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221  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Why inflated countries should adopt Bitcoin to help boost their economy. on: March 02, 2024, 07:11:28 AM
I think African countries should adopt the use of crypto currencies to help boost their economy more. Rather than fighting against the use of bitcoin.

 It is a great privilege to experience the explicit and dynamics of the currency innovation in our local and global markets, transaction platforms and businesses in the day to day life. In one word bitcoin is "REVOLUTIONAL".
You're right, African countries have been rather slow when it comes to bitcoin adoption, Bitcoin adoption in Africa could turn the state of the continue around. Many African countries are dealing with hyperinflation and other economic issues and there's no doubt that Bitcoin adoption could provide a much better alternative to the failing traditional financial system in the country.
It is true that african countries are very underdeveloped and if they adopt bitcoin their economy can improve as well as their economy, but it will depend on the government. Africa has many economic problems but it is difficult for governments to deal with them. Government adoption of bitcoin is good for the economy if people learn about the use of bitcoin and become proficient.
Let me ask, how will bitcoin improve the economies of African countries? Because according to my understanding, if a country wants to develop its economy, it needs good foreign policy...creating abundant jobs for people and thereby helping people have a stable income. Meanwhile, bitcoin is a highly volatile investment and investing in it does not guarantee 100% returns. Bitcoin is a financial market and there will be winners and losers, there is no win-win financial market. So how will bitcoin help the national economy?
222  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: March 01, 2024, 06:37:26 PM
Victor Osimehn said he loves to be play for Chelsea if he wants to play in the EPL. However, Mikel Obo has supported the motion that he would propel him to go there so that he can be a start in Chelsea. Pairing with the likes of Cole Palmer and Sterling. Chelsea will be so great that they may win so many competitions together.

What are your opinions on this? Do you think this transfer news is something that is what paying attention and if Chelsea would want someone like Victor Osimehn. Let me know your thought on this.
His partnership with Cole Palmer and Raheem Sterling sounds promising. Osimhen could reinvigorate Chelsea's attacking force despite their problems. He might help Chelsea score from missed chances with his physicality and timing.

I appreciate worries about Chelsea's approach of selling players before signing new ones. Its practical for managing budgets and squad size, although Osimhen's transfer may be delayed. Osimhen might improve Chelsea's game if they manage this transfer window well. I think the benefits exceed the hazards. Chelsea has had success integrating talented players, and Osimhen might be their next big hit.

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However, Chelsea have initiated talks with Osimhen’s representatives in order to conclude personal terms according to Rudy Galetti. The Blues stand as favorites to meet the buy-out clause provided by Napoli.

While Chelsea are reportedly willing to meet Napoli's asking price of around €130 million for Osimhen, their hopes of securing his signature are dampened by their current league position.
News link- https://www.afrik-foot.com/en-ng/victor-osimhen-transfer-news-chelsea-make-major-move-in-pursuit-of-super-eagles-forward

Osimhen is being targeted by a lot of clubs. I think at this moment Arsenal is pushing really hard to get him into the squad. Arsenal and Chelsea are probably the most interested clubs in him at this moment.
well, to be honest Chelsea seems to be the most interested, but I do not think he is actually going to Chelsea because of the performance that Chelsea is showing right now. Arsenal might be a valid option.
I heard Manchester United was also interested. but that option also seems to be not so good. because if he actually goes to Manchester United, it will be far better to actually stay in Napoli.
223  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: March 01, 2024, 05:59:47 PM
It's seems that the Italy team going to easily win this match this is really a big score on the ODI format. Before starting this match I thought Tanzania will gonna win this match but they literally doing a worse performance on their bowling side. Their all bowlers are give high runs today. And from Italy team I will say that Wayne Madsen, Anthony Mosca ,Marcus Campopiano these three have kind of same contribution today.
And if I talk about the Tanzania tea their batting lineup also giving worse performance today their top order batsmens are failed to do give performance they got out on a poor score. Currently Tanzania took 121 run from 22 over and they lose their 6 wicket. So I will say definitely Italy will won this match.

Italy was able to win the match pretty easily in the end. Not only easy win, they had given a huge target to Tanzania. With this kind of good run advantage, Italy was able to win by 162 runs. If i talk about their performance, they performed really well. Madsen got a century for himself. And he's scored it in only 71 balls, this performance was just incredible. Tanzania just did not have any answer for that. They were unable to form any kind of good partnership that was needed for them to win this match and reach such a big target. I hope Italy will be able to show such performances more and more.


Well.. seems like Italy is back to form after two consecutive defeats. They have a few players who have experience in first-class cricket. Wayne Madsen has played for a variety of teams, such as Derbyshire, Joburg Super Kings, KwaZulu-Natal and Multan Sultans. Grant Stewart on the other hand has represented Kent in county cricket. Gareth Berg is another very experienced campaigner, who has played for teams such as Hampshire, Northamptonshire and Western Province. And Madsen won the match for them today, with his 110 from 71 balls.

Are you honestly not expecting this level of performance from Italy? I thought the match was going to be closed and even if Italy wins, They are going to have to fight for it really hard. But it looks like they went all in. A very disheartening defeat for Tanzania.
224  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 01, 2024, 03:59:59 PM


Fortune Barisal vs Comilla Victorians will be the final match between the two teams. As here two teams entered the final match looking very strong. Since the T20 games especially in uncertainty games, the team is bound to lose if the fall of wickets is high. So today's game is a tough prediction as to which team will win.
Fortune Barisal won the toss and decided to bowl first and that was a good decision to restrict Comilla Victorians under a low Target. Comilla Victorians batted first and scored 154 runs in a loss of 6 wickets in the first inning of the match. Fortune Barisal's batting performance was outstanding in the first powerplay of the matcscoringed 59 runs without loss of any wicket. They need 96 runs from just 82 balls to win the match Fortune Barisal have now clear chance of winning this year and becoming champion of BPL 2024

Fortune Barisal is going to be this year's BPL champion. Comilla's batting order was very strong. Expected to see a big score from this team today. But the team has given a target of only 155 runs. Comilla had a chance of winning if they could deliver a target of more than 180. Barisal has a lot of experienced players in its squad. A victory against this team is not possible by giving a target of only 155 runs.
Yeah, now it’s sure that Fortune Barishal is going to BPL Champion 2024, only need to win 15 runs by 24 balls still 9 wickets in their hand. So many experienced batsmen in their squad and yeah most important thing is their top orders 2 batsman Tamim Iqbal & Mehedi Miraz contributed to collect a big score around 80 runs here is the Fortune Barishal win this match.

Congratulations to the Fortune Barisal team.

Barisal's bowlers have done very well in the last two matches. Barisal's batting order is strong, but their bowlers' performances have been erratic. But in the last two matches against Rangpur and Comilla, Barisal's bowlers performed well. Rangpur had given a target of 150 runs only, and today the Comilla team had given a target of 155 runs.

Barisal's top three batsmen have batted very well. Tamim scored 39 runs, Miraz scored 29 runs and Mayers scored 46 runs. Barisal team reached the target of victory by losing 4 wickets. Kyle Mayers batted brilliantly today, bowled very well as well. He gave only 26 runs in 4 overs. Taijul also conceded 20 runs in his 4 overs.
225  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 01, 2024, 03:18:34 PM


Fortune Barisal vs Comilla Victorians will be the final match between the two teams. As here two teams entered the final match looking very strong. Since the T20 games especially in uncertainty games, the team is bound to lose if the fall of wickets is high. So today's game is a tough prediction as to which team will win.
Fortune Barisal won the toss and decided to bowl first and that was a good decision to restrict Comilla Victorians under a low Target. Comilla Victorians batted first and scored 154 runs in a loss of 6 wickets in the first inning of the match. Fortune Barisal's batting performance was outstanding in the first powerplay of the matcscoringed 59 runs without loss of any wicket. They need 96 runs from just 82 balls to win the match Fortune Barisal have now clear chance of winning this year and becoming champion of BPL 2024

Fortune Barisal is going to be this year's BPL champion. Comilla's batting order was very strong. Expected to see a big score from this team today. But the team has given a target of only 155 runs. Comilla had a chance of winning if they could deliver a target of more than 180. Barisal has a lot of experienced players in its squad. A victory against this team is not possible by giving a target of only 155 runs.



Barisal's two openers managed to get off to a good enough start. At the end of 10 overs, Barisal managed to collect 85 runs after losing two wickets. Tamim Iqbal was out with 39 off 26 balls and miraz managed to collect 29 off 26 balls. Kyle Mayers and Mushfiqur are batting now. Barisal team must collect 70 runs from 60 balls to win. Barisal team will be able to win today's match quite easily.
226  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: February 29, 2024, 07:13:24 PM
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The Warriors are the favorite in this game and I will say that you don't have to worry. I mean it's a 4 quarter games, so there will be times specially in the first half that it's going to be neck to neck games. But if you have followed the Warriors, they are usually a 3rd quarter team, meaning they really pour out everything in that quarter to make a separation and then continue their momentum in the last quarter. At least Klay Thompson, who is inconsistent this season, lead the Warriors and Chris Paul's comeback make a impact to the team. But I do agree, against the Knicks, they might have a hard time, and they will have to travel to Madison Square Garden and the Warriors are not known to be a road team.

I will still say that the warriors will have a good performance because they have all the important players available for this game. So I believe they should be able to win this one. But the problem is it is not going to be easy regardless. Let's see how the Warriors play out this one.


That's why they cannot be underestimated because if they feel like winning, they won't gonna give their opponent easy games rather they fight until the last minute and this is one example of that. They are not gonna give the Clippers an easy win despite they are the favorite team to win last night and they were dazzled in the last quarter when LBJ took matters into his own hands by making shot after shots to keep trimming the lead until they finally catch up and win the game. This is how he takes over a crucial game and if only he was in his prime, this is how most of his games against top teams will end up like how they used to be back at the Miami Heat.

Well this is Basketball folks. Besides Lakers is not a heavy underdog since they have both Davis and Reaves to support Lebron while Clippers don’t have PG. In fact they have the advantage here if we don’t discredit casually Lebron capabilities which many already doing due to negativity.

Lebron is still far from over because he has a good physique that can help him a good game if luck and momentum is on his side. I will never underestimate Lakers especially if the team they are facing is just Clippers without PG or even with PH if Bron is on beastmode.

Man, I honestly did not expect that kind of performance from the Lakers in the final quarter. The Lakers team absolutely went crazy. They were behind by a lot on the scoreboard. And of course, LeBron James had a great performance. And he is definitely "far from over". I believe they did great and it was a ”one-of-a-kind “ comeback. Shocked
227  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: February 29, 2024, 05:23:37 PM
In PSL, the match between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators, KK posted a target of 166 runs for QG. Karachi batters were not able to convert their start into a fifty. Each player chipped in for a few runs. KK should try some young talent in their playing 11 because the majority of their batters are too old for T20. Spinners are getting good help from the pitch, and the chase will be interesting. QG are 34/0 in 3 overs, and if Jason Roy stays at the crease for another 5 to 10 overs, the game will be over for KK.



Karachi Kings did not play well against Islamabad United in the previous match. They lost mainly because of the poor performance of the batsmen. The team had given a target of 170 runs. A collection of 169 runs was not enough to win on such a batting friendly pitch.

Karachi batsmen could not bat well in today's match against Quetta Gladiators. Karachi team has given a target of 166 runs today. And beating Quetta Gladiators in this target is even more difficult. Because Gladiators' batting order is very strong. They have some T20 specialist batsmen like Jason Roy, Sharfaraz, Rutherford and Rossouw.

Quetta Gladiators team collected 69 runs after losing 1 wicket after 8 overs. Jason Roy is batting well. The team needs 97 runs off 72 balls to win. It doesn't look like it will be difficult for Gladiators to collect 97 runs.

Karachi Kings bowlers are doing well today. I won't be surprised if Karachi win today against Quetta Gladiators. Hasan Ali and Zahid Mahmood can take two wickets each. Two experienced players of Quetta Gladiators Sharfaraz and Rilee Rossouw could not bat well in today's match. Sharfaraz returned to the dressing room with just 3 runs and Rilee Rossouw managed just 6 runs.

Jason Roy and Saud Shakeel managed to get off to a great start today. Jason ROy got out with 52 runs off just 31 balls and Shakeel got 24 runs. But the subsequent batsmen failed to bat responsibly. Rutherford and Akeal Hosein are now at the crease. At the end of 15 overs, Quetta Gladiators collected 110 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Run rate of Quetta Gladiators is 7.3. Quetta players need to collect 56 runs in the last 5 overs to win. They have to collect about 11 runs per over.
228  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: February 29, 2024, 05:02:36 PM
March 16 Liverpool will face Man U at their home ground all we know that Man U is not doing well but it will give you confidence when you are playing at your home . This match is very tough and interesting to watch because both want to win the game and reached the next stage of FA Cup. Man U only have 1 hope to win the Trophy this season is from FA cup and they don't want to shatter their hopes by losing from Liverpool.
Everyone knows that Liverpool this season has been very good in terms of their achievements through the matches they have played so far. And also Liverpool this season has won the EFL trophy so Liverpool will also try to get the FA Cup trophy and also the Premier League trophy this season if they can continue to win until the end of the season. But it certainly won't be easy for Liverpool because Manchester United will also try to thwart that for Liverpool this season.
EFL trophy would have motivated liverpool to get another trophy. FAcup has also become one of main target owned by liverpool since klopp wants his club to get multiple trophies this season before he will leave from being an appointment for liverpool. Rematch between liverpool and Man u will happen son.

Klopp has already announced he will not be with Liverpool next season. This season is set to be Klopp's last with Liverpool. So he will try his best to win Premier League and FA Cup titles. It's going to be very difficult though. Klopp won't give up though

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I can't be patience to see it happen. This is another chance for manchester united does revenge against liverpool. Liverpool was always battering manchester united since it's coached by ten hag. This match is gonna be one of the most important for both of clubs.

Manchester United's performance has been very erratic. Manchester United won the last match against Nottingham Forest by 1-0. However, Manchester United's performance was not very good. I was very disappointed with the performance of this team. Despite having many star player, they  Can't dominate even against weaker teams. In such a situation, United's chances of winning against Liverpool are very low.

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Manchester united has no chance to win trophy other than FA cup. So this is the last life owner by manchester unite for not being a trophyless club this season. Liverpool is also willing to give klopp as many trophies as possible before he will leave at the end of season.
I have not received any recent updates regarding Salah's availability for the game. It is still uncertain whether he will play in the FA cup.
Manchester united is gonna get another disaster if salah will able to play against mu soon. It will be game over if nunez will be also able joining in the club too. United will obviously miss hojlund in this game but who knows if he will able to recover before the deadline.

Liverpool's main weakness is that many player, But if Salah is with Liverpool in the match against Manchester United then I would say that United will not win this match. United's performance is already very poor. On the other hand, Liverpool's defense is very strong. Without Salah, Liverpool's attacking performance has been somewhat erratic. However, if Salah is in the squad, Liverpool's attack will be strengthened
229  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: February 29, 2024, 04:41:07 PM
Losing 1-0 to Porto in the first leg was really unfortunate for Arsenal as they played quite overwhelmingly but did not score a goal. Porto is always an unpleasant opponent in the UCL, but looking back at the teams entering the qualifying round, this is a much easier opponent for them. Hopefully the Emirates home field will help Arsenal play more confidently and win against Porto in the second leg.
The 1-0 defeat against Porto was not complicated for Arsenal, even though Porto has always been a bad club, that doesn't mean they are difficult to beat. We know that Porto always beat big clubs in the last 16 of the Champions League, but we have to know that the second leg will be  played at Arsenal which is expected to be beneficial for Arsenal in getting a goal. At least a 2-0 result is enough to advance Arsenal to the next round, at least to avoid a draw or keep Porto from scoring goals above 2, because that will eliminate Arsenal in the number of away goals.  and aggregate goals.
When Arsenal traveled to Portugal to play against Porto in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie, I was expecting Mikel Arteta's men to at least get a draw in that game before waiting for the second leg that'll be played at the Emirates stadium but surprisingly to me, Arsenal didn't just fail to get a draw in that game but also failed to find the back of the net and that I think has put their qualification to the next round of the competition on hang because the Porto team is very good in their defense line and are very capable of protecting the first one goal lead from the first leg of the tie. Porto are currently in the third position of the  Portuguese league table behind league leaders and current champions Benfica and second placed Sporting Lisbon but that doesn't suggest that they can't be able to eliminate Arsenal in the second leg even when bookmakers are still backing the English club to defeat Porto and go through.

For Arsenal to reach the next round of the UEFA Champions League, their attacking line must be on their best when the host the Portuguese club for the second leg of the tie. Breaking a Porto defense that's led by the legendary Pepe who we all know is a rockie and very solid at the back will be very difficult of you ask me. However, Arsenal will play the second leg of that game at home in front of their home fans and that I think will give them all the needed support to be at their best and better the result of Porto in the first leg and reach the quarter finals of the competition.
I really understand that Porto's defense is very strong. At least Mikel Arteta can find a gap to score a goal in the second leg to advance to the next round. Even though Porto is in third place in the Portuguese League, that cannot be a benchmark for measuring the strength of a club.  However, here you can see or find out who will be lucky in the second leg, hopefully Mikel Arteta can find Porto's weak points so they can win or turn things around.


Liga Portugal standing

This is the main point. Porto team may not be very strong this season. The overall performance of the team is a little weak. But the defense of this team is very strong. Porto have conceded just 17 goals in 23 matches in Liga Portugal. Porto are not at the top of the table and the performance of their strikers is not as good as expected. However, due to the strong defense, this team's performance is still consistent.


Champions league group stage

Porto have played very well in the Champions League group stage matches. Although the team conceded 8 goals in 6 matches, they managed to score 15 goals. The team finished second in the table with equal points to Barcelona.

Although Arsenal are a strong side, it will be very difficult against Porto to win the second leg match by a margin of 2-0. Since Porto performed well in the first leg match and won. The pl If Porto plays defensive tactics, it will be challenging for Arsenal to win this match.
230  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Closing in on 60k, Again! on: February 29, 2024, 12:40:45 PM
What the amazing with bitcoin closing price on $64k and become the most highest price for this season, left few percent to break out new all time high price but getting FUD and bad news after Coinbase users show their zero balance make many people panic and bitcoin price dropping back to $60k.
I don't think difficult for bitcoin price today break out the new all time high if not any bad news about Coinbase user have zero balance with their account, seems potential and more close for bitcoin raise up to $70k and new all time high record before halving time coming.

In this years, bitcoin have quickly recovery to higher price since breaking out from $40k to $50 kand not difficult how to make new higher price to $64K. Bitcoin current price movement quickly after dropping with bad news about Coinbase user has zero balance and bitcoin recovery well almost close to up again $63K.


I think the Coinbase incident was just a market manipulation to liquidate long/short and not a random incident. And more of the same will happen during this bull season, and weak hands will sell their bitcoins to market makers. This is one of the ways market makers take our bitcoins during the bull season. I believe the range for bitcoin in the coming days will be huge, possibly 10-20% in a short-term correction like the way bitcoin did yesterday.

As for bitcoin breaking old ATH and making new ATH, I don't think it will happen anytime soon.
231  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: February 28, 2024, 05:09:33 PM
As expected Warriors were able to win against the Wizards, but they really gave huge stress to bettors, lol


The first two quarters were pretty neck and neck.
But the third quarter absolutely took the game away from the Wizards.
In the third quarter, the score was 17- 38 in favor of the Warriors. That was the game right there.

And even though in the final quarter, Wizards were able to perform well, actually Wizards looked really good in the final quarter, 25-37 in favor of the Wizards, they were still unable to win the game. Because the damage had already been done in the third quarter.

Warriors will play the Knicks in the next game. i think Knicks is in upperhand in this match.
232  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: February 28, 2024, 02:57:43 PM

To be honest, I never imagined that Rangpur Raiders team would be able to deliver such a big target today. After losing 7 wickets for 77 runs, the team lost all the wickets before Bhechima scored 100 runs. Or collect as much as 120. But Shamim Hossain's brilliant batting gave the team a big target of 150. Shamim was unbeaten on 59 runs from just 24 balls.

It cannot be said that Rangpur is in the safe zone despite giving a target of 150 runs. Barisal has a lot of experienced batsmen in its squad. Especially Tamim is in very good form now. He has scored big in the last few matches. Also Kyle Myres, Miller, Mushfiq, Mahmudullah and Soumyo are all experienced batsmen. So Barisal still has a high chance of winning this match.

Although the target is small, it is not an easy task for Barisal to  collect 150 runs on this pitch. If the bowlers do well, they can keep Barisal's batsmen under pressure. The pitch is helping the bowlers a lot.

I also do not expect Rangpur to provide the target of 150 runs  in this match. The team lost top order and middle order wickets very quickly. After losing the wickets of James Neesham and Pooran I thought the target would be 100-110 max. Shamim should be thanked. Rangpur has the ability to fight with his extraordinary knock.

Rangpur's bowlers are bowling controlled. Abu Hider  picked up two important wickets in 1 over. Miraz and  Tamim return to the dressing room. Fortune Barisal managed to collect 22 runs after losing 2 wickets at the end of 4 overs.
233  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: February 27, 2024, 05:31:39 PM
Roma 3 - 2 Torino

In my opinion, Roma's new coach is doing an excellent job, he managed to greatly improve the team's performance, even though he wasn't the one who signed all the team's players, when he became Roma's coach, all the players were already at Roma. , what he is doing is managing to deal with the situation he encountered in the best possible way, something that is not an easy task, but even so he is managing to obtain good results, I think that if Roma's management hire him for the long term and he manages make some changes in defense then roma would become a team capable of fighting for the title. Mourinho was playing the same way as Juventus, he favored defense over attack and this could have meant that the team conceded fewer goals, but they also had difficulties in attacks and certain signings made by Mourinho were also not good.

Yeah, agreed, another thing I have to say it was a great performance from Dybala.  Smiley
He got his hat trick and his hat trick was the reason why Roma was able to get three points from this match.  Grin

By the way, not all good they have made some mistakes too, Roma also missed a lot of easy chances.
Towards the start of the match in the 8th minute I believe Roma missed a golden opportunity when they hit the bar.


Whatever, at the end of the day, they got three points and that's what matters.
Actually, they will have to train better to defend corners. They are not doing well to deny aerial threats.

Of course, the defending has to be better from Roma if they want to improve their standing on the table. Still very much possible for Roma to finish in the top four.
234  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: February 27, 2024, 04:39:29 PM

I don't really see the Lakers as dangerous.
There are plenty to teams ( Dallas, Minnesota, Denver, Clippers ) where the Lakers have no chance in a 7 game series, especially without home court advantage.
I mean when the best player is in retirement age, that says it all.

Regarding, Lakers vs Sun, you know Lakers had a lot of very important players missing from them in this game, but still, they performed well.
I know it was still not good enough from them because they were unable to win the game

I must admit Suns had a really good overall team performance in this game.  On the other hand, the Lakers did not have much of a good performance if we compare with Sun. The Lakers had a lot of injury problems before this game.  So I guess we could excuse them this game

Does anyone have any news on the injury of those players?


Lakers are a very dangerous team, especially when they are healthy. Their current struggles do not reflect their potential in the playoffs. With LeBron and AD on the team, I am confident that they'll perform well in the postseason.

The Warriors are getting stronger, but they were exposed by the Nuggets. The size difference remains a challenge for them, as evident in the last playoffs. While Curry and Thompson lead the team, Thompson's inconsistency makes it difficult to expect them to win another championship.

Yes, I actually also think that Lakers are dangerous. But when they have all the players available and healthy.
The problem is they are currently facing a big injury problem. A lot of important players including LeBron James is injured, I know LeBron is playing but I don't know how much he is fitted, cause his injury news is circulating here and there.

So right now it is hard for them to bring in good results. Just in this match against Phoenix Suns, I believe if they had all the players available, it would have been an easy win for them in this game.
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236  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: February 21, 2024, 12:42:58 PM
Namibia team managed to defeat Nepal in another match. Namibia won the toss today but they strategically sent Nepal to bat first.Maybe they had an aim that they preferred to play with the target for which Namibia invited Nepal to bat first. The Nepal team looked good in the first few overs but then suddenly lost their rhythm which resulted in them losing three wickets in 40 runs. Bernard Scholtz took the first three wickets of the Nepal team and left Nepal in a miserable situation.He was awarded Man of the Match for his outstanding contribution.
I think Namibia made a smart choice by making Nepal bat first after winning the toss. This decision worked out well for them. By making Nepal bat first Namibia put pressure on Nepal to score runs. Bernard Scholtz took early wickets which helped Namibia position in the match and made it tough for Nepal. Scholtz played really well and got the Man of the Match award. This shows that smart decisions and great individual performances can make a big difference in cricket matches.

A few days ago we saw a very good performance of Nepalese players in the series against Canada. But right now the team is not playing well. Especially we are seeing the deterioration of the performance of their batsmen.

Nepal have lost two out of three matches in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Despite winning against the Netherlands, the team lost both matches against Namibia. In today's match, the Nepalese players have given a target of only 169 runs. Given more than 200 targets, the match would have been competitive. However, despite the small target, victory was not easy for Namibia. The players of Namibia collected 172 runs after losing 8 wickets. Captain Gerhard Erasmus played an excellent innings of 52 runs today.
237  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: February 21, 2024, 11:26:26 AM
The current status of Juventus is such that they are not looking promising with the league title this season again because their form has dropped greatly a d not only are they affected but their main opponent for the title this season (inter Milan) seem to have used this as a boost to their confidence and they are now looking even stronger than they were when it felt like Juventus was at the top of the table.

Inter Milan is now the only team win the most probable chance to win the scudetto, after their champions league victory they had today, I think their confidence will even double up because they are now almost not pressured from either sides both in the champions league a d in their domestic league so I'm their next fixtures I expect to see them play a very coordinated and we'll controlled game because at that point they are at the position where they have got almost good chance at the trophy for the scudetto and a re now very likely to get pass the next stage of the champions league especially if they win or draw their next meeting.
There are only two main clubs for the league title, Inter Milan and Juventus. Inter Milan should be the first team to be called out whenever we're talking about top clubs that's closely competitive for the scudetto this season. They have dropped and won points just to get where they're today. Simeone Inzaghi doing a great job for his team, the supporters and the board have been patient with him and they're now the ones jubilation for the tremendous winnings in matches, they're also winning games in other essential tournaments.
Massimiliano Allegri have been in the club for lengthy periods of time, he knows what to expects in his regime because there's high level of competition currently. Every elite team that stands the opportunity of winning the scudetto will be placing close range for the title. Juventus would have become the top club ranking first position on the table but guess what? They misused their opportunities and couldn't lay off solid winning in matches, making them open to irrelevant defeats. 

at this time title race for the Italian league can be said to be finished. why is the difference in points between inter and Juventus already 9 points and inter have 1 more match if the postponed match is won by inter the difference in points becomes 12 points. it is very difficult to be able to pass 12 points because that means at least inter milan lost 4 x in a row and for now it is difficult to beat inter milan. juventus only when competing against inter milan when the decisive match even lost too anyway.
We can now say that the race is over. Inter actually rehearsed for this year last year. They played great in the UCL final, but they couldn't win. Now I look at them and I don't see any rivals for them in Serie A. Considering the matches Juventus lost in a row, it seems like they have no rivals anymore. If the point difference increases to 12 points, we can already say that Inter is the champion. Last year, Napoli's magnificent championship, and this year, Inter's championship. Serie A seems to be a league that has not had much competition for the championship for two years.

AC Milan was already knocked out of the title race. And despite poor performances in the last few matches, Juventus have also fallen behind in the title race. Inter Milan is ahead of Juventus by 9 points. If Inter Milan wins their next match, this gap will be 12. It is not possible for Juventus to reduce its big gap at the moment. So even though there is a longer journey to the end of the season, this year's champions will be Inter Milan, unless something goes wrong, that's pretty much guaranteed.

I thought Juventus would fight to the end for the title this season. The team had a strong squad, and the players were in good form. But the Juventus team has lost points in the last four matches. They have no chance of winning the title.
238  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: February 21, 2024, 10:31:21 AM


What a match!!!!!!! I haven't seen such an exciting and competitive match in a long time. We have to wait till the last ball to see the result of the match. Australia needed 4 runs off the last ball. With the help of Tim David, Australia managed to win the match with the last ball.

New Zealand managed to set a huge target of 216 runs. The New Zealand players were probably pressure free after being given such a big target. They probably thought that winning the match would not be a difficult task.

Mitchell Marsh played a responsible innings of 72 runs off 44 balls. But I would say that Tim David played the most important innings of this match. David collected 31 runs in just 10 balls. He managed to play a great innings despite being under a lot of pressure.




This is Australia's collection in the last two overs. Australia needed 35 runs to win from the last 12 balls. And they managed to do it. After a long time we got a chance to enjoy a perfect T20 match. We enjoyed a very exciting match.
A mix of bad bowling and fielding placement but I cannot take it away from Tim David. It is what he's brought into the team for, along with Maxwell. The amount of power and technique to hit the balls out of the park with ease is commendable. His batting in the 2nd last over made it comfortable for them in the final over but it did get very close. The last 7 balls that David faced went for 4,6,6,1,6,2,4(winning runs).

@Swordsoffreedom I agree with you that Tim David's innings was the most important. Australia could not have won this match if they could not bat such a powerful batting. He collected 31 runs off just 10 balls. Tim David batted at 310 strike rate. But at the same time Mitchell Marsh's innings was also very important. If Marsh could not bat responsibly and play big innings, Australia would not have won. Maxwell also played an excellent innings of 25 runs off 11 balls.

@vennali You are right that the fielding placement was not good in this match. But it is normal to see big scores on such a batting friendly pitch. But if New Zealand's bowlers were able to bowl with some control after being given such a big target, they would have had a big chance of winning.
239  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: February 21, 2024, 09:58:17 AM
Dortmund almost became German champions last year and only some sort of curse prevented them from beating Bayern. So Dortmund is a very strong team that can play on equal footing with the strongest groups, which is proved by the fact that from the group with PSG, Newcastle and Milan they went to 1/8 Champions League.

They should have won the match with PSV, but the referee awarded an extremely controversial penalty, which should not have been awarded, because the Dortmund player played into the ball, not into the feet of the PSV player and because of the referee's mistake Dortmund lost 3 points.
It’s good that this is only the first match and this penalty was not decisive. I think that a draw in an away match is not the worst result, of course they would like to win away, but after this match PSV is in a more difficult situation, since the match in Germany will definitely be more difficult for them. This is not the first time that a referee's error has affected the final result. In the second match, Inter managed to beat Atletico, I didn’t expect that they could win, I expected that the match would end in a draw. Now Atletico will have to correct the situation in Madrid...

PSV and Dortmund both performed well. A 1-1 draw was a fitting result for this match. To be honest, I expected such a result in this match. My prediction was that the match would be a 1-1 or 2-2 draw. Because both groups are very similar. You cannot consider any group as weak.

A draw in the away match is a good result for Dortmund. However, it is uncertain whether Dortmund will be able to play well in the home match. However, the team is in good form now. Dortmund have more chances to win the home match. I like their match strategy. Although they didn't attack much, every attack they made was very sharp.
240  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: February 20, 2024, 09:15:56 PM


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Alphonso Davies agent holds meetings with Barcelona and Real Madrid

One day after meeting with Real Madrid, Alphonso Davies’s agent met with FC Barcelona’s Deco, according to reports.

The Bayern Munich star has one more season left on his contract after this one ends, meaning he could soon decide whether he wants to stay at his current club or make a move.
Source: barcablaugranes.com

Looks like Alphonso Davies is also at the center of the attention right now. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona are trying to get him. But if Real Madrid is actually very interested in this player, I think Barcelona might want to pull out early from the deal. Because first of all Barcelona will not be able to out compete Real Madrid if they want him badly. The only reason Barcelona would like to stay and stretch the negotiation is to make Real Madrid lose a little more money for this player. But the same thing can happen to Barcelona. And Barcelona definitely does not have the financial situation to play like that.

I also wonder why a player is going to choose Barcelona when he knows that the financial situation is not good and the coach is going to leave after this season especially when he is being perceived by Real Madrid.
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