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Not me. I learned my lesson very well, I should have gone for Atletico no goal I think it was 2.5 but I just stayed clear away and the 0-0 score seems to have justified that. I wish I predicted the same in Superbru though.

Atletico 0 shots on goal is totally shameful.

Is there any optimist who tried to watch Atletico today? I learned my lesson and skipped both watching and betting on them. Just checked the stats and game predictably ended 0:0 and Atletico was so toothless in the attack that they did not have a single shot on the goal. It seems like those 6 goals where monthly quota for them and now we have to wait some time before they get new allotment. Sort of like merit sources here on the forum 

Very uninteresting bookie odds tonight's matchups. I suspect Villareal could pull off an upset tonight but at only 4/1 I'm not sure I want to put money down (instead I put 4/1 on Koln in Bundesliga haha as Gladbach's only got the favourite boost just because of Champions League!).

You reckon it's still a lot of draws tonight?

@logfiles maybe you're a Spanish genius you don't even know;)

My favourite of all time since childhood... Real Madrid A.K.A Los Blancos 
Just checked out the pool table, and I am a little surprised to have climbed to the second place. I felt as though I have performed poorly in Game Week 4

I did not mean problem on the pitch. I meant more like problem in the dressing room (unhappy player if not playing or playing badly plus bad relationship with messi) and financial problem (high wages and already paid high transfer fee, should be recuperated as soon as possible if not in first team plans, especially in this covid stricken market).

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OP updated with prize structures and some technicalities
We are still missing favorite clubs from some of the participants so you can come out and confess your undying love for the club if you want it
@casperBGD Valencia?, @hahay, @logfiles

After first game, I was supportive for Grizzi's contribution due of his defensive display but yeah, yesterday he was impact-less. Roberto was top-notch and able to get back and hold his position for most of the game and was equally sharp in attack as well. So Griezmann didn't has much say in defense as well as attack yesterday. Moreover, that awful first touch to De Jong's mouth-watering ball was pain in the eye to watch. So I agree with you that he can be snubbed off in upcoming fixtures.

However, I don't think Griezmann will be big problem for Barca because he's not essential element of Barca formation. He's already playing off-position and we already have Trincao and Dembele as the perfect substitutions to his position. So the only one in harm is Griezmann himself. If he won't perform, manager will replace him with other world-class wingers. As simple as that.

PS: Congo for the yellow cap. It was tight week in the points table.

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I just finished making the picks for this weekend and this one is going to be the first challenge for the pool. So many close and uncertain fixtures this time unlike last 2-3 matchdays. I made draw predictions for couple of them and so many more interesting picks. This week can be a big gamble for me. It can be 15+ points or 5 > points. Excited!

@slaman yeah to be fair, after Lenglet's sending off, I thought it was going to be over with a draw and I wasn't at all hoping for my 4-0 to come true, good thing for the 3 goals. Two good games with plenty of goals, Ansu Fati I really, really like, so I'm glad he's getting a lot of joy (he'll always be sentimental for me so I hope his career blossoms).

Only Barca and Sevilla can do perfect starts now so soon into the season. And they're both up next;)

Clean sheets, full points, but Barca start the same way they did last season: SO many yellows and reds.

So strange that nobody predicted 3-0 for Barca. I did 2-0, I saw many 3-1 picks and even 4-0 from Sojourner.

Nice yellow cap to Trofo with 11 points. I got 10 points in second place, not good enough! Games are so fast now already in Round 5 for Superbru but most teams only played 2/3 games?

Very nice round for me, managed to clinch yellow cap and jump 4 places up in the leader board

Watched Barca game last night and I must say I am very impressed with them. Most of us were afraid how they will look and they are looking better than ever in the last few seasons. Another win without conceding a goal even when they played with 10 man for whole second half.

@webtricks
I was again watching with one eye while doing other things but have a feeling Griezmann will be biggest Barca problem this season. There was that great counter attack when De Jong found him with beautiful pass the ball just bounced from him like I am watching somebody from Croatian 2nd league and not one of the best players in the world. After defender got red card, Koeman decided to sub Griezmann before all other players on the pitch which is also telling something. His confidence must be on very low levels, hope he will bounce back.

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With Barca game we have finished all the games from 4th round of the La Liga. With that our pool is now closed for new players. I will update the OP with final prize distribution info later today. Nothing new, I will just copy the info from that post where I already announced it a week or two ago.

I hope you're wrong. But yeah, I actually honestly only remember him at his powers in that Mourinho season, and every season after (in fact starting the season Mou got sacked) he's been more shit and injured than brilliant. I always feel disappointed watching.


Yep, I remember Roy Hodgson era for Liverpool and it was incredible how we would tune in to watch every match no matter what. Football truly is all about self punishment sometimes. Lost me a number of bets Atletico, bloody hell.

You are not alone, yesterday i tried to watch their match after that exciting Suarez debut match and it was agonizingly boring. I regretted wasting my time  

As for Real Madrid. The attack is still not good and exciting. Courtois being the man of the match for the second successive game means there is a lot of work Zidane need to do or else those 1-0 Wins will soon turn into 2-1,3-1 losses should the Keeper not perform as expected.

Looks like we all got fooled by Atletico buying new players and thrashing Granada. Good for me, to see that, I thought they might be a challenger for the title but if they keep playing like this, Barca and Real have one less person to worry about.

Anyway, Real back to 1-0 wins haha;)

At least I didn't wasted 90 minutes of my life watching it . I only had small bet on their win. After they trashed Granada 6:1, I had stupid hope that something has changed and Atletico will start playing nice football. But seems that this game was just exception from the rule. Now they have filled their 5 games quota just in 1 game .

I was hoping for more attacking and creative Atletico Madrid but it was another super boring game from them. Last time I am watching them unless they are playing against some other club I do want to see play. I don't know how their own supporters manage to watch that football every week. They are playing against Huesca and have one shot on goal, 85th minute at the moment. I have them at ticket also so we can only hope for some late penalty. Unfortunately, they are not the club from Madrid which has VAR judges in their pocket

^  I don't think we'll ever see peak Hazard anymore.    Sad..  He was really fun to watch at Chelsea and mostly the only reason I started watching Real matches more closely last season innthe rare cases he was on.  He wasn't the same...

Anyway, boy do I suck at this pool.  

I put 1 mbtc for fun on Atletico to win (1.55) at Sportsbet for the freebet promo, another Suarez contribution you think? They need to change their style more though, still playing like they don't have 5 good offensive players.

And Hazard now 1-month injury, more problems for Real or more Ramos panenka 3 points?

GL guys!

yeah, as Valencia fan, cannot complain about the win, although Sociedad did scored in the last minute, a goal that was cancelled due to VAR, seems that it was an ok decision, but that could bring a point, since i predicted a draw 2:2, nevertheless, happy about the win, and Valencia is on a good track this season, will see where this is going to bring them at the end

Getafe is the package of the season so far I would say, and of course I'm hoping Barcelona can keep up with the 2 games in hand but Valencia shocked us all didn't it? I picked them to win 3-1 as I thought maybe Sociedad would have an off day but I picked 3-1 so only 1 point. 2 points from 2 games, can't complain! Only 3 of us got any points;)

Congrats @webtricks for the yellow cap on this round, based on Superbrus' algo you got the first spot this week

We have today two LaLiga matches going on, do not forget to pick your results

Real Sociedad conceded only one goal in the first three rounds, Valencia on the other side had a well filled net and they lost their first away game of the season
Last season, Real Sociedad beat Valencia 3-0 at home, I'm giving a little advance here for Real Sociedad

Getafe had clean nets in the first two matches of this season, Betis had a good start and the 2:3 against Real Madrid is a confirmation of their strength this season
My prediction is a draw

Matchweek 4 kicks off today, there are a couple of users who haven't made their picks yet, so here goes a little bump to the thread to remind them about the pool 

I think i'm gonna add Getafe - Betis match to a single bet backing the Azulones, moneyline with nice odds, but handicap 0 at 1.80 is decent, i wouldn't discard a low scoring match ending in a draw