Topic: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread - page 118. (Read 140643 times)

I paid my entry fees yesterday and so far it seems we have 9 incoming transactions, one of 0.005 btc that covers for two. So I guess we have 10 members so far. Still we have time though but it would not hurt to complete the entry process while bitcoin price is still down. It's around $75 per entry and considering the sponsorship of 0.2 BTC, on top of the sponsorship if we manage to get 50 members then 0.125 btc more. We will have nice rewards for the top 10 positions.

^  Yup, they had to sell more than 10 of them to get the number down to around 25 and have some in the bank to spend.  Brings down the wage budget too.  I think Chelsea had 43 players including the guys that went up from their youth academy?  Crazy...

But yeah, I'm excited the most for them in the EPL with Burnley a close second.    Let's see what Poch can do for the club.  And how Kompany fares at the highest level.

Chelsea had 35 world class turbo expensive players at the end of last season. No manager in the world can make them happy and no club in the world can pay those wages in the long run.

Whoever was in charge of transfers did terrible job. And I believe that was Boelhy. I am almost sure that without single transfer they would have finished the season better. And money spent in that transfer window set them back for years.

I think Poch has already the full trust of Boehly and he will let Poch choose what players see fit,I have not seen any interference so far from him and Poch has been able to conduct his coaching normally.Poch also said that he has a clear idea which players he needs and with such statement I believe he leave no room to Boehly to spend in "vain" again.

Last year I don't think it was Boehly fault by the way,it was exactly incompetent managers who could not put the right mentality and the right harmony between such good players,a thing I am sure will be corrected during Poch kingdom at Chelsea.

I think biggest problem for Chelsea is Boehly. He does not understand football, the kind we play in Europe, and that was the main reason for that atrocious transfer window. I still remember you were happy with the signings but if you ask me his transfer policy is the worst I have seen in a long time. You pay 70M for Mudryk, 120 for Fernandez and let Kante, Jorginho and Kovačić for almost nothing. Then you buy Fofana for 80M and let go of Mount. I know they aren't same position but they are connected since they are both English and PL clubs must have them.

Poch is a good manager, I just hope Boehly will listen to him and not do stuff his way.

Yes, I'm greedy, but I'd rather receive +75% of my stake on a basketball first half overs bet than have to wait a full calendar year for it.  It's still not worth it.


If you're blaming out poor run on the management for hiring him then you're right, this is exactly what I wanted to hear.



We won't be playing many games next season, so I expect Poch to take advantage of this and make the top4, and if he doesn't, with the quality of players we have at the club, it will be a failure, putting even more pressure on him, as you mentioned.

I'm not putting the Chelsea's failure during Lampard's tenure on the management, but the board needs to take some responsibility for hiring him the first place too, he was never qualified enough to coach Chelsea, at least not yet, what happened to David Moyes after his brilliant tenure at Everton he became an awful coach at Man Utd, and then his spell at was it Real Sociedad ? wasn't any different, but he's been not so terrible being back at West Ham, and you can say that the expectation are incomparable to what was expected of him at Real Sociedad or Man United.

Even with Guardiola dominance at the premier league after 7 seasons in the league, he struggled in the first season too, finishing at the 3rd position and he's never finished out 2nd position since then, and no one pictured such a dominance from him, but here we are, it was easier for Guardiola to stand such pressure because of his experience as manager at all level of the sport as a manager haven managed two of the best teams in Europe.


I guess we can both agree he doesn't have a title winning mentality, and I don't that's what Chelsea is looking but we'll see, I guess. There is not going to be too much pressure on him, but if he's playing for the just the league and just the league cups, it'll will an utter failure to not make the top 4, wouldn't you think ? and that might be the every pressure he's going to face would stem from.


Bring it on! I can't wait...

Cannot wait for the pool to start,was in since the beginning and i hope we will see even more people here this season in the pool. Looks like this season with all the new transfers will be really intresting. Last pool didnt make it into top 20 but will try and get to top 5 at least this season.

I'm in again without any doubts. I already lost count how many seasons I'm playing in this pool. I think I missed only first and maybe 2nd season.
Going to send funds this weekend.

It's not bad odds, but maybe for more short term than whole season. Actually, I don't believe that we have outright odds in EPL below 2.00

Great news everyone!  
Of course I'm in business.


Too low?   +75% for a team that looks like a skating rink going through all the competitors? To be honest, I expected City quotes to be around 1.35-1.45 no more. Now I have a heavy feeling that I missed some important news and was generally mistaken.

Transfer lead for someone who almost signed Gordon from Everton for £50m; he's also terrible at recruiting players, I won't lie. It's still not good news.


I don't bet on outright odds; why would I wait a whole year for a 1.70 odd profit? It's not worth it and never will be. Outright odds are good for a 1-2 month tournament. BTW, 1.75 for Manchester City to win the Premier League? That is far too low for the risk.

he is planned to be a transfer lead, not manager, in a sense players love him (it is still developing, hopefully he will not join Everton again)

with pool being back, looked at some odds:
City to win title between @1.7 and @1.85
Chelsea @2.5 to qualify for CL next season
Burnley to relegate @2.75, Everton is @4, Luton and Sheffield are prime candidates for relegation

but, my pick will probably go to Brighton finishing 11 and below, @3.75

Norwich is @5.5 for promotion to EPL, which seems reasonable, and bit off-topic, but I would probably put something to Leyton Orient promotion to Championship @14

what are others picks for the season?

No way are you putting Lampard's problems on Chelsea's management! Tuchel took over the same team Lampard felt was not good enough and won everything, including making Rudiger into a world class defender. Lampard is not simply a good manager; he had everything at both Chelsea and Everton but couldn't do anything. English managers are terrible; none of them have ever won the Premier League.

Lampard is a championship manager at best; the Premier League is a level above his ability and expertise.

Poch does not have a title-winning mentality, but he is skilled at getting the best out of his players and developing young players, which is precisely what we want to achieve this season: get back to playing decent football and competing for a top-four finish. His goal this season is not to win the league, so I don't believe he's under a lot of pressure.


Good to be back!

Pool is now live: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5458848.new#new

A little over a month to go so spread the word!

It could be that Premier league is a very tough environment to start your coaching career from, but I really don't rate him as bad as almost all Chelsea fans hate Lampard as a coach, and in my strongest opinion, I think Lampard is actually a good manager if you ask me, but the relationship between the Chelsea board and these managers is often toxic and affects the players mentality at large too, still, that's the status quo at Chelsea, getting new players for a coach that hasn't taken over yet, and the coach comes want's them out which often leads to several media rumour.

It's better much better now that Chelsea are on a selling spree mode, because the squad was just too large for no apparent relevance than just some white guy thinks that football is NBA or American Football that he can use money to get just every trending Tom, Dick and Harry to the club.

Pochettino too might obviously be an upgraded tf Lampard, I won't disgree with that, but Pochettino doesn't sit with me like a coach that will always have that hunger for excellence or create identity for his team, he did a fantastic job with Tottenham to be honest, but Tottenham goal for every new season won't not be same thing that will be required off Pochettinno by Chelsea, I'll be surprised if he remain has Chelsea's manager until the end of season, but let's us see how it will go!

This is a huge mistake. If this story is true, Everton were on the verge of relegation last season due to the state and level in which Lamapard left the club. Everton are not a serious club if they are considering bringing Lamapard back to further harm the team. Graham Potter would be an excellent pick for team development.


He owes us no explanation; he would return and go about his business as normal.

That's why it's strange to me that with the increase in the number of participants, the entry fee also increases. Plus an additional pot from the sponsor, which was not the case before. I expected it to go in the opposite direction.
Regardless, with high prizes and a large number of players, it becomes a really serious pool.

Great to heard we have again the sponsorship confirmed, thanks Jeremy, Steve and Sportsbet.

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Again Lampard on Everton? this have to be a bad joke......

Im still very far from news about clubs, im gonna put more intereset when we are more closer to the date of start.

You’re right, the beach can be a therapeutic escape from the pressures of daily life. I hope nothing bad has happened to him. Let's wait for his safe return to the forum and then inquire about the reason for his long absence!


Frankly, Lampard's experience with Everton last season was poor, perhaps due to some injuries suffered by his players, and he failed to provide adequate alternative options throughout the season. I believe that the club's management has been unable to find a replacement who has a good understanding of English football, which is why they decided to bring Lampard in to save the upcoming season. Actually, if they give Lampard the advantage of choosing players for the next season, it will be beneficial. Let's wait and see how things unfold.

Yes, since sponsorship is in bitcoin, participation is in any case beneficial, since even if 2.5 mbtc is equal to $200, then the prizes will increase accordingly.
And if you take it as a whole, then for most of the participants such pools are actually free - everyone wears signatures and receives money just for communication. Why not invest some of that money back into the forum? At least that's how I feel about it.