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681  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 30, 2023, 11:53:50 PM
Luton Town was no worse in this game, but the difference was that Chelsea made use of their chances more efficiently obviously and were able to take a three goal lead. I think it is never easy to come back when you are three goals down of course, but it was fun to see how Luton Town got back into the game and was really close to equalizing the game. Damn I wonder what would have happened with Pochettino if Chelsea wasted those three points in this game after that huge lead. Maybe he would have gotten into trouble this weekend.

Chelsea has been comfortable since the first half by scoring 3 goals and Luton Town scored 2 goals in the second half in the 80th and 87th minutes meaning the Chelsea players lost concentration towards the final minute or maybe they underestimated Luton so they did not anticipate any attack. However this match goes, the most important thing is the final result and Chelsea getting 3 points, now Chelsea is in 10th place yeah these teams are in the middle of the standings and compete with each other to take a place in the European league.

Chelsea was almost botting it caused by it was become over confidence when the club was leading the game with three goals. I saw that chelsea's players were not playing seriously after the last goal. It makes club conceded two goals but the defenders have very bad experience to anticipate the crossing ball. Adebayo was always able to threaten the goalkeeper of chelsea through his heading from crossing. Cold palmer was once again showing if he is having world class DNA.

No doubt that by seeing he was able successfully passing some players of luton to reach the goal net. He was the best transfer by pochettino so far. I don't see other player who can play as good as him this season. Chelsea needs to work even harder to surpass MU.
The club shall not be doing another stupid thing like being overconfidence that gave very bad impact on the club. Im feeling so happy to see that but pochettino shall be evaluating the performance of defenders.

Those defenders must be trained on how to be good when they are facing the crossing ball like that. This must be seriously evaluated by poch to give extra time in the training session to train how to block it.
682  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 30, 2023, 11:43:15 PM
Juventus and Roma were closely contested until half-time, neither managing to score in the period.But just after half-time in the 47th minute, Juventus' Adrien Rabiot scored a goal with the magic of his feet. But since then both teams attacked a lot, but the defenders of both teams were quite strong. As a result, neither team was able to make a call and the match ended in a goalless draw. Roma players shot a total of 11 shots at the goal post throughout the match but none were successful.
Rabiot saved juventus and helped juventus to become even closer to the intermilan. Im very optimistic if juventus can win the title this season. Intermilan is going to have another flop soon and it's only matter of time until juventus will be winning the serie a trophy this season. Both of clubs were playing equally but juventus was able maximizing its performance against roma. The thing that surprises me to see how juventus was able performing even better than before. I meant that roma has bigger possessions but it can only create two goal attempts.
We believe that if juventus's defensive line is very very strong this time. It was winning with narrow score like 1 or 2 goals against its opponent but it's consistently doing cleansheet and that thing makes me believe if juventus performs better.
It's amazing to see the real old lady is going back again and it's now competing for the important trophy. What a game from juventus and this makes me think that juventus deserve to win the serie a trophy this season. Juventus is very strong.
683  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 30, 2023, 01:05:30 PM
Such big transfers usually comes with a lot of generated news around it some of which are just rumors and nothing official from the clubs management or the players as well. I also realized that some of the news are just put out there to allow me and you enjoy great headlines.

However, having Mbappe in Real Madrid should be a deal that I think the club will pursue ordinarily. But what are the intricacies of the contract is another aspect that you will need to ponder. Mbappe should have also seen this transfer plans as an opportunity for him to shine more than before because he still has the age with him and a great squad to play side by side with.

Having Mbappe in the Real Madrid will be a massive game changer for the club and that will assist them in winning more matches.
Madrid once had Benzema and Ronaldo in the team. and now they want to add Mbappe to the team which I think is what they need. I don't know how the club is responding to these rumors. but if PSG are willing to sell Mbappe now, they will make a profit. rather than waiting for his contract to expire and that means Mbappe will be on a free transfer.
If Mbappe doesn't want to extend his contract with PSG, I think PSG must take a stance as soon as possible. The transfer market will open and negotiations must take place immediately.
Karim Benzema and Ronaldo have been successful Real Madrid recruits and now of course Real Madrid wants Mbappè to immediately bring him to the team, I don't think it's a problem even if Madrid has to pay a lot for Mbappè because Madrid really needs him, maybe in the transfer window Madrid opens There will be negotiations with Mbappè, previously there was news that Madrid had reached an agreement with Mbappè, but it seems like it was just a rumor. I hope Madrid will soon bring Mbappè so that this rumor becomes a reality. I also want to see Mbappè win the UCL title with Madrid.
Real madrid was willing to form the new los galacticos by having so many great players in the club. This news has not yet been confirmed, and this is the main problem. There are many people talked this since a few months ago but im seeing someone is posting about this but no announcement came from real madrid. We shall wait for another official announcement from real madrid. It's caused by i have seen this kind of news many times till i feel bored with it but no official movement from real madrid. It's all still rumor and this will still be a rumor till there will be an official bid that comes from real madrid. That's same liek ancellotti's case caused by we are getting surprised to see how ancellotti extends his contract.
684  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 30, 2023, 12:53:16 PM
It seems Carlo Ancelotti extended his contract with Real Madrid for a longer time and he is going to stay there.
SIcne we heard any news about Brazil trying to hire Carlo Ancelotti for their team and use this coach in the 2026 World Cup, but he extended his contract with Real Madrid to prove he prefers to continue his career in Real Madrid and he prefers to stay there.
Carlo Ancelotti's new contract will expire in 2026 and this coach wants to achieve even more titles with Real Madrid.
Good news, although on the other side I was surprised. The reason is that, previously there were many rumors about Ancelotti would become the head coach of the Brazil national team. But anyway, Ancelotti now already signed extended his contract. Maybe on the other hand, Real Madrid also had difficulty finding the right replacement head coach like Ancelotti, so the board made another offer to Ancelotti, fortunately the experienced coach agreed.
True but it seems like that was a fake news or ancellotti has told brazil regarding his main intention. Im also feeling so happy after someone posted it above. It's caused by ancellotti was building the club from the bottom. It's very good to see that ancellotti will be saying for the next years.
Real Madrid is currently in the process of rebuilding the club to its former glory, reminiscent of the time when Los Galacticos existed. Under Ancelotti's guidance, the team is steadily and surely moving forward with the implementation of a new formation. This is also answering so many questions from BTT members about the future of ancellotti.
It seems that Madrid has been attempting to conceal this information, and the fact that an official announcement has now been made has come as quite a surprise to us. It seems like that ancellotti will strengthen its club. We are just entering the winter transfer season.
Im wondering who is striker targeting by real madrid? Real Madrid's lack of a quality striker is the reason why they are in dire need of a number 9 player.
685  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 30, 2023, 12:30:07 PM
The match of the week will be played in Turin this evening. Although Juventus is the favorite of the match, Rome is also a strong team, but their away record this season is not very encouraging. While Juventus drew one of the last 5 home matches, Roma had 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the last 5 away matches. I think Juventus will probably win the match, but I think it will be a low-goal match. If Roma can score, the match could end 2-1.
Roma is as strong as juventus even though it was still at the bottom, but the inconsistency was the major problem owned by roma. Juventus is strong, but it has weak attacking line and im preferring to take roma to win the game against juventus.
This is going to be another disaster for intermilan caused by we do know that how juventus fans were so racist for the lukaku. I hope that the old story will not be repeating. Juventus needs to make sure their opponent can play there safely.

Another important match is going to happen. Roma can help intermilan to make the gap even bigger as long as it will be able to beat juventus soon.Im wondering what line up that is going to be used by roma.
It may probably to put lukaku upfront. Dybala should be following him as attacking midfielder. This is the best line up that may be used by mourinho but im sure both of clubs will be playing safely.
686  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 30, 2023, 12:12:34 PM
Luton vs Chelsea is the headline of today's match and as everyone knows, Chelsea will likely have difficulty getting full points in this match. As a team in the relegation zone, Luton will definitely not make concessions to Chelsea, especially when they attack Luton with all their might to defend their goal from being conceded. The only strategy that Luton can use is to defend and therefore they will probably only try to take a draw.

Meanwhile, Chelsea are definitely aiming for an additional 3 points and with Nkunku back, who has recovered from injury, this will certainly make Chelsea's attack creativity more varied. Mudryk is also in his best performance after also scoring goals in several of Chelsea's matches. So the result of who wins is quite difficult considering that Luton also wants to be free from the relegation zone immediately so a decent bet is the result of over 2.75 goals with odds @1.72, especially as Chelsea's defense is also not very good.

Im still waiting for the line up to be disclosed. It's caused by it's very risky to take chelsea when luton is still playing good since the previous matches. Chelsea is still struggling with its performance and i would like to see which players that is going to be the striker of chelsea.
I hope that jackson will not be laying in the game against luton. His performance is so awful and there shall not be a place for him to play. Jackson was a garbage striker and he was always being so clueless and useless.
He doesn't even know how to positioning himself. This is a very bad result of him. Jackson was a garbage striker and this must be noted by pochettino to give broja a chance to play or nkuku is far better than those two.
Pochettino shall not be doing stupid decision by placing him as starting line up. There have been many complaints were coming for him and pochet shall not act like a stupid coach who gave garbage player a chance to play anytime.
687  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: December 29, 2023, 11:52:48 PM
Focusing on the Champions League too much and having problems in the Bundesliga on one hand isn't very ideal for Dortmund at all. Dortmund's main target must always be to finish the season in top 4 at worst. Because the Champions League is like a tradition for Dortmund as they can normally finish the season in this area easily.

Missing UCL would be affecting the financial condition of dortmund. We have seen that many teams used UCL as their source of income as well. So, that makes sense for dortmund to put UCL as the main target to be reached this season. It's quite impossible for dortmund to take the trophy this season caused by bayern munich and leverkusen are leading the bundesliga this time. These team have big gap to the its competitors like dortmund or even leipzig. It makes sense if dortmund was also decreasing its target from trophy to the UCL spot.
It's caused by the competition is also very strict right now. it makes dortmund needs to put sense target to be achieved at the end of season. Dortmund is still playing in the UCL as well.

But right now things are going really badly for them about this topic. While Stuttgart and Leipzig are performing much better Dortmund will need to work much harder than this. As there is a long time to go for next round games in the Champions League Dortmund had better work on their weaknesses in the Bundesliga.
yeah that's indeed, but dortmund is not yet losing against those clubs. Stuttgart and leipzig have consistent performance compared to the dortmund but we are still far away from the end of season. There is still enough time for dortmund to chase those clubs.
Terzic is working so hard to make the club will be going up. Dortmund is still in the process to rebuilding the club. There will be amazing performance to come from dortmund to climb up asap.
688  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 29, 2023, 11:37:33 PM
I think it is rather the exception than the rule that a team which is performing bad in the domestic league is one of the strongest teams in the Champions League. Yes I know that now some people will come up with examples, like Sevilla and how they won the Europa League last season when they were so bad in La Liga. But where is Sevilla now? They finished their Champions League group with 2 points out of 6 games and got destroyed in almost every game. There is a correlation between the overall performance of a team in the league and the other competitions, but yes there are exceptions of course.
Some teams have poor performance in domestic league but success with quit well performance in Champion League, difference with Sevilla performance in this season not only poor in La Liga but also failed and finish on bottom standings in Champion League group phase. But another teams Napoli have quit well performance in Champion League and success qualify to knock out round although with 2nd standings finish position but they have poor and inconsistency performance in domestic league.
I think domestic league and Champion League have difference atmosphere and some teams focus with quit well performance in Champion League but they have poor performance when playing in domestic league.

Napoli was playing in a pretty weak Champions League group and it was not surprising that an average performance would be enough for them to qualify for the knock out rounds in the Champions League. If you call their performance in the Champions League a quite good performance, I don't know but we do differ a lot in opinion here. Their performance was not that good, but good for them that there was no team which was really able to pose a threat to them. If they ended up in a more difficult group, they would have probably failed to qualify for the next round. This time it was a happy ending for them.

It's not really weak like you said above. Given that Napoli was competing against a team as strong as Real Madrid, it would be inappropriate to criticize their performance as weak. I have opposite opinion about that and it feels like napoli is declining after it has done all of matches in the group stage and qualify for the next stage. Napoli is not as good as last season but it can still compete to face barcelona soon. To put all of the players into the defensive line, the only thing that needs to be done by Mazzarri is to make the necessary adjustments. The club shall take counter attack as opportunity to beat barcelona.
Barcelona was a club that is focus into how to build more ball possession. If Napoli focuses on playing with a strong defensive strategy against Barcelona and utilizes effective parking of the bus, they can significantly increase their chances of beating them easily. Napoli's group considerably placed at the medium group.
It has real madrid as the main competitior and do you forget that if barcelona got easy group compared to the napoli? The way to beat barcelona to go through the fully defensive line like parking bus strategy.
It will be making barceloan frustrated with it. Barcelona is going to lose its concentration when the club was always trying to pressuring napoli.
689  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 29, 2023, 08:47:28 AM
Surprised here that even with Arsenal attacking so much, they didn't get success. As their defense was very weak due to which the opposing team was able to score goals with easy attacks. West Ham United's players had a total of 6 attacks on goal throughout the game, with only 2 of the 6 attacks being successful. Because the defense department of the Arsenal team was also careless, due to which they were able to score very easily, only 13 minutes later, the West Ham United team was ahead by scoring the first goal.

If I see Arsenal need a striker, Eddie and Jesus cannot lead this team. Arsenal needs a goal-hungry striker so that Arsenal have no difficulty scoring goals. Because it is very useless if in a match Arsenal is superior in everything including possession of the ball but they have difficulty scoring goals, maybe after this match Arteta will bring in a great striker in the transfer market later. With a squad like this, Arsenal will have difficulty facing the intense competition in the EPL league.

Even though Westham was disappointed, we are confident that Arsenal will bounce back. because they are still in 2nd place, only 2 points behind leaders Liverpool, and the league still has a long way to go!!!

There's no guarantee having a new striker will make arsenal to perform even better. It may also become a boomerang for arsenal soon. Arsenal has been linked to the toney but it seems arteta is still willing to think for twice before try to sign him as a new player.
Arteta needs to take a very long time to consider whether he will be buying the new striker or not. The point I was trying to convey is that Arsenal's performance in the match against West Ham was not up to par, especially when it came to Saka and his wastefulness despite having the most opportunities.

Arsenal is very bad in the last night against westham. Martinelli has been declining a lot compared to the last season. It seems arsenal faces another crisis and it was also making the situation become even worst.
Will arsenal give another false hope to the its fans again? According to what I've heard, there were Arsenal fans who confidently claimed that their beloved team would emerge victorious in the competition, citing Manchester City's difficulties as a reason for their optimism.

This can be evaluated by arteta to make sure arsenal will able to perform even better in the upcoming match.
690  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 29, 2023, 07:51:50 AM
Look at Sassuolo performance in the last four matches in Serie A, Sassuolo was only able to achieve one draw and three other matches ended in defeat. I'm not too sure that Sassuolo will be able to make it difficult for Milan at the San Siro, especially since Milan, who lost two points at Salernitana headquarters, wants to win to keep their distance from Bologna, who are one place below them.
Sassuolo victory over Inter was just luck, after that they were only able to achieve one dramatic victory over Empoli, four drawers and six defeats. I think this match is very easy for Milan because Sassuolo is not in their best performance.

In terms of quality and performance, Sassuolo in the last few matches is not very impressive, but Sassuolo has a good record when facing AC Milan at the San Siro, in the last 3 matches when Sassuolo visited the San Siro they managed to win, so this should be a reference and motivation for Sassuolo to be able to do the same thing.
And on the other hand, AC Milan is also often inconsistent, so I think this weekend's match will be very difficult for AC Milan to win.

Acmilan is starting to decline again and it's the best time for this club to change its coach. I have no trust for pioli anymore. This coach is always making the club to perform even worst. I think that pioli needs to be scaked as soon as possible before it's too late for acmilan.
Acmilan has a chance to go up again but pioli is finished. He was not giving contribution to the club and he is still facing another lose, this is giving acmilan another trouble since the club will not able to quality for the UCL if it keeps to performing like shit.
I do support the latest news called conte to replace him. Arsenal needs someone who can give new idea and strategy about how to win the game. I don't even like the way pioli is coaching the club right now.
So many acmilan players were injured and it was affecting the performance from acmilan. The player like pulisic becomes useless this time.
691  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 29, 2023, 07:32:44 AM
They have not been eliminated from the competition, Arsenal's defeat against West Ham was quite surprising, especially since Arsenal were playing at home, but that's football, many surprising things happen.
However, I think that Arenal, Liverpool and also Manchester City have enough strength to compete for the title and it is possible for these teams to be able to compete until the end of the season. This season is still very long and all possibilities are still possible.

It was quite surprising as a lot of people envisaged an Arsenal win. I did too as I had expected Arsenal to win the game with some difficulty. I had predicted both teams to each score a goal but Arsenal coming out victorious but I got both my predictions wrong.
Arsenal didn’t win the game nor did they score a single goal. I’ve never been one to consider playing at home to be that much of an advantage, if any and it was again shown in that game. Arsenal played at home and is considered strong enough to beat West Ham. But neither helped Arsenal as they were defeated

Arsenal has been getting so many chances but westham's goal keeper was the best. he can block so many attacks from arsenal and it must admit him is far better than raya. Arsenal is being so stressful in the game caused by it was not able equalizing the goal against westham. This is another bad performance from arsenal and i hope it will continue to perform like that. The main weakness of arsenal is low blocks strategy. Arsenal being so clueless once it was facing low block team. Arsenal is owning everything in the game but it's losing against westham.
Glad to see that moyes's strategy was successfully making arsenal lost three points. This is a huge blow for arsenal caused by the club is always playing inconsistently against westham.

Saka has been getting so many chances but since he was not lucky enough then all of his efforts are useless. Manchester city is now even closer to the some teams above it. Im hoping arsenal and aston will get another lose.
Manchester city can have the same points as them all soon. I do believe manchester city is going to come back stronger.
692  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: December 29, 2023, 07:02:19 AM
Because Manchester City were already able to win only once in their last 5 matches in the Premier League. If they lose points here too it would be a disaster for them. I know Everton are on the rise recently but we are talking about Manchester City here. The Manchester club must be able to find a way to make a comeback!
And in the end they were able to beat Everton 3-1. This is a good result for City and they will be able to continue to improve their ranking. Aston Villa's defeat further enabled City to catch up on some of the points they were left behind. The competition in the Premier League is becoming increasingly exciting to watch. But I doubt City will be able to become champions this season because they really struggled when Haaland and De Bruyne were injured. But at least they will be able to secure a place in the top four and qualify for the Champions League.

Yes, normally, Manchester City's performances always get quite different anytime one of their key players gets injured or something similar to that. However, Everton are not capable of winning Manchester City, even if Halaand and Kelvin D ebryune are not around, they still have some good players that are doing great for them, so I wasn't surprised by their victory. The only thing that surprised me in the game was the merging of the goals. Three goals is too much for Everton. I think they slacked too much. I think they didn’t dominate the match well, in which they will perform very well.

Manchester city has good backup but the performance from the back up players were not as good as their key players. This makes pep needs to rotate the current line up very often. it's caused by manchester city is trying so hard to make sure it can have proper line up withouot some important players like haaalnd. Everton was able scoring in the first half and it makes a lot of people were starting to doubt it Glad to see that city was able making comeback but i must be honest if the quality of squad between both of clubs are very different.
Taking into account what I have observed, I can confidently state that if Manchester City had showcased an exceptional performance in the second half, it would have been a sight to behold. The first half was a total flop for manchester city.

Pep has been advising his team  to always attacking the weakness spot of everton. It seems like that city was changing its gameplay at the second half. Im seeing it now. Alvarez is also performing so well in that game.
I give him applause caused by his consistency to replace haaland as a striker.
693  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 29, 2023, 12:20:07 AM
Another player of Napoli left this team and as we saw in the news from Eljif Elmas and Napoli this player was getting far from Napoli and he finally left the team.
Eljif Elmas is a young player and he could be definitely a good investment for Napoli but decided to sell Eljif Elmas to Leipzig,
This 24-year-old player joined Napoli in 2019 for 19 million euros and he played in 189 games for this Italian team in all these games he scored 14 goals.
Glad to see that elmas was taking the right decision for this . I meant that if he needs to leave from the club to gain more experience in the new team. Napoli is a bad team for him and it will be far better if he can join in the leipzig. Napoli sees him becomes unuseful player.
His performance is not that impressive in the napoli and im waiting for other players to take the same decision like him in the upcoming days. Some players like osimhen and kvarat shall leave from the club to get better experience to join in the good club.

They have lots of demands but they were not having strong mentality to leave from their comfort zone. Osimhen needs to join in a good club and he can develop himself to be even better than before.
Im quite disappointed with the performance from osimhen this season. I hope he can gain his mentality back once he joins in a good club. Osimhen needs try so hard to develop himself on napoli caused by napoli is not having good environment to do that.
694  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: December 29, 2023, 12:07:44 AM
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It's not just about being under doubt but PSG is currently in a situation in which they can be hopeful to even hire more players during the winter and this team can still be improved to race in great tournaments like the Champions League while other teams in French literally are not in the same level with PSG and that's why I think the best they can do is to find rich owners to have more investments in their teams to get more money in their teams.
Yes, in the January transfer window, PSG must be able to make the most of this moment in order to get the players they are targeting who are compatible with PSG and are able to strengthen PSG in their position. They don't have money problems, so this should be easier. Because after all, the possibility of Mbappe staying at PSG is very small and he has even said that he will soon leave PSG. So, of course this will disrupt PSG's strength. while PSG must become stronger. Not only for the French League but especially for matches in the UCL which are actually very competitive with various local teams.
Mbappe will not stay at PSG. He has been rejecting the latest offer from PSG to stay for another year in the club. PSG is not trying so hard to make him staying much longer in the club. In fact, mbappe is not even interesting to do that. So, the chance of him to leave from the club is very big at this moment. Mbappe does the right thing by leaving from PSG soon. He will be stuck in the same place if mbappe will not be trying to leave from PSG. PSG will not give him positive impact. He needs to be developed by world class coach like ancellotti.
I hope mbappe will be joining in the real madrid soon. Mbappe is very suitable to play in real madrid considering he was also having a big name as well in the football. It will remind me of cristiano ronaldo which was also playing as winger as well.
This is another chance for mbappe to develop himself much better along with the great players in the world like bellingham and vini. PSG shall able to find his replacement as soon as possible. Sometimes, mbappe was the only one who carrying the club alone.
It's hard to find someone who can do that for the club. This makes me enrique feel so badly about it.
695  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: December 28, 2023, 12:10:46 PM

No, Xabi Alonso will never be the same as the Xavi who is currently coaching Barcelona, Xavi got it all he had the perfect squad but this season they failed they couldn't play well enough.
Even though this happened because several players were injured, great coach will always be able to make the best of the situation and conditions.
Meanwhile, Xabi himself started from scratch, he built Leverkusen into really strong team from the bottom and just look at how Leverkusen has developed in the last few seasons, Leverkusen can really perform well while under Xabi control.
When Xabi was with Real Madrid, it was hoped that he could make Real Madrid the same as Leverkusen, where they performed well and were able to be at the top in every competition they participated in.

Maybe Leverkusen will be very busy later because they have to find replacement coach who might be on par with Xabi.
Well, that what Xabi must give to Leverkusen and of course everyone hopes for Leverkusen big achievements at the end of his career as Leverkusen coach if he will replace Ancelotti in the near future.
Comparing Xabi and Xavi based on their performances with their respective teams won't be fair because these teams weren't on the same level. Leverkusen when Xabi took over had to start from scratch to build up to where they are now but Barcelona has more advantages and quality squad but Xavi failed to capitalize on his assets.
Xabi was building the club from the bottom and i can remember that correctly if xabi was building it when leverkusen was almost getting relegated. It's very different compared to the barcelona when xavi was building it from the top.
There was no a lot of challenges being passed by xavi to build his current club. Barcelona was not the best, but it's also able providing some great players for xavit o build his own club. This is the main problem owned by them all.
Im not saying that xabi was better than him but the fact is said that if xabi has passet a lot of obstacles during the process to build his club rather tha xavi.


So far Xabi has been a good boss and his methods have worked perfectly for Leverkusen. One would wonder how he managed to put up such feat for the team considering the spot he picked them from. It's one quality that can definitely be found in a good manager. Leverkusen have been impressive in all rounds and it's surprising that they're now better than some already grounded teams. It only means that Xabi has a unique managing quality which can be of essence in bigger teams too.
So true, this is why leverkusen was also in the same level as bayern munich. There are so many things are going on with him in leverkusen. It has become the start place for xabi to continue his career as a coach.
No doubt that even jose has been also telling us the club if xabi will become another great coach in the future. The ability to push the relegation team to perform like the winning team is so amazing.
It's rarely owned by any coaches in the football.
696  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 28, 2023, 11:59:14 AM
Even though they were playing without Haaland, Manchester City were still able to perform quite well and in today match they managed to beat Everton with score of 1 - 3.
This victory made Manchester City get the full 3 points and slowly they managed to catch up and narrow the gap in the standings.
It was pretty good game and Manchester City really dominated the game from the start of the match.

I got decent odd for the team that is seeded and the favorite.
This is an impressive victory that Manchester City gave us all.


When Manchester City was one goal behind at the start of the match, I was quite scared. In just 29 minutes, Everton's young player Jack Harrison made a powerful attack and touched the ball in the Manchester City goal post. At that time, many questions arose in the minds of every lover of Manchester City, this time if Haaland was on the field for Manchester City, then this goal would not have been possible. And until half-time Manchester City were unable to score any goals but the attack was rampant.And later Manchester City roared back to their former form and managed to score 3 goals in a row. And at the end of the match Manchester City gained three points which occupied the fourth place in the points table.

Me too. The performance of city during the first half was far from good. This made me feel that if city would be losing against everton. Glad to see that city was able changing the situation in a short time. It's not surprise to see that how manchester city was able to scoring three goals in a short time.
I can't even believe that how everton is declining so hard once it comes to the second half. It appears that Manchester City consistently faces challenges when it comes to handling the first half of the game, as if they are not fully committed to playing seriously against their opponent.

My heart was always pumping when manchester city was struggling in the first half caused by city was not having good chemistry during the first half. Manchester city keeps repeating the same scenario anytime.
The club was very often to lose in the first half but it was able making its comeback on the second half. This is the main problem owned by the club. Pep may be using the first half to analyze the main weakness of its opponent but this can also become a boomerang for city.

City is always having trouble to deal with EPL club. The performance is kinda different when it was dealing with the UCL teams.
697  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 28, 2023, 10:49:14 AM


It's not surprising me to see that how bellingham and kane have become the best recruitment of the 23-24 season. The interesting fact is if there are so many players recruited for free or loan were also sitting as the top recruitment for this season.
It proves that if money was not everything since the club can play good once it was also getting a good club too. The player like isco is still showing amazing performance in real betis. Savinho from girona is also showing very consistent performance at this moment.
You can read more here https://www.goal.com/en/lists/best-signings-2023-24-european-season-so-far-rankings/blta5d47e2edd8a5c7e#cs1bd0704a281cd76e

Building the football club it's not all about money. Yet you can get experienced player with the money but no guarantee if your players are going to be good players for the club. This is also the main reason why some clubs were recruiting the free agent players.
I think that some rich club needs to change their mind to the how to recruit a great coach that can change the club with minimum budget given to them. Enough is enough seeing the club like manchester united and chelsea being scammed even more.
I prefer to see united and chelsea recruit good coaches. This will also give significant impact like leverkusen or girona which were able going up without the support from the big money owned by the club's owner.
698  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: December 27, 2023, 11:43:11 PM
Al Hilal is the best team this year. I don't think Al Nassr can get close to them. It doesn't look like the point gap will close right now. I thought this match would be problematic for Al Nassr, but after Fabinho received a red card, the match went into a more comfortable phase. If you have great forwards like Mane, Ronaldo, Talisca, your job becomes easier.
Sure, Al Hilal looks very strong this season, they are undefeated so far. However, it doesn't mean that Al Hilal has no chance to get loses in the next matches. I assume there should be time that Al Hilal may lose their focus or some of their key player get injured. So, Al Nassr is very possible to shorten the point gap in the future. The match against Al Ittihad, is a crucial match, too. Al Nassr did their best, they defeated Al Ittihad with 5 goals. Trio monsters of Al Nassr (Ronaldo, Mane, and Talisca) showed their great contribution. Al Nassr succeed to shorten the point gap to be 7 points.
True but al nassr's quality was still far below al hilal. It was successfull getting three points from ittihad but al nassr was also losing without even scoring a single goal against al in the previous match. This is the main problem owned by the club.
I meant about the club has no ability to perform beyond its limit. al hilal seems have higher limit compared to the al nassr. Tallisca and ronaldo became the main weapons of al nassr but these guys need to do more improvements to compete with al hilal for the title this season. Im very skeptical about the chance owned by al nassr to get the trophy and beat al hilal which is topping the current standing right now. Al hilal is too strong for al nassr and this has become the main task for al nassr's coach.
Ronaldo was always giving his best but this kinda different once he played against al hilal liked he can do nothing against al hilal. Beating al hilal is going to be most important task that need to be competed by al nassr if the club will be willing to win the competition soon. I saw that how many people are not feeling satisfied with the result against al hilal. This needs to be fixed as soon as possible. Al nassr needs only strengthening defensive line.
699  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: December 27, 2023, 11:37:59 PM


Paris Saint Germain is the richest club in French League 1 so there is no doubt about the club's financial strength and the strength of its players because Paris Saint Germain has stronger players when compared to other teams in League 1. So as long as there are no other teams that stronger financially and stronger in terms of players, maybe Paris Saint-Germain will always win league 1 and for other teams it will not be easy to break PSG's dominance.
Therefore, there is no big pressure for PSG in League 1 because their current focus is only on beating Real Sociedad in the last sixteen of the UCL.

PSG has no equal opponent in the French league, so if the coach is not stupid, he will definitely win the French league, PSG's finances are very strong so they can buy any player whose price is expensive though.
PSG in the German league is almost the same as Bayern Munich, the same as PSG almost every season Bayern Munich also always wins the German league.

I thought that this season kinda difference but the fact that if it's still remain the same as PSG is still leading the competition even it was also dominating other clubs. Some clubs were very promising but they were not good as when the season was just starting.
This is the main problem owned by various club about how they were very inconsistent and it gives room for PSG to grow again then lead the league. I see no chance for other club to make it. Since psg has got its chemistry and it's very difficult to beat it.
PSG is far above compared to the other club in term of quality and this is also the main reason why psg is going to win the french league again. The club like nice and monaco unable to compete with PSG caused by they are having trouble with it.
The more I think about it, the less hopeful I become about the new club's prospects of winning the French league, given the strong showing by PSG in the competition. Enrique seems able to help PSG to leave from its problem.
700  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 27, 2023, 10:55:13 AM
I think if Pep doesn't want to go, Manchester City management won't send him. If the city of Manchester is remembered with the blue team today, it is thanks to Pep. His reading of the game is at a high level. Even though they fell behind with some questionable referee decisions, they can become a candidate for the championship again with a winning streak like last year.

If Pep leaves Manchester City, every club in the world will open the door for him. But if Pep leaves Manchester City, Manchester City will not be able to sign a manager of Pep's quality. I think if that happens, Manchester City will be the losers. But I don't think Pep will leave Manchester City because Manchester City is one of the best clubs in the world and Pep is respected there. I don't think Pep can find a better club at this stage.

I don't even think so. Being coached by him will not give you guarantee if the club can win the competition. pep was always managering the big clubs and this shall be noted as a part of his successfull career in the football. It's kinda different when it comes to the managing the small club without money. It will give pep huge pressures cuased by he would not able to do that to win the trophy due to the bad players owned by the club. So, pep will be looking for a club that can give him what he wanted.
It's all about money. Look at how much money spent by manchester city for him but yeah city can win UCL and many trophies but it took several years to do that. Pep was coming to the manchester city a long time ago.
He was just helping city to get UCL last year. Even it took so many years for the club with lots of money to win UCL and what about the club without money? It may be a disaster for the manager caused by they were not able getting good result.
Money is everything in the football and it playes the most important role.
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