Topic: Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread - page 327. (Read 146330 times)

Firstly, happy new year to everyone and Steve and Sportsbet. You guys made it such a wonderful year I cannot imagine ever that I would love a sportsbetting platform the way I do for you. That comes from the bottom of the heart.


Hey man, I am not saying he should be anything, but football players are social leaders and role models, so if he chooses to support food projects in his own home town, and in neighborhoods he grew up in, I think he should be applauded. Nobody said he is running for politics.

Can we not be our careers and also speak on social issues? Bitcointalk people should only talk about Bitcoin and not support Bitcoin charities? Sportsbet should only talk betting and not support charities with Bitcoin? I think both sides benefit from doing good

But anyway you are totally right Martial is performing but not getting chances and what about the sad case of Lingard?

No "binary" win for United in the end, huh casperBGD? Last match I switched 2-1 to 3-1, and last night I switched 3-1 to 2-1. Go figure.


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After a long time in round 20 I was able to be in the top position and get the yellow cap for the first time. Does this mean I get a $50 free bet on yellow cap? And how to claim it

Thank you, @buwaytress. Indeed what we need is to not forget to make our predictions for each round.

Lady Luck is smiling at me in the end of this year. After winning Yellow Cap in Round 19, I took 6th place in  Round 20



and climbed up 3 more places.


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Now we have 9 matches in Round 21. I feel like this round can make a lot of changes in the Leaderboard. Don't forget to make your predictions, guys!

Have a happy New Year's Eve celebration, and may Lady Luck smile at you during 2022!

Yeah, but last season was a bit of an anomaly, and really it was whoever got the luck of the draw. That was the first real season with Covid at large, and a lot of issues with how to deal with it. Liverpool had a absolute nightmare last season in terms of injuries, as well as battling Covid. So, there's plenty of reasons why they managed to finish second. I won't take everything away from them as they still needed to put in the performances, but many factors contributed to them being second.

They've got all the talent in the world, just something is rotten in that team, and I think its the players I mentioned. Once Ronaldo, Pogba, and potentially Maguire are gone I feel they can finally kick on whoever the manager is.

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He was probably not. Lets break this down though, Ole had a good season with the team last season and the team ended up 2nd. Yeah it wasnt good enough but it was 2nd and its still great, he had all his plans worked out last season with all players of his selection then he ended up signing Jordan Sancho which he might need this season

All of sudden the management decided to sign Ronaldo which he probably doesnt need all because City was about to sign him up. Obviously he didnt need Ronaldo in his plan and he had no option to bench Ronaldo so yeah everything didnt work out for him and probably it wont work with Rangnick as well


Yeah he wants to leave so he is not really bothered with any result that the team will get this season

I have predicted a narrow win for Manchester United in tonight game but I don't know why I have this gut feeling that Manchester United will lose tonight game.I see a lot of friends betting on 1/1 meaning Manchester United to win both the first and second half of the game,most of them even adding clean sheet from Manchester United but I told them I don't trust United anymore,you can expect anything from them.

For the pool the results of this last week have been average,no one moved up or down significantly but let's see what happens on January 1 up to 3 which will be the next round.Hopefully we won't have a lot of postponed games.

Leicester were lucky really. Only one person backed the Leicester win and nobody went for a draw. Nobody backed the draw on the Chelsea game either, though Brighton got the equaliser in injury time. Fucked up my acca as well haha.

I wonder if there could be an upset in the Man United game tonight? I've gone for a comfortable home win but Burnley have cranked out 5 draws in their last seven games and I'm not sure I trust United that much right now especially as they drew to Newcastle last week so another draw wouldn't surprise me.


Chelsea were on the Skybet super boost acca and were the only team to let me down.


I can imagine Ron causes a lot of drama behind the scenes and other players won't like the special treatment he gets. Probably not nice playing in his shadow. He probably think he's too good for the team right now. I wonder if he'll leave at the end of the season when his contract runs out. Not sure where else he would go though. I can't imagine him sticking it out with Man U if they don't win anything which isn't looking likely this season.

I think the criticism of Rashford is a little unjust. He's been fantastic for most of his career, and Manchester United fans jumping on him while the whole Manchester United squad is stealing a living isn't quite fair. He's young, and probably has one of the highest ceilings in the squad.

That Manchester United squad is brimming with talent they just can't seem to get on with each other, and there probably needs to be major adjustments to how they play or move on the players that are causing the issues. I don't think Ronaldo is good for that team, yeah hes been vital the last season getting much needed goals, but overall his attitude or ego if you will likely has a negative effect on the squad overall. I've watched Manchester United a few times this season, and they seem to always want to play through Ronaldo whenever he plays which takes the effect of Rashford, and the like away.

I'd say Ronaldo, Pogba, and Maguire need to be moved on. Not only for their performances, but their attitude, as well as their influence within the dressing room. We all know Ronaldo has a winning mentality, and is one of the best players to ever play in the Premier League, but I don't think he's what is needed at Man Utd. Pogba has looked brilliant in spells, but overall doesn't look like hes bothered to play. Maguire was a poor signing from the start, and should have never been near a starting player for Manchester United.

then let him engage in politics, why he takes a salary from a football club.
I saw many hardcore MU supporters who do not want to hear any criticism of him, it certainly gives him the comfort of not having to work hard on the field. nothing performs better than Martial, and this one is currently on the margin.

Bloody Chelsea, I swear any time I put a bet on Chelsea they end up doing what I predict, but they manage to at least mess up one of my bet builder options. For example, I had them to be drawing at half time, and then drawing at full time. Brighton missed a few shots, and I thought the Lukaku goal despite being a decent goal from him should have been defended better.

I've been so close to winning big money with the bet builder, but I usually fall at the first hurdle. This time it was Chelsea, I bet the rest of the games I have on it will come in.

Anyway, I know a lot of Manchester United fans are excited by the new manager, but they're expecting miracles from the exact same team which hasn't shown the desire, the skill or any sort of motivation. A new manager isn't going to change that unless they're a character like Klopp, which I don't believe the new manager is.

I like Rashford too but you are totally right here,,, he did a lot of good charity projects especially about the food program and this is why he is loved.

But this should not blind the team and managers to his worth. I would say the same for my club in Harry Kane. Popular figure and yes he scored 2 goals in 2 games now,,, but if you see his performance he should not have stayed so long as 1st choice. A mature team is like Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. They will never play a fan or even his own favorite if they feel the player is not up to standard!

Lol casper, but I watched United game before that and Rashford, Fernandes were shooting wildly: high, wide, and even miles off course I couldn't believe my eyes. Mane at least was actually... aiming directly at keeper all the time, and even Salah did heh.

But anyway, enough said about the loss. It looks like we do keep Salah for Chelsea and then we have to be without our boys anyway for a month.

Just can't wait to rip into some team, preferable City.

here is one after Liverpool draw


United is the only match today, since Everton is cancelled
they are playing "binary" football since Ole left, scores 1:1, 1:0, should we expect more goals tonight from United? I think that it will be the case, time to trash some team

heh 😂
but on a serious note, he's been so poor after the shoulder surgery, but the managers (ralf and Ole a few weeks ago) keep backing him and putting him in the starting XI even thougn he's not in good form simply because Marcus is a fan favorite. He needs to start from the bench, give Sancho or Cavani more minutes

The part of the game I was actually disappointed in terms of performance was immediately after the goal, and for around 10 minutes after. That's the only time Leicester looked settled. In fact, watching the first half I was absolutely convinced that the Leicester City defense was going to gift us a goal because they kept spilling passes, and making poor decisions.

Mane should have scored when he skied it. Salah should have really got the rebound at least, though it was difficult because the ball sort of hanged in the air. I thought Jota with his half chance of a volley should have at least got it on target. We were unlucky with a few headers, including VVD who probably should have done better.

The performance was there, and as long as we have our shooting boots on we probably win that game convincingly. I'm not too concerned about our performance, I'm concerned about Manceshter City sort of falling into a lot of luck recently, and Chelsea to be honest. Chelsea should have lost their last few games, and have been bailed out a few times by the opposition making some truly bizarre decisions. Though, the tackle on Salah last night was pretty bizarre from Ndidi I'll admit.

Trust me, I am feeling so happy every time I get yellow cap, even in pools I don't get any prizes for it hehe, so I understand the feeling and as we only have half season left to go, only 19 more yellow caps, so every one of them is precious.

I make research every game actually, since I'm not so familiar with English league, but maybe I need to switch my sources.

Tumi, hahay, Sojourner are all changing places at the top every week. Totally amazing to see, and you know what? Hahay and Sojourner are also 1st/2nd in Serie A and La Liga pools.

So we need to start taking their analysis seriously man. Or maybe they are twins, who are you guys? lol

I never expected that performance from Liverpool yesterday,totally disappointing and they lost quite a few valuable points in the title fight.If Manchester City wins tonight things will get very difficult for Liverpool to follow and they may totally focus on the Champions League rather than fighting on the two fronts.Probably because of this tight schedule but that schedule was also tight for West Ham as they played their third game in 6 days and they completely destroyed Watford.

It was as you say, very solid performance from reds in first half but they missed a lot of chances, that penalty plus rebound from Salah and that Mane chance are a must score. Afterwards it was more difficult and Leicester managed to contain them well.

Chelsea is not playing well at the moment and they will spill a lot of points for sure. They will also miss some sitters after Werner gets back into the team
City on the other hand looks unstoppable at the moment, and their bench which allows them to completely rest 4-5 players without loosing quality is gonna get them even further ahead in this busy schedule. Last week they had Foden, Grelish and Jesus on bench, only Foden got a couple of minutes, I am expecting them to start and maybe Sterling and Mahrez to rest today.