It might not have been the perfect result for Leverkusen at the end of the day, but I think them being able to snatch a draw from being 2 goals down would be a result to be highly contented with, with the 2nd leg to be held at Germany. Not to underestimate Qarabag like I did before today's match though, but I'm not sure they stand a chance now to secure the upset that slipped through their fingertips in the 2nd leg away from home.

I on the other hand went all "Yes", and my decision was simply influenced by the fact that it was a home game for Man City, and there wouldn't be any issue or level of tiredness from travelling and logistics wise so, I supposed Guardiola perhaps would play all these players but just give them an early rest in the second half. It's was just business as usual for Guardiola, a team rotation roulette 


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Roma ML felt quite like some free money, alongside 1.6x Odds for a Liverpool win against Sparta Prague, I guess I was right after all, both teams are 2 goals ahead and it's almost halftime sure there shouldn't be any drama here, meanwhile Bayer Leverkusen are down by 2 goals to Qarabag, who could have anticipated that ?!

I think I'm going to really pass on the second league this time, you all know I'm always down any competition whatever and whenever but, I really don't think I'll be having the luxury of time to be strategic down the stretch as I would have loved to, so it's just going to be me giving the mediocre Sheriff another sort of bragging rights which shouldn't have even existed in the first place.

That's quit a bummer and as it's just the first week of a new season where you'd expect no one to miss it, I think Woodie should have just asked from the thread if they couldn't find it, and it was obvious that people were already discussing about the questions and whatnot, I really don't know what to say, I know the organizer already have the news rules in place but then it could happen to any one to miss out an information before it was added to the OP, but the least that could have been done was to ask, I remember about 2-3 people asking when the new season was starting even as late as Saturday and wanted to make payment.

Of the four questions that myself and mitchr4 have different answers for, two of them are out of the window already for the both of us, while we share the same opinions for the remain questions, so now it's going to go down to Liverpool vs Manchester City game and/or the Dota 2 question, where he's got Shopify Rebelion and I went with Falcons even though I'm only seeing their name for the very first time in a Dota 2 tournament, their form just seem rather to good to ignore, I guess.

Finally I have some points on the board after 5 or is it 6 consecutive game weeks without any, too bad I didn't go all in on PSG, it would have been worth it at least to a very reasonable extent, but I can't complain much since I know what it feels like to go with zero points for consecutive weeks.

That being said, I also could make use for a shocker for Man City, I really wouldn't mind except there is some players going all in on them, then I wouldn't want that because that'd be of more disadvantage than advantage to me.

Yeah, I already figured how many group stages games were going to be played, and my intention wasn't to see who would be in an advantageous or top position but rather to see how teams I'd consider to be my favorites are faring with regards to their form, chemistry and general playing tactics and whatnot, because as far as Dota 2 can often be, it's quite easier to notice a team in great shape and big teams that are supposedly struggling from early the stages of each tournament, and that was my main play here.

I submitted my picks already I hope mitchr4 isn't coming for a total revenge this time, considering how one sided our fixture went last season.

I was going to wait for a longer time before submitting my picks solely because of the Dota 2 question, but there quite a number of new teams doing really great that I've never heard of their name, but it's not going to be worth the for me, so I just went with a instinctive decision in the end.

1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. 8 seconds

Game 1:  25, 25'
Game 2:  25, 25'

14. Sean O’Malley
13. Benoit Saint-Denis
12. Kevin Holland
11. Gilbert Burns
10. Petr Yan
9. Jailton Almeida
8. Maycee Barber
7. Mateusz Gamrot
6. Kyler Phillips
5. Philipe Lins
4. Michel Pereira
3. Robelis Despaigne
2. Asu Almabaev
1. Maryna Moroz

NOT go the Full Distance 6

Rule No 1: Don't read too much into their interpretation of the question or the fancy and sweet text written by the Snake in the Eagles Shadow, or the Mafia boss. Just take the few points you need away from the question, which are the Status Quo, Chance of Occurrence in your opinion and your Ifs and buts, anything other written in those fancy text will do you more harm than good, If you don't know what you're doing.

Thanks mate,

It was a very good week for me indeed, I check the pool's leaderboard later on Saturday night after all the matches for Saturday had been concluded, I saw I had amassed a total of 16 points then, 1 point behind the current game week leader, and then I proceeded to check my predictions for the Sunday games, and honestly I was tempted to alter my 2-0 prediction win for Bayer Leverkusen, I just shrugged the thought off by saying to myself that I got 16 points with altering any of my prediction from the time made them so I might just as well let it slide as such, then lo and behold, I got 2 exact score for final 2 games. I really didn't see it coming, but I hope I can keep the trend up and climb up a few places more  

I don't know who the most unlucky player in this pool have been if not me, I was forced to used my Free Hit last game week, and this week I had absolutely no choice but to wild card, and not as if that as turned out to be the in my favour either, my starting 11 player all have 47 points combined, while just the 4 players on my bench have a whooping 36 points (all goes to waste), and yes I got rid of Foden too, despite myself emphasizing that's he's currently a must City player due to his form and versatility 

It sure would be considered a great use if anyone can get 36 points for their bench boost chip in any FPL season.

That'd have been some typical mafia shit, Trofo! cryptofrka is being bad influence on you, but then show me your friend and I'll tell you who you are not


You can check, it's just a couple of post above yours. Anyways, your first opponent is dbshck.

Both of my duels against Buwaytress and Slackovic will end as a draw, I don't think I can complain much for not winning either or even both duels, because I was 3-0 down against slackovic earlier into week after the first 3 question and also 2-0 down against buwaytress as well, but I did tell slackovic not to be all hyped up yet, because my team have still got some things up their sleeves to show. I think buwaytress would be the one to feel the most hard done by the result, especially after Crewe gave up 2 goals advantage with 20 minutes + stoppage left to go.

Too bad I didn't fill the penalties question, perhaps I could have won one or both duels. However, It was an interesting game mates! I'm looking forward to the new season already 

Congratulations Chi, well done! and better luck next time Hhampuz, both of you duly deserved it, and you both have defied a lot off odds by reaching reaching the finals alone, but we can only have one champion and that is Chi!, however, Hhampuz finishing as the runner up must surely have surpassed the expectations of everyone in the league. So, great season fellas!

You're very lucky J!

@arallmuus it seems as though we both share the same kind of luck today, don't we ? as I also got burned by the lowest odds from my own slip.



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Thanks Sportsbet, I don't think I've ever witnessed such a generous promotion with zero strings attached, hopefully bad actors will not try to take advantage of the brand's generosity, they'll get caught even if they do anyways.

Players get hit by unfortunate circumstances like Hazard and Neymar with injuries and whatnot, Hazard reached is peak Chelsea ? You can only say that because his spell at Real Madrid didn't go as planned, but nobody, at least most people never expected him to perform less at Real Madrid than he did at Chelsea, they were even expecting more than would put him at arguably the 3rd best player in the world right behind Messi and Ronaldo, or even go at loggerheads with both Messi and Ronaldo for world the best player in the world debate.

And how do you predetermine a players peak when their career isn't over yet ? Because in your statement of him reaching peak at Chelsea it's as though, there was bar or any level left for him to surpass that hasn't been done while he was Chelsea before his move to Real Madrid was announced, because I'm sure quite a lot of people here would agree that the Benzema had the peak of his career during the 2020/21 and 21/22 season, a time when he was already of age 33 and 34 years old respectively.

And so, if that's the case, I would like to ask a simple question Mbappe have proven himself very talented player already and not just some kid with potential like you considered the likes of Neymar, Ronaldo and Co to be then. Now to my question would you say Mbappe has reached the peak of his career and there is not a level left that could be attained for him, If he completes his move to Real Madrid, because Mbappe is currently 25 years of age, the same age Neymar was when he left Barcelona for PSG.

Just because the move didn't turn out well for them doesn't mean they made the wrong decisions, Neymar was already a king a Santos before coming to Barcelona, If Ronaldo had stayed back at Manchester United do you think he would have achieved half of what did with Real Madrid, should Mo Salah have stayed back at AS Roma because he was already one of the best in Serie A then ?

Lewandoski and Marco Reus were a duo-king in Dortmund back then, but Lewandoski moved to Bayern Munich and what would you about both players carrier after Lewandoski moved to Bayern, and Reus couldn't complete his away from Dortmund as well, who carrier had been more progressive after that split ? Suarez also was a king in Liverpool in the Suarez, Sturridge and Sterling partnership but did his career retrogress upon switching to Barcelona ? I could keep on mentioning names, of players the left a club because they needed a better shot at being the best in world or playing for a bigger at least for their brand and image right increment and probably a larger exposure or more attention, after all it's usual just business for the club when you become aged and almost can't give your 100% any more they begin to you uttermost less respect and priority, so I'm with a player who make move which they believe would be step up to their career and brand as a whole, because after their football career that'd be all they have left, I'll end my statement with an infamous quote that goes thus, "If you can drink from the fountain, why then, should you request for a drink of water from the cup?".