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981  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin as an opportunity for the unbanked. on: July 08, 2023, 04:41:15 AM
Yeah, bitcoin is an opportunity for the unbanked people. There are lots of people from the 3rd world/poor country where they don't have access to the banking system. But the problem is, is bitcoin the best option for the unfortunate people? Can you afford to lose their money due to volatility? How many merchants or people are willing to accept bitcoin as a payment. How safely do you think they can keep their money? Bitcoin does allow people to be their own bank, but it is not the perfect solution for those people. Maybe there are other altcoins out there that are more stable, cheaper and faster to use, they can try those. But yeah, those aren't bitcoin, so the risk is equally high here.

I wonder, for the poor/third world, why don't they have access to the banking system? Is it because they are too poor to have a bank deposit? If so, how can they get access to bitcoin? Because to use bitcoin, we need to have a bank account to buy and sell, without a bank, we will not be able to buy bitcoins, which is not an advantage or opportunity of bitcoin. One thing we must remember is that bitcoin is not free, and anyone who wants to get it has to buy it, so banking and fiat will always be necessary for those who want to own bitcoin.
982  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Investing in Bitcoin in Student Life on: July 08, 2023, 04:14:53 AM
Always need to diversify your portfolio

Diversify your portfolio in what way?
To me, at some point, the best thing for one to do is to make the best investment decision, and among other currencies, Bitcoin is still the number one rated and one of the most reliable compared to altcoins. As a student, the OP only has limited capital at hand, which was saved out of his student funds, and in situations like that of the OP calculating either to save or to invest, which investment is the right decision to take rather than giving a bank your funds to use and make profit with why inflation might hold down the economy and currency will be devalued, where the amount deposited might still be the same but the value is lower than what it was at the time of deposit?
 
Investing those funds in Bitcoin alone will give the student better chances, and only one currency risk is to be calculated and managed. To me, buying Bitcoins and holding them alone is better than buying a bunch of Altcoins (Meme and shitcoins) all in the name of diversifying a portfolio. Those tokens might be the ones to even reduce your portfolio to nothing when they will rug pull or will not survive a bearish market because there is no good use case for the token apart from the market hype.

To me, diversification is when we talk about the altcoin market that has nothing to do with bitcoin. And if we have invested in bitcoin, then investing in altcoins cannot be called diversified because it all depends on bitcoin. If bitcoin falls, then none of the altcoins are profitable or reduce our risk; how can that be called diversification? Diversification is when we invest with other assets, such as real estate, gold...but that is beyond the reach of a student like OP. So just focusing on bitcoin is more than enough for a student's life.
983  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: July 07, 2023, 08:45:59 PM
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Moreover, if Luis Enrique can really make Paris Saint-Germain better in the Champions League, then maybe that factor will make Mbappe to be able to accept a contract extension at Paris Saint-Germain. Because anyway, if Mbappe will still refuse a contract extension, then PSG should sell Mbappe in this transfer window, this situation is very interesting to look forward to.
As I understand it, Mbappe was given an ultimatum: either he extends the contract or they sell him. How can he know if PSG will be successful in the upcoming Champions League season? He has to make a decision now and if it is not a contract extension he will be sold now. And in my opinion, after all these ultimatums and open letters to each other, it is already too late to continue business together. It's time for PSG and Mbappe to part ways.
I agree with you that it looks like Paris SG will have the decision to sell Mbappe because seeing this complicated situation Paris SG has no hope of holding Mbappe.
We can see the look on Mbappe's face as if he doesn't feel comfortable at Paris SG and wants to continue his career at another big club.
I'm a little imagining how the fate of Paris SG without mbappe will be fine or even worse.
Mbappe may likely sign up for Real Madrid from what is going on. He doesn't intend to continue with PSG and he feels Madrid will be a new ground for him. However, the premier league teams have also shown interest in the 24 years old, aiming for his signature. Apart from arsenal, Liverpool is the latest that has pushed money in the table, €200m is what they are ready to pay should he decide to put his signature down with them.

24-year-old Kylian Mbappé will be wanted by any first-class club. But in the last few years, we have heard that Real Madrid are the most interested in Kylian Mbappé. Real Madrid have tried to sign Kylian Mbappé in the last few years. But in the end, they couldn't do it. But this season we are hearing the names of several other clubs besides Madrid who want to get Kylian Mbappé in the team. And every club is very rich. Real Madrid is interested in Kylian Mbappé but we don't know if they are willing to pay a high price. And so I think Kylian Mbappé is most likely to be seen with a Premier League club.
984  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 07, 2023, 08:40:52 PM
It is important to understand that Sommer to Inter can only happen if Onana moves to United. Right now things are still in motion with Onana->United so it is difficult to say things for certain. Neuer return can really affect Sommer's chances so he needs to move. He can still move to other clubs, there should be some club monitoring this situation and will probably approach Bayern for Sommer.
Well they bought him not long ago and even with Noyer coming back i dont think he will go into first squad instantly. But still two quality goalkeepers is to much so i think that someone might leave in this transfer window but still a lot to go. Whoever stays on goal is good
He was bought to replace injured Neuer otherwise they had no requirement of getting a goalkeeper when they had world class goalkeeper like Neuer in the squad. Now that he is back, Sommer definitely has to go. I think Bayern also will be looking for Sommer solution. And, Bayern had included a release clause equal to what they paid for Sommer so naturally they want to make it easy for interested clubs who are gonna buy. Bayern just want to get back what they paid for Sommer an year ago.

Sommer is a very talented goalkeeper. And last season he was able to perform well with Bayern Munich. However, Bayern Munich has one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Manuel Neuer. And so it's a waste of money to have both Manuel Neuer and SOmmer in the team together. Bayern Munich are trying to sell Sommer. I think Inter Milan might be interested in signing Sommer. If not, we will probably see Sommer with the likes of Newcastle in the Premier League. Sommer is quite talented. Adding him to the squad is definitely beneficial for the team.
985  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 07, 2023, 08:29:46 PM
So many expectations are placed on Pochettino to build Chelsea into a formidable club since the last two coaches that were brought into the club failed woefully to build Chelsea into the formidable club that the owner wants her to be despite spending hundreds of millions in signing quality players.
Everyone is having high expectation on Pochettino, and am also having the believe that he will perform well, but expectation shouldn't be too high, lets just hope Pochettino those not disappoint most Chelsea fans because they already put hope on him to rebuild Chelsea back, actually we all see the effort Pochettino is making just to build new squad, i know next season wont really be easily for him, so Chelsea fans shouldn't just expect everything to change at the beginning of next season, he needs to be given time to balance everything, they shouldn't put too much pressure on him. I just hope things work out well for him.

I think Chelsea fans will be disappointed if they have high hopes for Pochettino. I don't think Pochettino was very successful with PSG. Chelsea's problem is much the same as PSG's. Chelsea's squad has plenty of star players, but the bond between them is weak. Due to this, the performance of the team is not consistent. Pochettino will definitely need to develop a better match strategy, as well as strengthen the bond between the players. Then maybe Chelsea's performance will be somewhat stable. But I don't think Chelsea will fight for the title next season. A longer period of time is needed to build a squad capable of fighting for the title.
986  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: July 07, 2023, 03:00:16 PM
England lower order added a lot of valuable runs towards the end. Australian bowlers had England struggling at 142/7. But then their tailend batsmen added quick runs. Mark Wood made 24 from just 8 balls. That was unbelievable. He managed to hit 3 sixes and 1 four. After that Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson managed to give strike to Ben Stokes and stayed alive for long enough to build good partnership. Stokes and Broad added 32 runs, while Stokes and Robinson added 38. In the end Australia got a lead of 26 runs, when it easily could have been around 100.

England have scored more than 200 which is a big achievement for them. Top order failed lower order b=players batting was excellent. Despite losing 7 wickets for 142 runs, England managed to collect 237 runs. Ben Stokes batted well as usual. He collected 80 runs. Mark Wood also played an excellent innings of 24 runs off 8 balls. England was only 26 runs behind Australia. Australia lost the wicket of their opener David Warner for 11 runs. And now the Australian team collects 29/1. They have managed to take a lead of 55 runs.
987  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: July 06, 2023, 08:35:56 PM
Why the heck are England screwing themselves once again when the bowled so freaking well? Losing 3 wickets for just 68 runs is really bad and it will put a ton of pressure on the other batsmen.

Am expecting them to surpass the target and provide a small lead to Australia though since they still have plenty of proper batsmen left.

The main reason for England's defeat in the previous match was the poor batting of the top order in the second innings. And the performance of their top order in today's match too. Australia mustered only 263 runs in their first innings. England had very good chances to easily take a lead of at least 100-150 runs. But they stumbled in the beginning. They lost the first three batsmen of the top order in just 19 overs. And if this performance of England's batsmen continues in the first session tomorrow, then they will not be able to collect even 200 runs. I'm getting really fed up with England's performance lately.
988  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: July 06, 2023, 08:25:29 PM
England Women and Australia Women were the dominant teams in Women's Cricket. The matches played between the two will always have good fight back. First match was close and Australia won the match chasing a target of 153 runs with one ball left and four wickets in hand. Second match went closer and England made themselves scoring a good target and defend Australia within the same. However we were able to see the dominance of Australia Women team as the performance were exceptional whether it is to chase or to defend. In the final T20 match higher chance of win is with Australia Women team.

Both the matches of the series were very exciting. Australia won the first match with just 1 ball to spare. And in the second match, both teams played well. Australian women's team played very well despite batting with a huge target of 187 runs. They were defeated by just 3 runs. Ellyse Perry's performance impressed everyone. He was able to play a brilliant innings of 51 runs off just 27 balls. The third and final T20 match of the series is going to be played tomorrow. Hopefully, the last match will be very exciting.
989  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: July 05, 2023, 07:42:09 PM
England's women  : Australia Women

The second T20 match of the series is being played between England Women and Australia Women. It seems that England's women's team will win today's match like the first match. England women's team has given a huge target of 187 runs. Danni Wyatt was able to play an excellent innings of 76 runs. Batting with a huge target of 187 runs, the Australian team started well. But they cannot maintain consistency. After losing the first wicket for 59 runs, Australia lost 5 wickets to collect 96 runs. Australia now needs 86 runs from 42 balls to win. I don't think Australia will win this match anymore.
990  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: July 05, 2023, 07:35:32 PM
How do you handle a team like Bangladesh finishing their first innings with just 163 runs in 43 overs? Seven overs were shortened due to rain but I don't think just 163 in 43 overs is a good score against a team like Afghanistan. Many people are optimistic about the current team of Bangladesh in the upcoming World Cup. But if Bangladesh becomes such a failure in batting in such a preparatory match before the World Cup, then the trust that people have built in this team will be broken.
The batsmen of Bangladesh could not stand in front of the whirlwind of Rashid Khan and Mujibur Rahman. In a short time, Afghanistan will go into bat to chase the target of 164 runs given by Bangladesh. Afghanistan will win this match by a big margin.
Bangladesh have faced Afghanistan in an ODI match after almost a long time. But today, Bangladesh came after seeing a very bad performance on the first day. Bangladesh lost 4 wickets before completing 104 runs, this kind of game is not enough for an ODI match, but such a bad performance in their own home ground is never expected from Bangladesh. Especially Tawhid Hridoy collected 51 runs which is the highest run score by Bangladesh players. In a unique match, Nazmul Hasan Shanto and many others performed very well, but all of them had to leave the field in a short run while facing Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is showing a very good performance as the first opening batsman fell 1 wicket for 55 runs. If the bowling performance of Bangladesh can improve a little bit, Afghanistan will definitely be able to arrest the victory.
Afghanistan bowlers put up a great performance and restricted Bangladesh just only 169 runs. Hridoy was the only shining star for Bangladesh, as no batters were able to make any impact with their bats. Bad news is rain interrupted the match and DLS target for Afghanistan set at 164 runs. Before the rain performing, Afghan batters on fire with their bats. It looks like an easy win for Afghanistan. I feel disappointed with the Bangladeshi bowlers, as they failed to make any significant role in this match. Bangladesh's performance in the first ODI turn out extremely poor.
The score was not big and the same time rain shows danger signal for the Bangladesh team both of the sides doesn't favor Bangladesh team even though Bangladesh is more stronger team in ODI cricket than Afganistan. Lost the first match in the 3-match ODI series Afghanistan team won by 17 runs on DLS method. Bangladeshi batsmen could not show their ability to Afghanistan bowlers except Towhid Hridoy. Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi contributed the most in this match along with Rashid Khan who also fell some important wickets.

The pitch was somewhat pace bowling friendly. But even then Bangladesh had no chance of winning after being given a target of just 170 runs. Afghanistan batsmen have batted very responsibly. Since the target was very low, they just tried to stay at the crease. However, due to rain, it became easier for Afghanistan to win this match. Afghanistan will play 3 ODIs and two T20 matches in this tour. And so Bangladesh still has the possibility of winning the series.
991  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 03, 2023, 04:25:20 PM
Obviously Liverpool would be more stronger, don't forget Klopp is one of the best manager, he had built many talented players when he was in Dortmund. Quite similar, he have built many talented players in Liverpool too, but the problem is Liverpool don't have a lot players. They're very strong when the starting eleven playing, but when one or two players injured, the substitute players don't have a same level like their teammates and Liverpool performance would declining.
Liverpool finished the season with a lot of problems in the midfield area last year. This season, with the signings of Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister, they have proven their willingness to solve this problem. I think Klopp will have a better squad this season and he will have no problems with rotation. Klopp is an important chance for Liverpool. They cannot easily give up on him. I think Klop will stay at Liverpool for a few more seasons. Also, I am sure that if he leaves Liverpool, he will be the number one managerial candidate for the Germany national team.

Since Liverpool could not play well in the previous season, they are trying to strengthen their team. Liverpool management is not skimping on player purchases this season. Perhaps they want to win the Premier League title at any cost. Because of this they are ready to spend more money. Liverpool have already strengthened their midfield. Now they want to strengthen their attack. Liverpool are interested in signing Mbappe. Liverpool will be more stable if Mbappe joins Liverpool.
992  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 03, 2023, 12:41:31 PM
Bayern Munich's squad is huge. They have a lot of players and a lot of players who don't get a chance to perform in a match for a full season. And so Bayern Munich should sell some players. Bayern Munich has yet to add any star players to the squad. But they still have enough time to strengthen the squad. But I think the Bayern Munich management will add several players to the squad next season. Because their overall performance in the last season was not very good.
Thomas Tuchel is still dominated by players inherited from the previous coach. Of course Tuchel already has a mature plan to strengthen his squad for his first full season with Bayern Munich.
So far, Tuchel hasn't seen a big breakthrough. According to the news, until now Die Roten has only got three players, namely Kim Min-Jae from Napoli and previously Konrad Laimer and Raphael Guerreiro who were obtained for free.
And in my opinion, it is possible that Tuchel will sell some players who are not in his plans before bringing in star players like Kane, Osimhen or even Frankie De Jong from Barcelona.

We don't know what kind of match strategy Thomas Tuchel will make next season. Bayern Munich's overall playing style has changed, but it's no surprise. Because last season Munich's performance was like an average team. But if Bayern Munich wants to do well in both the Bundesliga and Champions League next season, they will definitely need to find a suitable replacement for Lewandowski. Bayern Munich needs a regular scorer. Unless Thomas Tuchel can be bought for the experienced striker next season, I don't expect a consistent Champions League performance from Munich.
993  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: July 03, 2023, 12:28:00 PM
One sided match between Oman and Netherlands at the Harare Sports Club. Bas de Leede just got out after making 39 from 19 balls, but the Dutch are well on their way to a score of 350 plus. They would have easily qualified for the World Cup, if they had not wasted that golden opportunity during the match against Sri Lanka. Oman players simply can't match the quality of the Dutch players. Last 10 overs have seen the Dutch batsmen scoring at above 12 runs per over. BTW, I am surprised that Logan van Beek has been pushed down the order. He should have been sent ahead of Saqib Zulfiqar.

The Netherlands had a great performance against Sri Lanka in the last match. Unfortunately, they were not able to win the match. But today against Oman, the Netherlands batsmen did not make any mistakes. They set a huge target of 362 in 48 overs. Opener Vikramajit Singh scored 110 runs. Wesley Barresi scored 97 runs off just 65 balls. Oman collected 34 runs with losing a wicket in 7 overs. They need to collect 330 runs in 41 overs to win. This is an almost impossible task for Oman.
994  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: July 02, 2023, 04:56:46 PM
If we look at the probability of his position, Timothy Weah is a complete player because he can play in the RWF, LB and RB positions. I think Juventus will be greatly helped by his arrival to wade into the competition next season and it is only fitting that he was recruited to replace Cuadrado considering that these two players have a very similar position. I think Timothy Weah will be very comfortable at La Vecchia Signora until 2028 and as a young player he will definitely be the first choice to fill in as a starter for Juventus as long as he can continue to be consistent throughout the seasons.
Timothy Weah is a young player with a hard-working type of game. he will probably play in the position of winger or even wingback. he is a player who has speed, Juventus will probably give him more place in the main squad. but it all depends on how he performs at the start of the season. if he can show consistency in competing with other players for a place in the main squad. I think his career in Serie A will be very good.
Yes indeed, if Timothy Weah can play consistently well then of course, Timothy Weah might be at Juventus for a long time. Because after all, Juventus is a club that is not easy to sell young players who have great potential, so this can be a big opportunity for Timothy Weah to show his quality. But indeed, it is possible that Timothy Weah will also leave because of course, there will be many incidents later that will be experienced by Timothy Weah, and that could be a sign of whether Timothy Weah will continue at Juventus or not.

Timothy Weah is only 23 years young player. Timothy Weah's fitness is very good. He might be able to stay with Juventus for a long time. But the problem is, can he become the scorer of the Juventus team? I don't think so. Timothy Weah played 29 matches in Ligue 1 last season. But he could not score a single goal. And so I don't think Timothy Weah will score a lot of goals with Juventus. At the same time I would say that Timothy Weah is not a suitable player for Juventus starting XI.
995  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: July 02, 2023, 04:38:59 PM
Kane is a proven goalscorer every season. And he did it in a team like Tottenham. Everyone wonders what he can do in a bigger team. Those who doubt that Kane is a star striker do not watch many games. We all agree that the problem is money. But if they want success in the champions league, they should sign Kane.
I disagree with you about cheaper and less capable games. The Munich forward should always be a star player.
If the problem is known and it is because of money, Bayern Munich should be able to solve this better if Bayern really need Kane for their front line next season. Because there is no doubt that Kane is a good striker and is able to score goals in every season so he will be very useful for big teams and also very good for his career in bigger teams. But when the problem lies in money, the solution will not be so easy because teams like Bayern Munich also need to consider spending every money on several players they are currently eyeing.
Bayern Munich currently has spend nothing much in transfer window. It is untrue to say that Kane's agreement terms with them are yet to be concluded because of financial issues. Bayern has money, it could be because of their interest in the Napoli striker (Osimhen).  I presume they are having double interest not financial constraint. Bayern currently has the plan of selling out Marcel Sarbitzer and they still have more player that is of very little or no use to the team,  money could be raised by selling them out.  I don't believe financial problem can stop them from getting Kane.

Bayern Munich's squad is huge. They have a lot of players and a lot of players who don't get a chance to perform in a match for a full season. And so Bayern Munich should sell some players. Bayern Munich has yet to add any star players to the squad. But they still have enough time to strengthen the squad. But I think the Bayern Munich management will add several players to the squad next season. Because their overall performance in the last season was not very good.
996  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: July 02, 2023, 04:17:52 PM
Yes, it is surprising that Mbappe also finally wears the new home jersey for the 23/24 season. Certainly the assumption that Mbappe will leave PSG is getting smaller and it will be a very valid thing to prove Mbappe's presence at PSG starting next season. With this we can assume that no other team or even Real Madrid will try to re-sign him in the summer. I think Mbappe is very confident that he can stay until the end of his contract and PSG will be the losers if Mbappe becomes a free agent next year.
If wearing a new home jersey for the 23/24 season can give birth to a more certain assumption for Mbappe to stay at PSG, of course all other teams will also give up their desire to make their offer to Mbappe. Because apart from the loss to the PSG team, as you said, Mbappe himself would also lose a lot if while he was at PSG, the team never won the UCL. Because players like Mbappe are still very good for all teams to have as long as the team is coached by people who are very experienced and rich in tactics.
Only wearing to promote the jersey for next season, I don't think it's a guarantee that the player will play in that team for next season. So yes, I personally am not entirely sure that Mbappe and or maybe Neymar will play at PSG next season. But yes indeed, there may have been a statement from Mbappe himself to stay at PSG until his contract ends, but I think if there is a more attractive offer from Real Madrid then maybe Mbappe or maybe Neymar will leave in this summer's transfer market.

PSG management is no longer interested in keeping Neymar in the team. Because Neymar's fitness is not good. And so if any club shows interest in Neymar then maybe PSG will decide to sell Neymar. On the other hand, what decision the PSG management will take regarding Mbappe is completely uncertain. Real Madrid have been interested in signing Mbappe for a long time. On the other hand, it is rumored that Liverpool is interested in spending 300 million for Mbappe. And so Mbappe's next destination is still uncertain.
997  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will World Economic Depression Affect Bitcoin? on: July 02, 2023, 02:50:50 AM
It's hard to tell if the economic depression will affect Bitcoin price since there are a lot of things that determine the BTC market's new trend we already know bad news is one but judging by the previous occasion that happened during the total lockdown we see that investors often seek alternative assets as a store of value or a hedge against economic depression and most of them find there alternative in BTC. Therefore, there's a huge possibility that economic depression may not affect BTC.
If recession, the economic crisis does not affect bitcoin. Can you explain to me what happened in 2022 and this year? When inflation is high, all industries are affected, and bitcoin is also severely dumped in 2022. Not to mention, every time the Fed announces a rate hike, bitcoin continues to be dumped, or negative news about war also causes the market to panic...All this is not telling you that if the economy is unhealthy, every asset and industry will suffer, and bitcoin is no exception.
Remember I said a lot of things impact the price of the Bitcoin market and cause the dump in the price of last year was many but the most crucial part is the normal market correction that always occurs before the block halving market effect and the FTX collapse.
This year dum was influenced by Bitcoin Ordinals/BRC-20 and the US SEC lawsuit on top exchange but bullish trend happened when giant investment companies show their interest in BTC publicly.

I know you are referring to the 4-year market cycle after bitcoin makes a new ATH in 2021. But if you take a closer look at the volatility of bitcoin last year, bitcoin reacted as strongly as other markets when news of the war between Ukraine and Russia broke out. Moreover, every time the Fed announces inflation as well as interest rate hikes, bitcoin will fluctuate and be dumped. That is not enough to demonstrate the impact of the economy on the market?

The value of any asset depends on the supply and demand of people, and people are also a part of the world economy. Bitcoin would be nothing to say that it is not part of the world economy.
998  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 01, 2023, 05:52:47 PM
You are kind of right, they spent lots of money last season getting players, but its not all about having big squad but the players should be ready to work for the club. See the way Arsenal performed well last season and most of the players in the club are young player, but from their performance, you will see that those players are ready to play for the club. I think Chelsea needs young and talented players, its not all about getting big players, but getting players that are ready to play for the club.
They have spent a lot of money to get quality players but still in the end there is no change they can get. In my opinion the players have worked hard according to their respective qualities and what is the problem in my opinion personally is from management who lacks attention and cannot give freedom to the coach, they just play and cannot work well together on the field so that team cohesiveness is difficult created.
Right from beginning i knew Chelsea's, problem is not from the coach but from the squad, Tuchel was a talented coach, and since they sacked him, things have being getting worst for Chelsea, but lets hope we see a positive result from Chelsea with their new coach.
Yes, it's a shame, I think that at that time the Chelsea management had not sacked Tuchel from his coaching chair maybe the situation would not be as bad as it is now and we can see how Bayern Munich are now, they are successful in the Bundesliga.
From my own point of view is that Chelsea poor performance last season can be attributed to lack of team work in the squad because many of players are newly signed it take time before the team would be cohesive enough to get good results and become formidable, it has nothing to do with how good their manager is,  Arsenal had one or two newly signed players Gabriel Jesus and Zinchenko integrated into an already balance squad with team work that was why the team was very formidable throughout last season except towards the end of the season, now that Pochettino is in charge I believe he start a rebuilding process to reposition the team with young players as a bulk of the squad.

I agree with you. Chelsea's lackluster and erratic performances can certainly be attributed to their poor teamwork. The understanding between the Chelsea players was not good. The players were not on friendly terms. And at the same time, this team's match strategy was not good. And so despite having a lot of star players in the squad, their overall performance was very poor. The Chelsea management is bringing a lot of changes to the squad in the upcoming season. Chelsea's performance is expected to be more stable than last season.
999  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: July 01, 2023, 01:24:16 PM
Australia's innings will be big. Because England's bowlers and batsmen are not playing well. Australia collected 416 runs in the first innings. And the Australian team collected 130 runs after losing 2 wickets in the second innings. Gradually they are moving towards big collections. Since the Australian team has already managed to take a lead of 221 runs, if Australia can collect 150 runs in the next day, it will be a big collection. However, I expected more responsible batting from England in the first innings. Had Bairstow and Stokes played some big innings, England would have been able to muster 400.
I think Australia is in very positive situation right now.
First session of day 4 will give better prediction on the match. Even now Australia is at the winning position with its 221 lead and 8 more wickets in hand. Khawaja, who served to be the turn in the first test match is on the crease reaching his half century. On the other side Smith have just started his batting. Anyhow the team will reach atleast 450 runs lead and request England to start their innings. Same as the first match England will lose the match getting close to the target.

Now Australia has collected 227 runs after losing 5 wickets. The team managed to take a lead of 318 runs. Australia will probably bat till the third session today. And will give the England team a chance to bat the last 10-15 overs. A target of less than 400 runs is unlikely to be given. Cameron Green and Alex Carey are now at the crease. Both are very experienced players.

England's chances of winning are very low if they bat for a target of more than 400 runs. England should bat responsibly on the last day and try to draw the match. But I am not sure if England can draw the match. So far my Australia team seems to be favorites to win this match.
1000  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: July 01, 2023, 01:18:49 PM
West Indies : Scotland

It was beyond my imagination that Scotland would win with such ease against a big team like West Indies. We have seen the batting disaster of the West Indies. They lost 6 batsmen to collect only 81 runs. And in the end, West Indies gave a target of only 182 runs.
The pitch condition seemed to be a bowling-friendly pitch. So I thought the match was likely to be competitive. And Scotland lost the wicket of their opener Mcbride before they could score any runs. But Matthew Cross and Brandon McMullen batted well. And now Scotland has collected 158 runs with the loss of only 2 wickets. Scotland needs only 24 runs to win.
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