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

Quote from: tokeweed on March 07, 2020, 12:42:42 PM

^ Don't jinx me please. Thanks. Grin

LOL

Quote from: Harkorede on March 07, 2020, 05:12:20 PM

What a low goal scoring week this turned out to be, 5 fixtures at 4pm and all produced just 4 goals, this is the kind of week Hilarious would thrive in, that's if he picked the write decision in terms of win/draw, though.
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Good thing that I avoided all the PL games from today in my bet slips, odds were kinda meh, and the fact that there weren't that many goals scored means that i probably would've lost my accas since i always go with either O2.5 goals or BTTS D:

Quote from: BitcoinGirl.Club on March 07, 2020, 07:13:30 PM

In the Tottenham match I had 1 - 1 draw and then at the last minute I thought to go with 0 - 1 win for Tottenham and turns out I was right on my first pick. It seems This match is going to finish at 1 - 1 🤔

Damn! Next time, lock your picks Wink

Quote from: tomahawk9 on March 07, 2020, 07:24:03 PM

Damn! Next time, lock your picks Wink

Not a bad advise. This is the 2nd time I lost because I was confuse and changed my picks at the last minutes. Not gonna do it anymore, there are no third time LOL
Now it seems I lost my 2nd place.

I am not having a satisfactory round for long time, honestly speaking.

So many low scoring games today, I rarely ever go for 1-0 or 0-0. It feels too much of a risk but well done to you guys who scored well today.

Hopefully the Manchester Derby is exciting to watch tomorrow.

Quote from: DeathAngel on March 07, 2020, 09:27:00 PM

I also have another worst week as many shocked results and position in pool is also going down badly look like now its very hard to reach in top 10.

Quote from: Harkorede on March 07, 2020, 05:12:20 PM

What a low goal scoring week this turned out to be, 5 fixtures at 4pm and all produced just 4 goals, this is the kind of week Hilarious would thrive in, that's if he chose the right teams in terms of win/draw, though.

And you're not far from correct as he (Hilarious) is just one point behind the user in the 1st position. Just viewed the tottenham prediction outcome and more than 10 participants predicted the match outcome correctly (1-1 draw), is that what Mourinho has turns tottenham into? The lineup/formation didn't even show any attacking intention Instead it was a defensive formation and luckily for them Ali scored the penalty if not it would had been another loss.

Sometimes I wonder how great coaches turn into wasteful product, his player management skills also sucks as I read he'll throwing shot at Ndombele (tottenham record signing) for not inspiring his players, same statement he made towards Paul Pogba and Fred and look at how fred is striving under Ole which just shows Fred wasn't the problem, Mourinho was.

@Trofo yeah I agree. Credit to Atleti for their style of play and being able to pummel good teams into submission, like they did to Liverpool. But that kind of play is hardly sustainable, and if they think they can get the same thing done at Anfield, they're in for trouble. I know they're now confident and I'm counting on that. Liverpool are stuttering but they still have this killer instinct... like against Bournemouth, they sensed that weakness in the middle, and needed all of 15 minutes to exploit it and get the goals. We'll do that again, we just need to find the one kink in Atleti's armour.

@Pamoldar I should keep track of what happens when I change Superbru predictions too. I have a feeling it's more misses than hits.

Quote from: CryptopreneurBrainboss on March 08, 2020, 05:33:27 AM

Without Keane and Son, Tottenham doesn't have that much power to score. If you see the last few games, they scored very hard against mediocre teams. Also, they have poor defence and I can't remember when they have a clean sheet. I wouldn't count on them winning in the next period.

Quote from: buwaytress on March 08, 2020, 10:33:41 AM

@Pamoldar I should keep track of what happens when I change Superbru predictions too. I have a feeling it's more misses than hits.

You basically do not know which one will be your correct pick. The previous one of the one you just changed. It's just the stress that drives you to change your picks. I was almost going to change the pick of the Chelsea match but I stopped myself LOL

Let's see what I get from it.

Quote from: BitcoinGirl.Club on March 08, 2020, 12:15:23 PM

Been avoiding Chelsea a lot except in Europa and good thing too as their performances have been, how you say, unChelski-like. They're really losing their way (which is a good thing cause their Abramovich-fuelled way was never ever going to be sustainable), but I wonder if I should take a small hedge by putting money on them at almost 2/1. Seems "good value" but then Everton aren't exactly pushovers.

I'm really not sure what to make of the lineup atm but injuries are limiting them. IF Everton score first, then it's probably over. Giroud's got a goal in him maybe. Tammy's for sure out so it's not like they have so many more options. Gilmour to prove he wasn't a flash in the pan?

Quote from: buwaytress on March 08, 2020, 01:18:44 PM

I'm really not sure what to make of the lineup atm but injuries are limiting them. IF Everton score first, then it's probably over. Giroud's got a goal in him maybe. Tammy's for sure out so it's not like they have so many more options. Gilmour to prove he wasn't a flash in the pan?

Chelsea do not have Abraham who scored 13 goals so far. They do not have Pulisic who scored 5 goals so far, they do not have Willian who scored 4 goals so far. Forget about others but without Abraham Chelsea seems very poor in attack.
On the other hand Calvert and Richarlison are playing which means Everton is playing with their full strength.

The benefit for Chelsea that they are playing in home ground and in their ground I gone back to year 99 and do not see any lose against Everton. The worse is some draw matches and I hope they do not do this today too LOL

I am not giving much chances to Chelsea today. They are missing Abraham as already pointed, but more importantly they are missing whole midfield. They are also without Kante, Jorghino & Kovacic. I am expecting Everton to stop the losing streak vs. Chelsea today and do it with style.

Quote from: Trofo on March 08, 2020, 01:57:14 PM

Match started and let's see what we find out after the final whistle. It seems a lot of us are backing Chelsea today including toke with a 2 - 1. But as buwaytress said, if Chelsea concede the first goal then it will be difficult for Chelsea to come back. My pick is 2 - 0 for Chelsea.

^ This is how it's gonna happen... Ancelloti makes some adjustments for the second half and they get one goal on for a 2 - 1. Grin

Quote from: tokeweed on March 08, 2020, 02:54:11 PM

^ This is how it's gonna happen... Ancelloti makes some adjustments for the second half and they get one goal on for a 2 - 1. Grin

Well turns out nothing is working for Everton. 2 more goals and now 4 - 0 behind. We all have to be happy with the 1 points LOL
Damn it! it's hard to overtake you. And in the run I always get behind by someone else. Few weeks ago it was examplens and yesterday it was MoSala 😜

I could not have been more wrong about Chelsea game. I was 100% sure Everton would get something here, I had some sort of Everton backing bet on all my tickets. This is why bank management is so important. If not for my bank constraints I would have put everything I had on Everton to score @1.45. That seemed like a great value and sure outcome.

United is looking good tonight, especially after scoring that goal. Should be a good second half.

Quote from: Trofo on March 08, 2020, 05:33:47 PM

United is looking good tonight, especially after scoring that goal. Should be a good second half.

I was out so missed the first half of Utd match but now watching. It seems City is having another hard day and if they can make it to 1 - 2 then I will get some points LOL
It was a 0 - 2 from me.

Come on City!

Well, Man City lost so this means that Liverpool only needs 2 more wins to win the league title. This also means two more things:

1) Liverpool can win the league title at home against Crystal Palace. Kinda fitting that they could win the title against the team that destroyed Liverpool's hope of winning the league title back in 2014^[1].

2) If Liverpool does win versus Palace, they'll arrive at Etihad as champions which means that Manchester City will have to give Liverpool the guard of honour Shocked

1. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/crystanbul-crystal-palace-vs-liverpool-fightback-ended-title-hopes-and-left-luis-suarez-in-tears-a4294471.html

Two more wins needed & Klopp’s red machine will be champions.

I wonder if Wan Bisakka uses bitcoin (BTC) because he made Sterling (£) look fucking useless.

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on March 08, 2020, 07:46:00 PM

I wonder if Wan Bisakka uses bitcoin because he made Sterling look fucking useless.

Nice, just made my evening little better

Wan Bisakka is great when defending but if I was his coach he would have a mandatory hour after each training of watching Arnold going forward and cross balls. I never saw him made a dangerus cross since his transfer to united Grin

That's the problem with fullbacks in general. They are either/or, all of them - even the elite ones.
Lahm was probably the only complete full back in the game.

It's also a matter of playing style - Klopp uses TAA practically as a playmaker from a wide area. Solskjaer uses Bissaka to stay wide and occasionally overlap.