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741  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: December 27, 2023, 09:51:13 AM
Bangladesh Vs New Zealand
Bangladesh need to collect 10 runs from 12 balls at the moment to win.  Liton Das and Mehdi Hasan are at the crease. Liton Das collected 42 runs from 36 balls and Mehdi Hasan collected 7 runs from 12 balls. Bangladesh has enough wickets in hand so Bangladesh will win this match easily by meeting the target of 135 runs. Best wishes and congratulations in advance for the Bangladesh team.

To everyone's surprise, Bangladesh won the first T20 match against New Zealand. New Zealand is much stronger than Bangladesh in T20 format. Even then they could not win against Bangladesh. Due to the excellent bowling of the Bangladeshi bowlers, New Zealand's top order was broken very quickly. Mehedi, Shoriful and Mustafiz bowled very well today. Also, opener Liton Das scored an unbeaten 42 runs today. As a result, it became easier for Bangladesh to win. Shanto, Hridoy and Mehedi scored 19 runs each and Soumyo scored 22 runs. Bangladesh might not have won the match if the target was 150+
742  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 26, 2023, 01:10:16 PM
Premier league financial situation is not an easy one at all to manage. First of all, the whole world knows that they are making a ton of money, so they ask more money from them, like lets say you are a team that is midtable at serie A and you have a player, you ask 70 million euro from United, whereas you ask for 30 million at most from Juventus, why? Because you know United or City can pay that, premier league is a rich league. This looks like a good thing for premier league teams, they do have a lot of money, and a big budget but the reality is that if you make a mistake then how can you recover? I mean making 80-90 million euro worth mistakes are not easy to get rid of, and that's what causes them to get worse and worse over time.
How it can be worse? that's actually a privilege for Premier League' clubs because they can afford high price than other leagues. So if there's a good player in Serie A, La Liga, or Ligue 1, they will move to Premier League, making the international competitions unfair since the other leagues only have A class players, in Premier League they have S class players.

The Premier League is the most watched league in all football if I am not wrong. So naturally, that would be the richest league as well in terms of financially or in terms of quality of teams/players.
Actually, having this amount of money is definitely an advantage and a privilege so I would have to disagree with you @Captain Corporate

Them making 80-90 million euro mistakes is like Juventus making 40-50 million mistakes. Juventus or other top tier Serie A teams make these mistakes and premiere league teams also do that. So it is kind of normal for them. But then again you have better money to spend and you can always come back. So they are always at an advantage.
743  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 26, 2023, 12:43:02 PM
The 4th wicket partnership is already worth 67 runs. And more importantly these two (Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli) are scoring runs at a brisk pace. Nandre Burger have been outstanding so far, but other bowlers need to step in and pick a few wickets. And for India, they went to this match with 5 bowlers. That means that if they lose two more wickets, then the tail starts with Ravichandran Ashwin. And they have 3 genuine tailenders in Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj. I don't expect these three to add a lot of runs. 
Indian batsmen are batting very badly in the first test match. A more responsible performance I expected from the Indian batsmen. Because in the ODI series Indian players showed excellent dominance.

The Indian top order crumbled badly today. Apart from Virat Kohli and Iyer's partnership of 38 and 31 runs, no other batsman in the top order batted well. India lost 6 of their top order batsmen for just 121 runs. Rahul and Shardul Thakur are batting now. India is likely to lose all wickets before 200 runs if Kl Rahul fails to play a big innings.
After winning toss South African done good decision of bowling first and their bowlers give them good support with having few early wickets which bring India under huge pressure now we are in second session of the day India already lost their all top order and have not good runs on board 148 for 6 KL Rahul and Shardu Thakur both trying to rebuild their inning and have 21 runs partnership but still it's long way to go for them.

After having good time in white-ball mostly batsmen not able to have something good in their first inning of this test, but things can take good turn in second inning, but now we also need good bowling from the Indian bowlers as well on this supportive wicket which is famous for having good support both fast and spin bowlers Kagiso Rabada is leading bowler who take 4 wickets with Burger giving good support.

Kl Rahul and Shardul Thakur are batting very responsibly. After losing 6 wickets for 121 runs, now India's collection is 163 runs. India have already collected 42 runs from this pair.

If you don't do well in the first innings, it is much more difficult to collect big  in the second innings. If India want to make the match competitive then they need to  collect atleast 250+. Collecting  less than this is more likely to see South African dominance in the match. I know  that India's bowling order is not weak, even then, if they collect less than 250  in the Test format, India will be under pressure. Kl Rahul must play a big innings today.
744  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: December 26, 2023, 12:38:22 PM
The beauty of the football game is that Bayern Munich do not even need to beat Bayer Leverkusen, not at all. Bayern munich just needs to get maximum points whenever Bayer leverkusen drops points and the 4 points margin will vanish. Also, recall that Bayern Munich has a game advantage because they have played one game less than other teams in the league.
The title charge is on!!!
Bayern Munich's advantage is that they have good squad depth, but that doesn't guarantee that everything will go well until the end of the season. Leverkusen is more than that, they have a squad that is in its prime and also a young coach who has a modern vision in football, so as long as Leverkusen's strategy cannot be read by Bayern Munich or other teams, they will continue to move forward without losing. I don't doubt this considering that many big European teams are waiting for the arrival of Xabi Alonso and he is the coach who can revive Leverkusen since last season and this season they have far exceeded anyone's expectations. So, Bayern Munich should start to be wary of their chances of winning the title again this season because it could be stolen by Leverkusen.
Leverkusen is clearly in a situation that is very supportive of continuing to maintain its position at the top of the standings but still needs to be alert not to slip up at the end of the season. Bayern Munich will continue to do everything they can to narrow  the points gap with Leverkusen. I admit that Leverkusen has a chance to win a trophy this season if Xabi is able to continue to develop the players individual abilities. Because the stability that Xabi wants is that all his squad can cover the gaps. Bayern Munich has 1 match  to play and if they manage to get 3 points it means the gap with Leverkusen is only 1 point and for Xabi that is a  threat.

Bayern Munich are doing their best to close the points gap with Leverkusen. But since Leverkusen is not losing any match, Bayern Munich is not able to reduce the points gap.
In past seasons we have seen that Dortmund team performed well throughout the season but at the end of the season they lost the truck and  Bayern Munich won the title. Leverkusen has been playing very well this season, but whether they will be able to continue this good performance until the end of the season is not certain. Leverkusen have dominated every match so far.
745  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 26, 2023, 12:03:10 PM
The 4th wicket partnership is already worth 67 runs. And more importantly these two (Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli) are scoring runs at a brisk pace. Nandre Burger have been outstanding so far, but other bowlers need to step in and pick a few wickets. And for India, they went to this match with 5 bowlers. That means that if they lose two more wickets, then the tail starts with Ravichandran Ashwin. And they have 3 genuine tailenders in Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj. I don't expect these three to add a lot of runs. 

Indian batsmen are batting very badly in the first test match. A more responsible performance I expected from the Indian batsmen. Because in the ODI series Indian players showed excellent dominance.

The Indian top order crumbled badly today. Apart from Virat Kohli and Iyer's partnership of 38 and 31 runs, no other batsman in the top order batted well. India lost 6 of their top order batsmen for just 121 runs. Rahul and Shardul Thakur are batting now. India is likely to lose all wickets before 200 runs if Kl Rahul fails to play a big innings.
746  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 26, 2023, 12:02:26 PM
maybe now Juventus will return to its former glory, able to perform consistently with all the tactics and strategies used to secure victory in every match. however, I think this is indeed Juventus opportunity when they dont have a schedule for other competitions and I'm just curious if they manage to get tickets to the UCL, whether in the next season this team will be able to perform like it is now?
for me, the busy match schedule makes the players tired, on the one hand, Juventus only competes in series A without any pressure and this situation makes Juventus look very strong.

I still appreciate whatever Juventus has achieved at this time because after all Juventus is one of the popular teams and also a big team in series A, it's just that it's currently chasing its glory days like before.

I believe it is not the time just yet for them to return to its former glory. I think for that to happen they need to make a few high quality transfers, which is of course difficult when a club doesn't play in the Champions League as it is not very attractive for great players who want the biggest stages to go to a club that didn't qualify. But with this season they can set a new beginning into a new era for real. They are fighting for the title at the moment, I think it is pretty safe to assume that they will qualify for the Champions League and if they can have some successful transactions during the transfer window next summer, maybe all those are great preconditions to start over after they had that scandal last season.
How can team initiate high quality transfers if in fact that juventus is not even havnig money to do that? I remind you that juventus was also offering vlahovic to be swapped for lukaku caused by it has no money to buy lukaku from chelsea. This is also giving us a small insight about the condition of juventus at this moment. Im not even thinking juventus has planned to buy high quality players. The club needs to fix the financial problems faced by the club first.

Juventus needs to fix this thing first. The club needs to raise some money to buy the new players. Juventus can't do that with the current financial condition. There are so many things that need to be done by juventus. Allegri has a lot of task to be completed soon.
The most important thing to replace vlahovic with the new striker that can fit to the gameplay of juventus. Juventus is always winning but it's only with narrow score and it's nothing special.

Recently the financial situation of many clubs started to be very bad. Like Juventus and Barcelona.

Actually this situation happened after covid if I am not wrong. and that has also changed the performance a lot for a lot of teams as well. Juventus is definitely facing a lot of problems financially. But I don't know if all of them are for COVID-19 or not. But COVID did put a lot of financial burden on clubs. Juventus will have to fix the problem that they have quickly. Otherwise, they might also face problems like Barcelona who are not being able to even register players.
747  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 25, 2023, 05:59:04 PM
Barcelona is not in any way in comparison with Napoli even though Napoli has shown some positive results in their last game and even at that in terms of statistics,  Barcelona is still very much ahead of them and for sure be in the champion leagues,  Barcelona will give many clubs a hard time and a run off for any of their winnings or even draw.

I am sure Barcelona may not lift the championship trophy this season but then there is the possibility of them placing themselves in a good position that can easily propel them to possible success.
We are talking about the actual Barcelona and the current Napoli performance without taking on consideration the winter transfer window and the injuries that might happen in the future.
So far Barcelona record are better than Napoli. In fact, Barca didn't lose any of their games against Napoli for at least four years if not more. I expect them to win but I wouldn't judge about which team is favourite until few days before the game in order to have a better look on the situation.

To be honest, this is the only match in the Uefa Champions League which will be a 50/50 in my eyes. None of them are doing great right now, both struggling in their own league. Napoli just lost to Roma 2-0 Yesterday and Barcelona had a tough victory against Almeria in their last La Liga match. Almeria is the team which is sitting at the bottom of the La Liga. Lewandowski seems out of touch and they have problems in both forward side and the defender side.

Napoli doesn't seem to be doing much lately. After that defeat against Roma, they are in the 7th spot. Whoever wins their match between Barcelona vs Napoli, will get eliminated in the Quarter Finals. I don’t see any of these 2 teams going to the Semi-Final. Napoli and Barcelona have a chance of doing something in January with transfer windows but Barcelona is struggling financially as well.
748  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 25, 2023, 05:52:43 PM
Manchester United vs Aston Villa is the most interesting match in week 19, Unai Emery troops have a big chance to add to the suffering experienced by United and especially manager Ten Hag. After losing to West Ham 2-0, of course, as usual, Ten Hag tried to bring the Red Devils back to their feet, but this really couldn't be trusted, because United likes to give false hopes to fans this season.

Aston Villa has the ambition to maintain its position in the top four of the standings, while waiting for the opportunity to experience leading the points table. Obviously statistically they have a better record compared to United, so I think this match is really worth waiting for, yes waiting to see how Ten Hag and his troops mark a turning point in their performance for the umpteenth time this season.

The Red Devils front line is very worrying this season, they don't seem to have a mainstay striker, Hojlund has not been able to be the answer to the team needs so far. Maybe tomorrow he will score his first goal in the EPL, because otherwise Hojlund will be in a serious crisis of confidence. Scoring 5 goals in the UCL is quite good, but now he has to do it in the EPL or he will be labeled as a fraudulent investment.

While we are in the last days of 2023, Manchester United is going to face with Aston Villa and this time Ten Hag will again have the chance to decrease the pressure on the team otherwise they will surely get him fired from the team. Maybe tomorrow after the match between Manchester United and Aston Villa, Ten Hag will leave Manchester United forever this match can be the last game for Manchester United because I don't think if the fans like to see their team in this situation they have right now.

Honestly, I don't see any chance of Manchester United winning. Aston Villa is thriving for the top spot and they won't drop points against Manchester United. Manchester United's current situation is very dire and Ten Hag cannot seem to be doing anything to fix it. I thought he would have been sacked before Christmas.

No player of the Manchester United team is performing, It's been 4 matches they haven't scored. Honestly, the only advantage that Manchester United has is that the match will be held in Old Trafford where there will be their fans to push them. Aston Villa has drawn against Sheffield and they must be frustrated with themselves because that win would have given them the top spot.  I like how Unai and his team are performing and beating the big teams consistently. They might win the Premier League this season.
749  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 25, 2023, 05:11:55 PM
Girona have been in great form since the start of the  season. In every match we got  good performances from Girona players and Girona players are  capable of scoring a lot of goals. They also had a great performance  against Barcelona. Girona have only lost against Real Madrid  this season. However  despite  Girona playing very well, the team's chances of  winning the title are slim. Because there is still  a long journey ahead. It is very difficult for  an inexperienced team like Girona  to continue  their good performance for another 20  matches. That's why I consider  Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona as favorites for the title.
It doesn't look like Girona are lacking experience right now, they are playing great and their success I think will depend a little on other factors, such as whether they can keep all the players until the end of the season and whether Michel will remain in the team, or perhaps he is already preparing to become a coach of another teams (there are rumors about Barcelona). It will always be difficult to compete with Real, and if Girona now has such a chance, then they should try to take advantage of it.

I somewhat agree with you. It doesn't look like the Girona team is inexperienced. We are seeing good performances from them in every match. Especially against teams like Barcelona, the boys of Girona have played well. But winning the La Liga title is very difficult. Good performance has to be maintained from the beginning to the end of the season. And in the past years we have not seen any team other than Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid have been able to maintain the consistency of performance for such a long time. If Girona can play consistently well until the end of this season, it will certainly be a huge achievement for them. But personally I think it is very unlikely.
750  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 25, 2023, 09:03:11 AM
Is only 2 ? I think being on 2nd place in LaLiga is really a great achievement that no one really anticipated before the season began. Personally , I think they will become champions of LaLiga just like Leicester did it a few years ago in EPL and I'm saying this because I've watched at least 6 games of Girona this season and this team is playing the best football in Spain right now and they should be champions as long as VAR or some referees won't screw them.
I mean they are currently in La Liga for the 2nd year. They were promoted in season 22/23. That means they haven't played in the league for long.  The first year they ended up in 10th place. This year they are starting to make history of always being in the top 3. This season Girona drew against Betis, this left them on the same points as Madrid and they dropped to 2nd. Betis are not a weak team, they have also only lost 2 games.
Girona's achievements after last season only reached 10th place and then this season competing at the top deserves the greatest appreciation. And what makes Girona unique is that their squad depth is not as good as Real Madrid or Barcelona. But their performance has matched Real Madrid and is currently even better than Barcelona. An interesting thing this season also happened because of the presence of Girona in the competition at the top.
What I hope is that Girona can at least stay in the top 4 zone so they can get a ticket to the Champions League. And with their current performance this should be possible. Even winning a title can happen. And actually, if we look at who owns the most shares in Girona, we won't be surprised by Girona's current performance. Because the fact that everyone should know is that Girona and Manchester City are under the City Football Group. However, the difference is that Manchester City has many extraordinary players so it is natural that they are extraordinary in the EPL. But Girona is only filled with ordinary players but they can be extraordinary now in Laliga.
It would be a great pleasure to see Girona lift the laliga title this season considering how well they have played this season taking everybody by surprise and also causing alot of upsets beating Barcelona and several other big clubs in the laliga, I know it wouldn't be easy for them to achieve this feat, at least not without a fight from Real Madrid, Barca, or Athletico Madrid but I think they have all it takes to emerge as winners of the laliga this season having come this far.

Girona have been in great form since the start of the  season. In every match we got  good performances from Girona players and Girona players are  capable of scoring a lot of goals. They also had a great performance  against Barcelona. Girona have only lost against Real Madrid  this season. However  despite  Girona playing very well, the team's chances of  winning the title are slim. Because there is still  a long journey ahead. It is very difficult for  an inexperienced team like Girona  to continue  their good performance for another 20  matches. That's why I consider  Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona as favorites for the title.
751  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 25, 2023, 07:34:12 AM
Roma vs Napoli Yesterday match between two teams Roma team performed very well for which Roma team won the match by scoring 2 goals. In this match I bet against Roma team Napoli team performed poorly for which I did not win the bet. Napoli team will not score in this match.  Napoli's M. Politano received a red card after 66 minutes.V.  Osimhen got red cards in 86 minutes. Roma team player L. Pellegrini scored the first goal in 76 minutes. R.  Lukaku scored the 2nd goal at 90+6 minutes.
Roma scored the first goal when Napoli received a red card, as well as the second goal they scored when Napoli received a second red card.
The results of this match were certainly very disappointing for Napoli who hoped that a change of coach would bring change but it turned out that what was hoped for had not happened.
This victory allows Roma to reduce the difference in points with Fiorentina who are ranked, but next facing Juventus Roma will likely experience defeat.
Juventus is quite consistent even though they often win with a very narrow score because Juventus' typical game tends to be defensive and if Roma can break Juventus' defense makes it very possible for Roma to get points.

Napoli have changed their coach. But they are still not getting any benefit. Their performance further deteriorated. Napoli played 8 matches after appointing a new coach and they lost 5 matches. Napoli's performance is getting weaker.

Napoli's performance against Roma was poor from the start. However, the first half ended goalless. But after Matteo Politano received a red card in the second half, Napoli players were unable to resist the attacks of Roma players. Napoli conceded a goal within 10 minutes. And Napoli's situation was further weakened after Osimhen received a red card in the 86th minute. In the end, Napoli lost the match 2-0. It is unlikely to see Napoli in the top 4 of the table this season.
752  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: December 25, 2023, 07:16:36 AM
It is very difficult to destroy Bayern Munich dominance in the Bundesliga League, last season Dortmund almost did it, due to mistakes made towards the end of the season, allowing Bayern Munich to continue to maintain its dominance. This season the competition actually comes from Bayer Leverkusen. The performance of Xabi Alonso's team is truly extraordinary which makes it difficult for Bayern Munich to reclaim first place from Leverkusen.

Bayern Munich who have always managed to win trophies in the last few seasons, will not let Leverkusen win the championship this season, they will continue to try to apply pressure by sticking to second place with a close point difference. Xabi Alonso will try to become the first coach to make Bayern Munich fail to win the Bundesliga title this season, he just needs to keep Leverkusen's performance consistent so that Bayern Munich is unable to catch up on the points his team has achieved.
It is true that it is not easy to break Bayer Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga, even Dortmund, who is their arch rival from year to year, finds it very difficult to break Bayern Munich's dominanc. So that Leverkusen will feel the same way as Dortmund, but perhaps with the strategy implemented by Xabi Alonso, Leverkusen could achieve the desired results. hope and can be everyone's hope if there is still a club that is able to break Bayern Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga, but at this time we cannot predict with certainty whether Leverkusen will be able to perform consistently until the end of the season because Bayern Munich is still pressing Leverkusen in 2nd place if Leverkusen makes just a few mistakes like Dortmund last season, then Bayern Munich will return to first place and win the title again this season.

And yes, as you said, Xabi Alonso will be the first coach who can bring Leverkusen to the title, but that is if Xabi Alonzo doesn't lose his strategy because Xabi is trying to win 2 trophies at once, namely the Europa League trophy and the Bundesliga trophy, so Xabi Alonso has to fight hard to wi maintain Leverkusen current good performance so that it does not experience a decline.
Talking about Dortmund, Bayern Munich's arch-rival. Dortmund's performance in the Bundesliga was relatively poor in the first half of this season. Mr. Terzic's students are the team that scores the fewest goals in the top 5 and concedes the most destinations. Dortmund's goal can only be to reach the top 4 of the Bundesliga to qualify for the Champions League next season.
Bayer Leverkusen replaces Dortmund. Has shocked the football world with 25 unbeaten matches on all fronts this season. Alonso's team dominated most of the early matches of the season. It will not be too delusional for us to hope that they will defeat Bayern Munich to win the championship this season.

Dortmund's performance this season is quite bad. Not in the top two of the points table, it is very difficult for this team to even qualify for the Champions League. Stuttgart and  Leipzig's players have also fared better than Dortmund this season.

Leverkusen's  performance this season has  surprised everyone. Leverkusen  is now 4 points ahead of Bayern Munich. Although they have played one match more than Munich. However, this team is  still unbeaten in the Bundesliga.  Bayern Munich's worthy challenger for the title is Bayer Leverkusen.  If Munich make a big  mistake and drop points in a few games, they have a big chance of missing out on the title this  season.
753  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 24, 2023, 06:00:30 PM
Honestly, I can't say anything for Manchester United and maybe the only bad words I can say for this club. They failed, they were destroyed, and increasingly beyond help, I don't know what the right illustration is to describe Manchester United's situation to date. Surprisingly, Erik ten Hag is always confident when his team plays well and also thinks they should be able to win but they have to lose. I don't know what this coach is thinking and seem to suffer from hyperbole every time he makes a statement.

Manchester United had to languish in 8th position after being defeated by West Ham with 2 goals without reply and Rasmus Hojlund has appeared 14 times without goals and assists, he is the worst striker in the EPL so far. What Erik ten Hag thought in targeting his target players was that all of them had failed and up to now there has been no player who has had a big influence on the club.
I also see that Erik Ten Hag is too confident even though his team always loses, the only thing that can save Man United now is to find a new coach. Because for me, it's time for Man United to need a refreshing coach like Pep Guardiola/Kloop, don't bet on a young coach or one who has a good CV but his playing style is parking the bus.

Only fans who don't understand Man United's situation say there's no point in Man United changing coaches like before. For me, the conditions then and now are different. Man United with Erik Ten Hag will not change anything, it would be useless if given 1 century, Man United would still not improve. The coach before Erik Ten had never created such a disgraceful record for Man United this season under Erik Ten. This is not a problem of infertile players but an unclear playing system so they have difficulty scoring goals.

I will probably agree that there is actually no point in changing the coach right now. But at the same time, I don't think there is any point of having him to be honest. The decisions that he is making are absolutely dumb.  Right now it looks like this man alone is responsible for the downfall of Manchester United.  Of course, I might be a little bit exaggerating. But personally, I did not like any decision that he took from the start. And of course, I did not like him kicking out Ronaldo from the team. So I might be a little biased. But still, I think everyone can say that he's not the right man for the job. And if anyone thinks he is, he is absolutely on copium.
754  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 24, 2023, 05:13:54 PM
Do you know how long Kevin De Bruyne have been away for Manchester City? If I'm recalling correctly, he's been out Injured since the Super Cup finals against Sevilla and during that game he didn't play for too long, no direct contact was seen from any player and someone here be saying we evil for giving our own opinions on matters. If they're not mature enough to ignore things, they should try not to become a prick.

For long term plans, I feel like they should plan ahead for a possible replacement. Check the performance of Erling Haaland, is it same as that of his first season? He has the best passes and combination from Kevin De Bruyne. He be still the leading goal scoring player but has seen a drop also struggles with his goals and contributions.

Even top teams with big finances are not always able to play at the highest level, recessions are a normal phenomenon and this is normal not only for the team but also for the players. Haaland showed excellent results in the previous season and set many records, do you think it’s so easy to exceed your achievements every year? Don't worry, Guardiola is a great coach and if he needs new players he will find them.

Well of course him being injured is going to have an effect on his performance. But at the same time it is also true that his performance has dropped quite significantly. And it is definitely time for Manchester City to look for a replacement. Because he is already starting to get injured. Who knows for how long he will actually be able to compete?

So yes I think for long-term plans, Manchester City should start thinking about a replacement. Maybe get a young player and shape him up to be a good replacement. Or maybe just go and get a player who will be another great one. They can afford it in my opinion.
755  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 24, 2023, 08:10:57 AM
Had Australia set a target of 200, they would have won. It would have been difficult for the India women's team to score as many as 200 runs in the last innings. But the Australia women's team could not provide a big target. They have been able to provide a target of only 75 runs. None of Australia's last 5 batsmen could collect up to 10 runs. India women's team now collects 29 runs with the loss of 1 wicket. Only 46 more runs needed to win. No wonder India reached the target of victory without losing any more wickets.
If Australia Women's team had given India Women's team a target of 200 plus runs, they might have won against India Women. But that was not possible. Australia Women were bowled out for 261 in their second innings,  India Women's target just 74 runs.
In the only test match between Australia and India women's team, India women's team miserably defeated Australia women's team by 8 wickets.
Sneh Rana was the player of the match in this test series match.

It was a home match for India Women's team. So I considered India as favourite. But since Australia is not a weak team. So I thought the Test match would be very competitive. But the match became completely one-sided due to Australia's poor batting in the first innings. Apart from the batsmen, the performance of Australia's bowlers was also very poor. So India women team managed to collect 406 runs in the first innings. As the Australia women's team is very strong, fans' expectations from them are also high. But in this series Australia women's team played very badly against India.
756  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 24, 2023, 06:41:12 AM
juventus won and this time they managed to score more than 1 goal, but conceded 1 goal, I see that juventus will not let inter be too far away in the table, knowing that inter at times start to become inconsistent in the middle of the season, I hope that This will happen again this season for Juventus to become champions. And talking about inter, they managed to win easily as expected, they scored 2 goals and didn't concede any goals, inter have been a very consistent team in attack and defense this season, I see that they are very determined to win the league
It is already half way through the season and Inter Milan is still very consistently in first place and with a much better number of goals scored than Juventus. I see Juventus having a little difficulty in scoring goals but they have a good enough defense so they can win game after game. And related to your statement which said that usually Inter will be inconsistent in the middle of the season, we can look forward to that and see whether they are able to appear consistent or not. Moreover, Lautaro Martinez's injury will certainly have a huge impact on Inter's performance in the next match.

Juventus team is consistently performing well in every match. However, the main  weakness of their squad is the erratic performance of the attacking players. Despite having a strong defense,  they are still fighting for the title with  Inter Milan. However  I still consider Inter Milan as the favorite for the title. Firstly they are  4 points ahead of Juventus. And secondly, the team's attack is very strong. The team is capable of scoring a lot of goals.

Inter Milan are unlikely to face major problems due to Martinez's injury in their next three matches against Genoa, Verona and Monza. All three teams are quite weak compared to Inter Milan. So even if Martinez is not in the squad, Inter Milan won't have much problem.
757  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 24, 2023, 06:27:36 AM
Australia Women's Team vs India Women's Team India Women's Team batting today in the fourth day's match. We saw that Australia women's team took the field against India yesterday and fulfilled the target set by India and gave India a lead of 75 runs. Today India team is going to meet that target and come out on a huge field and already they have lost an important wicket, India Women's batsman Shafali Verma got out early so today's match may be under a bit of pressure. However, they can easily fill the lead provided by Australia women's team because Australia could not give much target. And if Australia women team can perform well against India then India can put pressure on women team, but I think India women team will definitely succeed in meeting their target in today's match.

Had Australia set a target of 200, they would have won. It would have been difficult for the India women's team to score as many as 200 runs in the last innings. But the Australia women's team could not provide a big target. They have been able to provide a target of only 75 runs. None of Australia's last 5 batsmen could collect up to 10 runs. India women's team now collects 29 runs with the loss of 1 wicket. Only 46 more runs needed to win. No wonder India reached the target of victory without losing any more wickets.
758  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: December 23, 2023, 04:54:53 PM
Even with the contract extension for Osimhen and new manager, I still think if there's a club willing to sign him right now, he would leave without blinking, mostly when it is to a top flight club like Real Madrid or Chelsea which has been rumoured to want to sign the striker..
He is a definitive player and a striker of class who just won the African player award. There's a lot still for him to prove about his worth and value and Napoli has only seen just a fraction of the potential he has to offer, hence why he should transfer out of the club in the January windows if possible.
The January transfer window is fast approaching and there's certainly expected and unexpected deals that will be pulled throigh. Taking my eyes on the transfer is definitely my target and I would really love to see Victor Osimhen wear the blues jersey. He will fit into the system perfectly without any struggles, afterall he's one of the brilliant attacker in football and have always been his dream to play for an EPL top side. Victor Osimhen have remained one of the essential attacke for Napoli over the past season and I must compliment his efforts, he's doing a good job to enable his team frontline remained active and become a solid attacking force and main threat to oppositions.

I also agree with @Bananington. Current position of Napoli is not very good and that doesn’t ensure that he will be able to become a big player who will win big things. But with other clubs, he can achieve that. He can win more than Serie A and probably one day Champions League.

I am pretty sure some team from the English Premier League and La Liga will be willing to sign him. Real Madrid currently are lacking a forward, so it makes me think they might approach him in the January transfer. But we haven't heard any rumors regarding him leaving. There is a chance he might complete this season under Napoli, and then join another team for next season. Personally, I don't want him to join the current Manchester United or Chelsea squad because the new players who join that team, their performance just declines and they get lost.
759  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 23, 2023, 08:51:18 AM
Everton are looking to be in their best form at the moment as they had won 4 games in a row in the English Premier League without conceding a single goal. The defense of Everton are looking very strong and I think Tottenham might not be able to break down Everton and this match will ends up with a draw at the final whistle.
The both team need winning badly, Tottenham Hotspur need the win to accumulate more point to be stable while Everton need win to be stable too because they can not afford to lose any game now both home and away, Everton last five matches are incredible and I believe in them with the spirit of winning that even though they did not win, they will draw, if Everton win they will improve in there stand.

Although Tottenham won the last two home matches against  Everton by dominating, but I can't say for sure whether Tottenham can win today's match. Tottenham's defeat is also likely.
Everton have won all of their last four matches. They  have managed to  defeat teams like Nottingham Forest, Newcastle, Chelsea and Burnley. On the other hand, although the Tottenham team is strong,  their performances are now  very erratic. Everton players are very confident now. That's why I doubt whether Tottenham can get 3 points in today's match.
760  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 23, 2023, 08:46:56 AM
India managed to collect 406 runs in their first innings. So Australia must score 450+ runs in the second innings if they want to win.
After losing the first wicket for 49 runs, the Australian team lost the second wicket for 56 runs. Australia did not get a better performance than the two openers. But now Ellyese Perry and Tahlia McGrath are batting very responsibly. Perry scored 35 off 65 balls and McGrath remained unbeaten on 27 off 59 balls. After losing 2 wickets, Australia's collection is now 119 runs. Still behind India by 68 runs.
I was thinking that hardly the Indian women team will reach to 350 runs but Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma both bowlers pull the score above 400. Pooja Vastrakar Also collected 4 wickets in first innings.
And now Australian women team is playing. They have lost 3 wickets on 142 runs they have trial of 45 runs. I think Australia will give almost 150 runs lead to India and I hope that India will chase that target easily. India needs to collect more wickets if they want to win this match.

My estimate was that India's innings would stop between 300-350. But the performance of Australia's bowlers was not good. Due to responsible batting by Deepti Sharma and Pooja, India scored a huge total of 406. The Indian team was able to take a huge lead of 187 runs. If Australia can't give at least 250+ target then their chances of winning are very slim. Because Indian batsmen are very confident now. Chances are high that they will play well in the second innings as well.
Ellyse Perry was dismissed for 46 runs. Australia lost their third wicket for 140 runs. Australia team is still behind India by 31 runs.
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