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

[hilariousetc]

Anfield was eerily silent after that first Bournemouth goal. Luckily they kept their composure and got the job done in the end. Surprised United won yesterday. They're such a mediocre team right now. Originally had 1-2 down but changed it to 2-2 a few mins before kick off after I saw the line-ups and City had a few players out.

Don't forget that Leicester City are playing Aston Villa tonight. Quite a few players haven't done their picks for that one.

[Mbitr]

Anfield was eerily silent after that first Bournemouth goal. Luckily they kept their composure and got the job done in the end. Surprised United won yesterday. They're such a mediocre team right now. Originally had 1-2 down but changed it to 2-2 a few mins before kick off after I saw the line-ups and City had a few players out.

Don't forget that Leicester City are playing Aston Villa tonight. Quite a few players haven't done their picks for that one.

Hopefully it’s panic over now for Liverpool
Man U actually played really well and Fernandez is a real season changer for them !
Haven’t done my pick yet - anyone know if Vardy is playing ?

[tokeweed]

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.

Ba dum tsss. 

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Don't forget that Leicester City are playing Aston Villa tonight. Quite a few players haven't done their picks for that one.

I reckon this will be a really good game, they’re both desperate for points, obviously for totally different reasons at opposite ends of the table.

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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 

In both PL games, Bisakka locked Sterling. It seems to me that Sterling has run away from him in the second half. But you are right, WB needs more confidence in the last third of the pitch. do a lot of good and spills it all in with the final pass. I think they have only one or maybe two successful assists, though progress can be seen.

[DeathAngel]

Sterling’s finishing is terrible isn’t it, sometimes it looks like he couldn’t hit a cows ass with a pan full of rice
He’s a good player but I don’t think he’ll ever be what we class a truly world class.

[tomahawk9]

Man, I thought Vardy was going to be sidelined, wtf? I needed Maddison to score today so i could win a 5mbtc free bet had i known Vardy was going to play, i woulda picked him in the majestic7..i'm so bummed out.

Sterling’s finishing is terrible isn’t it, sometimes it looks like he couldn’t hit a cows ass with a pan full of rice
He’s a good player but I don’t think he’ll ever be what we class a truly world class.

Yeah, IMO he's your average fast winger that helps open up the defence if you provide him with good assists, other than that, he lacks dribbling (unlike Bernardo), passing (unlike Mahrez or Mané), and obviously, good finishing (unlike Salah).

[hilariousetc]

Haven’t done my pick yet - anyone know if Vardy is playing ?

Man, I thought Vardy was going to be sidelined, wtf? I needed Maddison to score today so i could win a 5mbtc free bet had i known Vardy was going to play, i woulda picked him in the majestic7..i'm so bummed out.

I had 2-0 down but then saw Vardy wasn't in the starting line-up so changed it to 1-0. Don't suppose it matters for me as I still got the points for the win any way as did everyone else apart from elw_er_1.

Don't forget the City/Arsenal game tomorrow. 10 players still not made a pick yet.

Can't believe how close it as as the top. No idea how I crept up so far into joint 5th Tokeweed is quite far ahead in first place on 282 but there's only 5 point between sixth and second places.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Can't believe how close it as as the top. No idea how I crept up so far into joint 5th Tokeweed is quite far ahead in first place on 282 but there's only 5 point between sixth and second places.

Another bad round from me and tokeweed extended the distance of course. From 2nd to 6th, there are not much distance which means I am going to lose my position very soon if I continue sucking like this. I do not see any other way for me too 🤔

By the way, finally Vardy got goals and Leicester won again.

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Can't believe how close it as as the top. No idea how I crept up so far into joint 5th Tokeweed is quite far ahead in first place on 282 but there's only 5 point between sixth and second places.

Another bad round from me and tokeweed extended the distance of course. From 2nd to 6th, there are not much distance which means I am going to lose my position very soon if I continue sucking like this. I do not see any other way for me too 🤔

From 2nd to 6th? I know that feel bro 
tokeweed is pretty stable on 1st position but top five positions race is very interesting. Something like in PL table Everyone has one good round and in next drop all these points.

I did not watch Leicester game, were they really that much better and destroy Villa, or they were not good enough? is it a Leicester mini-crisis over?

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I did not watch Leicester game, were they really that much better and destroy Villa, or they were not good enough? is it a Leicester mini-crisis over?

I did not watch too but I was following the score. Vardy got two goals and one of them from Penalty. When Vardy performs Leicester wins. So if Vardy is back then possibly Leicester is back too.

And yes the competition between 2nd and 6th place will be interesting LOL. Toke seems to be the current Liverpool  😜

[DeathAngel]

Aston Villa losing was good news for Watford (our resident sports bookie sportsbet.io sponsor them) so that’s good news.

Elsewhere it’s Man City vs Arsenal tomorrow, can City bounce back?

[tokeweed]

^  Ofc!  The master never teaches every trick in the book.  Lol.  The great ones leave some secrets for themselves juuust in case. 

Seriously tho..  Arsenal has a waaay worse squad compared to United.

[Mbitr]

Man City v Arsenal - POSTPONED due to Coronavirus https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51829511

[tomahawk9]

Man City v Arsenal - POSTPONED due to Coronavirus https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51829511

Uh oh, that's how it starts, guys. First, games postponed because of Coronavirus, then, games being played behind closed doors, and ultimately, the whole thing gets suspended   

I think what the FA is gonna do is wait until Liverpool are crowned champions (could happen next week if they win their next two games) and then evaluate whether the rest of the season gets postponed (and resume in the summer) or suspended.

[tokeweed]

^  Wtf is going on?!?  And just saw that Italian league has been cancelled at the Serie A thread.  I didn't take all the news about it seriously at first...  But do you guys think it's gonna be everywhere after a couple of months?  Should we start prepping?

[leea-1334]

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.

Poor fullbacks, they never really know how to please everyone but for me,,, yeah Aaron Wan Bissaka is the perfect fullback, but only in the perfect back 4 system that does not need to attack or provide creative outlets. Bissaka is still just doing tackling and at most he crosses in he does not attack with the ball.

[tomahawk9]

^  Wtf is going on?!?  And just saw that Italian league has been cancelled at the Serie A thread.  I didn't take all the news about it seriously at first...  But do you guys think it's gonna be everywhere after a couple of months?  Should we start prepping?

Serie A finally confirmed it a few hours ago: https://twitter.com/SerieA/status/1237666616315449345

La Liga could be next. There's going to be a reunion tomorrow to determine what the next course of action is going to be.
I also posted a couple of articles regarding the Europa League/Champions League and coronavirus here and here.
Premier League will most likely follow the rest of the leagues very soon.

Literally every major sporting event is getting postponed/suspended in Europe. Crazy stuff.

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^  Wtf is going on?!?  And just saw that Italian league has been cancelled at the Serie A thread.  I didn't take all the news about it seriously at first...  But do you guys think it's gonna be everywhere after a couple of months?  Should we start prepping?

Serie A finally confirmed it a few hours ago: https://twitter.com/SerieA/status/1237666616315449345

La Liga could be next. There's going to be a reunion tomorrow to determine what the next course of action is going to be.
I also posted a couple of articles regarding the Europa League/Champions League and coronavirus here and here.
Premier League will most likely follow the rest of the leagues very soon.

Literally every major sporting event is getting postponed/suspended in Europe. Crazy stuff.

As I understand, completely Italy is on quarantine, not only Serie A. this is pretty serious.
I find somewhere that is in UEFA the option of postponing all national competitions, UCL and EL also until April. a major problem with the easy spread of Corona. Euro 2020 it will be for sure cancelled for this year.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Literally every major sporting event is getting postponed/suspended in Europe. Crazy stuff.

This corona thing is effecting in every area. So sad to see it and I hope all of us will be safe.

I was just curious to see the result of City vs Arsenal match so that I can have it in my favor and get some points. I did not have any interest to watch it since we have Liverpool match in CL LOL

But do you guys think it's gonna be everywhere after a couple of months?  Should we start prepping?

Not sure man. The way this is moving is not looking good.