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

[buwaytress]

^Lovely gesture from Napoli. I foresee some psychological advantage at home now over the next few games at least, so I'll make adjustments accordingly. I'll never forget what he said about the Miracle of Istanbul during Liverpool's comeback final against AC Milan also, about Liverpool. All greats deserve recognition and Maradona not the least.

10 mins for Juve to get a goal and three points. Torino's putting up a huge fight.

[casperBGD]

^Lovely gesture from Napoli. I foresee some psychological advantage at home now over the next few games at least, so I'll make adjustments accordingly. I'll never forget what he said about the Miracle of Istanbul during Liverpool's comeback final against AC Milan also, about Liverpool. All greats deserve recognition and Maradona not the least.

10 mins for Juve to get a goal and three points. Torino's putting up a huge fight.

Bonucci scored for Juve, to level their wins and draws on the table, five each
Inter is already in the lead with Bologna, and that will probably stay that way until the end, seems that Internationale is getting into shape after win in Germany

but what was the most from Turin derby was Pinsoglio move and red card in the last minute, completely deserved, do not even know who he has addressed, there was no crowd and to address rival team is completely out of game

[buwaytress]

Phew yeah, Juve pulled that one out of the hat, keeps me in the running in a parlay, much-needed win, but now Barca has to come back from a goal down too. You all know I'm talking about Steve's Multi Magic of course haha. Inter doing the job we all know they should though, so I guess we're climbing up with some points unless old Inter shows up and lets 2 in heh.

[-CryptoViking-]

Phew yeah, Juve pulled that one out of the hat, keeps me in the running in a parlay, much-needed win, but now Barca has to come back from a goal down too. You all know I'm talking about Steve's Multi Magic of course haha. Inter doing the job we all know they should though, so I guess we're climbing up with some points unless old Inter shows up and lets 2 in heh.

Almost perfect for me so far Two exact result hits and Inter very close, now lets see if today will be a normal days and point reaping continues or there will be surprises. I'm most interested in Hellas Verona match today somehow, feel like a tricky match there.

[buwaytress]

Almost perfect for me so far Two exact result hits and Inter very close, now lets see if today will be a normal days and point reaping continues or there will be surprises. I'm most interested in Hellas Verona match today somehow, feel like a tricky match there.

Nicely done! The Roma game offering interesting odds for Sassuolo, who are actually higher up the table right now -- but they did have an easier run of things to be fair, while Roma had tougher fixtures, methinks.

I'm still halfway deciding which Serie A games to parlay with my picks. Verona's already done now, I avoided that nicely, would have bet on either side to win.

[Harkorede]

Almost perfect for me so far Two exact result hits and Inter very close, now lets see if today will be a normal days and point reaping continues or there will be surprises. I'm most interested in Hellas Verona match today somehow, feel like a tricky match there.

Nicely done! The Roma game offering interesting odds for Sassuolo, who are actually higher up the table right now -- but they did have an easier run of things to be fair, while Roma had tougher fixtures, methinks.

I'm still halfway deciding which Serie A games to parlay with my picks. Verona's already done now, I avoided that nicely, would have bet on either side to win.

I don't know what your decision was but I'm sure except you parlayed win or draw on the under dogs other than Crotone, you'd lose your bet 

I'd have had another exact score with Napoli, but the last goal happen... I'm probably going to drop by a few position by the end of the round 

[morvillz7z]

I'd have had another exact score with Napoli, but the last goal happen...

Isn't it nice when someone robs you of 1.5 pts scoring a meaningless goal in injury time? I've had some of those too, one too many actually.

Three draws in a row today, two of those scoreless, not really something i/everyone anticipated but can't really complain as i nailed the Verona/Cagliari exact score - 3pts   haha

[casperBGD]

I'd have had another exact score with Napoli, but the last goal happen... I'm probably going to drop by a few position by the end of the round 

Napoli has two wins in a row 4:0, their form is really changing from week to week, Roma was a much tougher opponent, Crotone is already getting Serie B feeling, but Napoli is chasing top positions obviously
there is a much fun in the top, AC Milan is the most constant team, and that puts them on the lead, but Juventus for sure, and Inter, Napoli would not let them get easy with a staying on the top

waiting for Milan win tonight, there is not much to go now, 0:1

[rodrigobitcoin]

^Lovely gesture from Napoli. I foresee some psychological advantage at home now over the next few games at least, so I'll make adjustments accordingly. I'll never forget what he said about the Miracle of Istanbul during Liverpool's comeback final against AC Milan also, about Liverpool. All greats deserve recognition and Maradona not the least.

10 mins for Juve to get a goal and three points. Torino's putting up a huge fight.

I agree with you. Napoli has been playing really well lately. It reached the third position as if nothing happened, earning the podium next to Inter and the almost unbeatable Milan. It almost seems like Maradona is leading them somehow. I can't wait to see them playing again.

[rodrigobitcoin]

Phew yeah, Juve pulled that one out of the hat, keeps me in the running in a parlay, much-needed win, but now Barca has to come back from a goal down too. You all know I'm talking about Steve's Multi Magic of course haha. Inter doing the job we all know they should though, so I guess we're climbing up with some points unless old Inter shows up and lets 2 in heh.

Almost perfect for me so far Two exact result hits and Inter very close, now lets see if today will be a normal days and point reaping continues or there will be surprises. I'm most interested in Hellas Verona match today somehow, feel like a tricky match there.

Juventus should wake up, it is just a breath away from being ousted from the podium. If they continue to rely only on Ronaldo they will end up having weaknesses in every game. It's nice while he is there, but when they find themselves without him they are almost suffering, and you can see it.

[buwaytress]

I don't know what your decision was but I'm sure except you parlayed win or draw on the under dogs other than Crotone, you'd lose your bet 

I'd have had another exact score with Napoli, but the last goal happen... I'm probably going to drop by a few position by the end of the round 

Ended up skipping the selections entirely, I think was wise in the end. Been over-exposing my betting lately and not getting much joy from underdog selections, I think now there's value only in double digit odds against big teams, and 4/1 or above for CL contenders.

I agree with you. Napoli has been playing really well lately. It reached the third position as if nothing happened, earning the podium next to Inter and the almost unbeatable Milan. It almost seems like Maradona is leading them somehow. I can't wait to see them playing again.

I think the psychological boost will definitely carry them on for a few more games at least, if not the whole season. Sad that you need tragedy to pull a team together sometimes.

[casperBGD]

this was a well played round, with almost all results, Roma excluded, having expected
I have missed Parma as well, but Benevento is obviously getting their form in shape after win in Florence, they took point from Juve as well

you can see by the pool results, almost everyone has 10+ points, and usually this pool has lowest scores

Napoli is getting into title race, but Juventus will get into top 3 as well, I would like to see Ibra with trophy at the end, not so much a fun of Milan, but Ibra is briliant

[Trofo]

I agree with you. Napoli has been playing really well lately. It reached the third position as if nothing happened, earning the podium next to Inter and the almost unbeatable Milan. It almost seems like Maradona is leading them somehow. I can't wait to see them playing again.

I think the psychological boost will definitely carry them on for a few more games at least, if not the whole season. Sad that you need tragedy to pull a team together sometimes.

That just shows how important psychological component is in sports. I am expecting it to last for some time as well and will try to cash in Napoli in the coming weeks.  Another good example are Spurs from PL, they started believing and that is biggest achievement from Mourinho. It is maybe even easier to see that psychological impact in individual sports like tennis.

[-CryptoViking-]

That just shows how important psychological component is in sports. I am expecting it to last for some time as well and will try to cash in Napoli in the coming weeks.  Another good example are Spurs from PL, they started believing and that is biggest achievement from Mourinho. It is maybe even easier to see that psychological impact in individual sports like tennis.

Very true, I would say that belief, confidence and bravery are the most important qualities an individual and team has to nurture and adopt develop all the time. This is crucial for every aspect of life, not only sports. Psychology was introduced into sports late and it is still not valued enough!

[morvillz7z]

1.5pts for me, not bad given i usually suck with my Friday predictions but Sassuolo somehow managed to keep that 1-0 lead until the end and win.

Those who went for the draw should probably feel disappointed, Sassuolo's goalkeeper had some crazy saves in the second half, down a man.

I'm not sure what's crazier, Sassuolo currently being second in the table or that they have conceded only 12 goals (5th best i think).

I wanted to ask, what happens if someone forgets to submit his picks, do we get zero points or...?

[Trofo]

I wanted to ask, what happens if someone forgets to submit his picks, do we get zero points or...?

You have 10 or 15 auto picks, not sure. Meaning if you forget to place a pick you will get auto pick of the most picked result for that match. After you use all your auto picks you get 0 points. You can also deliberately leave a few games throughout the season without pick when you aren't sure what to pick and maybe auto pick will get you more points

Those who went for the draw should probably feel disappointed, Sassuolo's goalkeeper had some crazy saves in the second half, down a man.

I'm not sure what's crazier, Sassuolo currently being second in the table or that they have conceded only 12 goals (5th best i think).

They should have conceded several goals yesterday but as you said good keeper and a bit of luck were enough for 1:0 win. They should be really happy with this win on another day it would have ended with 0 points for them.

[buwaytress]

I wanted to ask, what happens if someone forgets to submit his picks, do we get zero points or...?

You have 10 or 15 auto picks, not sure. Meaning if you forget to place a pick you will get auto pick of the most picked result for that match. After you use all your auto picks you get 0 points. You can also deliberately leave a few games throughout the season without pick when you aren't sure what to pick and maybe auto pick will get you more points

Those who went for the draw should probably feel disappointed, Sassuolo's goalkeeper had some crazy saves in the second half, down a man.

I'm not sure what's crazier, Sassuolo currently being second in the table or that they have conceded only 12 goals (5th best i think).

They should have conceded several goals yesterday but as you said good keeper and a bit of luck were enough for 1:0 win. They should be really happy with this win on another day it would have ended with 0 points for them.

10 picks the entire season per pool. It resets. You've to make sure the option's on though, but since it's the default option you don't need to do anything extra if you never touched settings. It's definitely helped me out every season past since playing. I've missed entire week just because I forgot to actually make my picks!

Shit week so far. I bet on Sassuolo but rest of my legs didn't make it so parlays dead anyway.

[acquafredda]

Huge win by Crotone today which is their first win in the Italian Serie A! Nobody was expecting a big win from them but they destroyed La Spezia psychologically. If you watched the game you would have seen that Messias resembled a true champion! Too bad for me as I bet on the draw

[morvillz7z]

@Trofo @buwaytress, Thanks for the explanation about auto-picks, nice that we have some sorta protection in case we forget to make our picks in time.

Another shitty round, eh?

Crotone with their first win of the season, and of course i was there to back Spezia, haha silly me!
Torino with another home loss, i think Marco Giampaolo might be the first coach whos going to get sacked, the sooner the better for Il Toro fans.
Lazio.....goodness me, they ruined a massive ticket for me, had them 1X and O1.5, but an own goal and awful mistake by Lazio's former captain Radu was enough to lose, guess nobody expected Verona to land 3pts here?

I hope we all get better results tomorrow!

[-CryptoViking-]

As worst as it gets, this round started really bad... My biggest disappointment is that I didn't go for Verona despite having a feeling for it, instead I locked it as a tie...Zero points from first matches, this could end being my worst round since we started...