[Q] Is this ok?

[libert19]

I might sound like a whiner and could be making fuss about nothing, but I just need clarity on this.

These are three posts in question:

1)

I don't believe in that deception called called gambling for entertainment. How can you use your hard-earned money for entertainment when there are demo versions in the various casinos, why not just used the demo for entertainment if you are gambling for entertainment?  Let's stop thar deception because it is turning a lot of people to gamble addicts because they normalise losing as entertainment and don't know when to stop gambling. Gambling is a business that can make or mar an individual, so it should not be treated like some sort of PS5 because money is involved.

I think it’s destructive to look at gambling as a business or a way to make money because that’s the mentality that get people hooked on chasing losses. Gambling for leisure is not a deception, it’s the best approach to gambling. Just because money is involved doesn’t mean you should spend all you have, people spend money on PlayStation plus monthly, they subscribe to Netflix, Prime, Amazon e.t.c monthly, so what’s so different about setting aside $40 to gamble in a month?

2)

The above story teaches us that gambling does not bring anything good to a person, but rather it slowly ends his life like smoking.

You people hate gambling so much but see no problem wearing a casino signature and getting paid for advertising their casino. What that teaches me about you lot is that you don’t mind where your paycheck comes from. I wonder where your moral compass is coming from.

3)

This may sound harsh but I read the author’s post  on Reddit and it seems to me that he is looking for a pity party instead of moving on. He’s so fixated on what he’s lost that he can see what’s in front of him. IMO, what he really needs is a social life. Go to the gym, find your purpose - something that drives you, and lastly make new friends.

Question being, shouldn't this 3 posts be merged into one (or more like, they shouldn't be separate in the first place)? Because, one is response to op (3rd link), other two are responses to comments, the comments which were already there by time earliest response was made, so how exactly do they warrant separate responses? (I literally lost my brain cells trying to articulate this, do you understand what I mean?)

I have told SatoPrincess, she finds nothing wrong (I am sorry to assume gender, but since 'princess' is in the name, I'll go with 'she'. I have reported the posts, and it went to 'unhandled', although it's been barely a day since I reported it.

PS: I am not sure if this thread belongs to meta or reputation, but currently have posted in meta, tell me if it belongs to other, will move there.

[Karl_3000]

I went through the posts and understood what you are saying, the first post was on the page 3 of the thread, the second post was on the same page 3 and she quoted someone again but someone that has posted before she posted her first post. Later she posted on page 4 without quoting anyone. That is spamming.

Moderators should merge all the posts. There are some people that have the same posting pattern which is not good.

[coinlary]

She actually quoted multiple users  on the same thread. I'm not sure how merging works, but if the quoted blocks will remain exactly how the OP has them, then they should be merged. Else, they should be deleted, excluding the first one. The reason is that merging only the OP's text instead of the entire quote makes the entire post useless and meaningless.

[Hazink]

Question being, shouldn't this 3 posts be merged into one (or more like, they shouldn't be separate in the first place)? Because, one is response to op (3rd link), other two are responses to comments, the comments which were already there by time earliest response was made, so how exactly do they warrant separate responses? (I literally lost my brain cells trying to articulate this, do you understand what I mean?)

I have to go back to the thread in question to read through everything to others understand it better.

So let's assume she replied to the first person before coming back to the thread and later read through a comment which caught her interested and decided to contribute even further. The best could have been to edit your first comment (since the one she's replying to is before her first comment and not even after she submitted her reply) and add it together since it's just quoting, and then for the 3rd link which was replying to the op of the thread after 2 comment on same thread which could have been come first if anything.

Those 3 comments should be merged together let assume she's not aware, but after calling to her attention she still sees nothing wrong with them. That could only point at one thing, it's being done on purpose to add up to her post count. Her campaign week ends today. Maybe she will do the merging after the post count is done.  

[Karl_3000]

She actually quoted multiple users  on the same thread. I'm not sure how merging works, but if the quoted blocks will remain exactly how the OP has them, then they should be merged. Else, they should be deleted, excluding the first one. The reason is that merging only the OP's text instead of the entire quote makes the entire post useless and meaningless.

The posts can easily be merged exactly the way they are.

I think this kind of spamming should also worth a penalty like 3 to 7 days ban.

Those 3 comments should be merged together let assume she's not aware, but after calling to her attention she still sees nothing wrong with them. That could only point at one thing, it's being done on purpose to add up to her post count. Her campaign week ends today. Maybe she will do the merging after the post count is done. 

I think such thing should be reported to their campaign manager. Igebotz was pointed to on this thread.

[hosemary]

The user is just trying to increase their post count and that's an unaccepted behavior.

The user knows if the posts are made in a row, they will be merged by moderators. So, the user made the first post, waited for others to reply and then made the second post. The user did the same thing for making the third post. In this way, the posts are not made in a row and the user can increase the post count by three instead of one.


I believe the user is manipulating rule number 32.

32. Posting multiple posts in a row (excluding bumps and reserved posts by the thread starter) is not allowed.

[coinlary]

The posts can easily be merged exactly the way they are.

I think this kind of spamming should also worth a penalty like 3 to 7 days ban.

Probably, but not starting with the OP, as it will only look like we have some personal issues with her  before now, not trying to make enemies early . Yet, I think it's a good idea to discourage it because I've seen similar behavior myself from other users. It's quite different when someone quotes me on the same thread and I'm replying back.

[stompix]

This is just one example of what spammers do for their post count that caught the eye, I've seen plenty of such cases, specifically in that said signature campaign, they reply at 8:05 to a post made at 6:00 and again in an hour come and reply to a post made at 7:00, obviously prepared posts

Another example:
First post: 7:17

Manchester City's performance was chaotic until the prime players were on the field. Salford is in the deep end of English professional football, so Manchester City players celebrating after this victory over a basement team is worthless. I expected between 6-8 goals. That was a league two team, not even championship , not the league one. City played deliberately in a relaxed manner and they thought they would win on easy mode, but the team turned out to be no timid one.

But then, because it doesn't really matter to them, they need to rest and be ready for the Premier League and the Champions League, that comes weekly. Technically, without the own goal being scored and if the penalty had been given for Salford the results would have been very different from what it is right now.

Then second post at 8:21 a reply to a post made at 5:14

Don't conclude so fast on that game as football has different ways of surprising us in games considered as work in the part games like that of Arsenal and wigan. Judging from consistency, wigan can never be compared to Arsenal in all rectifications as arsenal is recognized as one of the most consistent team in the world now which we all know while wigan is not seen even among there level.

The difference in the quality of players in the two teams has shown in the scoreline in the first half with Arsenal already having four goals and Wigan struggling to score one. This game was not hard to predict, the winner was always obvious, many of us watching the game are just trying to see how Arsenal react after just failing to get all points in their last Premier League game. It is a good reaction so far, and keeps things positive for the team as they head to their next game in the Premier League against Wolves.

If they didn't react in a good way, reassuring the fans and pulling off the pressure away from themselves, which they still need to further up against wolves like you said in their next EPL match, especially for the struggle against the 1st position, then we would be convinced that they're just on another session of their usual plague. 4 goals against Wigan athletic was a bad outcome at all, and I wasn't expecting any less of their performances in that match..

Just that they need the same energy in the major leagues as well... Right now, anymore losses for them and Man City takes over the top list. We all know they're not easy to pull back when that usually happens right?

Again:
First post at  6:15

It was just another impressive victory under Vincent Kompany. A 0:3 brutal statement to defeat Werder Bremen in their home ground. Bayern are a great team. Niko Kovac's team is hot on their heels and could very well be in the running for the Bundesliga title this year. Werder Bremen have had 12th consecutive losses and it has sent them straight to the second division, to a no man's land.

Still, it seems such teams always find a way to cause trouble for Bayern's defense. The last two months have been riddled with games with terrible 1st half performances which were at times, followed by a devastating attack or a masterful display in the second.
IMO, they're still way too vulnerable to teams pressing high who then play easily through their lines. They extended the contract with Upamecano who, in my eyes, is not deserving of it.

Reply at 6:26 to a post made at 6:09

To be fair, Bayern doesn't really care about scoring 4+ goals every game, that is not something that is their goal, their goal is to win and while you can still lose after being up 1 or 2 goals, it's harder to do that when you are up 3 goals and that is why I think they stop and to put the pedal to metal and keep scoring.

So, you're not the team's manager, not a player in the squad, neither are you a strategist, but you think you can presume what the team really cares about? If they don't care about plenty of goals, why do they keep scoring? Doesn't just make sense to me.

My point is, these goals are not just mere goals like you might think-- since you're already used to the fact that Bayern shows up, loads back with so many goals.. These goals are a "tool" and the only secret to why it's difficult to get them removed from the top of the league. 82 goals in 22 matches, have you realized the difference in goals from, let's say BVB?  It counts, unless maybe, out of nowhere, they start conceiving more goals.

As I said, it's the usual occurrence, just check for the avatar with ... let's not mention STAKE here , and you'll find it's full of such cases

Random pick:

Liverpool is linked to the Pulisic's move. I think this rumor sounds good to be true caused by Pulisic is Milan's key player. Apart from that this also confirms how they're really willing to offload Chiesa in summer. But i don't think it's a good move consider how prone Pulisic is.

He's often missed the game due to injury at Milan. It's not wise to spend huge fees to get a glass knee player like him. They can target a non injury prone with that amount of money.

Hopefully, this unnecessary transfer is still remain a rumor only until the next season.

Too good to be true? Why? Why would Liverpool need Pulisic? He is a great player but Liverpool just spent a ridiculous amount of money just 8 months ago to buy Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, and Pulisic plays in the same part of the field of the German player. It would make no sense unless they plan on selling Wirtz, and I don't think they are ready to do it after just one season.

Pulisic is often being deployed as AM after Allegri took the charge as a head coach. Yet he's often played as RW and sometimes at LW during the previous seasons. So i rated him much more versatile than Wirtz as he can play in almost any position at forwards.

But yeah paying more than 50m for him makes no sense. However, who knows Liverpool will make it happen caused by they're in the process to offload Chiesa from the squad. So they need to add more depth to their wingers.

They paid non sense amounts for Wirtz. So 50m+ sounds easy for them to sign Pulisic from Milan.  

Pulisic is a key player for AC Milan, there is no way they are going to let him go for 50 millions. If I were AC Milan I would ask them 80 millions, and I'm saying that as a Juventus fan. Considering the amount of money Liverpool spent for good-but-not-excellent players, offering 50 millions for Pulisic would be quite insulting.

Even though Christian Pulisic is a key player for AC Milan, you shouldn't expect Liverpool to bid 80 millions for Christian Pulisic because it will look as if Liverpool is desperately in need of Christian Pulisic and it will make AC Milan demand 100 millions from Liverpool. If the 50 Millions Liverpool bid for Christian Pulisic isn't good enough for Liverpool to secure his signature from AC Milan, it's let for AC Milan to tell Liverpool what they valued Christian Pulisic in order for Liverpool to improve their bid

Nottingham Forrest will end up doing even worse now, because no manager who would be decent could really desire to go there. All the good managers will know that if they go there and do even slightly bad for a while on a team that has been doing badly anyways, they will be sacked.

I just feel like the more Nottingham Forest management keeps on sacking their coaches, then their performance will keep on declining. Nottingham forest performed well last season, they made a great mistake by sacking the coach, since he was sacked, their performance just keeps on getting worst, I will say Nottingham forest management doesn’t have patience, and if they continue like this, then am not really going to expect anything from them. When you sign a coach, give the coach some time to adapt with the players.

The reason for them actually sacking the coach is because they also had a very poor and dreadful start of the season of which they couldn't overlook anymore and had to let him go . This season has been all sacking and sacking of different coaches and it has really been something else and most of the clubs who even sacked their coaches are still not getting the results they need which is just quite amusing because at the end a whole of them are going to be in big trouble especially Totetteham Hotspur.

I don't think coaches is the reason why Nottingham Forest couldn't perform well this season because three coaches has coached Nottingham Forest this season and none of the coaches could improve Nottingham Forest's performance. One of the things why Nottingham Forest is struggling this season is because Nottingham Forest management isn't patient with their coaches. If Nottingham Forest management wants to see a positive change at Nottingham Forest, they should give their new coach enough time because the new coach needs time to figure out the tactics that will be suitable for Nottingham Forest players and help them bounce back to winning ways.

50 million in my opinion is the standard price considering that Christian Pulisic is almost stepping on the head of 30 and that is not the age that is said to be young anymore, not insulting I think it is quite natural if several teams negotiate to reach an agreement moreover Liverpool has spent a lot of money to recruit players last season and this season they do not want to repeat the same mistake and want to really negotiate to get the price according to their ability.

For some reason I don't think Christian Pulisic is suited to playing in the Premier League because in my opinion the intensity is higher than the Italian League
As some have said, he is more prominent in the Italian League so it would be better for him to stay there rather than waste his career in the EPL
I'm not mocking him, I just remember how Chelsea let him go a few years ago when his performance wasn't optimal.

Christian Pulisic failure to impress in the Premier League when he was playing for Chelsea doesn't mean that the Premier League isn't suitable for Christian Pulisic because it could be that it was Chelsea that made Christian Pulisic not to perform well in the Premier League. Because I could still remember how Mohamed Salah struggled at Chelsea but when Mohamed Salah went to AS Roma and came back to the Premier League, Mohamed Salah performed very well and helped Liverpool win a lot of trophies. So if Christian Pulisic want to return back to the Premier League, he should return back because he can perform well in his new club.

Editing this 10 minutes later cause it's so funny
You think what you have seen is bad?

Guess what, it's not!
How about replying 3 DAYS later to the SAME post!

Manchester United is yet to officially announce Micheal Carrick as the new manager of the team so yeah your friend is right he's still the acting coach until it is officially announced by the management. Only the management of Manchester United knows what they are waiting for before offering Carrick the contract because he has done well for the team in the little town he has spent with the team but I don't think the management is taking time because he hasn't handled any team as the manager because what he has done shows that he has a good experience to manage the team.

Carrick is doing quite well. Manchester united are unbeaten in 5 consecutive matches. Manchester united have also been able  to perform well against big teams. This is  certainly commendable. But even then , it is not yet certain whether carrick will be successful with Manchester united. Manchester united management should wait for a few more days.

It seems that carrick will be successful with Manchester united. He has been able to identify the problems  of the players. He is trying to increase the bonding between the players. More  importantly, Manchester united players are now confident. So Manchester united has the potential to do well in the upcoming matches.

Manchester United is yet to officially announce Micheal Carrick as the new manager of the team so yeah your friend is right he's still the acting coach until it is officially announced by the management. Only the management of Manchester United knows what they are waiting for before offering Carrick the contract because he has done well for the team in the little town he has spent with the team but I don't think the management is taking time because he hasn't handled any team as the manager because what he has done shows that he has a good experience to manage the team.

It is true that Manchester united have performed well with the help  of Micheal carrick. United have done incredibly well especially against  the big teams. They have played well in all the four matches in a row. But Carrick has very little experience.

Manchester united are probably looking for someone with experience. At the same time, since carrick is doing well, they want to give him some more opportunities. If with the help of Micheal Carrick, Manchester united's overall performance changes, if they are able to play well , then maybe Manchester united will sign micheal carrick. I think Manchester united will move  forward with the help of Micheal carrick. We have seen a positive change in manchester united's overall performance in the last 4 matches.

[FinneysTrueVision]

The Stake campaign notoriously has the highest maximum post quota of any campaign. You often see people wearing that signature with poor etiquette, behaving like social media reply guys, spamming as many replies as possible.

[lovesmayfamilis]

In fact, this is a common practice of this account, you can take a look at this topic.
https://bitlist.co/search?author=SatoPrincess&topic_id=5574309&limit=20

But in fact, there is no big problem, as it seems to me, SatoPrincess supports conversations that are conducted in topics, responding with citations. It's still better than megatopics about gambling addiction, which have accumulated more than 150 pages. Try to count the number of times some users have responded to such topics, repeating almost the same thing regularly.

Let's look at the topic "buy buy blah blah blah"

[hosemary]

This is just one example of what spammers do for their post count that caught the eye, I've seen plenty of such cases, specifically in that said signature campaign, they reply at 8:05 to a post made at 6:00 and again in an hour come and reply to a post made at 7:00, obviously prepared posts

In my opinion, at the very least, they all deserve a temporary ban or even a signature ban.
The signature ban on Ivystar5 has given me hope that moderators will take stricter action against spammers in the future.

But in fact, there is no big problem, as it seems to me, SatoPrincess supports conversations that are conducted in topics, responding with citations.

I am not judging quality of SatoPrincess' posts, but what they are doing is really unacceptable.
As I said in my previous post, they are manipulating rule number 32 and I see that as cheating the forum. Users who do so know exactly what they are doing.

[Charles-Tim]

The Stake campaign notoriously has the highest maximum post quota of any campaign. You often see people wearing that signature with poor etiquette, behaving like social media reply guys, spamming as many replies as possible.

25 posts is required weekly to get paid. It is $50 for hero and around $62.5 for legendary.

Must make at least 25 quality posts per week

They are given 2 days not to post if they wish:

You must be an active forum user in daily basis (or at least 5 days a week)

But just that some people are on this forum just to spam and receive signature campaign incentive.


I think Stake has up to 5 people as campaign managers which Carollzinha assigned, that should be enough for the campaign but I think some people just want to spam and look for means not to get caught.

I think we should not blame Stake, let us blame these people. Also it will be good if the forum give them temporary ban for others to learn from them.

When there was still Chipmixer, 50 posts was required. I am posting at least 50 posts weekly for Stake but I do not spam. I think Stake should also be watchful of the people they are accepting into campaign. This is not about the number of posts. I make 70 to 75 posts several times until recently that I reduced it to 60.

[Sandra_hakeem]

First post: 7:17

Manchester City's performance was chaotic until the prime players were on the field. Salford is in the deep end of English professional football, so Manchester City players celebrating after this victory over a basement team is worthless. I expected between 6-8 goals. That was a league two team, not even championship , not the league one. City played deliberately in a relaxed manner and they thought they would win on easy mode, but the team turned out to be no timid one.

But then, because it doesn't really matter to them, they need to rest and be ready for the Premier League and the Champions League, that comes weekly. Technically, without the own goal being scored and if the penalty had been given for Salford the results would have been very different from what it is right now.

Then second post at 8:21 a reply to a post made at 5:14

Don't conclude so fast on that game as football has different ways of surprising us in games considered as work in the part games like that of Arsenal and wigan. Judging from consistency, wigan can never be compared to Arsenal in all rectifications as arsenal is recognized as one of the most consistent team in the world now which we all know while wigan is not seen even among there level.

The difference in the quality of players in the two teams has shown in the scoreline in the first half with Arsenal already having four goals and Wigan struggling to score one. This game was not hard to predict, the winner was always obvious, many of us watching the game are just trying to see how Arsenal react after just failing to get all points in their last Premier League game. It is a good reaction so far, and keeps things positive for the team as they head to their next game in the Premier League against Wolves.

If they didn't react in a good way, reassuring the fans and pulling off the pressure away from themselves, which they still need to further up against wolves like you said in their next EPL match, especially for the struggle against the 1st position, then we would be convinced that they're just on another session of their usual plague. 4 goals against Wigan athletic was a bad outcome at all, and I wasn't expecting any less of their performances in that match..

Just that they need the same energy in the major leagues as well... Right now, anymore losses for them and Man City takes over the top list. We all know they're not easy to pull back when that usually happens right?

Honestly, I know how cautious I am and how I try to stay on track, to not break any rules. I do not always wanna see myself in settings like this.

First of all, so many FA cup matches were played through 14th and 15th (Yesterday) increasing the entire rate of discussions on that board. My initial post was about Man City's performance, but when I stumbled on the highlights for the Gunners, I also wanted to talk about them. You should know how football speculation works! So i visited the FA thread and the first post I saw, that related to my discussion in mind was the post by @Stepstowealth. That was me honestly trying to engage, not to increase post count whatsoever.

I make 35 (barely 40) weekly post on an average (steadily) for Stakes, sometimes below 30 and you're talking about increasing post count? Meanwhile we have people constantly, without missing out on any week, making 70 post (sometimes with a 5) as a cherry on top? C'mon man...

Even in topics on this board and others, if I find an interesting fact that I didn't observe earlier on my first post, but would want to contribute/criticize, (as long it's not post bumping) i just quote and reply again. I've never known that to be breaking any rules. Never!

As I said, it's the usual occurrence, just check for the avatar with ... let's not mention STAKE here , and you'll find it's full of such cases

So, your problem is tied to your former employers, which is why you left..

**What is it with waking up one morning to find yourself among an accusation on Meta, on something you never thought was abnormal to do**

I think at this point, I'll just stop making football speculations.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

In my opinion, at the very least, they all deserve a temporary ban or even a signature ban.
The signature ban on Ivystar5 has given me hope that moderators will take stricter action against spammers in the future.

It was a ban on Ivystar5 with an accusation on AI use for posting. Likely moderator agreed with accusation on AI use and spam, so that Ivystar5 account was banned. This decision of moderator matches with latest AI guides from theymos, but if it is like non AI spam, I believe that account was not banned.

Spams are bad, that is reason the merit system was created but there are still spammers and their spam posts while their accounts were not banned, if they don't abuse AI for posting.

Forum rules are mostly strictest with plagiarisms, now AI for posting, that can result in account bans.

[SatoPrincess]

I’m not spamming the forum neither am I manipulating the rules. This is a witch-hunt imo. I have been on this forum for about 4 years, never have I seen such a case before on meta. Asking for an account to be banned because you believe their posts should have been merged is extreme imo. I believe this should be a learning experience for myself and other forum members about posting etiquette.
I expect to see more accounts I have reported for AI/plagiarism rush here to burn me at the stake but the numbers are pretty low so far.

In my opinion, at the very least, they all deserve a temporary ban or even a signature ban.
The signature ban on Ivystar5 has given me hope that moderators will take stricter action against spammers in the future.

It was a ban on Ivystar5 with an accusation on AI use for posting. Likely moderator agreed with accusation on AI use and spam, so that Ivystar5 account was banned. This decision of moderator matches with latest AI guides from theymos, but if it is like non AI spam, I believe that account was not banned.

Spams are bad, that is reason the merit system was created but there are still spammers and their spam posts while their accounts were not banned, if they don't abuse AI for posting.

Forum rules are mostly strictest with plagiarisms, now AI for posting, that can result in account bans.

This, I’d call spam/low quality post.

[stompix]

Honestly, I know how cautious I am and how I try to stay on track, to not break any rules. I do not always wanna see myself in settings like this.

Well, let's check how cautious you were this month for example?
Let's see:

Replying just one hour after to the same post:

Real are about to face a difficult stretch, and they’ll need to perform at a very high level to win their upcoming matches.

Moments like this is what defines the coaching abilities of every team manager, let's allow him walk it through.
At the end of their last match, it was clear that Alvaro Arbeloa's team has a tremendous experience in handling these high pressure situations. The whole team now has a unique and coordinated style of play, which might help them even in their next match against Real Soceidad. Until the very end, perspectively, if needed to be highlighted, those who really shone in that match was Mbappe and Carreras. Mbappe keeps scoring goals and deciding the matches, and Carreras was a deserved MVP, with a very solid performance. Although the performance wasn't convincing, but the three points was all the game was for.

Their next game is at home against Real Sociedad, but Sociedad are in very good form right now. And just a few days after that match, Real will have to play against Benfica, so Arbeloa will need to think not only about securing the win against Sociedad but also about preparing the team properly for the match with Benfica.

It normally happens like this is in so many teams as well... How do they manage the players, even in conversation to win one or sometimes, two league matches before a UCL game? All he needs to do is make his reserve team for the UCL, then give out some spot to the academy boys to secure themselves a future spot in the team A.
Inarguably, it's going to be a tough one for them, but what else can they do? They don't have too many options/ choices, they just need to improvise. Meanwhile, Benfica also has a match tomorrow against Santa Clara, which can also influence their performances in a few days.

2)
Posting at 01:55:54 PM

Wolves looked like a team short on confidence. Once mistakes happened and their possession slowly slipped away. After a disastrous first half with just 3 points, just 1 win and two draws, rounding it up to 5 points and somehow, pushed it to 8. On the same track, they just lost yet another 3 points that could have made it 11 points. They are already relegated even with 13 games still left.
Wolves' defensive style really illustrates why they don't deserve to be in the Premier League. There were moments of effort, but there was no clear plan and consistent threat, which equally made Chelsea’s job much easier, of course Chelsea was dominant , but not flawless. Some sloppy moments in possession got wasted and that’s something better teams will definitely exploit.

Cole Palmer is truly worthy of the number 10 shirt. He is literally making history as the first Premier League player to score three hattricks in the first half and it just shows that he is on his way to create a legacy.

Replying  at 02:17:48 PM to a post made at 01:44:46 PM

Liverpool began the match very humbly with their focus on defense but in first fiften minutes of the second half, they attacked well and managed to score an amazing goal from a far distant free kick from Szoboszlai. However it is not enough for Liverpool as in last 25 minutes including injury time, they let Manchester City scoring two goals and flippening the match result eventually.

Liverpool at Anfield, even if they are not a team like last year's, let's say that they can afford to do very well and manage any type of opponent they come across, so i have to say that the importance of the victory is notable and that i think they did an excellent job, Man United on the other hand are doing well despite everything.

It was a very challenging match overall and, Liverpool couldn't keep up with the pressure for too long. Infact, City had an opportunity to have made it more than 2 goals, but each time their counter attack meets with the pressure in Liverpool's defense, and fails to penetrate, regrouping back another counter immediately was difficult. That free kick goal from Szoboszlai was stunning! Players with better set pieces like that can utilize every long shot opportunity.

Where was Allison that a counter was quickly started, even up to the 18, orchestrated by Halland vs an empty net?? Szoboszlai had to sacrifice 3 match bans just to maintain what was on the score sheets. We know they were scared at some point!

3)
Posting at 01:19:26 AM

City should have scored more goals, I know 2 wasn't enough, but they needed to press for it if they really wanted more, not just controlling and defending for the next 45 minutes. Pep should have brought in marmoush instead, but I kind of understood him from his point of view; he needed him more in the EPL cup semi finals against Newcastle, where he almost scored a hat trick.

Donnarumma and cherki are the only 2 players who have been consistent. So I suggest Pep makes an adjustment in his strategy, focus more on deep passes and crosses, rather than right-to-left, left-to-right, and back passes. City's weakness is their high defensive line. Opponents often find it easy to penetrate between their defenders, and this is the main reason Manchester City are conceding goals.

Then posting at 01:55:35 AM replying to a post at 12:17:41 AM

What an epic game between the two top and most lagging teams in the league. Tottenham Hotspur is continuing last season failure, sitting at the other half of the table while Manchester United and to be honest got better than ever during the last seasons.
Since United improved and playing home against Spurs which are failing, and after seeing the odds, most people including me will suggest Manchester United victory. I suppose that too and I don't think Tottenham Hotspur will outperform themselves in this match.

I'm not trying to doubt the Red Devil's effort, and how much work they have put in to reshape the team, but not just about Tottenham, every other team below the 10th position might lose a match or two against smaller teams, but whenever a top EPL teams shows up, the struggle always different. It's like trying to help someone who's drowning-- if you swim too close/ in front of them, they grip you so tight that you may eventually drown with them. Not saying United will lose tomorrow, but they better play like all their lives depend on it if they must win!

So, how did this happen?



Let me guess, your cat used your account with your knowledge because its account got banned!

[NotATether]

I personally don't find it a big deal, this user is just airing their grievances with gambling platforms.

I see far worse posts on that board on a daily basis.

[hosemary]

**What is it with waking up one morning to find yourself among an accusation on Meta, on something you never thought was abnormal to do**

What you did was not normal.
Whenever I want to reply in a thread, I read the posts until the last one and reply to all I want in a single post. I make a new post only if the the post I want to quote has been made after my previous post. Everyone should do the same.

I’m not spamming the forum neither am I manipulating the rules.

You are.
You could reply to all those posts in a single post, but you replied to them in different posts, so that you have more posts. You could also make your posts consecutively in row, but you knew they would be merged by moderators. So, you decided to wait until others make post in thread and then you posted again.

Replying just one hour after to the same post:

Oh, Sandra_hakeem replied to a single post two times. I am seeing some innovative methods of spamming.

[Swordsoffreedom]

How about replying 3 DAYS later to the SAME post!

Thank you for pointing this out. That one was a wrong quote, and I already fixed it.
I wanted to snip Odohu & Derekfunds's post, but I wrongly snipped BitBakerr1's post as well.

[SatoPrincess]

You could reply to all those posts in a single post, but you replied to them in different posts, so that you have more posts.

That’s your take and I think I get your point now. Would it have made any difference to you if the post order was reversed? 

Whenever I want to reply in a thread, I read the posts until the last one and reply to all I want in a single post. I make a new post only if the the post I want to quote has been made after my previous post. Everyone should do the same