Klopp already semi responsible for Poch losing his job once. Poor guy =p


Not a single bet of mine cleared yesterday and Friday except for a Liverpool ML, which I only did to recover some losses (and almost ended up losing if not for leave-it-late Origi).

Wolfsburg was one of my favourite teams to bet on last season, they were really good value, kind of like Granada and Lazio were 2 seasons ago, or even Sheffield 2 seasons ago, but yeah, you've to be lucky to identify these value teams, and then ditch them after they've run their "above expected results" patch. Sounds cruel but Wolfsburg, time to ditch them.

This season? I think Monaco for good value bets.

I don't really watch this league but I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a game where one side's kept a clean sheet in a really long time (or at least, it doesn't happen so often).

BVB are entertaining but frustrating -- they want to play attacking football and can either score gloriously or concede gloriously. This used to be Liverpool too in the early days of Klopp but while I can enjoy that a lot, it's depressing when the squad is tired or depleted, or going down to a draw after leading 3-0. So at the expense of 100% heart pumping action, yeah, I'd take 70% and 30% dull days to ensure we can keep playing like this all the time.

Not sure if BVB will ever learn this though.

Seems like I missed quite a bit of drama in Serie A (not to mention commenting in the wrong thread about my mistaken prediction for Milan boo!).

@morvillz: Really, has it only been less than 10 years? I seem to remember in my mind goal-line tech was in place in English football several years after 2004 when Chelski's Mourinho wouldn't stop talking about Luis Garcia's supposed ghost goal. Oh those were the lovely days when we kept delaying Chelsea's march to UCL haha.

Whoops my bad. Maybe I am getting old and confused with so many pools (4 including UCL). I know for sure it's a struggle (not kidding) to keep up with the amount of sportsbetting I'm doing... if you guys are playing fantasy you'll know I'm totally neglecting it over there.

Atletico also lost in injury time, and Real now is facing some fierce resistance from Sociedad, plus Benzema had to be subbed for an injury. Going to be my last game, I've been stuck to screen for hours! I love this thick and fast action =D

Phew. 3 points on the final game, City's winning this league, really.

But whoa Big G, way to smash the West Ham result and keep yourself up. But tumi: 1:0 Newcastle and 1:1 on Maupay's last minute goal? That's how you take top!

On a regular season, Hammers would have been my prediction, but I'm generally sticking with the form teams now (though Chelsea's form, as I've thought, is wholly unsustainable and Tuchel himself warned their lack of teeth up front would come and bite them in the ass).

Well done to the 4 of you who braved that upset, but I'm just so happy for the Liverpool Origi-take-your-time-do-something-special win!!!

Decimal is European actually and fractional is British... Americans use the Moneyline system which confuses the heck out of me haha. I'm used to British system, I work with both but just so used to seeing odds on British bookies and in my mind it's still like that (but I do use decimals for my thread as you can see as that's easier counting with the 100 units I use on betting).

Anyway, Lewie already ruined the "no BTTS" in 9th minute, this is just the way this tie goes Sit in and enjoy this one man haha.

DIVOCK ORIGI! I broke my chair   Our hero of Champions League, and hero against Everton, now hero against Wolves. Don't listen to whatever the people tell you Origi about leaving. Will you ever hear your name chanted like tonight?

But damn. Jota. I wanted him to score and he should have after robbing the ball off a clumsy misunderstanding with Wolves keeper but heh, he shot right at the middle where 2 bodies prayed on the goal line...

What the hell guys! Haha. I saw Milan end the game 2 goals and was pleased as I was 100% sure I put them as 3:0 winners in the pool but then I checked dashboard on Superbru and it says I put 0-3 Salertinata. I mean wow, haha, even back when I was putting in big upsets, I would never have in my life said this relegation-stamped team could put 3 goals past Maignan without letting anyone break their net.

FML =D

^ Very tasty fixtures above, and I kind of won't mind if they end up high busts, especially BVB-Bayern. Not sure if I'll be able to find a stream, but that's got to be the one to watch. So, it's not something I really like to do, but max bets down on both. Already starting some bets down since Friday and early today (thank Chelsea for that) but maybe that means it all returns tonight For now, though, hoping to see Jota remind his old team what they're missing out on!

Man I just got home and I missed even the third goal! I actually put some decent money on Chelsea as part of an acca, and predictions all with the Blues (how can you not?) but I don't mind them losing as well! So they've fallen again, and it's not actually such a surprise (West Ham were about 5/1 to win, which isn't too bad). Hammers already took Liverpool to town, and now Chelsea in tow as well, Moyes must be grinning from ear to ear.

Only wish Antonio got a goal (he's got an assist but I needed him to score heh).

@boltz Chelsea profligate in front of goal indeed. Many many chances every game but they seem shy to take them. Lukaku must be itching for a go.

Yup, that's the (small and necessary) price to pay for recognition. They tried dismissing it, and now they're fighting it. Many have already realised they can't, and what happens when you can't fight it? You join it haha.

It's not just about discounted prices though (that's a nice bonus for sure). As I said, it also forces people to learn about the basic things like self custody. If this doesn't cause people to question why the state wants control over their money, I don't know what will.

Yeah well done hoody hoo for yellow cap. I am barely hanging on to my spot, but to be fair I knew December would be tough and after 14th match day to still be there is good enough for me. Draws are what kill me and despite making allowances for them this season, still haven't really been smart enough on the tight games. I do hope to see fewer or no draws this 15th match day...

By the way, Prime live coverage was thoroughly enjoyable... Too bad it will not be for all games so today I don't see coverage, back to boring Dutch commentary and lack of pre and post match scenes... Which I always enjoy.

Best for me this weekend would be City and Chelsea dropping points. Don't mind losing points on pool of my hedge bets win (plus my Liverpool outright at the end of season). Can't say it isn't fun to see the top four so close, though!

No surprise today we're all going to be focusing on THAT game. I'm still hesitating on a BVB outright, the odds really don't seem that good to me (35/10), so I would rather think the over 3.5 goals market is the best value at 2/1. Haaland and Lewie will be desperate to outscore each other, and I know neither will want for a moment to defend.

Not a game that decides the season for sure, but certainly a chance for either team to lay down a statement of intent to the other.

Yep. And then there are some guys I'm sure (I would like to say I'm one of those) not earning income in fiat -- the balance feels even harder to strike.

Feels nice to be sending out invoices and getting paid when price is down, but since still need to sell to pay those damn bills, the temptation for me is to try and sell even less than I need to, to try and hold on as much as possible to the bonus BTC, and see how long more I can delay the bills -- but if price goes down even more, then I'm forced to sell even more when deadlines are up, losing out on the bargain BTC.

(I hope that makes sense).

I seem to be lazy these days! Anyway, United. Chelsea fought back to draw, probably deserved to win if you saw the stats, but really, they didn't trouble Chelsea as much as it would have suggested on paper.

Anyway, today, we go for a nice special at Sportsbet on favourites (yuck but hey):
100 units at Sportsbet on Liverpool, City, Inter, Barca, Atletico to WIN @7.00. Other odds: 6.66
Bet ID: 61ab2171d1d9a705a6a7f976
Units advantage: 34

And our traditional City bet today gets good value at Stake (where if Watford scores first in a game, they get paid out no matter the final whistle outcome). I took this WAY early but the odds are 14+ now...

100 units at Stake on Watford to score first @12.00. Odds comparison: 5.80
Units advantage: 620

@icopress @toma well we all got ruined, didn't we?

To be fair, Flamengo also only drew so I would have been disappointed waking up either way but Leipzig didn't even have the courtesy to win the first half or icopress would have skipped away this one.

I've thrown my other free bet now into a much shorter acca, and far less ambitious gains. $250 (and that's thanks to BTC bargain dip). However, if this one does hit, I'm throwing it all into all the Liverpool matches SB's going to have available after, beginning with the Milan game.

Go ahead. Try and ban holding Bitcoin in private wallets. Try and ban people from using Bitcoin. Try and ban Bitcoin.

It's all been tried before, it's all not worked before. Sanctioned addresses, banned exchanges, banned trading. It's all futile.

This is good news. I've always said this. Every attack on Bitcoin makes it stronger. Every step taken to prevent people from using it forces them to seek out means to do so and in this way, educates them.

Yikes Trofo and LTU_btc... I actually saw the game for a while at 2-2 but only now checking back late I saw it went on to 4-4, with the equaliser scored at 90+9 minutes phew! hahay retook 1st spot, but anyone watching that game as a neutral would have enjoyed it all the way. United/Arsenal wasn't too bad too actually, except other than the goals, there wasn't really much else to cheer. Auba really looks like he's lost his touch though, seriously.

Two hugely entertaining games tomorrow, and if I'm lucky I find a good stream for the Napoli-Atalanta one. BTTS on all games tomorrow or Salernitana too poor? Milan looking their weakest ever...

Not agreeing with much of Berkshire but what he's saying actually applies outside of crypto -- making money is about making money for most of people in finance (traditional or otherwise). Everyone sells it as something that's good for them, but not really interested about the truth of it.

Which is why I find, the people generally really concerned about making something good for others aren't actually selling anything. The early Bitcoin evangelists were giving away Bitcoin and knowledge without thought for profit.

Everything almost, sold in crypto today, is supposed to be good for you. NFTs are good for artists. Defi is good for the unbanked. IDOs and ICOs are good for democratisation, etc.

There is no such thing as too much football. And yes, to SirLancelot, I think the majority of people here support and watch clubs in countries they've never visited -- I've been supporting Liverpool for about 20 years now and I only got to see them twice (once, courtesy Sportsbet.io actually!). And I know many others who probably never will. Absolutely nothing wrong about that. Are all spoilt? Probably. But when Mane's giving out hundreds of Liverpool shirts to kids in his village in Senegal, and they all watch him play whenever they can find a game on tv, and get so much joy out of seeing their very own local hero score goals against giants of the game.

Another experience I had: In 2013, I was in the most remote corner of a country, accessible only by boat and population less than 30 people. No mobile signal, no electricity, no TV. But in the corner of one room I saw a Liverpool scarf from the 1970s (IIRC) adorning the wooden shack wall. Guy didn't even know who was playing for Liverpool anymore but it was one of his most treasured memories from long ago.

I think for all these experiences, I think it's okay to be spoilt by English football =)

Anyway, before I forget to show off, here's me about to turn a freebet into $500: