⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Italian Serie A ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2023/2024

[casperBGD]

Can't believe I only managed to get 1 exact score this round, but somehow managed to stay in position, 11th, although of course with a rather small group it was not possible to move around a lot with many scores more or less expected except Monza scoring so many, who would knew that right?

Juventus also finally managed to win comfortable, what's wrong with them this season?

Sassuolo is rather unexpected, to score five pieces, and Salernitana was not that bad this season
Sampdoria is obviously relegation candidate, did not watch them this season, but results are really disappointing

it is good that Genoa is near the top in Serie B, but we can see Serie A not playing in Genoa next season, if they not come through and Samp relegates

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[buwaytress]

Casper, come on, don't run away with the points!

it is not going to happen, Calcio is hardly my league, I am questioning myself how am I that good so far, but things are settling, not at the top anymore
on the other hand, my La Liga score is pretty lousy so far, hopefully going to improve it

Lazio had an easy won, 4:0, pretty great season so far

Don't sell yourself short. When you're in a purple patch, you gotta just run with it. I thought I was being awesome putting in a Bologna upset but Juve decided to show up, nevertheless, I managed to still improve on my weekly position to 8th (also in La Liga surprisingly). Don't be fooled by Lazio man =D

Now all I need is for Udinese to bring home the goods and I'll not be too upset about my betting performance.

[morvillz7z]

Udinese are the undoubted kings of the late goals this season, they now have 9 scored at around the 75 min mark or later, which makes for more than 50% of their total goals.

Not that many surprising results over the weekend which translates to another high-scoring round for the entire pool, incontrast with the previous one which most of us barely got to a point or two.

Samp cost me a hefty ticket not being able to score, i thought btts in their match with Monza was a lock, well at least they sacked Giampaolo...

[slaman29]

Juventus also finally managed to win comfortable, what's wrong with them this season?

Sassuolo is rather unexpected, to score five pieces, and Salernitana was not that bad this season
Sampdoria is obviously relegation candidate, did not watch them this season, but results are really disappointing

it is good that Genoa is near the top in Serie B, but we can see Serie A not playing in Genoa next season, if they not come through and Samp relegates

I'm definitely surprised to get last night game correct, I put a lot of 2-1 results all over the pools and 2 got exact hits last night, so I'm happy. 10th place is not so bad, considering where I was but 3 of us share the points including Harkorede who got the yellow cap so well done to him!

Salernitana was even not bad last season towards the end when they survived their own internal problems right? I remember it being discussed here a lot, even though I was just reading.

[buwaytress]

So I start my day with only a few bets, if I do well, I'll go out and get crazy later, but my regular 5-leg acca kicks off with Inter away, starting in less than hour. Was either them or Monaco but since I wanted to get an early start, went with the Italians. Sassuolo couldn't even beat a shit team last month, Torino win was an anomaly for me... let's see what the gods have in store.

[casperBGD]

So I start my day with only a few bets, if I do well, I'll go out and get crazy later, but my regular 5-leg acca kicks off with Inter away, starting in less than hour. Was either them or Monaco but since I wanted to get an early start, went with the Italians. Sassuolo couldn't even beat a shit team last month, Torino win was an anomaly for me... let's see what the gods have in store.

and 5:0 against Salernitana? could not believe it happened

but yeah, I will go with Inter as well, they need some stability in Serie A, or we can count them out from title race, almost as Juventus

what about Milan vs Juve a bit later, home pitch should not be that much of advantage in this match, but Milan is in better form, count out 0:3 against Chelsea in CL

[buwaytress]

Couldn't even get a close score for the Milan win, and 2 draws after that killed most of us, the only thing I have to smile is I narrowly avoided putting Torino on my acca today... was 2/1 live but bet couldn't get placed and then they went behind.

Very tricky next set of games today too... can't believe am finally backing Monza haha. 22 mins in and only 1 (off target) shot from Spezia and plenty of fouls between them already. Ah, Italian football.

GL guys. Or bad luck, really

[Trofo]

Couldn't even get a close score for the Milan win, and 2 draws after that killed most of us, the only thing I have to smile is I narrowly avoided putting Torino on my acca today... was 2/1 live but bet couldn't get placed and then they went behind.

Very tricky next set of games today too... can't believe am finally backing Monza haha. 22 mins in and only 1 (off target) shot from Spezia and plenty of fouls between them already. Ah, Italian football.

GL guys. Or bad luck, really

At this moment I am using pools only as logic check on my betting choices. I am slipping lower and lower in basically all of them. Those that I started badly I continued badly and those that I started good I am dropping ranks every week. Good thing there is Fantasy pool as well so maybe I'll get something back from that one.

Still Roma game left, I think I am skipping that one for betting, probably gonna place something on PL or La Liga.

[buwaytress]

Man, you just know you're about to lose it when you are staring at a screen and considering putting good money on Lazio away to Fiorentina.

3/1 odds feels like a steal, though, so I did myself a favour and put a normal bet instead to soothe some frustrations.

Immobile can't do everything on his own, can't he?

[casperBGD]

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Immobile can't do everything on his own, can't he?

he can't, but Vecino helped, and they have an early lead
Lazio has all this season, and could easily see them within top4, but Napoli is playing at maximum at the moment, and making clearance at the top

not following Calcio that much, but it does seem that Udinese and Atalanta, that are on 2nd and 3rd will not keep up till the end, so that leaves Lazio, Milan, Roma as main contenders

edit: one more, it is 0:2 now

[Trofo]

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Immobile can't do everything on his own, can't he?

he can't, but Vecino helped, and they have an early lead
Lazio has all this season, and could easily see them within top4, but Napoli is playing at maximum at the moment, and making clearance at the top

not following Calcio that much, but it does seem that Udinese and Atalanta, that are on 2nd and 3rd will not keep up till the end, so that leaves Lazio, Milan, Roma as main contenders

edit: one more, it is 0:2 now

I had to both to score on otherwise winning ticket. I watched most of the game and every time I looked Fiorentina had a chance, can't believe they did not score at least that one goal. Cashed out around minute 65, I sow where this is going, at least got something back. If I cashed out as soon as BTS passed in PL game I could have gotten maybe even 120$.

[buwaytress]

Got an itch to back both Monza and Torino today in an acca, mainly because of form, but just waiting a bit to pull the trigger first... it's almost 9/1 but have also the same feeling as soon as I place that bet they're going to end up being draws or Juventus remember how to win

Definitely not watching any of those games though as other tastier encounters await.

[buwaytress]

As I said yesterday, of course. Monza and Torino only lost because I didn't put money on the favourites. Oh well. Inter needed to score 1 more for me to be truly happy, but as long as Spezia hold on for the win and Lazio wake up in second half, I'll be satisfied from this mid-round end.

Interesting for me was Inter didn't get booked... after collecting at least 4 in past few games. When was the last time they ended up without? (Heh I checked, Matchday 4, vs Cremonese haha).

[Harkorede]

Woah!

I had no idea that I have won the Yellow Cap, that's twice in three weeks for me, not a bad one  , but I'm still very short from the leaderboard, I still on the 5th position with several points behind, perhaps a few more yellow cap in the next few weeks will help me out  

The only adverse effect I get is that the better I'm doing in this pool, the worse I'm getting in the La Liga pool :

[darxiaomi]

Woah!

I had no idea that I have won the Yellow Cap, that's twice in three weeks for me, not a bad one  , but I'm still very short from the leaderboard, I still on the 5th position with several points behind, perhaps a few more yellow cap in the next few weeks will help me out 

The only adverse effect I get is that the better I'm doing in this pool, the worse I'm getting in the La Liga pool :

Hahaha, if you want to feel better, look how bad im doing in this two pools (LaLiga adn SerieA) i really dont know why im so low.
Im in the bottom on both tournaments, the only hope i have its in the other pools like PL and UCL. Because in this other two i think i lose the train.

[casperBGD]

Woah!

I had no idea that I have won the Yellow Cap, that's twice in three weeks for me, not a bad one  ,
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congrats man, I had five exact scores this round, but you beat me to yellow cap
not sure, but cannot remember that I had five exact scores in any round so far

feeling pity for Sampdoria, they are obviously in train for Serie B, one more giant heading to lower levels football, no win in ten rounds

[morvillz7z]

feeling pity for Sampdoria, they are obviously in train for Serie B, one more giant heading to lower levels football, no win in ten rounds

Despite the poor start to the season, i don't think they'll get relegated. They have a decent squad and most importantly, Giampaolo (he along with D'Aversa might be the worst coaches in Italian football) is no longer with the team.

This week's match against Cremonese looks like a good opportunity to break the streak of no wins. I believe Stankovic will be able to get them back on track with a couple of strong results.

Btw, it was nice to see them both with Mourinho reunited...

[buwaytress]

Man, morvillz7z, it's like now every time I see Mourinho it's different emotions of sad/happy/weird. Used to be just all about laughing and entertainment. Everyone getting older now I guess, I do miss when he was all knives out and ready to bite. Still, good vibes, thanks for sharing, I'd never have seen that otherwise.

Monza and Cremonese now through in Coppa, they really didn't need those distractions now, did they?

[icopress]

[...] I could have gotten maybe even 120$.

Yeah, imagine how frustrated I was from the cashout I made and from the fact that the last game ended in a draw / 35 mBTC instead of 200 

[Trofo]

[...] I could have gotten maybe even 120$.

Yeah, imagine how frustrated I was from the cashout I made and from the fact that the last game ended in a draw / 35 mBTC instead of 200

That is one of the reasons why I hate betting on draws, you are never sure the match is going your way. You can only be sure you are loosing if there is results like 2:0. You can't even cheer during the match since every goal is making your bet less likely to hit.

New GW starting soon, make your picks guys.