vasilli07
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My early thoughts for now. Melbourne City -1.5, Brisbane Roar DNB, Perth Glory DNB and WSW with the bolded being the more confident ones. Will confirm on the plays again.
If that Adelaide defeat doesn't spark City into life again, nothing will.
I'm still not convinced Wellington is a playoffs team despite their 2 wins in a row streak and also don't think Roar suddenly become a bad team. Maybe Roar is not a top 2 team but certainly a playoffs team. I expect the rested Roar to test the suspect Wellington defence more than CCM and Victory did.
I would be all over Perth(3rd game in a week and the long distance to Perth) if Victory didn't get thrashed yesterday. Still leaning to Perth to get something here, may go for Glory +0.5 instead.
With 12 games left, pretty much entering the must win and no more draw time for WSW now. New gk Janjetovic looks good so far and should eliminate those early gk mistakes that cost them a few wins. Santalab is back from suspension as well.
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Anyone like Congo DR getting a result tomorrow? Morocco lost a few of their star players but still has a good coach. I know Congo DR have some problems with money but all these stuff are usually overrated. I remember Nigeria had similar problem in the Olympics last year and as a result they only arrived in Brazil a few hours before their kickoff to play Japan. Almost all tipsters were on Japan but Nigeria totally boss that game.
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Lazio -0.5 @ 2.06
Atalanta will lose another midfielder in Franck Kessie due the AFCON. Lazio will also lose Keita but will get Felipe Anderson and Lulic back from suspension. I don't think Atlanta has too much depth to cover so many losses in a short time. They may be the best away team currently but Lazio should have too much for them today.
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On 2nd thoughts, I think I will skip the Espanyol game. Seems like they are having some injuries problems and their most creative player Platti can't play against his parent club.
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When will the expert tips be back?
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Watford DNB @ 1.79
I think the crowd could play a big part in this game. With the passing of Graham Taylor, the crowd won't get on their players back even if they are rubbish as this is the last thing the late Graham Taylor wants to see. Hopefully this will lift the pressure off Watford and steer them to a win as a parting gift to their best manager of all times.
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Espanyol +0.5
Not too sure if Valencia will get to enjoy their home advantage as the place is so toxic at the moment. Valencia fans will probably turn against their team if they don't start well in the 1st 15-20 mins. With the exception of the 6-4 loss to Sevilla and 4-1 to Barca, Espanyol is a pretty decent away team.
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I'm going with Juventus -0.5. Fiorentina usually feast on those poor teams. Juventus should have too much for them with their full strength team.
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Adelaide +0.25 @ 1.97
While Melbourne City has only 1 defeat in their last 6 games, they haven't been impressive at all since their FFA cup win. You will almost have to go back to the start of the season when they actually look good in games. Nowadays they seems happy to sit on a goal lead and always got punished. They were lucky against WSW last week as they played like they were the team who had a man sent off. As for Adelaide, their defence is bad but they can create chances. If they can score, they will punish City. I'm going with my gut feeling that Adelaide will have some luck with their finishing this week. Surely a team can't always lose, right?
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I think Adelaide may get a result against Shitty next week if they can score with the chances they have. Shitty is playing like crap nowadays, always only sitting on 1 goal lead. Cahill maybe scoring but he doesn't open up like space for Fornaroli like Novillo did with his dribbling.
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Going with Fiorentina -0.5 this week. Their form maybe bad but should still have too much for a poor team like Pescara. Pescara is simply a team which lacks real quality to compete at this level.
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Perth Glory @ 2.15
I like Perth to get back to winning ways here. A short turnaround isn't the best preparation to a tough place like Perth. The hot temperature is likely be a factor here as well. Defensive midfielder Vince Lia could be a big miss for the Phoenix.
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Wellington Phoenix DNB @ 1.78 looks good to me. Given Adelaide form, I just can't see them beating Wellington away.
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1 of the most exciting game to watch in recent times and of course the best striker in the league has to miss 2 pks to screw me.
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Melbourne City will be my play of the week. Nothing is going right for Perth at the moment. On the field, they are defensively poor. Off the pitch, they have players(Rhys Williams) wanting out. Melbourne City needed a kick to their butts and they got it from Victory, that should give them abit of motivation to kickstart their season again.
I like Roar as well but knowing my luck, WSW will decide to defend better and win this week.
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A revenge game for Juventus as Milan was 1 of the team that has beaten them this season. I like Juventus to win but Milan always make things hard for them as seen in their recent meetings. Probably another 1 goal win for Juventus.
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That will be fine as well.
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That will be great.
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At 1st glance as I have yet to check the new teams, I'm leaning to Atalanta and Torino. Roma is a likely pick for a parlay team.
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Inconsistent Inter seems like a good play as Sassuolo have almost of half of their starters out.
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The ELO seems harder to read now. I prefer the old version where red numbers means the away team has the advantage. Is it possible to make the colour red if the advantage is with the away team?
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WSW lead 2-0, conceded a pk 2-1 then miss a pk right after the kickoff, concede an equaliser to 2-2 after that.
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6 hours ago, StevieDay1983 said:
I don't understand how they can go from being so class last season to the diabolical mess they are now. Have they become complacent after their championship last season?
They lost quite a number of their title winning players during the offseason. At the start of the season, they blame their poor form on the injuries to some of their starters. It kinda of show now that the injuries are not the only reason for their poor start, it's more of poor recruitment to replace those who have left. The coach future probably also play a part as it seems like they are looking to replace him with Roar coach John Alosi.
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If Stoke doesn't impress you, then I'm not too sure what Leicester has done this season to impress you.
The only 2 things that work against Stoke is that they played a day later than Leicester and the loss of Arnie. If anyone has watch Leicester play, their style of play is always the same. 4-4-2, Drinkwater long ball to Vardy and hope for the best or pass to ballhog Mahrez who thinks he is Messi and will take his own sweet time to play the ball. As long as Stoke doesn't use a high defensive line like Man City, Shawcross will gobble up all Drinkwater long passes.
Weekend > Jan 21st & 22nd
in Premier League Predictions
Posted · Edited by vasilli07
They added the average of last 2 and 4 games now if I'm not wrong. Everything else is pretty much the same.