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legendary
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Of course, as you said, Valencia was a man down for most of the match so this may not be realistic showing of teams value.

it was a record breaking red card for Valencia, he did not last for one minute to get red card
not sure that it is a fastest red card in history, but in La Liga season for sure, since that was first match in the season

nevertheless, this could be a good season for VCF, since we won a match when nothing came out well for us, last season we will lost so many points when we played good football
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So, season oficially started, congrats, folks Smiley. So, we have 16 players, morethan last season, it's great, considering that we had slow start.
17 players now. But there are only 13 replies in the weekly free bet challenge thread  Lips sealed

Tempted to bet against Real Madrid tonight, but I'm going to wait for my other bets to pan out first.
u wot mate?? Angry

nah, we'll grab the 3 pts with a comfortable 0-2. Double from the old Benz  (:  ugh, but if former pro footballer fat boy Isco is playing, then we're sht out of luck cuz we'll be playing with 10 men
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Good start for my pool. Didn't make the exact score but I thought it was dangerous to back Valencia, given how often they let us down last season. Terrible way to lose a player for your start, but I guess 3 points against Getafe is worth it for them.

Tempted to bet against Real Madrid tonight, but I'm going to wait for my other bets to pan out first.
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So, season oficially started, congrats, folks Smiley. So, we have 16 players, morethan last season, it's great, considering that we had slow start.
Valencia opened season with not an easy win against former team of new Valencia coach Bordalas - Getafe. Valencia got very early red  card on 3th minute after brutal foul of Guillamon. But just few minutes later they responded with a goal and result haven't changed until the end.
 I see that Valencia promote their Fan Token on shirt - seems it's new trend in football. In La Liga, Barca, Atletico and Levante have their fan tokens too.

I watched parts of the game yesterday and Getafe was much better team. They missed couple of great chances and Valencia keeper had some world class saves. Fair result would have been a win for Getafe but I really can't believe how they were unable to score at least one goal.

Of course, as you said, Valencia was a man down for most of the match so this may not be realistic showing of teams value.
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First weekly challenge is up, go check it out and post your predictions:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.57679442

Thank you! I'm putting in my predictions but I wish I'd done it earlier as the ones I really wanted were already taken BUT maybe I just copy someone and put a different tie breaker;) Would anyone be mad if I did this?SmileySmiley

Sportsbet users are such a privileged bunch of people don't you agree?Smiley


Thanks for quoting this post, If not I literally would have missed out on this 🤥

Indeed we are underway for the new season, and it's more worth playing all through the 38 weeks even if one should drop out of the prize winning zones before the end of the season.

Perhaps I'll do much better this season since I won't be so expectant of Barcelona and Real Madrid, However what are the chances of Atletico Madrid winning La Liga in 2 consecutive seasons ?
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So, season oficially started, congrats, folks Smiley. So, we have 16 players, morethan last season, it's great, considering that we had slow start.
Valencia opened season with not an easy win against former team of new Valencia coach Bordalas - Getafe. Valencia got very early red  card on 3th minute after brutal foul of Guillamon. But just few minutes later they responded with a goal and result haven't changed until the end.
 I see that Valencia promote their Fan Token on shirt - seems it's new trend in football. In La Liga, Barca, Atletico and Levante have their fan tokens too.
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First weekly challenge is up, go check it out and post your predictions:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.57679442

Thank you! I'm putting in my predictions but I wish I'd done it earlier as the ones I really wanted were already taken BUT maybe I just copy someone and put a different tie breaker;) Would anyone be mad if I did this?SmileySmiley

Sportsbet users are such a privileged bunch of people don't you agree?Smiley
legendary
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the total possible emission is 20,000,000 coins, while the circulating supply is only 3,000,000 coins. I am sure that he will receive at least a million coins, which is approximately equivalent to the declared bonuses, and even if this bonus is unlocked after the expiration of the contract, it will turn out so that one of the players in the future will be able to veto any decision of the club.

agree on this, but there are few things to consider
even now, best players have the right to veto some decision, it is just that this is not explicable, it is "non-written" possibility that best players have, or they will leave the club in the end

nevertheless, even now big stakeholders have the right to veto all decisions, and great players should have more insight in club functioning than some "financier" from outside

just thinking that Messi is not "one of the players", others that match-up that category will receive less tokens, and will not have veto possibility
it would be a conflict of interest if Messi puts "diamond hands" on his $PSG stack, and then leave to be in Barcelona board (which should be his role after finishing career)
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When is the deadline for joining the pool?

Sorry, I was off for some days and didn't realize who close the new season was (Thanks for the reminder @Trofo). I could try to process a payment later today (13th Aug) if I am not late.
Today is the first game, so make sure you enter the prediction for it. If you process the payment later today I'll send you the links more or less immediately. I am close to the computer whole day. Glad you are back with us. In the end we will have more players than last year  Shocked
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When is the deadline for joining the pool?

Sorry, I was off for some days and didn't realize who close the new season was (Thanks for the reminder @Trofo). I could try to process a payment later today (13th Aug) if I am not late.

You can join anytime plenty of time left as Trofo sad the deadline is going to be the first of October.
Just make sure you make a Superbru account and make some predictions sp you don't lose on some potential points as tomorrow there will be a match Valencia vs Getafe.


Hey guys I just realized that La Liga starts in 3 days. Has that been changed? I am sure it was supposed to start on the same day as Serie A, whole week later. If you plan to join, hurry up. If you are undecided or collecting money put your results in Superbru and you can join latter on. You will have all the points you earned. I'll allow late registrations up to 01.10.2021.

Just created the pool, sending PM's with details in few minutes.


Also make sure to check the mini-competition that Trofo got for us from the pool sponsor Sportsbet.io. the winner of the round in the mini-competetions wins a free-bet on Sportsbet.io.


First weekly challenge is up, go check it out and post your predictions:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.57679442

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When is the deadline for joining the pool?

Sorry, I was off for some days and didn't realize who close the new season was (Thanks for the reminder @Trofo). I could try to process a payment later today (13th Aug) if I am not late.
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First weekly challenge is up, go check it out and post your predictions:
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@morvillz7z
tagging you here since I believe you are only guy who is not participant of this pool and has right to enter and don't want to post it again in other thread Smiley
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maybe you have right, but Messi is actually partially paid in $PSG tokens, according to Reuters
This is all well and good, but don't you think this is a conflict of interest? Even if everything is as you say, PSG token should serve a completely different purpose ... this token should theoretically be available only to football fans, since by possessing it, users get the right to vote, thereby influencing the decisions of the club leadership.

Now let's see how it looks from the outside ... the total possible emission is 20,000,000 coins, while the circulating supply is only 3,000,000 coins. I am sure that he will receive at least a million coins, which is approximately equivalent to the declared bonuses, and even if this bonus is unlocked after the expiration of the contract, it will turn out so that one of the players in the future will be able to veto any decision of the club.
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I still find it strange there is so little interest in a league that used to have the two GOATs of football.
it's always been like this in this board, with or without messi/cr7  Sad

Come to think of it yeah, I don't really know anyone in this forum from Spain or Spanish speaking countries, just mainly other West Europeans and Asians who can speak English. Maybe it's just a language thing? Huge La Liga following in Asia, of course, nothing like EPL but it was mainly Barca and Real responsible for that here.
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To be honest, I would not equate the financial situation of Barca with the BAR token ... this also applies to the PSG token. All these are speculative coins which, it seems to me, have nothing to do with the budget and profits of these clubs. As for the financial fair play of La Liga, it seems to me that the complaints of Barcelona will not lead to anything, since they should first of all equalize with the clubs from their home league, and not with the French or English fair play.


maybe you have right, but Messi is actually partially paid in $PSG tokens, according to Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/psg-confirms-messis-wage-package-will-include-psg-fan-tokens-2021-08-12/

world is changing, and it becomes normal to have FAN tokens to empower your club, who knows in ten years that could be a decision process (isn't it now as well, with stakeholders within clubs?)
Messi will actually make Barca leaving NFT, and PSG arrival NFT, since both clubs are on Socios platform, maybe that would be a new normal in ten years?
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Trofo, By the way, have you already decided on the type of additional bonus events for Serie A and La Liga?
No need to quote me if you write my name in the post. I am using notification bot and both will result with notification  Wink

I am leaning to following:
- 2 games each week, biggest game that week, usually one from La Liga and one from Serie A unless there is 2 big derby games in one of them and other has boring matches
- Only main markets, 3 per each game, ML, BTS or GOALS and BOOKING POINTS or YELLOW CARDS, does not matter if it reveals our picks since there will be 20 games each week, or 10 per pool
- Every correct choice one point (6 max)
- Tie breaker: time of first goal in last game played
- only for members of the pools, it is enough if somebody plays in one of them
Will probably start it tomorrow, still working out some details with sponsor

You guys can holler if you prefer BTS or GOALS, BOOKING POINTS or YELLOW CARDS, especially if you can add a good reason for your choice.

I will keep the competition same trough whole season or maybe tweak it in few months if it gets boring.
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To be honest, I would not equate the financial situation of Barca with the BAR token ... this also applies to the PSG token. All these are speculative coins which, it seems to me, have nothing to do with the budget and profits of these clubs. As for the financial fair play of La Liga, it seems to me that the complaints of Barcelona will not lead to anything, since they should first of all equalize with the clubs from their home league, and not with the French or English fair play.

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Trofo, By the way, have you already decided on the type of additional bonus events for Serie A and La Liga?
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I am actually thinking Barca will be very good this season. They have enough quality for several players to take over Messi responsibility among them. They will also be a bit of unknown, everybody was basing their tactics against Barca on containing Messi, what will they do now nobody knows.

That financial fair play is a joke. Barca doesn't have enough for players wages and PSG does with all those star players in their team? I am sure Neymar, Mbappe, Ramos, Donnaruma, Di Maria, Icardi and Verati are basically playing for free, right? UEFA should either stop pretending that they care about Financial Fair play or start enforcing it on all clubs. Maybe implement salary cap like in NBA for all members of UEFA.
Actually, Barca still can't officially sign newcomers because of same La Liga FFP rules - they still can't play in official games and I have no idea how Barca are going to solve this problem. They need that current players would agree to cut wagessignificantly or sellsomeone
About PSG and FFP, these rules were relaxed because of pandemic:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9876003/Q-Just-PSG-sign-Lionel-Messi-comply-FFP.html
I'm not so optimistic that Bara will do well ucoming season. Often Messi carried on whole team even when they played so shitty - I lost count how many times he saved our asses. Now we don't have this factor and team will have to learn to play without him.
From positive perspective, I hope that Griezmann will take leader role, Ansu Fati returns after injury, we have Depay in his prime, De Jong.I don't have big expectations for upcoming season, but things aren't so dark as some people think - Barca isn't going to turn into middle table team.
legendary
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That financial fair play is a joke. Barca doesn't have enough for players wages and PSG does with all those star players in their team? I am sure Neymar, Mbappe, Ramos, Donnaruma, Di Maria, Icardi and Verati are basically playing for free, right? UEFA should either stop pretending that they care about Financial Fair play or start enforcing it on all clubs. Maybe implement salary cap like in NBA for all members of UEFA.

not sure, but this is La Liga fair play, not UEFA fair play, if I understood well
nevertheless, yeah, I feel that PSG pays several times higher wages than other European clubs, and it does not matter

on the other hand, I have read that Barca has surplus this season, and $800M yearly turnover (have read about it due to Barca fan token (on Socios platform), that has FDMC $800M, in range with clubs yearly turnover - not connected in any way, but good benchmark)

one good thing for transfer is that Messi card will be there on Sorare, to compare in value with Ronaldo, I think that Messi card in PSG will not go in value above Mbappe?
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I still find it strange there is so little interest in a league that used to have the two GOATs of football.
it's always been like this in this board, with or without messi/cr7  Sad

I am actually thinking Barca will be very good this season. They have enough quality for several players to take over Messi responsibility among them.
idk man, team looked awful last season and yet messi still found a way to carry them to 3rd place (just barely).

Defence is the same (Eric garia and Emerson are not an improvement over the current defenders), midfield is the same, attack is worse (they just let go of 30 goals+15 assists per season, grandpa aguero already injured, depay will need time to adapt), squad and manager will be under tremendous pressure cuz the fans are fuming...It's rough.

Debut this weekend against Sociedad. I remember their last meeting at the camp nou, it was a really close game, 2-1 win for barca
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