana.net/2023/02/10/lisandro-martinez-refers-to-wout-weghorst-using-lionel-messi-insult
5610  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: February 10, 2023, 02:19:40 PM
So in the end the five consecutive wins that Leverkusen had won ended after losing by Dortmund, even though I expected Leverkusen would still get points even if it was only a draw with one point. But indeed, Dortmund is not a mediocre team so naturally Leverkusen lost points in this match, but at least Leverkusen's position is still safe in the top ten.

Apart from that match, I was quite surprised by Schalke because Schalke managed to get one point by holding FC Koln to a draw, because in my prediction Schalke also seems difficult to get points because the trend is still very bad. But yes, even though this one point still doesn't change Schalke's position, at least Schalke is still trying to play well and of course that is good morale.

Good for you, things are really going very well here with Schalke and it can be taken into account that it is one of the Bundesliga teams that is also making a difference, when a team draws it doesn't matter, a point is not always valuable for as it is All in all what would be a valuable point is if they manage to beat Bayern who are the most talking team even Union Berlin who are in a very good position however I think now the German teams have a great story and that they will do everything possible to stand out, and they have lost their fear a little and that makes everything better.

Schalke so far is the worst team of the Bundesliga,just check their stats and you will see that indeed Wolfsburg is going to have most likely a very easy game tonight.I think the odds are there near 2 to scare us not to bet on this game.
Schalke are facing one of most terrible seasons in their history and their players likely want to complete this season as soon as possible. I believe many players in Schalke are thinking about summer holidays and looking for chance to transfer to a better club.
Schalke is on the way to the second Bundesliga. They did not strengthen their team during the winter break. In any case they have not brought in any players who show that Schalke will fight against relegation.
The chances from Schalke are getting less and les . At the moment I see the chance with 85% that they will be relegated to the second Bundesliga again.

Schalke's performance has changed dramatically since the World Cup break. The performance of the Schalke team has been very poor since the beginning of the season. But they have played very well in the last few matches. They have drawn in the last two matches. But the important thing is that their performance was excellent. Schalke players played very well. Gladbach was not a weak team. However, Schalke's players put up a tough fight against Gladbach. Schalke had a total of 19 shots. And despite not winning against Koln in the previous match, we saw the dominance of Schalke. Schalke's overall performance has improved. But they are not able to win due to a lack of an experienced striker.

I agree with you, if they look for at least one more striker they can do much better, as long as there is a good strike the team is much more energized, not only from the midfield which I think is fine, just like the defenders, they It can be achieved to have a good configuration so that the technical director has more where to get strategies and how to attack certain vulnerabilities that he still has, we all realize that Schalke has improved, but I think that maybe now it's time for him to make a small but significant change And it is to put another forward.

And if they make a mistake, it doesn't matter, it is being tested, currently the coaches can take out and put many players in a game in case they get injured, they have a way to correct it, now the rules are more flexible. In addition, the Bundesliga is becoming very exciting and it no longer looks so boring that Bayern won.

The exciting thing is that if the other X's go up in points and Bayern lose or draw.



In another order of ideas:

MATCHDAY: AC Milan hosts Torino, Wolfsburg visits Schalke



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Wolfsburg visits last-placed Schalke looking to reignite its push for Champions League qualification. Wolfsburg started 2023 in style with 6-0 and 5-0 wins in its first two Bundesliga games but momentum has ground to a halt with three consecutive losses. A game at struggling Schalke seems the perfect chance for Niko Kovač’s team to turn things around. Beset by financial problems and without a league win since November, Schalke’s chances of avoiding relegation are fading despite making six loan signings in January.


Source: https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-torino-fc-schalke-04-vfl-wolfsburg-ec84b2a32e4724b7caf9ec9b74112d6c
5611  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Errol Spence vs Keith Thurman on: February 10, 2023, 01:03:12 PM

If we don't like what Spence is doing, then this upset would be the best revenge to teach him a lesson.
Well, whatever the controversies are and the speculation of the people, I just want to see a good fight between Thurman and Spence.

This is really a nice opportunity for Thurman to prove himself without a doubt when he gonna win against Spence. After all, it will gonna be who has the best strategy anyway. You can say Spence got all the skills and physicality to have the advantage in this fight but both of them can punch well. Also, Thurman has the ability that hooked Manny Pacquiao when it comes to his power punches. He just really needs to carefully study how will he gonna lands it on Spence with the right timing to win this fight.

I agree both have that power punch and if given a chance Thurman can upset Spence with those solid combinations. He almost beat
Pacquiao if it's not because of his early knock down.

I would like to see him being careful and analyze how Spence will throw his attack, give some jabs and try to avoid being hit by Spence
solid combination.

He needs to prepare and create good strategy to upset and hype his name up!

Well, there is no denying that Thurman's punching is great, and I remember well when that fight against the legendary Pacquiao, if we look at Thurman's technique is good, the combinations are formidable.Spence is very strong, one of the boxers who has a very good reputation and if Thurman manages to beat Spence it would be a feat, I would like that, but the chances of Thurman winning are low, that translates into a great bias for Spence.
Thurman wants to, and that's what moves him, very hungry to win and like all humans, he is anxious and nervous.

Whenever a fight with the great Pacquiao is compared, things can be analyzed from another point of view, it is much more attractive.
5612  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [POLL] Using AI to predict outcomes on: February 10, 2023, 12:11:06 PM
ChatGPT is all the rage at the moment. I’ve seen that people are asking it to predict sporting events. Would you leave gambling decisions up to artificial intelligence? Do you see any potential drawbacks for outsourcing your bets to a software program? Has anyone here tried this yet? Do we need someone to put together a thread of ChatGPT predictions to see how accurate they are?  Any other thoughts?
No, AI may be intelligent but cannot predict anything. They are programmed to give a certain output to a certain input. They may try, but in the long run, I think we are still very far off from seeing that. I would like to think that the only way this may happen is if we have a cyborg, but that isn't going to happen. I have yet to see a thread of ChatGPT predictions. I guess they will not be accurate. Besides, ChatGPT still needs a lot of data and training to reach accuracy in whatever predictions it makes.
agree with your statement. it makes sense that ChatGPT is not yet completely accurate because the AI still relies on input programming and for me it is more accurate to use the predictions of our own brains than leaving predictions to AI.
well, even though I've never tried it, to be honest I'm not sure if AI can provide good predictions. even though if we often bet on sports betting, of course we have predictions that are stronger and more accurate. because we are used to predicting a match and we definitely know which team has good performance which we should choose.
so it would be better to rely on your own predictions than AI predictions.

Well, ChatGPT is not the only prediction program out there, we have access to many more, but the psa is that very few people have access to these programs, so they are not that curious, CHATGPT is something else because almost everyone started talking. . about it and they know things are getting more viral, but if they should release a prediction version of ChatGPT so we can ask a kind of questions that can make predictions, if the new OpenIA update regarding ChatGPT allows some kind of prediction, It would be great to know how reliable these development software are to help us in that regard.
Personally aside, this is all in test mode, they detect anything that is an AI when it is not, and precisely AI detectors are not good, I would add as if that is fashionable, because everyone uses them, but Since everything is demo or beta mode, you should not rely too much, especially on detectors.

5613  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: February 10, 2023, 02:42:29 AM
namely Ac milan and juventus. where ac milan had to lose with a big score and juventus 0-2 from ac monza.

Yeah, quite some surprises today. AC Milan was really a surprising one as they were unable to defend their net against Sassuolo and conceded 5 goals today which was very surprising to me. AC Milan had been performing bad recently but today was really the worst performance from them. As for Juventus game, it was also a surprising one as they had 22 shots in the game and none of them found the net while Monza had only 3 shots and they got 2 goals against side like Juventus.

Now Napoli and Roma game ahead and I am expecting lot of cards being shown in this one.

The truth is sad about Milan, I don't know what happened to them, for a moment I thought they were going to react, but it seemed like a nightmare game for them, so this scoreboard is really scandalous, but what is left for Juve? wake up and recover from this nightmare they are going through, there is no other way, there is no other way out, there is still a long way to go and they have a good opportunity, just like they do, I think many teams have had a bad time, and in competitions like the UCL, where they He sees much more as a humiliation from one team to another, we cannot deny that Sadduolo did a wonderful job, if they continue like this they will start to make a difference with the rest of the teams.



Personally I think that after watching all these games, well, not all, but most, it's nice to continue seeing Napoli's advantage, but it's much nicer to see that the Roma of a great Mou is in the whole window. of classification, waiting for any change, they will be able to take advantage of any mistake to be at least 2nd, nothing bad for our Mou and Roma, an Italian titan, I translate this as the Italian force of il calcio.

and:

Mourinho and Roma set sights on Everton loanee Branthwaite



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Jose Mourinho has personally asked Roma to closely follow Everton loanee Jarrad Branthwaite, who is standing out at PSV, reports detail.

The 20-year-old English centre back joined the Eredivisie side on a season-long loan deal last summer, giving him the chance to continue his development with regular first team football.

Branthwaite quickly became an important player for PSV, who offered Everton £15m for the defender last month, which was rejected.

As reported by The Daily Mail, Mourinho has been very impressed by Branthwaite’s development at PSV and asked Roma to keep a close eye on the Englishman ahead of the summer transfer window, sending scouts to closely monitor his performances.

Source: https://football-italia.net/mourinho-and-roma-set-sights-on-everton-loanee-branthwaite/
5614  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Devin Haney vs Vasiliy Lomachenco - May 20 on: February 10, 2023, 02:23:44 AM
This fight will be very spectacular,but I will still give preference to Vasily because the speed of his work in the ring is impressive,he is so fast and technical fighter.I don't always have time to keep track of his legs,it's not even worth talking about his hands.I think Loma will win on points and the fight will be all 12 rounds.
Yeah may likely or Haney will win via decision too, I don't expect any knock out here because Loma has an iron chin while Haney know to dodge and not received too much punches. I just hope Loma would be 100% healthy during the fight because when he was fight with Lopez, Loma is really not doing anything on the first 6 rounds and it make the judges give more points on Lopez.

And Haney is pillow fisted as well that's why his knockout record is not that good. He put the fight in a hard and grind full 12 rounds. But I think Loma can survived that and maybe he can land some good punches on Haney and tested that chin. Haney has a good defense but I'm seeing with Loma's being a good in fighting technical fighters, he might break that defense of Haney. So still going to be close although the way I look at it, Haney could be the favorite because of Loma's last performance against Ortiz.

Yes, there could be moments that Loma might hit Haney direct to the chin and we will see how Haney will react. It's not the first time for Haney, he has fought fighters like Jorge Linares that caught and hit him square and he almost goes down. But he has this instinct to huge his opponents. So if he ever tasted that power of Loma, he will do the same for sure to survived that round. He has also this ability to recuperate very quick. So really great to see this fight because of the styles of the two and their advantage and disadvantage.

Certainly the reasons why this fight is one of the few most awaited fights as this will be a battle of brains and technicalities, not sure who will win though but I don't doubt that we will witness a good match but I can't lie that I think that Haney will have a good advantage over Loma because judging both of their recent fights, Loma is not that fast and good anymore. Or maybe he's just adjusting from a long inactivity, what do you think?

Yeah, it could go 50/50 or someone will really dominate the fight. So if Loma is bad in the last fight and then Haney continue his super showing, then it could be Haney winning in the scorecard because of his advantage in height and reach. But if Loma suddenly found his rhythm that Devin can't solve him, then I think Loma will take this win. And with that, gonna be hard to predict. But as fans, we love to see this kind of technical fights and maybe we can say it's the battle of new and the old champion who is trying to prove himself that he can become a champion.

Both risky, especially for Loma's situation because I'm wondering what will happen to Loma's career if he gets defeated here versus Haney (which is expected by most of the avid boxing fans) as I'm almost certain that he will become a stepping stone and a prize for some boxers in the lower bracket because they know that defeating Loma will increase their credibility. But who knows, right? Loma might've found his rhythm this time, much different from what he showed in his recent fight.

Probably he can still go and fight the left overs of Haney and see how it goes. If he still losses then most likely he is already on a decline, he is 34 years old and not getting young. So this fight is a decisive factor, but he is willing to take that risk so probably he knows that he can still fight and really reach his ultimate goal of becoming a unified champion. And his credibility will obviously go up again and he will be the man to beat. But who knows, a rematch might be needed here before we can clearly see who won between this two great boxers.

Yes, that might be the case this time where there's a rematch clause because I'm sure that Loma have his own regrets that a rematch didn't happen last time when he fought with Teo Lopez because there's no assurance that they could chase the latter because a clause wasn't written on their contract. Moreover, I'm sure Devin Haney's camp will agree with it as well because they currently have all belts and it's risky for them.

Well that is something that they must always comply with, when there is a clause of those they should be executed as quickly as possible, why? to avoid possible fights, that if he wants it or if the other boxer doesn't want it, then this type of thing sometimes happens, if there is a clause they should comply with it in the shortest possible time, and if both boxers do not want a rematch, it is the only way that it cannot be executed, but to avoid all this it is better that things be done that way, so they will save a lot of effort and things so that they can distract other possible fights, and with that they do not divert attention to other possible fights.

Shakur Stevenson says Devin Haney has no choice but fight him or vacate in 2023




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By Dan Ambrose: Shakur Stevenson says Devin Haney will have no choice but to defend against him or Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis or vacate his undisputed lightweight championship this year if he successfully gets past Vasyl Lomachenko on May 20th. Without Top Rank forcing the issue, it’s questionable whether Haney will agree to fight Stevenson. More than likely, Haney will balk and want an easier option. Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) points out that Devin’s father, Bill Haney, said recently that they’re staying at 135 for all of 2023, and anyone who wants the four lightweight belts, they’ll have to go through them.



Source: https://www.boxingnews24.com/2023/02/shakur-stevenson-says-devin-haney-has-no-choice-but-fight-him-or-vacate-in-2023/
5615  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: February 10, 2023, 02:05:33 AM
PSG and Lens are currently only 2 points apart in first and second positions in the standings. Paris Saint-Germain have other ambitions like the Champions League for example, they are used to the French Ligue 1 title. And it's not impossible that this season Paris Saint-Germain will relinquish  their Ligue 1 title for the Champions League, which is part of PSG's consistency this season.
PSG's defeat to Rennes left something bitter for PSG fans, while Reims has performed quite well since the start of 2023

if PSG are held to a draw or PSG lose again in this match against Reims then it is certain that Union Berlin will return to the top of the Ligue 1 standings

Reportedly, PSG has succeeded in bringing in Milan Skriniar, I hope his performance will be good for PSG


PSG is a team that has a lot of hierarchy, they are not going to give up at all for what they can achieve, PSG will fight to win the Ligue 1 title but with the best players and they are not capable of winning a UCL, of course in the UCL they have to beat Real Madrid, but after watching them play the French Cup, PSG did it. We didn't show anything because they were left out, and the one who did the damage was nothing more and nothing less than Marseille.

Seeing that Marseille celebrated in a big way was something that nobody expected, and even less in the face of PSG, also seeing Messi's face that they lost so ugly like that was something that nobody expected and if they are going to play like this in the UCL I don't see them well And if they continue playing like this in Ligue 1 they will be classified as bad, the French are not playing games, in these cases it translates that way, I don't see another way.

Lionel Messi 'is a DOUBT for PSG's Champions League clash against Bayern Munich' after picking up a hamstring injury in their loss at Marseille - with the French giants already without Kylian Mbappe



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Lionel Messi is reportedly a doubt for PSG's Champions League clash against Bayern Munich with the Argentina star struggling with a hamstring injury.

The World Cup hero picked up the problem in PSG's 2-1 French Cup defeat to Marseille on Wednesday - despite playing the full 90 minutes - and his manager Christophe Galtier is now sweating on his fitness.

According to L'Equipe, the legendary forward is facing a race against time to be fit for the last-16 first leg clash against Bayern at the Parc des Princes on February 14 - and he is already set to miss the club's trip to Monaco.

PSG chiefs are quietly confident that Messi can recover in time to play at least part of their game against Bayern - where they will need as many of their top stars as possible as the club bid to finally capture the elusive trophy.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11734107/Lionel-Messi-DOUBT-PSGs-Champions-League-clash-against-Bayern-Munich.html
5616  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: February 10, 2023, 01:45:09 AM
The new game week is going to be starting with the Chelsea - Fulham game. I feel like it is time for Chelsea not only to have their revenge on them but also to start a decent form finally.

I'm really fed up with seeing them so ineffective in most of the games. The Liverpool game was a little promising and I hope to see them improving that performance more. Fulham isn't an easy target. They have dangerous attackers that can punish defensive mistakes easily. Chelsea need to be more aware in defense this time. I hope not to see another red card incident here also. I expect to see a clean performance by Chelsea and get a win one way or another. I'm looking forward to seeing Mudryk's performance also in this game.
Chelsea will be looking to bounce back from this loss and get back to winning ways. It promises to be an interesting match, with both teams having something to prove.

Chelsea will be looking to move up the league table and secure a top four finish, while Fulham will continue to battle for a place in the Europa League. This match is sure to be an intense London Derby, and one not to be missed. I think Chelsea will get full points to avenge the defeat in the previous game against Fulham
Well, we all bet that it will be a great opportunity with Fulham, but we already know the result, the point of all this is that Chelsea have to do everything possible to recover their level, they have the best players, of all the teams I think Chelsea was one of the teams that took the most advantage of the transfer window, and this is something remarkable, what they have to do from now on is recover points, victories are very important in a team and Chelsea need it as soon as possible so that can breathe with more security and above all with more peace of mind, Chelsea cannot miss the opportunity to do things well.

I think there were two breaking points in the Manchester United - Leeds game.

One of them was Garnacho's absolute goal chance after feint against the goalkeeper. His attempt was cleared amazingly by Wober. If Manchester United scored there maybe they would have made the score 2-1 also. The other breaking point was Leeds' free-kick with Aaronson which hit the goal post. If that ended up with a goal then Leeds were going to make the score 3-1. Leeds' second goal was really unlucky for Manchester United also by the way. If the ball didn't hit Varane and changed its direction maybe there would have still been a hope for a win for Manchester United.
Leeds were very impressive in the game against Manchester United and they deserved to win the game, luckily Manchester United were quick to react at 2 nil down to get two goals back and finish the game in a 2-2 draw at full time. I am expecting more drama in the second leg meeting in the weekend and I think that with Casemiro and Eriksen's absence it will be difficult for United to control and hold possession in the midfield.

The truth is, I think that Man United was very lucky, the best candidate to win was Leeds, but I didn't know that they were so careless and didn't keep the score well, that's why I say that I attribute everything to a great stroke of luck, when Man United's way of playing and reacting, as a Leeds coach would have changed my way of playing, that is, everything in defense, because with a result like that you have to save and hold the attack, and they always play counterattack But I don't know what they had in mind, maybe they wanted to score more goals for Man United, but they defended very well, although that score is a bitter taste for Man United. The only team that can win it all for me is City, even with everything that's going on, I hope City don't fall apart, it would be sad if Pep's job fell through because of the team's financial mistakes.

I know that everyone has the right to make mistakes, but doing it so badly, damaging good work, is something that cannot be forgiven.
5617  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia on: February 10, 2023, 01:09:31 AM
^^  I don't know, but Paulie M. is already retired long time ago I not sure if we can value what he had said, he had a good career, no doubt, but he was not great to be honest, pillow fisted fighter, all he do is bark and with no bite, and when Cotto broke his jaw, it was over for him as his career didn't go up after that huge beating he got.


Anyway back on topic, Ryan says that he knows what Tank is doing, playing mind games already specially with what he says about his PED accusations. So he is ready by any attack from Tank's camp and on the other hand, he can throw his trash talk as well which he has been doing for the last couple of years. So I guess the feeling is mutual about this two with their accusations and verbal abuse.

Well, we cannot deny that Tank is a boxer who is like from the old school, he knows many things, he knows how to face the psychological factor, and of course he takes advantage of the networks to do what some friends say here is a "Psycho-terror" "It is something that is used a lot to cause fear to the rival, that is why Garcia says those things, because he knows very well what he is doing, however these boxers are as they say here: they are "old foxes" you know very well Well, they always look for a way to make an entire show by letting people know many things that only they handle in the ring, and in this there is of course an associated "pique", something that we all know.

I don't think he is form old school though, we have this new era of social media and that's where boxers like Ryan and Tank do their talking. Unlike before wherein they just want to face the best in their division, but now it's totally different.

Mind games have existed before though, Ali for example is one of those who open his mouth and trash his opponent even inside the ring.

But he can back all the talking because he is the GOAT. Unlike new boxers in this era, they are afraid to face the best and would likely be protected because boxing is now more of a business side.


Well, you are absolutely right, in this era we are experiencing something new, something that has not been experienced before, social networks move things to a much more radical and violent level, the information goes too fast and becomes a trend, things now They are like that, the boxers that we saw before we knew when they made their statements on the sports channels, sometimes even in the news, for the old school boxers are already adapting to all these media, information is now one of the premises that we all know , and the preparation of each boxer we have the details when they allow it.

^^  I don't know, but Paulie M. is already retired long time ago I not sure if we can value what he had said, he had a good career, no doubt, but he was not great to be honest, pillow fisted fighter, all he do is bark and with no bite, and when Cotto broke his jaw, it was over for him as his career didn't go up after that huge beating he got.


Anyway back on topic, Ryan says that he knows what Tank is doing, playing mind games already specially with what he says about his PED accusations. So he is ready by any attack from Tank's camp and on the other hand, he can throw his trash talk as well which he has been doing for the last couple of years. So I guess the feeling is mutual about this two with their accusations and verbal abuse.

Well, we cannot deny that Tank is a boxer who is like from the old school, he knows many things, he knows how to face the psychological factor, and of course he takes advantage of the networks to do what some friends say here is a "Psycho-terror" "It is something that is used a lot to cause fear to the rival, that is why Garcia says those things, because he knows very well what he is doing, however these boxers are as they say here: they are "old foxes" you know very well Well, they always look for a way to make an entire show by letting people know many things that only they handle in the ring, and in this there is of course an associated "pique", something that we all know.

I don't think he is form old school though, we have this new era of social media and that's where boxers like Ryan and Tank do their talking. Unlike before wherein they just want to face the best in their division, but now it's totally different.

Mind games have existed before though, Ali for example is one of those who open his mouth and trash his opponent even inside the ring.

But he can back all the talking because he is the GOAT. Unlike new boxers in this era, they are afraid to face the best and would likely be protected because boxing is now more of a business side.


Because back then there were only two promotions, Bob Arum's and Don King's and there are two boxing organizations WBC and WBA now we have 4 or 5 boxing promotions and 4  boxing governing bodies, and boxers are protected by their promotions
because they are their cash cows, they imitated the MMA and WWE promotions where you can fight boxers in your promotions a big shift from the old times when boxers can fight just anybody and their promoters and the governing bodies will allow them.

In part, this means that instead of organizing more fights and making it clear that it is best to generate more fights, with the boxers, I think they have more power than the boxers themselves!? In my case, I practiced this sport, and everyone who challenged me accepted it, because my reputation was important to me, and it's not nice to be labeled a coward when you don't accept a challenge or a rematch, really boxing in time before it was much higher than now, from what I have seen it is a pure business model that is generated, something very sad. Those of us who have practiced this sport know how things really are, but of course at high levels where there is so much marketing, I think that the important thing here is money before sport.
5618  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Brasileirão 2023 - Brazilian Championship Serie A on: February 10, 2023, 12:50:46 AM
Wow, this is nice  Shocked
Maybe it's because of the level of all teams, in Brazil we have more than 10 teams who are capable of win the national championship, while other countries have 3 or 4

Exactly, and to complement this analysis, we can also mention the fact that the best soccer players (in quantity, not just the best) are Brazilians, making Brazil the country that most "exports" players, followed by France and Argentina.
The information was obtained from a study carried out by the "CIES Football Observatory" which monitors 135 football leagues around the world.

Returning to the subject of the topic, and complementing your information....

In fact, it's impossible to predict at this moment with any guarantee who will be the winner of the Brasileirão.
They say that after the half of the championship it is already possible to say that, but it is still a tournament that has a lot of "rotation" of winners.
We have many very good teams, in fact the Brasileirão is an extremely difficult championship.
You have said it all, if we look at it, the best players in the world always stand out, the Brazilians, also the Argentines, South America does have great potential in terms of soccer, we can only see the example of what Argentina won, I am sure that Brazil had some problems that it could not solve at the time, but this helps the Brazilians, which are the problems they had, to be corrected in their entirety, this has a lot to do with it because in Brazil the Braileirao is one of the most important tournaments, in Brazil soccer is like a religion, that's why I love that country, aside from the fact that they are very happy and positive, they play soccer like masters, and that is reflected in Santos, Flamengo, Palmeiras and all the teams .
5619  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Anyone making 4 or 5 digits (USD) monthly from Crypto Sports betting? on: February 09, 2023, 11:53:14 PM
I think that if a person wins figures like that first, they will not come here to say it, there are people who win that, and they are in the big casinos, there are many on stake.com, those who win sometimes publish the way they did it , and that serves as an example for everyone to verify the authenticity of the best casinos with the best reputation, that is something that should always be highlighted, if we break, some casinos do too, bitcasino.io, duelbits They have published it in their respective threads, and personally they motivate me to play, but of course, not at their level, I don't have that capacity for money, but with what little I have. That when you see it in a casino, or when it is published in a thread, I know that for many it gives more motivation to win, but you have to think about what you will lose before you win.
5620  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ballon d'or Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: February 09, 2023, 11:26:33 PM
I think the World Cup tournament has no strong effect on the winner of Ballon d'or. Luka Modric won it in 2018, although he didn't manage to win the World Cup final, and  Ronaldo was the winner in 2014 when Germany won the World Cup. It seems the performance the player introduces with his club has a stronger effect than what he does with his national team, and the UCL is the strongest decisive factor for the winner of this trophy. Therefore, Halland could have a chance if Man City won the UCL this season.

You are right, for now the criteria for choosing the ballon d'or are very varied, I don't know to what extent FIFA agents can be allowed to do something to choose, but this time we will see if the ballon d'or comes from some players who are playing in the Europa League, because one of the most options could be Lewa, but I think that the one who can win it this time could be Mbappé, who has a good record, I'm sure that if he had won the world cup he would already have 80% of the Golden ball, however now the agents in charge of choosing have never said at least one criterion to be able to be selected for the best golden ball.
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