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[Harkorede]

Anyone got tricked with Villareal? Haha... 0-0 man.

^GL with that BB! It looks solid, tbh. The Williams brothers stole the show, as they usually do... a bit of joy for them as they both got their 2nd caps for national team. One brother Inaki for Ghana, and the other for Spain (scored the winning goal that took them to Nations League finals). Amazing story.

Oh and yeah I use imgbb but it also screws up on the forum from time to time. Imgur is definitely not always friendly to Asian locations

I fell for it too, there is no way I wouldn't have with Cadiz being the bottom dwellers, I expected a flawless win for Villarreal, but it's just football I'd say and the odds were tempting too tempting to be ignored.

Fun fact; Cadiz last 7 game have all ended with just one side scoring, only just 1 from their last 10 games have ended with both sides scoring, that's another stats to putting in to consideration next time.

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[KTChampions]

So not even a single person went for a draw. Can't believe I thought it was going to be a close one, so I only put 1 goal win, then they of course went to go 4 goals. Had a feeling for a lot of goals in other games but that was a sign for things this weekend I guess? Let's hope so

Can't share bet right for Betbuilder and can't access imgur so my Betbuilder is Barca leading HT/FT, win by 2+goal, over 3.5 corner, both teams over 19.5 booking points = 5.55 exactly!

Strange, imgur is working fine for me, just tried it. Maybe it something about your location, if it is try to find alternative, there were at least 10 good options last time I researched those sites but forget about them in the meantime and just used imgur.

I don't think Barca will have an easy game tonight. They have lot of injuries: Depay, De Jon, Kounde, Araujo, Bellerin..... and most of their players were away for national duty. On the other hand, we have Mallorca that has been in training these whole 15 days preparing just for this match.

I've had problems with imgur for a long time (maybe due to VPN, I don't know) so I stopped using it completely and now I use imbb mostly.

Atlético are leading 1-0 after the first half and the odds for their victory are still very attractive - 1.3. Do the bookmakers really think that reliable Simeone will allow the team to take risks and give Sevilla a chance?

[slaman29]

I just realized we have a very good goal and defence, but the best was to keep a clean sheet, maybe only now to work on our bookings as we still ended up getting 4 yellows last night (I did expect many as usual).

Now Valencia is the one keeping us on track for another 0-0 game lol.

I don't think Barca will have an easy game tonight. They have lot of injuries: Depay, De Jon, Kounde, Araujo, Bellerin..... and most of their players were away for national duty. On the other hand, we have Mallorca that has been in training these whole 15 days preparing just for this match.

Yeah it didn't turn out easy even though Lewandowski scored early. But I'm happy for the win anyway, and can still hope as a dumb guy for Real to also drop points

[buwaytress]

You got your betbuilder lost just by the 2+goal right slam? Spot on on the yellow cards too, and leading both halves, shame about the lack of goals... but better than drawing 3-3 honestly.

If it helps you feel good, I put a small bet on Osasuna

I've had problems with imgur for a long time (maybe due to VPN, I don't know) so I stopped using it completely and now I use imbb mostly.

Atlético are leading 1-0 after the first half and the odds for their victory are still very attractive - 1.3. Do the bookmakers really think that reliable Simeone will allow the team to take risks and give Sevilla a chance?

Imgur's naughty towards non EU IPs, as I mentioned. It's always "Refreshing" for me to go home to my own land after some years and suddenly get blocked and slow service on almost every internet service I use. To remind me how shitty things can be for some people haha.

Anyway, Griezmann in at 61st min yesterday, the earliest he's been subbed in all season heh.

[KTChampions]

I've had problems with imgur for a long time (maybe due to VPN, I don't know) so I stopped using it completely and now I use imbb mostly.

Atlético are leading 1-0 after the first half and the odds for their victory are still very attractive - 1.3. Do the bookmakers really think that reliable Simeone will allow the team to take risks and give Sevilla a chance?

Imgur's naughty towards non EU IPs, as I mentioned. It's always "Refreshing" for me to go home to my own land after some years and suddenly get blocked and slow service on almost every internet service I use. To remind me how shitty things can be for some people haha.

Anyway, Griezmann in at 61st min yesterday, the earliest he's been subbed in all season heh.

I originally have a European IP and I use VPN, so I try different European countries and everywhere the imgur tells me "error, try again later." So don't worry about your location, it's unlikely to be related.

Terrible results in the pool for me. The international break was bad for the teams (or for me  ).

[LTU_btc]

I originally have a European IP and I use VPN, so I try different European countries and everywhere the imgur tells me "error, try again later." So don't worry about your location, it's unlikely to be related.

Terrible results in the pool for me. The international break was bad for the teams (or for me  ).

Not just for you. Not just this round, but whole season so far. And it's not even about place, it's about how little points in average I'm getting every round. I got burned big by Villarreal and I still have too much faith in Valencia, especially in away games where they got just 1 point so far.
If someone watched Girona - Real Sociedad game, you had to like it, 8 goals scored by both teams, it's hard to describe game in few words, you had to watch it. 3:5 Sociedad win brings me some money, but i
Now we have Real game and Ossasuna just made score 1:1. Very attractive live odds for Real.

[boltz]

Betis could've jumped into 3rd place today but instead they took a goal in minute 9 and a few minutes after a red card and basically game was over before first half ended. Celta Vigo after they scored , they kept the ball under control and gave few chances for Betis to score but I'm still happy as a Betis fan for seeing them in top 4 in LaLiga so far.

Real Madrid lost first points at home right ? As this is the first draw for them in LaLiga. 

[Trofo]

Real Madrid lost first points at home right ? As this is the first draw for them in LaLiga. 

Not just lost points in ordinary way, Real had a late penalty and Benzema managed to miss it. Too make things even worse they had numbers advantage that last 15 minutes as well.

Sociedad was the match of the day in Spain for sure, never would have thought there is any chance for more then 2 goals on that game. If we take into account all the leagues, Manchester derby was a bit better, higher profile of clubs made it my to go match and it didn't disappoint.

[Harkorede]

Real Madrid lost first points at home right ? As this is the first draw for them in LaLiga. 

Not just lost points in ordinary way, Real had a late penalty and Benzema managed to miss it. Too make things even worse they had numbers advantage that last 15 minutes as well.

Sociedad was the match of the day in Spain for sure, never would have thought there is any chance for more then 2 goals on that game. If we take into account all the leagues, Manchester derby was a bit better, higher profile of clubs made it my to go match and it didn't disappoint.

For some reason unknown to me, after the equalizer from Osasuna I still strongly believed Real Madrid will win the game, simply because that's how they often do, but Benzema failed to convert the late penalty which could have been the game winner and that ßÍßßgave Osasuna the chance to return home with a point.

At least the only take home as Barcelona is that we've gotten even with Real Madrid in terms of point and much better with goal difference.

[slaman29]

Sorry about missing your bet buway, but Real are like Liverpool, even if they drop points, losing is quite impossible to happen at home!

Real Madrid lost first points at home right ? As this is the first draw for them in LaLiga. 

Not just lost points in ordinary way, Real had a late penalty and Benzema managed to miss it. Too make things even worse they had numbers advantage that last 15 minutes as well.

Sociedad was the match of the day in Spain for sure, never would have thought there is any chance for more then 2 goals on that game. If we take into account all the leagues, Manchester derby was a bit better, higher profile of clubs made it my to go match and it didn't disappoint.

It's even more amazing for the circumstances of that game for sure! I was just mentioning yesterday we had such a good goal difference, and usually when I hope for Real to drop points, the outcome goes against it, at home too, and against Osasuna of all teams.

I have not been happy like this in La Liga for such a long time. I know it won't last but we can all dream

[buwaytress]

Eh, wow. Rayo won the game with final kick of the game, thought it was already 1-1 and only Trofo and fmbet took points but Elche lost their way apparently, 8 yellow cards, 7 in the second half, that's what I call truly costly, all for nothing to defend a point and then taken away in 8th min injury time.

Didn't watch though, was too busy watching Leicester win and helping me make up a terrible past week of betting!

[LTU_btc]

Eh, wow. Rayo won the game with final kick of the game, thought it was already 1-1 and only Trofo and fmbet took points but Elche lost their way apparently, 8 yellow cards, 7 in the second half, that's what I call truly costly, all for nothing to defend a point and then taken away in 8th min injury time.

Didn't watch though, was too busy watching Leicester win and helping me make up a terrible past week of betting!

I really needed this Rayo win. Maybe it didn't changed anything for me in pool, but at least they saved my bet. Switched to this game after 2nd Leicester goal and Rayo played better. While Elche  is heading straight to Segunda with such performance.

[Trofo]

Eh, wow. Rayo won the game with final kick of the game, thought it was already 1-1 and only Trofo and fmbet took points but Elche lost their way apparently, 8 yellow cards, 7 in the second half, that's what I call truly costly, all for nothing to defend a point and then taken away in 8th min injury time.

Didn't watch though, was too busy watching Leicester win and helping me make up a terrible past week of betting!

I really needed this Rayo win. Maybe it didn't changed anything for me in pool, but at least they saved my bet. Switched to this game after 2nd Leicester goal and Rayo played better. While Elche  is heading straight to Segunda with such performance.

Of course they scored and ruined my perfect score. It seems I will have to stop running these pools, every pool I am running I am bottom of it while I am doing quite ok in the pools where I am just a participant. Go figure. I guess it is the added pressure getting to me Or maybe the fact that I am watching PL almost exclusively.

[buwaytress]

Eh, wow. Rayo won the game with final kick of the game, thought it was already 1-1 and only Trofo and fmbet took points but Elche lost their way apparently, 8 yellow cards, 7 in the second half, that's what I call truly costly, all for nothing to defend a point and then taken away in 8th min injury time.

Didn't watch though, was too busy watching Leicester win and helping me make up a terrible past week of betting!

I really needed this Rayo win. Maybe it didn't changed anything for me in pool, but at least they saved my bet. Switched to this game after 2nd Leicester goal and Rayo played better. While Elche  is heading straight to Segunda with such performance.

Of course they scored and ruined my perfect score. It seems I will have to stop running these pools, every pool I am running I am bottom of it while I am doing quite ok in the pools where I am just a participant. Go figure. I guess it is the added pressure getting to me Or maybe the fact that I am watching PL almost exclusively.

Yeah, poor Trofo and other guy. They got robbed, that's the truth. I'm not finding it easy to tell myself to do more of these 2-1's since when I do it it seems to hit more exacts than my other scores, but yeah I think Rayo saved a looot of people, judging from the markets I was looking at on p2p (also a strange game as it had more volume than usual but maybe Monday night football?).

Can't tell about how running a pool affects me. Currently am absolutely rooted to EPL bottom, doing so-so in UCL and here, not in any prize spots yet, but if watching football has any correlation, then I should stop watching PL games...

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but if watching football has any correlation, then I should stop watching PL games...

more watching leads to overthinking the score, and you should go with a flaw in first part of the season, second part is for improvement (not sure that it is working, but good theory dough)

whenever I change some score, it finished with exact score that I previously put and no points for me, so I decided to not changing score, but of course had to do it sometimes and ruin results

so far, worst La Liga season for me, but this one is different from previous few seasons, Barca on top, and low number of draws per round

[slaman29]

so far, worst La Liga season for me, but this one is different from previous few seasons, Barca on top, and low number of draws per round

I had many terrible seasons not just in La Liga but almost everywhere other than 1 or 2 pools, but La Liga seems to be my worst performance, which is also the league I watch the most, so I can concur with discussions above, watching a lot doesn't make you an expert (or doesn't make you lucky lol).

Anyway, don't forget tomorrow game again, time for Valencia to lose?

[casperBGD]

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Anyway, don't forget tomorrow game again, time for Valencia to lose?

not so fast, I do not think that we are going to lose it tomorrow, Osasuna is better at home, but Valencia is playing better this season
actually, since losing from Atletico, we had few solid matches, especially at home, but even at Rayo, where we lost, we were a bit better side

but it could be time for Sevilla to get closer to relegation zone, looking at their performance in CL, Bilbao could be a good pick (although @2.3 it does not have value betting)

[KTChampions]

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but if watching football has any correlation, then I should stop watching PL games...

more watching leads to overthinking the score, and you should go with a flaw in first part of the season, second part is for improvement (not sure that it is working, but good theory dough)
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How can there be an improvement if after the World Cup the season can be said to start anew and we will again suffer from a large randomness of results?
By the way, I don’t know guys where you get the strength and nerves to watch games - I try to watch a minimum of games, because even when I receive information about games through text broadcasts, I focus a lot on this, so when there are games, if I don’t make live bets, I try to find another activity to relax 

[Trofo]

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Anyway, don't forget tomorrow game again, time for Valencia to lose?

not so fast, I do not think that we are going to lose it tomorrow, Osasuna is better at home, but Valencia is playing better this season
actually, since losing from Atletico, we had few solid matches, especially at home, but even at Rayo, where we lost, we were a bit better side

but it could be time for Sevilla to get closer to relegation zone, looking at their performance in CL, Bilbao could be a good pick (although @2.3 it does not have value betting)

Sevilla is totally out of form this season, their usually rock solid defense looks broken and I will play Bilbao to win or Bilbao to score over 1.5, whichever pays better.

Valencia plays better but they are quite poor in away games, just one point this season so far. I am thinking they should be good for at least one goal so I will probably go with both to score. Did not even know Cavani is there, how come no goals for him yet? Was he injured or late transfer maybe?

[casperBGD]

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Valencia plays better but they are quite poor in away games, just one point this season so far. I am thinking they should be good for at least one goal so I will probably go with both to score. Did not even know Cavani is there, how come no goals for him yet? Was he injured or late transfer maybe?

late transfer, he joined in early September or something, played last two matches, cannot play whole match dough (years and fitness combination, I think)
it looks better with him on front, but both forwards are out tonight, Castillejo is out for injury and Andre for red card, more space for Duro and Kluivert to prove themselves on the other hand