Real Madrid is definitely not the same team as it was a few years ago. Remember, Real won three consecutive Champions League titles when Zidane was the head coach. I believe Xabi can motivate them and elevate the team to a higher level. They just need to stay healthy and be in top form.
Replicating what Zidane did at Real Madrid won't be easy for a new coach at Real Madrid, as it's not without reason that I say that when we refer to the quality of the players Zidane coached and the quality of the players currently at Real Madrid. Real Madrid fans certainly know and can draw a clearer comparison, because the difference between Zidane's time with Ronaldo and the current squad for a team of Real Madrid's stature is stark. What Zidane has done was once what will never happen again probably.  He got lucky on many levels and I think he knows it and that is why he doesn't return to the business because he would be measured by what he has done on the past and he knows it can't be done again. |
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I still remember what Jose Mourinho once said, where he said that the best achievement in his coaching career was “taking Manchester United to second place.” And that happened in the 2017/18 season where Man United finished just below Manchester City. This statement makes me wonder, what really happened to Manchester United? How can a coach with extraordinary achievements say that his best achievement is bringing Manchester United to second place. This is something that shows how difficult it is for a coach to be able to bring this team to a better position.
Ruben Amorin will now have a full season with Manchester United, so let's see what Amorin can do this season. This season will really be a proving ground for him.
This season will provide Ruben Amorin a good opportunity to prove his skills, it will be interesting to see how far he can take a team that finished 15th last season. In preseason matches, United had good time against West Ham and Bournemouth but played a draw against Everton. We know that in EPL the competition is at its peak and team has to perform exceptionally well in all games to finish among top teams. Although United has good preseason but their real strength will be seen in upcoming season. Amorim is a talented manager, but we can’t see that now till the season starts, but with the way his preparation is going, seriously, he may make things possible for Manchester United next season because the way I can see that he is also preparing ahead of next season. However, Amorim is going to do well in his coaching career at Manchester United because he won’t want the past to happen again. As we all know, Manchester United have been experimenting hard for the past many seasons now in the Premier League, which is not supposed to be like that for a team like Manchester United, so definitely Amorim will want to change the narrative this coming season. But with talented it all ends. He came from being the coach who wins all games to a team that loses all games. Everybody wants to discuss his talents and how he will be able to bring Manchester United some good times, but it is not what is going on. When will everyone realize that the team is in trouble and they need someone to do a full turn over. I don't think Manchester United will have a chance to play with good hopes against Liverpool. |
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If Newcastle can't deliver during friendly pre-season games even against a none Premier League side, how are they supposed to play against teams like Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea that are adding more value to the team and the results are showing signs of a great season ahead. Losing Isak is worth giving a second thought, Newcastle are not low on finance that they prioritize the sale of Isak in order to sign other players, Newcastle even have the finance to increase his pay just to make him more comfortable, the reason for letting him go needs to be studied.
Newcastle should try to squeeze the maximum money out of Liverpool or just keep Isak and sell him next summer. After all, even next summer Isak will have 2 years left on his contract so he can be sold for a lot or even more than now. At the same time, it is not at all necessary to raise Isak's salary - why if there is already a contract and he wants to leave and will be sold anyway? I hope Newcastle have the balls to stand up for their interests and not give in to the shakedown. Usually those salary raises go hand in hand with other options or clauses included to the advantage of Newcastle. They could tell him that they won't let him go below a certain price and then he knows it is useless to try to force the departure, but they can then offer him a significant salary raise if in turn he extends his contract or sometimes they buy out release clauses. I don't know if Isak has any, but salary raises can make sense and Newcastle wants Isak to feel comfortable with his decision. I know that too many players want to renegotiate terms they have once given their signature for, but this is how that business works. Liverpool knows that Newcastle is in a good position and Isak isn't known for being injured very often, which makes it more likely that he will play a good season and he could become more expensive. It's one of the more interesting possible transfers this season. |
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I was down 1-3 against Dump3er in our 6 points match-up. And now it's 4-4 again but it was not very smart from me to oppose Mirassol and since it's a crucial point I will hedge my BSFL prediction and wouldn't mind a Mirassol win   What a tiny hedge you chose here. I think that's breaking a butterfly on a wheel! You will need this point or otherwise it can at best be a draw if Team Spirit loses the Counter Strike final against Mouz. Since you went with Vitality as the winner in the final, this is a free question for me. It's either a point or a draw on that question. I think what makes question 8 difficult to win for you is that you decided against the home team scoring a goal. Mirassol not scoring is odds 4.50.  It's tough that you wouldn't get a point if Vasco da Gama wins 1-2. |
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  Take a good look at the Manchester City and Real Madrid squads. Both teams were playing very seriously against Al Hilal, and the result is clear to see. This was an official competition. There's no doubt that the Saudi teams are strong. It was truly a dream result for Al Hilal. Al Hilal probably never thought that they would be able to defeat a team like Manchester City so quickly or share points with a world-class team like Real Madrid. While Real Madrid has the best players in the world playing at the same time, Manchester City has the best players and the best managers in the world in both clubs, but Al Hilal has been able to show excellent performance against these two clubs. Due to such a courageous performance by Al Hilal, it is being said that this team will be able to make it to the Champions League like Manchester City and Real Madrid. Although it is a matter of time now, if this team gets a place in this big tournament, they will try their best to take their team to a better level and they will not think twice about spending money. What is this about? Al Hilal won't play in the Champions League if you are implying that they would become part of the UEFA association and play against teams like Real Madrid or Manchester City in the future. This was a topic months ago and got ruled out by officials. That's so much for Al Hilal playing in the Champions League. They have got their Asian version and that is where they will play. Regarding the performance against Manchester City, I would add that Manchester City has not been in good form ever in the last season and neither Real Madrid nor Manchester City attributed any bigger meaning to the Club World Cup. If they had won it, they would have taken it, but they didn't and I suppose they don't care. If Al Hilal played against these teams in a serious competition where all players show their best game, Al Hilal won't consistently take points from them. |
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500 chips is around $50-$60, it's not much money. Withdrawals are processed manually, I guess the limit is there so support isn't wasting time processing pennies. Having said that, the 500 chip limit has been there at least 3 years so it probably wouldn't be a bad idea for them to lower it. If you're really desperate to get 200 chips off the site sell them in chat. Or even here. Just check with reputable players so you don't get scammed. I personally don't care about the 500 limit, but you are giving an example now right as we speak with your 10 chips buyin private tourney. If someone wants to participate in a tourney with 10 chips buyin, but doesn't want to deposit half an mbtc, there is no way to do it other than selling it via chat and what not, as you said. As for the manual processing of withdrawals, I don't know if that is true, I guess so since withdrawals often take time. But that begs the question why they are not automated. That should be one of the easiest things to do, especially since they charge withdrawal fees. There are not many platforms processing all withdrawals manually, not that I know of. |
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You can deposit small amounts, but there is still one issue about those smaller amounts when you want to withdraw as the minimum amount is 0.5 mbtc. You either win a lot with that small amount or you will have some money on the platform that you can't withdraw. I think this has been suggested before, but maybe that minimum withdrawal limit should be adjusted to maybe 0.2 mbtc. That is when smaller amounts would make sense and I think more people would be willing to deposit and try the platform. If they know that 0.5 mbtc is the minimum and they lose some, the 0.5 mbtc is practically stuck there until they deposit more, which some people could deem risky.
Yeah, I also believe that the minimum withdrawal amount should be decreased because maybe one might not be able to have that much every time, so they should at least be allowed to make a withdrawal. 200 chips (0.2 mBTC) sounds reasonable to me, even 300 should work, but it should be less than 500 chips at least. If they want to grow traffic on their platform, 300 is still too much because you would have to deposit a sufficient amount to still have enough to withdraw in case you lose some. I would loosen that limit as I think it invites more people to give the platform a try and then they can make an informed decision. Now I think too many potential players will just choose to refrain from depositing or if they see that their deposit gets stuck because of that withdrawal limit, it could badly reflect on the platform as a whole. Players want a seamless experience and they go wherever they get that. |
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So, we need to improve what we have long term and could do better job. We need to realize Arsenal wants premier league more, so when you want something more, then you focus on that more, and then losing UCL becomes not a big deal for them.
CMIIW, in the last 10 seasons, Arsenal total spending for the 2025/2026 season is the largest, reaching 200 million euros. This indicates Arsenal have serious desire to win trophies this season. Whether in the Champions League or the Premier League. Of course, this is a goal for them every season, but the problem is always inconsistency. If Arsenal had maintained their form well, I think they would have won titles in several previous seasons. However, it seems Arteta has yet to find the right formation to maintain his team consistency. With the current transfer budget, there should be serious improvements for Arsenal to achieve. Is not all about spending huge amount of money on signing players to the team is all about proper plan and maximizing what you have, but the issue with Arsenal is that Arsenal should focus on one trophy during a particular season either the Premier league, champions league and any of the rest cups, this way will know where channel their energy to and to see what works and not by wanting to lift every trophy at same season. More of this nonsense please, top clubs like Arsenal should publicly announce that they will focus on one trophy and let everything go. If you really think that this is how top level professional football works then you should go for an internship and learn what reality looks like. There is no focus on one trophy while letting everything else go down the drain. It's some of the weird nonsense guys who have no clue are talking about. Not even Sunderland would do that. |
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As football club fans we all have certain clubs which we dislike for some specific reasons. Myself I do have too. Arsenal management isn't completely exempted, Why I was specifically patching some blames on Arteta was due to his resistance on signing a proper 9 for Arsenal in that January transfer window of 2025. He had the resources available for him to sign a proper 9 which was the main problem of arsenal compared to other departments in the team. I felt if Arteta had gotten a top 9 at that period, Arsenal would have really given Liverpool a headache towards winning the EPL trophy last season.
Lol, there are some certain clubs I don't like too, most of them is mainly because of their fans. Years ago, it was Chelsea, those Chelsea fans around where ever I go just makes too much noise and one would wonder if they were the most successive team in the league what would have happened. But now, it doesn't border me anymore, at least they have been winning some trophies. The other team now is Arsenal, oh my goodness, you need to hear this fans make unnecessary noise despite not winning a meaningful trophy for long apart from the FA cup. Every diehard Chelsea fan as I know do take great pride in their club as a fan more than any premier league club fan and on the part of their club they are not relenting on winning trophy every season which continuously gives their fans that bragging right they express loudly. As for Arsenal I wonder what their fans would be bragging about with because they haven't won the EPL trophy for years now and never won the UCL, so their noise is really questionable. Well if it's by this, shouldn't Manchester City fans be the noisiest in the league? Because if going according to what you just said, they have been the ones winning the most trophies in the league in recent years and should be the loudest. Likewise Liverpool fans because in recent years too, they have won the league and the UCL. It's just that these fans are not noisy that's just the reality of this particular matter. Indeed, there are die hard fans for almost any team in the Premier League and I would count the Liverpool fans as one of the most enthusiastic? But that is just a subjective assumption, I have never been there and couldn't actually prove that claim. Lida93 As for Arsenal I wonder what their fans would be bragging about with because they haven't won the EPL trophy for years now and never won the UCL, so their noise is really questionable. this makes no sense. In other words any team that has never won a title in recent years should not have noisy supporters? Fans should go to the stadium but shut their mouths? I don't know if you understand the concept of what a fan is and how it fills the stadium with exciting atmosphere, who cares whether the team won something or not? What would a stadium visit feel like if most of the teams would just be quiet? |
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The manner in which Inter Milan lost the Champions League final had nothing to do with random English teams spending a fortune on new players. Inter Milan did not do what they did in all those other games and player quality was not the issue in the league phase, not in the round of 16 or quarterfinal or semifinal. They could have done it in the final, but for some reason stopped playing football altogether in that game. I'm not trying to defend Inter's defeat (I'm a Juventus fan so I hate Inter ), I was just pointing out that Italian teams don't spend the same way they used to so there is a financial gap that every year gets bigger and bigger. Considering our situation the fact that we played 4 Champions League finals in the last 10 years (Juventus 2015 and 2017, Inter 2023 and 2025) is quite remarkable. We lost all of them but it's like if, I don't know, Uruguay or Croatia qualify for a World Cup final quite often: they are good teams but there are better ones, and at the beginning of the competition for sure very few people would expect them to reach the final. In regards to the Italian national team, I think 0% is too pessimistic. Considering our qualification path 0% could be even too optimistic because it means we would partecipate at the World Cup, and right now it's not what is happening And one more thing about the money spent and success it brings. PSG paid for Messi, Mbappe and Neymar and you know how that ended in the Champions League.
PSG is a different case because they were collecting players, there was no idea, no project, just buy random famous players. Yes but this "collecting players" as you call it, it is a thing that many clubs do. It is not anything special for PSG. See how Tottenham and Manchester United did last season and they are rich Premier League clubs. I don't disagree though that the gap in terms of financial scope is widening, but I still think that Inter Milan is one of the best teams right now and Juventus Turin is making too many wrong decisions about player transfers. I didn't like the composition of their squad for the last 3-4 years. I agree that Italy isn't having their best time now, but I still think if they get into the knockout stages at the World Cup, they still must be considered a strong team. If it is like Italy against Portugal, it wouldn't be an easy call. Those big events have their own rules. |
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Jadon Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho have been transferred to the Manchester United U21 team.
There's a rumor like this. Is it true?
The rumors are false. How old are Sancho and Garnacho that they will be playing in under 21 team? They are well over 21 and despite whatever differences they have with the manager they can’t just be shipped off to a U21 team. The rules state that three outfield players can be over 21 in the U21 Premier League teams and they can have one goalkeeper over the age of 21. I don't know whether this transfer that is being talked about here is final or anything, but if there is some truth to it, I suspect that they were sent to the U21 temporarily, probably more for disciplinary reasons if it's true. Or maybe they tried to negotiate unacceptable deals and that was the answer Manchester United gave them. It wouldn't be the first time that a club bans players from the main team to make clear that there is no future for them and sitting out the contract would mean they either play in the U21 or not at all. Sometimes players change their minds then. |
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I came across news that there’s a senator pushing to ban gambling in our country.
So I’d like to ask fellow gamblers here, do you think this move is justified? Or is it too harsh?
We all know that gambling is addictive by nature. No matter our financial status, anyone can fall into addiction. But is banning it entirely really the only solution?
And what could be the possible consequences if gambling were banned in a country? Can you share some thoughts or examples?
Let’s have an open discussion ...
Who says that banning it is considered a solution in the first place? How would a ban be enforced? You could try to ban gambling by shutting down the Internet, but I think that is not the greatest idea. As long as the Internet works and someone knows how to properly use it and circumvent certain limitations, there is no way to effectively ban anything that works online. Once authorities are able to shut down one website, 20 others will be launched. That is not how they, if that is the goal, will ever get rid of gambling. They can close their physical casinos, but not online gambling. |
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Footballers from almost every country are doing well in European clubs, but very few players from this country are doing well in other countries' leagues. Instead of Italian players in the Italian league, most of the players are from abroad, meaning they are relying more on foreign players for their clubs. At one time, our hopes for the Italian team were completely dashed because we were not seeing any strong players in the pipeline that we could rely on to fill the gaps that the current players would fill when they retire. Now Italy may be working on their football again, but they will have to work a lot harder if they want to regain their former position.
I think Italy should go to the World Cup right now They have a very good team, good forwards, and strategies that draw attention, Especially when watching their games, they have a much more attacking nature, and that's essential They'll face very tough teams, and what they need now is to secure their place, It's all up to them. I think one of the things they need to work on the most is their physicality, especially their endurance, and for them to play a little faster. It could be bad timing for this post after Inter Milan got destroyed by PSG in the Champions League final. Italian teams haven't been doing well internationally and as it's right that this doesn't count too much, there are not really that many Italian stars out there. Italy has played convincingly strong football because of their high degree of team organization through stressful game periods. I doubt that as of today they have the players and the level to take a shot at the title. It is still one year to go, but taking everything from recent months into account, I wouldn't consider them to be among the top favorites. If we take a look at the European results of Italian teams they are not too bad, especially considering that Italian teams spend for players and salaries only a fraction of what English teams do, and of course Real Madrid, Barcelona and PSG. You can't expect Italian teams to win the Champions League when a random English team spends more money on the market than the Serie A winner. Regarding the national team there are 0% chances for Italy to even think about winning the World Cup. And I'm Italian. The manner in which Inter Milan lost the Champions League final had nothing to do with random English teams spending a fortune on new players. Inter Milan did not do what they did in all those other games and player quality was not the issue in the league phase, not in the round of 16 or quarterfinal or semifinal. They could have done it in the final, but for some reason stopped playing football altogether in that game. In regards to the Italian national team, I think 0% is too pessimistic. I agree tha they are not one of the biggest favorite teams, there is no disagreement about that. But I think large events like the World Cup are always good for surprises and I would not count Italy out when it is about pulling a surprise. It's not like they only have low quality players. And one more thing about the money spent and success it brings. PSG paid for Messi, Mbappe and Neymar and you know how that ended in the Champions League. |
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Due to Tottenham's eligibility to play in the champions league this upcoming season, it is imminent that the club has to recruit new players to enable the team compete favourable in the competition in order to avoid a repeat of what happened last season and the one before, as a result of the absence of quality players within the squad which made the team to struggle a lot, but I think the management is doing quite a lot to make sure that the team is in a good position to compete both in the premier League and also in the champions league as well.
But so far Tottenham has not recruited new good enough players ahead of the new season, I am yet to see some quality recruitment that will show some level of readiness for the new season, they have a new coach of which should even be reasons to get the need for recruitment but it could be that they just taught of it without the interference of the coach I think Tottenham Hotspur are been meticulous in their spending with what they got from the Europa league victory last season, cause they are selective of players even as they are also trying to strengthen the club for next season under Frank. So far to my best of knowledge they just made two signings and am sure they will be bringing in more better legs before the close of the transfer window. The competition for next will be tougher as each team is making sure to build the backup options of it squad. There are a lot of details that Tottenham Hotspurs has to pay attention to after that last season. They made some good money, but the failure last season was so significant that I don't know whether they can still afford to treat this team as if minor changes are necessary. They need to restructure it from the first to the last player. What happened last season wasn't an accident, it was a fundamental problem regarding the coaching and the team as a whole. Lucky for them that they won the Europa League and still can go from there as that added some financial scope for this season, but it's clear that they will have to do everything to avoid any season result that is similar to the last one. |
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Yes. You're right. Real Madrid is definitely a good team. One of the reasons why the team is good is because they have big stars. It's easier to play than to control a star player. Because none of Madrid's players have to learn the game. In terms of skill, no one is inferior to anyone else. So they all have arrogance. This arrogance makes them lose matches at the last minute. Each player has a different hunger to dominate. Because of this hunger, they lose again and again at the last minute. I think Alonso will think more about this aspect. As a coach, it's very easy to create a new player. But controlling an experienced player is very challenging. Alonso said that after August 4, he will tell the fans everything about the team. Until then, we can only hope that whatever happens will be good. What's happening to Real Madrid at the moment proves that recruiting star players doesn't necessarily make the club the best, in this case Xabi Alonso seems to be finding it a little difficult to control the star players, although the direction given is very clear, the difference will be seen when the match starts. However, if they can work well together as a team with the aim of winning at all costs, putting their egos aside. Real Madrid have the potential to become a club that is hard to beat and that has to happen soon, they don't have much time left. Nothing has happened yet. Anyone who thinks that an event like the Club World Cup is a good predictor for the next season is wrong. The sole fact that transfers are still being made and teams can change significantly compared to what they looked like during the cup is telling you that the squads have not been finalized yet. If anything is a burden for Alonso in the next season, it is that the squad is not put together very well as it lost balance due to players resigning and similar player types like Vinicius and Mbappe. They will have to fix that or I think they will quickly realize that competing with a well balanced squad like Barcelona won't be possible. It is not all about that single game that Real Madrid can win, but they want to compete for La Liga title and therefore they need balance from the goalkeepers to their strikers. |
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I'm really confused about that platform, because I really want to try playing poker, but I don't know what the first step
is to take so that I can join the poker game there.
Yes creating an account is free, and you can deposit small amount since there's some rooms that has a low stake, I have some spare chips on SwC and from time to time I used that play and kill some time, I do actually enjoy and they have a lot of tournaments around here lately. It's a little bit confusing at first if you really are not familiar but once you figure it out, you'll enjoy it. Hope I can play with you sometime. You can deposit small amounts, but there is still one issue about those smaller amounts when you want to withdraw as the minimum amount is 0.5 mbtc. You either win a lot with that small amount or you will have some money on the platform that you can't withdraw. I think this has been suggested before, but maybe that minimum withdrawal limit should be adjusted to maybe 0.2 mbtc. That is when smaller amounts would make sense and I think more people would be willing to deposit and try the platform. If they know that 0.5 mbtc is the minimum and they lose some, the 0.5 mbtc is practically stuck there until they deposit more, which some people could deem risky. |
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