Topic: 🌍⚽Sportsbet AFCON prediction pool discussion thread - page 34. (Read 5346 times)

Wrong!

The average rainfall in most region and nature of pitches are not suitable for football.



Another completely false statement! The said date isn't even convenient for national leagues in Africa, majority of the Africa leagues are on right and will be through the course of the tournament, while some teams will also lose their best players, what then is the reason for the divided publicity ?


The market is no longer available ?

I've been checking back all day long it's still empty, I want to put mine on the Super Eagles  

EDIT: Gotcha!!


Go Super Eagles!

I can't wait to see the opening match that will take place in Cameroon tomorrow. Cameroon will not take it easy with Burkina Faso because they are the one hosting the cup. The tournament will start tomorrow and many teams and are very ready to be part of this tournament many people have been waiting to see.
It is too early to predict the winner for this tournament because most of the team has never show up their strategies for the world to know what to predict.

We only have rainy and dry seasons in Africa, and both are suitable for football games, but we will not modify our calendar to accommodate some of our players who are playing elsewhere! No way! We set our date to accommodate all the leagues in Africa. It would make no sense if all tournaments were held at the same time and no club had the authority to excuse a player from international duty unless specifically specified in their contract agreement.

You must be silly to ask such a question have you seen Egypt, Algeria, Moroccoo, Nigeria, Tunisia and some other countries too numerous to mention play? The monument is hosted at a country with standard stadiums I have no idea what you are talking about mate

good catch,, i bet after 5 or 6 games that pitch is gonna look like this  



unless of course the post-match repair work and maintenance is made by a reputable company with top-of-the-line products/machinery

hmm, a heavily damaged pitch could turn out to be a big disadvantage for those teams that are focussed on possession-based football,, now my question is which teams play possession football in the AFCON??  

That way we can better test the spread of Omicron variant on football supporters (least important demographic) on least important inhabited continent and have real life study
Above is heavy sarcasm influenced by some dark stand up comedy I just watched. Not my actual stand towards Africa or covid. You have to explain everything on forum these days.

A bit more serious now. If that is true I am concerned about covid for real. Yeah the pitch will be destroyed but what about all the supporters mixing between the games and probably without sanitized chairs/toilets/everything. That is just disaster waiting to happen and stop the tournament 5 days after it starts with most virulent variant of covid yet in a country with probably quite low vaccination rate.

Has to be logistics, I guess, and I am reading it same as you. It is not like they are having a tournament in England where you have 10 stadiums in every bigger city capable of hosting a game. I don't know the situation in Africa but I doubt it is much better then in my Croatia for instance. We have let's say 1 modern stadium but only for 10k supporters and 2 "big ones" which would need serious works to bring them up to modern standards. The rest are even worse. You can build/refit something but not everything to stay in the budget and at least break even from organizing the competition.

Having written this I see I actually know very little about Africa so I am thinking I will have to visit in hopefully near future.

Am i not reading this (tournament bracket) correctly or are they actually going to play back-to-back matches on the same pitch, as in, one game finishes and the next one starts/is being played on the same stadium an hour later?

Does anyone know what's the exact reason behind this? There is most likely a logical explanation for this, logistics being my guess, but nevertheless, this gonna hamper the quality of football played.

For example, the Limbe Stadium will host 8 matches 7 of which in the span of 10 days with 3 b2b.  , that pitch will be literally murdered.

Thanks for the link Trofo, I’m in. Should be fun to compete against you guys once again. Thanks for the competition Trofo & sportsbet.io

I have no idea what to put in at this moment. Waiting to find some time to do a bit of research but I already know it will be gut picks 5 minutes before the tournament starts in the end. Maybe even better to do it that way considering my usual luck when I try to be smart.

I am expecting maybe few more people to come in, but it wont be more than 20 in total probably.

it is getting closer
first match on Sunday, and Cameroon is opening with Burkina Faso

so far fourteen participants, which is good, but only three of us put picks, there is plenty of time, but I like to put picks earlier and maybe change something later, to have worst result in the end

I'll be rooting for The Greens this tournament and the Free Chip Back Outright Offer

Nice Trofo to see you making a new pool, count me in

Hey guys and Trofo so nice to see everyone here, I am so glad for another chance to win another pool as currently I am not near anywhere except in Serie A (which is very strange for me).

I unfortunately have to admit I am ultra low knowledgeable in these teams and I just thought Salah being the world player who did not win Ballon he will take his team to this one.

PM you Trofo already and thanks Sportsbet again!

I have a good feeling about Nigeria,, odds @10 atm, i'll wait a little bit more and see if they go a up 
btw, some fiat bookies have Senegal @4.8 wth? i must the only one who thinks they're a bit overrated :/

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My money is on Algeria They were always solid in defense and Mahrez and Benhrama should bring enough creativity to break most of the teams.

I am doing my best to send invites to all the people that expressed their wish to join AFCON pool.
However, only few of you actually sent me a pm as I requested so there is good probability I missed someone. It is not intentional, just let me know if that happened.
Still couple of days to go but as I thought there is only about 10 of us and I don't expect much more participants.

Thanks to Sportsbet, yes, please count me in, a short tournament, I have again no idea about any of the teams except a few players, but I don't mind picking all my scores before the tournament starts.

I've never really bet on AFCON I guess, I mean sometimes I insert random African games into my multibets, but never because I know what I'm doing lol

I'm not sure I'll be following the tournament with all dedication at least except if my favorite team is doing really well, I'll be rooting for the Nigerian Super Eagles of course! I'd like to Victorh Osimhen and Dennis Emmanuel both replicate their form in their respective leagues in the national side as well.

Thanks to Sportsbet for the Sponsorship.

to start, happy new year
yeah, agree, La Liga and Serie A are really good value, in terms of sportsbet sponsorship and number of participants, it is really a booger that we have less than 15 participants
Premier league is obviously most watched, but I am playing Calcio just for community, since I do not follow that league much

regarding Africa, do you pick favorites on first post, my is Morocco

The African Cup of Nations kicks of soon in the next eight days, already anticipating greatly to see loads of goals.
The Algerians are very good when it comes to creativity, watched few of their games, with Salah Egyptian's will have an edge up front.
Having Sadio mane a vital one for Senegal and The ivorians Zaha can be very deadly when trying to create, Mad Diallo the Manchester United youngster has got it also.

I thought about that, but I am quite sure there would not be more than 10 of us willing to pay since most people don't follow football in Africa. Therefore I decided to go for fun version and hopefully we will get 20-30 players.

I am always disappointed how small is the number of people willing to pay for something here. Everybody talks about gambling but 50$ is out of question. Hell I can't get more than 15 players for La Liga and Serie A and with the help of Sportsbet you have to be really unlucky to not end the pool in profit with all the free bet challenges even if you have no clue.