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

[casperBGD]

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I got 3 close results in total together with Crystal Palace and Arsenal,not the best week for me but I am happy that found 50% of the games correctly.

it was a tough week to guess, I had also lousy scores, and only Tottenham and Arsenal guessed right, but not exact scores
Everton put me down, somehow did not expected Fulham to shine either, Leicester brought most people down, and I expected more from Villa (this one is maybe shittiest, since it was rather expected from Palace to win over Villa, especially looking at Villa score in first round)

nevertheless, it is all just beginning, it would be better to start in top rows, but until tenth round, it is all ok

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[Trofo]

What a wierd round,all this matches that started at 16:00 went the otherway in second half. I had 7.5 points and the end barely received 1.5 points. No body expected that Leicester would lose this match especially after leading 1-0. Fulham barely won in the end for some points at least

Watched that match and Leicester was OK until they got the lead, after that they just stopped playing and it was very obvious it is just a matter of time before Southampton scores.

Arsenal plays really good and Jesus looks like best striker in the world right now. He managed to win almost all the duels today and was very dangerous throughout the whole game even though he did not score. Arsenal looks like legit title challenger, but I am still a bit skeptical if they have what it takes to battle it out with City or Liverpool. Have a feeling they will play good football but fall short in head to head games with the best teams in the league.

[swogerino]

What a wierd round,all this matches that started at 16:00 went the otherway in second half. I had 7.5 points and the end barely received 1.5 points. No body expected that Leicester would lose this match especially after leading 1-0. Fulham barely won in the end for some points at least

Watched that match and Leicester was OK until they got the lead, after that they just stopped playing and it was very obvious it is just a matter of time before Southampton scores.

Arsenal plays really good and Jesus looks like best striker in the world right now. He managed to win almost all the duels today and was very dangerous throughout the whole game even though he did not score. Arsenal looks like legit title challenger, but I am still a bit skeptical if they have what it takes to battle it out with City or Liverpool. Have a feeling they will play good football but fall short in head to head games with the best teams in the league.

They have lacked consistency with "small" teams of the Premier League and this was their weak spot.If they can manage to win all the games against weaker and medium opponent it will skyrocket their morale and they will fight really hard even against the bigger teams of the league.I see their games and the ease in which they have scored goals against Leicester last week makes me think that they are doing really fine until now,they need the consistency and even if they lose against the bigger teams they will end up near the title runners in the worst case.

[CLS63]

My pick for the Arsenal match was a 2-0 win for Arsenal. They did even better than that. I think it was clear that they wouldn't have much difficulty in beating Bournemouth. Arsenal are playing much more differently than the previous season. Arteta is giving what the fans want for now. They can even fight for the Premier League title if they maintain the high effort throughout the season.

[buwaytress]

Anyone got Leeds today? I would have been more confident thinking Tuchel wouldn't be by their side but apparently the bans didn't happen? Still took the home team over 6/1... and of course Newcastle over 8/1 since I can't help myself!

Arsenal plays really good and Jesus looks like best striker in the world right now. He managed to win almost all the duels today and was very dangerous throughout the whole game even though he did not score. Arsenal looks like legit title challenger, but I am still a bit skeptical if they have what it takes to battle it out with City or Liverpool. Have a feeling they will play good football but fall short in head to head games with the best teams in the league.

Yeah, my thoughts too. They've always managed to play attractive football even when not at their best -- I remember Auba/Lacazette when on song also looked irresistible. Problems they haven't proven to be fixed are two-fold: mentality and discipline (my memory seems to say they keep getting needless red cards, and this was even after Luiz left). To be fair, I haven't watched them play this season yet so shouldn't make quick judgments but need to see them play a Big Four (Six?) first before an assessment.

[tokeweed]

Totally different players Casimero and De Jong.  It just shows that Man United doesn't really have a solid plan when they're making these acquisitions.  It's like there's no short term plan, medium term plan and long term plan.  Can't sign De Jong?  No problem, let's acquire Casimero...  Wtf?  It makes no sense cos they're two very different players.  What was the real plan to begin with?

Oh and he's old.  Could be like the Varane acquistion who turned out to be not that good for United as he's riddled with injuries.

I don't think they are old. Varane is 29 which is probably just about prime time for defender since they benefit a lot from experience and don't loose as much if they are a bit slower than when they were 22, it is more than compensated with better positioning and reading of the game. Casemiro is 30 which is getting towards old but still in modern football players last longer so I am thinking 4 seasons of top football should not be a problem, probably even more.

So short/medium term plan should be covered and long plan is maybe a bit too much for them to handle at the moment. And I can't blame when they bring defensive midfielder after conceding 4 goals against Brentford  

Well...  Yeah you're right.  Casimero not that old but still too old to be rated at 60m GBP and 10m add ons imho.  :/  And I'm sure Man United paid a hefty sum for Varane too, yet he's mostly injured.  I said this at another thread...  If United does acquire and sign Casimero, that's prolly a red flag.  Real Madrid could have a very good reason why they're unloading him.  It feels like another Schweinsteiger.  Dunno...

[swogerino]

Chelsea screwing up big time as they are ending the first half with 2 goals disadvantage to Leeds which has been not one of the impressive team starters of the season.It looks like this strange weekend with those strange results of yesterday is carrying on also today on Sunday games as not only Chelsea is losing but also West Ham which is another surprise result to today games.I hope both Chelsea and West Ham turn things around but for Chelsea looks a bit more difficult as they need to score 3 goals and concede none in order to turn things around and win.

I highly doubt a surprise result in the Manchester City game as most probably Newcastle does not have the power to hold them or to get a point from them,although in Premier League anything can happen.

[KTChampions]

Anyone got Leeds today? I would have been more confident thinking Tuchel wouldn't be by their side but apparently the bans didn't happen? Still took the home team over 6/1... and of course Newcastle over 8/1 since I can't help myself!

On the contrary, I added a Chelsea win to my multibet  It's good that this is the first outcome in a series of events and now I have time to both re-enter and add other outcomes to compensate for the odds that Chelsea burned.
I am amazed at the stubbornness of the bookmakers: BTTS keeps around 1.37, and the quotes for the third goal are as follows:

Leeds United 4.15      None 4.40      Chelsea FC 1.57

Before the second goal, it was the same, although Leeds attacked more dangerously.

[Trofo]

Anyone got Leeds today? I would have been more confident thinking Tuchel wouldn't be by their side but apparently the bans didn't happen? Still took the home team over 6/1... and of course Newcastle over 8/1 since I can't help myself!

Well, Leeds is ripping Chelsea apart so your first bet looks like done and dusted. As soon as I see James playing on CB position I place a bet against Chelsea. You have one of the best wing backs in the league and you use as CB where he is not even that good? Can you imagine Trent playing CB for Liverpool? I mean I get it that they are short of players in CB position but I am thinking one of defensive midfielders or somebody from youth squad would be better solution that this.

[Hhampuz]

Chelsea said no to Ronaldo for this 

[buwaytress]

RIP my two games on pool. Even going for a rare draw at West Ham didn't turn up. 0 goals from 3 games, what has happened to Antonio? But Graham Potter man, he'd be manager of the month if not for Arsenal... after selling Cucurella and Bissouma they smash United, should have beaten Newcastle, take today's win...

Also, does anyone know why Newcastle odds have been improving? Took a bet at over 8/1 but it's currently below 7/1... I know Guimaraes, Joelinton, Maximin, all amazing but they're facing a team who can bench Mahrez...

Anyone got Leeds today? I would have been more confident thinking Tuchel wouldn't be by their side but apparently the bans didn't happen? Still took the home team over 6/1... and of course Newcastle over 8/1 since I can't help myself!

Well, Leeds is ripping Chelsea apart so your first bet looks like done and dusted. As soon as I see James playing on CB position I place a bet against Chelsea. You have one of the best wing backs in the league and you use as CB where he is not even that good? Can you imagine Trent playing CB for Liverpool? I mean I get it that they are short of players in CB position but I am thinking one of defensive midfielders or somebody from youth squad would be better solution that this.

Absolutely! I knew Kante missing would pose problems, and Sterling never really worries me, but that was really dumb. They eventually switched James but too late -- TAA as CB... man, we actually had to do that 2 seasons ago and I'm slightly worried with our injury list we may be forced to do that again so I don't want to remind myself!

Chelsea have such a deep squad (not to mention loan army) and their defence isn't their worst problem but they somehow messed this up big time AND are going to lose Koulibaly for 2 games.

[swogerino]

RIP my two games on pool. Even going for a rare draw at West Ham didn't turn up. 0 goals from 3 games, what has happened to Antonio? But Graham Potter man, he'd be manager of the month if not for Arsenal... after selling Cucurella and Bissouma they smash United, should have beaten Newcastle, take today's win...

You are not alone in the pool,I guess the majority of the members got 0 points from these two games me included in the list.I never expected Chelsea to lose today while I find it also very strange to see West Ham with 0 points after the first three games of the Premier League season.

West Ham I think has been somewhat tired from the Conference League which has been only 3 days before but this is not a real justification as we know a team from the Premier League is immune from this because the Premier League plays every year sometimes even on tighter schedule.

[ralle14]

You are not alone in the pool,I guess the majority of the members got 0 points from these two games me included in the list.I never expected Chelsea to lose today while I find it also very strange to see West Ham with 0 points after the first three games of the Premier League season.

Yup, my predictions as well are looking like a bloodbath with all these reds as I only got 1 right in the last 5 games.

Most of us in the pool should get at least a point or maybe even more on the Man City game and hopefully, Newcastle holds on so my 2-0 would look great heading into the second half. 

[Trofo]

You are not alone in the pool,I guess the majority of the members got 0 points from these two games me included in the list.I never expected Chelsea to lose today while I find it also very strange to see West Ham with 0 points after the first three games of the Premier League season.

Yup, my predictions as well are looking like a bloodbath with all these reds as I only got 1 right in the last 5 games.

Most of us in the pool should get at least a point or maybe even more on the Man City game and hopefully, Newcastle holds on so my 2-0 would look great heading into the second half. 

Didn't age well Newcastle 2:1 up and it is not half time yet. Newcastle is playing great this season but I did not think they are strong enough to stop City machine.

If somebody manages to walk away with money from bets on Premier League I will be really surprised. Of course not counting Buwaytress, he has probably tripled his bank today and then he will lose half of it on Liverpool tomorrow

[Igebotz]

Chelsea said no to Ronaldo for this 

Tuchel is being exposed I'm sick of backing him. Who on earth would say no to Ronaldo, who was desperate to join only to end up twerking for Aubammayan? We all know Ronaldo is a pussy in the locker room, but as a manager looking for a striker, I wouldn't mind taking Ronaldo for a short-term gain while looking for a long-term replacement. Tuchel is already giving me Lampard vibes; his lineup is so predictable that I can tell you who will start the next five games without a single mistake. That is where we are right now.

For God's sake, what is James doing at CB, and why does Tuchel keep playing everyone out of position every fucking game? He has full support, so he has no excuse not to perform well this season.


Mount and Kai Havertz get so much game time even when they're terrible that you wonder if they have Tuchel nude pictures from the 1990s..  

[Omikifuse]

Wtf happened with Chelsea and Manchester City?

[swogerino]

You are not alone in the pool,I guess the majority of the members got 0 points from these two games me included in the list.I never expected Chelsea to lose today while I find it also very strange to see West Ham with 0 points after the first three games of the Premier League season.

Yup, my predictions as well are looking like a bloodbath with all these reds as I only got 1 right in the last 5 games.

Most of us in the pool should get at least a point or maybe even more on the Man City game and hopefully, Newcastle holds on so my 2-0 would look great heading into the second half. 

Didn't age well Newcastle 2:1 up and it is not half time yet. Newcastle is playing great this season but I did not think they are strong enough to stop City machine.

If somebody manages to walk away with money from bets on Premier League I will be really surprised. Of course not counting Buwaytress, he has probably tripled his bank today and then he will lose half of it on Liverpool tomorrow

It is not looking good for City but I think they have enough time to turn things around.I believe they are pretty shocked themselves the players as they most likely did not expect such a strong performance from Newcastle,I guess most of us did not expect it too.

For Liverpool in tomorrow game there is nothing to lose money as they are going to win easily against a Manchester United which does not know where to start in order to start playing effective football,the new coach of them is on the clouds I believe up until now and he is not finding a solution to the problem,I highly doubt he will find the solution in the game against Liverpool.

[Hhampuz]

Whatever may happen, we are in for an interesting season, to say the least. Keep it up gunners and we're cooking

[Omikifuse]

The Manchester City game is very entertaining now, I was not expecting a comeback from a 3-1 defict.

Now they could make another goal and give me the slam points now, maybe? 

[Trofo]

Can someone enlighten me why that Trippier red card was changed to yellow after VAR? It was an ugly start, quite high and in very promising goal situation. Even Trippier did not complain after getting it He knew he had no other way to stop De Bruyne.

Big result for Newcastle in the end but it could have been even better if there wasn't that 5 minutes of City comeback.