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

[hilariousetc]

So is anyone else not looking forward to this round predictions wise? There's like seven matches where I can't split then and I've provisionally gone for the draw. I'll have to change some though after further research. All these could be close:

Leicester City - Chelsea
Bournemouth - Aston Villa
Crystal Palace - Sheffield United
West Ham United - Brighton & Hove Albion
Watford - Everton

I really can't back any of those teams to straight win.

Leicester City & Chelsea are right next to each other in the table and have both been shaky recently. Bournemouth & Aston Villa are separated by two points only and are both fighting relegation. Crystal Palace & Sheffield United united are separated by only three points. West Ham United & Brighton are another two separated by only two points and again fighting relegation. And then there's Watford V Everton. I'm tempted to go for a close home win but Everton are the better team but not one you can bank on so again, a draw is looking like a good option. Fuck's sake. This is going to be one of those rounds where there'll be a few draws but it's just pickingh the right fixtures which is very hard to do.

And then of course there's Burnley - Arsenal & Tottenham - Manchester City on sunday, which I can also see being close. City and Arsenal should win, but the games being away is making me worry.

[Mbitr]

Nice graphic cryptofrka- took me a while to work it out - Doh !

Holding off picking some of the matches tomorrow - waiting for the transfer window to close  

Anyone know if Bournemouth have signed anyone ? Can’t find any info, so I suppose they haven’t .
Any big names for Everton ?
Crystal Palace - Tosun from Everton - any more ?
Burnley aren’t spending or Man City ?
TIA

[Mbitr]

So is anyone else not looking forward to this round predictions wise? There's like seven matches where I can't split then and I've provisionally gone for the draw. I'll have to change some though after further research. All these could be close:

Leicester City - Chelsea
Bournemouth - Aston Villa
Crystal Palace - Sheffield United
West Ham United - Brighton & Hove Albion
Watford - Everton

I really can't back any of those teams to straight win.

Leicester City & Chelsea are right next to each other in the table and have both been shaky recently. Bournemouth & Aston Villa are separated by two points only and are both fighting relegation. Crystal Palace & Sheffield United united are separated by only three points. West Ham United & Brighton are another two separated by only two points and again fighting relegation. And then there's Watford V Everton. I'm tempted to go for a close home win but Everton are the better team but not one you can bank on so again, a draw is looking like a good option. Fuck's sake. This is going to be one of those rounds where there'll be a few draws but it's just pickingh the right fixtures which is very hard to do.

And then of course there's Burnley - Arsenal & Tottenham - Manchester City on sunday, which I can also see being close. City and Arsenal should win, but the games being away is making me worry.

Yep, definitely really tricky , hoping some signings will swing it for me ,one side or the other !!!!

[tokeweed]

So is anyone else not looking forward to this round predictions wise?

What would the bastard examplens do?  Lolol.

19.5 is prolly the largest number of points acquired by just one player in a round this season?

[big_daddy]

The Premier league is entering the final third of the season. It was never this close before, guys

True story 
Good one LOL

[LFC_Bitcoin]

So is anyone else not looking forward to this round predictions wise?

What would the bastard examplens do?  Lolol.

19.5 is prolly the largest number of points acquired by just one player in a round this season?

Predictions in!

Fuck you examplens, fuck you tokeweed, fuck you artist formerly known as Pamoldar & fuck you Mosala (not the real one though).

I am coming!!!!!!

Love you guys really but seriously - I am coming!

[examplens]

What would the bastard examplens do?  Lolol.

I will pick in the last 10 minutes. 

Love you guys really but seriously - I am coming!

Are you also going to change the name to "Girl"?

[DeathAngel]

Selections submitted by me but I’m only really entering now for the chance to win a consolation prize for most points in a match week. I must do better next season.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

You think it has nothing to do with that your name is ...Girl now?  

Nah, I think it's the new year. I am seeing myself in unlucky position since the day one of this year to be honest.

In gambling I am losing
In the pool as all of you can see I am losing
In real life with some events I found myself unlucky too.

So I will blam the new year LOL

[BitSat19]

You think it has nothing to do with that your name is ...Girl now?  

Nah, I think it's the new year. I am seeing myself in unlucky position since the day one of this year to be honest.

In gambling I am losing
In the pool as all of you can see I am losing
In real life with some events I found myself unlucky too.

So I will blam the new year LOL

I am also facing same situation for few years but I never blam any year I am just saying lady of luck is not happy with me so punishing me

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

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I am also facing same situation for few years but I never blam any year I am just saying lady of luck is not happy with me so punishing me

You have to blame something for your failure 😉

By the way, match day today and there are several matches which are really confusing. Taking a side is really hard. For example: Leicester vs Chelsea, Bournemouth vs Villa, Palace vs Sheff and some more. Not feeling confident much in this round too.

[buwaytress]

@LFC you're coming FOR those guys right? =p But damn you all Top 16, I am Spartacus!

@hilarious: I'm just hoping for a Wolves win and regular Pool saunter, I went a bit idiot and decided to put all Jan winnings so far on Pool at just around 1.35 -- it's Anfield!

But you're right even the bookies think the matches are tough, very, very close odds on almost every game except Liverpool's. I don't like draws though so I'm going to go for (slight upsets) rather than a share of spoils but draws are probably smart. That means Watford and Wolves and... Palace for me.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

But you're right even the bookies think the matches are tough, very, very close odds on almost every game except Liverpool's. I don't like draws though so I'm going to go for (slight upsets) rather than a share of spoils but draws are probably smart. That means Watford and Wolves and... Palace for me.

It's same here. I always feel uncomfortable to go with draws. In a 90 minute match how come a there won't be any result LOL. So far I have gone with only one draw and looking at my consistency in the last few rounds it's very much assumable that I will have another bad round coz there will be a lot of matches that will have draw result.

Is there any pro tip for me 😜

Look:
Leicester vs Chelsea - I am confuse
Bournemouth vs Villa - I am confuse
Palace vs Sheff - I am confuse
Liverpool vs Southhamton - Confident that Liverpool will win
Castle vs Norwich - Castle should win
Watford vs Everton - I am confuse
West Ham vs Brighton - I believe West Ham to win.
Utd vs Wolves - Confuse, Utd sucks
Burnley vs Arsenal - May be Arsenal but they sucks like Utd
Tottenham vs City - I am confuse.

[buwaytress]

Well. This is what I call me just not being able to get it right. Of course, the one time we actually make it to 3-0 Salah goes and scores another haha. But hell, I'd give up my points any day to get Salah another goal. Hattrick of assists for Bobby, man we tried to get Minamino to score didn't we?

Anyway @hilarious you turned out to be right after all for 2 draws out of the 5 you picked. Congrats on the 2-2s for the few who did. But tell you what, Watford and West Ham should have won their games... but for 2 minutes of madness on both halves' injury time for the former and an own goal on the latter. Damn! What a Saturday of entertainment though!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Leicester vs Chelsea - I am confuse
Bournemouth vs Villa - I am confuse
Palace vs Sheff - I am confuse
Liverpool vs Southhamton - Confident that Liverpool will win
Castle vs Norwich - Castle should win
Watford vs Everton - I am confuse
West Ham vs Brighton - I believe West Ham to win.

So far the outcome of my feelings

Leicester vs Chelsea; with a 2 - 2 draw, I was right on hesitating to pick Leicester to win.
Bournemouth vs Villa; I had hard time and got lucky. Ended up with a correct score. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Palace vs Sheff; again lucky here to manage to get 1.5 points
Liverpool vs Southhamton; can't go wrong. Always win with them.
Castle vs Norwich; I have not watch the match but what was going wrong there? Castle could not manage to get any point!
Watford vs Everton; seriously! Until the first 45 minutes they were leading by 2 - 0 and then in two minutes 2 goals from Everton to equalize and the end of 2nd half another goal for Everton. Won the match by 2 - 3. Isn't it 2nd time Watford lost a match from 2 - 0 lead?
West Ham vs Brighton; poor West Ham. Even after 2 - 0 lead in the first half, they had to share the points.

Coming up, Utd match. Another unpredictable team.

[tomahawk9]

22 pts lead (need to wait for City tomorrow)...Liverpool are so good, they turned the EPL into a farmers league and made the Ligue 1 look competitive LOL

Heh! I've got 1.5 points so far...C'mon, Manchester United! 2-0 win and and i'll get 3 pts. FFS! i don't want the wooden spoon 

Damn! What a Saturday of entertainment though!

Indeed! 

[cryptofrka]

Southampton actually played really good - especially in the 1st half. The thing is - Liverpool is just way too good.

I know I sound like a broken parrot - but this team is unreal. They look unbeatable.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Southampton actually played really good - especially in the 1st half. The thing is - Liverpool is just way too good.

I know I sound like a broken parrot - but this team is unreal. They look unbeatable.

I too feel that I sound boring when I am talking about Liverpool. Too predicted LOL

Someone was saying that they will have hard time. I knew they would not have much hard time. Yes, Southampton was good enough in the first half to restrict Liverpool not to score but I knew that it will backfire the Southampton team and Liverpool will take revenge in the 2nd half which they did. In the 2nd half I was expecting over 2.5 goals and all from Liverpool and they did it after breaking the deadlock of 1st half.

Liverpool is the too good for any other team in EPL this season.

[hilariousetc]

Well. This is what I call me just not being able to get it right. Of course, the one time we actually make it to 3-0 Salah goes and scores another haha. But hell, I'd give up my points any day to get Salah another goal. Hattrick of assists for Bobby, man we tried to get Minamino to score didn't we?

Anyway @hilarious you turned out to be right after all for 2 draws out of the 5 you picked. Congrats on the 2-2s for the few who did. But tell you what, Watford and West Ham should have won their games... but for 2 minutes of madness on both halves' injury time for the former and an own goal on the latter. Damn! What a Saturday of entertainment though!

Four draws out of the total 8 games. Shame I only picked two of them right. A late injury time goal in Watford - Everton cost me another draw though and the rest were only won by one goal apart from the Liverpool game where I picked 2-0. Manchester United - Wolves was another draw in the late game. Went with a 1-0 home win but you can't back United anywhere these days. I suppose they were equal on points before and after this match and Wolves are no push-over this season but United should be doing better.

Anyone going for both draws on the games tomorrow? Still undecided but I know if I change them from draws then they'll both come in haha so might as well stick to my guns.

Southampton actually played really good - especially in the 1st half. The thing is - Liverpool is just way too good.

I know I sound like a broken parrot - but this team is unreal. They look unbeatable.

I too feel that I sound boring when I am talking about Liverpool. Too predicted LOL

Someone was saying that they will have hard time. I knew they would not have much hard time. Yes, Southampton was good enough in the first half to restrict Liverpool not to score but I knew that it will backfire the Southampton team and Liverpool will take revenge in the 2nd half which they did. In the 2nd half I was expecting over 2.5 goals and all from Liverpool and they did it after breaking the deadlock of 1st half.

Liverpool is the too good for any other team in EPL this season.

If Liverpool lose I doubt it will be at home. Maybe City will grab a point or three in April but I don't think I'd back them to win but too early to tell. Liverpool have Watford at the end of the month which I don't think will be easy but they've lost their last two games now. And then there's the Merseyside derby in March which is always interesting but Everton aren't playing great but did beat the aforementioned Watford today.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Liverpool have Watford at the end of the month which I don't think will be easy but they've lost their last two games now. And then there's the Merseyside derby in March which is always interesting but Everton aren't playing great but did beat the aforementioned Watford today.

All those are easy games for Liverpool this season, imagining them playing within the week and still beat their fresh opponent 4-0 without them replying. If any team was  capable of ending Liverpool's invincible run, it would had been Manchester United but don't understand what happened the day they played, Manchester city aren't capable of taking even a point. Liverpool will still defeat then without much stress.

There's something special in the way Liverpool plays this season. They play their heart out in order to win games, their determination can be be compared with other clubs. Hardly before you see them relax or give up when they're leading especially with 1/2 goals difference. The squad is very versatile, not depending on just one individual as others step up when thwur services are been called upon.