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

[examplens]

Ronaldo-esque by Creswell.  Now hold please. 

And the camera is on Solksjaer's face right now.  Rofl.  He's prolly thinking who's going first.  Him or Lampard. 

not so much to blame Ole. The players are desperate like amateurs. De Hea, Maguire, Bissaka and James are the only ones who have some kind of quality. All others are below PL average quality. There is no any manager who's can make something from these losers.

Next round we have Machester United vs. Arsenal I'm very sorry that there is no option "both to loose". this is the most realistic.

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[Trofo]

Next round we have Machester United vs. Arsenal I'm very sorry that there is no option "both to loose". this is the most realistic.

Damn, you made me laugh with this one. That option would be great for matches like this.

Didn't watch Arsenal game tonight but they managed to win it somehow after loosing a men to a red card. Probably another good performance by Auba. He is the only one in that squad really pulling his weight at the moment. I also liked Ceballos and Pepe in some matches but they still need to up their game a bit. Lacazette is also always dangerous when he plays, but he is out with injury at the moment.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

[Trofo]

Also you could write that as El Suckico. Both terms are very good at describing involved clubs at the moment.

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I took the bait on Superbru and bought the "premium" feature which would give more insight and suggestions, figured I'd try it out for a week and see what it's worth. Took their pick on all matches so far (except these last two games), 1 point out of 8 games. Hah!

Lol. I was wondering what that gold star was on your name. To be fair, I think most tipsters would have been wrong this round.

Yea, tough game for Liverpool, I feel that Chelsea deserved more. That VAR call is really not something I like to see, that offside call was actually a long time before the actual goal so I feel we are lucky it got disallowed.

Yeah. Ridiculous. And only a centimetre offside as well. They really need to change the rule. If the Officials don't spot the offence then forget about it. They're letting the game play on for a while in some cases then disallowing the goal which takes another few minutes to review. Five minutes later no goal. The worst one I've seen was the incident in the Portugal game in the worldcup. They gave a penalty to one side, then var gave the penalty at the opposite end of the pitch that wasn't even a penalty in the first place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A8n8Ijvplk

Next round we have Machester United vs. Arsenal I'm very sorry that there is no option "both to loose". this is the most realistic.

Damn, you made me laugh with this one. That option would be great for matches like this.

Haha. Maybe -0 -0. Two Var disallowed goals takes them into negatives. Either way it's pretty much the only worthwhile game from the next round.

[cryptofrka]

Yep, VAR made some good changes and it is important to have certainty in borderline situations but I feel like it is influencing too much currently.

For example, they did not even check that Robinson penalty against Napoli and he touched the ball, or that crazy pull on Matip in the game against Newcastle and that was a clear penalty.

There needs to be some ruleset, if it is on a play by play basis it is not objective.

[buwaytress]

@examplens. Totally quote of the month. I hate kicking people when they're down but you know, you can't even see the fight in them, save the few like Auba who literally dragged everyone by their collars for that incredible performance.

@VAR: Still not a fan, even if it benefits my team. It messes with the flow of the game, it's against the spirit of how football should be. But whatever, we'll just get used to it. Just hope it doesn't screw with us.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I had United draw today, but I didn't thought that they are so bad to lose another time. If they wil continue like that, they can end without spot in Europa league .

I had the same 2 - 2

The entire round was a disaster for most of us except few. The round was full of upset and exception.
Tottenham lost
Utd Lost (expecting at least a draw)
Newcastle with a draw
Everton lost

And for the 3rd time I got correct score for Liverpool 🤪
Chelsea - Liverpool : 1 - 2
Liverpool - Newcastle : 3 - 1
Liverpool - Arsenal : 3 - 1

My team is the best!

[Harkorede]

@VAR: Still not a fan, even if it benefits my team. It messes with the flow of the game, it's against the spirit of how football should be. But whatever, we'll just get used to it. Just hope it doesn't screw with us.

Yes, I quite agree with you, It becomes very irritating when reviews are to be made every now and then in interesting games. However, that's the price we all have to pay to get a next to fair/correct calls instead having to rue losing an important match/trophy for some wrongs calls that could have been easily prevented by having a second look.

The efficiency of the VAR can still be considered to be suboptimal, mostly due some certain complicated rules guiding the refereeing decisions, but on an average I think it's been a rather progressive invention to the game.

[cryptofrka]

I can understand the disallowed goal for Tottenham against Leicester. Yea, it is unfortunate and it is 1mm, but if we have technology let's use it - even if they say that they cannot measure so accurately even with VAR.

But Chelsea - Liverpool was just against logic and felt plain wrong because the actual goal was very clear and it was disallowed because of a play made 10 seconds ago that did not provide enough advantage to Chelsea.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

But Chelsea - Liverpool was just against logic and felt plain wrong because the actual goal was very clear and it was disallowed because of a play made 10 seconds ago that did not provide enough advantage to Chelsea.

It wasn't our day as every decision, starting from our choice of players were just wrong. Lampard display his inexperienced as a manager once again by playing unfit players like Mount and Emerson while benching Christian Pulisic who was phenomenal against Liverpool in Istanbul.

Williams choice of slowing down the play was also costing us an opportunity to counter attack. The game didn't end badly as losing 1:2 to a side like liverpool isn't something we should be ashamed of. I knew we won't win that game although I presume we could score more than ones that's why I went with a 3:2 bet in favor of Liverpool nevertheless it was a great week for me via the pool ranking.

[cryptofrka]

I actually like what Lampard is doing. He switched, losing Christensen was a blow. Transfer ban is hard on Chelsea because you desperately need options, depth and quality and he chose to at least try to get it from young players. I don't really think Abraham will be that big, but Mason Mount is showing signs of brilliance so far.

I like this new Chelsea side, a lot more than I liked these overpriced and disbalanced teams you mostly had since Mourinho left.

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I can understand the disallowed goal for Tottenham against Leicester. Yea, it is unfortunate and it is 1mm, but if we have technology let's use it - even if they say that they cannot measure so accurately even with VAR.

But Chelsea - Liverpool was just against logic and felt plain wrong because the actual goal was very clear and it was disallowed because of a play made 10 seconds ago that did not provide enough advantage to Chelsea.

It's not var but the rules that need to be changed. Nobody gives a shit if a player is one centimetre off side and we shouldn't be taking minutes out of the game just to decide that. The offside rule was implemented to stop players 'goal hanging' and just waiting for someone to oof the ball up to them but the offside trap just ruins everything. Let players play without having to worry about whether they're off side or not. They should change the rules to allow for some leeway or just scrap var for certain things. If the officials don't pick up on the offside then let it go.

[cryptofrka]

Well, offside rule is one of the cornerstones of today's football. Level of football is so high that these offside plays are made tight and the players are used to it. I would not tinker with it further, if the rule says that 1mm is enough, it is fine by me. But let's limit it to actual play, not 17 passes before. That is stupid.

If you scrap offside, you can say goodbye to 80% of today's defenders that just aren't fast enough.

[DeathAngel]

Sky Sports panelist Graeme Souness on offside. “You can’t be a little bit pregnant can you!?”
If you’re offside then you’re offside.

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@VAR: Still not a fan, even if it benefits my team. It messes with the flow of the game, it's against the spirit of how football should be. But whatever, we'll just get used to it. Just hope it doesn't screw with us.

Yes, I quite agree with you, It becomes very irritating when reviews are to be made every now and then in interesting games. However, that's the price we all have to pay to get a next to fair/correct calls instead having to rue losing an important match/trophy for some wrongs calls that could have been easily prevented by having a second look.

I think VAR is going to end up costing a team a victory based on an incorrect decision as well. The Portugal game I linked above got it wrong. There was another match - may have been in the champions league - where the ball went out of play but from an angle that var didn't have access to it looked completely different from the ones they did. Guarantee something major will happen sooner than later.

Well, offside rule is one of the cornerstones of today's football. Level of football is so high that these offside plays are made tight and the players are used to it. I would not tinker with it further, if the rule says that 1mm is enough, it is fine by me. But let's limit it to actual play, not 17 passes before. That is stupid.

If you scrap offside, you can say goodbye to 80% of today's defenders that just aren't fast enough.

I haven't heard anyone call to scrap it completely but we don't need forensic analysis to see if someone is millimetres offside and none of the lower leagues get to "benefit" from it either, but them stopping the game to review something will just make it worse as bad as letting them play on. The ball is already almost out of play more than it's in it and it's just getting worse with var. The worse thing is letting the players celebrate then five mins later it's disallowed.

Sky Sports panelist Graeme Souness on offside. “You can’t be a little bit pregnant can you!?”
If you’re offside then you’re offside.

No, but you can be a little bit offside and a toe offside doesn't need to be reviewed.

[cryptofrka]

I think it does. It is a rule that is geometric, there are no opinions about it. It either is or is not, imagine if in basketball somebody scored a winning 3-pointer 0.2 seconds too late. You cant say 'well, it's less than half a second, man'.

I'm for it, as long as it looks at an actual play that led to the goal. Not the whole minute before, because if the ball went out of play in the centre and then both teams continued to play and team 1 scores a goal 15 seconds later you cannot disallow a goal because VAR said it was actually out.

[tokeweed]

LMAO!!!

Well...  More likely Solksjaer than Emery.  Arsenal sticks with their manager and what should the club expect with their squad compared to the likes of City and LFC?

United on the other hand...

[cryptofrka]

But Solskjaer is actually doing OK things. I feel that Woodward is a much bigger problem for them than any manager they had so far after Ferguson.

Sack him, ok. What will you do next?

[tokeweed]

^  If they don't give him the sack they finish below the top 4 and potentially finish below it for a couple more years. 

If it were up to me, they should've just stuck with LVG and started a slow rebuild of the club from the back room to the squad.