Recent content by Spiersey

  1. Football & Sports Betting Thread 2023/2024

    On Ac Milan u19 win tomorrow @1.85. Make it around 1.4 fair, market probably drops it to 1.4. Olympiakos very fortunate to be in the final, been 2nd best every round so far. Nantes missed a few sitters in the semis (and they aren’t great themselves). Bayern game was a joke, keeper made two huge...
  2. FAO xG Nerds

    XG isn't recorded for Canadian Prem, but this one is almost definitely a 0.99xg miss.
  3. Nottingham Forest | Cooper sacked, Nuno takes charge

    They'd have stayed up with Cooper in fairness. Nuno has a very easy job this season, their squad is miles better than the bottom 3's.
  4. Rashford's red card - correct decision or badly done by VAR again?

    Has this ever been a red pre var? I can’t remember them ever being given before they were shown in slow motion. They are barely even whistles as fouls in real time. I feel people’s perception of what a red card is now, is heavily altered from the introduction of var.
  5. UEFA Youth League 2023/24

    0-0 was pretty fair, neither side particularly deserved the win. United had the better chances, bar the first 5 minutes where Copen could have scored. They barely attacked after 15th minute. Was a strange game, both sides were pretty happy for the other to have the ball and just pass it around...
  6. Gaming EA FC 24

    The menus and general layout is absolutely horrific. It’s taking ages to do anything on UT as it’s just not a fluid experience. Nothing really works/makes sense. The shortcut button is nice, but still isn’t as good as the older, easier system. The objective menu might be the worst improvement in...
  7. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    I think the players want him gone. The performance from 3-1 had zero heart or effort from the players. Usually United would score to make it 3-1 and they’d be energised and pressing. Instead, the players half sat off, half pressed and just looked like they wanted to concede more. It did not...
  8. Golf 2023

    The 'players' irons with PXG are good. I didn't have any issue with consistency regarding distance when trying them out. Most of the mid level irons have issues for me whenever I try them, regardless of the brand. The P770 were horrific in that respect, the same 7 iron strike could go 170 or...
  9. Scottish Football 23-24

    They’re both in terrible form and there’s huge pressure on both teams/manager. It’s not that surprising that the quality has been poor. The ones later in the season will be better.
  10. Cole Palmer | Chelsea Player

    I don’t think it’s to do with budget, it’s just the level that City are at. City are the best team in the world. The chances of one of their youth players being good enough to start for them is pretty slim, even with the best academy in England currently. Generally, big sides only give youth a...
  11. How do Brighton find so many wonderkids?

    For sure but they are at a massive advatange over every other club in the world really by having access to StarLizard and Smartodds data. It would probably cost any other team £100 mil + per season to even come close to replicating the scale of their data collecting, and that's without having...
  12. How do Brighton find so many wonderkids?

    No he didn't. The system at Brighton comes directly from Bloom and StarLizard. They use all the data + algorithms to identify players. They have access to probably 100x more data than any club bar Brentford + know exactly what metrics are required to win football matches. Bloom's algorithm is...
  13. Lucas Paquetá is under investigation for potential betting breaches

    The ones I was aware about were placed at Pinnacle (Biggest Asian bookmaker). I would imagine they would have staked local bookmakers in Brazil too + Betway it seems.
  14. Saudi League thread

    It's been common practice in Asia for years to freeze out/banish foreign players due to the cap. Hilal have done it to a few mid season due to being able to sign better foreigns, it's something that has always happened and is normal for Asian leagues. This one is more ridiculous though because...
  15. Greenwood (Out) - signs for Getafe on loan

    I don't see him moving to Saudi, certainly not the PIF clubs. They have no need for him, he's just unneccesary drama and signing him would just perpetuate the stereotypes that Saudi are trying to change ('Sportswash') with their current project. Wouldn't make any sense at all really. It isn't...