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

[tomahawk9]

Another awful round for me. I feel like I will never get correct score, it is tough to even get close ones this season

i've had some pretty crappy rounds too, the current round is the second one where i've been able to get 10+ pts, rest of the rounds were proper dogsh*t

tbf, teams like Barca and Villareal are not really helping us cos they keep underperforming while some underdogs like Rayo are outperforming everyone else

anywho, Cadiz - FC Barcelona...friendly reminder that Barca couldn't beat Cadiz last season (1-1 and 1-2), and that was a much healthier Barcelona 🤔

[LTU_btc]

anywho, Cadiz - FC Barcelona...friendly reminder that Barca couldn't beat Cadiz last season (1-1 and 1-2), and that was a much healthier Barcelona 🤔

Probably there won't be easy games for Barca this season. And game against Cadiz away isn't an exception. I don't really know why bookmakers are giving just 1.45 for Barca win. I'm not so positive about our chances today...

Another awful round for me. I feel like I will never get correct score, it is tough to even get close ones this season.

I'm not doing better. I'm struggling not only to get exact scores, but even correct outcomes.
BTW, I can't remember any other games when most of players went with 1:1 prediction like in Osasuna - Betis game. And with 10 minutes remaining, score is 1:1.
EDIT So, Betis had to score and screw up things for most of us .

[Trofo]

anywho, Cadiz - FC Barcelona...friendly reminder that Barca couldn't beat Cadiz last season (1-1 and 1-2), and that was a much healthier Barcelona 🤔

Probably there won't be easy games for Barca this season. And game against Cadiz away isn't an exception. I don't really know why bookmakers are giving just 1.45 for Barca win. I'm not so positive about our chances today...

Should be tough for Barca, especially since I have a feeling players are also unhappy and they could (un)intentionally play a bit below their maximum to help Koeman get sacked. Anyway my money today is on Cadiz to score @1.7. Looks like high value odds to me since Cadiz is solid going forward and they scored in both fixtures last season when Barca was much better.

Planning on watching at least first half from the bed to see how it is looking for Barca. Need 1:1 for correct score in the pool, so that is one result that is not happening for sure

[Harkorede]

anywho, Cadiz - FC Barcelona...friendly reminder that Barca couldn't beat Cadiz last season (1-1 and 1-2), and that was a much healthier Barcelona 🤔

Probably there won't be easy games for Barca this season. And game against Cadiz away isn't an exception. I don't really know why bookmakers are giving just 1.45 for Barca win. I'm not so positive about our chances today...

Should be tough for Barca, especially since I have a feeling players are also unhappy and they could (un)intentionally play a bit below their maximum to help Koeman get sacked. Anyway my money today is on Cadiz to score @1.7. Looks like high value odds to me since Cadiz is solid going forward and they scored in both fixtures last season when Barca was much better.

Planning on watching at least first half from the bed to see how it is looking for Barca. Need 1:1 for correct score in the pool, so that is one result that is not happening for sure

The bookmaker are probably just misleading bettors or there's more to odds than the shape of the team.. Barcelona aren't above average as team right now.. I knew something was literally wrong the odds maker a couple of weeks ago when Bayern Munich were valued at over 2 odds against Barcelona in the CL.

Barcelona are down to 10 men, and it's still currently goalless so, maybe Cadiz might get or draw or perhaps all 3 points.

[DIA7]

Barcelona going to make us lose man points this season they are becoming unpredictable as at the end of the match in a goalless draw between Barcelona and Cadiz.
If they managed to score one goal I would have been up by 4points 3 for correct results +1 for slam
Now it's the third draw for Barcelona, who could not beat Cadiz in the last three games, two draws and one loss.
It was A bad match from the offensive side of Barcelona, and he appeared without fangs and completely helpless in front of the humble Cadiz defense, and if Cadiz was one of the worst teams this season,
 A clear confusion in Koeman’s plans was chaos and lack of coordination throughout the team in the match, in addition to the lack of tactical sentences on which the team builds its attacks with a clear defect in the depth of the attack and an exaggerated dependence on penetration from the parties. Koeman still thinks that the team is incomplete and that he suffers from a lack of players, but I do not see anyone who could improve the construction of Barca's playing from the injured players, so are Aguero, Fati and Dembele who will save the club and change its shape overnight if they return to the squad?
Laporta will not find an optimal timing from now to announce the dismissal of Koeman to rectify the situation early and arrange the club and his papers before entering the Atlético match.

[casperBGD]

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anywho, Cadiz - FC Barcelona...friendly reminder that Barca couldn't beat Cadiz last season (1-1 and 1-2), and that was a much healthier Barcelona 🤔

solid friendly reminder, Barca did not won yesterday, but as I saw you had 3:0 for Barca in the pool?

shitty round for me, a lot of late goals that brought me down, really did not expect Granada to conceive three goals from Sociedad, that brought me down in Sorare as well, since I do believe that Luis Maximiano is one of the best young goalkeepers at the moment

there is another round on weekend, Atletico is playing again with "all loses" team Alaves, Valencia wait for Bilbao, a Barca plays against Levante at home, is it time for a win? Sociedad against Elche seems as easiest pick

[tomahawk9]

I don't really know why bookmakers are giving just 1.45 for Barca win.

have a feeling it's gonna be like this for a few more weeks. Barca to win next sunday is at 1.4. I can see people going low on Levante +0.5 hc @2.9,, hell, even +1.50 is worth it @1.7

the H2H in la Liga over the last 2 seasons: 2W barca (2-1 and 1-0, both at the camp nou), 1 draw and 1W Levante.
Honestly, without Frenkie De Jong, their best player, this match is 50/50...

solid friendly reminder, Barca did not won yesterday, but as I saw you had 3:0 for Barca in the pool?

i expected them to bounce back, but they're just shit 

[LTU_btc]

When you don't have big expectations, disappointment is smaller. Probably it will be my attitude on Barca games during whole season. Yes, it's still difficult to watch Barca games. If nothing won't change, probably we will say goodbye to spot in Champions league next season and will expierence how it feels to play on Thursdays. But maybe for current Barca it will be better thing than being humiliated by Bayern, PSG and other giants every season.
If Koeman will be sacked, Xavi and Roberto Martinez are mentioned as possible replacement. I would like to see Xavi in Barcelona, but not now definitely. Current Barca is fastest way for young coach to ruin his name.

[Harkorede]

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I guess nobody is actually expecting a lot from Barcelona, but betting on them to lose or draw is just another thing entirely, and it's even tougher in the pool where you have to pick just one of three possible outcome...  

I would like to say I've avoided placing any bets on Barcelona for quite a while, but it can't be avoided in the pool and the thought of picking against them in the pool is just like wanting to give the other participants a free edge even while you're still competing.

[boltz]

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I guess nobody is actually expecting a lot from Barcelona, but betting on them to lose or draw is just another thing entirely, and it's even tougher in the pool where you have to pick just one of three possible outcome...  

I would like to say I've avoided placing any bets on Barcelona for quite a while, but it can't be avoided in the pool and the thought of picking against them in the pool is just like wanting to give the other participants a free edge even while you're still competing.

Uhm they don't have hopes for LaLiga as Valencia really looks on their level right now and Atl Madrid and Real are over them but they did not crack under pressure yet and they might do in the next games.

I've read on social medias and I did a post on that as fans really hope for a Europe trophy this year and that would be Europe League as UCL can be achieved only by a miracle so bringing Europe League back would motivate fans as some of them are really depressed since Messi left .

[Trofo]

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I guess nobody is actually expecting a lot from Barcelona, but betting on them to lose or draw is just another thing entirely, and it's even tougher in the pool where you have to pick just one of three possible outcome...  

I would like to say I've avoided placing any bets on Barcelona for quite a while, but it can't be avoided in the pool and the thought of picking against them in the pool is just like wanting to give the other participants a free edge even while you're still competing.

That was one of my better hits this week. I was quite sure Barca game will end in a draw but I expected a scoring one like 1:1 or maybe even 2:2. If Koeman does not get the boot up his arse I am betting against Barcelona in every match. They are totally without confidence at the moment and they need positive shock from bringing in the new coach since they can't change half of the team.

Even coach change is too expensive for them at the moment but I feel like it has became a necessity. Barca had rough patches in the past but they always had the game and were just missing the results. Now they have neither which is totally unacceptable for the club of Barca pedigree. They will also miss F. de Jong in the next game and he was probably their best player so far, maybe only Depay showed more.

[buwaytress]

Well, it had to happen, didn't it? I thought Getafe would do it last week but it was the other bottom team who did, and now the path is clear for Real Madrid to win their game in hand and put themselves in the driving seat for La Liga. I think their momentum should carry them all the way through, the way it's going. And the Madrid clubs only meet in mid-December, so there's plenty of time to put even more distance between themselves.

And yes, I'm totally discounting Barca from the race.

[tomahawk9]

Well, it had to happen, didn't it?

they have most stacked squad and still lost to the worst team in the league. Pathetic. They also ruined my multi of the weekend, they had the lowest odds (1.51), FFS! 

well, at least we all got the final score wrong in the pool

and yeah, massive game for Real madrid today. Staying 5 points clear of Atletico this early in the season would be fantastic

[buwaytress]

Real - Villareal's the Blackjack pick guys, I've put my money down on this match, sure to be above 15 points heh...

Valencia back to disappointing us, taking away points and not achieving much, while Sevilla's fine form continues... but not sure if stats equalled performance as my eyes were elsewhere in Brentford.

Well, it had to happen, didn't it?

they have most stacked squad and still lost to the worst team in the league. Pathetic. They also ruined my multi of the weekend, they had the lowest odds (1.51), FFS! 

You and me both. Had two accas, first one lost on this game as the very first leg, with the lowest odds. Also had it on 1.51... though to be fair, my 2nd acca and other legs all started badly so would probably have died without even reaching Liverpool -1.5 which would have lost anyway -- but I really don't like dying so early on accas at all, feel so cheated when the odds were much nicer betting against them.

[LTU_btc]

Well, it had to happen, didn't it? I thought Getafe would do it last week but it was the other bottom team who did, and now the path is clear for Real Madrid to win their game in hand and put themselves in the driving seat for La Liga. I think their momentum should carry them all the way through, the way it's going. And the Madrid clubs only meet in mid-December, so there's plenty of time to put even more distance between themselves.

And yes, I'm totally discounting Barca from the race.

I don't know, maybe it's only for me, but it feels like Atletico have to lose against complete underdog every season, and often it happens when they're in good rhytm. But this lose was something, I don't even know how to call it. Alaves were more than awful until this game - 0 points in 5 rounds with just 1 goal scored. Interesting stat that both teams today made just 2 shot on target combined.
Didn't watched Real - Villarreal game in full, but seems that it wasn't most exciting game and I didn't missed much.
And mate, I doubt that you would find many Barca fans who can see team fighting for title this season. Personally, I will be happy if we will finish in Champions league spot - it won't be easy with such performance.

[slaman29]

Atletico lose, Real draw, normally this would be a nice day for us Barca fans right? But I think the only one smiling now is Sevilla, who seem to be slowly finding a way up. I really wish them luck.

No manager on our match today and again on normal times, nothing for us to be concerned about but we're so fragile now I think even Levante is frightening for us

[buwaytress]

I don't know, maybe it's only for me, but it feels like Atletico have to lose against complete underdog every season, and often it happens when they're in good rhytm. But this lose was something, I don't even know how to call it. Alaves were more than awful until this game - 0 points in 5 rounds with just 1 goal scored. Interesting stat that both teams today made just 2 shot on target combined.
Didn't watched Real - Villarreal game in full, but seems that it wasn't most exciting game and I didn't missed much.
And mate, I doubt that you would find many Barca fans who can see team fighting for title this season. Personally, I will be happy if we will finish in Champions league spot - it won't be easy with such performance.

Only followed Real-Villareal until HT, but yeah, it looked like an extremely dull encounter, didn't even have as many cards to spruce up the game (and yeah I lost Blackjack too, and a Real win + Under 3.5 goals bet). Annoying weekend, and one of the worst as I kept adding to my bets and many games ended up in draws.

Barca: yeah. Loved them and their style, philosophy, whatever you want to call it. But they don't even seem to have that anymore. Only good news I've read now is Fati's back. I will never forget that boy and wish him all the best!

[boltz]

Atletico lose, Real draw, normally this would be a nice day for us Barca fans right? But I think the only one smiling now is Sevilla, who seem to be slowly finding a way up. I really wish them luck.

No manager on our match today and again on normal times, nothing for us to be concerned about but we're so fragile now I think even Levante is frightening for us

I will just bet against Barcelona today as this team really doesn't deserve to be on the podium right now as they produce almost 0 football but you can't blame them when this team worked in a system where Messi was vital piece for success.

Levante never had love for Barcelona as they have some friendship with Real Madrid so I'm expecting full force from Levante in order to secure at least a draw.

[tomahawk9]

Only followed Real-Villareal until HT, but yeah, it looked like an extremely dull encounter

What a frustrating match. Lack of ideas from Ancelotti, some RM players looked gassed, Villareal solid in the defence and even looked threatening on the attack...it just wasn't our day

Well, Real lost the momentum (5W in a row), but hopefully they'll get it back after the mid week game in the CL

Atletico lose, Real draw, normally this would be a nice day for us Barca fans right?

It's one of those matchweeks where all the stars align, title contenders drop points except for Barca who win their game and the result boosts their confidence ahead of a few tough fixtures (Benfica, Atletico, Valencia)...I predicted 2-1 home win 

[Trofo]

It's one of those matchweeks where all the stars align, title contenders drop points except for Barca who win their game and the result boosts their confidence ahead of a few tough fixtures (Benfica, Atletico, Valencia)...I predicted 2-1 home win 

I am also thinking this the moment Barca must use to get their season back on track. All competitors dropping points (except Sevilla) and they have a home match against opponent who is nothing special.

What is the deal with Koeman? I was just reading yesterday that they agreed everything with Martinez and that he will take over Barca after national league final but then again I was not able to confirm that news so I am thinking just speculation.