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

[igebotz]

We're coming for Kelleher next summer, dude deserves better, he's been an absolutely good cover for Allison since last season but guys can't see it and for Nunez only buwaytress think he's world-class.

Kelleher is already a top keeper, I wouldn't mind him as our long-term no.1.
Will not happen of course after we signed that Georgian dude with an impossible name to write. Helooked great during the EUROs though.

Kelleher made a mistake, it could cost us, but he's been brilliant every time he needed to step up. Whoever gets him is getting a bargain.

Y'all gonna trust someone with no English league experience to replace Allison?  We attempted it with Villarreal's former keeper this season, but he has yet to break into the starting lineup. He is better than Sanchez, but we completely trust Marasca's judgement.

 I like Kelleher because he's well-composed, and I like the fact that he doesn't speak English or know how to converse, which helps him stay cool a lot. I'm sure a top English club will come for him next season.

[arallmuus]

Okay this was dumb of me and I deserved this. I tried to be smart and even predicted Nottingham to get a draw against City, didnt work out though. Quite surprising that most of the pool actually went with City, I thought majority will still expect City to fall 

Erik ten Hag ruined them this season, so now Ruben Amorim is trying to repair what he can and I heard they are looking to buy some new players.
I dont think they are winning any places for European competition next season unless they win any domestic cup or Europa league by some miracle.

For winter transfer? I hope they do but Imagine if he does what Ten Hag did, bringing his players from the previous club then we got to sign those players with ridiculous amount. We paid shit tons for Antony and Onana, I hope we dont repeat the same shit all over again by bringing Gyokeres only to watch him flop

[Joca97]

Okay this was dumb of me and I deserved this. I tried to be smart and even predicted Nottingham to get a draw against City, didnt work out though. Quite surprising that most of the pool actually went with City, I thought majority will still expect City to fall 

Erik ten Hag ruined them this season, so now Ruben Amorim is trying to repair what he can and I heard they are looking to buy some new players.
I dont think they are winning any places for European competition next season unless they win any domestic cup or Europa league by some miracle.

For winter transfer? I hope they do but Imagine if he does what Ten Hag did, bringing his players from the previous club then we got to sign those players with ridiculous amount. We paid shit tons for Antony and Onana, I hope we dont repeat the same shit all over again by bringing Gyokeres only to watch him flop

This looks awful i think you are probobly the worst in this round. Im not happy with my results aswell. I dont understand how Tottenham losses so easily. Also some results were a surprise for me at least i got Fulham to win to save this week but its not enough for me at all

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to Betwrong for winning the Round 14 Yellow Cap

[buwaytress]

We're coming for Kelleher next summer, dude deserves better, he's been an absolutely good cover for Allison since last season but guys can't see it and for Nunez only buwaytress think he's world-class.

Kelleher is already a top keeper, I wouldn't mind him as our long-term no.1.
Will not happen of course after we signed that Georgian dude with an impossible name to write. Helooked great during the EUROs though.

Kelleher made a mistake, it could cost us, but he's been brilliant every time he needed to step up. Whoever gets him is getting a bargain.

Kelleher's very good, don't get me wrong. He's really been excellent cover, he's more ice-cold than I ever gave him credit for, but I just rate Alisson better as a more instinctive goalmouth predator. He proved this in 2 seasons at least, when the CB pairing in front of him weren't jiving. There was this one season we played with something like 20+ different CB pairs when VVD was out, Alisson commanded that well and was sharp af. That for me is a true test of a keeper as a leader of that box. VVD marshalls the backline, but the keeper-sweeper owns that box, and you feel it whenever the Brazilian is playing, less so when Kelleher does.

I hate bringing in stats as well but this season we've allowed the fewest quality shots on our goal. Of those, even with fewer games, Alisson has prevented double the goals that Kelleher has. Full credit to Konate/VVD for that, some credit to Gravenberch. We're a lot more pragmatic on the backline now so we can afford Irish and Georgian with tongue-twister first names (I'm going to call Georgian boy Mama from now on) cover but positioning, command, distribution, (and that instinct I keep talking about) Alisson has never been in doubt. I have watched so many good keepers and loved Pepe, loved even Dudek, but Alisson towers over them, by god.

We do need a world-class #2 though, all good teams have that fallback, esp when Alisson is prone to injury. The competition only makes the 2 better. That's really why we're bringing in new guy, to me, in case, and in all likelihood, Kelleher goes elsewhere for first-choice pick. Elsewhere won't have VVD/Konate in front though, I'm sure he knows this as well.

[un_rank]

We do need a world-class #2 though, all good teams have that fallback, esp when Alisson is prone to injury. The competition only makes the 2 better. That's really why we're bringing in new guy, to me, in case, and in all likelihood, Kelleher goes elsewhere for first-choice pick. Elsewhere won't have VVD/Konate in front though, I'm sure he knows this as well.

It is almost impossible to have a world class back up in any position, those quality of players are not comfortable being second choice to someone else. Even an average keep starts to dream of more if they get a run of matches while the first choice is out.

Kelleher should be able to play without VVD/Konate in front of him, he has quick instincts and is good in saving spot kicks. His lack of presence in aerial duels is one flaw that stands out. I think he is old enough to not be comfortable staying second choice forever and young enough to want to try his luck somewhere else after winning everything at Liverpool.

- Jay -

[ajiz138]

Okay this was dumb of me and I deserved this. I tried to be smart and even predicted Nottingham to get a draw against City, didnt work out though. Quite surprising that most of the pool actually went with City, I thought majority will still expect City to fall 

Erik ten Hag ruined them this season, so now Ruben Amorim is trying to repair what he can and I heard they are looking to buy some new players.
I dont think they are winning any places for European competition next season unless they win any domestic cup or Europa league by some miracle.

For winter transfer? I hope they do but Imagine if he does what Ten Hag did, bringing his players from the previous club then we got to sign those players with ridiculous amount. We paid shit tons for Antony and Onana, I hope we dont repeat the same shit all over again by bringing Gyokeres only to watch him flop

This looks awful i think you are probobly the worst in this round. Im not happy with my results aswell. I dont understand how Tottenham losses so easily. Also some results were a surprise for me at least i got Fulham to win to save this week but its not enough for me at all

Terrible @arallmuus, you probably tried against some of the favorites.

This round there wasn't much change only 10 points gained but that's not too bad, we need to chase more points but it's a bit harder.

Tottenham and Fulham didn't get any points, this is a disappointing result of course especially Spurs.

[arallmuus]

Terrible @arallmuus, you probably tried against some of the favorites.

This looks awful i think you are probobly the worst in this round. Im not happy with my results aswell. I dont understand how Tottenham losses so easily. Also some results were a surprise for me at least i got Fulham to win to save this week but its not enough for me at all

Yep I was terrible and I will wear that badge of wooden spoon until someone take it over. Obviously it wont be me anymore right after the weekend fixtures sticking with favourites for most of the games

Anyway, my original thoughts on the last round was actually trying to be cheeky by getting some draws or perhaps the underdog to win. Some of the teams are going to play against a harder teams on weekend and UCL so thats was the thoughts I had in my brain, obviously thats not working so yeah that was really terrible

Kinda regret not taking Fulham, I check their statistics against Tottenham on the last game and I should have known that they are better than Brighton

[notblox1]

Okay this was dumb of me and I deserved this. I tried to be smart and even predicted Nottingham to get a draw against City, didnt work out though. Quite surprising that most of the pool actually went with City, I thought majority will still expect City to fall 

Dont worry, you are not the only one, I had only two points and eight wrong predictions
I think this is one of my worst rounds in Premier League and I dont know how yellow cap winner did it, but congrats to him.
Word of warning to everyone, there is big storm Darragh in England and it is possible for some matches to de delayed or postponed.

[slaman29]

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Word of warning to everyone, there is big storm Darragh in England and it is possible for some matches to de delayed or postponed.

Seems like the first game already postponed (Everton - Liverpool) and I don't see how other games can proceed if this storm is already so bad.

Otherwise seems like chance for Arsenal and Chelsea to cut their lead to 4 points.

Gonna be an exciting December, if games are not postponed too much!

[Betwrong]

Congrats to Betwrong for winning the Round 14 Yellow Cap

Oh. My. God. It's the first time I’ve come that close to the top:



Can I remain in the top 5, considering that less than half of the matches have been played?

I'm not aiming for first or second place, I just want to stay in the top five.

But, of course, who's gonna believe me? All of us aim to be number one. It’s a matter of knowledge and luck who will actually make it there in the end. It's more a matter of luck for me actually because compared to you guys, I know nothing about these games.

Let’s hope the weather stays nice for me in the future.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Congrats to Betwrong for winning the Round 14 Yellow Cap

Oh. My. God. It's the first time I’ve come that close to the top:



Can I remain in the top 5, considering that less than half of the matches have been played?

I have no problem. There are no chance for me to be even in the top 10.

[buwaytress]

Palace game just kicked off. In a normal world, I would have bet on Palace to win. But this is not a normal world, where their odds are only 45/10! I've been spoilt for years on 20/1 odds on these games, I will miss them a lot...

Edit: Palace just took the lead haha...

We do need a world-class #2 though, all good teams have that fallback, esp when Alisson is prone to injury.

It is almost impossible to have a world class back up in any position, those quality of players are not comfortable being second choice to someone else. Even an average keep starts to dream of more if they get a run of matches while the first choice is out.

Kelleher should be able to play without VVD/Konate in front of him, he has quick instincts and is good in saving spot kicks. His lack of presence in aerial duels is one flaw that stands out. I think he is old enough to not be comfortable staying second choice forever and young enough to want to try his luck somewhere else after winning everything at Liverpool.

- Jay -

Impossible, almost. Except for the really great clubs. We should aspire to that. I actually don't know if Kelleher can play without the good line in front of him and that was sort of my point -- he's untested in that setup. His presence is what I meant by his command -- he is subdued.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Edit: Palace just took the lead haha...

It's a great start LOL. Although I took a chance to bet for City to win, the odd is tentative. After having a great game against Liverpool, Castle is in pressure I think. Brentford scored 😂

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That was quick, 1 -1 for Castle LOL

[Rikafip]

Edit: Palace just took the lead haha...

In 8/15 games City conceeded first and only 3 teams are worst then them this season: Leicester, Wolves and Southampton whose oponnets scored first 10/15 times. So yeah, betting against them in the first half actually make sense, or at least on their oponnents scoring first.

And while writing this post, Palace scored another one so its 2-1 now.  

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I lost my bet of City to win but I am not unhappy at all. More closer to the title 😁

[igebotz]

I lost my bet of City to win but I am not unhappy at all. More closer to the title 😁

Why are you only worried about Manchester City when you have two times runner-up right behind you and you're not much better than them this season? The only reason you're ahead is due to their early injury crisis.

We (Chelsea) are not in the title race this season, so don't worry about us; we are simply winning games for pleasure.

[BABY SHOES]

I lost my bet of City to win but I am not unhappy at all. More closer to the title 😁

Thought Manchester City would win but they couldn't and went back to their bad suit.

Look at red Manchester... he almost suffered another crushing defeat but Forest is still ahead now (2-3) This season the Manchester duo has no fangs anymore.

[igebotz]

I lost my bet of City to win but I am not unhappy at all. More closer to the title 😁

Thought Manchester City would win but they couldn't and went back to their bad suit.

Look at red Manchester... he almost suffered another crushing defeat but Forest is still ahead now (2-3) This season the Manchester duo has no fangs anymore.

Manchester city woes continues....

Amorim is settling in well, isn't he? Two defeats in the last two games, and the team is playing like shit; it's too early to start calling him out, but the last two defeats are entirely his fault; if something isn't broken, don't change it. Why is Rashford on the bench again after two good games?

[notblox1]

Seems like the first game already postponed (Everton - Liverpool) and I don't see how other games can proceed if this storm is already so bad.

Not all regions are affected equally by the storm ion the same way, and normal rain never stopped a match being played in England.
I dont know if that was the reason for both teams from Manchester not winning their matches, but I gave up hoping on Man United long time ago.
Another bad day in Premier League for me, only 1.5 points and three wrong predictions