Topic: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread - page 154. (Read 140643 times)

I did not want to comment LFC yesterday - I was too furious. I'm really having trouble understanding us this season.

Bournemouth conceded 50!! goals in 25 games. FIFTY. How is it possible that a team chasing CL spots fails to create anything against such a team for a majority of the game?
Yes, it would have been easier if Salah scored that penalty - but we absolutely needed to create a lot more than we did.

Our schedule looks horrible now - and this defeat makes it mandatory that we win a few of the upcoming games.

saw it on Twittter - "God gave Liverpool seven goals in March 2023, and they simply decided to use it all against United"
yeah, 16 goals in two matches and 31 in rest 24 matches, not that great distribution, but Liverpool is still in CL chance position

but this season, relegation fight is getting to be really interesting, there is no Norwich or similar "secure" pick for relegation, it is almost impossible to pick three at this moment

I understand the joke about Liverpool preferring to see their Merseyside rival relegated to the championship, but this isn't the kind of performance they'd rather have going into dire situation against Real Madrid, this performance isn't going to do their level of confidence any good, but maybe it could also help Real Madrid get cocky and underestimate, I however, I doubt it's going to be a case of both.

Anyways, I really still don't understand why Klopp is sticking to his obsolete 4-3-3 formation, when it's clearly evident that their midfield is lacking the level creativity it needs/deserves and is their biggest weak link, a 4-2-3-1 or 3-2-2-3 might help dominate play more in the midfield area which is the only major problem Liverpool seem to have in my sincere opinion, so many time you find Van Dijk being somewhat the defensive midfield or CM, which usually ends up getting Liverpool by just on long ball and you find Konate struggling in those 4 on 2 counterattack scenarios with Arnold being the next closest defender on the pitch.

By the way, what was the odds for double chance? Basically it was the right choice, probably if I was online I would have made a live bet on Liverpool to win after Bournemouth took the lead. If Salah had not missed from the penalty spot, then Liverpool would have been able to put the squeeze on Bournemouth.

In general, I liked the joke about the fact that Liverpool gave points to Bournemouth in order for Everton to relegated from Premier League 

It is very different type of match, Liverpool obviously performs better when they have the space to play and have troubles breaking down teams that park the buss. There is also a motivation factor which is trough the roof against United at home while it is much tougher to feel same way when playing away to Bournemouth.

Seems like Liverpool will spread their goals very badly this season. They have very nice numbers in goals scored and goal difference categories but when you remove games against United and Bournemouth (the one that they won in first half of the season, not this one) you get stats for a team in the bottom half of the table.

Typical Liverpool (this season) to beat Man Utd 7-0 and then go lose to bottom of the table Bournemouth, embarrassing. We have now lost to Brentford, Bournemouth, Leeds, Wolves, Nottingham Forest. We have lost 8 PL games this season and it’s only mid March. This is the worst season for us I can remember in a long time.

A huge number of participants made only 4 points during this round and the guy at the front of the rankings for this round I don't know how he managed to get 10 points out of the 6 games,probably he is going against the odds and so far has paid him off but I don't know if that is the right strategy to get to the end.In the top 20 the gap in points between the participants is starting to be seen and every week that passes it becomes more difficult to recover.

Liverpool can make the remontada if they didn't play full power in today game and I think they are trying to give it a go on next week so it is possible but it will be difficult as both teams,Real and Liverpool are only focusing on the Champions League right now.

It is true that we all expected Liverpool to win, but Bournemouth managed to break our bones. I'm really thinking now. Will Liverpool be able to remontada back against Real, who won today 3-1?
I had a very bad start this round with only 4 points out of 6 matches and I think I need to reconsider my remaining predictions.

I guess everyone was in the same boat when they picked for the pool except for Ibuprofen that picked a draw. Normally some people would have chosen Brentford to win or something on the previous rounds but yeah after the 7-0 against United, I think everyone was in the same understanding that Liverpool is back and there is no way that they are losing to Brentford but it sucks when it actually happened.

Everton win over Brentford was huge in relegation, especially bearing in mind that neigbors lost against another relegation team Bournemouth, and Leeds draw against Brighton

we scored two goals, but one was disallowed, but Neil scoring is really important and DCL is back, things seems a bit brighter this evening

I did the same as I thought as a minimum they would draw and based on their recent performance they should have drawn,the fact that Salah lost a penalty heavily weighted on players psychological level and as such they could not do very well.This was the biggest surprise of today games,luckily the other games came as expected at least for the stronger teams like Chelsea and Tottenham.I didn't expect a Brentford lost game either or a Brighton not being able to win at Leeds but that is the beauty of the Premier League,in weeks where we think there is money to be made usually money is not made  .

When Liverpool were a goal down, I was confident that they will come back. Tried $50 on double chance and what a waste! The odd for them to qualify in CL next round should go back to 1/30 or even more. One match you humiliate one of the top team and in the next match you help a team who were waiting for relegation LOL

Liverpool 2-0 -> 2-5 with Real Madrid, then 7-0 with United, now 0-1 with Bournemouth  It reminds me of the clown results of United and Arsenal last season. You can be happy for Bournemouth - they not only left the relegation zone but also took a full revenge for that defeat in the first round, now everyone will remember not 0-9 but these 1-0 which will possibly cost Liverpool a place in the Champions League.

What a day to start the weekend games, so Liverpool missed a penalty which should have put them on the score sheet and that left them without a single goal after a solid performance the other weekend that also humiliated an in form Manchester United... Am just not sure what voodoo goes on with scoring too many goes in one game and following match a guaranteed flop follows

Guess teams in the bottom are desperate to get all 3 points and no team will stand in their way regardless of who they are, congrats to Bournemouth.

Wonder if we have anybody that predicted this scoreline  

Hmm... I constantly write that despite the local success of Liverpool, they have a disastrous season, there is no stability and they are not suitable for betting, but yesterday for some reason I added them to my multibet 
Apparently 1-0 is the final result of the game and Liverpool again becomes the underdog for the fight for the top 4.

Anyone else watching the early game? Frustrating as usual, but we do look like we're back to our offensive clicking, Nunez, Gakpo and Salah are a bit better playing together. Robbo and Trent are actually switching flanks a bit, and being more offensive, and Fabinho doesn't look as shitty as he has been almost all season... but we let Solanke beat our trap a couple of times and it's nerves all over again... had they better finishers they might be more than a goal ahead.

1 shot on target, one goal. We had 4...

The players have shown more support for the manager than the fans; this is the first time I've seen our players post "trust the process" whenever we lose or drop points; if the players are optimistic about the coach, I believe they believe he can turn the team around with time. We only need to fix our attack to get back to cooking. The team is fully focused on the champions league now.

Yeah you'd think the surprise factor is gone, which is what we had in the previous games, but Liverpool's pressing when on point is the best around, and I think it'll catch anyone out at the best of times. So, I'm somewhat confident in getting a win like I said, but not conceding is going to be the hardest part. However, if Real Madrid come out, and sit back deep. We might have a chance as they might get stuck in their ways, and we can get a few goals, and then that forces them to change their tactics, but changing your tactics mid way through a game is often difficult. I think it's definitely possible, I just think it'll be our defense that'll let us down.

That's a good point you make though, Barcelona did have something to prove after losing by that amount against Roma, wasn't it something like 4-0? Then, had something to prove against us, and ultimately messed that up. Real Madrid have been caught cold before as well, so it's not like it hasn't happened. I mean, we scored 2-0 goals against them in quick succession, and really had them on their heels. Though, yet again our defense couldn't hold out.

Ideally, I'd like to get the high press going from the start, and score within the first ten minutes, that's when we're at our most effective, and that gives us the most chance to actually beat this deficit.

12 games are always better than 10 as everybody has higher chances to get more points,and as you say those 2 slam points can really make a difference in the top 22 prize spots,the difference between participants is really low in these spots.

The fact that the number of games will be shrinking as just over 2 months are left for this pool to end,doing well in the 5 coming rounds is of paramount importance for anyone who adheres to be in a prize spot in the end of this tournament.Doing like 12-16 points per round can really make that difference if someone is able to keep at this level of points for the 5 coming rounds of this pool.

A "long" round in superbru this one, i mean, normally we have 10 games and this one has 12, a opportunity to catch that 2 slam points.

But it gona be not easy like always Premier League always make surprises and this season we have a really tight fight in the bottom of the tabble and for the european spots.

Everyteam its playing for something , and what a misterious its for me every round Fulham, Brighton and Brentford, its always in my head the think "when they are gonna drop his level?".