Sportsbet.io UEFA Nations League Prediction Pool Discussion Thread

[LTU_btc]

Seems that I'm not alone who completely forgot about this pool, so, thanks for reminder. When you play in so many pools, it's easy to forget something, especially after such long break. It was nice surprise for me to see that I'm on 3rd place.
@buwaytress, some bald predictions, I completely disagree about Poland - Netherlands prediction, but I think that backing Hungary makes sense, considering situation in group.

[Trofo]

So THIS is why I had urgent reminders from Superbru... entering my picks using pure gut here, 18th position out of 21? I definitely have nothing to lose. Thank you Nations League and World Cup for making this season so congested.

Feel free to follow my sure-win picks

Belgium-Wales: 3 - 0
Croatia-Denmark: 2 - 1
France-Austria: 0 - 2
Poland-Netherlands: 0 - 3
Germany-Hungary: 1 - 3
Italy-England: 0 - 1
Czech Republic-Portugal: 0 - 3
Spain-Switzerland: 3 - 0

Looking at those games I don't see many markets for me to exploit. Only thing from above list I would be comfortable putting my money in Croatia both to score and maybe handicap on Austria if they offer good enough odd for it. Something on the line that Austria will not loose with more than 1 goals difference but I would prefer if they give +2.5 for some solid odds.

Maybe both to score on Germany game and Netherlands ML could also be considered. As I said, good thing I am low on betting money at the moment since I see a lot of red tickets in near future 

[swogerino]

It looks like it starts this Thursday and is a pool I am looking forward to,not because I am expecting to win anything out from it but because it is one of the pool where I have done relatively well so far and we are only waiting this last round,this week of games in order to choose the winners,it is the shortest pool in a time span I mean compared to the other pools yet it was a good one.Only 16 games to finish this pool and it looks like in the upcoming games there is some money to be made especially Belgium game which looks like the easiest from all the others.

[darxiaomi]

Im doing a bad performance in a lot of polls and this its not the exception hahaha.

I just complete the results only for fun, i dont think i ahve a chance in the rest of this pool, lets prepare for the WC pool..... i mean we gonna have a WC pool no?

I hope that will be a really big one.

[casperBGD]

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Only thing from above list I would be comfortable putting my money in Croatia both to score and maybe handicap on Austria if they offer good enough odd for it.

is Livakovic first choice for Croatia keeper?

will put picks in the pool tomorrow or on Wednesday, did not started well, and would probably finish that way also
looking at pairs it does seem that there is nothing to play on betting market, but Belgium should be goals against Wales, maybe BTTS as well

[Trofo]

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Only thing from above list I would be comfortable putting my money in Croatia both to score and maybe handicap on Austria if they offer good enough odd for it.

is Livakovic first choice for Croatia keeper?

will put picks in the pool tomorrow or on Wednesday, did not started well, and would probably finish that way also
looking at pairs it does seem that there is nothing to play on betting market, but Belgium should be goals against Wales, maybe BTTS as well

Livaković is the the first choice unless something unexpected like injury happened. But if it did I am almost sure I would have heard of it since our media loves to put those kinds of news out as soon as possible.

If you are asking about the bet, my choice isn't cause of keeper, we just had problems defending set pieces recently and did not look compact at the back in most games. We are always good for one goal in attack so both to score on Croatia games is usually my choice.

[jeremypwr]

Some good discussion going on here so let's make Round #5 a little more interesting and award a 2 mbtc Free Bet to the Yellow Cap winner  

[Harkorede]

Some good discussion going on here so let's make Round #5 a little more interesting and award a 2 mbtc Free Bet to the Yellow Cap winner  

That's more than an incentive to get me interested in the round, I was already hoping the next ~10 days would rather just go by so pretty fast  

I'd have made my picks regardless anyways, but I was already having the notion of going rogue with my picks, because I have probably nothing more than being a couple of places from the bottom of the table to lose, and I can expect the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed users to get more conserved and not chase wild points with wild predictions.

[buwaytress]

@buwaytress, some bald predictions, I completely disagree about Poland - Netherlands prediction, but I think that backing Hungary makes sense, considering situation in group.

Poland is only because of Lewandowski. I backed NL in the last Nations League edition, and that went really well for me. They've got an amazing team individually and VVD was in god mode then, even captaining and scoring so many times, Memphis as well, among others. They seem to be out of sorts this time around though but should still get some good goals in.

Looking at those games I don't see many markets for me to exploit. Only thing from above list I would be comfortable putting my money in Croatia both to score and maybe handicap on Austria if they offer good enough odd for it. Something on the line that Austria will not loose with more than 1 goals difference but I would prefer if they give +2.5 for some solid odds.

Maybe both to score on Germany game and Netherlands ML could also be considered. As I said, good thing I am low on betting money at the moment since I see a lot of red tickets in near future 

Austria yeah, not even 9/1 at the moment against mighty France (I'll take it if/when I find 10/1), though it does reflect on the French weirdness of past several years (to my observation). Full of talents, and yet in the past needed to rely on old guards to get them through... talking about Giroud, now even Benzema, which is something you expect from Croatia maybe but guys like Mbappe and Pogba have not been pulling their weight at all.

[Trofo]

Some good discussion going on here so let's make Round #5 a little more interesting and award a 2 mbtc Free Bet to the Yellow Cap winner  

Thanks jeremy and SB.

Nice little bonus to make it extra interesting to those gravitating to the bottom of the pool. Now I am torn between picking upsets in effort to close the gap to the top or to go with expected and try to get this bonus. Probably gonna end picking some upsets but choosing the games totally wrong and earning myself a nice wooden spoon in the process

[casperBGD]

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If you are asking about the bet, my choice isn't cause of keeper, we just had problems defending set pieces recently and did not look compact at the back in most games. We are always good for one goal in attack so both to score on Croatia games is usually my choice.

it was about fantasy football, to have him or not in the team (although I do not have many other options for International breaks, tough to maintain team in times when there is no club football)

Some good discussion going on here so let's make Round #5 a little more interesting and award a 2 mbtc Free Bet to the Yellow Cap winner 

great news from Sportsbet, it will be more interesting, especially for participants that hardly can go up in the pool

[buwaytress]

Made a mistake, thought Scotland was the first game on our round, that shows just how much I actually remember or follow with this tournament that I'd forgotten we were only doing League A games.

Also made sense I couldn't find the game showing!

GL tomorrow, bastards.

[Trofo]

Made a mistake, thought Scotland was the first game on our round, that shows just how much I actually remember or follow with this tournament that I'd forgotten we were only doing League A games.

Also made sense I couldn't find the game showing!

GL tomorrow, bastards.

Wanted to make fun if you but I am too honest for that. I was driving home yesterday and I sow Scotland game started and thinking to myself, fu... you idiot, how do you forget to make picks in your own pool 

Too make things even worse, still did not make them and would probably have the same reaction today if it weren't for my fantasy chat on Sportsbet and Croatia playing tonight. Not even I can forget trough that.

[swogerino]

Made a mistake, thought Scotland was the first game on our round, that shows just how much I actually remember or follow with this tournament that I'd forgotten we were only doing League A games.

Also made sense I couldn't find the game showing!

GL tomorrow, bastards.

Wanted to make fun if you but I am too honest for that. I was driving home yesterday and I sow Scotland game started and thinking to myself, fu... you idiot, how do you forget to make picks in your own pool 

Too make things even worse, still did not make them and would probably have the same reaction today if it weren't for my fantasy chat on Sportsbet and Croatia playing tonight. Not even I can forget trough that.

Last round starting today,I was also a bit surprised when I didn't see Scotland vs Ukraine in the Superbru app  but soon recalled that A league thing.Tonight games sound like really easy on paper and we should have four victories.

Belgium game is the easiest one as I am sure they will beat Wales,Croatia is a strong candidate to win too together with France and Holland.I don't expect any surprise tonight but even if they happen I will not be surprised also as these teams has not been playing from a couple of months so they time to find themselves again.

[buwaytress]

Too make things even worse, still did not make them and would probably have the same reaction today if it weren't for my fantasy chat on Sportsbet and Croatia playing tonight. Not even I can forget trough that.

I'll do my best to show up this time! Be curious to see what other people think. I think at least 2 draws tonight, and 0-0 and clean sheets... but no result will surprise me tbh.

Last round starting today,I was also a bit surprised when I didn't see Scotland vs Ukraine in the Superbru app  but soon recalled that A league thing.Tonight games sound like really easy on paper and we should have four victories.

Belgium game is the easiest one as I am sure they will beat Wales,Croatia is a strong candidate to win too together with France and Holland.I don't expect any surprise tonight but even if they happen I will not be surprised also as these teams has not been playing from a couple of months so they time to find themselves again.

I swear Scotland and Ukraine were top tier but I can't for my life remember how the tourney went, so they either got relegated or this was a seeding problem, whatever haha.

France is marvellous to bet against... I did promise only to bet on Austria if odds went 10/1 but I went ahead and put something on it almost 9/1.

[tomahawk9]

France is marvellous to bet against... I did promise only to bet on Austria if odds went 10/1 but I went ahead and put something on it almost 9/1.

Good luck. Lineups confirmed and odds got slashed to 6/1, France will play with only 5 stars from the best starting XI, didn't expect this many injueries so i had to make a small change to my superbru prediction 

[casperBGD]

can't be more expected than current results, all favorites are up, and would probably stay that way
France would be on a relegation to group B danger without this win, so I expected them to put through today

will be interesting tomorrow for England, they are in similar situation with relegation to lower rank, but much more difficult, since Hungary is not relegating, so they have to push Italy or Germany down

[ILuckyGuyI]

I was very indecisive between picking 2-0 or 3-0 France win and I chose 3-0 at the end. Now it is 2-0 but it is really worrying for me at the same time. Because if it ends by this score Hoody Hoo, LTU_btc and MoSala all can catch up with me a little more.  

I have similar feelings about the Belgium game also as I picked 3-1 Belgium win for that. 2-1 is not good for me at all. There is still enough time for both matches to see the goals I've been waiting for. The thing is France can score the third one but I'm having high doubts about Belgium. Because they have only 2 shots in the second half and none of them was on target. They are still dominant but this isn't enough for scoring a goal when they can't increase their goal attempts.  

[swogerino]

A lot of people did very well for this round where the guys in the front lacked a bit,not all of them but a couple.This pool is becoming very interesting as about 9 positions are only divided by less than 9 points,I am talking about the top 9 and in there the last 5 are divided by like 2.5 points so this pool remains anyone guess,personally I don't believe to make it in the top five despite being near,I never won something in any pool so I am not expecting this to be different.

Tomorrow games are delicate ones and may cause big upsets and big difference in the standings,let's see how these unfold.

[Harkorede]

I was very indecisive between picking 2-0 or 3-0 France win and I chose 3-0 at the end. Now it is 2-0 but it is really worrying for me at the same time. Because if it ends by this score Hoody Hoo, LTU_btc and MoSala all can catch up with me a little more.  

I have similar feelings about the Belgium game also as I picked 3-1 Belgium win for that. 2-1 is not good for me at all. There is still enough time for both matches to see the goals I've been waiting for. The thing is France can score the third one but I'm having high doubts about Belgium. Because they have only 2 shots in the second half and none of them was on target. They are still dominant but this isn't enough for scoring a goal when they can't increase their goal attempts.  

I fell short of 3 different exact picks too, so I could have had 12 flawless points, but I in the end got just 6, I had 2-0 Belgium and I thought Croatia would draw against Poland, but after Poland were to equalize, it took just a few minutes before threw the game away again.

Ulven with 3 exact score and 1 close score is very impressive to be honest, it looks line easy score line to go for, but have them all correctly is never easy, good job man! 👍🏾