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

[KTChampions]

Arsenal has grown a lot but I don't think they will pass Bayern in CL. Bayern is in terrible form but they have CL experience. That shows best on Real Madrid example, they always win CL games even when they are nowhere to be seen for most of the match. Arsenal on the other hand showed against Porto that they don't feel as comfortable under CL lights.

I think Arsenal just needs one top striker who can also be a target man. There aren't many on the market. Kane is out of their limits probably and then it leaves only Toney maybe.

All that remains from Bayern is the brand, the experience that the club has in a historical sense will not be played on the field. Last year they were destroyed by City, the year before they were knocked out by Villarreal. If Arsenal, which has been continuously progressing in recent years, knocks out Bayern, it will not be surprising continuation of thus trend.
Bayern have Kane but their results this season are worse than last, if you do not take into account the Bayern “brand” then Arsenal should be a bigger favorite than they are currently listed.

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Arsenal on the other hand showed against Porto that they don't feel as comfortable under CL lights.

The match against Porto showed me how the team can dig into their reserves and fight out a win, even if it goes all the way. We will be ready to go all the way over both legs, extra time or penalties. Bayern on the other hand have not been in this position before where they are not performing in the league and are about to lose it with 5 games to spare, there is no assurance or confidence in the squad and worst of all, they are not protecting leads. It is anyone's game really.

I think Arsenal just needs one top striker who can also be a target man. There aren't many on the market. Kane is out of their limits probably and then it leaves only Toney maybe.

Isak is another option who I admire. Osimhen may be too expensive and has not played in the league yet, spend half of that and get me Toney or Isak, a right winger and a solid central midfielder.

- Jay -

[hyudien]

Whatever happens come end of the season, this Arsenal has grown immensely. The Arteta rebuild has taken this side from barely getting into the top half to a top thing in the league. If we can make it to the semi final of the champions league, the European rebuild would have started already.

With two or three top signing next window and one or two sales, it will be a perfect year.

- Jay -

It is true that when Arsenal were growing rapidly, Arsenal also had an advantage because of their good play and strong defense. with yesterday's match against Brighton they were ahead by scoring 3 goals, that is of course a good point to be able to maintain their ranking in the standings, but even so they can't just relax, they have to keep training to face other big and strong teams, like in the upcoming match against Bayern Munich, who doesn't know this strong team. Maybe Arsenal could have difficulties against Bayern Munich, but we don't know for sure, so we'll just have to wait for this hot match.
In my opinion, Arsenal have additional work to do with Manchester City and Liverpool having a small difference in points, of course this is a pressure for them, because both of these teams are also strong teams. like Manchester City, which this season has always performed well compared to United, which has performed less well recently.

[buwaytress]

I have to say that I did not expect Arsenal to win so dominantly today.
When the teams are so close to each other, having a big GD gives you that extra bit of leeway and they are increasing it even further.
It's basically an extra point for them at this point in time.

To be fair to them, they have the best attack and the best defence in the league so far - statistically, they deserve the title. They have the hardest schedule until the end though - so let's see where they end up.

No matter the fantastic statistics, I still have them behind both Liverpool and City.

Yeah. I watched it properly until the penalty. I had given up hope already by then, Brighton were just lost at sea and Arsenal are playing with some kind of weird confidence you don't even see City have any longer.

Agree they deaerve a title shot but football is not much about deserve heh, and I still think they are vulnerable as soon as their aura wears off. What a gd they have though! Can't see Liverpool overcoming that unless we get another big outsized win. Maybe today? Haha

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As expected, Liverpool slip up after a couple of hard fought wins in recent weeks. I have been expecting them to drop points first and the momentum swings back to North London. Game on.

- Jay -

[KTChampions]

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After the first half, the odds for City to win were 1.54 and it was really tempting, but in this round I expect one of the favorites to lose points so I don’t take the risk.~

I admit that at some point I began to doubt that I had missed such a fat multi-bet (Arsenal, City, Liverpool), but unfortunately Liverpool confirmed my fears and played a draw.
In a tournament sense, this is a pleasant result (City is still third) and each team is interested not just in winning, but in trying to beat Arsenal in terms of goal difference.
In the next round, as in this one, there will be two formal games and a championship round: Arsenal - Aston Villa.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Stop using that horrible shirt Liverpool, every time i see Liverpool with that white/green shirt they do like shit.

Manchester United needs to re-think his whole strategy for the next seasons, and the main question as always is. Is ETH the correct guy for this?, the same goes for Chelsea and Pochetino.

[ajiz138]

Stop using that horrible shirt Liverpool, every time i see Liverpool with that white/green shirt they do like shit.

Manchester United needs to re-think his whole strategy for the next seasons, and the main question as always is. Is ETH the correct guy for this?, the same goes for Chelsea and Pochetino.

Damn,, Looking at Liverpool will win but their defense made a mistake by passing wrongly to Bruno who became behind even though in the end it had to draw.

Ah is that so? But this time Liverpool were just unlucky.

My assumption is Erik Ten Hag will be retained he will be given the opportunity to manage the club next season.
Poch is worse but there is no choice for Chelsea except to spend money to choose a new coach.

ETH and Poch = equally bad.

[cryptofrka]

What the hell just happened at Old Trafford?
We have only ourselves to blame, that Quansah pass was incredibly stupid and we had to take our chances before that and secure the points.

Just shows how unpredictable football is, United was on the ropes throughout 97% of the game, yet they managed to take 2 huge points off of us.

If this will cost us the title, I'll be so fucking furious.

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to Big G (hilariousandco's lurking friend), shogun47 and arallmuus for winning the Round 32 Yellow Cap

[swogerino]

What the hell just happened at Old Trafford?
We have only ourselves to blame, that Quansah pass was incredibly stupid and we had to take our chances before that and secure the points.

Just shows how unpredictable football is, United was on the ropes throughout 97% of the game, yet they managed to take 2 huge points off of us.

If this will cost us the title, I'll be so fucking furious.

I think most likely it has already costed Liverpool the title and they better be focusing on winning the Europa League rather than hoping for the Premier League.In the games of this weekend both City and Arsenal won their games and they are ahead of Liverpool now,I see it difficult for them to make mistakes in the few remaining games till the season ends.

I never expected Liverpool to not to be able to win against a weak Manchester United as they were also in the lead and that is unforgivable for a team like Liverpool to let things slip away when they had everything in their hand to get the three points throughout most of the game.

[arallmuus]

Is ETH the correct guy for this?, the same goes for Chelsea and Pochetino.

I personally trust him to rebuild the team. We really need to start everything from the scratch for sure and so far he is pretty decent imo.

We were so close on winning two high tension game this week but it was ruined because of the penalty. I was actually kinda expecting Liverpool to win there so getting 1 point is actually pretty decent today

If this will cost us the title, I'll be so fucking furious.

The title race is now once again tied between 3 teams with only 1 point spread. Pretty interesting and 7 games left to go. Fixtures wise, Liverpool and City have it easier for the last 7 games compared to Arsenal

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Congrats to Big G (hilariousandco's lurking friend) for winning the Round 32 Yellow Cap

I see three users have 12 points each. arallmuus, Big G and Shogunner. How was Big G selected? I am curious only.

Meanwhile I had fantastic round LOL


cls63, let me know the address to clear my fucking losing bet. However by any chance if you start scoring like me and I start receiving exact picks for the next all matches then surely I will be the winner. In that case you can send the coins back to me 😂

[jeremypwr]

I see three users have 12 points each. arallmuus, Big G and Shogunner. How was Big G selected? I am curious only.

You are correct; Superbru was late to update
I would have double-checked before submitting but appreciate it nonetheless

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

You are correct; Superbru was late to update
I would have double-checked before submitting but appreciate it nonetheless

You are welcome. But my question is when there are more than one member with top score then how do we decide the free bet?

[Slissy]

There are only a few rounds left, and I can't find any information about whether there will be a prize for the top 10 or 20? 😁 It's nice to know when I'm in 11th place haha😁

[jeremypwr]

There are only a few rounds left, and I can't find any information about whether there will be a prize for the top 10 or 20? 😁 It's nice to know when I'm in 11th place haha😁

So I decided for simplicity to just go with the same top ten payouts as we did last year:

0.1
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.015
0.014
0.013
0.012
0.011

= 0.305

What's left after fees will go to the highest overall weekly round (ten match rounds or less are only counted). First place is currently Colorpoll54 who got 23 points all the way back from the first round, so that's who you need to beat. There are 8 rounds left to play.

You are welcome. But my question is when there are more than one member with top score then how do we decide the free bet?

If your name has a Yellow Cap next to it, you win the prize for the week
There is no deciding anything my friend 👍

Congrats to Big G (hilariousandco's lurking friend), shogun47 and arallmuus for winning the Round 32 Yellow Cap

[Harkorede]

There are only a few rounds left, and I can't find any information about whether there will be a prize for the top 10 or 20? 😁 It's nice to know when I'm in 11th place haha😁

So I decided for simplicity to just go with the same top ten payouts as we did last year:

0.1
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.015
0.014
0.013
0.012
0.011

= 0.305

What's left after fees will go to the highest overall weekly round (ten match rounds or less are only counted). First place is currently Colorpoll54 who got 23 points all the way back from the first round, so that's who you need to beat. There are 8 rounds left to play.

Not so bad for me then, I suppose because I've managed to work myself back into the top 10, I'm currently ranked in the 8th position, I just have to keep moving now with the remaining 8 weeks or no matter what secure my place in the top. However, the gaps between this positions are very marginal ones, one really can have a bad week now, 'cos everything could just go south.

[shogun47]

If your name has a Yellow Cap next to it, you win the prize for the week
There is no deciding anything my friend 👍

Congrats to Big G (hilariousandco's lurking friend), shogun47 and arallmuus for winning the Round 32 Yellow Cap

Very nice! I think it is the first time for me in the Premier League prediction pool. Already looking forward to next season as this season I wasn't doing very well and the only goal per round can be the yellow cap, but it is still nice to know that there is something to play for! Thanks @Sportsbet.io and @jeremypwr

[Igebotz]

As expected, Liverpool slip up after a couple of hard fought wins in recent weeks. I have been expecting them to drop points first and the momentum swings back to North London. Game on.

Arsenal dropping points against Tottaham and Chelsea is inevitable - I will be there for the last laugh no matter what ..

The Liverpool defence is no different from the Chelsea defence; the only difference is that VDJ makes them slightly more solid. They had been moving games into the last minutes, so it was only a matter of time before their luck ran out.