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

[tokeweed]

Yay!  Looks like it's gonna be another bad week for me. 

Btw does anybody think Eddie Howe should be a candidate to replace Mou at United?  I think the Spurs would be perfect for him too if Poch leaves.

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[buwaytress]

Fantastic, bloody fantastic. Watching the match on CNBC so not the best commentary but we still got a lot of action on both ends. Derby Day, but it was going to need something a bit special to take away some spotlight from Arsenal's hammering of Spurs in London... who else but a supersub from Liverpool to snatch all 3 points at the end? A weird Alisson pass free kick to I think Trent... cross for VVD (!) to try a volley (I know you last scored like that for Netherlands but oh Dijk) which was heading out until poor Pickford palms it back into play... Should/neck score from Origi.

Luckiest win of all season by far and if the commentator was right, Liverpool extended their record for most Premier League goals scored in injury time.

I said before the game I miss heavy metal Kloppball but these types of wins are what seem to carry teams across the line.

@LFC you're still top of our leaderboard, amazing form.

[Hhampuz]

Fantastic, bloody fantastic. Watching the match on CNBC so not the best commentary but we still got a lot of action on both ends. Derby Day, but it was going to need something a bit special to take away some spotlight from Arsenal's hammering of Spurs in London... who else but a supersub from Liverpool to snatch all 3 points at the end? A weird Alisson pass free kick to I think Trent... cross for VVD (!) to try a volley (I know you last scored like that for Netherlands but oh Dijk) which was heading out until poor Pickford palms it back into play... Should/neck score from Origi.

Luckiest win of all season by far and if the commentator was right, Liverpool extended their record for most Premier League goals scored in injury time.

I said before the game I miss heavy metal Kloppball but these types of wins are what seem to carry teams across the line.

@LFC you're still top of our leaderboard, amazing form.

It was a great game! It could have been 3 or even 4 nill. Well deserved win for Liverpool in the end, even though it was one of the craziest endings I've ever seen to a game, haha.

[Welsh]

It was a great game! It could have been 3 or even 4 nill. Well deserved win for Liverpool in the end, even though it was one of the craziest endings I've ever seen to a game, haha.

I'm not sure about the 3/4 to naught. Everton had some very close chances, and could of easily won the game. Liverpool attack looked good the first 15 minutes or so, and then Everton started to dominate the midfield, and the front 3 got starved of service. I can't help but think Liverpool are missing Coutinho a little bit.

Alison did well, and I think if it was mignolet in goals for an example Liverpool would of been in a lot of trouble, and could of found themselves down by 2 early on.

[slaman29]

It was a great game! It could have been 3 or even 4 nill. Well deserved win for Liverpool in the end, even though it was one of the craziest endings I've ever seen to a game, haha.

I'm not sure about the 3/4 to naught. Everton had some very close chances, and could of easily won the game. Liverpool attack looked good the first 15 minutes or so, and then Everton started to dominate the midfield, and the front 3 got starved of service. I can't help but think Liverpool are missing Coutinho a little bit.

Alison did well, and I think if it was mignolet in goals for an example Liverpool would of been in a lot of trouble, and could of found themselves down by 2 early on.

Didn't watch this one, but heard all the cheering at the end from some guys who were, I was still wondering for a while who won it, nice to see it was Liverpool. Stats wise it seemed Everton were pressuring Liverpool, gave them 3 yellow cards first before collecting 2 and they had a goal cleared by Liverpool from the line. And almost equal attempts on goal. This is not the same Liverpool at all, Mignolet is a good shot stopper but credit to the brazilian keeper, he and Virgil are keeping the best defense in the league so far. Now if someone can please show Manchester City the bravery at their home turf!

Of course they miss Coutinho. But they are better able to break defences without him it seems.

[Welsh]

Didn't watch this one, but heard all the cheering at the end from some guys who were, I was still wondering for a while who won it, nice to see it was Liverpool. Stats wise it seemed Everton were pressuring Liverpool, gave them 3 yellow cards first before collecting 2 and they had a goal cleared by Liverpool from the line. And almost equal attempts on goal. This is not the same Liverpool at all, Mignolet is a good shot stopper but credit to the brazilian keeper, he and Virgil are keeping the best defense in the league so far. Now if someone can please show Manchester City the bravery at their home turf!

Of course they miss Coutinho. But they are better able to break defences without him it seems.

They struggled to break down PSG's, and Evertons defence. Maybe, not so much Everton I just think the finishing wasn't good enough. If you didn't watch the game, and haven't seen the goals you need to see the bizarre goal pickford let in. I actually lost hope, but Origi never gave up. In fact if you look at Van djik's body language after he volleys he gave up too. It was a bizarre night.

[tokeweed]

There are midweek fixtures, just in case you guys didn't know.    It could be an unpredictable set of matches imo cos the players could still be slightly fatigued from last weekend's fixtures.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Fantastic, bloody fantastic. Watching the match on CNBC so not the best commentary but we still got a lot of action on both ends. Derby Day, but it was going to need something a bit special to take away some spotlight from Arsenal's hammering of Spurs in London... who else but a supersub from Liverpool to snatch all 3 points at the end? A weird Alisson pass free kick to I think Trent... cross for VVD (!) to try a volley (I know you last scored like that for Netherlands but oh Dijk) which was heading out until poor Pickford palms it back into play... Should/neck score from Origi.

Luckiest win of all season by far and if the commentator was right, Liverpool extended their record for most Premier League goals scored in injury time.

I said before the game I miss heavy metal Kloppball but these types of wins are what seem to carry teams across the line.

@LFC you're still top of our leaderboard, amazing form.

I was at the game with my brother, we started to walk down the steps to leave on 95 mins just as VVD had that crap shot, luckily there was a queue to get out so I saw the goal. It went mental when Origi’s goal went in, for some reason I looked over to the linesman & then the referee because I was worried it’d gone over the bar/line before Pickford touched it.

My ears were ringing as we left.

Fucking brilliant

[Hhampuz]

There are midweek fixtures, just in case you guys didn't know.    It could be an unpredictable set of matches imo cos the players could still be slightly fatigued from last weekend's fixtures.

I especially expect the CL/EL teams to take it "easy" this week. Could be a lot of goals scored or almost none at all. Will be interesting, that's for sure

[Welsh]

I was at the game with my brother, we started to walk down the steps to leave on 95 mins just as VVD had that crap shot, luckily there was a queue to get out so I saw the goal. It went mental when Origi’s goal went in, for some reason I looked over to the linesman & then the referee because I was worried it’d gone over the bar/line before Pickford touched it.

My ears were ringing as we left.

Fucking brilliant

I was literally thinking to myself all game that there's just no way we score unless they mess up so bad, because Liverpool just wasn't clinical enough, and the front three just didn't look like scoring. Then that happened. For some reason I just kept watching all the way through. Where as if its that dire normally I just have it on in the background. Absolutely mental. I don't know what Pickford was thinking. I literally had the same reaction as Van djik. You could see he was frustrated, and I was frustrated that he fluffed it. But, yeah....I don't really know what to say as its just so bizarre.

Midweek game. Should be relatively easy for Liverpool against a struggling Burnley. Burnley are no longer the side to fear when playing them at their home ground.

[o_e_l_e_o]

Oh man. I didn't even realise I got the wooden spoon last week. Not my best work, haha. Climbed back up 2 places from the 4 games today though, so hopefully the rest of this week will continue to bring some more luck for me.

Some ridiculous football today. Shane Duffy headbutts van Aanholt within approximately 12 inches of the ref for an instant red card, and then 10-men Brighton go on to win 3-1 anyway. Palace's defending during Brighton's third goal was utterly shocking. And Cardiff get an early penalty which Fabianski saves, and then they get beaten 3-1 as well. And City only win by one goal instead of their usual 4.

Look forward to Arsenal - United tomorrow. Also wondering how Leicester fans will react to Ranieri.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

slaman went top, sending regrettable congrats (you bastard )

Games tonight though so fingers crossed I score well

[tokeweed]

^  'Bastard'.  Lol.  It looks like we're having our own little terms and customs down here at the degen section of the forum. 

[LFC_Bitcoin]

^  'Bastard'.  Lol.  It looks like we're having our own little terms and customs down here at the degen section of the forum. 

Genuine LOL

[slaman29]

slaman went top, sending regrettable congrats (you bastard )

Games tonight though so fingers crossed I score well

Thank you! I got a close score on all the games last night, so I don't mind getting close scores for everything tonight, usually I can hit 2 exact scores a week, but as long as I keep the pressure on the top for a few more weeks I don't mind!

We probably have same scores tonight, Liverpool should win of course but I am half-changing my scores for United/Arsenal every few hours. It's impossible that we're thinking Arsenal can beat them easily at Old Trafford but the team is not the same one anymore.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

slaman went top, sending regrettable congrats (you bastard )

Games tonight though so fingers crossed I score well

Thank you! I got a close score on all the games last night, so I don't mind getting close scores for everything tonight, usually I can hit 2 exact scores a week, but as long as I keep the pressure on the top for a few more weeks I don't mind!

We probably have same scores tonight, Liverpool should win of course but I am half-changing my scores for United/Arsenal every few hours. It's impossible that we're thinking Arsenal can beat them easily at Old Trafford but the team is not the same one anymore.

Yeah I think the key to doing well in this tournament is consistently hitting the 1.5 points for close & 1 point for correct result. It’s really difficult to get a lot of exact scores (if we could all do that we’d be rich from gambling).
It’s a lot more achievable to constantly get 5 or 6 close/correct results per match week.

As for tonight there are lots of points to be won.
I’ll be happy if I hit somewhere in the top 3 at the end of the season

[Welsh]

Well, I missed last nights games, because I forgot once again. However, I remembered about the games tonight! 6 picks out of the lot will be enough Right?

Origi has got a starting place tonight instead of Mane who has a stitched up foot which apparently happened towards the end of the Everton game.

[ralle14]

Well, I missed last nights games, because I forgot once again. However, I remembered about the games tonight! 6 picks out of the lot will be enough Right?

Congrats on getting the wooden spoon this round.  

For me it's the other way around, predicted yesterday's games then forgot the rest. I could've maintained my position and get at least 2-3 more points if I didn't miss the games today.


Putting this one out here for participants like me that's interested on the consolation prizes.

Overall top scorers (weekly rounds)

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Rank

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Name

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Result(1pt)

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Close(1.5pt)

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Slam(1-3pts)

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Exact(3pts)

|

Round

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Total

|

|

1

|

stephencurry333

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2

|

4.5

|

2

|

12

|

6

|

20.5

|

|

2.5

|

unyil

|

1

|

4.5

|

2

|

12

|

3

|

19.5

|

|

2.5

|

SyGambler

|

1

|

4.5

|

2

|

12

|

5

|

19.5

|

|

4

|

slaman

|

0

|

0

|

1

|

18

|

7

|

19

|

|

5

|

hilariousandco

|

0

|

7.5

|

2

|

9

|

1

|

18.5

|

[slaman29]

Well, I missed last nights games, because I forgot once again. However, I remembered about the games tonight! 6 picks out of the lot will be enough Right?

Congrats on getting the wooden spoon this round.  

For me it's the other way around, predicted yesterday's games then forgot the rest. I could've maintained my position and get at least 2-3 more points if I didn't miss the games today.


Putting this one out here for participants like me that's interested on the consolation prizes.

Overall top scorers (weekly rounds)

|

Rank

|

Name

|

Result(1pt)

|

Close(1.5pt)

|

Slam(1-3pts)

|

Exact(3pts)

|

Round

|

Total

|

|

1

|

stephencurry333

|

2

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4.5

|

2

|

12

|

6

|

20.5

|

|

2.5

|

unyil

|

1

|

4.5

|

2

|

12

|

3

|

19.5

|

|

2.5

|

SyGambler

|

1

|

4.5

|

2

|

12

|

5

|

19.5

|

|

4

|

slaman

|

0

|

0

|

1

|

18

|

7

|

19

|

|

5

|

hilariousandco

|

0

|

7.5

|

2

|

9

|

1

|

18.5

|

Thanks for sharing this update, I think I remember this was the round I thought I won something with 6 exact scores but as it later showed up in my email, some other guy won 7 exact scores, how unlucky of me

Still makes it so amazing that this game from week to week is competitive. And see the top people don't always gain the most points every week. Shocks last night like Wolves beating Chelsea, if anyone has the right predictions, it's more than others.

6 close scores last night, not good enough, if only I kept to my draw result for at least 1 game!

[Welsh]

Bit of a shocking night really. Chelsea struggling, and losing. Liverpool struggling, and having a pretty decent comeback after they conceded, but largely they struggled all night to do anything really. Liverpool still 2 points behind City, and increasing the gap between 2nd, and 3rd due to Chelsea losing. Coming up to the Christmas break, and teams do start dropping points because of the congestion. We'll see how Liverpool, and City fare. I think City have enough depth to deal with it, and I think Liverpool haven't been playing their heavy metal football of last season so should deal with it a little better.

Congrats on getting the wooden spoon this round.  

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