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

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Consolation prizes for the top five users who score the most from a weekly round:

1st: 0.01
2nd: 0.005
3rd: 0.005
4th: 0.005
5th: 0.005

How will consolation prizes be credited?

Will it be given at the end of the competition or will it be credited every week on a Cloudbet account or how? Because so far I have not seen consolation prizes notified every week or I missed them. Thank you before.

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The end. It's not a weekly prize but for those who have the top five most points from a weekly round at the end of the tournament so it can't be determined until the end of the season. The people with the yellow caps will be in the running though right now but five different people may beat them as there's still a long way to go.

[tokeweed]

^  Cool, thanks.  

I was already thinking of quitting tbh, after missing this week's round cos of some irl stuff that needed to get done (then totally forgot to play hah).  I'm open to some good pool side bets tho.  Any suggestions?  

[BitcoinSupremo]

I don't see 2-1 being the most popular score although these late weeks it has been hit quite a lot from a lot of persons. I think that you are right and anyone in the top 20 can make it , well maybe not to the top spot but for the top 5 spots it is an open war.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Don’t forget to get your predictions in gentlemen. I have a feeling there will be lots of movement (in lrague position) this weekend. It’s very, very close at the top.

[BitcoinSupremo]

Don’t forget to get your predictions in gentlemen. I have a feeling there will be lots of movement (in lrague position) this weekend. It’s very, very close at the top.

I just did and I predict a loss for Man.Utd in tomorrow game against Bournemouth. Not showing my other picks but I have gonne for some surprise results as always, these add up in the end of the tournament like last year did. I hope in another prominent year this time why not for a better result than just 4th.

[o_e_l_e_o]

I just did and I predict a loss for Man.Utd in tomorrow game against Bournemouth. Not showing my other picks but I have gonne for some surprise results as always, these add up in the end of the tournament like last year did. I hope in another prominent year this time why not for a better result than just 4th.

On paper, it should be a relatively easy win for United, but given that Bournemouth are currently 2 places ahead of them in the league and United's recent form, could easily go either way.

Potential for a bit of a goal fest this weekend with City playing Southampton and Chelsea playing Palace. Although more importantly, KDB is out for another 6 weeks so I have some difficult decisions to make in my Fantasy Football Draft Team. Hodl or sell?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I just did and I predict a loss for Man.Utd in tomorrow game against Bournemouth. Not showing my other picks but I have gonne for some surprise results as always, these add up in the end of the tournament like last year did. I hope in another prominent year this time why not for a better result than just 4th.

On paper, it should be a relatively easy win for United, but given that Bournemouth are currently 2 places ahead of them in the league and United's recent form, could easily go either way.

Potential for a bit of a goal fest this weekend with City playing Southampton and Chelsea playing Palace. Although more importantly, KDB is out for another 6 weeks so I have some difficult decisions to make in my Fantasy Football Draft Team. Hodl or sell?

I don’t think any game is easy for Man Utd these days, they are a pale shadow of what they were under Fergie. Average team with a manager past his sell by date.

KDB out for 6 weeks, I would sell. You can always bring him back in at a later date.

[o_e_l_e_o]

I don’t think any game is easy for Man Utd these days, they are a pale shadow of what they were under Fergie. Average team with a manager past his sell by date.

Agreed. With losses to Brighton, West Ham, and Derby all in recent weeks, I'm surprised Mourinho is still in charge. I've also just spotted that they've conceded 17 goals in 10 games. Compare that to City's 3 and Liverpool's 4 (and Newcastle's (who are in 19th place) 14).

Recent news is that Real Madrid are keen to have him back: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jose-mourinho-being-eyed-real-13507274

KDB out for 6 weeks, I would sell. You can always bring him back in at a later date.

Ahh, but I have him in the draft league. If I transfer him out, someone else is guaranteed to snap him up almost immediately. I have to weigh up losing a spot on my bench for another 5-6 weeks against how well he might play the second half of the season once he is back. Given that he's probably come back from the first injury too soon and has now stressed his other knee, I suspect that 5-6 weeks might turn out to be longer to ensure he really has recovered this time, and even then, it will take him several games to get back up to full fitness and a solid 90 minutes, and even then he's still at risk of rotation. The flip side is because it is a draft league the options for replacing him are all below average - I'd be picking from players like Walcott, Milivojevic, and Neves.

[buwaytress]

Last week, I was pretty sure I made reasonable predictions, as opposed to my natural instinct to just go for broke on 2 or 3 games. Still ended up with the wooden spoon, so I guess I don't know what I'm doing!

For those who don't put in predictions, yes, please just take 10 minutes to fill in as many weeks ahead as you can. 2-1 as hilarious suggests is my popular pick for a strong team, if I can't tell which team is stronger, than I go for 2-1 on the home side.

Newcastle stand a good chance to win their first game, they play at home today, but it seems to depend on whether Rafa feels like attacking, and it depends on Jonjo Shelvey getting his grip on midfield early on (like at United).

No shocks predicted today, and according to the bookies, even Spurs losing isn't a shock as they're only slight favourites. Strange!

[LFC_Bitcoin]

As a big Liverpool fan I didn’t enjoy seeing Rashford score in injury time to win the match 2-1 for United.
It did however get me 3 more points for an exact score in our pool. At least that’s a small consolation.

[Hhampuz]

As a big Liverpool fan I didn’t enjoy seeing Rashford score in injury time to win the match 2-1 for United.
It did however get me 3 more points for an exact score in our pool. At least that’s a small consolation.

You soab! I had 1-3 and thought I had caught up to you with a close score there 

[LFC_Bitcoin]

As a big Liverpool fan I didn’t enjoy seeing Rashford score in injury time to win the match 2-1 for United.
It did however get me 3 more points for an exact score in our pool. At least that’s a small consolation.

You soab! I had 1-3 and thought I had caught up to you with a close score there 

Haha!
That made me laugh. It’s not even Christmas yet, will be lots of changes in the leaderboard my friend.

[BitcoinSupremo]

Catastrophic week for me so far, the worst of all the weeks until now, anyway that is something sooner or later anyone will hit one of these so I am not that worried. There are still 2 other games to go and I didn't see a Newcastle win today.

[slaman29]

As a big Liverpool fan I didn’t enjoy seeing Rashford score in injury time to win the match 2-1 for United.
It did however get me 3 more points for an exact score in our pool. At least that’s a small consolation.

I did a stupid thing and went for 2-1 but in the opposite direction. Everything was going well too for a while, but I guess Martial and Rashford are really changing their form, and I don't think this is a coincidence as Mourinho has been saying nicer things about them. I'm sure Mr Special One also realizes this and he knows that he has been winning games when his team is on a high morale.

I did guess the Newcastle win nicely, but it looks like our top guy LFC Bitcoin did as well, so well done to 3 of us for picking this. LFC, you've been making very strong rounds lately, I'm very impressed!

[Hhampuz]

As a big Liverpool fan I didn’t enjoy seeing Rashford score in injury time to win the match 2-1 for United.
It did however get me 3 more points for an exact score in our pool. At least that’s a small consolation.

I did a stupid thing and went for 2-1 but in the opposite direction. Everything was going well too for a while, but I guess Martial and Rashford are really changing their form, and I don't think this is a coincidence as Mourinho has been saying nicer things about them. I'm sure Mr Special One also realizes this and he knows that he has been winning games when his team is on a high morale.

I did guess the Newcastle win nicely, but it looks like our top guy LFC Bitcoin did as well, so well done to 3 of us for picking this. LFC, you've been making very strong rounds lately, I'm very impressed!

It seems like LFC has been doing some real scouting and talking with the managers & players for this week! Some insanely good predictions for you

[tokeweed]

Martial has always been good for United.  No idea why Mou refused to play him until recently.  Rash is Rash and he's really good as an impact player than starting him in the line up.

[Hhampuz]

Anyone else ever feel like Chelsea look extremely uninspired and unsure when Hazard is not playing? It's like they forget how to get in the box unless Hazard shows them.. lol

EDIT; See? Hazard gets on the pitch and there's 2 goals in 10 minutes, lol.

[tokeweed]

^  Too bad he's going to Real next season once Mou takes over. 

Kidding...  Kinda.  Lol.  Just got a weird feeling Mou is eyeing the Real job which is gonna be available at the end of the season.  And he'll make it his mission to sign Hazard.  That would be something.

[Trofo]

^  Too bad he's going to Real next season once Mou takes over. 

Kidding...  Kinda.  Lol.  Just got a weird feeling Mou is eyeing the Real job which is gonna be available at the end of the season.  And he'll make it his mission to sign Hazard.  That would be something.

Real is buying Hazard this winter, they can't wait until summer. Of course that is just a feeling not confirmed, but I am quite sure Real is buying at least one "big name" striker in this upcoming winter transfer window. If not Hazard than maybe Kane or Neymar.