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Don't be surprised. Corporate budgets now actually factor in a budget line for ransom and crises funding. Not sure how it fits into non negotiation policies (which are often for show anyway) but from a financial risk perspective, it's often more cost effective to pay ransoms and fines as the profits usually outweigh the cost.
Same reason big banks just take on risky customers and dirty money. Pay the 100m fine because they make a billion.
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West Ham United blew a big chance for top 5 today. I couldn't believe how they get only draw against Brighton & Hove Albion.
At this point Moyes and West ham should focus on winning the Europa league spot, they've had a good season and playing in the Europa league should be an achievement for them. I think they have a game left now win it and the Europa league is sure. Always feel a bit sorry for Moyes. His best years were at Everton I still believe, until Ferguson cursed him as the Chosen One... Where people actually won't remember that he didn't fare much worse than Mourinho at United or even van Gaal for that matter. Europa is still a big, big achievement and I know what it used to do for Liverpool. Baby steps. If Hammers can replicate their brand against Europa opponents, could be an exciting dark horse for an outright. Still need to see out the season first, though. |
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No joy for our parlays yesterday, pity about Brighton as they actually led with the goal with 10 mins to go, but then eventually caved in to pressure. Hammers may yet snatch a coveted Top 4 spot but Europa will be as attractive to them, no doubt. We go for bottom club upset today. No pressure to win, relegated Blades will play freely, Everton need to win. 100 units at Sportsbet on Sheffield Utd to WIN @8.04. Other odds: 7.20 Bet ID: 609fd889338b0b891f040538 Units advantage: 84 Running advantage after 342 bets: +23,177 (+84)
All-time cumulative: +61,575
Running units after 341 bets (404W|287L): +13,381 (-200) |
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^ Eh I actually got bored by the first 15 mins f I'm honest and switched to not football after Leicester got their win, nothing else really interesting. Did anyone else think Inter let Juve win or are they finally being found out and maybe playing with too much Moretti in their belly heh.
P.S. Good on Copa, def in, I love throwing money away in short comps too;)
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Happy that Leicester won -- it's their first ever so wow, well done to those teammates who won the EPL and stayed, so much sweeter I bet -- but agree, VAR ruined what could have gone on to be a frantic final moments of the game with extra time. But, having already frothed at the mouth over VAR in the EPL, I'll say that I've seen even sillier offside calls, where people not even facing forwards, and leaning back, shoelace, armpit, etc, all got fantastic goals chalked off.
Still, worthy winner of a goal!
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Joined today's Serie A edition;)
Re yesterday. I actually stopped watching after HT, also thought it was going to be a solid bust and record-breaking 30+ points. Happy for the push at any rate, should probably thank City for not going for it (don't know didn't watch but assume from low corner count) or this would be the third bust after our second win so quick;)
But Newcastle, seriously, they should have and could have won that one!
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He missed one against Huddersfield in his first season with us. It was a bad penalty and a bizarre situation as well because we didn't have a specified penalty taker then. Milner was usually taking them but when he wasn't playing you never knew who was going to take it. So, Firmino was first one we tried, he missed, then Salah missed so we switched back to Firmino, he missed again, then Mane missed the next one. If they scored, maybe salah would not be taking them today.
But after that miss he scored all of them and now has 16 scored out of 17 attempts - which is a great result. I disliked his style at the beginning as well but he's worked on his penalties a lot and he really takes them confidently now.
Ah man, you certainly helped trigger a memory but yes, Milner was actually our designated penalty taker for a while (he was pretty okay too actually, no nonsense) but I know he still takes it if Salah isn't on the pitch. It's actually pretty amazing to look back and see how Salah became our guy for penalties but wow, 16 out of 17 is as good as it gets for anyone! Huddersfield narrowly missed relegation too, for another throwback. Not nearly as dramatic as Derby, but it's crazy just how easy it can be to slip down the waves once you relegate from Premiership money. |
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Well, what do you know, Newcastle almost gave me a second straight big win, and when they actually led, I thought it was going to be a nice night. 2-2 at HT wasn't too bad either, imagine if they could play like this every time? Going to go for two 2-leg parlays, 100 units each at Sportsbet. Latter odds are actually worse but I just wanted to use SB;): Saints (live)/Brighton @6.87. Other odds: 6.00 Bet ID:609fd77b338b0b239c0403a5 Inter/Spurs @5.26. Other odds: 5.40 Bet ID: 609fd7a99b465b73630f55e2 Units advantage: +87-14 =73 Running advantage after 340 bets: +23,093 (+73)
All-time cumulative: +61,491
Running units after 339 bets (404W|285L): +13,581 (-100) |
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Made some good calls in last one and yeah, anything to fill ke in while wallowing in the misery of pre season so count me in.
Suarez and Messi probably still going to give this a go. Uruguay gave quite good value in qualifications maybe a nice outright. Chile probably a decent run. But let's see what the bookies think.
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Yup, leea, quite like Salah for Liverpool. Actually can't remember the last time he missed a penalty. He has a unique style I used to think was risky but he's always on target so good for him. We haven't had many penalties this season but that's fine too...
Leeds, Saints, Brighton wins for me today. Probably a deaw would be wise but most of them have nothing to play for now except West Ham but I'd really like to think those with less pressure now will play more aggressive football for goals. Can be strange when you no longer have pressure to play with freedom. Which makes our game tomorrow also dangerous but I prefer to play aggressive teams as we get more space to play up front.
BTTS parlays on all three today?
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@Wind_FURY hear hear. Nothing changes what has always made Bitcoin strong and what will continue to strengthen the premise of Bitcoin.
If anything, those who really care and want to find out more, will do so now that this discussion (as erroneous as and uncontextual the facts are when they are slapped on like he did) is again out there.
Fud makes me happy, what can I say.
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Nice design from Adidas, but wait I can't see the sportsbets.io logo or the write up anywhere on the jersey or what was the agreement again?
Don't know the exact wording but Sportsbet is not main Arsenal sponsor, they are their betting partner or something like that. In real life that means they have those adverts around the pitch on Arsenal stadium and not on the shirt. Sportsbet is main sponsor for Southampton and here we have all those nice SB an BTC badges on shirts. To my understanding yup, main betting partner and also they have some official agreements for Augmented Reality trials with Arsenal... And also sponsor womens coaching in Estonia with the really cool Gunners womens coaching team. Shirt sponsorship is already tied down. Usually the biggest since it's the most prominent, and that was only for Saints now tied down for three years, and Watford it's not clear for next season. |
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Maybe because there are still about 50k USD that the market has to go through before getting in and there has been some bad news lately that got interpreted worst than it should have been and now the prices has to recover back up. And also, why do you want it to move that fast? There's still 7 moths left for that to happen so don't think about it and also this purgatory in prices is a good opportunity to buy bitcoin because if it really goes up then you will be missing a lot not buying amd accumulating right now.
Still a reverse reasoning if you're transfixed to demand meeting market expectations. I think the only justifications for 100k at the moment are supply ratio to flow... Dare I say that s2f model being harped around. And that actually is pretty much still on track. Doesn't mean it always has to be on track. Return to the mean should ensue once we get past this period of panic. |
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You sure about that? I remember that season when Leicster lifted the trophy, they just bought Kramaric and he was far away from first team and quickly went on a loan deal. I always thought he got the medal for that anyway. He played maybe 3 games max, probably even less.
I actually only knew last season when Liverpool won the league (yeah, yeah I know, but who needs to know things when their team doesn't win, right?). Klopp complained quite a lot because he apparently also didn't know about the rules that you need to play 5 games or you don't get the winners' medal. I don't know who didn't get it though because of the rule. This confirms it: https://www.premierleague.com/news/1608983 |
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Juventus still has quite a fixtures at hand themselves, they're playing Inter Milan, and Inter doesn't seem to care one bit about winning the league already, they're still going about every game like business as usual. If Juventus can win both their fixtures then, they'll have a good chance because Atalanta vs AC Milan would face each other in the last round.
Good for Inter, but I totally get it. You've got no more pressure, and just want to set more records and more goals and more playing time. Not sure about the rules in Serie A but will be surprised if Conte doesn't let fringe players get more game time just to get a winner's medal. It's only 2 games left so it wouldn't have mattered to most in EPL where you need 5 games, but maybe it's different in Serie A? Forgot also that Atalanta/Milan meet again, but even if Milan loses, they're still above Juve on H2H, so really it's Napoli that Juve need to at least draw once, so Juve yeah, just need to win everything left and hope pray for a slip. |
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Didn't even get a close score but doubt many people would have with that scoreline! One more week and then we'll know I think how it all plays out.
@Harkorede @hilarious
Probably, yeah, I thought it would go in too but from the angle behind the goal Alisson's eyes and hands were following, and he actually comfortably would reach the bottom corner, but anyway, I suppose Nat doesn't mind not getting an unwanted OG to his name. Just don't want Fernandez up the charts. Personally happy Salah levelled with Kane now for Golden Boot. Will be a nice bonus to get that one more time.
I'm going for another Toons win. Won't be the same 25/1 Benitez win 2 seasons ago that everyone thought won Liverpool the title, but still =)
Well done on your yellow Harko. 2 points behind you, I couldn't make it!
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The joys of a big Liverpool win, and even more joyous that it was against United, even if we know they already guarantee top four, they still played their strongest squad so it was a good win after all. Brugge and Verona drew/lost, so we lost our multi. No matter! City nothing to play for, Newcastle form hot and heavy, good odds, why not? 100 units at Fairlay on Newcastle to win @11.62. Other odds: 10.60 Units advantage: 102 Running advantage after 339 bets: +23,020 (+102)
All-time cumulative: +61,418
Running units after 338 bets (404W|284L): +13,681 (+1450-100=+1350) |
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It's a self-fulfilling prophesy kind of situation. When traders see a tweet from Elon concerning Bitcoin, they expect everyone else to react to it, so they try to be the first to react, and inevitably start the chain. And once momentum builds, it keeps going, because short-term speculators activate, leveraged positions get liquidated, etc.
On a more fundamental level, this was pretty bad, because the enviromental FUD gets more and more attention, so potential institutional investors might decide against getting into BTC if it would get them bad rep.
I suppose it really has become that. I'd just imagined that hedge funds and family offices etc already have trades locked in -- with penalties for closing them early or urgently. But I suppose the penalties pale to the risk they perceive with a potential retail sell-off. Crazy about this environmental FUD though, how it keeps getting cycled every year with fresh DANGER GLOBAL WARMING headlights. |
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Strange that they gave the goal to Bruno, when it seemed unclear if the ball was going in. You could see Alisson ready to comfortably catch it, only for our boy Nat to deflect it into the roof with some gusto heh. But he totally redeemed himself, fighting to get the goal and eventually assisting Jota. I gotta say, we were dominating throughout and deserve the HT lead.
Have a betbuilder that just needs a yellow and a win, was actually going for leads at both halves but changed my mind. Silly me =p
45 more minutes!
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