⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Bundesliga ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2025/2026

Quote from: cryptofrka on April 13, 2026, 09:10:46 AM

With 5 games to go, most of the positions are already decided. We'll probably be seeing games with even more goals going forward.
Bayern - Stuttgart is the one to watch - Bayern's +78 GD looks like a glitch Grin

Nice score. Had I listened to my darkest of desires, I would have had the Freiburg win and shared the cap, but I didn't listen on others and benefitted.

+78? I would never have guessed that in a lifetime, at just 30 odd games... this must be a record of some sort. Harry Kane was/is no dud, for sure.

Quote from: cryptofrka on April 13, 2026, 09:10:46 AM

With 5 games to go, most of the positions are already decided. We'll probably be seeing games with even more goals going forward.

Yeah, main things has been decided long time ago, but there is still fight for UEFA spots remaining and also battle to avoid relegation. But without any doubts there is one team which will get much more interest than usual. It's Union who become first club in Top 5 leagues who appointed women as head coach:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cq59yvy6v0eo
Union is terrible after winter break, but despite it, mission to stay in the league doesn't looks difficult.

in around 10.5 hours the 30th matchday in the bundesliga starts with the game st. pauli vs. köln and the battle for the top ranks begins again
to make sure that all pool participants submit their picks in time, here is a reminder for all those who are missing out:

Code:

bullrun2024bro
Saint-loup
morvillz7z
buwaytress
Unknown01
el che
Kanapka
Trofo
Etiquette.exe
B1g4udge
mv1986

Thanks for the timely reminder, as usual, it really helps me during a busy week. Once more, not much thought into this one. After failing to trust Freiburg last round, against my instincts, I will now support them for a huge win (they seem to suddenly be in good form, that Europa League euphoria should still last them a bit).

One 2-2 draw, and two 1-1s, is all the draw picks I can stomach haha.

Oh, yeah! First game and already a perfect 4 points. LTU_btc also had the same result so nothing changed in his advantage over me, but I have narrowed the KTchampions' advantage and now I'm sitting in the third place. If only the rest of the results would go my way... All of a sudden this pool looks very interesting to me Grin

Quote from: slackovic on April 18, 2026, 06:12:30 AM

After Saturday's games situation didn't changed much between you, me and KTChampions. But there is one more guy who want to join fight for winner's name - SaintLoup with his 12 points got significantly closer to us. It will be very hot in remaining rounds.
Didn't saw Bayer loosing to Augsburg, while debut of Union women coach didn't ended well - they lost to Wolfsburg, despite dominating the game.

Quote from: LTU_btc on April 18, 2026, 07:27:30 PM

Yeah, it's pretty crowded at the top and there was a fair amount of unexpected results yesterday. Well, at least I didn't expect them, but I guess SaintLoup did. You still have a fairly good buffer of six points ahead of KT_Champions. It would be great if I could win at least one yellow cap in the remaining rounds. Is that too much to ask? Grin

with 19 points B1g4udge wins Matchday 29 - congratulations!

slackovic continues to be in top form and has now climbed to second place in the table, trailing our leader LTU_btc by just 7 points.
and cryptofrka has finally done it and overtaken me... Tongue

Quote from: cygan on April 20, 2026, 07:15:09 AM

with 19 points B1g4udge wins Matchday 29 - congratulations!

slackovic continues to be in top form and has now climbed to second place in the table, trailing our leader LTU_btc by just 7 points.
and cryptofrka has finally done it and overtaken me... Tongue

/snip

Oh wow! I climbed up to the second place? That's great news. On Saturday I thought that I will be lucky to stay in the third place, but Sunday results (especially that draw between M'gladbach and Mainz) really saved my a$$. However, players below me are breathing down my neck and I can't afford one bad round all the way until the end of the season.

cygan is down! I'll celebrate this like there's no tomorrow Cool

B1g4udge wins the week, cryptofrka overtakes cygan, and Bayern are champions, what else is there to live for in this pool but to keep fighting to the bitter end?

Another rather middling performance from me -- yeah, okay I kept with the pace but with so few games left, can I really count on gaining 7 or so more points to enter a prize spot? Four more games, friends. I can do it. haha

Quote from: slackovic on April 20, 2026, 07:44:12 AM

Yesterday during last game I followed live table and I dropped to 2nd place when Gladbach was leading 1:0. Fortunately I was saved by extremely late Mainz penalty and got result that I needed. You too Wink

Quote from: buwaytress on April 20, 2026, 01:58:04 PM

and Bayern are champions

Yeah, Bayern made it official what was obvious for few months already. And when you see their celebrations after the game, there isn't even much joy. Understandable, big things is still ahead - Cup and Champions league semifinals.

Quote from: LTU_btc on April 20, 2026, 05:20:52 PM

I didn't follow the results because I always have stuff to do with my kids during a weekend. Besides, it's much easier and stress-free to just look at the results after the games have been played.

Quote from: LTU_btc on April 20, 2026, 05:20:52 PM

The fact that they secured the title with a win probably didn't mean much to the players, as they likely realized they were champions long time ago. Not only do they have a massive lead, but they have only lost one match so far this entire season, against Augsburg.

Quote from: LTU_btc on April 20, 2026, 05:20:52 PM

I didn't see it but I think I caught a photo of Kane staring ahead. I mean, he's always had a bit of that soulless stare in his eyes anyway, perhaps it's just unusual for him to actually win something a second time? I know it's the only major title, but there's a good, good chance of Champs League too so yeah, I think we can forgive them for having eyes on the horizon. Third treble incoming?

in around 9 hours the 31th matchday in the bundesliga starts with the game leipzig vs. union berlin and the battle for the top ranks begins again
to make sure that all pool participants submit their picks in time, here is a reminder for all those who are missing out:

Code:

LTU_btc
KTChampions
Saint-loup
morvillz7z
el che
buwaytress
Harkorede
Unknown01
Kanapka
Etiquette.exe
Trofo
mv1986

Thanks for the picks cygan, hope you're enjoying some good drinks with fellow Germans on this fine sunny weekend (here at least, a rarity much appreciated). Now many chances left to make up the ground so I went with some draw that I ordinarily pick a narrow win for. And then, also, dropped my average 3/4 goal picks for slightly more realistic 1 and 2s heh.

Good luck everyone!

booom - with an incredible 29 points slackovic shoots to the top of our bundesliga pools leaderboard and of course, also wins the yellow cap on this matchday - congratulations!

these 29 points set a new record that will be very, very difficult to beat in the future!!!
slackovic now leads by 5 points over LTU_btc... can he still be stopped?!
i’ll upload the graphic soon after the maintenance work on talkimg... done

Damn, @slackovic , you did impossible thing - 29 points, all correct outcomes, 5 exact predictions. All I can now - remove my hat to show respect.
I can't even complain about my 17 points because it was tricky round with so many 50/50 games on paper.

Quote from: cygan on April 26, 2026, 06:30:50 PM

booom - with an incredible 29 points slackovic shoots to the top of our bundesliga pools leaderboard and of course, also wins the yellow cap on this matchday - congratulations!

29 points in 9 games is a practically impossible result to think about surpassing or repeating Shocked

Congratz to slackovic!
It's tough to lose a position (I dropped from second to third) with only three rounds left, but his example shows that the risk can pay off... Roll Eyes

I hope the randomness of the last rounds doesn't work against me.
By the way, the fight for the top 4 has come to life again, and the teams participating in it will definitely not relax.

It goes without saying that I am pretty much in shock after seeing the results. If I had put all games on a ticket, it would be a pretty good win. Few round ago the 1st place looked unachivable but now that I have it, I surely hope that I won't lose it