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

[swogerino]

I thought Burnley had just a lucky win against Brighton and thought they could not win against the team that did come from the game where they beat Manchester City the leader of the standings.I know Premier League is full of surprises and I should have made that calculation but thought Tottenham would not make a mistake especially when they desperately needed the win to enter the fight for a place in International competitions.I think they missed a big opportunity as I believe this was a postponed game which they didn't took advantage of.

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[casperBGD]

I thought Burnley had just a lucky win against Brighton and thought they could not win against the team that did come from the game where they beat Manchester City
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yeah, Burnley now has two wins in a row, and they are almost out from relegation zone
Newcastle is a bit above, and Everton and Leeds above them, all candidates for relegation, hoping that Everton will stay, and Leeds seems as candidate to fight Burnley, since Newcastle is a lot better than in first half of the season

regarding Tottenham, it is hard to comment their performance this season, having putting surprises all the time

[Trofo]

regarding Tottenham, it is hard to comment their performance this season, having putting surprises all the time

They are the team to avoid when betting on Premier League, they can surprise teams like City and loose against anybody. They can also play a high scoring game one week and then boring 0:0 draw the next. There is no predicting what Spurs will do so it is best to blacklist them and laugh when checking the results.

[buwaytress]

Anyone thinking it's time to pay attention to Wolves? Or are we backing Arsenal to continue their strange run of good form?

Big enough victory for you? Salah show in first half and Mane show in second half. I can't believe Klopp did not take off Salah/Arnold/Robertson/Mane and tried to preserve them for League cup final in couple of days. Salah is playing full games all the time for LFC, plus a couple of 120 min games for national team and I am afraid that he will pay the price for that in spite of his incredible athleticism.

Yeah, so big I even would have still got 1 point if I upgraded 3-0 to 4-0 haha. Just my luck, but finally the goal difference is something I'm much more comfortably with. Didn't watch this regrettably, wonder now if I should keep not watching if it makes them play like this. Also slightly surprised he kept them on -- I know Mane and Salah just have stubborn heads and want to play on and on, but I suspect he was trying to see if either could smack a hattrick (and maybe get them en route to golden boot).

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

What a riot from Liverpool,

I was telling someone that we may get half a dozen and glad that we had it. At the beginning of the season everyone was telling that Liverpool does not have a chance but in this stage when I am seeing positive emotions for Liverpool, I feel good.We are indeed looking at season title.

They are the team to avoid when betting on Premier League, they can surprise teams like City and loose against anybody.

It was utterly disgusting. Not even In the pool I think no one in the world would have thought Tottenham will even draw against Burnley especially after a top class performance against City.

Anyway, I have taken side for Arsenal today. Will they win by 2 - 1? I am enjoying my pool performance lately 😉

[Welsh]

Anyone thinking it's time to pay attention to Wolves? Or are we backing Arsenal to continue their strange run of good form?

Yeah, I pretty much always put a draw or win for Wolves, since a lot of teams struggle against them whether that's over estimating or over committing because they've got a solid defense. If I was going to bet on them this week which I'm not going to, I would put a 0-0 down. Feel that Arsenal's run of form will prevent Wolves from getting a foothold in the game in order to score, but I do feel Arsenal will lack that final pass against a well drilled Wolves team. I know 0-0's are often risky, but I'm just feeling it. Wolves are probably my favourite team to include in bets against better opposition.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Yeah, I pretty much always put a draw or win for Wolves,

Wolves almost had it but last second goal from Lacazette ruined the entire match for Wolves. After the early goal, they were defending well until Pepe equalized. Great win for Arsenal.

I had 1 - 1 in the pool then at the last our I thought to go for 2 - 1  Arsenal. It seems I got lucky too. I was regretting of changing the pick until Lacazette found a way to score.

[buwaytress]

Anyone thinking it's time to pay attention to Wolves? Or are we backing Arsenal to continue their strange run of good form?

Yeah, I pretty much always put a draw or win for Wolves, since a lot of teams struggle against them whether that's over estimating or over committing because they've got a solid defense. If I was going to bet on them this week which I'm not going to, I would put a 0-0 down. Feel that Arsenal's run of form will prevent Wolves from getting a foothold in the game in order to score, but I do feel Arsenal will lack that final pass against a well drilled Wolves team. I know 0-0's are often risky, but I'm just feeling it. Wolves are probably my favourite team to include in bets against better opposition.

Wolves are almost always above 2/1 so they feel like the perfect martingale team of EPL! But phew. I thought Arsenal's from was hard to ignore in the end, but this was a mixture of pure luck... Pepe had a good game today and then a boring old 2-1 brings me luck, though to be fair, Arsenal probably deserved the win, just the manner it came will break Wolves hearts -- they're not used to doing so well so probably thought they should lose a few more games to remind their fans of what they are...

Only just realised now this was a mammoth round, so a lot of us got 2 slam points -- just falling short of one correct outcome for 3 slam points. We can all blame Spurs for that.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Beforehand, everyone had thought that Arsenal would win this match, at home in London. For a long time it looked like that was not going to happen. 10 minutes before the end, still 0-1 behind, and equalized in the 82nd minute. Still great that they still manage to turn it around and make it 2-1 almost in the last second of the game. That is not only luck, but also has to do with class. You have to be able to enforce that kind of happiness.

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Only just realised now this was a mammoth round, so a lot of us got 2 slam points -- just falling short of one correct outcome for 3 slam points. We can all blame Spurs for that.

Poor Spurs but they were brilliant just few days ago.

Well! well! I got yellow cap!!! Thanks to hilariousetc, buwaytress and few others who encouraged me not to leave the pool after missing few rounds. I will need to reactive my sportsbet account LOL. What do we get again, if we win a round and who do we report? Sorry, I lost track because of the absence 🤣

[Welsh]

Wolves are almost always above 2/1 so they feel like the perfect martingale team of EPL! But phew. I thought Arsenal's from was hard to ignore in the end, but this was a mixture of pure luck... Pepe had a good game today and then a boring old 2-1 brings me luck, though to be fair, Arsenal probably deserved the win, just the manner it came will break Wolves hearts -- they're not used to doing so well so probably thought they should lose a few more games to remind their fans of what they are...

Only just realised now this was a mammoth round, so a lot of us got 2 slam points -- just falling short of one correct outcome for 3 slam points. We can all blame Spurs for that.

Ah damn, I thought the game was on tomorrow, didn't realise it was on a Thursday. There's been football on pretty much every day this week, with the Champions league, Europa League, and Premier League. I'll have to watch the highlights, I actually wanted to watch this game too.

I always expect Arsenal to dominate possession against Wolves, but thought their defense would have held strong. I find if Pepe isn't performing or is missing from the team, Arsenal really struggle with their creativity in the final third. Arsenal have definitely recovered from their early season form though, which was abysmal.

[Joca97]

As far as i seen o most 90% of the players predicted that it would be 2:1 only a few unlucky ones predicted something else. So this match mostly didnt matter much in points because o most all in top 10 players predicted 2:1 so still is really intense until the end

[rdbase]

As far as i seen o most 90% of the players predicted that it would be 2:1 only a few unlucky ones predicted something else. So this match mostly didnt matter much in points because o most all in top 10 players predicted 2:1 so still is really intense until the end

Everyone predicted an Arsenal win except for two or three who went with the draw. It was so close I almost turned off the match at the 89' minute but something told me not too and what do you know the french man does it for the Gunners to put them out on top.
It was due since Wolves have been winning way too many of their matches. Who do they think they are... Manchester City?

Now just need to watch the Sotons match tomorrow to see if the other Sportsbet.io sponsored team can do for us all!
I put in a cheeky 0-0 draw for them but would like to see them win for the treble of Sportsbet so to possibly make it a success going into the weekend for SPFC, their other sponsored team.

[jeremypwr]

Well! well! I got yellow cap!!!  I will need to reactive my sportsbet account LOL. What do we get again, if we win a round and who do we report?

Hey, PM me your Sportsbet Username and I'll get you a 1 mBTC Free Bet

[Welsh]

Now just need to watch the Sotons match tomorrow to see if the other Sportsbet.io sponsored team can do for us all!
I put in a cheeky 0-0 draw for them but would like to see them win for the treble of Sportsbet so to possibly make it a success going into the weekend for SPFC, their other sponsored team.

I'm going for a 2-1 prediction. Think Pukki could be a problem for Southampton, but they should be able to get the job done against Norwich. Norwich tend to leak goals this season, I do believe they've got the worst goal difference in the league, and while I have seen improvements in them recently, it's mainly been against the bigger teams which they can sit back, and hope to soak up pressure. Don't think that'll be the approach against Southampton, as they'll at least have some faith in getting something out of the game.

[leea-1334]

Well done BitcoinGirl.Club! You see,,, the guys you mentioned here have been saying it every single time to every single person who at some point or other that it is never about giving up. And that is the beauty of playing every week, there is always something to win.

Plus,,, for guys like us we can go for crazy scores who knows? We hit 10 correct in a strange week and jump up 20 positions. Imagine you get yellow cap again next week, and the next, not impossible.

By the way,,, this is me trying not to feel bad because of Spurs loss. I think Conte heart is totally broken.

[swogerino]

I got another exact score yesterday for Arsenal game but from what I have seen in the pool,during this week everyone did a pretty good job and I think this to be one of those weeks if not the week with the highest number of points in total for all the participants of the pool.

Congrats to BitcoinGirl for winning the yellow cap.You see you should keep playing as we already told you and chances are here although difficult they exist and you can keep trying to win the yellow cap which is a side prize every week.

[casperBGD]

I got another exact score yesterday for Arsenal game but from what I have seen in the pool,during this week everyone did a pretty good job and I think this to be one of those weeks if not the week with the highest number of points in total for all the participants of the pool.
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yeah, it is interesting to see that much of a consensus on 2:1, when we look at odds, that were not that low on Arsenal, and Wolves form, where they won almost all matches from last few (they lost one, against Arsenal, at home)
obviously, Arsenal play is good to beat Wolves, but last night was a tough one, and Wolves were in the lead almost to the end, and have a draw in pocket nearing end, with their defense it was really unexpected to conceive in last minutes

Southampton tonight, should be similar match in result terms?

[buwaytress]

@Welsh yeah Pukki's been having some peculiar revival of form -- never in doubt when playing for his national team, but always seems to get stuck after promotion from Championship. But like Arsenal, I'm really hoping Southampton are carried by form.

Also missed your comment on Liverpool earlier about not giving up home until the maths says it's not possible -- I've been asking and looking for treble and quadruple specials for months, and tried being cheeky putting up markets on p2p when we were 12 points trailing, no takers haha.

Like you, I've also held that City aren't actually that great. Teams just seem to play against them with a resistance mentality, but go for their throats like Spurs and Palace did, as we've always done, and they're vulnerable, they're panicky, they give away fouls and make mistakes. Problem is, half of the job's done for them before the match even starts as (most) teams set up for damage control against them. I'm hoping and counting on Everton to smack them down tonight. Richarlison can be a handful, hope he turns it on tonight.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Like you, I've also held that City aren't actually that great. Teams just seem to play against them with a resistance mentality, but go for their throats like Spurs and Palace did, as we've always done, and they're vulnerable, they're panicky, they give away fouls and make mistakes. Problem is, half of the job's done for them before the match even starts as (most) teams set up for damage control against them. I'm hoping and counting on Everton to smack them down tonight. Richarlison can be a handful, hope he turns it on tonight.

Absolutely spot on, buwaytress. Sometimes the lower teams have 2 games in a week & maybe City is first followed by another game 3-4 days later. They literally rest their best players against City in the first game to conserve energy for the perceived, more winnable one a few days later. Essentially they are giving up vs City before the game is played. This has happened 3 or 4 times this season which really pisses me off.

Like you say, if teams have a real go at Man City instead of being so submissive they really aren’t that good. Their high line can be got at on the counter attack.

We are right back in this title race, Klopp’s men are ready.

[Trofo]

So we have one game tonight to kick off the week in PL, Saints against Norwich. If this was played a month or few earlier I would have been sure of saints victory now this improved Norwich can make it tough for them. I still took Saints ML on my multi in absence of good matches today but I feel this will be a though one. In Broja we trust, he is in incredible patch of form.