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1  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: Today at 10:27:41 AM
Erik Ten Hag hasn’t won the EPL in the last two years. Manchester United cannot boast of being considered as contenders for the league title. When it comes to top contenders for the EPL title, just three teams comes to mind; Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal. I would put these managers ahead of Erik Ten Hag any day and time.

ETH has won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup but that is not what the fans what. Those trophies are like a compensation for the shortcomings of the team, the bragging rights of an English club has to be winning the EPL or Champions league trophy.

Eric Ten Hag have tried his best to have one those two trophies during his time as the coach of the team so far. Every team needs trophy and it was because of the FA Cup that he won that made him to have a contract extension with the club. Without that, he would have been kicked out by now. I don’t see his bragging as something bad but he should try and win the major trophies too so that when he brags next time, no one dares to question him and would be scared to look him in the eye to question his speech. FA Cup and Carabao Cup are also worthy trophies to take, if it was that easy, those other teams that are major contenders in the league title should also try and win them as ETH did. Let him brag, he deserves to brag to feel himself on what he has achieved so far for the club.
Talking about the clubs that will be tough competitors in the Premier League next season, I also agree that the teams that will definitely be tough competitors in the Premier League are Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal. Because it is not surprising, because in the last few seasons these three clubs have always competed fiercely at the top of the Premier League standings. Then talking about Ten Hag's Manchester United, until now Ten Hag has not been able to present a Premier League trophy for Manchester United. I also don't understand why Manchester United hasn't recovered until now. Because if you think further, after the Ferguson era, Manchester United has never shone again until now. Even now, Manchester United's performance is still unstable. In fact, as we know, the squad currently owned by Manchester United is considered the most expensive squad. However, strangely, this did not produce satisfactory results.

So if you look at it, Ten Hag's role as a coach will definitely be a bit tarnished. The reason is, he was unable to bring Manchester United to shine with a squad that was considered expensive. However, I personally also quite appreciate the achievements that Ten Hag achieved with Manchester United, namely winning the FA Cup and Carabao Cup trophies. Because getting a trophy in this competition can also be said to be not an easy matter. So these achievements really deserve our appreciation. Apart from that, next season we don't know whether Manchester United's performance will improve or get worse. However, if you look at Manchester United's current preparations, by bringing in several new players, perhaps their performance will likely improve slightly. And if for example next season Ten Hag fails again to bring Manchester United to shine in the Premier League, I am sure that Ten Hag's career at Manchester United will end in that season.
If Manchester United don't finish ahead of Liverpool next season I will conclude that Ten Hag is a complete disaster. Klopp is no longer the coach of Liverpool and Ten Hag has been in the league now for over two years. He is now fully backed financially by the new owners, so far we have seen his spending spree and he is definitely going to spend more, so there will be no room for complaints anymore. As expected I will rank Manchester City and Arsenal to finish first and second, although I can't really tell for now who will finish first. But I don't expect Arne Slot Liverpool to perform better than Ten Hag Manchester United. Many people believed that Liverpool were doing better than Manchester United when Ten Hag was appointed because Jurgen Klopp was more experienced coach and has spent more time in the premier league, so now that Eric Ten Hag has spent more time in the premier league and has more coaching experience than Arne Slot, there will be no justification if Liverpool finish above Manchester United in the premier league next season.
2  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: July 23, 2024, 10:49:12 PM
Now, you've just stated that " Trump is saying some actual truth about bitcoin", which I agree with that fact, but would you expect him to tell a lie in the first place knowing he can also get support form the Bitcoin community?. He is telling the entire Bitcoin community what they need to hear. That's how politics plays, and that is how it has been playing. See, we are currently in 2024. The politicians we see today are up-to-date with the current happenings, and they are fully aware of what the people needs. All his saying are manifestos, and Bitcoin happens to be one of the strategies.
Can't you see that his actions are increasing the awareness of bitcoin, and more investors and liquidity are flowing in. That's just what I want you to understand, wether he keeps to his words or not bitcoin has nothing to lose rather it has everything to gain. That's just the angle I want you to see that political endorsement of bitcoin by politicians are spreading the good news of bitcoin, they are helping the bitcoin community do some form of evangelism. More people are getting confident in the whole bitcoin of a thing. The narrative of those that has been seeing it as a scam is now changing because top political figures are now identifying with bitcoin. Not that bitcoin will not survive with or without these things, but I just want you to understand that this moves are favouring bitcoin investors.
3  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: July 23, 2024, 05:34:55 PM
politics has influence in bitcoin growth don't say it as if you are not sure because if you check properly the factors that help to increase or decrease bitcoin growth, you will come across something like

Let me ask you a question, are you trying to say that the only reason why Bitcoin price has gone this far from beginning to this point is as a result of political influence?, let me tell you if politics had influence on Bitcoin from the beginning most government would actually influence there citizens to stop investing on it since they cannot control it, don't get me  wrong I have nothing against politics but the idea most people are having about politics in contributing to the growth of Bitcoin is what I don't really understand, or are you saying that if there was no politics Bitcoin would not have gone this far?.


1 demand and supply 2 market sentiment 3 rumor
4 media and news 5 regulation

and the number 5 which is regulation, falls under government or politics that affect bitcoin. in which ever way you guys put it politics have a role to play in bitcoin growth not saying it as if you are not sure.

However even the five factors you believed has influence on Bitcoin growth actually had nothing to do with politics and also we know that market is all about demand and supply but in terms of media I don't think it has any serious effect on Bitcoin because Bitcoin is  not any kind of coin that would possibly be manipulated by media influencers however on the aspect you mentioned Rumors I don't really understand what you meant by that.

When you hear of regulations what comes into your mind? If you don't know let me tell you the answers is government authorities. And how does new government comes into office? It is by political process. Let me tell you if there are strict government regulations in every country against bitcoin, it will hit hard on the bitcoin community. Even though it won't halt the full operation of bitcoin, it will instigate fear in the minds of majority and there will be a declined interest in bitcoin investment, because nobody would want a total clamp down from their government. You have seen some countries that has strict regulations on bitcoin, tell me how robust is bitcoin activities in those countries and compare it to countries that are bitcoin friendly like El Salvador whose government has made bitcoin a legal tender. You will see that there is a clear difference, that's how far political regulations can influence bitcoin investment. Now let's narrow it down to the point where government at all levels around the world recognise bitcoin as legal tender and right to self custody, don't you agree that more investor will come in? And the demand and supply you are talking about will be more intense, and it will have an impact on bitcoin pricing.
4  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 23, 2024, 12:18:37 PM

Looking at the stats and the performance of Manchester United in the last two seasons. Do you think Erik Ten Hag has bragging rights?
Yeah, Ten Hag was bragging about his achievements from the last two seasons. But, he forgot to mention Klopp, who has the same achievements as him in the last two seasons. I calculate this since Ten Hag joined Manchester United, which was 2 years ago. Many parties are blaming how ten hag being so cocky with his minor trophies.

I can't imagine if Ten Hag wins UCL. Then, he may claim to be the world's best coach. But, Ten Hag's statement makes sense. It was based on the fact. Even Arteta can give only 1 trophy for Arsenal since 2022/2023 till now.

Ten Hag only counted it since he had been in the EPL, and it was from the last two seasons.
That's to show you how much Manchester United has deteriorated that a coach they have had for two years is bragging of achievements that's not even near to what Manchester United used to be. At Manchester United level are they supposed to be celebrating Fa cup and Caraboa cup as their best achievement in 2 years after spending heavily in the transfer market. Ten Hag should bury his face in shame because I can't imagine Arteta Arsenal finishing bottom of a champions league group that has Copenhagen and Galatasaray in it. Arteta achievement for the cannot be compared to Ten Hag. Arteta has brought winning mentality to Emirates stadium, while Erica Ten Hag has turned old Trafford to an ordinary place where any team can walk in and get 3 points.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 23, 2024, 09:08:17 AM
With what Arteta has fought for with Arsenal in the last 2 seasons, the next season is the most ideal moment to show that Arsenal is capable of surpassing Man City. As we know, Pep Guardiola's fate with Man City will soon end because Pep has given everything for the club. The next one or two seasons Man City will run without him.
In my opinion, the mentality of Arsenal players will gradually form along with the developments that have been undertaken. I am sure that as long as Arteta is still given the trust to manage this team, it is likely that the club's dream of lifting trophies can come true. Everything requires struggle and Arsenal deserves to be champions one day.

Arsenal deserves to be champions one day, due to their performance over the last two seasons, but I don't believe they will do that during the Guardiola period. It will be difficult for Arsenal to win the title next season since Guardiola's contract will expire at the end of the season, and I believe Guardiola will do his best to win his final trophy at the end of the season. Arteta has the potential to win the league title, but it will be difficult if Guardiola stays in the Premier League. However many managers are capable of winning the Premier League title but Guardiola tactics have always been special, and Manchester City continues to dominate the league.

Furthermore, I do not believe Arsenal will be in their best form as they were last season, they cannot dominate the league as they did at the start of the season because many clubs have bought several players to improve their performance, and every club's target for next season is to win the league, not like last season which we only had Manchester City, Arsenal, and Aston Villa. The next season will be more interesting than the previous two, where Arsenal had a chance but failed at the end of the season.
In football we can never know it all. Two seasons ago Arteta challenge for the league and lost out to Manchester City, then people thought it was just a one season wonder from Arteta and his boys. Last season they showed more determination and did more than they did the previous season, so this coming season nobody can actually say the mentality that Arsenal are going to approach it with, but I believe that they are going to do better than they did last season, because we have seen them being consistent with their progress since Arteta took over. Yes Pep Guardiola is a big obstacle standing in the way for any club that want to win the league and that's where it's going to get interesting when the new season finally starts. The other managers especially Arteta will be looking forward on how to overcome that obstacle between him and the title. I don't believe that Arsenal performance for the coming season is going to decline from what we saw last season rather they will build on that and do much better this season.
6  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: When you're winning it's fun but when you're losing it's addictive right? on: July 23, 2024, 07:19:44 AM
The moment your gambling habbits starts being a source of concern to others just know that you are beginning to get addicted to gambling. I don't think it's just about winning and losing. People that wins gambling are also addicted as well as people that losses bets more frequently. Once your gambling habbits is coming between you and other aspects of your life, just know that addiction is setting in. If gambling sites is what you open the moment you wake up from sleep every morning, and the last thing before bed. When you spend most of your time in gambling shops, sites you are getting addicted, it doesn't matter if you are winning or losing bets frequently.
7  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: July 22, 2024, 11:33:57 PM
Previously I said think about what you decide, that way you will have a strong mentality to face anything in bitcoin investment. People misunderstand and they are sucked in by fud, so don't fall for the talk that says bad things about Bitcoin.

I have observed that Bitcoin is very strong with a market cap that continues to grow, so from here you have to think that every day or every quarter new people continue to join Bitcoin in the sense that they trust Bitcoin more than others.

For that reason, don't misunderstand me because I said think before making a decision. So, that way, long-term planning will run more smoothly without any burden on your mind. Just keep buying and holding, especially since Trump supports Bitcoin, which is the first step for us to see Bitcoin reach $100k.

I would be careful if you are expecting bitcoin's performance or long-term viability is connected with politics.

Sure, there can be some advantages in terms of having politicians seeming to be on the side of bitcoin rather than fighting against it, but any of us might also get mislead if we start to place too much faith in politicians and/or various regulatory outcomes.. whether we are referring to the USA or to El Salvador or any other country.  Sure it is nice that some governments (or some politicians) are not fighting against bitcoin, yet bitcoin surely is not dependent upon politicians and regulations and there might even be some conflicts of interest or even some ways in which politicians and/or regulations that appear to be aligned with bitcoin are not aligned with bitcoin.. which surely many of us even have trouble agreeing upon what is bitcoin or what are the various purposes (and/or utility aspects) of bitcoin,

....so how would we necessarily expect that either politicians or the various regulation that they might propose or support would necessarily be aligned with what might be good for bitcoin, including good for regular and normal people rather than some of the interests that might be pumping certain agendas that may or may not line up well with interests of normal people.. aka normies... including but not limited to self-sovereignty and empowerment that may not even be the same as number go up, which even number go up helps incumbent bitcoiners, but might not be in the interest of good people who happen to be no coiners, low coiners and/or pre-coiners (and might not even know or appreciate that they are precoiners)... in other words, careful hitching your wagon too much to any politician and/or regulatory stance that may well be ambiguous and potentially in conflict with some of bitcoin's already existing qualities.
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I have been staring at your reply for a while now, not knowing what exactly to write, as you've said it all. Though, they are lots of things on my mind, but I will try as much to make contributions without been to harsh towards politics(because am not a fan).

Firstly, I am not a fan of politics. I really don't know why others still show interest, but I personally find it difficult to believe in all their say, or even bother to listen to what they have to say. The truth is, politics and Bitcoin are two different things that might not work in hand. My reason for saying this is because: Bitcoin happens to be very transparent and open. it is a system of decentralization where power belongs to everyone who is connected. This is unlike politics where power belongs to a certain group of people that categories themselves as same party members or dictators.

Secondly, I am not motivated to invest in Bitcoin because a political candidate is showing interest or has made several promises. I am making my own investment for my own benefits. I think we should be cautious especially when someone begins to make too many promises (with Bitcoin) just to get the interest and vote of the people. I don't support anyone, but I think when promises like this keep coming, then not all would be fulfilled at the later end, leading to so many disappointment.

And lastly, the past and present government(politicians) has already caused enough disappointment by failing to do the needful for the benefits of their nation. Making promises with Bitcoin isn't a green light for me at all. I shouldn't be motivated to invest in Bitcoin just because a politician has it in mind. But Incase those campaign promises becomes true at the end of the day, then it's still for the betterment (benefits) of everyone.
Nobody is saying that bitcoin is relying on some political campaigns to make headlines or saying that without political endorsement of bitcoin by politicians that bitcoin will not keep breaking new heights, and setting records. No that's not the point, the picture I want you to see here is that bitcoin is gradually earning it's rightful place in the society, years ago there was nothing like politicians saying anything good about bitcoin, but today the story has changed, to the point that someone as big as Donald Trump is now building his political campaigns around bitcoin, saying some actual truth about bitcoin. Even though we can't actually be sure that he won't keep his promises if he wins the presidential election. But it is a win situation to the bitcoin community because bitcoin is gaining more grounds, and people who has been less concerned about bitcoin in the past, are now showing interest. People who probably must have not heard about bitcoin are now becoming aware of it. So either ways bitcoin is not losing here, rather it is gaining!!
8  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: July 22, 2024, 04:40:49 PM
especially since Trump supports Bitcoin, which is the first step for us to see Bitcoin reach $100k.
Hahaha, do you think Trump has the power or influence?

Trump-supporting Bitcoin is not an assurance or the first step for Bitcoin to achieve the 100k price. One characteristic of Bitcoin is that it doesn't need political support to be successful. As an investor, I believe that I have come to know the factors that can influence the price which are mass adoption (demand and supply), advancement in technological development, regulatory enforcement, and other economic conditions but political promises/fallacies are not for me. Instead of focusing on political promises, investors should be more concerned about informed decisions, research, risk assessment, and engaging in Bitcoin discussions to improve their knowledge of Bitcoin which will help them with their investment.
Bitcoin will keep increasing in value if there are more people chasing after it and that means more liquidity flowing into the market. With Trump publicly supporting bitcoin it means that some influencal people around the world will start developing interest/confidence in bitcoin and they will try to invest in it. If Trump should win the US election and he keeps his words by making the United States bitcoin friendly for miners and investors and make policies that will favour bitcoin, this will no doubt make bitcoin appreciate more in value, because other nations will want to follow that path. And this will help in wide spread and mass adoption of bitcoin. Even though Trump on his own cannot decide where bitcoin price will be, but his actions will bring more people in and when more people comes into bitcoin investment it will only result to more demand for bitcoin, and when the demand is higher and supply is limited you know what will happen to bitcoin price right? So political events plays certain roles that influences bitcoin prices either upward or downward.
9  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can you stake it all put of over confidence in your club on: July 22, 2024, 10:23:19 AM
Have anyone ever had confidence in any match that he was willing to be huge amounts to back up the confidence in a match that features his club. A friend of mine recently shocked me with how much passion and confidence he had in his club, man u vs liverpool  that happened on Sunday I guess was a very hard match cause Liverpool was already stomping 0:2 to man United but my friend was telling that man United won't lose the match, so I told him that if he has much confidence that he should stake life, shocking to me he went on and staked 5k on man United win to qualify which was about 7 odds at that time, and yeah it turned out right for him. Can any one do this or was it a foolish move?


There should always be a limit to what you are staking, your friend got lucky, that's what gambling is all about, 80 percent luck and 20 percent analysis..no matter how good a club is I can't stake all I have on that team because at the end of the day anything can happen
A lot of things can affect the performance of a team no matter how good they are, unforeseen events can happen in a game and affect even the most skillful team. If he keeps on staking like that he might end of losing a lot of money..most of the time it doesn't matter which sides the odds are in favour of the outcome might be surprising.
Most of these things depends on how much that's with you at that particular time, probably friend had enough money with him and he has calculated that even if he loses the money on that bet he will still be fine. I bet he can't do this very often. Another thing is that he just want to do it and prove the other person wrong, to show that he is strong supporter of Manchester United. You know there are some fans that take these things personal especially when their club is playing against a long time rival. But that move wasn't a wise one, because if he had lost that bet he would have ended up blaming himself for allowing his emotions get the best of him on that particular day.
10  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 22, 2024, 09:42:41 AM
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In all consistency is of great importance as it's one key factor that keeps any team continually maintaining a very good spot at almost every level and that's one thing Manchester city have most above almost every other team in the. English premier league. They don't only exhibit this in the premier league but try to as much take it to the champions league and other leagues where they also gain some prominence such as in the champions league, if Arsenal is able to beat that then they will have a good and strong contending power against others in the new season.

After all, in the last two seasons Arsenal have always been close or close to getting the Premier League trophy and thus, I think Arteta has managed to make Arsenal have a good and consistent performance throughout last season. But unfortunately, maybe because the luck factor also becomes very important, so that makes Arsenal still get failure because maybe the bad luck factor that befalls Arsenal.

Because after all, the fact is that in some matches at the beginning of the season also that Manchester City got a few defeats and also, Manchester City also had experienced inconsistency. Therefore, the competition in determining the team that won the trophy last season was determined until the last match. Thus, I think Arsenal just need to get lucky, because basically Arsenal have had a good performance and of course, it makes Arsenal have a good chance to also be able to beat Manchester City in the title race next season.
In my opinion, Arsenal will find it difficult to beat Manchester City in the race for the Premier League trophy next season, if teams like Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool do not take part in the competition. If the competition only creates two axes like last season, it will be very easy for Manchester City to secure the trophy again. We realize that Arsenal has developed for the better, it's just that Arteta squad hasn't had much luck. Meanwhile, Tottenham and Aston Villa, Newcastle also have the potential to disrupt the competition, and it does not rule out the possibility of a surprise team emerging that will enliven the top four in the standings.

I think the Arsenal team has already tried to defeat Manchester City in the last two seasons in the English Premier League but failed at at the end as a result of their inconsistency in retaining a winning sleak when they are in good form but coming to the next season, I think Arsenal won't find it easy as usual to defeat City but they will have to work harder and maintain consistency with that they can defeat Manchester City and win the English Premier League next season.

I don't think teams like Tottenham, Newcastle and Aston Villa will have much strength to challenge a team like Manchester City looking out how inconsistent they can be especially the Tottenham team that has not shown any improvement since they had Harry Kane even till last season they were still struggling to meet up among the top 5 teams in EPL. Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United will be major challengers to City in the league next season I think they have got a better team than the other teams we mentioned earlier.

Tottenham does not even come close when they are mentioning teams that are going to fight for the title next season. I think Tottenham is just a team that's in the premier league just to do business and make their money. I don't know how their fans use to cope with that mentality of never challenging for trophies. When I thought Tottenham were going to win some silverware was when they appointed Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, but it was unfortunate that they couldn't get anything from two world-class coaches. So when we are talking of teams that will challenge Manchester City for the premier league Tottenham is totally out of the picture. I will rather go with Aston Villa to win the premier league before Tottenham will even do that. Another team I'm hoping to see much improvement this season is Newcastle, after their takeover, but last season was a disaster for them I hope next season will be much more better. It will be fun to see more teams competing for the league so it won't just be a two horse race as usual, although last season was different.
I also share the same sentiment as you bro, because as it stance, the  only team among the big  six in England that I can confidently beat my chest and say that in the next seven to eight seasons they can't win the English premier league is Tottenham Hotspur, because when it comes to winning something, their mentality is very poor, the only time they went close to win something is during the days of Mauricio pochettino, that they went to the UEFA champions league finals and lost to Liverpool, and before then, they have already lost an opportunity to win the title the season before to Leicester city, so for Tottenham Hotspur to be able to challenge again, they really need to rebuild their team, because this crop of players in the team, wouldn't take them anywhere due to poor quality in the team presently.

And as for the likes of Newcastle united and Aston villa, sincerely speaking, they are just an Opportunist too me, because if the likes of Manchester united and Chelsea are very sound as the good old days, they wouldn't be even close to getting into the top four, it's just the bad performance of this two teams that has given this two clubs the opportunity of champions league football.

Tottenham problem is not the players alone from what every managers that has left the club has said so far with their interviews granted to journalists. The managers has all pointed to the owner of the club Daniel Levy. His unwillingness to bring money and invest in the club is what's holding them backward. The Man is not ambitious to win anything for the club, he is not interested in signing quality players that can compete for trophies, and even when the managers manage to develop the players he has and make them strong, Daniel Levy will sell them and make money and leave the manager stranded. Even when they buy players, they usually buy players that hasn't made name for themselves and such players can't compete effectively. Tottenham Hotspur is just like a feeder club to Europe top clubs where amature players are groomed before being sold to the highest bidder. Until new ownership who is ambitious takeover at Tottenham their fortune won't change.
11  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 22, 2024, 05:28:14 AM
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In all consistency is of great importance as it's one key factor that keeps any team continually maintaining a very good spot at almost every level and that's one thing Manchester city have most above almost every other team in the. English premier league. They don't only exhibit this in the premier league but try to as much take it to the champions league and other leagues where they also gain some prominence such as in the champions league, if Arsenal is able to beat that then they will have a good and strong contending power against others in the new season.

After all, in the last two seasons Arsenal have always been close or close to getting the Premier League trophy and thus, I think Arteta has managed to make Arsenal have a good and consistent performance throughout last season. But unfortunately, maybe because the luck factor also becomes very important, so that makes Arsenal still get failure because maybe the bad luck factor that befalls Arsenal.

Because after all, the fact is that in some matches at the beginning of the season also that Manchester City got a few defeats and also, Manchester City also had experienced inconsistency. Therefore, the competition in determining the team that won the trophy last season was determined until the last match. Thus, I think Arsenal just need to get lucky, because basically Arsenal have had a good performance and of course, it makes Arsenal have a good chance to also be able to beat Manchester City in the title race next season.
In my opinion, Arsenal will find it difficult to beat Manchester City in the race for the Premier League trophy next season, if teams like Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool do not take part in the competition. If the competition only creates two axes like last season, it will be very easy for Manchester City to secure the trophy again. We realize that Arsenal has developed for the better, it's just that Arteta squad hasn't had much luck. Meanwhile, Tottenham and Aston Villa, Newcastle also have the potential to disrupt the competition, and it does not rule out the possibility of a surprise team emerging that will enliven the top four in the standings.

I think the Arsenal team has already tried to defeat Manchester City in the last two seasons in the English Premier League but failed at at the end as a result of their inconsistency in retaining a winning sleak when they are in good form but coming to the next season, I think Arsenal won't find it easy as usual to defeat City but they will have to work harder and maintain consistency with that they can defeat Manchester City and win the English Premier League next season.

I don't think teams like Tottenham, Newcastle and Aston Villa will have much strength to challenge a team like Manchester City looking out how inconsistent they can be especially the Tottenham team that has not shown any improvement since they had Harry Kane even till last season they were still struggling to meet up among the top 5 teams in EPL. Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United will be major challengers to City in the league next season I think they have got a better team than the other teams we mentioned earlier.

Tottenham does not even come close when they are mentioning teams that are going to fight for the title next season. I think Tottenham is just a team that's in the premier league just to do business and make their money. I don't know how their fans use to cope with that mentality of never challenging for trophies. When I thought Tottenham were going to win some silverware was when they appointed Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, but it was unfortunate that they couldn't get anything from two world-class coaches. So when we are talking of teams that will challenge Manchester City for the premier league Tottenham is totally out of the picture. I will rather go with Aston Villa to win the premier league before Tottenham will even do that. Another team I'm hoping to see much improvement this season is Newcastle, after their takeover, but last season was a disaster for them I hope next season will be much more better. It will be fun to see more teams competing for the league so it won't just be a two horse race as usual, although last season was different.
12  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Your advice for me on how to go about things in this forum on: July 21, 2024, 08:28:58 PM
There are alot of posts regarding this topic, advice for newbies on how to go about the forum. If you scroll down the thread you will see similar posts and if you can't find one, you use the search button and search for posts to see if there are topics relating to what you are looking for, if there is none that suits your interest or doesn't contain the information you are looking for, then you can create your own post. But in a situation you found what you are looking for, you won't need to create similar post anymore.

I'm telling you this as a newbie so you don't go about and creating an already existing topics. This is done to reduce the level of spamming.
13  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: July 21, 2024, 04:22:48 PM
People who panic are not investors but they are traders.

People who are slow and full of hope are not loyal or long term investors but they are traders.

These two characteristics can be ignored in each of you.

Just buy BTC and save it until you have children and grandchildren because Bitcoin investment is very good for the long term.

I prefer the old style of investors who accumulate bitcoins gradually but they don't sell them at every recorded ATH. why don't they sell because they know bitcoin is very limited. Whatever happens, buy bitcoin even if it's $10, do it gradually.
Do you know that bitcoin investment is risk, what I will tell you is that don't bag your eggs with one bag, you can invest in bitcoin for long-term but is not something that you will invest for your future children because its clear that nobody knows if the technology of bitcoin blockchain will fade off one day, their is a place I read in this forum, it stated that you should make bitcoin your side hustle, so as your investing in cryptocurrency you have to be mindful and don't put all you hope on it, now bitcoin is increasing and everyone is ready and interested to buy more bitcoin, but never know that bitcoin price can crash from this high price to low price, and it has happened in this form so many times, and it's possible another currency that is higher that bitcoin can be introduced.
I must confess that this is one of the dumb advise I have heard in years. I can't believe that in 2024 someone is still thinking this way. Don't do something that your children will grow up and start asking you questions about it. Just imagine that 30 years from now your children asking you this question, that were where you in 2024 when people were investing in bitcoin. I hope you will be proud enough to tell them you didn't invest in bitcoin because you read from somewhere that bitcoin isn't going to stand the taste of time, that it will fade away. Let me ask you one question the person that made the post you claimed to have read, is the person the inventor of bitcoin? Or was it the person that wrote bitcoin whitepaper?

This is exactly how early adopters sold off their bitcoin for peanuts and Pizzas because they listened to critics who couldn't see beyond yesterday, now those who listened to such talks back then are regretting it and they will forever do. It will be two decades soon since bitcoin was invented and it is yet to fade and I bet you that it won't. Don't do something you will regret in years to come, if you think I'm lying go ask those that sold between 2009 to 2012. They once believed that bitcoin will fail before 2024 but it turned out that they were the biggest losers. Don't be like them!!
14  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: July 21, 2024, 11:51:07 AM
Barcelona has reportedly sent representatives to meet with Nico Williams, the aim of which is none other than to discuss the possibility of the player transfer to Barcelona. Nico Williams impressive performance at Euro 2024 attracted the attention of Barcelona, ​​his duet with Lamine Yamal in the Spanish national team resulted in success. Barcelona plans to bring this combination back to life, but it seems they will be hampered by financial problems. It is very likely that Barcelona will go back into debt to smooth out their transfer plans, I think Nico Williams is worth targeting. We realize that Barcelona squad depth is still not as ideal as Real Madrid even though he managed to bring in Nico Williams, but at least it can keep Barcelona from being far behind in the competition for trophies.

I personally am also very impressed with the duet of Lamine Yamal and Williams at Euro 2024 and I think if Barcelona unites them it will be a good thing considering their performances are very suitable and indeed if Yamal and Nico Williams are in the same team then there will definitely be another beautiful duet Yamal and Nico.

Personally, I also have the same opinion as you, although Barcelona has to go into debt, but in my personal opinion there is no problem because the role of Nico Williams and Yamal is really needed by Barcelona considering that the competition for next season is getting tighter. Indeed, when compared with Real Madrid, of course Real Madrid is superior to the squad, but what you say is true, yes, at least bringing Nico Williams to Barcelona will certainly make Barcelona not far behind in the competition for trophies in the coming season.

However, if for example Williams cannot be brought in by Barcelona, ​​this will certainly make it difficult for Barcelona to find a suitable player like Williams. Well, we'll see, but I'm sure many Barcelona fans want the duet of Yamal and Nico Williams to return. but honestly I hope Barcelona is successful in bringing in Nico Williams.

Bringing Nico Willams to Barcelona is definitely the right step in the right direction for Barcelona since they are in desperate need to rise to the top. Already Yamal whom is considered by many as the new face of Barcelona has establish a good working relationship with Nico at international level and Nico is a fine player. Barcelona should make sure they don't lose out on the player, if Nico is brought into the squad there is no doubt that he is coming to help Barcelona be competitive next season. Real Madrid has already gotten a world class player in Mbappe, so Barcelona has to upgrade their squad so they can match the standard of Madrid next season. Barcelona should sell players that should be sold and raise money to finance Nico Williams deal. If they miss out on him it will show that they are not yet ready for their revival.
15  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season on: July 21, 2024, 09:23:07 AM
We cannot deny because for now even though Arsenal are a very good club but for Champions League matters it is clear that they are just an ordinary club that does not have any advantage in the championship competition but that does not mean they are bad because they are still in the Champions League zone it proves that they deserve to be there but not to be champions because seeing from their golden era even Arsenal always failed and their best achievements were only finals and runners up.

The Champions League is filled with great and great clubs in all the best competitions in Europe and it is very difficult for clubs like Arsenal who do not have any experience in the finals to compete because in the end even though Arsenal are currently a great club but in fact there are clubs that are even greater than them in terms of mentality, experience and club strength.

After all, so far under Mikel Arteta's tutelage, Arsenal has focused more on its Domestic League than the Champions League. That doesn't mean they don't want trophies in this competition, but in order to remain consistent on the right track Arsenal chose to focus on their Domestic League competition. Apart from that, the competitors in the Champions League are very diverse with the depth of their respective teams. So, to stay on the right track, that's why Arteta doesn't focus too much on the UCL competition. Just imagine, just to compete with Manchester City in the Premier League, Arsenal has to use all their abilities and put in a lot of effort. If their focus is divided, then Arsenal will quickly run out of energy. however, if we look at Arsenal in the last two seasons. Arteta has built a fairly solid foundation on his team. he just needs to bring in some newcomers as the team needs, maybe after that Arsenal can become even more competitive. and it is not impossible, if Arsenal is able to win the Premier League trophy, their next target will be the UCL. although, not a very easy task.


Arteta must focus on every competition they participate in because if Arteta only focuses on the Premier League, they will definitely not be ready for a busy schedule. Apart from that, Arsenal are indeed weakened by their failure in every season because they are at the top of the Premier League standings but in the end they surrendered to Manchester City. 
Arteta must think of an effective way to solve this problem where he must be able to share the same power when they play in the Champions League or domestic league because that way they can achieve the targets they want to achieve. 
This season of course, Arsenal has big ambitions in the Champions League because the depth of the Arsenal squad is very strong and they only need concentration to make it happen to become champions.
Arsenal squad dept is not that strong that was why they have been surrendering to Manchester City at the last stages of the season for the past two seasons. You cannot compare Manchester City squad dept and that of Arsenal at present. Manchester City has at least two world-class players in every department but same can't be said about Arsenal. Yes Arsenal has good players but if they want to be operating in the level that Manchester City is currently they have to dive into the transfer market and add more fresh legs that are going to provide more competition to the first team squads they have already.

They shouldn't look for players that are willing to settle for the bench. They should get players that are ready to go into the first team immediately, players that are going to make the coach have headache when it come to selecting the match day squad. They need to have a player that's playing at the level of Declan rice in mid field, and same in defense and get rid of Gabriel Jesus because he is lost in the Arsenal team. Arteta need to have a team that he can rotate and keep getting good results without shivering. Only when this is done that's when Arsenal can compete effectively in all competition next season.
16  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 21, 2024, 08:59:49 AM
The difference between Arsenal and Man City lies in the strength management. This means that when Man City started the League season they played normally, relaxed and were not in a hurry to be at the top of the standings. Man City can always manage when to play optimally and when to lower the tempo a little. So at the end of the season, Man City still has the reserves to release. The difference is that Arsenal when they start the season always use all their strength and rush to lead the standings. So facing the end of the season, Arsenal does not have the strength to boost the team's performance. As a result, what happened was that they fell from the top of the standings little by little because they didn't have any strength left.
I think it's a mentality factor, and Arsenal doesn't have that so in the last 2 seasons they have been unable to compete with Manchester City.
But I also think it's a natural thing because Manchester City have been building this team for a long time so they are far more than Arsenal in everything, while Arsenal has only been built by Arteta in the last few seasons.
And if Arsenal continues to support and give Arteta time to build this team, it is very likely that one day Arsenal can be like or even surpass Manchester City.
Everybody is focusing on Arsenal's "mental" issues. Its the easy thing to do. But folks, Arteta has some really outstanding football players here. Last season, they were right there with City. Right there. So, you cant just say its all in their heads. They possess the methods and the talent. They require that kind of deadly instinct. That view that they are the best, not only some underdogs slinking under City's feet.

Areta? He's a sharp guy. He knows what he's doing. These days, though, its more about convincing these guys of it too. They must walk on that field as though they own it. Like they are the most outstanding champions. You also know what? I think they can do it. They have possibilities. They are ravenous. This has nothing to do with getting up to City now. Its about assuming the new benchmark. Its about conveying to everyone the essence of Arsenal football. People, believe me; this team is going far.

I don't think if there is any big issue in Arsenal to make this team lose the Premier League title each season. They had good performances in this season and the last season when Manchester City won the title. Still, the fact about Arsenal and Manchester City is that Manchester City has a much better coach like Pep Guardiola in this team who can be a great advantage for this team. At the same time, Arteta is not experienced enough like Guardiola and that's why they are losing it.



Arsenal losing the title to Manchester City last season wasn't down to the coaches. Let's give Arteta the credit he deserves because he did a very good job throughout the season. I will narrow down Arsenal loss of the premier league title last season to squad dept, yes you heard right. Arsenal played very well but it got to a time when their players especially their front line were showing signs of tiredness and there were no replacement that could get the job done. Gabriel Jesus wasn't performing well anymore and Nketia wasn't up to the challenge. Arsenal defense and midfield were solid and Raya was excellent between the post. It was due to insufficient firepower up front that cost them the league. Put Arteta in Manchester City team of last season as the head coach and he will win the league. Arteta has gradually developed into a world-class coach.
17  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: Nigerians Police arrested and interrogated a popular bitcoin trader on: July 20, 2024, 06:58:42 PM
I don't know why some crypto enthusiasts like flaunting their wealth online or making it obvious that they are into cryptocurrency because since our government is not too comfortable with people that are into cryptocurrency in the country, we should be careful on how we discuss or make crypto related information open to the public. I don't know what is the problem with our youths like anyone who have succeeded in making little money from online stuffs will begin to flaunt it online without reasoning about the aftermath of it, how many politicians or influencial people are coming online to pose about their source of income? to be honest, some young Nigerians disgust me so much. Can't we just do things on a low key? without showing off?
It wasn't about him flaunting his wealth that got him arrested. He was petitioned by verydarkman that he is defrauding his customers through his online trading app. According to VDM, that Blord customers were sending him messages of failed transaction on the platform, so he decided to dm Blord and complain. Verydarkman issue with him was that he dm the guy and the responded and say him papa, that anyone who is having issues with the platform should go to their customers service at Asaba. The thing be like say Verydarkman get akpor for the guy. Blord as he is popularly known is not someone that usually flaunt his wealth and he wasn't arrested because of crypto currency trading. He was just invited for interrogation base on the petition that was written against him by Verydarkman.
18  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 20, 2024, 05:17:27 PM
Well this is what I have been saying since last season, we want to see another team win the League title, of course it's a bit strange to see the most competitive league dominated by one team as happened in Ligue 1 and Bundesliga. For next season we have 2-3 teams that will be the main competitors for Manchester City like Arsenal and Chelsea these two teams are predicted to have the ability to compete with Manchester City especially if they succeed in bringing in new players.

While other teams such as Manchester United and Tottenham do not appear to be in the title race because we haven't seen any noticeable activity in the transfer window so somehow they can compete with other teams. By the way, I can't predict how Liverpool will perform next season, after Klopp leaves maybe they will experience a little change who clearly couldn't expect more.
Still Liverpool is on the list of teams that will compete for the EPL trophy. You can't underestimate Liverpool just because they just changed coaches. example for you to think again, can Manchester United be a worthy competitor with their current coach? well there are no guarantees. So Liverpool could be surprising, remember that the quality of Liverpool players is still the best compared to Manchester United and Chelsea. Meanwhile, Arsenal is in the midst of stable strength, of course there is no doubt. But Liverpool can still beat Chelsea and United next season. Even Tottenham could still be ahead of Manchester United in the standings next season.

I think you shouldn’t say that now because we are talking about football here and anything can happen, we all know that Chelsea, Manchester United Tottenham and were not good to compete with Liverpool last season but this coming season might surprise us with the performance from the team you mentioned that Liverpool will beat, I know Liverpool still have a good squad but that doesn’t guarantee that Liverpool can still beat Manchester United and Chelsea next season, Chelsea and Manchester United have been pushing very hard to sign players so that they can beat many teams.

Liverpool is among the teams that have not signed players this season, every team signs players but we haven’t heard anything from Liverpool, Liverpool has changed their coach and they haven’t signed any player, does it mean that Liverpool is satisfied with the squad that they have currently? We don’t want to be hearing excuses from Liverpool's coach next season, he should try and make some changes before the league starts and before the league starts I’m thinking some of Liverpool's players might leave the team.

The Liverpool coach is just taking his time to identify the areas that needs to be strengthen. He is just new to the club and he is just starting to train with the players to know which one will fit in and which one should go out before they can talk of replacement. The transfer window is still running so Liverpool still have the time to make transfers. Unlike Manchester United who have had their coach with them for two seasons so he already knew what he needs and their new owners are also read to splash the cash.
19  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: July 19, 2024, 05:44:31 PM
Let's say your weekly DCA is $50 and you know that withdrawal fee will be needed you can make it $55 and use the $5 to cover the fee. Before you can accumulate up to $200, you will have $220 worth of bitcoin and when you are withdrawing your asset, the fees won't be much of a concern to you because you have already made provision for it. You can't take because of withdrawal fee and expose your asset to possible risk. If the exchange get hacked you will regret and would have preferred paying the withdrawal fees that would have been more lesser than losing your entire assets. Little fees shouldn't make us fall victim rather let's plan ourselves to accommodate the withdrawal fees from onset.

Well I understand your points but however from your explanation don't you think the investor will lose a lot of money as a fee? Or being affected financially? Because for an investor to choose investing $50 on a weekly basis means that he cannot afford any other amounts higher than what he had budgeted for the Bitcoin accumulation on the weekly basis, so perhaps advising him to add extra $5 could indirectly be regarded as aggressive investment because is very certain is going to affect him on the process which is why in as much as we are always positive we should also consider some challenges that could possibly occurred if taking a certain decisions because having that mindset always guide us very well on our Bitcoin journey.

So actually after considering all this fact I think the best way is to utilized the Consolidate method of investment which simply means that instead of accumulation and withdrawing your accumulated Bitcoin from the Cex you could possibly give it months interval and by then you have gotten a huge amount of Bitcoin that you can possibly withdraw at ones into your custodian wallet and by then the amount you would have use as a fee will be very smaller compare to withdrawing on weekly basis.
There is no way you can do without withdrawal fee from centralized exchanges. The choice of how many times to withdraw from exchanges is up to the investor and not mine or yours. What I suggested above is just a precautionary measure in a situation where people will use high withdrawal fee as excuses why they left their assets in a custodian wallet. My suggestion is never in any way suggesting to investors to invest aggressively or go out of their original budget of investing in bitcoin either weekly or monthly. It was just a mare insight that investors should prepare ahead and know that they are definitely going to pay for withdrawal fees either from what they have accumulated till the point of withdrawal or they can make extra provisions that will cover for the withdrawal fees, if they don't want the withdrawal fees to be charged from the bitcoin they have accumulated. When investors uses withdrawal fees as excuse for keeping their bitcoin in exchanges it gets me worried, because ordinarily they should have known that withdrawal fees are part of buying and hodling of bitcoin.
20  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: July 19, 2024, 05:23:13 PM
Let's say your weekly DCA is $50 and you know that withdrawal fee will be needed you can make it $55 and use the $5 to cover the fee.
I don't think it is a smart move to use 10% of your capital as withdrawal fee, that is too high for me. Instead of doing that, you could buy weekly but withdraw monthly, this way you will be cutting down the fee to 2.5% of your capital. If you continue to spend $5 as withdrawal fee for a $50 weekly DCA, that will amount to $260 annually as fee which is too high for such a low capital. So lile I said before, instead of this, a weeklg DCA and monthly withdrawal will be better.

What I'm suggesting to you is also what I'm doing because we have to maximise the opportunities while cutting down the cost of doing that.
If you read my post carefully you will understand that I said the $5 addition is just something you are adding up to make up for your withdrawal fee and I also made mention that you shouldn't withdrawal weekly unless you are buying up to $200 and above. If you buy $50 weekly you have to leave it till it gets to like $200 which is up to 4 weeks making it a month. So if you are adding the $5 for that 4 weeks you are likely going to have $220 so when you are withdrawing the withdrawal fees will be charged from the extra money you added to your initial weekly allowance for DCA, the fee might not get to the $20 depending on the exchange and their charges, there is every possibility that the extra $20 won't be exhausted on the withdrawal fees so the rest will still go to your holding. The essence of this is to make sure that your weekly DCA target is not shorten because of exchange fees. The choice of how many times to withdraw to a non custodian wallet solely lies with the investor, if he chooses to do it weekly if he can afford the fees that's fine, but if he can't he can do it monthly as you have stated above. But the most important thing is to get our assets off custodian wallets. We can't take because of withdrawal fees and lose our bitcoin.
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