⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Spanish La Liga ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2024/2025

[KTChampions]

We haven't seen Real yet because of injuries, it's a collection of players for now.
Besides Sociedad there are also Atletico and Villarreal, Atletico should definitely not lose points in the game with Valencia. As for the games of Barcelona and Real, they are dangerous enough to make a money bet in my opinion.

Olmo was one of the most important key transfers that Barcelona could ever make. I like to watch him playing as you never actually know what his next move will be, you only know that it is going to be genius. He is an awesome defender and he is an awesome striker at the same time. A true allrounder with all the qualities a coach can wish for. No need to talk about Yamal, he is going to be one of the best in the world and if he can retain this level of efficiency, damn how valuable is he going to be for Barcelona?

Yamal is a great talent (it's hard to deny looking at the statistics) but from the games I've seen he hasn't impressed me at all (maybe just a coincidence). In any case, he has a huge room for improvement. Olmo is an undeniable monster, the only problem is his fragility. If injuries don't hinder him, he will be ahead of Yamal.

WTF is happening with La Liga, I see this GW has some more games duting the week. One each day.

I guess that is something new for clubs not playing Europe?
Amd why are those games part of this GW and not next?

Technically these are games from other GWs, but I don't know why they were moved. Probably because of the new format of the European Cups?

[mitchr4]

WTF is happening with La Liga, I see this GW has some more games duting the week. One each day.

I guess that is something new for clubs not playing Europe?
Amd why are those games part of this GW and not next?

I was also surprised when making predictions in the pool, seeing that there are many matches spread out over an entire week, while usually they only take place over 3-4 days. Perhaps the matches scheduled over the full week involve teams that aren't participating in European competitions, so their schedule is more flexible. Or maybe it's due to television broadcast needs.

[slaman29]

Ya it was because of Champions League and Europa etc. New formats = more games. So now those without UEFA football play. It's gonna get worse when teams qualify for more rounds and cups. We even had 1 game from 2nd match day already delayed IIRC.

Olmo was one of the most important key transfers that Barcelona could ever make. I like to watch him playing as you never actually know what his next move will be, you only know that it is going to be genius. He is an awesome defender and he is an awesome striker at the same time. A true allrounder with all the qualities a coach can wish for. No need to talk about Yamal, he is going to be one of the best in the world and if he can retain this level of efficiency, damn how valuable is he going to be for Barcelona?

The thing about Barca (usually or traditionally), every piece of the puzzle is as important to the team as one another. Messi for a long time was central, but he had a huge axis around him, and all of those were important. For us now, I think Lewandoswki is the weird one out, important but not quite part of the structure IMO.

Olmo for sure helps us build a nicer puzzle but we really need our Pedris, Gavis, de Jongs, and hopefully now Olmo to be the new axis which we never replaced once we lost of Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi.

Agreed no need to mention Yamal. Just see for yourself, self explanatory.

[LTU_btc]

I was also surprised when making predictions in the pool, seeing that there are many matches spread out over an entire week, while usually they only take place over 3-4 days. Perhaps the matches scheduled over the full week involve teams that aren't participating in European competitions, so their schedule is more flexible. Or maybe it's due to television broadcast needs.

This week we have games where Betis, Real Sociedad and Athletic is involved - all these teams playing in Europa or Conference league, so, I guess it might be related with new format. Previously UEFA didn't allowed to play national leagues on the same time as UEFA Cups, unless it's rescheduled game.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

I was also surprised when making predictions in the pool, seeing that there are many matches spread out over an entire week, while usually they only take place over 3-4 days. Perhaps the matches scheduled over the full week involve teams that aren't participating in European competitions, so their schedule is more flexible. Or maybe it's due to television broadcast needs.

This week we have games where Betis, Real Sociedad and Athletic is involved - all these teams playing in Europa or Conference league, so, I guess it might be related with new format. Previously UEFA didn't allowed to play national leagues on the same time as UEFA Cups, unless it's rescheduled game.

Yes it was very strange to see that round 7 played in midweek and cut in a half, with some teams playing in this week and others playing in the following one.

But yes i think is like LTU said, is for this new format in european competitions and super tight calendars. I hope to not have any problem with this changes in my competition.