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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: are you still strong holding btc
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on: August 05, 2023, 08:13:48 PM
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I want to ask if you also keep holding btc?
I do convert all my savings to Bitcoin because I see no reason why I should save my fiat in bank when I have the opportunity of buying Bitcoin now that the price is low and bearish sentiment and hodl though whenever I have an urgent need of fiat I do exchange some Bitcoin to fiat via P2P just to cater for my basic needs.
and the reason I hold btc is because I believe the price of btc in 2024 will be high and there will be no more btc prices like now.
Majority of Bitcoin hodlers are hopeful of next year halving of the coin that will create opportunity for long term hodlers to sell part or all their Bitcoin to earn some decent profit, 2024 has a high expectations for we hodlers of Bitcoin because price history repeat itself during halving of Bitcoin we do witnessed a massive pump in the price of Bitcoin thus the best bet is to continue to buy and hodl or accumulate Bitcoin. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [ADVICE]Boy Wins $46k from Sports Bet but Can't Tell Strict Religious Parents...
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on: August 05, 2023, 07:28:00 AM
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Someone recently won $46,606 from making a correct prediction on one of the matches in the on-going 2023 FIFA Women World Cup competition from his wager of $10 on a sports betting website. The person is unemployed and within the ages of 20 - 23. He lives with his parents who are strict religious people that frown on gambling and other youthful vices. His parents are certainly not going to be happy that their son engages in gambling despite winning such huge amount of money. He doesn't want them to be upset with him. He says he's going to keep it a secret. I disagreed with him because despite having strict parents, they are going to be mad at him for a little while but I don't think they'll tell him to return the money. What do you guys think? Should he tell his parents or secretly invest the money while acting his regular self around the house?
Personally I see no any reason why he should tell them since he is already aware of their strict behavior towards gambling, some parents can even report such a case to their extended family thereby exposing the whole issue, I think the best bet is to invest his money or hodl in a wallet and continue to live his normal life and avoid any extravagant way of life or lavish spendings to avoid being suspicious of acquiring wealth fraudulently, though a 20-23 year should be able to decide on his own, however this varies with different countries and culture, the fact that he is employed will even motivate him to secure his future with the fund he won, I believe after some time he would leave his parent house to start a new life. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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on: August 05, 2023, 07:15:27 AM
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I still don't understand the man Kane, is he confused about staying or is he ready to leave if the right bid comes?
Why would a good player such as Harry Kane be shaking his head like he doesn't know what he wants, at the end of the transfer window I still don't see Kane moving to Bayern Munich since they're the only ones interested in him, but he'll staying put at Tottenham to continue his trophyless life style. No matter how good the new coach at Spurs is I don't see Kane getting any trophy with him.
I think club chairman Daniel Levy had been Harry Kane tumbling block on his transfer issue he is making this contract issues difficult for him, Bayern Munich had already met Daniel Levy to sort out the contract yet no agreement was reached now Bayern had given Tottenham a Friday deadline to finalize his contract else they may backout that means Harry Kane may complete his contract at Tottenham and leave on a free transfer thus his club will lose huge fund for signon fee, personally I think this is the right time for Harry Kane to move on to Bayern Munich having served Tottenham very well and benn club highest goal records unfortunately with trophy to his credit, Daniel Levy please allow Harry Kane to leave. |
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Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL!
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on: August 04, 2023, 03:48:25 PM
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The idea of HODL is entirely up to you and your greed level. If you wish to have trust in the project, then, its entirely up to you.
Before one can make an investment decision, either trusting the project or not should be part of the things to be considered before going into that coin, as there are a lot of fake projects out there whose intentions are just to rug pull. That is why people are always directed to make their investment decisions wisely and choose coins or tokens that have some credibility. Bitcoin is one of the most highly recommended, and I believe that's where this topic is channeled. Holding is never to be considered greedy, as we all have our reasons for buying and holding Bitcoin. There are people out there, and their main objective is to just buy and sell and take profit where necessary, which I believe most of the time is not really a good way to go. When it happens that they have hit their price target, instead of taking profit as they had planned before entering the market, they decide to wait longer in order for the gain output to be a little bigger, but when the reverse becomes the case, such an action could be considered greed. But when one's plan is just to buy and hold as many bitcoins as he can afford, even when the price hits ATH, they still decide to hold and accumulate more. That's not greediness; they are actual hodlers who don't care about price but focus on how many they can accumulate within a certain period of time. Yes, I agree with this, we have full rights over the decisions we will make. But what must be noted is that we must base this on science. But when it comes to bitcoin then I fully believe, I will not say that I believe once I know btc, it must be a long journey for me to make me sure that I am not wrong to invest in bitcoin, and in the end now I am truly confident in the bitcoin that I hold, unlike the case when I invest in other coins, I do not put full trust, therefore I always make short-term investments only. Honestly I preferred all my investment in Bitcoin because a minor correction in it price wouldn't make much impact on my investment unlike some other cryptos, I have a full belief in it and am very confident that it is a crypto that is very credible and trustworthy for a long term investment having read stories of early in investors of Bitcoin with evidenve of massive profit earned by just hodling there coin and sold all or part of there investment during the ATH in 2017. I would not recommend for people who half-heartedly invest in bitcoin in the long run, the article will be a risk that might turn around that should get a profit instead get a loss, because of several things, they panic, they are affected by FUD and other things that make them sell bitcoin at a lower price than the price they bought, including also on less mature planning.
Remember here we are not fighting luck, but we are in a situation where we have to hold strong, and that will certainly be very related to our planning at the beginning.
It would be a shame if we had to stop in the middle of the road because our planning was not well-organized.
Honestly as a newbie it is absolutely difficult not to panic after investing huge amount of funds in Bitcoin whenever their a FUD especially when a negative news triggers a massive dump in the price, however after studying the market behavior of the coin many investors wouldn't panic again because price history repeat itself thus whenever there is a massive dump in it price that will create an opportunity for buying using DCA as well as hodling and definitely a period of massive pump in it price is very imminent that is the time to take profit and the cycle continues |
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Economy / Speculation / Re: Is the bull run near already?
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on: August 04, 2023, 03:04:19 PM
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Even though the market looks difficult to go up but I'm sure the bull run will happen soon, before the bull run happens of course we have to have good preparation, namely by buying more, we will cry and regret when the bull run happens and we don't buy when the price is cheap, then hope the price is down and want to buy, now the opportunity is there and don't miss it.
Truly the market had not really experience a massive bullish run but I think the OP is trying to link the tweet by Binance owner on the news report by the China Central Television which portrays crypto market positively consequently might trigger a possible bullish run of the market because China is also one of the highest numbers of adopter of crypto and the news will encourage more Chinese to invest massively in crypto market, many Chinese will continue to buy Bitcoin thus the demand for the coin will increase sharply resulting in the upward movement of the price, though there isn't any remarkable bullish runs yet except on the 1st of August when the market pumped briefly unfortunately the bullish run could not be sustained. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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on: August 04, 2023, 07:56:55 AM
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 According to bbcsport news link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66399583Chelsea had completed the signing of former Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez in deal worth £25m with add-ons, he was signed to replace Edouard Mendy who had already joined Al-Ahli, Sanchez is expected to compete with Kepa for the first choice goalkeeper, I think Pochettino will sticked with latter as the first choice though this is subject to him not getting injured, he absolutely will be a very good backup goalkeeper, Chelsea had strengthened their squad with some promising young players in almost all the positions in their squad as they prepare for the new season. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
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on: August 04, 2023, 07:38:04 AM
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FA Community Shield : Arsenal vs Manchester City
Two days left before super big match between Arsenal vs Manchester City in FA Community shield, due Manchester City won Premier League and FA Cup tittles last season automatically Arsenal who finished on 2nd placed standing will meet in FA Community Shield. All predicting favorite Manchester City easily winning FA Community Shield in this season due their record head to head always win against Arsenal, but current pre season matches, Manchester City have poor performance after losing against Atletico Madrid.
Arsenal hasn't impressive performance in pre season match, but couldn't be comparison because difference level between pre season and FA Community Shield match, based on your prediction who will get first tittle in this season "Arsenal or Manchester City"
I've already placed my wager on the game, towards favoring the cityzens to come out victorious in the game. It's meant for the best teams, as they say, the best team is the winning team. Mikel Arteta will prepare his team to face Pep Guardiola, his former boss. With the big game coming up, we should just tell ourselves the truth: looking at the game statistics, the Gunners refrain from standing a chance against Manchester City. This is a Community Shield final, not a typical league game. Pep Guardiola is the mastermind behind the city's previous successes, and this one will not be an exception. I will only bet on both teams to score and I won't bet on Man City to win because this is the beginning of the season both team has the chances of winning the match though Man City had some incredible records against Arsenal, however both team had assembled new signings into the squad with the exit of some keys players of both team definitely there will be a slight change in dynamic or style of play by both teams and Arsenal who had been consistently defeated by Man City in their previous matches might want to prove some critics wrong by aiming for a win, I believe it is going to be a very competitive match on Sunday. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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on: August 03, 2023, 02:08:05 PM
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Mbappe has been finally making a statement regarding the rumor of him being linked to the chelsea. According to Spanish outlet Sport, Mbappe is willing to make the move to Stamford Bridge this summer but only if he can sign a one-year deal.The French superstar wants to have the freedom to explore his options at the end of next season.However, the report claims that Chelsea are not happy with this and would, of course, prefer to tie him down to a long-term contract.
https://talksport.com/football/1440426/chelsea-transfer-news-latest-gossip-updates-rumours/The only main problem is mbappe was not interesting in signing a long term deal with chelsea. He demands 1 year contract with chelsea caused by he will be picking which team that's gonna be his new home next year. Chelsea can't accept it and then it seems like that the deal with mbappe already cancelled caused by chelsea has no interest to buy mbappe for only 1 season. Chelsea wants long term contract with him. Mbappe needs to find another team. It's likely mbappe will always stay in PSG till next season will be starting. There's no team that is willing to spend a lot of money to buy him with only 1 year contract. Saudi club was the only answer for mbappe. It's better Mbappe stays out of any move to Chelsea because of the nature of contract with PSG, the club should as a matter of urgency reconsider Real Madrid offer and agree to a reasonable sign on fee else they would lose him on a free transfer next season consequently resulting to a massive loss to PSG, he had already rejected a very lucrative offer from a Saudi Arabian club which should have bail him out of the contract issue, whatever be the case Chelsea and other top European clubs will never take a risk of signing him with a huge sign-on fee for a year contract and if he decided to stay in PSG he is definitely not going to enjoy a regular playing time. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
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on: August 03, 2023, 01:46:09 PM
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Andre and Lavia are the current candidates for defensive midfield position at Liverpool. Actually Liverpool have made multiple offers for Lavia already as far as I know. But there is no agreement yet. Liverpool are looking for only young players for this position as it seems. I hope the new player to fill Fabinho's place can play at least as good as him.
Liverpool first bid for Romeo Lavia had been rejected by Southampton, I think Liverpool should hurriedly increase and table a better offer else Man City is ready to capitalize on their slow negotiation and offer Southampton an improve offer for him, Liverpool needed Romeo Lavia now because of the departure of the duo of Henderson and Fabinho and McAllister who was signed from Brighton to play as a defensive midfielder limped off in yesterday match between Liverpool and Bayern Munich and the need to sign Romeo Lavia as a backup midfielder should in case there is an injury to the first team player playing that role.
Interestingly there is still nobody on their radar when it comes to a striker. They have Nunez but there is nobody else in the subs to replace him strongly. Klopp tried Gakpo sometimes but it wouldn't be a good idea. After Firmino's departure they had better fill his place too.
Luis Díaz is a good substitute for Nunez if he is fit he had been in a terrific form when he newly signed for Liverpool until he got injured, however now that he is back on his feet Klopp has the option of selecting any three forward among Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Luiz Diaz, Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez thus there are options for the team in their forward line. |
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Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Which is more profiting self trade or AI
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on: August 02, 2023, 09:09:17 PM
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Lately, there has been some development here in the integration of AI in trading on some stock assets and cryptocurrencies, and to a large instead, AI has ground in acting and executing trades and recording profits, but it has not been for long so as we can't tell what the success rate will be, but for the fact that the reality on the ground has shown and proven their existence in trading stock, so as that which one will you prefer if AI is proven to be effective.
Will you prefer to trade with AI or you prefer to do the trading yourself?
I don't rely on any trading automation to decide any trading setup for me whether AI, EA and Robot none of them is used to execute or predict market for me, I believe in trading manually basically using candlestick patterns and Price Action, I am not condemning those trading tools because it might work for some traders, however I do trade by myself because I believe those tool especially AI can be a distraction because of the trading signals generated might counter my own trading setup in view of that I only concentrated on my own decisions which I strongly believe is the best option in trading. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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on: August 02, 2023, 04:56:35 PM
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Bayern Munich are getting closer to finishing the signing of Harry Kane step by step. They have made their third offer to Tottenham which is near 100 million euros package. They are confident they will finish this agreement successfully soon. As Levy's hands seem to be tied from now on I think he would accept this deal finally. By saying his hands are tied I mean he was told to sell Kane this summer. Hence he should be doing this while there is a really favorable offer to accept.
I don't want to watch Kane playing for Tottenham anymore. He deserves to play for a bigger team and achieve titles before his career comes to an end.
I think Tottenham are better off letting Kane go and the money can be used to buy young players, they should at least invest in long term options. There's nothing wrong with letting go of Kane, who has been contributing to Spurs for a long time, let Kane provide his services at another club that can provide what Kane has to achieve while in football, namely the League Trophy. Tottenham must know themselves that if they can't offer anything then don't be a barrier for players who want to have a history of lifting trophies. Daniel Levy should allow Harry Kane to sign for Bayern Munich having blocked him in his first attempt to join Man City few seasons ago, Harry Kane had paid his due for the club since joining the club in2009/2010 season unfortunately without any trophy and medal to his credit and now he is at the peak of his career joining Bayern Munich would help him win his first major trophy in his career, honestly €100m is a reasonable fee that will help the club to sign young talented players from clubs across Europe and if the purported transfer didn't work out then I don't think he will have another better offer again, there had been some rumors and speculations of his imminent move to Man Utd and Real Madrid unfortunately both didn't work out. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
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on: August 02, 2023, 04:34:15 PM
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I don't think many of you have spoken about Liverpool during pre-season - why have they been ignored?
I know Liverpool weren't so good last season and they won't qualify for the Champions League next season - but I'm sure we'll do our best next season.
Performance-wise - I think Liverpool have done quite well in pre-season. Liverpool won 2/3 of the games and Darwin Nunez looked better right now. Darwin Nunez managed to score 4 goals in those 3 match - so I hope Halaand will get some tough competition from him next season. In a few hours - Liverpool will againt Bayern Munich. I hope Darwin Nunez scores too - it will give him a lot of confidence going into the Premier League.
I am not happy with Liverpool's performance; the team needs a midfielder. If you consider the preseason game between Liverpool and Bayern Munich today, you will understand what I mean. The game started out well, but Liverpool scored two goals before Bayern Munich, and before it was over, Bayern Munich scored again to defeat Liverpool 4-3. To be honest, it would be better if Liverpool didn't waste opportunity to sign a midfield player, Because the league will begin in a few weeks and will be even more difficult than before, if they didn't acquire a solid midfielder, I don't think they can still qualify to the champion league in the next season. Bayern Munich fought back despite Liverpool's best efforts to defeat them because they could see that Liverpool's midfield position had changed. Every position in football needs to be secured and occupied by a player who is capable of doing so, and the midfield is where a team will struggle to score goals and will quickly tyre because the midfield player is the one who will be required to carry the bulk of the team's weight. My counsel to Liverpool is to move quickly and sign a quality midfielder to prevent underwhelming performances the following season. Liverpool pre-season matches was not very encouraging at all, partly I will attribute their lacklustre performance in those matches to lack of an experience defensive midfielder in the team the duo of Henderson and Fabinho who used to play those role had left the club to Saudi Arabian league consequently Liverpool would really struggle in that position, though McAllister had been signed to play that role is he going to deliver? time will tell when the league start and from their last match against Bayern Munich it looks like McAllister is injured having limped off when he was substituted either of Fabinho or Henderson should have been retained by Kloop unfortunately they were all sold out. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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on: August 01, 2023, 11:38:36 PM
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Manè to Saudi League deal done.
Salary of 40m year and Europe lost another big player, more will leave in this final month.
In Bavaria, he was getting 25 million a year before taxes, and in Al Nasr he will get 40 million a year after taxes. In terms of money, a perfect decision, but it's hard to see how the career of a football player who was the second contender for the Ballon d'or in just two years went downhill. But the way the Saudis are getting stronger continues to please me. Mane's performance has declined after he left Liverpool and money is clearly a benchmark more when it is difficult to compete and cannot go anywhere after at Bayern is not wanted and does not see any club that dares to take him except the Arab club so going there is the best thing. Even if Mane is aware that the conditions in his career will not be the same again but it will not matter when money talks  btw talking about Arab clubs now seems to be more interesting with so many players who are there. Although the competition and the game will not be the same but with some big players joining this season of course this will also be a greater attraction for Arab clubs. At 31 Sadio Mane had already reached the peak of his career therefore accepting the lucrative offer by Al Nassr is the best bet which no other European club can match, afterall Tuchel had not given him enough playing time in Bayern Munich and always come on as a substitute, meanwhile he had a flourished career with Liverpool winning Premier league, UCL and other trophies with the club, moreso he is a big philanthropist in Senegal thus earning more money in Saudi Arabian club will enable him to continue his humanitarian support in his country, teaming up with Ronaldo in Al Nassr is a welcome development which will enable the club to become more formidable in their league. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
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on: August 01, 2023, 05:46:59 PM
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Two quality stars have already departed from Liverpool, which can lead to a slightly poorer performance on the field. The two players who left the club too soon should be replaced by new players. Liverpool must think they can sign better players than left.
Klopp is really taking a risky move by selling their two veteran midfielders, it's similar like Chelsea. Although the performance of both Chelsea and Liverpool in club friendlies are good enough, but we don't know what will happen in the real match. Chelsea and Liverpool lack of midfielders. Manchester United lack of strikers. I would say Manchester City, Arsenal and Newcastle United are shining in this season. I also think Klopp allowing two of his most experience midfielders the duo of Henderson and Fabinho to leave the club for Saudi Arabian clubs could backfire in the long run because relying on his two new signings Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai might not yield much impact, the other midfielders like Oxlade-Chamberlain, Keita, Curtis Jones, Stefan Bajcetic don't really have much experience except Tiago who is injury prone, premier league is becoming very competitive and for Liverpool to remain consistent in clinching atleast a top 4 spot they needed some experienced players combined with the new signings to matchup with other top clubs in the league |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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on: August 01, 2023, 01:17:28 PM
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Arsenal is exploring the possibility of signing another goal keeper in Brentford number one shot stopper David Raya who's contract will be expiring next year,and the player is not looking forward to staying at the club.He wants to play in a big team
Even if David Raya's dream is to play for a big club, he has to be careful with the move he makes, Arsenal are a big club, but they already have a number 1 goalkeeper in Aaron Ramsdale and i don't think Arteta is ready to drop him, thus even if David Raya moves to a big club like Arsenal, he is going to be a makeshift goalkeeper and would prolly only play in Carabao and Fa Cup games. I don't think that's what David Raya will want for his career now, he is a brilliant goalkeeper and if he isn't assured of a starting position in a team that wants to buy him, then i think he should be patient and remain in Brentford. Matt Turner who had been Arsenal backup goalkeeper had not really tested action in most part of last season because Aaron Ramsdale is Arteta first choice goalkeeper thus sticked with him and I am very sure next season he will still man the post for Arsenal thus David Raya should not think of enjoying a regular playing time if he decided to join the club, though Nottingham Forest is considering a move to sign Matt Turner if the transfer is a done deal then David Raya should consider his Arsenal move, however he will still remain a backup goalkeeper who might be played in less competitive matches you mentioned, FA Cup, Carabao Cup except if Aaron Ramsdale suffer an injury. |
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Economy / Lending / Re: Lending Service Started! (USDT/BUSD/BTC/LTC/ETH/DOGE/ETC)!
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on: August 01, 2023, 12:33:57 PM
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
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on: July 31, 2023, 03:58:34 PM
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ETH is so mad to the club right now after the club has been facing some losses in a row. The first loss was against wrexham, madrid and then dortmund. The funniest thing i have ever seen was during the match against dortmund. Meguire again and again become the main actor that was triggering so many people to create another meme about him again. Megurie was doing some blunders which are affecting the performance of MU against dortmund. I don't know the reason ten hag didn't let meguire to go to the aston villa.
It's a must for Maguire to play? I just don't understand why Ten Hag care to him, it's similar like Ten Hag want to give Ronaldo to play when they were in conflict. Ten Hag need to accept if Maguire isn't fit in Manchester United, just keep him in bench and let him enjoy his wage, if Manchester United don't want to spend any money to pay for him, the last option is loan or sell him. It is very strange indeed, why players like Maguire continue to be defended because anyway, if there is a team that is interested in buying it, then just sell Maguire. After all, if Manchester United keep Maguire until his contract ends also in the end Manchester United will lose. Keeping him and giving Maguire to play, of course, there will be more blunders made. Also if Manchester United keep it, then in the end Maguire will have a free transfer status. So yes, do not understand why players like Maguire are still maintained by Manchester United, because of course it would be better to sell him in the transfer window like now. I don't know why Man Utd refused to sell for $20m recently offered by West Ham, Maguire had continue with his calamitous mistakes during matches it was evident in Man Utd friendly match against Borussia Dortmund, there was an instance when he committed an error during the match Onana hurriedly ran on to him and shouted on him, I think this mistakes by him is bound to reoccur if he is in team, though I am convinced that Erik ten Hag will never include him in his first team squad, the best bet is to release him before the transfer window closes if West Ham brought a better offer. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
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on: July 31, 2023, 08:10:43 AM
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Yes they have a lot of players and have also brought in some good names too. Imo Chelsea will make the UCL. I’m so sure of this but they won’t win the league. They don’t have European distractions. Pochettino have given them a sense of play and they’re bonding and finding the rhythm this preseason. They will make the CL, people are underestimating what being totally out of Europe brings in term of squad's fitness. It's three teams that one can boldly say are ahead of them.
The results of pre-season matches cannot be used as a benchmark, now the Chelsea squad is filled with new players and there is no evidence that they will be much better and consistent. I admit that Pochettino is an experienced and good coach in the Premier League, but what you have to remember is that the light in the Premier League is very tight, there are several teams that will compete hard to get to the top of the standings, and if you look at the player material that Chelsea currently have this makes me a little pessimistic. Honestly pre-season matches shouldn't be the yardstick to determine the formidability of Chelsea in the upcoming season, recall that in most of the pre-season matches many Chelsea substitutes were tested or played in which when the league matches starts properly only the main squad selected by Pochettino will enjoy a regular playing time and majority of Chelsea first team squad are new signings thus it might take the team some period of time before they will adapt to the league consequently the team might have some mix results some wins, draws and some losses thus Pochettino should be given enough time and Chelsea fans should also exercise patience before the team will begin to be stronger. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
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on: July 30, 2023, 05:38:07 PM
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Letting Harry Maguire go for only 20 million is certainly a big loss for the club. But I also do not believe that there are any other better options to be honest. Because even if they get another offer for him, I don’t think any club is going to offer more than 24/25 million for him.
It is actually not a bad decision to actually let him go for that amount or even to loan him out. First of all, he has high weekly wage and it looks like he is going to stay on the bench for most of the time next season so I dont see why should we keep him in the team only for him to be a bench warmer. Aside from that, everyone knows how bad he is therefore there is no reason to actually keep him in the team The issue is not allowing Maguire to leave Man Utd for West Ham, but would he agree a pay-cut before agreeing a personal term with West Ham? Even if West Ham make an improve offer more than 20 million, because the club won't be able to pay as much as he earn in Man Utd with regards to his weekly wages, though a regular playing time will be guaranteed at West Ham which will help his career in England National team, though I agreed that 20 million is too small for a player of his calibre, however if West Ham increases their offer Man Utd should consider it because staying at Man Utd will limit his playing time, Varane, Martinez, Lindelof and Evans are favorites of Erik ten Hag in the central defence. |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
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on: July 30, 2023, 09:28:08 AM
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You could see that a striker has been one of Manchester United's top priorities this summer having strengthened in midfielder and goalkeeper after signing Mason Mount and Andre Onana respectively. I think with the frequent injuries struggles to Martial, Ten Hag has always wanted a new forward to bolster his attack and indicated this week that the club is close to securing one, and they have gotten a good striker that has high ceiling. I trust Ten Hag to bring out the monster in him and make him a proper striker.
A good striker is important for Manchester United but it is not their priority. They already have Rashford who scored many goals for them in the past season. Hojlund has yet been verified enough at top level and spending $83M to buy him is ridiculous. I don't know how he will perform for Manchester United but from his past record and the transfer cost, it is not a wise transfer for Manchester United. They should spend a few more money to buy a better striker like Osimhen who shown his ability in Champions League, not like Hojlund. Spending $83M like a gamble is very bad decision from Manchester United. Honestly Osimen should have been a better option for Man Utd though Osimen might cost them more than $100M, however he is a profilic striker who had already proved his worth in Seria A and UCL respectively he will deliver for Man Utd better than Hojlund who joined Atalanta in August last year and had only 10 goals to his credit, can he cope with the standard of EPL? well time will tell, I hope his signing wouldn't be another waste of fund by the club for an untested striker probably Man Utd wanted another striker in shape of Halaand of Man City because of their height he is 6 ft 3 in while Halaand is 6 ft 4 in. |
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