Topic: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread - page 276. (Read 140834 times)

Haha casper welcome to loser club =p but nah, you can beat United easy, put them in Conference league please! On that topic, big big news is United have Ten Hag. Well, okay, not confirmed, but it's a done deal from what I'm reading. Thoughts anyone?

I really think he's a cool guy, but am I worried about United now? Not at all. Rangnick was a bigger deal but he couldn't do crap to undo the shitstorm the club have whipped up around themselves. Can't possibly see Ten Hag do any better. Not even Pep nor Klopp could, unless they bring the club's principles to align with the new manager. LvG was a bit unfair when he labeled his old club a commercial one but he had a point there. United have always been and will always want to be the English Galacticos. Hard work ethics not an absolute requirement for players. They'll carry a lazy Pogba any day if it brings them profits.

So overall, I'm pleased they got Ten Hag. He's going to be in for a rude shock.


I'm leaning with you here but I'll give Moreno the benefit of doubt. Saw the replays several times post match. He intercepted, was off balance, saw the keeper way off, adjust himself and took a swing in a split second. Actually looked like a beautiful goal-bound effort from the angle behind him, but yeah, too much curve.

It's possible a through ball to Danjuma would have been much more difficult to execute, but yeah, my instinct would be to pass to him immediately.  Shoulda killed the game with many chances, they'll regret this next week almost certainly.

shit, another lose in a row, and against Burnley it hurts a lot
but, it was a good match in second half, Burnley was more precise, we keep the ball, without much ideas what to do, and that led to them scoring two pieces and overturn the score

hopped for a draw, now the situation is really tough, schedule is not on our side, United for a weekend, Watford has a good chance to win over Leeds, Burnley playing Norwich
and Lampard really did not bring anything to the game, Rooney is mentioning as replacement, but he is happy at Derby (although they are already relegated), and who would get the team in this situation

To be honest, if I was Emery I would suspend Moreno for a long period of time after that madness. I simply cannot understand how professional sports can be ruled by ego so much on a top level, especially when you are playing as a huge underdog.
He has Danjuma on the left totally alone - waiting for a pass to basically run with the ball into an open net and he decides to go for glory and shoot from 50 meters. Insane, truly mind boggling decision.

He really is a good player - but decisions like these can be the difference between going to the semis or not.

@casperBGD I almost forgot you're Toffees guy! BTTS and over cards turned out pretty well for this game, but my pick was a scoreless draw in the pool, which is the worst way to watch as the game progressed from 1-1 thinking, okay close score, to 2-2, okay at least I get a result, and then Burnley crush it all with that third goal. Who'd have thought, relegation strugglers scoring freely? Okay, 2 penalties, but still, you gotta win them and at least Richarlison banged in two. I can't feel too bad about your team man, but the last thing I want is them out. We need our annual derbies for all that EPL flavour =(

@Trofo watched Villareal game and wow, I think I have been underestimating their progress as luck. Forgot how good Lo Celso can be too... Spurs will wonder where they might be with him. Deserved to be at least 2 goals ahead by 60th min with such sloppy play from the Germans. Neuer almost gave Moreno a goal of the night too with the most shocking distribution from a classic keeper I've seen in ages. Hope you enjoyed Real game, kinda envious didn't see the goals...

both-to-score passed before Real is to start
penalty for Everton to equalize the score, Burnley started with high pressure, scored fast, but penalty brought us to beginning

it seems quieter now, could be more goals, but both sides are now taking more strength into defense
will stay with this one, not Real/Bayern, it is relegation fight for us, after all

I am actually tipping on Burnley here. Relegation battle is normal day in the office for them and they manage to clinch PL place usually with good results at just this part of the season. For Everton these are uncharted territories and they expected much more from this season. I imagine there is a lot of discontent and mixed feelings in Everton locker room and it is difficult to win away games against Burnley when you are not on 100%.

We shall see how it goes, I am switching to real as well when it starts

I think the best bet in this game is draw although nothing is sure in Premier League and anything can happen in this game.Also a lot of tipping sites I am watching all are predicting a game with low number of goals,all predictions lead to under 2.5 goals for this game.If it ends in a draw it will benefit both teams somehow compared to a win which would benefit a single team but would damage the losing one since both teams are fighting to be safe from relegation.

Just noticed there's a game on tonight in the midst of all the UCL QF action. Not a pretty game on paper, struggling Everton vs struggling Burnley (is it fair to say that?).

Everton win this and they'll put some distance between themselves and relegation. Burnley win, and it's a tin of sardines at the safety zone. Cards type betbuilder and BTTS good value?

Might actually end up watching though as it kicks off a half hour before Real (the one I'm watching for sure).

Well, that was totally unexpected. Did Palace play so well or did Arteta forget to tell his kids to play?

Doesn't change the situation though, except to give Spurs more hope, but it's still going to be London teams in Champions League Chelsea, Arsenal/Spurs. Manchester is blue this decade for sure, United are just counting on mistakes and none of these teams can make enough mistakes in last 8/10 games.


Only one guy picked Crystal Palace in our pool. And that guy is a Spurs fan, so he is happy lol

did not know this, great info

we have one more match, my Everton is playing a relegation battle with Burnley, it would be really a shit to been relegated, but Lampard did not brought anything new to the team, and we are sliding last 20 rounds
nevertheless, all that could end-up tomorrow, win over Burnley would set solid distance to relegation zone, but losing that match would seen a fierce battle

should we look at draw, or risk to get a win
interesting enough, last two matches away that we didn't lose were against Chelsea and United, last year, in 2022 all loses in away matches

Extremely disappointed with Arsenal yesterday night,I lost quite some mBtc on them,I thought to be a sure win the game of yesterday based on their recent form I thought they would crush Crystal Palace which plays absolutely for nothing.I always tend to forget that I am betting on the Premier League where surprises are the main event.I wonder how many people in the pool had predicted a Crystal Palace win at such scale.

Mole had the next game on a draw and need to hit exact correct scores for the 3 points otherwise Unknown will win. Im not sure how exactly the tiebreaker works but according to Superbru


Highest this season was 25 points on 29th round and casperBGD won that

Just watching Arsenal and wandering what happened. I expected them to do good against Crystal Palace and they are already 3:0 down. I really thought they learned how to win games like this. Hopefully this was just one bad day and just a slip but it gets tougher for Arsenal from here. They still have to play against Chelsea, united and Spurs and fight it out directly for that 4th spot.

The round is not over yet. Remember someone was pretty sure that he was going to win the round but at the end someone else won it few rounds ago? mole0815 have 18 and Unknown01 have 21 so far. It seems Palace vs Arsenal is not going to earn anyone any points except one who is Leea (there are always someone who will swim against the tide LOL) but in Burnley vs Everton if mole get 3 points and Unknown manages to get no point then we gonna have both of them at 21. It will be interesting. It's amazing to see 5 exact score in a single round. Unknown deserves the cap. We will see.

By the way, we have 26 points in a round if I am not wrong although that round had many matches than usual. Big match on the next Sunday!

Congrats to Unknown01 with the yellow cap. I’m not sure what the match week leader is for the whole season so far but 21 points in a single match week must be pretty close.

Enjoy the free bet brother.

They looked decent but they also looked like they would not score even if they played 3 games in a row. I can't believe how out of form Richarlison and DCL are. Did not watch whole game but Richarlison had a couple of great chances and squandered very cheaply. Goal they scored was a lucky deflection but as you said they should have scored a "normal" goal anyway so it about evens it out. Same can be said about Antonio, looks like he needs 20 chances for a goal at the moment but at least he has Bowen and others to bail him out.

Biggest shock of the weekend for me is Everton actually looked decent for quite some time against West Ham. Their goal I believe was deflected, although they probably did deserve a goal. I'm gutted because I had West Ham to win with a clean sheet.

I'm going to the riskier step. I'll be putting us to beat Benfica 2-0, and to beat Man City 2-1. Plus, I'll throw in a few other teams from the weekend. I'll be honest, I can see a draw happening on the weekend between us like it was earlier on in the season. The good thing is though, I do believe our defence has gotten better as the season as gone on, and Matip this season hasn't had as many injuries, and has really stepped up his game. VVD obviously getting back to his form before his ACL injury too.

Well this last 2 matches of the round can make a difference. I really hope Arsenal can win 1-2 or maybe 1-3 i have 1-2 for this match but hoping that Crystal Palace scores at least one. I think the main match will be Burnley vs Everton. I have seen that a lot of people have went with all 3 options so this will decide some important points. Also im now just 5.5 points away from first place plus got my record place of the season,6th .

Also btw can anyone tell me what are the correct prizes for 1-10th place so that i didnt miss something

I also think that Manchester United in the latest games have not been or has not proven that they are in the form when they used to get results,this latest draw against Leicester City playing at home just confirms that.Arsenal is much better in form and also the results lately so I also think they should win their game without problems and I think they in the end will be the ones who will see the Champions League next year with a really high probability I am saying this.

yeah, in the end, it will a race between London rivals, Arsenal and Tottenham, with Manchester United just watching, despite popular belief that United will see CL next season
Arsenal should be good to win tonight, Premier is getting realistic scores in last few rounds

it is a longer round than usual, which concludes with another match for Everton, nightmare season, but hopefully Burnley will stay on four points difference after the match