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

[buwaytress]

Two drab draws yesterday but we got a whole set of games to look forward to today. West Ham didn't do so well after beating us but hopefully they're incentivised to take points away from Citeh?

@Joca97 Actually me lead's been whittled down by a third after Saturday's games, gambled on a few results (Leeds and Palace) and paid the price, ouch.

@icopress I definitely don't remember you owning me anything from your winnings haha, how did that happen? Well, since you're in a generous mood, here's my counter: if my Gazza 50/1 special hits today, I'll give you 10% of that (5 mbtc)!

That West Ham game was a one off, we’ve been imperious ever since. Things are looking good for us, all the injured players are returning now too. I predict good things for the reds this season.

Let’s hope City or Chelsea drop points tomorrow. New manager bounce for Man Utd maybe.

Yeah, I'm actually hoping for that bounce to get them going today (just for false hopes and to take points off Chelsea of course, nothing can save United's season now, too many broken things inside. They've had their chance and they splurged to gamble and lost. Who knows, if Spurs don't snag Conference, they can be first English team to lift that trophy. Is that arrogance? Oh well =p

[Trofo]

if my Gazza 50/1 special hits today

Yeah that one is not hitting No way Spurs, Everton and Lazio will manage to win today. I am thinking Rangers and Spurs could come, other 2 very difficult.

Are you betting on United today? I mean Chelsea is better but odds @1.55 for a win against United with new manager look a bit like joke. Wanted to place that bet but fair price would be @1.8-2 for this game. This way I am skipping it.

[buwaytress]

Urgh Brentford. I knew they were the favs but Everton's been on a terrible losing streak without their Brazilian I thought for sure they would break it but at 64th min, it looks like bookies are on track.

No surprise Leicester and City are ahead too, but Watford seems to love scoring late. Spurs game postponed, heavy snow, wonder what that does to our special?

Are you betting on United today? I mean Chelsea is better but odds @1.55 for a win against United with new manager look a bit like joke. Wanted to place that bet but fair price would be @1.8-2 for this game. This way I am skipping it.

Not yet but yes (updated in my thread actually). There's a massive Super Boost on this one, and I was tempted to put a nice big fat ML on United, just for the heck of it but ended up just putting something a bit more regular than usual. They've got nothing else they need to motivate them for the win, and Chelsea I've been waiting for a long time for their guns to finally sputter -- wholly unsustainable xG rate.

United with Ronaldo, Fernandes, Sancho and everything else for 6.64? I don't know value if that's not it!

[swogerino]

At least I got after so many times a correct score again with Manchester City vs West Ham game.I see only the leader is somewhat away but only 15 points between 2-20 place.The good thing is after tomorrow we have again action in the Premier League so don't relax and don't miss the upcoming games,we have that tight schedule right now in a busy time for Premier League.

[cygan]

i was able to climb 5 places after this matchday and am now in 31st place
on tuesday there are already the next pairings and everyone should have handed in their picks until then. my goal is to have reached the 100 points after the next round

[examplens]

Are you betting on United today? I mean Chelsea is better but odds @1.55 for a win against United with new manager look a bit like joke. Wanted to place that bet but fair price would be @1.8-2 for this game. This way I am skipping it.

Not yet but yes (updated in my thread actually). There's a massive Super Boost on this one, and I was tempted to put a nice big fat ML on United, just for the heck of it but ended up just putting something a bit more regular than usual. They've got nothing else they need to motivate them for the win, and Chelsea I've been waiting for a long time for their guns to finally sputter -- wholly unsustainable xG rate.

United with Ronaldo, Fernandes, Sancho and everything else for 6.64? I don't know value if that's not it!

I am also surprised with such a high odds of Man United winning. after everything that happened to them last time, with the inexperienced manager on the bench it was obvious that they would play defensive and try to save their net. they almost succeeded. (a rather stupid reaction from AWB and penalty which perhaps in some situations would not be decided)

however, I got 3pts here from this drawn, and also some money from my bookies.

[Trofo]

Are you betting on United today? I mean Chelsea is better but odds @1.55 for a win against United with new manager look a bit like joke. Wanted to place that bet but fair price would be @1.8-2 for this game. This way I am skipping it.

Not yet but yes (updated in my thread actually). There's a massive Super Boost on this one, and I was tempted to put a nice big fat ML on United, just for the heck of it but ended up just putting something a bit more regular than usual. They've got nothing else they need to motivate them for the win, and Chelsea I've been waiting for a long time for their guns to finally sputter -- wholly unsustainable xG rate.

United with Ronaldo, Fernandes, Sancho and everything else for 6.64? I don't know value if that's not it!

Knew that it was gonna be though for Chelsea. In the end I took BTS which passed thanks to Jorginho, would have been a massive bust without him. Already sent him a thank you note on twitter

Does anybody know when will the Spurs game take place? Any chance for tomorrow maybe?

[leea-1334]

^According to calculations from Spurs,,, the very earliest this game takes place is Matchday 21, in after 1 January vs Watford and 2 January Burnley vs Manchester United.

BUT if Spurs win Carabao cup Quarterfinal then they cannot play this   But do not worry,,, I do not think we get so far in any competition so 1st week January is most probably.

[Betwrong]

I thought being on the 44th position I could go only up from there. But nope, with my 3 "close" and 1 "result"



I'm still on 44th. Oh, wait, what do those sandglasses mean?



The Leaderboard  has not been updated since the last time? Now, after looking at how others from our pool did in the latest round, I think I can easily move further down from my 44th place, when the Leaderboard is updated. Good job, guys! But I'm not losing hope. We have a lot of rounds ahead still.

[tomahawk9]

Rangnick's at the wheeeel ♪ https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-official-statement-to-confirm-ralf-rangnick-appointment-as-interim-manager

^According to calculations from Spurs,,, the very earliest this game takes place is Matchday 21, in after 1 January vs Watford and 2 January Burnley vs Manchester United.

does that mean we're gonna have to wait until next year to see who won the yellow cap in roun 14?  that sucks 

[leea-1334]

I thought being on the 44th position I could go only up from there. But nope, with my 3 "close" and 1 "result"

That is very strange not to move when so low down  But do not worry I was in that position before and slowly I try to climb but right now still in mid 30s it does not look good,,, but someone said it before, just make it consistent gains every week and slowly you can climb.

My target is 10th place

does that mean we're gonna have to wait until next year to see who won the yellow cap in roun 14?  that sucks 

No I think there is already yellow cap given and it is to YOU

So for big postponed matches rounds we have more than 10 games

[swogerino]

We are back again at Premier League action today so guys do not forget to put your predictions on.I think during this tight schedule some big surprises are inevitable as the teams cannot perform 100% every time they play in such shorter periods,they are playing just 2 days after Sunday.I think there are big points to get if we go for surprise results but if these surprises do not happen then it is forever goodbye to top 10.

[tomahawk9]

does that mean we're gonna have to wait until next year to see who won the yellow cap in roun 14?  that sucks 

No I think there is already yellow cap given and it is to YOU

So for big postponed matches rounds we have more than 10 games

yeah, looks like superbru removed the postponed game in the last round so, me and PL Guru will share the yellow cap. I've already received a freebet although i'm not sure if it's coming from this pool or not, i can't keep track of all the sportsbet promos, prediction contests and pools 

[Trofo]

yeah, looks like superbru removed the postponed game in the last round so, me and PL Guru will share the yellow cap. I've already received a freebet although i'm not sure if it's coming from this pool or not, i can't keep track of all the sportsbet promos, prediction contests and pools 

That is so true, I already mentioned to Sportsbet several times that it would very nice if they added some more info to their freebets so we know why we are getting them But in the end who cares, important thing is that they are there often.

Don't forget to put your picks in quickly, we have new games tonight.

[casperBGD]

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That is so true, I already mentioned to Sportsbet several times that it would very nice if they added some more info to their freebets so we know why we are getting them But in the end who cares, important thing is that they are there often.

it would be good to know, but why even bother when they are coming every now and then
I also received many free-bets this season, and some I do not know from which competitions, but cannot say that I am complaining about that

shout-out for sportsbet, that amount of free-bets is taking them up from competition, and it is regular thing
also received two shirts, from Arsenal and Southampton, shout-out for that as well

[buwaytress]

^^^I also have that "complaint", that I get freebets and wonder what they're for... and at least on one occasion they double sent me freebets, which I begrudgingly informed of, but they let me have them anyway heh. I'm happy to keep on complaining about this, it's a very nice problem to have.

Something I should mention today, as some of you may remember I've been searching far and wide for English commentary football... Amazon Prime starts tonight with live football coverage of EPL. So yeah, I signed up of course for a trial, with some difficulty as you need UK addresses and billing etc, but I'll find a way to extend if it works out. I think OP mentioned that people have been fighting to break the Sky monopoly and it seems it's finally happened.

Already tried the preview videos and they all work -- I'll know from the Newcastle match if it's worth 8 pounds a month (I'd pay double that if I could access it properly without the inconveniences of workarounds!). I doubt it'll be of Sky quality, but just having English commentary would be a huge improvement (and that's not an insult to my current options, it's just that I don't speak or understand much of it).

[jeremypwr]

me and PL Guru will share the yellow cap. I've already received a freebet although i'm not sure if it's coming from this pool or not

I credited both yourself and PL Guru with the Free Bet for this round 

[hilariousetc]

Uggh. Don't normally change my scores but changed the Newcastle game from 0-0 to 1-0 and Leeds 1-0 to 1-1. Lost out on 4 points there haha. Should have stuck to my guns. Leeds were lucky to get the late penalty though. Palace deserved a point.

Rangnick's at the wheeeel ♪ https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-official-statement-to-confirm-ralf-rangnick-appointment-as-interim-manager

^According to calculations from Spurs,,, the very earliest this game takes place is Matchday 21, in after 1 January vs Watford and 2 January Burnley vs Manchester United.

does that mean we're gonna have to wait until next year to see who won the yellow cap in roun 14?  that sucks  

Should be interesting to see if he has an impact. Klopp seems to think he's a tactical genius. Man U probably need someone to come in and do something drastic. I wonder how he will treat Ronaldo? Carrick was balsy benching him. I wonder if that was done due to a tantrum he had. Can't have been 'tactical' as I think was claimed. Might have won that if he had been on from the start.

[Joca97]

Uggh. Don't normally change my scores but changed the Newcastle game from 0-0 to 1-0 and Leeds 1-0 to 1-1. Lost out on 4 points there haha. Should have stuck to my guns. Leeds were lucky to get the late penalty though. Palace deserved a point.

Rangnick's at the wheeeel ♪ https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-official-statement-to-confirm-ralf-rangnick-appointment-as-interim-manager

^According to calculations from Spurs,,, the very earliest this game takes place is Matchday 21, in after 1 January vs Watford and 2 January Burnley vs Manchester United.

does that mean we're gonna have to wait until next year to see who won the yellow cap in roun 14?  that sucks  

Should be interesting to see if he has an impact. Klopp seems to think he's a tactical genius. Man U probably need someone to come in and do something drastic. I wonder how he will treat Ronaldo? Carrick was balsy benching him. I wonder if that was done due to a tantrum he had. Can't have been 'tactical' as I think was claimed. Might have won that if he had been on from the start.

I had on Newcastle 2-1 correct result but that red card i think killed them. They even leaded until the very end of the game but it Pukki destroyed my points to statt the week good. Good thing Leeds scored in the last minutes to give me at least 1.5 points. Hoping to see better results from other matches

[Harkorede]

Uggh. Don't normally change my scores but changed the Newcastle game from 0-0 to 1-0 and Leeds 1-0 to 1-1. Lost out on 4 points there haha. Should have stuck to my guns. Leeds were lucky to get the late penalty though. Palace deserved a point.

I only got up from an early nap by then Norwich had equalized and it's still goalless with Leeds and Palace and to very be honest, I said the only one who possibly could gone for draw in both games would be you, I check and I saw you only had points (then) in the Leeds games.

I had both Newcastle and Palace to win 2-0 and 1-2 respectively, It's always a tough decision for me to stick with draws, and it's probably costing a lot so far this season.