Yet the Warriors struggles continues again, with their 3rd consecutive loss, Klay Thompson was the better of the Splash brothers today, but his 30 point game wasn't just enough to help Warriors get a win, however, Steve is making some really good adjustment to the team's roster, with Jonathan Kuminga get the nod to start and Andrew Wiggins dropping to bench, I believe these are necessary and it's looking good from how the Warrior played today, in my opinion.

3rd consecutive game week with zero points for me, I barely hanging by a thread in my position in the Pot B, while there is absolutely nothing to write home for Pot A, because it was quite another down trend for me, I'll probably have to focus my energy on pot be alone, and approach like a proper gamble, not the all egg in one basket approach that I've turned to over the last 2 game weeks.  

Thanks for the slight dig you threw at me, but at least you were very professional and kept my name off the article, I'm sure my little secret is safe and its just a BSFL in house story  



Oh, wow! I didn't see that coming, because Manchester City won the UCL last season, now they're better representative for English teams in UCL, you lots were full of several slanders, bs and whatnot especially the "Without Messi Guardiola would never have won the UCL, and he wasn't going to win it with Manchester City irrespective of how good they are in the league".

And does that mean in your opinion Chelsea would have represented England better this season in the champions league than Newcastle had done ?

Regardless of experience, there is always a first time first for everything, and from AC Milan injury list Kalulu is about the only player there that can be considered an integral part of the squad or a regular starter, Newcastle were a tad unlucky yesterday because they were the better team, in my candid opinion..

However, they got themselves in this mess or position after losing home and away to Dortmund, I guess that was the worse thing that could happened to them, after getting a win from PSG, a draw from Milan in the first, Dortmund should have been the least of their worries and they should have done better in those games, 3 point from either game could have saw them qualify for the next round or at least spot in the Europa League, but there is no point beating a dead horse, they are still in good position to make run to be present in next season champions league too, so maybe it's a lesson learnt already for them.

Players to advance past group stage ? Would you say AC Milan and Dortmund both have players better than that of Newcastle ? I would strongly disagree on that opinion, Newcastle might have lacked the experience for playing in Europe but not the players, and Newcastle are injury plagued, while the couple of players that returned are still not at a 100% match fitness level, but I don't quite agree that an AC Milan squad that is playing its attack with Leao, Giroud and a Pulisic that couldn't make a name for himself when he was playing in the premier league are better than Newcastle best attacking options without any injury crisis.

Not so bad for we the participants though, since almost every participant won something, huge thanks to Sportsbet.io for their continuous effort in making this section a really interesting and engaging one.

Too bad for the Newcastle champions league competition to have come to an abrupt and short end, I really hoped for more after that Joelinton's bullet, but that's "How a cookie crumbles - Hhampuz, 2020"

Yes, but despite the fact that the squad is filled with players the Man City youth group, they've actually not played like they're youth and a few of them are making their first senior appearance at an European competition, they've dominated the game so far huge authority, they've kept possession and passes really tidy, you really can expect a couple of these to earn a spot in Guardiola senior team especially with the heavily clustered fixtures ahead of the team during the festive season, they really could use some help from these young and brilliant minds.

Just as I was about to rant about Guardiola playing roulette with my money on the line again, due to the the starting eleven he chose to start the game with, Hamilton just gave Manchester City a deserved lead with a stunning goal, he was super composed and the execution of goal couldn't have been done any better, I only just hope this goal will be enough to put Man City in the driver's seat for them to dictate the game the rest of the way.

I was really quite confident that the Mavs would win the game, even with Kyrie out, Lakers are a very good defensive team, but their offense often doesn't complement how good their defense his, that's why you have guy like Prince, Cam Reddish and Vanderbilt on the court for well over 30 minutes and they can't score more than 10 points cumulatively most of the time, I just can't imagine the Lakers without AD/or Lebron for a long stretch this season, I'm pretty sure a post season adventure would be completely off the table, all they've got left is a consistently inconsistent D'Angello Russell to facilitate plays for them a role which he's suck all season long, Austin Reaves is the only standout player that can keep the team going when Lebron and Anthony Davis are not having their best night.


Just a couple of observations from the Warriors team that I can point out are;

As much as he's a leader and voice in the locker room and on the sidelines, Draymond is a freaking liability to the team, Klay Thompson is  not the usually splash brother twin he used to be, so it wouldn't hurt to have him on a smaller role, coming of the bench, Kuminga, Podziemski and Moody are the future of this franchise and they need more time on the court. Curry, Klay, Wiggins, Draymond and Looney are no longer the best starting five in terms chemistry anymore, Looney is a great offensive rebound and rim protector, but having him and Green on the court together is a waste of time, Saric shoots better and possess a better court and ball movement awareness than Looney, and finally Stephen Curry isn't a machine, and he can't always do it all!, he needs a better complementing team, and finally Steve Kerr is really tactically looking outdated

Warriors are becoming an awful team after every game these days, they can't keep any kind of lead, huge or marginal and they also can't get from deficit to any game either, Draymond Green for is becoming more of a burden to the team and that's not help matters in any way he plays a couple of good game even though they lose game and suddenly becomes a menace in the next one, should the Warriors be fortunate enough to make the playoffs, Draymond is definitely one of the players that'll get them eliminated early, and more so, the scoring responsibility has almost become a sole responsibility for Steph Curry, and he's not getting any scoring help, and that is majorly because Steve Kerr has failed to trust the rookies enough with large playing minutes, there is not other player on the Warriors roster that is averaging up 17 points per game on the season, I don't know how sustainable that is, but the only thing I'm certain about is that it can't get them another championship title.

Yes, I would agree that it's been a good game so far Dallas Mavericks, but you know that the Lakers are not going to go away just like that, and they've outscored and outplayed, and as I was typing this post, Anthony Davis just scored a buzzer beating 3-pointer to give Lakers the lead as they about to head into the 4th Quarter, we are all in for an interesting 4th Quarter imo.

I'm going with the long road, here, the Dallas Mavericks are no walkover, not even without having Kyrie on the court, they've got Dante Exum, who been doing impressively and and Dereck Lively is also doing a great job on the board, so I can see them giving the Lakers a run for their money, so it's the Dallas Mavericks ML @ 2.34 for me.

Yeah,

The mafias are everywhere you go.. There is still a lot of matches to go for the round, and from what I'm seeing there are still multiple 30 - 40 points that could be won from the is round, so if were you I would wait for the game week to end before I use my bragging rights.

14. Leon Edwards
13. Alexandre Pantoja
12. Shavkat Rakhmonov
11. Paddy Pimblett
10. Ian Machado Garry
9. Bryce Mitchell
8. Irene Aldana
7. Cody Garbrandt
6. Casey O’Neill
5. Dustin Jacoby
4. Tagir Ulanbekov
3. Andre Fili
2. Martin Buday
1. Randy Brown

NOT go the Full Distance 6

I put in my picks already, I answered all the questions though, as a part of the rigorous training my team is undergoing after some very poor performance in the last few weeks, the coach is demanding the highest level of commitment and professionalism, any player that isn’t ready to do that, the door is wide open for the to seek for a new club to play for.

Game 1:  32, 20'
Game 2:  32, 32'

Recee James just after barely half way into the first 45 minutes, had to be substituted out, that’s yet another injury for him, and it seems like the same injury he’s been battling with for while a now, this one shouldn’t keep him out for too long, I guess.


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I’ve got many zero points for this week and also a couple of my players have lost their position in their team’s starting XI, Chelsea’s Colwiill and Matty Cash no name a few.

The cup break couldn’t have come at better time for me, that should helped get me getting the needed breather and get back to winning ways.


I think I know who to expect to be my opponent for second, but with due respect to both parties, I’ll rather just wait and see who makes it to the next round.

This is justa glitch in the matrix, just see it Guardiola losing back to back games, it doesn't count him out of the race just yet, you might want to follow my predictions and progress for the next few weeks and see the kind of turnaround that would emerge from my team.

It's just a reality check and wake up call that's needed for my team to get their chemistry back.