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

[LFC_Bitcoin]

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[Igebotz]

Ouch Igeh mine bosom padi, I just realised the damned Red Devils are in Europa, at your expense. Onana (and hey I've defended the guy in the past) and Antony don't deserve Europe, not at the expense of Palmer. Such is football. And now we have the full lineup of Premier League teams. I can now close the book on this league for a few more months.

Lol Those bastard citizens sold us out to their lovely neighbour, and it was one of the worst games I've seen City play this season; they didn't come to win.

Not going to Europe is preferable to going to a conference league and playing against a bunch of unknown teams, wasting the players time. The net positive is that if we win the conference league, we become the only team in history to have won every European trophy.

I totally agree that Palmer deserved a better finish after his performance this season, he is going places.

Agreed but he's winning us the league next season. Don't say anything just believe.

[SATWAT]

Ouch Igeh mine bosom padi, I just realised the damned Red Devils are in Europa, at your expense. Onana (and hey I've defended the guy in the past) and Antony don't deserve Europe, not at the expense of Palmer. Such is football. And now we have the full lineup of Premier League teams. I can now close the book on this league for a few more months.

Lol Those bastard citizens sold us out to their lovely neighbour, and it was one of the worst games I've seen City play this season; they didn't come to win.

Not going to Europe is preferable to going to a conference league and playing against a bunch of unknown teams, wasting the players time. The net positive is that if we win the conference league, we become the only team in history to have won every European trophy.

I totally agree that Palmer deserved a better finish after his performance this season, he is going places.

Agreed but he's winning us the league next season. Don't say anything just believe.

There is no doubt Citizens done shameful act at the end and allow Red Devil's to have spot into Europa League which I was also not expecting with their performance like they give in this season, but now we have to accept this all and looking forward into future where things are looking interesting.

Sacking of Pochettino is look like Todd Boehly not learning from his past mistakes, and he is still having mind-set to have instability into this club which will cause serious troubles for them in the future with most chances if we are having not deserved results he needs to leave this club and soccer forever.

[fortebettor]

So I decided for simplicity to just go with the same top ten payouts as we did last year:

0.1
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.015
0.014
0.013
0.012
0.011

= 0.305

What's left after fees will go to the highest overall weekly round (ten match rounds or less are only counted). First place is currently Colorpoll54 who got 23 points all the way back from the first round, so that's who you need to beat. There are 8 rounds left to play.

  

 

(https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5458848.0) here is a post from the ofifcal topic
https://i.imgur.com/zw9dcpE.png  .

20 people were supposed to win. In the next season, if you win and take the first place, I suggest that you change the rules 10 rounds before the end when you know more or less who won to change the pot only for the winner.
Would that be as fair as what you have just done? Did someone write this or is everyone licking their ass?   Why can't you just set the rules and stick to them, but just get creative?

[hilariousandco]

So I decided for simplicity to just go with the same top ten payouts as we did last year:

0.1
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.015
0.014
0.013
0.012
0.011

= 0.305

What's left after fees will go to the highest overall weekly round (ten match rounds or less are only counted). First place is currently Colorpoll54 who got 23 points all the way back from the first round, so that's who you need to beat. There are 8 rounds left to play.

  

 

(https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5458848.0) here is a post from the ofifcal topic
https://i.imgur.com/zw9dcpE.png  .

20 people were supposed to win. In the next season, if you win and take the first place, I suggest that you change the rules 10 rounds before the end when you know more or less who won to change the pot only for the winner.
Would that be as fair as what you have just done? Did someone write this or is everyone licking their ass?   Why can't you just set the rules and stick to them, but just get creative?

You're mistaken. It literally states ten places:

The first place jackpot prize will be a guaranteed 0.1BTC and then the rest of the money will be split between 2nd-10th places.

The payouts you quoted were given as an example and also literally state it was for the previous season. I didn't post the actual paid places until later in the season but that's why I decided to stick to the same as last seasons, just minus the top 11-20th places as already stated. I wouldn't change how many people got paid mid season if I stated it was more but that's not what it was.

[un_rank]

20 people were supposed to win. In the next season, if you win and take the first place, I suggest that you change the rules 10 rounds before the end when you know more or less who won to change the pot only for the winner.

I do not see anywhere in what you shared that it was explicitly stated there would be 20 winners. Nothing was set in stone from the beginning, it was all dependent on how many players joined the pool at the end of the day:

The first place jackpot prize will be a guaranteed 0.1BTC and then the rest of the money will be split between 2nd-10th places. If we get 50 users signing up that will be a further 0.125 in the pot so there should be over 0.3 in total.

This suggests more that we should have expected 10 winners from the get go.

- Jay -

[Igebotz]

Sacking of Pochettino is look like Todd Boehly not learning from his past mistakes, and he is still having mind-set to have instability into this club which will cause serious troubles for them in the future with most chances if we are having not deserved results he needs to leave this club and soccer forever.

Looking at how many players reacted to the news, there weren't many, and there were a few clips of Poch publicly disrespecting Todd Boehly, as well as news that his relationship with Stewart and members of the recruiting team had broken down since the last transfer, his relationship with the club wasn't great, and both parties were no longer comfortable working for each other. It is understandable.

 Enzo, the Leicester City manager, appears to be the key man today, with personal terms and a compensation package agreed on. He is a former student of Pep's and also bald. Next season, I'll be there to challenge for the title

@fortebettor Most of you simply pay for a pool and then disappear without reading or following up on the thread; we considered the prize pool and settled on ONLY 10 places this season. Although I suggested 20th place, but majority wanted only 10 spots, and we all agreed; it wasn't a secret.

[cryptofrka]

Not going to Europe is preferable to going to a conference league and playing against a bunch of unknown teams, wasting the players time. The net positive is that if we win the conference league, we become the only team in history to have won every European trophy.

Nah, top clubs need Europe - any kind of Europe.
It's not so much for winning an irrelevant trophy - it serves to give minutes to a wider specter of players and to remain in a Sunday - Wednesday rhythm that you hope to have again next season in CL/EL.
Getting used to that kind of rhythm which doesn't allow much rest and preparation between games is key to future CL/EL success.

Without Europe you need a squad of 17 players - which leaves a lot of players frustrated. And next year when CL comes, you need those players. You can't sell these and then buy 7 new ones a year later.

@fortebettor Most of you simply pay for a pool and then disappear without reading or following up on the thread

Yup, this sums it up perfectly. Also means that there's no reciprocity - the user does not want to give anything back to the sponsor/community by remaining active.

They crawl back only when they have something to complain about.

[Igebotz]

Without Europe you need a squad of 17 players - which leaves a lot of players frustrated. And next year when CL comes, you need those players. You can't sell these and then buy 7 new ones a year later.

Positive for most of our U21 players coming off loan, and for our academy players, I don't really care if we don't pay more attention to it, but getting knocked out by some team from Israel or Serbia will automatically hand us over to our rival fans.

I would have preferred that we rest and focus solely on league games rather than go abroad for an unnecessary Milky trophy. Arsenal and Tottenham needs it more.

Yup, this sums it up perfectly. Also means that there's no reciprocity - the user does not want to give anything back to the sponsor/community by remaining active.

They crawl back only when they have something to complain about.

They're only interested only in the prize pool and the weekly free bets obviously.

[cryptofrka]

I would have preferred that we rest and focus solely on league games rather than go abroad for an unnecessary Milky trophy. Arsenal and Tottenham needs it more.

Nah, that's not how you create serial challengers.
Losing in Israel or Serbia has to become unimaginable, so that it creates pressure. Pressure creates resilience, resilience creates winning mentality.

Knockout games, no matter how insignificant, are high-stakes. And winning any final builds confidence.

If you want to create a monster team, you want all competitions that you can get your hands on and you set on winning them all at the beginning of each season. There's not a single serial winner that plays only domestic championship.

[Igebotz]

I would have preferred that we rest and focus solely on league games rather than go abroad for an unnecessary Milky trophy. Arsenal and Tottenham needs it more.

Nah, that's not how you create serial challengers.
Losing in Israel or Serbia has to become unimaginable, so that it creates pressure. Pressure creates resilience, resilience creates winning mentality.

Knockout games, no matter how insignificant, are high-stakes. And winning any final builds confidence.

If you want to create a monster team, you want all competitions that you can get your hands on and you set on winning them all at the beginning of each season. There's not a single serial winner that plays only domestic championship.

Extra minutes advantage for the young players but winning random abracadabra tier E teams from Europe Top 5 is not the monster challenge Palmer and the rest of the players needs right now honestly. We're only going to have more injuries and fatigue.

We're better off without the Conference league - The Europa league was the perfect challenge for this team. I don't know how the players feel but I feel no passion and so empty for that Conference league thing.

[Joca97]

I know this might be a little off topic. But will we have the euro superbet pool ? Because we are getting closer to it and im not seeing any news…

[Smartvirus]

@fortebettor Most of you simply pay for a pool and then disappear without reading or following up on the thread

Yup, this sums it up perfectly. Also means that there's no reciprocity - the user does not want to give anything back to the sponsor/community by remaining active.

They crawl back only when they have something to complain about.

Still on my wide stroll through the forum continues for some pool of interest and this seems relatable in some thread to what is expected of certain genre of users as debated. Though with a different theme but still talks about participation on the forum thus, thread. Where users would just come for the pool only to crawl back out upon conclusion with little or no participation and throw some shady tricks.
@Igebotz @cryptofrka could relate, don’t want to be hitting the nails directly.

The thread should be made to serve its purpose as, being informative as it could get, a user that keeps up with the thread would be surly informed without dramatization.

From what has been discussed and referenced, suggestions and to decisions made where done considering possible cases of participation which should make understanding a lot easier and acceptable with that context.

[buwaytress]

Ouch Igeh mine bosom padi, I just realised the damned Red Devils are in Europa, at your expense.

Lol Those bastard citizens sold us out to their lovely neighbour, and it was one of the worst games I've seen City play this season; they didn't come to win.

Not going to Europe is preferable to going to a conference league and playing against a bunch of unknown teams, wasting the players time. The net positive is that if we win the conference league, we become the only team in history to have won every European trophy.

Yeah, on the nett side of things, I think any team aspiring to Champions League via the league, will actually suffer playing in Conference -- in Europa, there is at least a route through by winning it outright.

I know the season's over, but I'm still somewhat processing. Some weird vibes coming out from Pep, ETH is surely out, hopefully to be replaced by another clown. Arteta will feel his time is come.

[hilariousandco]

I know this might be a little off topic. But will we have the euro superbet pool ? Because we are getting closer to it and im not seeing any news…

Yes. I will post the thread by the 1st at the latest.

[Igebotz]

Yeah, on the nett side of things, I think any team aspiring to Champions League via the league, will actually suffer playing in Conference -- in Europa, there is at least a route through by winning it outright.

I know the season's over, but I'm still somewhat processing. Some weird vibes coming out from Pep, ETH is surely out, hopefully to be replaced by another clown. Arteta will feel his time is come.

The Conference League is a pointless competition that only benefits the UEFA and not the club. Winners do not automatically qualify for the Europa League, making it a waste of time.

I'm concerned about our club's handling of long contracts for tier C coaches, who are often sacked and compensated after only one season. I'm not familiar with Enzo's history.

Can Klopp just go already he's pissing me up with all he's negative comments and crybaby thing lately.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Arteta couldn’t win the PL title if Arsenal were the only team playing in it

Chelsea have made a mistake sacking Poch I think. He’d just started to get them playing well. The guy they’ve brought in is a puzzling one too, he hasn’t got the aura a club like Chelsea need.

It’s time for Slot-ball any way. The rest of the league better be afraid

[un_rank]

Winners do not automatically qualify for the Europa League, making it a waste of time.

I think they do. Is that not how WestHam who finished 14th last season made it to the Europa league? I do not remember them playing any play-off matches.

Can Klopp just go already he's pissing me up with all he's negative comments and crybaby thing lately.

I agree for such a big moment for him he is focusing too much on what others are doing which has no relation with his former club or career.

Arteta couldn’t win the PL title if Arsenal were the only team playing in it

Liverpool has one league title in the last 34 years 

- Jay -

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Liverpool has one league title in the last 34 years  

Arsenal trophies since 2005 -
5 x FA Cups
5 x Community Shield

Liverpool trophies since 2005

1 x PL title
2 x CL winners
1 x FIFA Club World Cup
2 x FA Cup
3 x League Cup
2 x UEFA Super Cup
2 x Community Shield

Worth mentioning Arsenal have never won the CL/European Cup in 137 years of their entire existence.

[un_rank]

2005

Nice date to choose. If you go back just five more years we have double the league titles you have.Liverpool is an obviously more successful club than Arsenal, no debates there. But you have had your long patches of no success so you should understand better when we get a project like what Arteta has started and you are waiting for the results (trophies) to finally begin to show.

We are not celebrating being the second best team in the league, we want the title.

- Jay -