Bookie beat Uncle bubu =( Please ser, beat brother frka and brother Trofo so we can share our gruel on this dirty little corner.
I completely feel your pain, that was an absolute heartbreak for Egypt, who played their hearts out and nearly wrecked everyone's bets! While I was rooting for Messi, seeing Salah progress would have been worth the loss, as football needs those incredible underdog stories.
Just the way they played, brave and positive (mostly), I was ready to lose my bets and Fantasy for Egypt. Oh well.
28 participants, 750+ bets, and so far a solid advantage in favor of the bettors, we justify the topic title, hehe

I think on the grand scheme of things, it shows that collectively the bettor can beat the bookies, all that is needed is the discipline which is what this thread is all about, I’m sure that outside this thread, there are some of players with better numbers for the world cup, but there is the likes of me and Buwaytress that are doing terribly both in this competition and outside it for this world cup 😂
Shush now, don't expose my dirty laundry in public

I'm out of RtG, out of BtB, in a dire relegation battle in BSFL -- nothing is going for me in this World Cup. But. And I say this only to make myself feel good. I really have cut down on my betting activity in recent months, possibly over half a year now. Mainly because my favourite type of betting is now curtailed, as KTChampions has indirectly outlines in several posts about seeking value; for me that's very clear-cut in the underdog.
Still enjoying myself, so that's important. World Cup's lost its shine, somehow for me. And I'm not sure that's even because I'm not winning. It just feels different. Age? Haha.
I dont really know why some people wants to deny it, is so silly to deny that claims. I know we live in a "woke" era where every single narrative from"above" is treated like is pure lies and hegemonic or whatever they call it, but here in south america a lot of people are sore when european says, "world cup is eurocup+ Argentina and Brazil" and yes, it is what it is, since europe invented football and have the power to have the best teams and is nothing bad with that, in the coming years like we are seeing for sure other nations are gonna keep getting better and can change that, but until now is the reality.
Im tired of everyone having to deny the reality and make a scene of everything.
Sorry for my bad english but i think you get my point.

Nothing wrong with your english, my astute Argentinian. The world is what it is. If you want contentment, you simply accept and move on. Investment in structures is the only thing that will progress football and as long as the world outside Europe doesn't understand this... well, they can continue to froth at the mouth. And no, I'm not saying Malaysia, for example, has to suddenly divert much-needed social development funds into football, just saying they have to be smart and prioritise and be scientific and patient about development and, more importantly, manage damned expectations.