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

[hilariousetc]

I wouldn't write off Spurs or even Leicester yet. It's still pretty open really though City do still have two games in hand which will take them to the top with two points clear. Everton and Villa are the two cancelled games I think and neither are a push over. They're even occupying 7th and 8th places. I'd rather see a different team win it from the usual lot.

I think we will have a decent push for the top 4, for sure, and if we can win each of our games against the big six in the coming months,,, we can definitely have a strong hold and hope others find it as difficult as it was early season.

But I know we rely too much on Kane/Son so it all, as usual, depends on if they stay fit and injury free.

I think spurs have a decent chance of top 4 but there's a lot of competition right now especially with Leicester doing as well as they are but maybe they'll have a drop off soon. I honestly don't get why Bale hasn't been utilised more. He might as well of stayed at Real at this rate. If/when he's match-fit they should be playing him all the time. I don't think he should even be on the bench as long as he's fully fit.

FA Cup this weekend, shame we have to take a weekend off the pool. Then again, I’ve been useless lately so perhaps a weekend off is good for me.

Just reading Aston Villa have had a Covid breakout so the game with Liverpool might be cancelled tomo!

It looks like it's going ahead:

Aston Villa vs Liverpool FA Cup third-round clash given go-ahead by Football Association after coronavirus outbreak in Villa camp

https://talksport.com/football/fa-cup/814417/aston-villa-liverpool-fa-cup-third-round-confirmed/

I wonder if Liverpool will take this game seriously? They didn't seem to take the cups that seriously last year and Villa aren't a pushover, but it might be Liverpool's best chance at some silverware this season.

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[LFC_Bitcoin]

@hilariousetc

I’m looking at it from two angles.

1.) We have so many injuries, our season has been destroyed by injury, can we afford any more to important players? Just play the kids!

2.) We aren’t playing well, might be good to play ourselves into form ahead of the now vital Man Utd game. Play the best XI available & get some confidence.

I have a feeling it’ll be neither & we’ll see a mixture of senior stars & kids.

[Trofo]

I have a feeling it’ll be neither & we’ll see a mixture of senior stars & kids.

That's what I would do. I am expecting very week side from Villa due to covid outbreak and if I was in Klopp's shoes I would look to rest my main players. Meaning max 45mins for best players like Salah, Mane, Firminho, Robertson and Arnold. I would introduce a young squad and probably give 90 mins to Milner as captain to yell a bit on them and maybe also 90 mins to Alcantara to get match fitness and set the pace of the game. Probably also full games for Origi, Minamino, Jones and Ox to prove they deserve place in top 11.

Waiting for line ups before placing any bets on this one. There is just too many unknowns.

[cryptofrka]

Since Villa is in trouble, I'm certain we will play a team that will ultimately go through. It will probably be a mixture of a few first team players, 4-5 squad rotation players and 2-3 kids.

The biggest threat from this game is that someone from our team might get COVID from the Aston Villa players - since half of their team has it already.

[Indymoney]

Since Villa is in trouble, I'm certain we will play a team that will ultimately go through. It will probably be a mixture of a few first team players, 4-5 squad rotation players and 2-3 kids.

The biggest threat from this game is that someone from our team might get COVID from the Aston Villa players - since half of their team has it already.

We have announement that Villa is coming with under 23 team no one from regular team is coming for this match hopefully now no player from Liverpool is going to have Covid in tonight game even they are going to have some good revenge for their last defeat.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Aston Villa vs LFC

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[hilariousandco]

Liverpool should stuff them with that line-up. Game has kicked off now and they're 1-0 up after 25 minutes.

[Harkorede]

Liverpool should stuff them with that line-up. Game has kicked off now and they're 1-0 up after 25 minutes.

I thought as much as well, but it all square once again before just before the break.... I hope there won't be any surprises though, Liverpool can't afford to lose this game.

Edit: 3 goals in 5 minutes, That surely has settled it. 

[Indymoney]

Liverpool should stuff them with that line-up. Game has kicked off now and they're 1-0 up after 25 minutes.

I thought as much as well, but it all square once again before just before the break.... I hope there won't be any surprises though, Liverpool can't afford to lose this game.

Most of members was expecting one sided affair but right now I am feeling its going to be very interesting end of this game because 55th minute match is level and Salah goal ruled out for offside.

Edit: Party start's for Liverpool 9 minutes and 3 goals 66 minutes leading by 1 - 4

[swogerino]

Liverpool played really well and deserved the win.This is also to put some pressure on Manchester United as to tell them we are in great shape and we want to win against you.I think if Liverpool is in a good day against Manchester United there will be no chance for Manchester to hold back such Liverpool.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I thought as much as well, but it all square once again before just before the break.... I hope there won't be any surprises though, Liverpool can't afford to lose this game.

Edit: 3 goals in 5 minutes, That surely has settled it. 

The young boys fought well for the whole 90 minutes, let’s be honest though, they offered very little in attack. They had 1 shot on target & some of the lowest possession stats I’ve ever seen. Their GK was really good, I hope some of them go on to have good careers, they can be proud of their efforts.



Stats supplied by - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55574199

[buwaytress]

^ Solid progress from the Reds, but I still lost my bet (HT win around 138/100) thanks to that run that blazed past our boy Rhys haha... he cost Villa almost 1 million as a youth player, guess he's going places.

Didn't watch United game but they edged past Watford, as did Arsenal. Big boys mostly still in the cup. I do hope Liverpool push to get this one at least to a semi.

I know it's early but next games are in less than 72 hours (Superbru dashboard tells me) so put your picks in early;)

[cryptofrka]

^ Solid progress from the Reds, but I still lost my bet (HT win around 138/100) thanks to that run that blazed past our boy Rhys haha... he cost Villa almost 1 million as a youth player, guess he's going places.

Didn't watch United game but they edged past Watford, as did Arsenal. Big boys mostly still in the cup. I do hope Liverpool push to get this one at least to a semi.

I know it's early but next games are in less than 72 hours (Superbru dashboard tells me) so put your picks in early;)

He was in Barcelona's La Masia for 6 months or so. I think they let him go to Aston Villa only because WBA reported them to FIFA because they said Barcelona did not pay the compensation for the player.
I think that dispute still isn't settled and that they still owe some money to WBA.

Regarding his goal, Rhys already lost Karlan Grant the same way against WBA but Alisson saved his shot, it happened twice already in a month or so. It might prove really costly for us if we don't buy a defender, Nat Phillips certainly is not good enough and apparently Rhys Williams isn't as well - at least not yet.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

It's been few days, I was not online. Surprisingly I am the round winner for the last round. Has bid_daddy updated his list?
Who do I contact for the round winner prize.

Maybe I will start gambling again LOL

[hilariousandco]

It's been few days, I was not online. Surprisingly I am the round winner for the last round. Has bid_daddy updated his list?
Who do I contact for the round winner prize.

Steve on superbru. He usually PMs the people but might have been busy over the holidays as I haven't got mine yet.

[swogerino]

It's been few days, I was not online. Surprisingly I am the round winner for the last round. Has bid_daddy updated his list?
Who do I contact for the round winner prize.

Steve on superbru. He usually PMs the people but might have been busy over the holidays as I haven't got mine yet.

Yeah he must be busy as I surprisingly received a message from him on December 22nd and replied to him somewhat late in 29 December and have got no answer yet.Holidays end today in most of the countries so we should have a reply for sure I think during this week.

[hilariousetc]

Don't forget the next round starts tomorrow with three games. None of them should be exciting but Wolves vs Everton could be close.

I thought as much as well, but it all square once again before just before the break.... I hope there won't be any surprises though, Liverpool can't afford to lose this game.

Edit: 3 goals in 5 minutes, That surely has settled it. 

The young boys fought well for the whole 90 minutes, let’s be honest though, they offered very little in attack. They had 1 shot on target & some of the lowest possession stats I’ve ever seen. Their GK was really good, I hope some of them go on to have good careers, they can be proud of their efforts.

Well it shouldn't have been any different with the squads they both had out. Anyone watch the Leeds game yesterday? Hard to believe they lost that 3-0. I don't think Leeds played bad to be honest, they just didn't play great  . Leeds didn't have their A team out but it was a pretty strong line-up overall so they should have done better. Leeds shouldn't be throwing away chances to win silverware.

It's been few days, I was not online. Surprisingly I am the round winner for the last round. Has bid_daddy updated his list?
Who do I contact for the round winner prize.

Steve on superbru. He usually PMs the people but might have been busy over the holidays as I haven't got mine yet.

Yeah he must be busy as I surprisingly received a message from him on December 22nd and replied to him somewhat late in 29 December and have got no answer yet.Holidays end today in most of the countries so we should have a reply for sure I think during this week.

I got a message today so check your mails.

[Trofo]

What a freak season this one. I just heard that Aston Villa game against Spurs is postponed and that Spurs will play against Fulham instead. I am thinking Fulham can't be happy about that development after 120 minutes in cup and expecting to be free during the week. Definitely not fair to them. Good thing I am already bad in Fantasy this season since this is ruining my squad

Slow day today, only West Ham cup match. I am going with West Ham to cover 1.5 handicap. I am felling like Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Benrahma have something to prove and will probably play out of their skins in effort to earn first team place.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Games start again tomorrow, I have a feeling we (LFC) will be going into the biggest game of our season on Sunday in 2nd place. Man Utd are not going to lose to Burnley are they, all they need to do is avoid defeat & it means we will be 2nd as we face our most bitter rivals Sunday.

[swogerino]

Games start again tomorrow, I have a feeling we (LFC) will be going into the biggest game of our season on Sunday in 2nd place. Man Utd are not going to lose to Burnley are they, all they need to do is avoid defeat & it means we will be 2nd as we face our most bitter rivals Sunday.

You are right probably because the odds of Manchester United it is 1.45 and this odd when playing away has even less value than when this odd is for a team who plays at home.It will be an easy win for Manchester United tonight and on Sunday I think they will have a hard time against Liverpool.