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

[Ryu_Ar1]

Usually, I just get so annoyed by litigious assholes and I don't even want to verify what Ryu_Ar1 shared but heh, sometimes, you deserve to have a bit of fun. Now imagine if I could sue Liverpool (or say, Valencia and Sevilla fans could sue their clubs).

It seems that too much love for something including for a soccer club makes everyone impulsive and even though this is strange but I will not make this as a reference to do the same thing but honestly this is quite funny to me and I have just seen something like this (or indeed I am the one who just discovered something like this) .

You can start filing charges against Slot who can't do anything for Liverpool this season buddy lol.

Chelski losing was... expected. City winning so comfortably though? Not at all. And they really didn't have to score that extra goal, you know. I needed the point in LMS...

For the first goal it was normal for me but after that the focus of the Chelsea players was completely lost.
We could see for the second goal how all the players were in the box and could only see Cherki give a pretty good assist and Guehi's goal.
For the third goal it was even more obvious how Chelsea's mentality was getting worse.

[igebotz]

Usually, I just get so annoyed by litigious assholes and I don't even want to verify what Ryu_Ar1 shared but heh, sometimes, you deserve to have a bit of fun. Now imagine if I could sue Liverpool (or say, Valencia and Sevilla fans could sue their clubs).

Chelski losing was... expected. City winning so comfortably though? Not at all. And they really didn't have to score that extra goal, you know. I needed the point in LMS...

The quality in attack made the difference; we were somewhat solid in the first half- I have no idea what Liam told them in the dressing that made the players switched off like that in the second half. It was a complete dominance from City.

This is the only time losing feels like winning because Arsenal fans needed us to win 

That's 3 consecutive PL defeats for Liam with zero goal scored

[goodpunt]

OK of all the Premier League results..... that was quite shocking from Spurs yesterday
I didn't even place a late goal bet since the pressure stats weren't convincing during the last 15 minutes.
Not sure what they can do at this point?
Must be difficult for you @leea-1334 !

[cryptofrka]

4 teams in 3 points difference - with either Tottenham or West Ham likely to get relegated. Nobody saw this coming
Leeds and Forest have decent fixtures, Spurs have a little bit of both and West Ham needs to win home games against Everton and Leeds - other than that, the schedule is quite difficult.

I still think Spurs stay in the league and WH gets relegated. Has to be said though that Spurs are the worst team in the league according to current form.

[leea-1334]

Must be difficult for you @leea-1334 !

It was difficult last season,,, difficult this season half,,, now is beyond difficult I think we are already preparing funeral for our team. If we cannot find a way to beat Sunderland, how do we find anything in other teams?

If Leeds beat Manchester United today realistically we have to hope for Nottingham and West Ham to make mistakes, nothing is looking possible for now.

In friendship... Arsenal are not on the same level as your club anymore. Lol just kidding.
Meeting again will feel the nemesis, only now always denigrate Tottenham because this is with facts.

No problem,,, I can take it. Arsenal fans have to make a new celebration for us now since Saint Totteringham only exists if we are in top 4

I still think Spurs stay in the league and WH gets relegated. Has to be said though that Spurs are the worst team in the league according to current form.

Hope mafia is right. If I could donate $100 to make them survive I would

[buwaytress]

Glooory, glory Manure! They'll still finish ahead of us, but let them not get too big a head.

You can start filing charges against Slot who can't do anything for Liverpool this season buddy lol.

Nah, I'm better off suing the Netherlands for producing smiling baldies who ruin good clubs =p I guess I'll take him for the title last year, in exchange for a few seasons of Ten Hag at United.

The quality in attack made the difference; we were somewhat solid in the first half- I have no idea what Liam told them in the dressing that made the players switched off like that in the second half. It was a complete dominance from City.

This is the only time losing feels like winning because Arsenal fans needed us to win 

That's 3 consecutive PL defeats for Liam with zero goal scored

Our gaffers are all falling over themselves to be the worst team in the run-in. UEFA needs to rethink Champions League, seriously. Look at the current English reps. What a farce of champions.

[goodpunt]

It was difficult last season,,, difficult this season half,,, now is beyond difficult I think we are already preparing funeral for our team. If we cannot find a way to beat Sunderland, how do we find anything in other teams?

If Leeds beat Manchester United today realistically we have to hope for Nottingham and West Ham to make mistakes, nothing is looking possible for now.

I can only offer my sympathies........not really surprised by the stupidity of United.
United theoretically had a small chance to win the title but instead they helped Leeds!
Not sure where it went wrong for Spurs but I still hope that it will be my nemesis Forest who will go down.

Since my prematch bets - be it horse racing or football have currently a healthy fail rate - I could just back Brighton.... then Spurs will win or at least get a point

[leea-1334]

If Leeds beat Manchester United today realistically we have to hope for Nottingham and West Ham to make mistakes, nothing is looking possible for now.

I can only offer my sympathies........not really surprised by the stupidity of United.
United theoretically had a small chance to win the title but instead they helped Leeds!

Yes,,, unfortunately the worst scenario happened here and United gave a helping hand to our rival for relegation, so like I said we can only rely on West Ham and Nottingham to make mistakes. Now we have Romero out also, who is one of our best players. Life is really really not looking good for us

Time to prepare for life in Championship,,, hope Zerbi does not jump the ship so soon  

[BABY SHOES]

It was difficult last season,,, difficult this season half,,, now is beyond difficult I think we are already preparing funeral for our team. If we cannot find a way to beat Sunderland, how do we find anything in other teams?

If Leeds beat Manchester United today realistically we have to hope for Nottingham and West Ham to make mistakes, nothing is looking possible for now.

I can only offer my sympathies........not really surprised by the stupidity of United.
United theoretically had a small chance to win the title but instead they helped Leeds!
Not sure where it went wrong for Spurs but I still hope that it will be my nemesis Forest who will go down.

Since my prematch bets - be it horse racing or football have currently a healthy fail rate - I could just back Brighton.... then Spurs will win or at least get a point

Things got even more out of hand when Man United helped Leeds win last night, which should have lost then Tottenham's position is still better meaning the points difference is not too far away... because of Man United's own mistakes and that's what caused Spurs even more pressure.

Spurs' fault lines can be too complex... there is no confidence to win at least that's what we see, the change of coach did not affect anything... But for leea-1334 don't lose hope!.
Betting on Tottenham at home is too risky... I don't want to lose money, so I believe in Brighton more.

[KTChampions]

4 teams in 3 points difference - with either Tottenham or West Ham likely to get relegated. Nobody saw this coming
Leeds and Forest have decent fixtures, Spurs have a little bit of both and West Ham needs to win home games against Everton and Leeds - other than that, the schedule is quite difficult.

I still think Spurs stay in the league and WH gets relegated. Has to be said though that Spurs are the worst team in the league according to current form.

Tottenham have no wins in their last 14 Premier League games (only 5 draws and 9 losses), while West Ham have 5 (!!!) wins and only 5 losses in their last 14 games. I understand brand power and all that, but I wouldn't bet on Tottenham against West Ham right now. Don't rule out Nottingham, they only have 1 point more than West Ham so they are also under threat. Their statistics are worse than West Ham, but better than Tottenham.
Leeds seem to be safe thanks to referees United.

[un_rank]

Yes,,, unfortunately the worst scenario happened here and United gave a helping hand to our rival for relegation, so like I said we can only rely on West Ham and Nottingham to make mistakes.

Leeds always looked like they were going to be safe. I do not think Spurs should be looking at them for hope, you just need one team to slip up and the team in that position are the ones closest to you. Looking at your last 6 games, they are really, really tough ones including a London derby.
I still have odds on you guys to stay afloat somehow. I just feel it will be easier for some of the other clubs to accept their fate than for Tottenham to do so.

Leeds seem to be safe thanks to referees United.

Leeds deserved their win, but the hair pulling rule is ridiculous to say the least. It should be judged based on intent or malice like every other incident on the pitch.

- Jay -

[KTChampions]

Leeds seem to be safe thanks to referees United.

Leeds deserved their win, but the hair pulling rule is ridiculous to say the least. It should be judged based on intent or malice like every other incident on the pitch.

- Jay -

https://youtu.be/jTr0YZ22GkE?si=wJSqroJSOeHPXKHk&t=39

Look how the first goal was scored: the Leeds striker hits Yoro in the head with his hand, who would 100% have headed the ball out, and the ball ends up going to O'Kafor, who scores. This is some kind of nonsense on the wrestling level.
I don't know why VAR didn't disallow this goal. It's disgraceful refereeing. After something like that, you usually lose the desire to watch football altogether. It's simply not serious.
Overall, United are closer to staying in the top 5 at the end of this round, but such disgusting circumstances spoil the mood.

[un_rank]

Look how the first goal was scored: the Leeds striker hits Yoro in the head with his hand, who would 100% have headed the ball out, and the ball ends up going to O'Kafor, who scores. This is some kind of nonsense on the wrestling level.

I did not see it in real time and he definitely hits him across the face, stopping Yoro from heading the ball clear. In the modern game I think defenders get protected too much, they are allowed to use strength and physicality but when they are facing their goal they fall at the slightest touch, I also feel there will be no debate of this being a penalty if it was the other way around.

But VAR should have looked at this a bit longer and also given the referee a chance to check it out himself.

- Jay -

[igebotz]

Look how the first goal was scored: the Leeds striker hits Yoro in the head with his hand, who would 100% have headed the ball out, and the ball ends up going to O'Kafor, who scores. This is some kind of nonsense on the wrestling level.
I don't know why VAR didn't disallow this goal. It's disgraceful refereeing. After something like that, you usually lose the desire to watch football altogether. It's simply not serious.
Overall, United are closer to staying in the top 5 at the end of this round, but such disgusting circumstances spoil the mood.

There was a reason why Manchester United had more than 5 players in the box and no single one protested for the "said" foul - it was a light challenge

If that wasn't given against my club I'd be mad too but from the neutral stand the Leeds player got to the ball before Yoro .

[goodpunt]

Yes,,, unfortunately the worst scenario happened here and United gave a helping hand to our rival for relegation, so like I said we can only rely on West Ham and Nottingham to make mistakes. Now we have Romero out also, who is one of our best players. Life is really really not looking good for us

Time to prepare for life in Championship,,, hope Zerbi does not jump the ship so soon  

Just read the news about Romero.
Really no disrespect towards him but wasn't he more of a liability this season and one of the reasons why Spurs are in this mess?
For some time I thought he would be competing against Chelsea in a battle for collecting yellow and red cards

[KTChampions]

Look how the first goal was scored: the Leeds striker hits Yoro in the head with his hand, who would 100% have headed the ball out, and the ball ends up going to O'Kafor, who scores. This is some kind of nonsense on the wrestling level.
I don't know why VAR didn't disallow this goal. It's disgraceful refereeing. After something like that, you usually lose the desire to watch football altogether. It's simply not serious.
Overall, United are closer to staying in the top 5 at the end of this round, but such disgusting circumstances spoil the mood.

There was a reason why Manchester United had more than 5 players in the box and no single one protested for the "said" foul - it was a light challenge

If that wasn't given against my club I'd be mad too but from the neutral stand the Leeds player got to the ball before Yoro .

We're probably talking about different incidents. The Leeds player didn't even touch the ball.
The only thing he did was hit Yoro (who was in control of the situation) in the neck and the ball ricocheted off Yoro's head to another Leeds player who scored a goal.
That's why I say this is a comical episode on a wrestling level, here's the video: https://youtu.be/jTr0YZ22GkE?si=wJSqroJSOeHPXKHk&t=39

~I also feel there will be no debate of this being a penalty if it was the other way around.

But VAR should have looked at this a bit longer and also given the referee a chance to check it out himself.

- Jay -

Yep. If the attacker had been dispossessed in this way, it would have been a 100% penalty.

[leea-1334]

Spurs' fault lines can be too complex... there is no confidence to win at least that's what we see, the change of coach did not affect anything... But for leea-1334 don't lose hope!.
Betting on Tottenham at home is too risky... I don't want to lose money, so I believe in Brighton more.

Thank you I will not lose the little hope left

Just read the news about Romero.
Really no disrespect towards him but wasn't he more of a liability this season and one of the reasons why Spurs are in this mess?
For some time I thought he would be competing against Chelsea in a battle for collecting yellow and red cards

No, no, he was bad,,, but not as bad as a lot of others. He is judging on this season stats alone the best passer in the team, and actually top 15% in whole of Premier League. This stat is not about passing alone, it counts only high quality pass and success rate,,, so backpass to keeper with no pressure or side to side short pass, all do not count.

Watching games alone for sure he looks like shit especially with sending off problem but when he is playing,,, he is our best hope for creating chances.

I still have odds on you guys to stay afloat somehow. I just feel it will be easier for some of the other clubs to accept their fate than for Tottenham to do so.

I appreciate seeing the forum and so surprised that a few of you actually have faith in my team,,, I am sorry to tell you that we kinda deserve to relegate even tho as you say, it is more difficult for us to accept.

Once we go, only 5 original Premier League founders remain. According to the Premier League history that I grew up on when they wanted to break away from Football League, it was the Big Five clubs,,, as it was known,,, who were approached. United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton,,, Tottenham    So far these same clubs never relegated.

Only Chelsea is the other club who was outside the original Big Five who also never relegated. Imagine in this time Manchester City relegated 2 times already

So I guess for us oldies, it is a big deal in that sense.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

The only i know is i have two of my beste defenders and maybe the starter central defenders in a bad condition thinking in the world cup, Romero injured and a bad one, and Lisandro Martinez who is a great player but also have paper legs, i need the two fully recovered before the season ends.  

About Spurs, the journey is everyday more and more uphill, i dont know how this gonna end.

[goodpunt]

No, no, he was bad,,, but not as bad as a lot of others. He is judging on this season stats alone the best passer in the team, and actually top 15% in whole of Premier League. This stat is not about passing alone, it counts only high quality pass and success rate,,, so backpass to keeper with no pressure or side to side short pass, all do not count.

Watching games alone for sure he looks like shit especially with sending off problem but when he is playing,,, he is our best hope for creating chances.

I see - it was not fair of me to only point him out when the whole squad is underperforming.
Funnily enough I know a defender from my country who is the exact opposite of Romero, his playmaking skills are awful and is currently warming the bench in Munich.
Son Heung-min even recommended him and told Levy about him few years ago.

Anyway I will be rooting for Tottenham on Saturday and also monitoring the match!

[leea-1334]

I see - it was not fair of me to only point him out when the whole squad is underperforming.
Funnily enough I know a defender from my country who is the exact opposite of Romero, his playmaking skills are awful and is currently warming the bench in Munich.
Son Heung-min even recommended him and told Levy about him few years ago.

Anyway I will be rooting for Tottenham on Saturday and also monitoring the match!

Wow   Now I must be thinking,,, you are from South Korea? Amazing! I was writing in BSFL that it would be great for us to play together, I have no famous footballer from my country though so hopefully I play better online than any of my own footballers  

Lee Kang In was the only guy I remember Son wanted to play for Spurs, but he is now in PSG perhaps on the way to win a medal instead of relegating to Championship