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721  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: October 01, 2023, 02:49:07 AM
Because my sell target is still the new ATH, as long as the price remains below my sell target, I will buy without worrying about the price.
Hopefully you do not end up selling too many BTC too soon, and a lot of BTC HODLers have learned to modify how much they plan to sell.. and sometimes they move down from their ideas of selling 100% to selling 50% and then sometimes they realize that maybe they should not sell any more than 20% to 40%.. so there can be some variation and even some decisions to cut back on the idea of selling - especially since many times the previous ATH is not really a place to sell.. it is known as a kind of deadman's zone in which the BTC price tends to pass through.. of course, no guarantees...and maybe that is why sometimes folks end up selling too much of their stash at previous ATHs but then the BTC price does not end  up revisiting those previous ATH prices when it drops back down.. your milage will vary for sure.
I see people setting a sell goal of $100k for the next bull season, but I have a higher target because I believe the upcoming bull season will be a super cycle. Furthermore, I will only sell when the price reaches the target, I will not rush and excitedly sell the majority of my bitcoin just because it surpassed $69k, which was the old ATH. It may be high compared to many, but I believe bitcoin will be able to reach $150k-180k in the upcoming bull run and that is when I will sell my bitcoin.

In case bitcoin fails to achieve that target, I will continue to be a long-term holder for next season. That's why I decided to choose DCA monthly and not worry too much about the price in the short term.

I feel as if I am repeating myself, and I know that we are not talking about selling in this thread, but sometimes there seems to be some need to make a point, which you keep talking about selling all your bitcoin which  and then you talk about holding after that which largely seems to mean that you would sell and then try to buy back later.

Let's say that a hypothetical person got into BTC in early 2016, and such person had a salary that when from $10k to $30k in the past 7 years, so if such person had not made too many other investments, maybe such person had made some mistakes along the way, but maybe ended up accumulating 2 bitcoin.... so it could be possible that such person never sells all of his/her bitcoin but instead maybe shaves off 10% of his/her then holdings at various points in time.. at $100k, at $150k, at $250k.. .. so even if there might be questions of BTC price direction, the amount of BTC that is sold is less than the profits that had been made in the integers.. and surely you could look at 2 BTC and you could say that from $30k to $100k the profits had gone up $70k per coin, so a total of $140k for that price move, so if there is a decision to sell 50% or less than the profits, you will never run out of bitcoin and you will still be able to skim off pretty decent profits to either be able to buy back if the BTC price goes down or just use such value for consumption purposes.. .

yet, I still would suggest that if you are still in accumulation stages, then it is problematic to be selling too many BTC on the way up and expecting to be able to buy back lower.. but if you think you got it all figured out regarding when to sell and when to buy back that is up to you.. and I think that I probably have already deviated enough from the topic in terms of talking about selling ideas, since this thread is not about it and I still think that conservative selling on the way up if any is still somewhat potentially somewhat still aligned with ideas and accumulation focused theme of this thread.
Thank you for your helpful advice, I will take the time to review my investment plan. You're right, the discussion is straying from what this topic is about, and selling is not appropriate to discuss too much here. We should focus on Buy DIP and HODL, this is the main content that needs to be discussed further in this topic.


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722  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: September 30, 2023, 11:42:30 AM
Basically, Jose Mourinho is like a hero for the AS Roma club. But we know that the ups and downs in a club's performance are quite normal in football. if we talk about who is to blame then we will be confused. Because basically sometimes a decrease in performance can occur for reasons that are not very clear.
He has done a lot of big achievements with Roma that are more recognizable and meaningful with very limited money spent for player transfers in the last three seasons. If they had been more luckily, they would have won Europa League in the last season.

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And what is happening to Roma at the moment is actually not very clear about the reasons behind the decline in performance that has occurred at this club. Sometimes internal club problems that we don't know about can also be the cause.
The arrivals of some players in attacking and midfield areas give a lot of hope that they will improve their attacking power and in the last season, it is their weakness. They have some new defensive players in the summer too but problems come from here. It is always biggest priority of Mourinho, defense first but it's very strange to see they got so many conceded goals so far.

Roma players still shown their ambition and readiness to work with Mourinho and things ares till in control of Mourinho, it's just results are not on his side. In latest press conference, Mourinho talked about impact from Roger Ibanez on Roma defense structure that I felt even before his talk.
Well, maybe that's what is actually happening to Rome right now. But somehow but I feel confident that Roma will return to their best quality of play again in a few weeks. Some adaptations may still be imperfect. But as time goes by everything will definitely get better. Maybe currently Roma is ranked 16th. And that looks sad. But we'll see in a few weeks Roma will definitely manage to return to the top 10. Mourinho will definitely find a solution to the current decline in performance.

I can no longer trust Roma's performance. I expected to see a better performance from Roma after Lukaku joined the squad. But we are seeing the deterioration of the team's performance day by day. A team as weak as Genoa scored 4 goals against Roma. I would say it's a shame for Roma. Roma's achievement in 6 matches is only 5 points. I can't imagine Mourinho's team playing this badly this season.

I don't think Roma's attack is weak. However, there are some problems within the squad. Players are not confident. Besides, Roma's defense is very weak. If Mourinho can strengthen Roma's defense, Roma's performance is likely to stabilize. This team managed to perform quite well in the previous season.
723  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 30, 2023, 09:27:30 AM
I'm anxious to see the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool. To be honest, the game will prove if either of them can still retain their impressive form and with the way Liverpool have created the habit of coming from behind to win  3-1in their games I don't think it will happen like that today if that's what they are expecting. With the Tottenham Hotspur played against Arsenal, they had winning mentality and if they score first today, I doubt it will be easy for Liverpool to equalize because Tottenham Hotspur is not like Arsenal who find it difficult to go for more goals after the first one has been netted, Ange Postecoglou's men are hungry to beat Liverpool in their home and except Jurgen Klopp has a different strategy than the coming from behind to winning one in the bag, I feel Tottenham will win the game.
Liverpool was not a club that can be beaten easily by totenham. I think that if the possible scenario if we will be seeing liverpool to lose against totenham. Liverpool is on fire now and it doesn't even matter whether home or away. That will be the same for liverpool.
The chance for ange's squad to win the game is very high right now, and it's likely nunez and salah would become the main players to help liverpool to win against liverpool easily. It's the hardest match to predict.
Most people would prefer to take liverpool instead of totenham right now. Totenham needs to work even harder to prevent nunez to score against it.
Ange may have prepared something special to prevent liverpool to win the game on the totenham stadium. This is the most interesting match to come soon. I expect there will be attractive game being showed from this match.

Tottenham last won against Liverpool in 2017. Tottenham could not win against Liverpool in the last 12 matches. Although they managed to share points in several matches, the team failed to secure 3 points.

But this season's scenario is different. Both Tottenham and Liverpool are unbeaten so far this season. And the performances of both the teams are quite strong. Considering the results of the head-to-head matches, although the Liverpool team can be kept ahead, Tottenham played very well in every match. Today's match is Tottenham's home match. I don't think Tottenham will lose this match. The match will draw 1-1 or Tottenham will win 2-1.
724  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: September 30, 2023, 02:52:43 AM

Because my sell target is still the new ATH, as long as the price remains below my sell target, I will buy without worrying about the price.

Hopefully you do not end up selling too many BTC too soon, and a lot of BTC HODLers have learned to modify how much they plan to sell.. and sometimes they move down from their ideas of selling 100% to selling 50% and then sometimes they realize that maybe they should not sell any more than 20% to 40%.. so there can be some variation and even some decisions to cut back on the idea of selling - especially since many times the previous ATH is not really a place to sell.. it is known as a kind of deadman's zone in which the BTC price tends to pass through.. of course, no guarantees...and maybe that is why sometimes folks end up selling too much of their stash at previous ATHs but then the BTC price does not end  up revisiting those previous ATH prices when it drops back down.. your milage will vary for sure.



I see people setting a sell goal of $100k for the next bull season, but I have a higher target because I believe the upcoming bull season will be a super cycle. Furthermore, I will only sell when the price reaches the target, I will not rush and excitedly sell the majority of my bitcoin just because it surpassed $69k, which was the old ATH. It may be high compared to many, but I believe bitcoin will be able to reach $150k-180k in the upcoming bull run and that is when I will sell my bitcoin.

In case bitcoin fails to achieve that target, I will continue to be a long-term holder for next season. That's why I decided to choose DCA monthly and not worry too much about the price in the short term.
725  Economy / Economics / Re: On Apple's $200 billion dump and US shooting itself in the foot on: September 30, 2023, 02:41:12 AM
Yes, the United States is still the world's number 1 power in many fields from economics to military, but look at how other countries are developing. It can be said that other countries are developing strongly while the US seems to be slowing down to let other countries catch up.

What is happening is similar to the Nokia empire, when Apple and Samsung were rising, they thought they were still kings until they were dethroned and withered away. Nothing is forever, the US has dominated the world for more than 100 years and it is time for them to cede it to others. Although America will not be dethroned any time soon, other countries are already taking action.
Good examples but there is a fundamental difference here. In case of all these companies we are seeing pure competition and they all continue existing side by side offering their products in a tight competing market. For example in a phone shop you see Apple, Samsung, Nokia, ... all there and you choose between them. That competition is a good thing since it forces all of these companies to keep improving and keep their product prices low.

In case of US, it was not the competition that got US to the "number 1" position in different fields. Instead it was destruction of others, some of which caused directly by US. For example the biggest help to US was World War 2 which only had one winner and it was US because US mainland was completely intact while everywhere else from Europe and Russia to Africa and Asia were destroyed. This is also what shaped the US general policy over the past 80+ years, a "grease the pol behind you" kind of policy.
This also clarifies why US sees any country that improves as a "national security threat"! Because if for example Africa regains its independence and strength, West Asia gets rid of US backed terrorists, etc. that means they will all kick the colonizers out which means all the resources US has been stealing all these years to build that "empire" will no longer be accessible to the regime for free.

I agree with what you said, my comparison may not be entirely correct but I just want to say that many fans of the US still stubbornly refuse to accept the weakening of the US government and the rise of other countries, especially BRICS. Things gradually become clearer, but they still stubbornly believe that it doesn't work and won't change anything. As for the US Government, I believe they are aware of the challenges they are facing. They will use every trick to maintain their dominance, but I believe that history will repeat itself. They have overthrown other regimes to dominate the world, there will also be others who do the same thing as them, nothing lasts forever.
726  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: September 29, 2023, 08:50:35 PM
Bayern Munich is much more dangerous this season because they managed to get one of the great strikers and I think Tuchel is very happy that he finally has a very even squad depth. On the other hand, Bayern Munich will definitely be targeting a better round than last season and when they meet Manchester City again, they certainly can't wait to take revenge. Real Madrid, Inter and Milan are still strong candidates until the semifinals and especially for Real Madrid they will definitely be more motivated after last season only failing to reach the final..
Bayern Munich haven't been able to pulled to the expectations of the fans since the board relieved Julian Nagelsmann from his position as headcoach. That was the main mistake they made and it's definitely affecting the club till this present day, bringing in Thomas Tuchel, ofcourse he can never filled in the former coach place but he can attempts to make the Bavaria better, everyone have their particular game pattern for a club. Bayern Munich are favorite to win UEFA Champions League this season, all they would do is put in enough actions in performance inother to qualify and eliminate their opponents.

Nagelsmann was sacked by the Bayern Munich management midway through the season. And so naturally Munich's performance was unstable. The new coach also needed time to stabilize the team. And so we don't see a better performance from Munich last season. But this season the scenario is completely different. Tuchel has been able to stabilize the team. He made the team stronger. The arrival of Harry Kane has strengthened Munich's attack. Now Bayern Munich is a very strong team. And their attacking performance is also quite consistent. I think Munich and Manchester City are the most deserving teams for the Champions League title. The performance of all other teams is somewhat unstable.
727  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: September 29, 2023, 08:31:12 PM
I think a draw from Barcelona is worth a win. Sevilla has been getting very bad results in the last matches and the average age is also quite high. When these factors come together, I do not expect them to have a fully productive season. Of course, they may get bad results this season, but they may also get surprising results. I think there is a small chance they can surprise the Barça match, but the more likely part is of course a Barça win.
Sevilla has started to play better in recent matches, and they are gradually rising in the standings. Average age is probably not the best comparison, since Barcelona has Yamal who is only 16 years old, this will affect the statistics, but I don’t really like such comparisons. Today it is important for Barcelona to win in order to get ahead of Girona and regain first place, and for Sevilla I think that even a draw will be good result, but their history of confrontations, especially at the Estalio Olimpico, is not in Seville’s favor. Barca still have more possession of the ball, but this does not give it a big advantage in game.
The match is still tied. Barcelona will take all the risks towards the end of the match because they will not want to lose points. Sevilla can score a goal if they evaluate the counter-attacks well towards the end of the match. If the match ends like this, it seems that they will not be able to beat Girona despite playing many matches and will give them the leadership.

Either way, Barcelona will try their best to get 3 points from this match. But we are not seeing the expected good performance from Barcelona in this match. Barcelona cannot dominate this home match. Sevilla are performing well so far. Barcelona's players were able to launch several good attacks, but Sevilla's defenders successfully blocked every attack. I wouldn't say that Barcelona are playing badly. Barcelona's performance is good enough. They are playing their old tiki taka tricks. But they are not able to succeed against Sevilla. In the second half Xavi should have changed his match strategy and played more attacking. But Barcelona have kept their match strategy unchanged and are yet to score a goal. Sevilla wanted to score 1 point after the match was a goalless draw. This is why it has become more difficult for Barcelona to win. They will play for another 20 minutes. Let's see if Barcelona manage to win.
728  Economy / Economics / Re: On Apple's $200 billion dump and US shooting itself in the foot on: September 29, 2023, 03:13:42 AM
You can't really easily say that US will lose power soon, it's too early to say that, especially when it has the best military, best weapons, has influence on the whole world and so on.
I'm not saying that "US will lose power soon", I say US has been losing power for years and it is now only speeding up.

Take dedollarisation for example. Something that people denied is happening 1-2 years ago and we only keep hearing about in the mainstream media recently has been happening for at least 15 years. It's easily seen on statistics too. 15-20 years ago US dollar was used in 75-85% of the entire international trades. Today that is barely reaching 50% and is dropping fast.
Not to mention that even Bitcoin falls under the category of dedollarisation and also was created 14-15 years ago.

Same with military, weapons, influence, etc. that you mentioned.

You see inflation and capitalism didn't just hurt regular people and industries. It's hurt everything. For example a simple UAV costs a shit ton of money to manufacture inside US, and the capitalist ridden companies have turned into the biggest scammers like Lockheed Martin that is more of a thief at this point rather than a solid aerospace company.
Off the top of my head I could mention the story of manufacturing The Beast aka RQ170 that you can read in books like Drone Wars. In short hundreds of billions of dollars were wasted Lockheed Martin for R&D on failed projects for years to lead to the final "successful" one that created what US considered to be the most advanced stealth aircraft. In its first attempt to spy on Iran back in 2011, not only it was easily detected by the Iranian defenses but also it took them seconds to hack it, take full control and land it safely inside Iranian soil. They then decrypted its data, reverse engineer its technology and mass produced it at ridiculously cheap prices!
This extends to the similar aircraft like B2 Bombers and of course the so called "stealth" fighters like F35. And US Airforce is supposed to be strong and advanced lol.

There are numerous examples I could give in other fields. Take influence for example. 5 years ago nobody could imagine Saudi regime (the 51st state) going against Petrodollar let alone threatening US with "economic devastation". Today they're doing it and worse!

Your points are very obvious, we can't ignore the fact that the US is gradually losing that position as the most powerful country in the world. But that does not mean it will happen tomorrow or sooner which I can see is the argument of most members here.
The fact that China is taking such measures against Apple and iPhone means there is a slight shift in the way things used to operate. And the question should be why is it happening now and not 15 years back?
Like it or not, the narrative is changing and it is no longer business as usual, boys are becoming men and so it will continue.

It's funny that until now, everything is as clear as day, but there are still many people who do not believe that America's power is gradually weakening and that de-dollarization is just a rumor  Grin Grin.

Yes, the United States is still the world's number 1 power in many fields from economics to military, but look at how other countries are developing. It can be said that other countries are developing strongly while the US seems to be slowing down to let other countries catch up.

What is happening is similar to the Nokia empire, when Apple and Samsung were rising, they thought they were still kings until they were dethroned and withered away. Nothing is forever, the US has dominated the world for more than 100 years and it is time for them to cede it to others. Although America will not be dethroned any time soon, other countries are already taking action.
729  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: September 29, 2023, 02:53:27 AM
I like the point that you are emphasising here and it is true that if we are ready to invest in the DCA way, especially if we have started it, then I think there is no specific reason to look at how vulnerable the price is because consistency must be maintained.
The problem that often happens is when we're already working on DCA and we get bogged down with the thought of price, which in the end will make our strategy fall apart in the end.
My initial period in 2002 was like this because I was dizzy with my thinking that was based on price but over time that became the main problem I had because when I was based more on price we would be dizzy so I tried to learn from the beginning and indeed for now it can be said that my method is much better than before with DCA which should not be too concerned about price.
If you continue to worry about the price in your DCA method then this will hinder you, it could be that you keep thinking about the price that has started to rise while still hesitating to continue? I think this thought must be eliminated at least whatever the price is if it's the DCA method then just do it.

This was my initial problem too when I started it was really hard when I kept seeing price movements, if you keep thinking about this then investing in the DCA way will not develop but you will be reluctant to continue because you keep seeing prices.
If the goal of DCA is long-term, there is no need to worry about it, it should be a habit for us that there is no stopping to continue DCA.

I don't know how everyone is DCA, but what I'm doing is I will DCA if the price drops more, but this is not often because I don't always have the money available every time the market drops more. The second method that I am using more often is that I will buy bitcoin at the beginning of the month every time I receive my salary. After I have deducted all necessary living expenses for that month, I will buy Bitcoin with the remaining money regardless of what price it is trading for. Because my sell target is still the new ATH, as long as the price remains below my sell target, I will buy without worrying about the price. Furthermore, bitcoin is unpredictable, waiting for a cheaper price to buy may not be successful.

You are right, once we have used the DCA method but still think about price it will greatly affect our investment.
730  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 28, 2023, 03:16:02 PM
Chelsea 1 - 0 Brighton
Jackson has a goal now but let's see if they can win this game.
The match was very interesting  though at first I never new Chelsea will won the match considering how inform Brighton is but that's the game of football you hardly predict what the outcome will be, I can see that Chelsea team is slowly coming back let's see how there next will look like
Chelsea finally won against someone and against Brighton that is better and better each season. Maybe with this win Chelsea will wake up finally in the premier league and start making good results. Was expecting that Brighton wins against Chelsea but it looks like Brighton is only good in the premier league.

Chelsea won against big teams like Brighton. Chelsea secured a narrow 1-0 win. Even though Chelsea won this match, I don't think their performance improved much. Chelsea's performance is still quite weak. Even in this match, Chelsea could not dominate the match. However, a win against Brighton will probably boost the confidence of the Chelsea players. If the players are confident then maybe we will see better performances from Chelsea players in the coming matches. However, the bond between Chelsea players is not strong. This is the reason why despite having a lot of talented players in the team, their performance is poor. It will be challenging for Chelsea to get full points in the away match against Fulham.
731  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: September 28, 2023, 02:54:05 PM
The additional three points are very important for Real Madrid in order to maintain competition at the top of the standings. Ancelotti must be able to increase Real Madrid goal productivity to reach the top position. Girona has been very surprising this season, his performance has been truly unexpected. So far, only Real Madrid and Barcelona have managed to sit in first place, but this time Girona managed to surpass the points collected by Real Madrid and Barcelona.

I don't think Girona will fight for the title. Girona may be playing very well right now, top of the points table. But it is very difficult to maintain such consistency until the end of the season. It won't be possible for a team like Girona. Perhaps in the next few weeks we will start to see the deterioration of Girona.

Real Madrid are trying to grab the top spot in the points table. They are only 1 point ahead of Barcelona. If you want to keep the top spot in the table, you have to win every match consistently. Barcelona team is strong. And so if Real Madrid can't maintain consistency, they won't be able to hold the top spot in the table. Madrid will not think about anything other than a win against Girona in the next match.
732  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: September 28, 2023, 11:53:18 AM
This may be a safe choice, but the odds are too low. I see that BTTS No is listed as 2.78 and this attracts me more. In general, I think that the BTTS No bet is worth making in any case if the odds are not less than 3 (rarely, but such cases happen like last year in the Barcelona - Bayern game) and as you can see now the odds are quite close to this figure.
BTTS (No) is indeed very tempting with odds @2.85 (current update) but it is very impossible if one of these two teams cannot score a goal. However, I think the two teams will draw first in the first half with a score of 1-1 or even later Leipzig will take the lead first with a score of 1-0 before finally the situation is reversed by Bayern Munich in the second half with a score of 1-2 or 2- 3. That's just speculation on my part and apart from that, I think both teams can't be stopped from scoring goals. Moreover, this will be a duel between Luis Openda and Harry Kane to continue to increase their number of goals.
If we talk about possible game scenarios, I would rather expect that Bayern will confidently lead and then concede several goals and the game will end with a score like 3-2, 4-3, etc. in their favor. At least this was a common pattern for Bayern last season. And yes, it turns out that the probability of BTTS is high, but based on the odds, I would rather bet on BTTS No or Leipzig Double Chance. Right now everything looks random, so if I place a bet it will be live.

The match is very important for Munich. Because at the moment, Munich and Leverkusen are equal on points. Both teams managed to score 13 points in 5 matches. So if Bayern Munich want to tighten their grip on the top spot in the points table, they need to win consistently. Dropping a point in any match could see them lose the top spot in the table. Because Leverkusen's performance is now very consistent.

Bayern Munich's performance against Leipzig is not very good. Bayern Munich have dropped points in their last three matches against Leipzig. And so in the next match, Bayern Munich will try their best to win. I guess Munich will do no wrong in this match. They will be able to get full marks.
733  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 27, 2023, 08:03:58 PM

 Thank goodness that the fans and players kicked against the Super league which many big teams wanted introducing if not it would has been worst on this players and he'll see a lot being sidelined due to Fatigue and it would make the game very boring to watch.
Well the fact still remains that Manchester United is indeed suffering from players and for that their substitution is weak and highly dependable on the pitch players which make the players to become more weak while still on the pitch and being unable to have a fitting replacement for them if any injury comes up,  this have made the club to suffer a lot of setbacks.

Although the club should have made used of the last transfer windows to get on board some energetic young players who can deliver more goals for the club and be able to sustain their future competition.

I would say that Manchester United's poor performance this season is also due to some wrong decisions by the coach. Manchester United's performance towards the end of the previous season was quite good. And they managed to qualify for the Champions League. Ten Hag should be looking to strengthen their squad in the transfer market. Adding experienced players to the squad. But he didn't do it. Manchester United management was not short of money. They were also prepared to spend a lot of money. However, Ten Hag did not add an experienced striker to the squad. He bought young Hojlund. And due to not having enough experience, Hojlund is not getting the performance expected from Manchester United. I think if United had an experienced striker in their squad, their performance would have been stronger. United's attack is very weak.
734  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: September 27, 2023, 07:43:16 PM
Once again Real Madrid is taking advantage on Barcelona's failure yesterday after the draw against Mallorca 2-2. Today, the white team scored first and didn't receive any goals because they understand how important this opportunity is and every point matters this season if they aim to reclaim the trophy of LaLiga and don’t waste it like they did last year.
Surprisingly, this time Girona leads the standings with six consecutive wins and only one draw match (first match against Real Sociedad) . I believe many of us may not have noticed their impressive results so it's not just a matter of chance I would guess they seem to perform well in the championship.
I haven't had the chance to watch any of their matches yet, but could you guys share some insights about this team? Or they will disappear from top standing in the next matches?
You are right, no one will ever think that Girona will ever top the table this season but it has happened already after they won Villarreal today in their away match. Barcelona is third on the table, this is because they drew their match yesterday.
Real Madrid is ahead of Barcelona again, even when they were managing their players due to lack of striker. Today's 2-0 victory gave them the second position on the table with just a point ahead of Barcelona and a point below Girona. The competition is getting tougher and who knows if there will be a surprise from Girona to their fans this season, if they continue with their

The more I watch Girona's performance, the more I am surprised. We usually see this team at the bottom of the points table. But now the team is at the top of the table. It is unexpected. This team is playing well. It's not just Girona playing well against weaker teams. Girona's performance against big teams is also very good. This season they are level on points with Real Sociedad. Earned full points against big teams like Sevilla and Villarreal.

I thought Girona would probably lose points against Villarreal, but Girona's performance in this match was very good. The team played very well. It was Villarreal's home match. Even then they could not dominate this match. A lot of attacking was done by Girona's players in this match and an excellent 2-1 win. The way Girona are performing, I think this team will be in the top four of the table.
735  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 27, 2023, 06:42:07 PM
Manchester United decided to stop working with De Gea and they hired another goalkeeper, since Onana and Ten Hag were both working at Ajax, Ten Hag asked the team to hire Onana during the summer.
Te nHag was hoping to see a better performance from Onana than what he saw from De Gea but in the end. But Onana is not in a good situation at Manchester United and there is new a chance for Jan Oblak to join Manchester United from Atletico Madrid.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c72ml4zk4k2o


I think this is just part of a rumor or gossip that is not necessarily true, because it was too short for United to decide to look for a replacement for Onana. So far, Onana has played his role as Manchester United goalkeeper in 8 matches. 6 in the premier league, two more in different competitions. Even so, not in all matches Onana performed badly as the last wall of Manchester United's defense. at least, even if it is true as reported by Fichajes and quoted by the BBC.

Ideally, United will give Onana a chance for at least half a season. after that, they can decide to look for a replacement if Onana cannot play her role well. For me, it's unfair to only judge him on a few matches. Moreover, underperformance is not Onana's problem, but rather the Manchester United squad itself. there are many factors that make United underperform, we have even reviewed them in recent weeks.
As for Jan Oblak, this goalkeeper from Slovenia has a contract until June 2028 with Atletico Madrid and it is not certain that Atletico will release the goalkeeper later.

Onana is not the problem. The defence of Manchester United is the problem. And the sooner Manchester United realise that the better it will be for them. But it seems like Manchester United is deliberately not realising that. It’s like they do not want to improve.

I do not understand why they did not sell Harry Maguire after they got the 25 Million offer which was from West Ham, if I recall correctly. For some reason, the coach did not sell him and said that he was still very important for the squad.

The problem is if they keep the "important" players who are not performing well, they are not going to improve. Trust me, just give Manchester United, a better defensive lineup and the performance of the goalkeeper will improve drastically.
736  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on: September 25, 2023, 11:33:09 AM
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I don't think that Haney is fast though, and I think he hasn't face a fighter that is very quick. He was almost beaten by an old Loma and there are those who think that Loma was robbed during that fight because he was wobbled and Loma try to rally late in the fight.

But I do agree that this could be a chess match, Prograis trying to hit that one punch, and then Loma trying his best to avoid it. So who ever adapts and had a good ring IQ might win this fight.

I actually think that he is fast and we also know that guys who are more muscular and have a lot of muscles are generally not that fast. So I think Haney is going to be alright.

One thing that might be a problem is him not being very confident. As you said, he almost lost against Loma. That is definitely going to give his opponent more confidence. Prograis is definitely going to be harder to beat. Each of them has to predict what the other is going to do. That's the way both of them will be able to avoid the opponent effectively.
737  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 25, 2023, 06:05:45 AM
So many surprising results in this week.

1. Arsenal play really awful, honestly Tottenham able to beat Arsenal, but Romero make many stupid moves which cause Arsenal can scored 2 goals. I think he should play as defensive midfielder, just like John Stones in Manchester City.
The North London Derby was entertaining with a great deal of actions from both sides, we would have expect good results from Gunners but they relents and didn't give enough energy to match the level of Spurs. Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta thought it would an easy game against Tottenham Hotspur, relaxing their nerves each time they take the lead, Spurs reciprocate by equalizer from Son. He scored a brace in the game and crucial assists from Maddison. I enjoyed every minute of the game, but both couldn't make difference, tied to a draw game.

It was a very exciting match. Twenty two teams played very well. After losing Harry Kane, the main striker of the Tottenham squad, we expected to see a further decline in the team's performance this season. But this season Tottenham seems to be stronger. Tottenham team is now fourth in the points table. Won 4 out of 6 matches and drew 2. Tottenham's performance has been very consistent so far

Arsenal played very well and tried to win in the end. But Tottenham's defense was solid. However, Son and Maddison's performance was excellent in this match. I would say that the team was able to score points in this match due to the excellent performance of these two players.
738  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on: September 24, 2023, 05:21:50 PM
I also believe that Haney cannot handle getting hit by a powerful puncher like Prograis. He got wobbled by an old Linares and he looked hurt against Lomachencko as well. And he is also moving up in weight which means he is also fighting a bigger guy whom I believe will be stronger than him.

But maybe Haney learned a lot from his past experiences and is becoming better with his defense. While Prograis had a bad performance in his last fight some believe that he might be past his prime already and he is also in his mid-30s.

The question is, will Prograis be able to land punches on Haney? I mean, we know that Haney has mastered his defensive skills in boxing and has improved as he identified weaknesses in his previous fights. So, many still believe that Haney would win, despite being the challenger. While Prograis is known as a KO artist, Haney has faced KO artists in the past and has successfully handed them defeats.

Yes, we will have to see that, I think Regis will really go out early and test the chin of Haney from round 1 and see if it can hold or not.
And we all know that a power puncher like him will have to land at least one good punch.
Haney is very defensive, but we can see that he sometimes slip as well. Even in the Kambosos fight, he got tag a couple.
So it will be interesting on how Haney will deal the power if he tasted it, or will just play pure defense and win on the judges hands.

Haney is really fast. And it is also hard to land punches on a fighter who is faster than average. Personally, I think a fighter who is faster can actually gain an advantage over his opponent. But both of them are great fighters. And just because one is faster, compared to the other does not mean that the other fighter who can punch really powerfully is not going to be able to adapt. I think we have a very interesting fight upcoming. Haney will have to get out of the way of his opponent's hand if he wants to win this fight. Otherwise, he is definitely going to get knocked out for sure.
739  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: September 24, 2023, 05:07:10 AM
I do not think that Kane deal was this obvious, I know that he is a great player and he would do fine but I did not expected him to make this much of a huge change to be fair, turns out it was bigger impact than I expected and the team was right about insisting on trying to get him.
I think it should be important to note that Tottenham was almost not selling him, it was an achievement to keep pressuring them to sell him and keep increasing the offer more and more and more constantly to eventually get him. Without Kane this year, they would still be fine, but they wouldn't be this good, their offense shaped up so amazingly thanks to him and he is getting them goals, not just score himself but allows others to be opened up.
It's true that Kane can meet expectations according to his high price, he won the hearts of fans very quickly thanks to his number of goals. His first hat trick against Bochum was an instant impact that the former Tottenham captain had for Bayern Munchen, Tuchel was certainly very happy with this achievement. Munchen has now taken over the top position in the standings, with 13 points.
After receiving fierce resistance in the fourth week from Laverkusen, now FC Hollywood got up and slaughtered Bochum with a score of 7-0 without reply. Dominating the game with possession of the ball, and taking 26 shots, 15 of which were on target, is an extraordinary statistic.
a very perfect result for Bayern Munich, being able to get 7 score after beating Bochum at the Allianz Arena and from this match Kane was able to score 3 scores at once and had a very good performance with the talent he had, he was able to dominate the match and was able to see Bochum weaknesses in defense so Kane was able to make strong contribution in this match. however, this is result that corresponds to a very expensive price to pay for this player and I slightly believe that the big opportunity to continue winning title with Bayern munich is greater than with his old team in EPL and now this is what Kane want to get title in champions league. who must put pressure on Kane to remain consistent with his skills to always be able to score.

We are not at all surprised to see Bayern Munich win such a big mistake. We have seen this many times in the past. Bayern Munich's attack has been very strong all season. And this season, Munich's attack has become even stronger with the addition of Harry Kane to the squad. Kane is performing well in every match and is able to score. Kane also scored a hat-trick against Bochum. He scored 7 goals and 3 assists in 5 matches in the Bundesliga. I think Harry Kane will compete for the Ballon d'Or this season. With Kane joining Munich, both the Munich club and Kane benefited greatly.
740  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: September 24, 2023, 04:44:39 AM
I agree with you. Firstly getting 1 point in an away match can be considered as a good result in Champions League. And Newcastle managed to gain 1 point. Secondly I would say after a long time the team is playing on a big platform like Champions League. Players are more excited and at the same time they are under pressure. It is much more difficult to perform well against a big team like Milan. Newcastle team managed to stop Milan. If Newcastle can somehow qualify for the knockout rounds, it will be a huge achievement for them. But my guess is Newcastle will finish third in the table. And will play in this season's Europa League.
Based on my point of view, Newcastle's playing pattern is not much different from last season. Even though they have brought in newcomers, it is not enough to make this team stronger. It would be very lucky if Newcastle played with a draw, in fact there were no goals in this match. and supposedly, AC Milan should have defeated its opponent in that match. Unfortunately, Milan were also unable to score goals even though they had 4 big opportunities.
Well, actually these two teams have the same style of play. Either Pioli or Eddie Howe always implement a pattern of play as we see from match after match. At first I thought Pioli had changed the style of the system he was using, but it seemed like there was no significant change. This indication shows that it is not certain that Milan will qualify for the next round. especially with Newcastle, it seems that they are having difficulty creating opportunities. they were only able to create one shot on target, and didn't have any big chances at all. I really doubt if Newcastle will qualify for the next round. Even though football is actually unique, we can't even guess with accuracy and certainty. Let's see how Newcastle will play against PSG in the next match. and Milan against Dortmund.

I agreed. Newcastle's match strategy remains unchanged. And it is quite effective. Newcastle coach Eddie Howe is well aware that his team is a bit weaker than the other big teams in the Premier League. There are no star players in his squad. That is why he applied such match tactics. Newcastle lost just 5 games last season. Premier League champions Manchester City also lost 5 matches. Newcastle drew 14 matches.

The Newcastle team is weaker than PSG, Milan and Dortmund. Newcastle will be looking to maintain their honor in the Champions League this season. The team shared the points with Milan after performing well in the first match. I think Eddie Howe will keep the match strategy unchanged in the upcoming matches as well. And the Newcastle team will perform in the Champions League with a defensive strategy.
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