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[Trofo]

How come we are talking about Modric speed anyway? He is not slow but he is not fast for sure, he is simply a player that makes all other players in the team better.

I called him "important for real tempo". Meaning he is setting the tempo of the attacks for the whole squad. Ball is always quicker then the player and he and Kroos have mastered that part perfectly with quick distributions to team mates.

[slaman29]

How come we are talking about Modric speed anyway? He is not slow but he is not fast for sure, he is simply a player that makes all other players in the team better.

I called him "important for real tempo". Meaning he is setting the tempo of the attacks for the whole squad. Ball is always quicker then the player and he and Kroos have mastered that part perfectly with quick distributions to team mates.

Only because of his age now and how he might get too slow. He was never fast we all agree. But with age you lose even more speed (not on running but on reaction) and if the body cannot react as fast as his mind it will begin to show a lot for midfield creatives like him.

Agree about tempo. He is for me the Alonso replacement in Real, setting the tempo not just for his team but for the other team.

[Trofo]

I have created the topic for Copa America Prediction pool, so if you are interested go check it and reserve your spot.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5337628.msg57013466#msg57013466

[slaman29]

I'll think about joining Copa for sure, depending a bit on the entry price, and depending a lot on whether or not I see familiar faces, don't get me wrong I joined two other competitions quite recently and it wasn't as fun at all because the people didn't like to talk or discuss maybe a language thing (not on this forum). A lot of familiar faces from La Liga though:)

[tomahawk9]

decisive day is here. Not only a big day in La Liga but also in our pool: will there be any big changes in the leaderboard? can @Trofo make it into the top 3? will @tokeweed finally come back and submit a score prediction again?  

and in La Liga, can Madrid win at San Mamés? or will they drop points there? if it's the latter and Atletico wins their game vs. Osasuna, Atletico wins the league title

i'm ready!

[buwaytress]

Well, as we expected, it will be a last day decision but man, after talking trash about Atletico, they've been playing super the last two games. Today, they went behind simply because they were on the front foot the majority of the game... 8 shots on goal and EIGHTEEN other shots off target.

Don't say they're not hungry as the finish line approaches... but credit to Real for keeping it tight.

Congrats casper, toma, logfiles for this round;)

[casperBGD]

it was a tough round, expected Real to win, Atletico saved their honor in last minutes, after falling behind, but they deserved it, as you said

Villareal caught me off-guard, expected them not that motivated and Sevilla to fight to be third in the end, but 4:0 was as far from expected as one match can be

and it was another "Granada" in Barcelona, but this time is was not important, they have to come up with something new for the next season

edit: did not checked, but as I follow, first round without draw in the season

[LTU_btc]

Quite crazy round - such things happens when you have all 10 games on the same time.
Difficult to say something about Barca game - pretty much same thing happened today as against Granada or Levante. I just hope it was last match for Lenglet in Barcelona - I can't stand him.
Atletico made great comeback against Osasuna and now they have everything in their hands to take title. But respect to Osasuna - they fight for nothing, but gave good fight today.
Villarreal surprisingly simply trashed Sevilla in nice way. I'll just remind that in last round Villarreal will face Real - not an easy task for Madrid.
While Atletico will play against Valladolid. They are still fighting for spot in league next season, but today against Real Sociedad they looked pathetic. But as I understand, Atletico must win, draw isn't enough for them if they will collect same number of points with Real.
Things at the bottom of table is also interesting.

Back to our pool, I think we already know TOP 3. I did so bad this round and I don't have much chances to reach @tomahawk9. While @casperBGD maintain solid lead and I don't know what should happen for him to bottle.

[slaman29]

edit: did not checked, but as I follow, first round without draw in the season

Did not check also but I think there was already a round without a draw before, I think every league had it quite early when everyone seemed to be scoring madly even in the Italian leagues:)

And congrats to the top 3 I guess also it will not change much for the final game, just the winners taking back money and us losers kissing goodbye to our money;)

[slaman29]

Got my Superbru reminder yesterday so don't forget to make your last picks everyone. Only 2 games will matter in this final matchday of course and two teams from the city of Madrid will have every eyes on them.

I guess we can congratulate the pool winners for sure, but for now, good luck to everyone and don't look down on my performance too much;)

[Trofo]

Damn, I have run out of game weeks to place in the money. So close and yet so far away. I think I will go with some crazy results this week as final day hail mary move. Who knows maybe it will pay off.

[LTU_btc]

So, today is the day! Atletico will play against Valladolid away, while Real will face Villarreal at home. On paper, things looks easy for Atletico. They need win and their opponent is really weak. But it's do or die game for Valladolid if they want to stay in La Liga. So, it won't be easy.
Real play against Villarreal and they need to win and wait for Atletico dropping points. Villareal is strong team, but I think it's likely that they will rest some players before upcoming Europa League final. So, it can make Real task easier.
Barca will play against already relegated Eibar in meaningless game for both teams. I don't know why, but I wouldn't put money on Barca today.

[Trofo]

So, today is the day! Atletico will play against Valladolid away, while Real will face Villarreal at home. On paper, things looks easy for Atletico. They need win and their opponent is really weak. But it's do or die game for Valladolid if they want to stay in La Liga. So, it won't be easy.

Did you guys read a story where Ronaldo (Brazilian one) as the owner of Valladolid will give every player 150K if they win against Atletico? Not confirmed, but media immediately latched onto it like it is unethical. I don't really see a problem if owner will give his players bonus for playing well, it is not like he is paying them to lose which would of course be not just unethical but also criminal.

They also spun the story like he is doing it to help Real and not to keep his club in Primera. I believe it is a little bit of both since he would prefer Real to win the trophy for sure.

[tomahawk9]

just submitted my picks for the last matchweek of the season. Gonna be a tense 2 hours with all the matches at the same time and refreshing the superbru site every minute 

I don't really see a problem if owner will give his players bonus for playing well, it is not like he is paying them to lose which would of course be not just unethical but also criminal.

thing is that the fans are extremely pissed off at Ronaldo right now, they're saying he's the main responsible for the team's horrendous season, so some think that giving them a bonus now when Ronaldo, the manager and board of directors should've started fixing this situation months ago does look a bit unprofessional...About the criminal part, yeah, in Spain it can be considered a felony (corruption), i remember reading something about it a long time ago

honestly, if they beat Atletico today, Florentino Perez should give every one of them a big bonus, probably an Audi to each player and coaching staff 'cause RM doesn't have that much money to give away rn :-P

[buwaytress]

^^I definitely don't see a problem of paying bonuses, but this should be in a player's contract, and it motivates them to perform better (performance bonus I see it).

But to suddenly announce additional incentives for playing on one game, imagine the possibility? Like what if, you got everyone on the team to contribute 10% of it to bribe one official or a linesman or someone to run on the field to disrupt a goal? Who can say easily no to 165k?

Crazy scenario and unlikely but when you put money in like this, it opens all kinds of doors.

[Trofo]

So it seems nobody wants to be champion in La Liga, both Real and Atletico loosing after first 45 minutes. Then you have Barca getting destroyed in first half without creating a single chance or shot until the last minutes. There will be some strange results today it seems.

After the games finish, I'll post winners here. If you are among them post your addy as soon as possible so I can pay out the rewards.

big_daddy has highest yellow cap so far with 20 points. I would appreciate if someone could double check this for me and confirm to make it official.

[Harkorede]

So it seems nobody wants to be champion in La Liga, both Real and Atletico loosing after first 45 minutes. Then you have Barca getting destroyed in first half without creating a single chance or shot until the last minutes. There will be some strange results today it seems.

After the games finish, I'll post winners here. If you are among them post your addy as soon as possible so I can pay out the rewards.

big_daddy has highest yellow cap so far with 20 points. I would appreciate if someone could double check this for me and confirm to make it official.

Atletico Madrid have turned things around and they've just taken the lead, It's game over right ? I really wanted them to win the league they duly deserve it, they at some point led by as many as 13 points, but threw it all away within weeks. And guess who gave them the lead ? Luis Suarez!!! He was responsible for their late winning goal just last week against Osasuna as well.

[LTU_btc]

So, Luis Suarez brings La Liga title for Atletico Madrid. Too old for Barcelona, but one of key players in Atletico. Really happy for him. Agree with thought above that it looked like nobody wants to become champions, but in 2nd half things changed a bit. After all, Atletico probably deserved most to win league, despite wasting such big lead
Barca managed to beat Eibar thanks to goal of Griezmann, but watching this game was just waste 2 hours of my life.
In the bottom, Elche got out of relegation zone after beating Athletic 2:0. Huesca and Valladolid relegate together with Eibar.

thing is that the fans are extremely pissed off at Ronaldo right now, they're saying he's the main responsible for the team's horrendous season, so some think that giving them a bonus now when Ronaldo, the manager and board of directors should've started fixing this situation months ago does look a bit unprofessional...About the criminal part, yeah, in Spain it can be considered a felony (corruption), i remember reading something about it a long time ago

That's good point. As owner of team, he is responsible for awful season and now offering such bonuses doesn't looks good.

[tomahawk9]

worst performance from Real madrid, even though they won, since January when the unbeaten run started. Meh! At least my ticket won

big_daddy has highest yellow cap so far with 20 points. I would appreciate if someone could double check this for me and confirm to make it official.

i woud verify it but the site is super slow right now and it still hasn't updated the leaderboard

So, Luis Suarez brings La Liga title for Atletico Madrid. Too old for Barcelona, but one of key players in Atletico.

the disrespect from FC Barcelona came back to bite them (heh!) in the arse. 4th best striker of the season with 20 goals, meanwhile, griezmann and dembele, 18 goals  

[casperBGD]

congrats to Atletico in the end, they deserved the title

regarding matches, both from one-to-other (2-1, 1-2) it does seem strange and corrupted, but does not have to be, did not had preference, so Atletico is fine in the end, although would be the same with Real as well
hopped that Huesca will stay in the end, but Elche came out to be a winner against Bilbao, Huesca had great performance against Valencia (great match to be honest), but finished goalless, no matter Huesca was great during the match (finished with 22 shots, 8 on goal), but nervous at the finish line, and no scoring

dropped top spot within Valencia fans in the last round


, but managed to get La liga pool, back-to-back

last season


congrats to tomahawk9 on second place, and third is still open?
I also think that bigdaddy won 20 points in a round, as highest score in the pool