⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Spanish La Liga ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2023/2024

[casperBGD]

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like @Trofo says, Barcelona will probably secure the 2nd spot in a matter of weeks. Sevilla will keep choking, Barca have two games in hand + there's a Barca - Sevilla at the camp nou in exactly one month.

agree, this is likely scenario, if Barca keeps up with this form
but, in Europa league, I would call on Sevilla even against Barca, although all their Europa league titles were won with lesser competition, this season seems pretty hard in Europa league

hopefully, your call for Valencia to replace Sevilla within top4 will happen next season

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[buwaytress]

Have to admit I never rated Sevilla at much point at any point in the season as I really don't know the teams well but I always generally put them in for a win against any team below them.

Same as Villareal, for no real reason. Cannot really say what it is but conceding to Osasuna not long after hammering away the goals, I cannot comprehend that.

When I DO watch snippets of their play, they don't look bad at all but having watched a few games La Liga it is like teams like them play shit mostly and rely on moments of magic.

Damn Villareal

[darxiaomi]

Yes i think all the teams no besides of the big three are losing a big opportunity to are in the first spots.

Betis, Real Sociedad, Villarreal, are losing their chance to ensure an easy Champions League spot, Sevilla maybe can resist and be second or third. But the other teams i mencioned above, clearly lost a big opportunity because  a few season you can see Barca and Atletico of simeone leaking points.

[buwaytress]

@darxiaomi this might be well off mark but are from the Netherlands by any chance?

Anyway. Nice to finally, finally get an exact score after so long. Real probably surprised everyone by getting a big win without a game of flurry of yellows I was getting used to.

Table positions not only switched but leaders are extending every week since new year. Hats off, really.

[slaman29]

Trofo and tomahawk9 yeah, this is what they say it serves me right for being told they would shit the bed and I still went in and crawled between the sheets with them lol I'm very happy you guys feel confident about Barca going for 2nd, makes me happy to know I'm not being deluded that we're actually improving more than I could hope. With 2 free transfers and loanee too!

buwaytress well glad someone is happy with their position. I did jump 2/3 spots in EPL one but pure luck. I can't do anything in this one.

[Trofo]

Anybody watching Barca? I can't believe how easy Torres can get into a chance and how easy he can then miss it. He is playing for 25 minutes and he could have already scored 4 or 5 goals, all very good chances from couple of meters out.

Really can't decide if I would want a player like that in my team, it is good that he is getting into chances but such poor conversion rate it could end up costly for Barca.

[LTU_btc]

Anybody watching Barca? I can't believe how easy Torres can get into a chance and how easy he can then miss it. He is playing for 25 minutes and he could have already scored 4 or 5 goals, all very good chances from couple of meters out.

Really can't decide if I would want a player like that in my team, it is good that he is getting into chances but such poor conversion rate it could end up costly for Barca.

Really don't know what to think about him. It's not the first game when waste great moments to score. But I hope it's not going to last for long. I feel disappointed that to win against Elche we needed to get such cheap penalty gifted by referee. But win is win.
Next is Betis Atletico - it's game when I want both teams to lose . So, I picked draw.
And damn, for God's sake, why I didn't watched Celta - Mallorca? 4:3 with Aspas goal on 97th minute. Seems I missed a lot.

[casperBGD]

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Next is Betis Atletico - it's game when I want both teams to lose . So, I picked draw.
And damn, for God's sake, why I didn't watched Celta - Mallorca? 4:3 with Aspas goal on 97th minute. Seems I missed a lot.

did not watch Celta either, but there was everything there, two penalties, own goals, red card, you name it, they provide it, but overall expected outcome, Celta winner

Betis started, and Felix scored, so Atletico is up one goal, it does seem that there is a fine line between top3 and all the others, including Sevilla, which is current second

[buwaytress]

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Next is Betis Atletico - it's game when I want both teams to lose . So, I picked draw.
And damn, for God's sake, why I didn't watched Celta - Mallorca? 4:3 with Aspas goal on 97th minute. Seems I missed a lot.

did not watch Celta either, but there was everything there, two penalties, own goals, red card, you name it, they provide it, but overall expected outcome, Celta winner

Betis started, and Felix scored, so Atletico is up one goal, it does seem that there is a fine line between top3 and all the others, including Sevilla, which is current second

Yeah, honestly thought I'd lost that one but Aspas steps up as usual. Penalty, sure, both goals, but you still need to put them away to win. And they also conceded one AND gave an own goal, so can't complain.

Football's not really doing it for me today in any game I turn on. I blame everything on a lack of a full game (haven't watched a 90 min game in over a week now).

[darxiaomi]

Well nobody can catch that 4-3 in the Celta-Mallorca, i dont see that match but if i were a Celta fan can be one of the best type of win.Yes you also can have a heart attack.

Barcelona seems like they have a laborious victory against a low table team, but your are saying Ferran Torres miss a lot of clear chances, so i dont know.

And in the Atletico win, sorry for the Betis guys but they are dropping the chance to go to the UCL next year.

[rdbase]

Well nobody can catch that 4-3 in the Celta-Mallorca, i dont see that match but if i were a Celta fan can be one of the best type of win.Yes you also can have a heart attack.

Barcelona seems like they have a laborious victory against a low table team, but your are saying Ferran Torres miss a lot of clear chances, so i dont know.

And in the Atletico win, sorry for the Betis guys but they are dropping the chance to go to the UCL next year.

Barcelona was the only La Liga match playing on the tv today and it was the most labored match out of them all.
Needed them to score a third goal for my bet to win and they barely got the second and it was only due to a penalty.
Celta Vigo and Mallorca was the most intense one out of them all.
Atletico Madrid was the only one which was a real victory without any drama with a 3-1 win.
I believe I got the yellow cap only due to the 2 slam points with the two correct scores from yesterday's matches (Alaves&Osasuna).
No matter what the result with Athletic Club vs Levante since almost everyone selected the same result as mine except for one. But still clear of 3 points
First yellow cap in this pool for La Liga.

[darxiaomi]

Hahaha yes man seems like you wake up and made an awesome round this time.
I see you put allways some risky results in your selections.
You are the antipode of Mosala.I know he play the long way and seems like it worked very good.

Coming back to the matches, also Atletico seems like they wake up just in time to be ready for fight to the UCL spots and also for the UCL comeback against Man utd.

[casperBGD]

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First yellow cap in this pool for La Liga.

congrats man
proves that one should stick to pool till the end, there is always a chance to get a yellow cap, and this weekly yellow cap is making pool more interesting to all participants

Betis was actually good last night, but they were far from winning the match (although after they scored in first half last seconds, expected more from them in second half)

[slaman29]

Yes MoSala is the leader now in 2 pools, amazing and so consistent, I know there is a bit of luck involved but the way it is is definitely luck and black magic from some of you for sure lol

Anyway Celta Vigo just saved my ass and I guess Atletico as well, and Barca too. I went for a livebet with super sleepy eyes which I shouldn't have, and we scored enough for my multibet, thank god for penalty.

The weird thing is I put in one Italian game later.

What do you think, should I cash out or go for it?

[darxiaomi]

Mmmmmm i really dont know what to say.
If you bank its low, cahs out but if you have good bank behind go to win the full price.
Sassuolo its a very offensive team but like all the mid table teams their suffer a lot of inconsistency, and Salernitana its in home and need the points for no going to Serie B.

[tomahawk9]

What do you think, should I cash out or go for it?

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Sassuolo are going through a nice four-game unbeatean streak which includes a draw against Roma and a 2-0 upset against Inter. Salernitana's home record this season: 1W (in october against 19th place Genoa), 4 draws (hellas, bologna, spezia, AC milan), 8 games lost. Go for it
that cash out is so low, 4 out of 5 and only 2.29. ugh, i hate cash out options 

[buwaytress]

Yeah, am seeing a few news articles now questioning Torres, don't really know haven't watched. I think the calls are premature though.

@slaman29: Hell yeah! I agree with toma! That's a sweet looking bet slip right there, something I like to do too (having one leg many days away, usually my leg is Liverpool on either a ML or HT bet). But definitely wouldn't cash out. Sassuolo isn't really a team to trust but they couldn't be playing a weaker team.

Trofo will agree this is a beautiful bet to hedge though, and Salernitana double chance even without price boost is over 2/1. Maybe 1.5 mbtc bet on that if you want to bring home something nice... just a bit less than if you cash out. And if your leg wins you still get 4.3 mbtc, which is really cool 21/1 win nett.

Besides, you're already insured so worst scenario is you get your bet back, only you've to put it on 2/1 to "get the cash refund".

[usekevin]

Mmmmmm i really dont know what to say.
If you bank its low, cahs out but if you have good bank behind go to win the full price.
Sassuolo its a very offensive team but like all the mid table teams their suffer a lot of inconsistency, and Salernitana its in home and need the points for no going to Serie B.

Gambling is based on two step.One is risk and the second is better luck Next time.Only the people having a guts to face the loss are advised to practice of gambling.You should not worry or Cry for the loss at any cost.You should feel the scenario of the next profit.It may take huge time, but you have to wait for it. Learn from the loss in gambling. When you lose, you should only lose money.You should not lose of hope and learn good knowledge from it.

[Trofo]

What do you think, should I cash out or go for it?

You get more if you just go for hedge bet as buwaytress said. My way is to hedge it with some minimal amount just so "lady luck" notice it and I at least get my stake back. When the game starts and if Sassuolo scores first then you have really good hedge options, here I go with bigger amounts to cover the winnings. In the end it actually comes down to how important (% of betting bank) that ticket is for you? If it is small percentage I would just let it run, if it is big, definitely hedge it.

[slaman29]

tomahawk9, Trofo, buwaytress Thanks for all the different responses So I think this is a bit leaning for going for a hedge so I will go for the smaller advice of just putting 1.5x the same stake on the event of Sassuolo not winning.

I totally love this idea of betting even more if Sassuolo score first, for example if you see in my pick I waited for over 30 minutes to pass before I put Barca to score 2 goals as I totally believed they could eventually do it. And if I only can stay up to watch games I would bet on Barca live every time they go behind lol.

Thanks guys! Asian Handicap +0.5 instead of Double Chance as odds much higher.

This way if my original bet wins I still have almost 5 mbtc profit. At the moment this doubles my bankroll. If you remember a few weeks ago I was almost zero, then I put all of my amount into Barca in Blackjack and turned 0.23 mbtc into 4.6 mbtc. Few more Barca wins and I am now 5.59 after this handicap bet. So whatever happens now it will grow woo!