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

[Trofo]

NF and Fulham are also a draw favourite but I also am rooting for Mitrovic in my FPL.

That is my game for tonight, draw candidates for sure but I am rooting for goals. Have both to score on all my tickets today and Mitrović in fantasy squad.

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I am actually doing surprisingly well in the pool this season, keep waiting for that bad game week that will crush my hopes.

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[Harkorede]

Anyone else as pumped about tonight's games? UCL was a nice distraction, but I didn't really catch good games (Liverpool did play better against Ajax but I don't really know if I enjoy seeing my team try 24 shots and still need a last gasp winner from a CB!).

I didn't learn from my persistence with Villa at the tail end of last season and keep dropping points counting on them for a few minor upsets but they're actually the favs tonight, so I'm now wondering if I should back Saints away.

NF and Fulham are also a draw favourite but I also am rooting for Mitrovic in my FPL.

If feels good to be looking forward to some EPL action yet again, but we can only have it for this weekend with the international break looming 🤧

I'm more tilted towards Fulham to get all 3 points, Mitrovic seems to be unable to stop scoring at the moment, while Nottingham have conceded 14 goals in total over 6 games, Mitrovic to score tonight looks really valuable from my perspective and Fulham for 1-Nil or 2-1 victory should achievable.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Quite content that our (LFC) game against Chelsea is not going ahead due to the Queen’s funeral. We are still feeling our way into the season, players coming back from injury. Klopp could do with more time on the training pitch with the boys.

Chelsea have a new coach too, I didn’t want to be facing a team with a new manager & players with a point to prove, giving an extra 5% etc.

Happy to relax this weekend & watch others play. Let Klopp prepare the red machine to fire after the international break.

My predictions for the pool this weekend are in

[casperBGD]

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I'm more tilted towards Fulham to get all 3 points, Mitrovic seems to be unable to stop scoring at the moment, while Nottingham have conceded 14 goals in total over 6 games, Mitrovic to score tonight looks really valuable from my perspective and Fulham for 1-Nil or 2-1 victory should achievable.

I have Mitrovic in my FPL team since beginning (it is from my country, so there was no room to left him), and he is scoring all the time, but bring few points in FPL

not sure about Fulham win tonight, but they will probably not lose this match, Forest will fight to avoid relegation (expected more from them, TBH)

what about Villa, can they claim second victory this season tonight?

[swogerino]

Quite content that our (LFC) game against Chelsea is not going ahead due to the Queen’s funeral. We are still feeling our way into the season, players coming back from injury. Klopp could do with more time on the training pitch with the boys.

Chelsea have a new coach too, I didn’t want to be facing a team with a new manager & players with a point to prove, giving an extra 5% etc.

Happy to relax this weekend & watch others play. Let Klopp prepare the red machine to fire after the international break.

My predictions for the pool this weekend are in

I think you should not worry much about Chelsea and their new coach,they screwed up really big in the Champions League by not being able to beat a team from a much low quality league than the Premier League.They made a lot of chances and dominated the game there but could not score more than one goal and for me a draw 1-1 against such team says everything.

Liverpool on the other hand played against a team better in quality than the one Chelsea played and beat them in the last minute of the game,I agree more days can be beneficial for Liverpool before such encounter which I strongly believe that Liverpool will win.

[tomahawk9]

what about Villa, can they claim second victory this season tonight?

Maybe? Villa Park home boost plus the squad and the manager desperate for the 3 points tonight, they'll be fired up by the atmosphere for sure and i think they'll grab the win at the end but it's gonna be a close game

NF - Fulham has goal fest and draw written all over it, but i rarely predict draws in the pools so i'll probably go with an away win mainly because of the Mitrovic factor

[slaman29]

Once close and one result, not bad I guess to start off the week, and it feels as if I haven't started 2 games correctly the entire start of season so far.

NF - Fulham has goal fest and draw written all over it, but i rarely predict draws in the pools so i'll probably go with an away win mainly because of the Mitrovic factor

Yeah, we got half of that right, a goal fest indeed but only one team went away with points. I do select draws but this one I thought the same of the striker factor, though he didn't get anywhere on goal or assists

[buwaytress]

^Same here, glad I went with Villa in the end, and the Fulham win, though not good enough not to get exact scores like quite a few of the pool players. Position unchanged at the bottom, I'm ready to see City lose to Wolves though in the early game starting soon! Over 95/10, smacks of disappointment but hey, maybe Haaland gets an off day (yeah, right).

Quite content that our (LFC) game against Chelsea is not going ahead due to the Queen’s funeral. We are still feeling our way into the season, players coming back from injury. Klopp could do with more time on the training pitch with the boys.

Same here, Robbo's my biggest concern, I like Tsimi but he's more reliable. Should be ready, and Thiago + Matip + Hendo all possibly fully fit and back would give me a better outlook. Might even get lucky with Konate?

[tokeweed]

Quite content that our (LFC) game against Chelsea is not going ahead due to the Queen’s funeral. We are still feeling our way into the season, players coming back from injury. Klopp could do with more time on the training pitch with the boys.

Chelsea have a new coach too, I didn’t want to be facing a team with a new manager & players with a point to prove, giving an extra 5% etc.

Happy to relax this weekend & watch others play. Let Klopp prepare the red machine to fire after the international break.

My predictions for the pool this weekend are in

From Chelsea's point of view, the wouldn't want to face a top club in league as they're still getting used to their new manager and right after having a poor showing with the new manager against an inferior club at the UCL.    I think Cheslea's upcoming match vs Crystal Palace is just about the right challenge for them as some sort of tune up match to adjust and tweak the squad and their strategy.

Anyway Jayce is running away with it and establishing himself at the lead early in the season.  Good for him, bad for us.  Lol.  :/

[jayce]

Anyway Jayce is running away with it and establishing himself at the lead early in the season.  Good for him, bad for us.  Lol.  :/

Tbh it's quite ironic while Im on 1st position for the last few weeks but failed to win any single of weekly prize. So, Im not really happy with this lol. And the gap is already short week by week actually, wont be even surprised if this week someone replace my position.

[keyscore44]

Quite content that our (LFC) game against Chelsea is not going ahead due to the Queen’s funeral. We are still feeling our way into the season, players coming back from injury. Klopp could do with more time on the training pitch with the boys.

Chelsea have a new coach too, I didn’t want to be facing a team with a new manager & players with a point to prove, giving an extra 5% etc.

Happy to relax this weekend & watch others play. Let Klopp prepare the red machine to fire after the international break.

My predictions for the pool this weekend are in

I think you should not worry much about Chelsea and their new coach,they screwed up really big in the Champions League by not being able to beat a team from a much low quality league than the Premier League.They made a lot of chances and dominated the game there but could not score more than one goal and for me a draw 1-1 against such team says everything.

Liverpool on the other hand played against a team better in quality than the one Chelsea played and beat them in the last minute of the game,I agree more days can be beneficial for Liverpool before such encounter which I strongly believe that Liverpool will win.

Liverpool play very good quality football. Their game continues to improve every season. They have a qualified coach. One who keeps the team balanced and achieves the goal. If the Chelsea vs Liverpool game had not been postponed, we would have been gifted a good game. I could understand whose team is strong.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Such an incredible performance by Tottenham today!

It seems like nobody expected Tottenham to crush Leicester by a four-goal difference.    I see Betwrong the closest as their prediction was 4-1 but even it wasn't enough for 1.5 points at least. Tottenham literally demolished Leicester by 6-2. There were totally different halves in this game above all else. Leicester showed a big resistance against Tottenham and the first half score was 2-2. But Tottenham started to perform much stronger in the other half. Bentancur found the third goal in the first minutes but there was a big interval without goals after that. The goal came by Son after the 70th minute was the breaking point of the game.

Son put on a great show today by making a hat-trick in 14 minutes. He hasn't been scoring since July 13. This was his time to shine bright as it seems. 

[Trofo]

Son put on a great show today by making a hat-trick in 14 minutes. He hasn't been scoring since July 13. This was his time to shine bright as it seems. 

Son just came on few minutes before scoring first goal. Too make it even better his first two goals were real class. Both in the top corner from outside the box, one with right foot, other with left foot. If you did not see them, look them up, they are worth it.

Really glad for him as well, there was a lot of talk about his crises and poor performances, he even started to loose his first team position in Spurs. I expected Leicester to concede several times but 6 goals was a bit outside my expectations. At least my both to score bet passed super easy

[swogerino]

Today games at least ended with only one surprise result,that game of Newcastle although I think that they played really well and Bournemouth just kinda parked the bus and defended the result.In the other games of today no surprises with Manchester City winning easily and also Tottenham winning with a tennis result against Leicester.From the results of Leicester so far they look like relegation cannot be avoided.

On a personal not there is only good when you are near the last places in the standings as you can only come up in the rankings.

[Joca97]

Today games at least ended with only one surprise result,that game of Newcastle although I think that they played really well and Bournemouth just kinda parked the bus and defended the result.In the other games of today no surprises with Manchester City winning easily and also Tottenham winning with a tennis result against Leicester.From the results of Leicester so far they look like relegation cannot be avoided.

On a personal not there is only good when you are near the last places in the standings as you can only come up in the rankings.

Newcastle killed most of the bets today and its a really sad result for them. They had an easy 3 points and barely got that one point in the end . Trippier was also really close to scoring a goal and they were close as well for the second goal but just the ball wont go in. Bournemouth survived today and got a big point

[Patigi]

What does the famous player Heung-min go by? Son, who came off the bench, scored a hat-trick in the second half as  Tottenham Hotspur defeated feeble Leicester City with six goals, extending the Foxes' Premier League losing skid to an unsettling six games.
After suffering a midweek loss to Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League, Antonio Conte's team recovered by scoring twice in the next 13 minutes to turn the game around. Harry Kane got things going with a back-post header that restored parity and brought his Premier League goal total versus Leicester to 18 goals. Eric Dier joined him on the scoreboard.

[Welsh]

Son just came on few minutes before scoring first goal. Too make it even better his first two goals were real class. Both in the top corner from outside the box, one with right foot, other with left foot. If you did not see them, look them up, they are worth it.

Really glad for him as well, there was a lot of talk about his crises and poor performances, he even started to loose his first team position in Spurs. I expected Leicester to concede several times but 6 goals was a bit outside my expectations. At least my both to score bet passed super easy

I've always said it, but Son is massively underrated. I'd love him at Liverpool, and I feel he does get overshadowed by Kane, despite myself personally finding Son the better player by quite a margin. I know we'll never get him, but he's a massive player for that Spurs team. Even when he isn't scoring, he does a bloody good job to be the engine in that team.

When he does move on from Spurs I'm not convinced they'll be able to replace him, at least easily.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Anyway Jayce is running away with it and establishing himself at the lead early in the season.  Good for him, bad for us.  Lol.  :/

This did not escape my attention
Early days but I do not want to slip to more than 25 points behind the leader. You can’t win the pool in September but you can lose it by being too far off the pace too early.

[Harkorede]

Anyway Jayce is running away with it and establishing himself at the lead early in the season.  Good for him, bad for us.  Lol.  :/

This did not escape my attention
Early days but I do not want to slip to more than 25 points behind the leader. You can’t win the pool in September but you can lose it by being too far off the pace too early.

The last time some pulling away from the rest on the leaderboard was actually Tokeweed if I recall correctly who led the leaderboard was from the second round or thereabout, and at some point everything everyone else was fight for was 2nd position and the remaining prize positions. as it stands now, Jayce holds 7 point lead advantage over 2nd place, but the difference between the 2nd place and 14th position is just 7.5 points 

[buwaytress]

While we are on fantasy topic you guys know I have a chat Sporsbet clubtalk on that topic? It is on today an hour before the games start, follwed immediately by Clubhouse TV. There will also be some free bets during the day on Sporsbet so drop by if you have the time.

I completely forgot about this yesterday, it usually is on my mind to check out Clubtalk/TV on EPL and UCL game nights but you know how it is, once you're rushing to clean up real life and settling in to watch the game, you can tend to forget everything else.

Your chat's pretty good, anyone into Fantasy should tune in

I've always said it, but Son is massively underrated. I'd love him at Liverpool, and I feel he does get overshadowed by Kane, despite myself personally finding Son the better player by quite a margin. I know we'll never get him, but he's a massive player for that Spurs team. Even when he isn't scoring, he does a bloody good job to be the engine in that team.

When he does move on from Spurs I'm not convinced they'll be able to replace him, at least easily.

Yeah, I recall talking about him in seasons past, but there seem to be people who really don't rate him at all, for some reason. Kane also gets the MVP tag (not for bad reasons) but Son's the complete package... work rate, never questionable, he's the last guy I blame if Spurs loses, effort is always there. Mentality too, Kane way too often looks jaded, distracted, down... Son is fire, hunger, never mind much more skillful.

I think it's a crazy season (upon crazy seasons) of players being asked to play without break. So we've got so many classy players... Salah, Son just come to mind, who have not reached impossible standards set by themselves in the last seasons, that pundits are thinking "oh why are they starting the game?".