Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread

[buwaytress]

Haha Trofo's new Chelsea logo looks brilliant. Would have been funnier if Abramovich were still around, but there we have it. They might win the EFL cup though, so hey, not all is lost.

Spursy was the start of Saturday, Brighton appears to be doing something to arrest their slump, Newcastle, well -- don't know if that's a stain on them or a shine on Luton!

Everything doesn't matter until tomorrow though...

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[CLS63]

Is there anyone who watched the Newcastle-Luton match? It was a crazy match which ended by 4-4. Luton Town are really doing a very good work in offense this season.After defeating Aston Villa away I was thinking that Newcastle would win against Luton comfortably. However I was wrong.

[un_rank]

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That was a crazy matchup. Luton score 4 goals in 2 straight matches and now move a point ahead from the relegation zone. I also expected it to be an easy match for Newcastle since they were playing at home and were building a good run of form.

Aston Villa are on fire, all of their forward players have scored and it is still the first half.

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[cryptofrka]

Well done Toon, you cost me 25mBTC today. You have to do something really special to concede 4 goals to Luton.

City playing on Monday, so let's increase the gap tomorrow. Arsenal doesn't look as good as last season, I feel confident we won't lose the game.
Thiago looked fantastic in training, I hope for a cameo appearance - he's a perfect fit for such a game.

[Igebotz]

Haha Trofo's new Chelsea logo looks brilliant. Would have been funnier if Abramovich were still around, but there we have it. They might win the EFL cup though, so hey, not all is lost.

The FA did not let us win the last one, and if you believe they will allow us win this one, you are clearly unaware of what is going on. We're getting Anthony Taylor, and we both know what he does: the only directive given to Anthony Taylor is to not allow them win at all costs. LiVarpool will win the League Cup; it is already written in the sky. Russian Abramovich is gone. I don't see why we're still getting hate. Mourinho claimed years ago that there is a campaign against Chelsea and Abramovich, and everyone thought he was crazy; now we see it.

Well done Toon, you cost me 25mBTC today. You have to do something really special to concede 4 goals to Luton.

City playing on Monday, so let's increase the gap tomorrow. Arsenal doesn't look as good as last season, I feel confident we won't lose the game.
Thiago looked fantastic in training, I hope for a cameo appearance - he's a perfect fit for such a game.

Lost 4mBtc on spusy Spur. That Luton Manager needs a bigger job he's fuckin good on counter attacking football and he knows how to weaken the bigger boys..

[buwaytress]

Went against two seeded teams today and got rewarded for Wolves (but really, didn't expect them to score FOUR goals... Cunha hattrick? What planet do we live on?) and punished for doubting United at home. To be fair to myself, Chelsea were actually far more favoured to win by books than United so I sniffed the bigger upset. United have been finding the net now thanks to Hojlund. That 4-3 win and now a statement 3 points from West Ham. ETH will be breathing easy. Poch, not so much.

Haha Trofo's new Chelsea logo looks brilliant. Would have been funnier if Abramovich were still around, but there we have it. They might win the EFL cup though, so hey, not all is lost.

The FA did not let us win the last one, and if you believe they will allow us win this one, you are clearly unaware of what is going on. We're getting Anthony Taylor, and we both know what he does: the only directive given to Anthony Taylor is to not allow them win at all costs. LiVarpool will win the League Cup; it is already written in the sky. Russian Abramovich is gone. I don't see why we're still getting hate. Mourinho claimed years ago that there is a campaign against Chelsea and Abramovich, and everyone thought he was crazy; now we see it.

I never said Mou is crazy, he's absolutely special and absolutely right. I pay weekly membership fees to continue the secret campaign versus Chelski.

But seriously, you're not going to just give up on EFL cup? There's a nice 100,000 GBP prize money. It can help you pay 2/3 of Caicedo's weekly salary!

[un_rank]

Went against two seeded teams today and got rewarded for Wolves (but really, didn't expect them to score FOUR goals... Cunha hattrick? What planet do we live on?)

I went against one of the seeded teams, but the wrong one. Chelsea and United have been unpredictable, but so much so has been Wolves and WestHam, difficult to speculate how good or terrible their next performance would be.

The goonerz are leading now thanks to some elementary mistake from Van Dijk and Allison. I think it was more of a Van Dijk mistake cause he should really be taking care of that.
Now we got to hold on for the win.

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[slaman29]

The goonerz are leading now thanks to some elementary mistake from Van Dijk and Allison. I think it was more of a Van Dijk mistake cause he should really be taking care of that.
Now we got to hold on for the win.

Well done for the win, I think the bookies said Arsenal were the favorites and they got it right this time.

Saw the mistakes. This was Van Dijk for sure. Alisson was coming to get it, but Van Dijk got barged and shifted Alisson. If he just took care of it instead, no problem. Why he did it when keeper has to come out of box is weird.

Third goal through Alisson legs but that's not mistake, just slow reaction. Any keeper is made by media to look bad if goal goes between legs, but it's totally normal thing happens every few saves.

[swogerino]

The goonerz are leading now thanks to some elementary mistake from Van Dijk and Allison. I think it was more of a Van Dijk mistake cause he should really be taking care of that.
Now we got to hold on for the win.

Well done for the win, I think the bookies said Arsenal were the favorites and they got it right this time.

Saw the mistakes. This was Van Dijk for sure. Alisson was coming to get it, but Van Dijk got barged and shifted Alisson. If he just took care of it instead, no problem. Why he did it when keeper has to come out of box is weird.

Third goal through Alisson legs but that's not mistake, just slow reaction. Any keeper is made by media to look bad if goal goes between legs, but it's totally normal thing happens every few saves.

No matter which one was in fault I think we cannot point to one person specifically as football is a sport played in group and I think the fault is collective.I say the fault is collective because even for example let's suppose was Van Dijk fault then why the team of Liverpool did not react by scoring more goals to have avoid this bad results,this shows us that the fault in soccer is in collective and not individual,the mistakes are individual which are discussed after the game,the fault is common to all team.

[un_rank]

Third goal through Alisson legs but that's not mistake, just slow reaction. Any keeper is made by media to look bad if goal goes between legs, but it's totally normal thing happens every few saves.

The third goal took a slight nick along the way which changed the direction of the ball just a little bit. I would not go too hard on Alisson on that one.

It sucks how the English media does not allow Arsenal to just show a bit of passion. All clubs and mangers can get as energetic as they want, but when Arteta runs around the touchline he is tagged 'immature'. Klopp has pretty much run off into the field after an additional time winner and it did not attract any attention at all.

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[darxiaomi]

Im having a very bad run right now, in this alst rounds im not making good ammount of points, i need tor ecover the pace fast, i hope we have this dismiss in performance now and not in the end.

[buwaytress]

I'm with un_rank here, passion for the game, even emotion, we need to allow it a bit more and forgive some transgressions. Media def harsh on Alisson, not sure how anyone can be perfect. Let the manager eat into them, he'll do it for sure.

Right then, City did their job. Pretty much the way we know they usually do. Hope that loss at Emirates smacks the poor form out of us. That was not a good match to blip on!

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to Slissy for winning the Round 23 Yellow Cap

[slaman29]

Good job Slissy, kinda low scoring round with 12 points for yellow cap but I guess nobody predicted all the early draws which were all high scoring too, hard to get exact. You also climbed 5 places which is so precious as the season enters 60%.

For me, only 6.5 points and saved by Manchester City exact score.

Nobody seriously believes City not gonna win the title right? Maybe another treble actually with full team healthy.

[Igebotz]

Third goal through Alisson legs but that's not mistake, just slow reaction. Any keeper is made by media to look bad if goal goes between legs, but it's totally normal thing happens every few saves.

The third goal took a slight nick along the way which changed the direction of the ball just a little bit. I would not go too hard on Alisson on that one.

It sucks how the English media does not allow Arsenal to just show a bit of passion. All clubs and mangers can get as energetic as they want, but when Arteta runs around the touchline he is tagged 'immature'. Klopp has pretty much run off into the field after an additional time winner and it did not attract any attention at all.

I didn't watch the game, but how did Liverpool get outplayed in one of the most important games of the season after smashing my club a few days ago?

The English media must eat, right? And the way to do it is to create unnecessary drama, send false messages, and spread propaganda. Only the bad guys get media attention, and since Arteta spoke out against the VAR and refs, he's gotten too much attention from the media. I recall Conte running on the touchline and frequently jumping into his daughter in the stands. It is simply passion.

[arallmuus]

Nobody seriously believes City not gonna win the title right? Maybe another treble actually with full team healthy.

Manchester City potentially have 52 points if they play the 23rd game and win it which means they will stand on top of the pack but honestly Im not convinced yet because Arsenal and Liverpool still have a pretty decent chance though in case if they dont mess up.

Maybe another treble actually with full team healthy.

They have a good chance on EPL yeah but on UCL thats a different case. Real Madrid is probably the biggest favourite to win the UCL though and lets not forget that Bayern Munich could even make it to the top as well

[casperBGD]

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They have a good chance on EPL yeah but on UCL thats a different case. Real Madrid is probably the biggest favourite to win the UCL though and lets not forget that Bayern Munich could even make it to the top as well

agree here, or at least wish to agree
City had it hard way to win first UCL, but now that first one is out of the way, they will have it easier to get into final rounds and win UCL
not saying that it will happen this season (or at least I wouldn't like it to happen), but they are probably bigger favorite to do so compared to Real and Bayern
maybe Arsenal can do something on that matter, but they also have that "first" trophy problem, so City going till end seems inevitable

[slaman29]

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They have a good chance on EPL yeah but on UCL thats a different case. Real Madrid is probably the biggest favourite to win the UCL though and lets not forget that Bayern Munich could even make it to the top as well

agree here, or at least wish to agree
City had it hard way to win first UCL, but now that first one is out of the way, they will have it easier to get into final rounds and win UCL
not saying that it will happen this season (or at least I wouldn't like it to happen), but they are probably bigger favorite to do so compared to Real and Bayern
maybe Arsenal can do something on that matter, but they also have that "first" trophy problem, so City going till end seems inevitable

Yes to this. Winning the first time was the hardest block. PSG know this as well. But winning gives the right confidence and the right mentality, now they know how it feels, it's easier to win.

See Liverpool too under Klopp from 10 years not in Champions League to 3 finals in few years. They "remembered" how to get there because of 2005. They know it was possible even with a weak team, so they did it so many times.

City is the favorite, this has been the case for past 6 years. Even in era of Real winning it they were never even top 3 favorite! Now City they won it, the odds are finally correct.

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I didn't watch the game, but how did Liverpool get outplayed in one of the most important games of the season after smashing my club a few days ago?

Cause they went up against one of the best teams in the league that can beat any team in England on their day, Liverpool also had an off day. As for the Liverpool-Chelsea clash, the opposite happened, Chelsea had another off day and Liverpool were very sharp and playing at Anfield.

The English media must eat, right?

Pundits these days seem to want so much of the attention the players get and would do anything to get it.

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[Igebotz]

I didn't watch the game, but how did Liverpool get outplayed in one of the most important games of the season after smashing my club a few days ago?

Cause they went up against one of the best teams in the league that can beat any team in England on their day, Liverpool also had an off day. As for the Liverpool-Chelsea clash, the opposite happened, Chelsea had another off day and Liverpool were very sharp and playing at Anfield.

That's the only possibly explanation. I guess we're back to business now, we just knocked out Aston villa in a cool fashion but I'm not expecting us to maintain this form cause that's something we can't do under Poch. We're fucking unstable. Being a Chelsea fan is sickening.

Pundits these days seem to want so much of the attention the players get and would do anything to get it.

Noticed every ex-players now have podcast and YouTube channels where they criticize players for views and likes. Only few are going into management, the rest are just sitting in front of TV and giving advice. Lol