Liverpool were such a bummer, not gonna lie... If they couldn't score first, the least they could have done is to not concede any goal as well, and that'd have kept me in a pretty good light on two ends, I would have won the yellow cap in the Champions League pool, and I wouldn't have been at a disadvantage for this game week against my opponent here.

Loserpool, seemed like a befitting name after all 

If FPL were to not be affiliated with the PL or weren't organized by them, then their decision would have made an iota of sense, but it's the Fantasy game of the Premier league, not independent fantasy of the Premier League, but it's already a lost cause, and there no point ranting about it any further, Marsch wasn't my captain so, maybe that's why I'm not entirely raged by their decision, but I've got both Mitoma and March in my team, however, I'm rather more looking forward to both Brentford and Brighton keeping the clean sheet now, that's the only remedy for my game week and at least Ivan Toney has already scored a goal already.


EDIT: Ivan Toney just can stay away from being booked, yeah ? Smh!!

I'll take that assist as an apology from Ivan Toney, and Mission Accomplised with both teams keeping a clean slate for the night, must be nice  Total disaster completely averted 

I would say it was only right that both of the questions turned out the way they did because Porto looked like they were surely going to have the Over 4.5 shots on target with some ease, their first shot on goal came in around as early as under the 3rd minute into the game, and then there was another decent attempted before the 19th minute mark, so I felt so sure that was a wrap already with 80 minutes to still play for.

For the Man City question, I contemplated between going for to different goal scorers, but It was just tricky, I would have gone for 2 different goals scorers if the options to choose from were 1 goal scorer, 2 goal scorers, 3 goals, and 4 different goal scorers, but the 3 or more feels more like a the safest option that gives a better edge, than pick, 0, 1 or 2 alone.

I got both questions so far correctly, but that doesn't give me any edge of mu opponent, as a matter of fact we only have 2 questions with different choices from the entire 10 questions, and the questions is involving Real Madrid vs Liverpool, and then, the El Classico over the weekend.

Yes, it probably doesn't matter which position the Golden State Warriors finishes at and even if the only way they get to make the playoffs is via securing the final spot in the play-in tournament, they'll still a force to be reckoned with for any team to that'd be opposing them, and they should still be considered one of the top favorites to win the championship, but the only problem that the warriors might be faced with during this post season is about how deep and healthy their squad would be, as we'll all likely agree that they are not the same team they were last season, and have lost some core part of their second unit and squad depth, so one of the major questions is would Andrew Wiggins and Gary Payton II be available at full speed for the playoffs ? There is also no James Wiseman too, Donte DiVincenzo have been an absolutely incredible addition to their squad, no doubt! but they'll need more than just 6-7 healthy players to go far in the playoffs, more or less stand a chance to defend their championship.

Strange night right ? all the 3 favorite teams mentioned here lost their game by at least double digits, Nets and Orlando Magic both lost by 14 points while Denver Nuggets lost by 15 points, after going down by 19 points at the very end of the first quarter alone, I knew it would be a difficult task to get back on their feet to chase win, and that mass gap was enough for the Raptors to bank on, this was the 4th consecutive loss for Denver Nuggets, after losing to the Brooklyn Nets a few day ago, could this result to them getting under some form of pressure with Ja Morant-less Memphis Grizzlies getting pretty much closer to them now.

I feel so terrible that I didn't get any point from Porto vs Inter Milan, I input all my picks from the first leg, and I was very that as of early in the morning I was going to settle for a draw, solely due to Inter Milan performance over the weekend, so 1-1 was supposed to be my prediction, but SuperBRU was not loading properly on my device because I actually in transit for majority of the day and I missed the kickoff just by a matter of few seconds, less than 3 seconds actually, and once we get to the next round it typically becomes harder to close any gap, especially if they're double digits.

I'm very much likely to squander mine on NBA as usual, I really don't have a distinct choice for both teams playing today, we all what Porto can sometimes as team, and not with Inter losing to Bologna and Spezia within two weeks, Porto would be a much bigger threat imo.

Man City BTTS seemed rather more likely. provided Leipzig are able to fulfil their own end of the bargain, but we could in for another surprise exit, I'd say.

I agree that it's literally fair to not count the Tennis question for this round, but finally it was actually understandable for me, I believe!

After the question I asked and the final wordings I read by with question before I submitted my predictions was interpreted to my understanding as, picking the four semifinalists i.e. two semi final fixtures, then the two players to make it to the finals and finally the player to win the tournament. However, it took me a whole lot of time to study the draws and get the semi final fixture combinations that are possible, since it started from round 1/128, so narrowing it down to the semi finals was quite a task, to be honest, and would have been worth it, if only the question counts, but I understand the fairness. Even if it worded correctly, I'm pretty sure a number of users that are familiar with Tennis would definitely input some semifinals fixtures combination that are practically impossible to occur.

15. Kamaru Usman
14. Rafael Fiziev
13. Gunnar Nelson
12. Casey O’Neill
11. Marvin Vettori
10. Jack Shore
9. Omar Morales
8. Sam Patterson
7. Muhammad Mokaev
6. Lerone Murphy
5. Christian Leroy Duncan
4. Jake Hadley
3. Joanne Wood
2. Ludovit Klein
1. Juliana Miller


NOT go the Full Distance: 9

Game 1:  37, 22'
Game 2:  37, 22'

You've just gotta give these young Houston Rockets team huge credits for their win against the Boston Celtics and their stars, The chemistry between those young rookies were rock solid today, and you'd expect them to fold when the Celtics came calling back with a run of their own, I really have not seen them played so connected this well, although the Celtics can be said to have had a rough night, but I think such statement would only undermine the efforts of the Houston Rockets players because the win was well merited in my candid opinion.

I'll literally still pick refereeing in La Liga over that of the overly exposed Premier League, but then even if the referee are in favor of Barcelona, I don't see any of them suiting up for the Barcelona team in defense, because you don't keep that kind of defensive record in the league with just referees biases, even prime time defensive Barcelona of the peak Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol and Rafa Marquez didn't never had it this good, not even Barcelona of the Messi, Suarez and Neymar era had it this good, 47 goals scored, in 25 games and just 8 conceded all season long so far, men, I know the team is still coming short in Europe but they really do deserve their flowers for the performance in the league, no question!

Just enjoy your win bro!, and let's look forward to the drama at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.

I guess I will be needing the good luck, after all 

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@Trofo, Just so I don't misunderstand the Tennis question, predict both semi-finalists and then winner of the tournament, that's a prediction of a total number of just 4 players right ?, 4 players who would reach the semi-finals and, then just the winner of the grand tournament itself, without including the other finalist ? and I wouldn't miss out totally, if for example I mentioned 4 players to reach the semi-finals and decide to go for winner of the tournament outside those 4 players right ?

Journey mercies @Cryptofrka !

That's a pretty impressive win you've got there mate, congratulations! If this was suppose to be a back, the main would have been even more significant if Man Utd had won, but Casemiro being sent sure did had its effect on the game totally, imo it was a deserved red card because the tackle could have led to a horrific injury, If the player had intended to shoot the ball, and it more so needless tackle from Casemiro, but I really don't like the idea of him serving 3-4 match because of that, being sent of from the game was enough caution to me.

I hope Buwaytress ticket was just Barcelona win too, and not perhaps a BTTS, Over or Handicap, which must have meant he also won his bet.

The New York Knicks are currently the underdogs for the game versus Lakers, It's going to require a better preparation from them, although the game against Clippers was one hell of game, they game was very physical and the referees allowed way too many fouls to slide, and a lot of the call were very controversial and so were the no calls too, I really think the officiating really influenced the way the match ended, The Knicks players were visibly frustrated, although some of the players like Julius Randle and RJ Barrett had a very awful night, Mitchel Robinson despite being good rim protector couldn't get decent basket during several offensive rebounds, although some were obvious foul that the referee literally just allowed the game to get physical, Immanuel Quickley was the only player I think had a really decent performance for the Knicks.

I understand the joke about Liverpool preferring to see their Merseyside rival relegated to the championship, but this isn't the kind of performance they'd rather have going into dire situation against Real Madrid, this performance isn't going to do their level of confidence any good, but maybe it could also help Real Madrid get cocky and underestimate, I however, I doubt it's going to be a case of both.

Anyways, I really still don't understand why Klopp is sticking to his obsolete 4-3-3 formation, when it's clearly evident that their midfield is lacking the level creativity it needs/deserves and is their biggest weak link, a 4-2-3-1 or 3-2-2-3 might help dominate play more in the midfield area which is the only major problem Liverpool seem to have in my sincere opinion, so many time you find Van Dijk being somewhat the defensive midfield or CM, which usually ends up getting Liverpool by just on long ball and you find Konate struggling in those 4 on 2 counterattack scenarios with Arnold being the next closest defender on the pitch.

VAR care more about controversial calls and micrometers offside calls than awarding a goal to the rightful goal scorer in as much as it counts as a goal for that team, damn all of us the bettors and FPL managers cries right ? I doubt with the number of hours passed now if they can still reincide their decision or perhaps tomorrow when things get calm and better, is there still any possibility of that ?

@LTU_btc good game, better luck next time buddy 

I thought it's going to all come down to the baseball game to be the decider but after we both got it wrong in the Chelsea vs Leicester City match, I believe there is no catching with me for this round, so I can put my mind at rest and prepare for the next round, it was a bloodbath for me this round, I was only lucky to be paired with some that did a little worse than myself, after Jeremypwr whooped me in the previous round, I just gotta do better but there simply isn't an easy match up here.

You guys believe you are having it bad ? I have had Everton triple defense for the last 3 games and they didn't make double digit points cumulatively for those 3 games, and here they are when playing against my captain for the Gameweek, tell me I'm not meant to win without telling me I'm not meant to win.

Another Czech Republic upset ?? This time against Japan ? even in my most optimistic state of mind, I total runs will be scored I wouldn't bank on it, neither would be anticipating it, but I would rather fancy the chances of get one more win from a possible six to upset the predictions in the spreadsheet, than expect Czech to beat Japan today, but we will see, I'd say.