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61  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: August 12, 2023, 06:13:36 PM

Fair to say it's 2-2 and we will have a final tomorrow.
In today's game, India is also doing a great performance, especially in the batting, the way India batted, if the target was more than 200 runs in front of India, they could have won. One of the main reasons why India lost the first two matches was a few errors under the leadership of Hardik Pandya, and India overcame those errors to win back-to-back matches in the next two matches. Today, India batted at a target of 178 runs with 18 balls to spare and defeated West Indies by a huge margin of nine wickets to level the 5-match series 2-2. The last T20 match between West Indies and India will be like the final, the team that wins will win the series.
In this match, India has to be praised in an impossible way. Look at the amazing performance of the Indian batsmen. West Indies bowlers have really performed very badly today.
62  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: August 12, 2023, 06:01:10 PM
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Sevilla defeat was quite absurd since they are playing home, the red card isn't the only cause of their defeat and they should fix their issues otherwise this season will be the same as the previous one which isn't good.. A defeat vs Valencia in the beginning of the season isn't that bad after all if they could improve their results later.
Very disappointing, Europa League winner Sevilla lost at home against Valencia, it's bad they started this season without points. You're right, the red card wasn't the only reason for their defeat. José Luis Mendilibar has to change his strategy so that in the upcoming match they can get full points, it will be very disappointing if they can't get 3 points because their opponent is Alaves next in La Liga.
Don't worry too much about the first match, think of it as a bad first day and I'm sure Jose Luis Mendilibar can take valuable lessons from this defeat to improve the strategy that must be changed for the next match.
The next match I think will not only be with Alaves but also have to win the super cup title against Manchester city.
If you only play against Alaves it seems very easy for Sevilla to beat the club because looking at matches in the past the two clubs have met and Alves has never beaten Sevilla and vice versa Sevilla beat 3x.
I don't expect more in every match but my hope is enough for Sevilla to defend its title in european league even though it bad in LaLiga at least it has a good title in other competitions.
Sevilla performed exceptionally well in La Liga last season in comparison. The team came in at the last minute and put on an exceptionally competitive performance. Hope this team will do well in other leagues this season.
63  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: August 12, 2023, 05:55:09 PM
In the end, Harry Kane wore the jersey, but I think the Bayern Munich jersey didn't suit him at all. For years we were used to watching him in the white Tottenham jersey, now it was weird seeing him in a different jersey. At the age of 30, he changed the league at the peak of his career. The Bundesliga may come a little easier for him than the Premier League.
Kane would earn 25 million Euro a year, which is a pretty good wage. Tottenham also receives a transfer fee of 120 million Euro, along with bonuses. Bayern has spent a lot of money, let's see if the performance they will get will meet this money.

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So far we have always seen Kane in the white jersey that he always wears throughout the Premier League competition, and with that it is very likely that you and maybe some other people including me feel strange when Kane wears this new jersey. But to be honest I'm not too bothered about it, seeing his arrival at Bayern Munich alone I'm very happy because we've been waiting with speculation and finally found the end point as expected. Kane is a high-quality player who was in the wrong place when he spent a lot of time with Tottenham and could not get anything there, so his arrival at Bayern Munich will indirectly increase all possibilities for him, especially to get the trophy always wanted.
Kane will be one of the important players at Bayern Munich and I hope he doesn't find any problems there including in the adaptation process, and also I hope he can meet the expectations of his new manager including all Bayern Munich fans, we'll see what his impressive performance will be with the new squad.

It seems after hiring Harry Kane from Tottenham, Bayern Munich made a new record in Bundesliga by spending more than 115m for this player, Kane for obviously an expensive player in Bundesliga, and maybe he is the most expensive one, he signed a fours year contract until 2027 and mean until he can play in Bayern Munich until he reaches 34 years old. Harry Kane said he can't say to play his first game in Bayern Munich.


Am happy for Kane in the end. His value wasn't debased by going for anything less than the €115m he went for.
I know he's going to do his best as he had for Tottenham all the while. Hopefully he wins major trophies in this season.
It seems Tottenham not only linked up well with the German side Bayern Munich for the sale of Kane, they also welcomed Micky Van DER ven from Wolfsburg.  One striker leaves, a defender comes. I wish Harry the best in his first match, let's see what's he made of.
I really have no idea how Harry Kane will perform at Bayern Munich. Because this player in Tottenham could not perform very well in the last few seasons.
64  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 11, 2023, 12:28:22 PM
It is really unbelievable that Liverpool intervened in the last minute for Caicedo by paying 10 more million pounds.  Grin  Chelsea must be devastated after Brighton accepted Liverpool's offer as final. Brighton were going to accept the highest offer until the end of the day as far as I have read.

So Chelsea will need to find a new alternative to Caicedo from now on. After this news I'm curious about whether Chelsea can still go for Lavia. Because Liverpool have already agreed with Caicedo who is another defensive midfielder. They might drop their interest in Lavia maybe.
Footballer play for the money, nothing matters, Chelsea were Romancing with Caicedo transfer , they were not sure of him, they wanted him to be the last hope if the other players of their choice don't work. and Liverpool after losing two of their keys midfielders to the Saudi Arabic clubs, needed immediately replacement and Caicedo is the option available. Big lose to Chelsea and a big gain to Liverpool.
It was a hard blow as well as a test for Chelsea because they had neglected to throw away almost their entire main squad for money but apparently could not cover their need for players. Of course it is very annoying to target players at the end of the transfer season but Liverpool's movements are more agile in snatching Caicedo. Now I wonder what steps Chelsea will take to fill the void that should already be filled.

Probably all kinds of leagues are going to start in few days. Hope this time Liverpool and Arsenal teams will do great things in Champions League as well as Premier League and their performances will be as expected so that every match will be hard fought.
65  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: August 11, 2023, 12:16:05 PM
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Xavi does not want to bring in Neymar even though Neymar has expressed his desire to return to Barcelona. Apart from that, Neymar large salary will be a big problem for Barcelona to recruit him. Neymar is more comfortable with PSG now because he has become a big foundation for PSG after PSG lost several core players in their squad depth this season.

After Messi left psg in this transfer window, PSG moved quickly to recruit other players in this transfer window. Several quality stickers brought in by PSG in this transfer window such as Asensio, Dembele and Goncalo Ramos. So that Neymar with his best quality and long experience in Ligue 1 will be needed by PSG to be able to give full support to their game this season.
Neymar should be more comfortable with PSG as you said, but it's a shame PSG didn't include him in their plans for next new season, because reportedly they are going to sell this player. Neymar is a great player on the other side if he doesn't miss a lot of matches, maybe he can be better than Mbappe. Yeah after Messi left PSG had to have an experienced striker like Neymar, because Asensio Dembele and Goncalo Ramos still haven't proven to be PSG strong strikers. Although Ligue 1 is not as competitive as other leagues, they will also play in the UCL at least they still need Neymar.
Aside from which team Neymar or Mbappe will go to, think about the situation of the team if these two players leave the PSG team. I think PSG's attack situation will be very narrow.
66  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: August 11, 2023, 12:04:18 PM
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Currently, Barcelona is having a good performance with a team that is very solid, so it provides more value for Barcelona. Meanwhile,  at Real Madrid, there are many good players who have retired, so it can be said that Real Madrid does not have full strength because many great players are no longer at Real Madrid.
Barcelona and Real Madrid remain the leading contenders for the La Liga title in the coming season. It's been challenging to see these leading clubs contend together over the years, and they've won substantial titles. They have previously demonstrated to be the best club in every way, with outstanding squads. When it comes to frailty, Real Madrid was wobbly, but they have already rebounded back with important signings that will boost their performance next season. Carlo Ancelotti has everything planned, and Xavi Hernandez isn't going to back down.

Barcelona has showcased some signs in the pre-season match to defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 to prove how prepare they prepared to make things happen again in this la Liga league competition this season. I believe Barcelona manager will like to introduce new tactics that will help the team to perform well in this season so that their fans will be happy through out the tournament.The two teams has used this summer to signed in some potential players but it look like Real Madrid will still miss la Liga league title this season because I don't think there is a striker that can handle their formal striker Karim Benzema position very well in this season. For Real Madrid to start displaying well, I think it will take the team a long season before they will start manifesting good performance because the new players need to study the old players very well in this season.

I admit that maybe Barcelona performance this summer will still be the same as last season and also the opportunity to dominate La Liga will be very big, but related to Real Madrid after losing Benzema, his performance will indeed drop a little and it will be difficult to compete with Barcelona. even so this season if it fails again to win La Liga and UCL it does not matter the most important next season Real Madrid has the aim of recruiting Mbappe to become his best striker to replace Benzema.
we all see if our speculation will come true because sometimes surprises can always happen at the beginning of the season and at the end of the season.
I think Barcelona can do better this season than last season. The team will perform well in the La Liga and also in the Champions League this time they will want to do something great.
67  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: August 10, 2023, 03:18:45 PM
I haven't heard any authentic news so far that Kylian Mbappe is leaving PSG. But I'm sure Kylian Mbappe will leave PSG next season. If any of you have any authentic news please let us know.
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I heard a rumor that Neymar wants to leave PSG. And he wants to back to barcelona. And Neymar knows very well that barcelona cannot afford to pay neymar high wages now. This is why Neymar wants to reduce his current wages by almost 60%. And Neymar's wages will be like 15million. And now barcelona could make an offer to bring neymar on loan to psg management. PSG will probably agree to barcelona's offer. As a result, psg will not have to pay very high wages. psg management can take neymar on loan and bring in Vlahovich or osimhen. However, PSG management has not yet said anything regarding this. These things are still completely rumours. Nothing can be said for sure.
Though haven't heard about the news about reports that Neymar wants to leave Paris Saint Germaine and join Barcelona but don't think such deal is gonna pull through because of the fact that the Spanish club is currently not financially stable.
Neymar isn't the kind of footballer that'll will like to cut his wages in other to suit a club's financial strength and that's because of the Brazilian's flamboyant lifestyle off the pitch. If there's any possibility of the Brazil national team captain to leave the French capital this summer then I think he'll be heading to Saudi Arabia

Neymar wants to leave PSG for Barcelona. And PSG management also agreed to it. Because Neymar is not successful at PSG. And so PSG management does not want to pay high wages to Neymar. PSG Accept Neymar FC Barcelona Return.

However, these are still completely rumours. Nothing can be said for sure. But if neymar does not reduce his wages, Barcelona will not be able to add Neymar to the team. Neymar's wages are much higher now. And Barcelona is not financially stable yet. They will not be able to pay Neymar's high wages. But I think we will see Neymar in barcelona. I am looking forward to see how the Lewa-Neymar duo performs. Barcelona can dominate La Liga if Lewa-Neymar pair play well.
If Neymar Jr goes to Barcelona I think he will be able to perform better than PSG. Because the players of the Barcelona team have performed exceptionally well at the moment. If Neymar joins the team, the team will be even stronger.
68  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 05, 2023, 06:28:17 PM
MU vs lens is still happening right now. MU is leading the game with 3 goals against lens. The first goal being made by lens was pure fault from onana. Lens's player was giving a long shoot and onana was not able to prevent it.
Onana must have learned not to going out from his position. I saw that some people in twitter keep defending him but can't even say if it's not his fault. In fact, that goal was coming from onana's fault. I hope he learn from his mistake before he will start his debut in EPL next week.

I have big hopes for him to be the last wall for manchester united. MU has won the game with 3-1 as the final scores and hojlund already announced by manchester united after the match against lens.
Hojlund already got so many supports from whole of manchester united fans.

If Onana continues to make mistakes, then of course maybe Erik ten Hag won't include Onana in the main squad either. But maybe, because this is still in the preseason, then maybe Onana is still playing with big ambitions which results in Onana often being out of position. But indeed, I also still don't blame Onana too much because after all, we can't be sure whether Onana will still play like this or not in his debut later in the Premier League. But yes, if Onana continues to play in that way, then of course Onana will not be the first choice because playing him will only make blunders which will certainly be detrimental to the team.
For a team like Manchester United contesting not just for a top four position in the EPL but for the title they don't need such blunders in the coming season as it would cost the team great chances in the league title race. Reminiscing such similar errors from Harry Maguire in the previous season also reminds me of how the team's performance were drastically affected too.

Onana making such blunder today only creates an impression that there's every tendency that the likelihood might resurfaces sometime within the season that's just few days in prospect. We can decide to call Onana's behavior on the field today as a mistake but what if he repeats it again?
Really I personally want Manchester United to get back to previous performances last season this team performed very poorly which disappointed the visitors. How the team stacks up this season remains to be seen.
69  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: August 04, 2023, 03:14:20 PM
Until now, Ancelotti has still had trouble finding replacement players like Benzema, so this is what makes it difficult for Real Madrid to get a win like what happened when they fought Juventus yesterday. Hopefully, in the upcoming league, Real Madrid will be ready and able to compete with other teams and climb into the top five positions at the top of the standings.
In the League standings, Real Madrid is often in a good position, you can see an example last season where Real Madrid was still able to finish in runners-up even though they were not in good condition. And for next season I believe Real Madrid will be in better shape with some of the young players they have recruited this season even though these players are not at the same level as Benzema who has left Real Madrid, but I am pretty sure that Ancelotti will make Real Madrid triumph again next season.
Barcelona and Real Madrid had a good rivalry in La Liga last season with Barcelona the champions and Real Madrid the runners-up. Real Madrid finished as La Liga runners-up as well as eliminated from the semi-finals of the Champions League, but the upcoming season will be a bit more difficult for Real Madrid than last season as their team currently lacks a main striker which they are yet to fill. Real Madrid had Karim Benzema in their attacking line-up last season but they will miss Karim Benzema this season. They have shown in the first two friendlies that Karim Benzema's absence will have a negative impact on their team's performance. Real Madrid must forget the friendly match failure and do well in the main matches so that the fans do not understand the absence of Karim Benzema.
The biggest problem I see for Real Madrid right now is that they don't have enough players to score goals. After Benzema left the team, his absence is now being felt by Real Madrid. Now is the perfect time to add Kylian Mbappe to the team but it is not possible while the Barcelona team is progressing remarkably.
70  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 04, 2023, 03:01:25 PM
I don't think so, this is all different, Arsenal has improved a lot better while Man City was left with several players, in terms of strength Manchester City is still strong but Arsenal should not be underestimated.
Last season, the competition between these two teams was very fierce, and so is this time, I think both teams still have the same chance to win this match and win the first title this season.
The two teams actually still shouldn't be underestimated next season, because both of them have also made changes for the better. Although the other teams in the Premier League also made changes to some of their players with the same goal, namely to be stronger next season. However, according to my personal assessment, Manchester City is still slightly better than Arsenal, even though Arsenal have more young players.

Basically I will never believe if Arsenal are better than Manchester City because for me, as long as Manchester City still has Pep Guardiola as manager. Then of course, Manchester City will still have a good performance throughout the season. Also, we should not forget about Liverpool and also Manchester United which is also very possible that both teams will also be better next season. In addition, there are still Newcastle and maybe also Brighton which of course, they all cannot be underestimated at all and of course, not only about Arsenal. lol
Arsenal have plenty of experienced players. But I think they lack tactics. If the coach of the team uses great tactics and shows intelligence with the players then the team will play exceptionally well I believe.
71  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: August 04, 2023, 02:50:29 PM
West Indies vs India
  In the team match I thought that India will perform well in this match and win the match. India lost this match due to the bad performance of the batsmen of the team. The run target that West Indies first put into the field could have been easily exceeded by the Indian team.I did not understand that the batsman of the Indian team, Ishan Kishan, will bat so badly. Ishan Kishan got out with 9 runs in 6 balls. Although the words of the Indian team are good, India lost very badly in batting. It is very sad that India lost the match for 4 runs.
I predicted in another thread that West Indies is a good side in T20Is. They have the ability to beat any team on their day. Pooran and Rovman Powell played well and posted a good total on the board. But, it was chasable for India as well. The winning margin is not too big. They were almost there. So I would say it was bad luck.

Indian opening pair failed to play well. Only Tilak Varma was outstanding with the bat. But it's a hard job for a single batter to win the match. He needed some support from another side as well. But others were maintaining a 100 strike rate only.
The T20 match between West Indies and India has been extremely competitive. But India's loss to West Indies is really ridiculous, I think some of the matches India lose are because of their arrogance. However, if the Indian batsmen were a little more careful, this match could have been secured.
72  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: August 03, 2023, 03:00:41 PM
Tuchel has been pushing bayern so fast. Bayern performed so badly and it's almost trophyless last season. Tuchel is still thinking so hard about how to build a proper squad. bayern just need to buy a reliable striker. Kane is on his way, but Bayern is struggling to negotiate a lower transfer fee. Spurs set a deadline for the transfer to be completed by August 11th. bayern really needs a good striker right now.
Tuchel take over as the new Bayern Munich coach in March 2023, so at least one season of performance is needed to see Bayern Munich's development while he is in charge.
I'm sure that for the 2023/24 season Tuchel can provide the best for Bayern Munich and at least they can get a domestic league trophy later.

In terms of actual players, Tuchel can take advantage of existing players to have a good game so there is not much of a problem with the current Bayern Munich players.

When Tuchel joined Bayern Munich he never had enough time to build the team and show his true performance, also many people stated to blame Tuchel because he lost the champions league in the next season they hired Tuchel mostly because of the champions league while we can't complain because Tuchel didn't have enough time.
But in the next season, Bayern Munich can buy the players he needs and he also got the time to rebuild the team for the next season, I think if everything goes well we can see Bayern Munich winning the Bundesliga title easier compared to the previous season.

Bayern Munich team performed well last season. Fortunately managed to win the Bundesliga title. Hope to perform well in other leagues this season.
73  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: August 03, 2023, 02:38:09 PM
Andre and Lavia are the current candidates for defensive midfield position at Liverpool. Actually Liverpool have made multiple offers for Lavia already as far as I know. But there is no agreement yet. Liverpool are looking for only young players for this position as it seems. I hope the new player to fill Fabinho's place can play at least as good as him.
Liverpool first bid for Romeo Lavia had been rejected by Southampton, I think Liverpool should hurriedly increase and table a better offer else Man City is ready to capitalize on their slow negotiation and offer Southampton an improve offer for him, Liverpool needed Romeo Lavia now because of the departure of the duo of Henderson and Fabinho and McAllister who was signed from Brighton to play as a defensive midfielder limped off in yesterday match between Liverpool and Bayern Munich and the need to sign Romeo Lavia as a backup midfielder should in case there is an injury to the first team player playing that role.


Interestingly there is still nobody on their radar when it comes to a striker. They have Nunez but there is nobody else in the subs to replace him strongly. Klopp tried Gakpo sometimes but it wouldn't be a good idea. After Firmino's departure they had better fill his place too.
Luis Díaz is a good  substitute for Nunez if he is fit he had been in a terrific form when he newly signed for Liverpool until he got injured, however now that he is back on his feet Klopp has the option of selecting  any three forward among Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Luiz Diaz, Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez thus there are options for the team in their forward line.

In my personal opinion Mohamed Salah is not able to perform like before. Salah was excellent when Sadio Mane was in the team. It remains to be seen what kind of performances Salah gives Liverpool this season.
74  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: August 03, 2023, 01:44:12 PM
I don't think if Juventus even think about Lukaku, because there was some news about Dušan Vlahović leaving this team soon to other teams and we know Dušan Vlahović is an important player for Juventus but since they don't have a good financial situation even Allegri did say a no when they asked him about Vlahović, he said rejecting some offers is impossible because of their current financial situation which means we are going to see Vlahović leaving Juventus soon and play in another team in the next season.

Dusan Vlahovic is indeed close to leaving Juventus. And his current goal is Chelsea. And the negotiation process has actually almost entered the final round. Juventus asked Chelsea to hand over Lukaku and also pay additional money of around 40 million euros to get Dusan Vlahovic's services. But at the moment there is no official decision. But he said Lukaku himself had agreed to move to Juventus. He will be contracted for 3 years and given additional options.
Chelsea may still have doubts about the money they have to spend. And everything will depend on Pochettino because it seems that the Chelsea club currently really entrusts almost everything to Pochettino.

Now Juventus are playing against Real Madrid and the surprise happened in the first minute. Because Juventus managed to lead by 1 goal at this time thanks to M.Kean who scored in the first minute of the match.

update: the score changed to 2-0 over the superiority of Juventus. (T.Weah added 1 goal in the 20th minute.)

Juventus was able humiliating madrid. Madrid is too dependent on vini. I don't even know how bad madrid without vini if he will be injured. Chelsea is still in talk with juventus over swap deal. It seems like that chelsea wants juventus to decrease its offer.
Chelsea is interesting with this negotiation but the problem if chelsea wants to add around 30 millions for vlahovic. Juventus really needs lukaku at this moment. There's no way for juventus to get him rather than doing swap transfer with chelsea.

It's a win win situation for both of clubs. I hope that juventus can reconsider chelsea's offer. Getting lukaku + 30 million is quite good for juventus rather than the club will not able to sell vlahovic caused by he has expensive price compared with another striker.

I think there will be a positive update that will come in the next days. I hope that chelsea will be able to get vlahovic soon with cheap price. Lukaku is not including in pochettino's plan.
Juventus is showing some improvement. Last season the team could not achieve the expected success. However, the team has started doing well in the beginning of this season Hopefully Juventus will have a good season.
75  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: July 29, 2023, 06:12:41 AM
First El Clasico in this season between Barcelona vs Real Madrid will play tomorrow, how excited this pre season match because both teams with bigger rivalry. Usually, El Clasico is very interesting match for watching because both teams won't loss but depend this El Clasico time as pre season match will Xavi Hernandez and Carlo Ancelotti use main player or reserve players. The result from first El Clasico in this season not really important because its not La Liga or Champion League match but depend on reputation with El Clasico between Barcelona or Real Madrid will give huge pressure for this match.

Current pre season match, Real Madrid win from United and Barcelona defeated by Arsenal, will Madrid continues top performance in pre season match or Barcelona winning in the first el clasico match?
It will be interesting to wait even though this time Elclasico arrives early in the pre-season competition, Xavi has to improve his back line so he doesn't concede too many goals like in the previous match against Arsenal. But agree with what you said that this is only a friendly match, not all potential will be used and of course avoiding player injury must be a priority.

La Liga will start in about two weeks, and the pre-season event can at least build chemistry between fellow players. after officially rolling the players will be ready to give their best performance, I think the pre-season direction is aiming there.
I think this season Real Madrid team will try to do something great in La Liga, because they did very poorly in La Liga last season while focusing on Champions League. I think Barcelona and Real Madrid will be a great fight in La Liga this time.
76  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: July 28, 2023, 01:42:21 PM
It seems I overslept when I wanted to watch the pre-season match between the Italian teams today, namely Juventus against Milan and it turned out that the match ended in a draw with the same 2-2 score. If you look at the match statistics, the two teams played quite evenly and this is certainly a pretty good result for both of them in view of the parameters of the development of the players so far. From today's goalscorer list I also don't see a new signing from Milan scoring. Even after a draw, there was also a penalty shoot-out and this time Juventus won 4-3 against Milan.
I want to say something different. The Juventus team performed brilliantly a few seasons ago, but last season they did not perform well. It is really interesting to see how this team performs this season and what kind of changes they bring to the team. Because I think Juventus is a traditional club.
77  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: July 28, 2023, 01:32:08 PM
Today's West Indies vs India match was played worse than T20.  Because even a T20 match is played for 200+ runs but in a match like ODI West Indies can manage only 114 runs where a team like India loses 5 wickets to cross this meager run target. really boring match. Such a match cannot be expected from India and West Indies. At least India should have won this match by 8-9 wickets, then they could have maintained their reputation as a strong team.
Both teams didn't played well as we were expecting. Because West Indies team made only 114 runs and lost all wickets. Both teams played 23 overs. And in these 23 overs West Indies lost all wickets and India lost half 5 wickets.
By the way Kuldeep Yadav performance was really good. He bowled 3 overs and got 4 wickets for 6 runs only. He is the player of the match too.

West Indies had no answer to the Indian spinners (Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja), and it surprises me that they didn't asked for a pace-friendly pitch. And apart from Ishan Kishan, none of the Indian batsmen could get settled in. And even in case of Kishan, after getting a good start, he got out to the spin of Gudakesh Motie. Without the main players such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, the Indian batting is looking slightly shaky. And that should be a red flag for the selectors, ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup and ODI World Cup.
West Indies batsmen were disoriented by India's Spain bowlers. Kuldeep Yadav bowled three overs where he picked up four wickets for six runs with two maidens. I think if this spinner could have been bowled for a bit longer then he would have taken all the wickets of West Indies single handedly. However, only Ishan Kishan could perform well in India's second innings. In the India vs West Indies match we expected a high scoring match but we got a very low scoring match. As fast as the first match ended, I hope the next match will not end so quickly.
India is one of the best cricket teams in the world. West Indies can never match India. Because the Indian team plays full quality cricket, Indian players are ahead of West Indies in all aspects of bowling, batsman, fielding.
78  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 28, 2023, 01:23:03 PM
Manchester City decides not to sell Bernardo Silva this summer and they asking to Silva to stayed at this team at least until season 2024 ended and Silva has no objections to Manchester City's wishes although actually he want to look for new challenge and previously Silva almost moved to Barcelona and reported whether it Silva or Barcelona has personal agreement but recently Manchester City has decide to hold him because they still needed his service especially after lost Gundogan and Mahrez Manchester City feel they don't want to losing more midfielder players anymore besides that Manchester City feel they still unable to get a replacement who has the same quality as Benardo Silva
Strategically, keeping Bernardo Silva makes sense for Manchester City. Silva is vital to Manchester City because of his creativity, adaptability, and stamina. After Gundogan and Mahrez's departures, his departure would leave a big hole in their midfield

Silva's desire for a fresh challenge is natural, as all players want to improve. He showed his openness to try new things with the Barcelona transfer. Football involves a balance between individual goals and team needs. Manchester City's needs outweighed Silva's

Silva's worth to Manchester City may be demonstrated in their difficulty to find a comparable replacement. Their chances in the next seasons will improve with Silva's retention till 2024. As an onlooker, this relationship would be intriguing
The Manchester City team has and will continue to outperform the Sevilla team. The type of players in the Manchester City team are all world class. It is not fair to compare the players in the Sevilla team.
79  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: July 26, 2023, 10:02:26 AM
I think Barcelona still should make two transfers to specific areas. These areas are defensive midfield and centre-forward. Because in the defensive midfield there is still only Oriol Romeu. Of course players like de Jong and Kessie can also play there. However their main positions are central midfield so it is better to use them there.
I would agree about both but let's see how capable barcelona in buying the new players. The club has not raised money from selling the players. All of players that being lined up in the list of players to be sold by the club already refused to be sold by barcelona.
Barcelona is not financially good at this moment in recruiting more defensive midfielder and centra forward. CF can be a risky position caused by lewandowksi can get injury anytime. There shall be a backup for him.


For the other position there is only Lewandowski there. Barcelona don't need to spend so much money for bringing a striker. They can even loan someone who can be useful in Lewandowski's absence. Signing a backup striker should be even the priority for them.
Barcelona can take felix as loan from real madrid but the main problem is now whether barcelona will be interesting to do that or not. Barcelona has been even linked to the mbappe which is unreal for me.
I do agree with you in this point if barcelona needs to prepare secondary striker to be lewandowski's backup.
I am personally satisfied with Barcelona's performance last season. They completely dominated La Liga and managed to win La Liga. Hopefully the Barcelona team will improve themselves tremendously this season and try to do well in the Champions League as well.
80  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: July 26, 2023, 09:25:16 AM
I don't think Mbappe should stay at PSG just because he is going to get a loyalty bonus. Because there is an enormous offer on the table by Al Hilal now. They are ready to pay an amount between 700-800 million euros to Mbappe for only one season. There is no reason for Mbappe not to accept that deal now in my opinion.

Of course he would like to play at Real Madrid but this won't happen until next season as it seems. He can take advantage of the season between like this rather than staying for getting that loyalty bonus which is worth way lower than the amount of money he can make at Al Hilal.
If Mbappe leaves PSG, the attacking part of PSG team will be very weak. PSG's main objective is to do something extraordinary in the Champions League, so they are trying hard to keep Mbappe in the team.
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