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

[buwaytress]

City's winning the league, don't let their Champs League exit fool anyone, Arsenal and Liverpool can't possibly win all their six remaining games. I'm saying this while hoping for a different song from a different fat lady, but it doesn't hurt to stare down the well of things you can't change.

There is one dynamic though; by the time City return to league action, both Liverpool and Arsenal would have played two matches, and could be 4 points above City both. Shouldn't matter, but you never know what that kind of pressure does to a team who's just lost to City -- and if they lose to Chelsea as well?

Igebotz, stop trolling with Chelsea's team age haha. You can be 25 and have very little senior experience at the top, or 19 and have many seasons in elite football. It's not just about the age but the years in senior football. That said, Chelsea should have a team that can excel for an entire decade, so let's hope they play better footie next season. Start with Citeh tonight!

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[Igebotz]

Man, you made it through the easiest group stages--it seems more like a Europa League group-- played Porto and a BROKEN Bayern, who are currently in their lowest form. You didn't consider the "kids" excuse before trending the "Pray for Bayern" hashtag. 

A real football fan knows there is nothing like the easiest or hardest group. You have to step into the pitch and actually step into the pitch and fight it out for 90 minutes. Look at how you are doing in the league against teams that will be considered an "walk over" group.
Hashtags? Every club banters, many do it for engagement on X. No actual football fan actually hinges on that either.

Every football fan is aware that there is a "group of death and an easy group" in every football event. On a serious note, Aston Villa will qualify from that group of yours, and I'm not even kidding. The hashtag thing is normal, but you guys trolling around with an elephant on a tree every time you go top of the league is so naive man... I've never seen Liverpool or City make so much noise.

Good 3 points and a clean sheet for you guys today. More pressure on City

Igebotz, stop trolling with Chelsea's team age haha. You can be 25 and have very little senior experience at the top, or 19 and have many seasons in elite football. It's not just about the age but the years in senior football. That said, Chelsea should have a team that can excel for an entire decade, so let's hope they play better footie next season. Start with Citeh tonight!

I don't really give a damn about this group anymore—age is never an excuse. Lampard, Hazard, Terry, and Drogba were all responsible men by the age of 21. Our team has an average age of 23 and is still incapable of taking responsibilities. Everyone is acting like children. I hate this 2000s kids man!! I don't enjoy football anymore.

[swogerino]

It won't be as easy for City,we saw them lacking the firepower needed to win a Champions League game they totally had in hand for most of the times yet they were not able to score many chances they had and which were clamorous.I think the psychological level plays a big role for these last 6 games in the Premier League and while we talk here Arsenal already won a difficult one against Wolves by playing away from home.I think Liverpool will do the same and I am not sure City is going to win the league again despite knowing that they have the easiest games compared to Arsenal and Liverpool yet there are no easy games when three teams are divided by one point,the psychological stress will be huge for these teams to the very last day of the Premier League.

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Every football fan is aware that there is a "group of death and an easy group" in every football event. On a serious note, Aston Villa will qualify from that group of yours, and I'm not even kidding. The hashtag thing is normal, but you guys trolling around with an elephant on a tree every time you go top of the league is so naive man... I've never seen Liverpool or City make so much noise.

Sure there is a talked about group of death, not so an easy group. And it is a straw man's argument to try to use that to cheapen a club's run in the competition. The club does not decide the draws, we experience it.
You have seen Liverpool and City talk a lot, there just seems to be an agenda with trying to dictate how we celebrate our success, we go top and have fun with an Elephant, that is not even trolling. Ødegaard takes a picture of a long time fan and mascot, pundits get a meltdown.Pep was speaking for all managers during his post match interview. Arsenal also played on Wednesday, yesterday and again on Tuesday. Villa, WestHam and Liverpool played on Thursday, Villa went the 120 minutes and penalties, but they all play today and Liverpool go again on Wednesday.
I understand that they could not push City's match to Sunday cause Chelsea play on Tuesday, but the fixture line up for the clubs are crazy and it will get crazier with the new UCL format and New Club World cup format (for those participating). Removing replays from F.A Cup helps but the top clubs rarely feature in play-offs.

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[Igebotz]

You have seen Liverpool and City talk a lot, there just seems to be an agenda with trying to dictate how we celebrate our success, we go top and have fun with an Elephant, that is not even trolling.

What success are you guys celebrating? Please remind me. Honest question.

I understand that they could not push City's match to Sunday cause Chelsea play on Tuesday, but the fixture line up for the clubs are crazy and it will get crazier with the new UCL format and New Club World cup format (for those participating). Removing replays from F.A Cup helps but the top clubs rarely feature in play-offs.

The English FA are the worst. Mourinho rants about this for years, and the entire English media turns on him. No league in the world has the same set of fixtures as the English League. They do not care about the players, Europe's success, or the fans. Playing three games a week is a crime; it doesn't happen anywhere else. These MFs only want ticket money.

[buwaytress]

Deduction derby, relegation derby, Everton finally came up on top with some good goals and a clean sheet. Not the player I preferred to see scoring but they won't care.

I would say this just about earns them a bit of breathing room, and if they get their 34th match as a win, I daresay they need only one more win after.

I don't really give a damn about this group anymore—age is never an excuse. Lampard, Hazard, Terry, and Drogba were all responsible men by the age of 21. Our team has an average age of 23 and is still incapable of taking responsibilities. Everyone is acting like children. I hate this 2000s kids man!! I don't enjoy football anymore.

Snowflakes, eh? I get they have to plug their ears with music 24/7, I get they have to do Tiktard, I get it all, it's a generational thing. We were idiots when young too, but you're right, they seem to have shirked on responsibility. No one cares what silly thing you do in your generation if you answer and stand up to be counted.

[hilariousetc]

Deduction derby, relegation derby, Everton finally came up on top with some good goals and a clean sheet. Not the player I preferred to see scoring but they won't care.

It probably shouldn't have bee a clean sheet though. A lot of controversy around VAR as Forest should have probably had three penalties that weren't given and two of them were handballs.

Forest's management seem to have gotten themselves into some trouble with their comments post-game:

Three extremely poor decisions - three penalties not given - which we simply cannot accept. 

We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times.

NFFC will now consider its options.

https://twitter.com/NFFC/status/1782056187652960764

But I think they have a point watching the highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeztAaWh_tk

VAR is useless when they don't even get these calls right.

[darxiaomi]

Im falling apart im pressing the breaks but seems like the break is broken, i keep falling positions, fuck.

I need some luck to recover a little, i cant take any exact and in every game when i made a bold movement doesnt go as planed.

[Igebotz]

VAR is useless when they don't even get these calls right.

Only the English VAR is useless since we all saw how it was used during the just finished AFCON competition; the technology is good but dangerous in the hands of shady English referees... NFO complained about the VAR officials before the game, asked for a change, and nothing was done.

- NFO has officially asked for the audio recordings of three clear incidents. As usual the PGMOL will release the record and still protect their own. Or give a  fat Sorry and move on.

[SATWAT]

VAR is useless when they don't even get these calls right.

Only the English VAR is useless since we all saw how it was used during the just finished AFCON competition; the technology is good but dangerous in the hands of shady English referees... NFO complained about the VAR officials before the game, asked for a change, and nothing was done.

- NFO has officially asked for the audio recordings of three clear incidents. As usual the PGMOL will release the record and still protect their own. Or give a  fat Sorry and move on.

Valid point every time going to protect own peoples and giving shady sorry is not going to help they needed to do something better or stop to use this because we are having too many complaints about this in current season even we have a good number of matches which are having impact on many teams ranking due to wrong decisions.
If they are not able to do this all with better way then surely they need to stop this and stay away from this all use of technology which is much better for all stakeholders.

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VAR is useless when they don't even get these calls right.

A good tool in the wrong hand will be useless.
The officiating in the EPL is just poor all round with or without VAR. Simple decisions made during the games which the technology does not get involved in gets called wrongly way too often. Referees officiate based on their moods and not the rules, they can decide to not be in the mood to give yellow cards and start overlooking clear bookable offences till the game spirals out of their control.

I can't say if it's the training or the management and supervision, but something needs to be fixed.

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[buwaytress]

Chelsea, better make my day/night worthwhile as I'm watching you. Torn about wanting Arsenal to drop points so Liverpool have a better sniff at the finish line... because if we don't, then it's another title to City. Can't bear either, but maybe less unhappy if Arsenal wins.

 

Deduction derby, relegation derby, Everton finally came up on top with some good goals and a clean sheet. Not the player I preferred to see scoring but they won't care.

It probably shouldn't have bee a clean sheet though. A lot of controversy around VAR as Forest should have probably had three penalties that weren't given and two of them were handballs.

Didn't realise that until later actually, read the reports myself and they do have a point. The VAR official also having questionable alliances? Not  good look for VAR or for the FA. But they have been mucking around with egg on their face all season really.

[un_rank]

"... £60 million down the drain, Kai Havertz scores again".

5 star performance from the goonerz, have controlled the game well and taken their chances when available., cannot say the same for Chelsea. When you lead your lines with Jackson, you're doing your opponents lots of favours with the number of big chances he misses.

Quiet ride back to West London for your players and fans igehbotz  

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[Igebotz]

"... £60 million down the drain, Kai Havertz scores again".

5 star performance from the goonerz, have controlled the game well and taken their chances when available., cannot say the same for Chelsea. When you lead your lines with Jackson, you're doing your opponents lots of favours with the number of big chances he misses.

Quiet ride back to West London for your players and fans igehbotz 

Celebrating in front of the club fans who pulled you out of a famer's league to give you a name in Europe and the biggest medal of his career is embarrassing; we're pleased we sold and now hate him.

I'm still confused how Jackson got to the professional level; his dad must be wealthy because there's no way to describe him. He pauses in front of a goal, too afraid to use his head.

The Mudryk transfer is understandable: it was Abramovic's only option of showing support to the Ukrainian government, and it was his final request. He's not a footballer. We respect that.

I can't believe that for the first time in 25 years, I turned off London Derby after Kai Havertz's first goal and never returned. I saw the final score on my phone. Never seen us play this shit since I became a fan; we are truly Cole Palmer FC.

Beautiful football from the Bottlers tonight. Well deserved.

[Hhampuz]

I'm still confused how Jackson got to the professional level; his dad must be wealthy because there's no way to describe him. He pauses in front of a goal, too afraid to use his head.

I'm confused as to why Poch keeps playing him - to me his value and reputation as a manager is going down the drain.

[Igebotz]

I'm still confused how Jackson got to the professional level; his dad must be wealthy because there's no way to describe him. He pauses in front of a goal, too afraid to use his head.

I'm confused as to why Poch keeps playing him - to me his value and reputation as a manager is going down the drain.

Poch is out of his depth; with that disastrous lineup, you'd think we'd be facing Real Madrid in the Champions League next Tuesday, which is why he's left Silva, Trevor, and Chukuemeka on the bench.

Jackson has his nudes because there is no valid excuse for why he is still starting games rather than warming the bench. Jackson had never played as a lone striker before coming to Chelsea. Werner and Morata weren't that bad.

Palmer has been saving this Bast....from day one.

[darxiaomi]

Big games today!

I love midweeks games, i feel like they made the week more easy to carry until the weekend reach.

Everton Liverpool is gonna be a high emotional game, not only for the derby itself, but because Everton needs the points in the fight for relegation and Liverpool need the points for the title fight.

And we have the most shit team in the league, Crystal Palace playing today, what a unpredictable team they are. I really hate them.

[un_rank]

Celebrating in front of the club fans who pulled you out of a famer's league to give you a name in Europe and the biggest medal of his career is embarrassing; we're pleased we sold and now hate him.

One will think you took a risk with a player that was out of favor at his club and no one was willing to buy at the time,

"...Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich also want Havertz but they are not in a position to pay Leverkusen's asking price without selling players. Manchester United are also interested but their priority signing this summer is Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund^[1]"

These are some of the clubs that were interested in signing Havertz at the time, not a bad bunch at all. He scored the winning goal on the final, he was as useful to the club as they were to him. Your fans have also piled on him since his move to Arsenal, No loyalty both ways.

I'm still confused how Jackson got to the professional level; his dad must be wealthy because there's no way to describe him. He pauses in front of a goal, too afraid to use his head.

He just looks to be a misfit. He has the pace of a winger, but not the fast feet and he is too tall to easily wiggle around full backs. He makes good runs and find spaces but does not have any natural killer instincts in front of goal. Loads of talent but no perfect position.

[1] https://www.skysports.com/app/transfer/news/12691/12023812/kai-havertz-chelsea-favourites-to-sign-bayer-leverkusen-midfielder

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[buwaytress]

Sean Dyche is the master of the universe. DCL is the prime striker of the league. And Ashley Young is the dominator of Salah. Just another night of fantastic football, just sorry to be on the losing end of it.

Over to you, Arsenal, make this one count.

[Joca97]

Sean Dyche is the master of the universe. DCL is the prime striker of the league. And Ashley Young is the dominator of Salah. Just another night of fantastic football, just sorry to be on the losing end of it.

Over to you, Arsenal, make this one count.

Everton finally won at home against Liverpool after 14 years and in the moment when Liverpool need the win badly for the title. I think now its all over for Liverpool and we will just see a battle between Man City and Arsenal and i think it will be really close between these two teams,but my money is on Man City to win the title.