🐳 Whale.io ⚽ Cross League Goal Madness ⚽ Discussion Thread

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Inter and Bayer (me) vs Liverpool and Bayern (Saint-loup). Bookies give similar odds, I think the advantage is mine here.

5 more rounds to catch 3 points deficit, this is the round in which I reduce the gap

Nice to see you finally have a chance to engage in a real fight against the leader.


About the teams selected for this round, im very happy about it, i dont know but it seems like is the first time we have all the teams selected for a round.

[Saint-loup]

Inter and Bayer (me) vs Liverpool and Bayern (Saint-loup). Bookies give similar odds, I think the advantage is mine here.

5 more rounds to catch 3 points deficit, this is the round in which I reduce the gap

I agree you are very likely to reduce the gap indeed, but I think(well I hope tbh ) it will be very hard to get 3 more goals than me with those teams for this round.

For me, the gap between Liverpool and West Ham is roughly the same as the one between Inter and Cagliari currently, the goal difference was about the same in their respective first meeting this season. But Liverpool has a better goals per game average than Inter this season, and a far higher xG rate, especially at home (while West Ham has a slightly higher xGA than Cagliari in addition)
Regarding Bayern, I bet Dortmund players will still be psychologically broken and ashamed to play in front of a German crowd after last Wednesday’s 4-0 thrashing by Barça LOL, so I expect a juicy match Anyway I wish you the best of luck for this round and I wish me to get even more luck.

[cryptofrka]

I agree you are very likely to reduce the gap indeed, but I think(well I hope tbh ) it will be very hard to get 3 more goals than me with those teams for this round.

For me, the gap between Liverpool and West Ham is roughly the same as the one between Inter and Cagliari currently, the goal difference was about the same in their respective first meeting this season. But Liverpool has a better goals per game average than Inter this season, and a far higher xG rate, especially at home (while West Ham has a slightly higher xGA than Cagliari in addition)
Regarding Bayern, I bet Dortmund players will still be psychologically broken and ashamed to play in front of a German crowd after last Wednesday’s 4-0 thrashing by Barça LOL, so I expect a juicy match Anyway I wish you the best of luck for this round and I wish me to get even more luck.

Seems not so great for me at this point with Bayer failing to score at all against Union.
Inter did their part, I don't feel Liverpool will score 3 tomorrow, but Bayern keeps showing me that they have to be a default pick for the season.

You're 1 goal behind with Liverpool still to play, so it's almost certainly you that will be increasing the gap. I won't be giving up though

[darbitmobilerecovery]

I agree you are very likely to reduce the gap indeed, but I think(well I hope tbh ) it will be very hard to get 3 more goals than me with those teams for this round.

For me, the gap between Liverpool and West Ham is roughly the same as the one between Inter and Cagliari currently, the goal difference was about the same in their respective first meeting this season. But Liverpool has a better goals per game average than Inter this season, and a far higher xG rate, especially at home (while West Ham has a slightly higher xGA than Cagliari in addition)
Regarding Bayern, I bet Dortmund players will still be psychologically broken and ashamed to play in front of a German crowd after last Wednesday’s 4-0 thrashing by Barça LOL, so I expect a juicy match Anyway I wish you the best of luck for this round and I wish me to get even more luck.

Seems not so great for me at this point with Bayer failing to score at all against Union.
Inter did their part, I don't feel Liverpool will score 3 tomorrow, but Bayern keeps showing me that they have to be a default pick for the season.

You're 1 goal behind with Liverpool still to play, so it's almost certainly you that will be increasing the gap. I won't be giving up though

Disaster made by Leverkusen, and msot thinking about the result of Bayern Munich who tie against Dormund, Leverkusen needs to win to cut the gap and they dont score a single goal.

Some other teams also didnt score or score very little, Forest 0 and Arsenal only 1.


As i notify team who goes out of the selection start to score a lot of goals, and that is what happens with Manchester City....

[KTChampions]

Damn Bayer! I don't care about this competition (in the sense that I treat it as entertainment) but when I see Bayern losing points here and there and Bayer instead of taking the opportunity also losing points I get angry.
If Bayer had used at least 50% of the opportunities that Bayern offers, it would already be in first place.
Instead, we don't even have intrigue and any motivation to watch the games and care about the teams.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Well seems like we keep collecting low ammounts of goals scored by the big teams in this round, i dont think is gonna be low as the last one but for sure we are gonna have some interesting results.

Damn Bayer! I don't care about this competition (in the sense that I treat it as entertainment) but when I see Bayern losing points here and there and Bayer instead of taking the opportunity also losing points I get angry.
If Bayer had used at least 50% of the opportunities that Bayern offers, it would already be in first place.
Instead, we don't even have intrigue and any motivation to watch the games and care about the teams.

Yes, is incredible it seems like we are back at the normal on Bundesliga where all the teams fail to catch Munich without so much sense. Only last year Leverkusen broke that spell, but i see this happening a lot of times when the fight was against Dortmund for example.

[famososMuertos]

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Ok, aha, yes,  it's the Bundesliga, blah blah blah, the important thing here is that my Atalanta scored two goals... that's what's really important in this matchday, and that Newcastle scored 4 against MCU, the winner of this matchday repeats with a +-10 (!?), we'll see...

[KTChampions]

Damn Bayer! I don't care about this competition (in the sense that I treat it as entertainment) but when I see Bayern losing points here and there and Bayer instead of taking the opportunity also losing points I get angry.
If Bayer had used at least 50% of the opportunities that Bayern offers, it would already be in first place.
Instead, we don't even have intrigue and any motivation to watch the games and care about the teams.

Yes, is incredible it seems like we are back at the normal on Bundesliga where all the teams fail to catch Munich without so much sense. Only last year Leverkusen broke that spell, but i see this happening a lot of times when the fight was against Dortmund for example.

The most interesting thing is that if you remove Bayern, I don’t even know if the Bundesliga will become more interesting? There is no pool of top teams like in the Premier League or Serie A, which would support the competition at a high level even if some teams are in decline. The Bundesliga resembles a boiling broth where a team takes off and the next season is already fighting for survival. It’s good that Bayer at least didn’t fall so low, but Dortmund did.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

The most interesting thing is that if you remove Bayern, I don’t even know if the Bundesliga will become more interesting? There is no pool of top teams like in the Premier League or Serie A, which would support the competition at a high level even if some teams are in decline. The Bundesliga resembles a boiling broth where a team takes off and the next season is already fighting for survival. It’s good that Bayer at least didn’t fall so low, but Dortmund did.

I think yes, because ou know the psicological factor is quite important, and i feel like most of the teams feels like Munich is a giant and they cant beat them or they have nightmares only thinking about them.

But i get your point and i also feel a few more leagues are having some troubles with this kind of teams, but in Germany is a much bigger problem.

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Ok, aha, yes,  it's the Bundesliga, blah blah blah, the important thing here is that my Atalanta scored two goals... that's what's really important in this matchday, and that Newcastle scored 4 against MCU, the winner of this matchday repeats with a +-10 (!?), we'll see...

Until now you are at top of the round, but some guys wants to catch you..... Lets see how the remaining teams plays.

Dropping banana peels like mario karts or crash bandicot is forbiden....

[darxiaomi]

Guys is time to anounce the winners of this round and the winners are....... Trofo and myself with 12 points.

What a last day for this round with two big scoring matches. Atletico Madrid finally paying off and Napoli in the same line with 4 and 3 goals.



As always check if all is ok.

The fight is heating up.

[arallmuus]

Guys is time to anounce the winners of this round and the winners are....... Trofo and myself with 12 points.

Dang, you managed to win despite picking Bayer. You picked all the good teams with you. If only I picked Bayern over Bayer, I would have gotten 13 points

Saint-loup is still leading the pack with 4 points ahead of cryptofrka on the 2nd spot, Trofo and ltu-btc sharing 3rd and 4th spot which are also 4 points ahead from the next contender. 4 more rounds to go, lets see who will slip of top 4.  

Edit : I just noticed that Saint-loup actually missed 1 round and still standing on top ! what a player

[famososMuertos]

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Dropping banana peels like mario karts or crash bandicot is forbiden....

Lol, you know... there's an expression from a certain country that says "the ID fell out," referring to the fact that the comment you made is for older people. Anyway, I think Minecraft, Roblox, etc., are more appropriate for these times.

Crash Bandicoot, haha, amazing. I never thought I'd read that here. I played this game a lot on the first Nintendo Wii consoles that came out there in the early 21th. Anyway, we were probably in the same video game club...

Well, on-topic, talking about the results, I hit "pinche balon", and the "veterans" attacked. Congratulations to them. I'm being formal. "I" should have won. Anyway, Don't worry, I'm probably speaking for those who got 11 pts (goals).

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Edit : I just noticed that Saint-loup actually missed 1 round and still standing on top ! what a player

According to comments in the hallways of Cross League Madness, he didn't forget; it was intentional, to show that he is the "madness boss."

[cryptofrka]

Are the tiebreak goals calculated anywhere? Would be great to be able to see if I'm closer to that one or Saint-loup is.

4 points in 4 rounds is doable, I'll have to make some unconventional picks though. My 2nd position should be safe enough to take a bit more risk.
I do want him to win though, I have a chance only because he did not submit. Still, now that the chance is here, I'll fight for it.

[darxiaomi]

Guys as always i know we all with the head on the Champions League but this madness has to run.

ROUND 27 WEEK FROM 18/04 to 21/04 [DEADLINE: START OF THE BAYERN/MAINZ/LEIPZIG GAME ON 19/04]

One little notice, since we are gonna be on easter holidays i cant be so present with the tags i always made for the people who dont submit, so please be ensure to make your picks.

The same can happen with the answers maybe im not gonna be able to show the spreadsheet so fast like always this time because i dont know if im gonna have signal.

Code:

Trofo
cryptofrka
KTChampions
famososMuertos
vd309
LTU_btc
buwaytress
el che
iv4n
jayce
ajiz138
darxiaomi
Saint-loup
arallmuus
omikifuse

As always good luck and let me know if something is not working.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Are the tiebreak goals calculated anywhere? Would be great to be able to see if I'm closer to that one or Saint-loup is.

4 points in 4 rounds is doable, I'll have to make some unconventional picks though. My 2nd position should be safe enough to take a bit more risk.
I do want him to win though, I have a chance only because he did not submit. Still, now that the chance is here, I'll fight for it.

You are gonna make my data team work..... 

Until now we have.......

PM:946
Serie A:825
LaLiga: 811
Bundesliga: 808
Total: 3390 Goals.

Lol, you know... there's an expression from a certain country that says "the ID fell out," referring to the fact that the comment you made is for older people. Anyway, I think Minecraft, Roblox, etc., are more appropriate for these times.

Crash Bandicoot, haha, amazing. I never thought I'd read that here. I played this game a lot on the first Nintendo Wii consoles that came out there in the early 21th. Anyway, we were probably in the same video game club...

Hahaha i dont have any problem with the "ID felt out" im proud of it, we lived the golden age of games.

Crash is one of the funniest games to play with friends.

[buwaytress]

^ And I'm too old to have been playing Crash Bandicoot... I think the last true platformer I played with friends was the 1-player Earthworm Jim, but we had moved on to PES almost purely by then. The PS Contra series were pretty good on coop too but it wasn't everyone's cup of tea.

My era's more of Golden Axe and Contra, or Streets of Rage -- somehow Sega Genesis was more our thing, if not the old KOEI games on PC (who loves hot-seating with friends on turn-based games like Romance of 3 Kingdoms or Civilisation?). Nintendo guys didn't like coop so much!

Back on topic, I had some good picks last round, and some bad ones. Nothing special for me this time, but left out Barca for once. And some unlikely Chelsea in there (they've looked horrible but hey something has to give!).

[KTChampions]

Are the tiebreak goals calculated anywhere? Would be great to be able to see if I'm closer to that one or Saint-loup is.

4 points in 4 rounds is doable, I'll have to make some unconventional picks though. My 2nd position should be safe enough to take a bit more risk.
I do want him to win though, I have a chance only because he did not submit. Still, now that the chance is here, I'll fight for it.

Oh, only 4 rounds to go. I can hardly imagine what to do when it's all over. On the one hand, I'm tired of forecasts and a rest wouldn't hurt, but on the other hand, it will be hard to survive until autumn without entertainment 
As I understand it, in the summer we will only have a phenomenally long tournament of three games (Nations League). But still, the title is at stake, so the games will be serious.

[darxiaomi]

Champions League time ended so now we are gonna focus on the Madness, im gonna tag the people who dont submit yet.

Code:

Trofo
KTChampions
famososMuertos
vd309
LTU_btc
el che
iv4n
jayce
ajiz138
darxiaomi
Saint-loup
omikifuse

Is nothing to wait for, and i repeat maybe tomorrow is the last day i can tag people, so be aware.

^ And I'm too old to have been playing Crash Bandicoot... I think the last true platformer I played with friends was the 1-player Earthworm Jim, but we had moved on to PES almost purely by then. The PS Contra series were pretty good on coop too but it wasn't everyone's cup of tea.

My era's more of Golden Axe and Contra, or Streets of Rage -- somehow Sega Genesis was more our thing, if not the old KOEI games on PC (who loves hot-seating with friends on turn-based games like Romance of 3 Kingdoms or Civilisation?). Nintendo guys didn't like coop so much!

Back on topic, I had some good picks last round, and some bad ones. Nothing special for me this time, but left out Barca for once. And some unlikely Chelsea in there (they've looked horrible but hey something has to give!).

Im not gonna lie im pretty basic, much more into Age of Empires 2, Counter Strike , PES, Need for speed, etc.

As I understand it, in the summer we will only have a phenomenally long tournament of three games (Nations League). But still, the title is at stake, so the games will be serious.

I dont check it yet. Lets see how is that.

Is not also the world cup of teams this year?

[KTChampions]

Champions League time ended so now we are gonna focus on the Madness, im gonna tag the people who dont submit yet.
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As I understand it, in the summer we will only have a phenomenally long tournament of three games (Nations League). But still, the title is at stake, so the games will be serious.

I dont check it yet. Lets see how is that.

Is not also the world cup of teams this year?

Oh yeah, exactly! Formally it's a big event with a lot of games, but in fact it will be friendly games again, maybe with a couple of key confrontations (if we're lucky). In any case, none of the clubs will adjust their preparation for the season based on this tournament.
Maybe this will be a profitable tournament in terms of cash bets? Something like the Europa League in the old format, when the top clubs that got there often lost to the underdogs.

[darxiaomi]

Tag because a lot of people still doubting about their picks and only one player submit between yesterday and today.

Code:

Trofo
famososMuertos
vd309
LTU_btc
el che
iv4n
jayce
ajiz138
Saint-loup
omikifuse

Oh yeah, exactly! Formally it's a big event with a lot of games, but in fact it will be friendly games again, maybe with a couple of key confrontations (if we're lucky). In any case, none of the clubs will adjust their preparation for the season based on this tournament.
Maybe this will be a profitable tournament in terms of cash bets? Something like the Europa League in the old format, when the top clubs that got there often lost to the underdogs.

Its gonna be a good feeling to see again big teams from my country like Boca and River playing again against the big one from europe.

And yes, before anyone ask, for sure it can end very bad for the teams of my country, they are not in the level.