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[jeremypwr]

Congrats to el che for winning the Round 29 Yellow Cap

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[jeremypwr]

Serie A resumes on Saturday; don't forge to make your Superbru picks!

Napoli vs. Atlanta @ 11:30 GMT

https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/italy/serie-a/ssc-napoli-v-atalanta-bergamasca-calcio-65ee281786ef170001b1a3a4

[Trofo]

Serie A resumes on Saturday; don't forge to make your Superbru picks!

Come on man, don't tell them that. This was my only chance to escape from the bottom of Serie A pool.

Kidding aside thanks for keeping the topic alive.

In addition to already mentioned game Lazio-Juve could be something to watch this week.

[buwaytress]

How the hell people get that many correct scores in week like this? I have 4 points and consider all the results to be total surprises and then I see what some of you scored  Definitely not my best league this season  Should just stop trying to be logical about it and pick by throwing coins or something

Old comment from last week I know but I think I mentioned this a few months ago, Serie A stopped becoming BTTS nest, so I only put about 30% of my picks as BTTS, everything else goes for zero score on the losing side.

But no, it's definitely luck. I'm probably like you more or less, logical with picks but in Serie A I'm less aware of team abilities than Prem League and doing better -- I did look back at some previous scores and apparently, bookies didn't favour the likes of Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio, many times, but they came out with wins or draws. So in my lagging understanding I still picked them to win, and got the "upset".

So, revisiting this theme, Juve-Lazio sees the books go for Juve. In our old understanding, 2-1 Juventus is good, but I think we need to consider 1-0 or 0-1 and Lazio to not be as shit as the odds suggest.

P.S. This is how I mess with minds. It usually backfires

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to vd309 for winning the Round 30 Yellow Cap

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Does anyone even care about the thread? LOL
A full round is almost completed, only one match left and no one even bother about to make a single post! How sad?

Meanwhile, as I posted on EPL thread [EPL performance for the week obviously], my luck for the entire round in any league sucks!

I was fifth, I had some hope that I will do better day by day. But it seems the round ruined my hope.

[buwaytress]

^ Of course we care, but after getting the wooden spoon last round, I was careful not to talk up my chances. Actually thought I'd get smart with the first game (which had a draw written all over it) and then proceeded to go with the "gut says good teams win" so of course, lost out on Torino and Atalanta. Napoli almost made it to that shit list too...

... you can't be all about luck if you didn't predict Napoli and Juve to win

A slow trek to the finish line but Inter will be unchallenged.

[LTU_btc]

Does anyone even care about the thread? LOL
A full round is almost completed, only one match left and no one even bother about to make a single post! How sad?

Meanwhile, as I posted on EPL thread [EPL performance for the week obviously], my luck for the entire round in any league sucks!
https://talkimg.com/images/2024/04/07/VbAbb.png
I was fifth, I had some hope that I will do better day by day. But it seems the round ruined my hope.

Oh man, I avoid bumping this topic to avoid getting reminders about my poor perfromance in this pool. Though, I collected significantly more points here than in LaLiga pool, but my position here is much worse. 15th without much chances to go up or down significantly.
BTW, it seems casperBGD not only left forum, but also stopped playing in prediction pools. I already miss him :/

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to Saint-loup for winning the Round 31 Yellow Cap

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

BTW, it seems casperBGD not only left forum, but also stopped playing in prediction pools. I already miss him :/

Is he? I hope nothing bad happened with him. There is another user tomahok or someone is also missing. I don't know in which thread but it's either in this thread or in EPL thread some of us had little discussions about his missing. But it seems everyone forgot about him now.

Edit:
It's tomahawk9

[darxiaomi]

Very sad to see some users left not only the forum but also this amazing competitions, i hope they are doing well, about Tomahawk we lose him a long time ago nearby to two years.

About the pool im not so close to pay positions so i can say so much, i had to horrible rounds and that take me out of competition. But we keep fighting to recover.

[Trofo]

BTW, it seems casperBGD not only left forum, but also stopped playing in prediction pools. I already miss him :/

I have no idea what happened with tomahawk9, he just went missing.

CasperBGD case is a bit different since he consciously decided to move away from the forum due to personal reasons. He notified us (cryptofrka and me) and exited both BSFL and Livecasino campaign. I don't know the details and I can't think of a reason that would make a person leave bitcointalk completely, other than health and he reassured us it isn't that. If I was really pressed for time I would probably leave sig campaign and demanding competitions like BSFL as well but I would still drop by occasionally to talk with the gang

[buwaytress]

Saw that the Roma game was interrupted due to a player collapsing -- seems all right and hope he is, but this sums up my Sunday across all pools. Draws kill me...

Indeed, my only points are from Sevilla, who were the slight underdogs according to bookies!

re casperBGD, after some years on forum, I know quite a number of users who've left already, at least, counting those I have interacted with. Some quite sudden like tomahawk9 who just dropped off the face of everything with no indication whatsoever, others, have taken what I'd call sabbaticals, usually for health reasons -- but they nevertheless still drop in to say hello or keep some forum work.

leea is one from BSFL/pool who had to step back from forum "duties", but he doesn't miss any of the regular pools (understandably, these are quite easy to enter picks for). Even a couple I know from German threads and Bundesliga are officially inactive but they also keep their picks alive in pools. I'm happy they manage to find a way like this, I often think about when I can "retire" and imagine I'd still play in these kinds of pools. They're not demanding, and still somehow keep us connected.

Only scenario I leave completely is if I win a huge lottery. But I'd still probably say goodbye and sponsor some pools without participating I hope that's what happened to casperBGD

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to morvillz7z for winning the Round 32 Yellow Cap

[darxiaomi]

Saw that the Roma game was interrupted due to a player collapsing -- seems all right and hope he is, but this sums up my Sunday across all pools. Draws kill me...

Man why are you using a image of mine property?

Look at this....



Incredible hahaha what a bloody hell was this round.

[morvillz7z]

6 point yellow cap winner*, yay...my biggest flex so far. 

Without looking through all past rounds, this has to be one of the lowest yellow cap scores we've had...possibly not just this year, but ever. Given all of the draws, you'd think someone like vd309 would be there to win this round, heh apparently not.

* Udinese and Roma match is yet to be completed, which could, of course, affect the final standings in Round 32.  I'm not sure if the federation has set a new date yet, but they would only need to finish the last 20 minutes of the game, rather than redoing the entire 90 as Luton and Bournemouth did in the Premier League not long ago.

[buwaytress]

6 point yellow cap winner*, yay...my biggest flex so far. 

Without looking through all past rounds, this has to be one of the lowest yellow cap scores we've had...possibly not just this year, but ever. Given all of the draws, you'd think someone like vd309 would be there to win this round, heh apparently not.

* Udinese and Roma match is yet to be completed, which could, of course, affect the final standings in Round 32.  I'm not sure if the federation has set a new date yet, but they would only need to finish the last 20 minutes of the game, rather than redoing the entire 90 as Luton and Bournemouth did in the Premier League not long ago.

I think I remember a 4.5 yellow cap a season or two ago, don't remember which pool it was, but that was either 2 or 3 correct outcomes. Still, it's a massive achievement, you should be proud of it, I know I would haha. Serie A's first result tonight a 1-0. Are we headed back to the good old days of single goal games? Well done, fellow!

Didn't know Udi-Roma would finish that 10 minutes or so -- feels pretty damned weird, but maybe we get a cracker of a game.

[morvillz7z]

I think I remember a 4.5 yellow cap a season or two ago, don't remember which pool it was, but that was either 2 or 3 correct outcomes.

4.5 yellow cap?    Now that needs to be framed and put in the Louvre.

Didn't know Udi-Roma would finish that 10 minutes or so -- feels pretty damned weird, but maybe we get a cracker of a game.

source: https://football-italia.net/date-udinese-roma-reschedule-anger-giallorossi/

According to reports, Roma will have to play the remaining 20 minutes of their Serie A match with Udinese on April 25, a decision that angered the Giallorossi.

Roma's calendar is rather condensed this late in the season, with six games in 17 days. On top of those semi-final clashes with Bayer Neverlosen they have to fight for UCL with Lazio, Napoli, and Atalanta all breathing down their neck...at least Serie A gets an extra spot next year.

[LTU_btc]

So, now it's official - Inter Milan is winners of 2023/24 Serie A season. It was only matter of time, but probably there can't be better way to take Scudetto than winning city derby against your main rivals when they're playing at home. And Milan today didn't looked like a team, capable to ruin celebration for Inter. Ok, wrote it a bit too early, 2nd half was complete dominance of Milan but only thing that they managed to achieve is 1 goal.

[jeremypwr]

Congrats to Saint-loup and KTChampions for winning the Round 33 Yellow Cap
(Free Bet will be credited next Monday)