Topic: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread - page 293. (Read 129201 times)

One of those shit round and you will still find some people managed to get points LOL

City, man...other than two proper wins against relegation fodder (Norwich and Arsenal), they've had a pretty crap start of the season, but it's better to have that shitty form now than in december/january, i guess

as for the pool, 4.5 pts for me today..ngl, a bit embarrassing  and i'm supposed to be the defending champion, ffs!

I think everyone lost points today on this match. I was expecting lots of goals from City but a draw and even 0-0 isnt something i would have guessed in a million years. Bad week for me currently i hope i bounce back on sunday and get a few more points to try and get that top 10 position

Quite a lot of surprises for me considering the results of the game but most probably I am not only the one who was surprised at Manchester City not being able to win against Southampton at home.Also Everton suffering such loss I think was unexpected as it was the loss of Wolves at home.I am happy for Arsenal though although I had it a draw in my predictor,they are finally showing signs of being alive and this is good.I am even more surprised that despite such unexpected results I am still second at just 0.5 points difference from first place.

That's gotta the biggest let down of the day from Man City, wasn't it ? After failing to score before the half-time I said this might be one of the crazy days where Man City just can't seem to find the back the net, and it turned out to be, putting 6 past Leipzig in the midweek who would expect them not to be able to score 1 goal against Southampton.

Not so bad so far this week for me, my only regret is changing my initial Brentford 2-1 Wolves pick to the exact opposite about 10 mins from kickoff.

So I didn't get anything from first 2 games but I guess very few people did either so not so bad! HT right now and the most surprising result is 0-0 City-Southampton and guess what? Only Southampton pulled one save.


Trofo has very good points already so no need to cover them but the basics are for sure there. You also need to look at the fantasy scoring, the simplest ones only give points to keeper saves, assist, scoring, and penalties for cards and goals but if you play where you also get points for saves+blocks, then for sure you actually gain more from a cheap keeper expected to take 10+ shots from City for example. This is my opinion sometimes, to take some penalties.

And also, agree don't change teams because they scored higher last week. Your idea is hit average players in form and spend money on one big player who always performs like Ronaldo, Salah, for me always Messi but of course now he is in Ligue 1 I lost my appetite for fantasy a lot).

Very bad start 0 points from two games this gameweek.
Brentford with a 2 goals win Away against Wolves is impressive playing with 10 players for almost the last half hour.
Cygan was only one to predict the correct final score.

Arsenal vs Burnley starting soon the starting 11 for Arsenal looks to be solid and MAYBE MAYBE they get a win here since Burnley are struggling at home going winless at Turf Moor for straight 14 games .
If Arteta fails in this one he should pack his bags and leave.

I had been thinking of putting the Leeds game as a draw initially but the Newcastle lineup made me think they couldn't even get a point.

And then Brentford also shows up with Toney and reminds Wolves that they haven't found a way to get a Plan B in place when they can't score. I feel like they could be in real trouble if they don't find a way to get Jimenez back to scoring. Or Traore to start assisting...

9 shots but none tested the keeper, 2/3rd possession, and running themselves ragged for nothing. Damn.

I got Liverpool on all kinds of crazy bets, so come on, you Reds! And don't bust me again on Blackjack please =)

I had the yesterday game 2-2 as draw so I got the close result for the 1-1 that the game ended.I am surprised that from the top standings no one opted for a draw which let me alone for a few hours in the top.I think the games of this week are difficult to predict for me so I am Ok even if I lose quite some positions in this week games.

Another wrong result for me but at least it was a great game. Lots of chances on both ends of the pitch and I agree  we could have had 4 goals in this one easy. SM was great, he is super fast and always has some solution with the ball, rest of Newcastle attack was total rubbish so he was standing out even more. Rapihna was great for the Leeds but he had some small injury concerns before the game and lasted only 60 minutes, too bad since I feel like he would have assisted or scored another goal for sure.

It's as though I saw this coming along, I couldn't place support on either team so I settled for a 1 - 1 draw and it looks like it's going to pay off apparently, there is just about two minutes of stoppage time left to play for.

It's not by any means being a typical boring game that you'd have expected from both sides, both team were really explosive and Saint-Maximin would be my player of the game, it's really funny how this game would likely ended with 1 goal apiece, there easily could have been 4 goals here tbvh.

I opened a new topic for Fantasy and answered you there. If there is more of you interested please join us. I love brainstorming about the players but that is not interesting for most of the people here so better to take our discussion elsewhere.

Sorry guys for clogging the topic a bit.

Link to topic:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5360535.new#new

The game between Newcastle and Leeds is going on really close. Leeds are the better performing side and they scored first with the Raphinha's goal also. Newcastle still managed to answer them with Saint-Maximin in the 44th minute. We are in the early minutes of the second half and it is going on 1-1. I still think that Leeds can defeat their opponent in this game. Even though both sides started badly, Leeds are still more powerful. And they were the better side in their last games against each other. It is a good opportunity for Leeds to get their first victory of the season.

Thanks for the advice ... very handy! I hope no one objects if I answer here, as this is also one of Sportsbet's events related to the Premier League.

If my memory serves me, Pickford was selected based on the results of Euro 2020, but I also have a spare goalkeeper from the Spurs.
I know that he doesn’t play, but I didn’t change it in the hope that he will make itself felt this season (especially since it costs only 5m).
I also like Lukaku, and I will not change him as I already have enough players representing United who bring points.
.I have a full squad including a bench ... by the way I tried to save money on this but found that you cannot complete transfers if you have an empty bench.
Well, I only added Grealish a week ago, and the other two City players are gaining a lot of points among the defenders.

I have been playing fantasy for 5 or 6 seasons, read through many articles and watched numerous videos on topic. So here goes a couple of advices which serve me well.
1. Fantasy is all about staying in front of the curve. After player makes 20 points in one game it is too late to bring him in
2. Never take hits for transfers unless really justified
3. Plan your team for fixtures at least 5 games in future
4. Maximize your points per million, for instance tying up your money in keepers is bad. Much better to take budget keeper and invest that one million more in premium defender.
5. Midfielders get more points for goals and extra point for clean sheet, much better value than strikers to spend big
6. Have minimum 2 big hitters in your team for captaincy but no more then 3, too expensive
7. Avoid Pep roulette, house always wins

Now free comment of your team.
Pickford is wasted Everton spot for me, much better to take Digne who should have a lot of assists to his name and budget keeper.
Why Origi he is not playing? Take somebody cheap like Wilson who plays every match and gets involved in half of Newcastle goals. Not at the moment since he is injured but you get the point.
Lukaku is great but Ronaldo has better fixtures at the moment. Don't switch them though since fixture swing is coming shortly. I'll be taking Lukaku in 2 weeks if everything goes by plan.
You did not post your whole team, bench is also important. There should be one or two enablers there (4 M) and at least one good rotation player to cover up absences. I am thinking you don't have one since your first 11 is really expensive.
Rest of the team is ok, but I would never have 3 City players, Pep is most hated guy in fantasy circles for good reason.

Something I can’t figure out how to maximize points from this event, I put together such a stellar team for 100 million, but it still doesn’t gain more than 50 points per week, (Pickford, Cancelo, Alexander-Arnold, Maguire, Dias, Origi, Pogba, McArthur, Grealish, Salah, Lukaku).  

Although I already had a couple of times the thought that maybe I should diversify the team with players from other clubs ... in short, you need to ask Trofo.

Bamford is also in my scoring pick for fantasy, he was so close in the last match with that wonderful chip that most other keepers I think wouldn't have caught. They will always let in one goal I think regardless of who is in defence, so BTTS is the safest prediction. 2-1? 2-2? 3-1?

Tottenham/Chelsea I feel will go to a draw or a big win for Chelsea. Lukaku to score, but also Kane.

I'm not so decided yet, I haven't even made my pick.. I will most likely settle for a draw here, I'm not convinced by either team tbh..

Other than Newcastle playing at home, I would have given Leeds the edge here, but it's a really even situation.

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It's not so much a tough week ahead, I'd most likely make all my picks without much stress or checking the stats and/or recent form.

Bumping the thread for today as there is one game going on tonight between Newcastle vs Leeds,a game which I think will produce a great number of goals as both teams will attack hard.Also do not forget to put your predictions for the games of this week as even a missing week can be crucial to dictate your final standing after the complete Premier League season,so don't forget.

Apparently he still injured as Steve Bruce reveal that Joe Willock, Ciaran Clark and Javier Manquillo all picked up knocks in the defeat to Manchester United last weekends, and he didn't mention anything or any update on Wilson so it's not clear yet when he is going to return back on training atleast.
And For Leeds Bamford is back with them not being able to score last match against Liverpool I think that they are going to get one but also Newcastle since Leeds have problems in their CBs some still injured and Struijk is suspended for Red card.