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Martin

Martin

Will need to see a bit of the play but Norway women look quite short today, got to think NZ will want to put up a good showing as hosts.

Defo want to see some action first though, see if they are overrun.

Richard Latimer

@Martin said in *****New Football Thread*****:

Is it me or do some of these summer leagues not have many midweek games? I only have one trade on my set and forgets today. I seem to remember more matches being played midweek in previous years, is that just me remembering wrong?

I've had hardly anything for weeks!

Trevor H

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SHG in the Dinamo Tbilisi v Astana match. 1-0 at HT

1-1 you could go again

Scored again as I typed. 1-2

You could go again!

One step beyond! Never mind; still green for the day.

Trevor H

@Akiva-Anderson Well, of course I did (I only said probably.)

Akiva Anderson

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SHG in the Dinamo Tbilisi v Astana match. 1-0 at HT

1-1 you could go again

Scored again as I typed. 1-2

You could go again!

Akiva Anderson

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SHG in the Dinamo Tbilisi v Astana match. 1-0 at HT

1-1 you could go again

Akiva Anderson

SHG in the Dinamo Tbilisi v Astana match. 1-0 at HT

Akiva Anderson

@Trevor-H said in *****New Football Thread*****:

@Akiva-Anderson Ha, I was on a FHG in that one. Probably shouldn't push my luck!

Of course you should!

Trevor H

@Akiva-Anderson Ha, I was on a FHG in that one. Probably shouldn't push my luck!

Akiva Anderson

Went for a SHG in the Valmiera / vs Olimpija match. 0-1 after 52 minutes

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@Akiva-Anderson something I am aiming for one day.

Akiva Anderson

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@Akiva-Anderson you have your own agency because of your trading and that's given you freedom to choose the job than have to do it!

Yes!

Also think the attitude of everyone I work with has changed. I'm open and honest about my trading. I never asked for a payrise, all I wanted was to be able to reduce my hours. I wanted a better work / life balance.

My holidays are superb! I'm off for a week in February, a week at Easter, 5 weeks off in the summer, a week at Halloween and two weeks at Christmas.

I think they know I could get up and leave at any point. It is great power to have!

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@Martin

hahaha

Ryan

@Craig-vaulks Yea I agree with all your points there, they are just masters on that back stretch as well.

Rodri is a total and utter player too.

Anything over 2 with them at that stage would be a great trade, especially as then hopefully we will have a couple of nice moves so it will just be an extra play.

Martin

@Akiva-Anderson you have your own agency because of your trading and that's given you freedom to choose the job than have to do it!

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@Ryan it looks decent, I was thinking anything over 2 would be worth keeping an eye on.
Could city be a little complacent at the start after getting the treble last season?
After trying for so long to win the champions league, may have an effect.
I would not be surprised if the league is more more competitive this year in terms of it being more than a 2 horse race could be 3 or 4 for a good while, this time around.

Akiva Anderson

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@Trevor-H Oh, and do you literally make a living at this?

I do indeed. I'm still working part-time. I was hoping to give up working fully (this was my dream) and just concentrate on the trading. But, I don't need too, nor do I think I want to. I actually quite like my job and trading doesn't impinge on my part-time hours.

Weirdly, when I needed this job I hated it. Now that I don't need this job, I'm happier.

Akiva Anderson

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@Akiva-Anderson It's hard, isn't it? I mean, is a single season even statistically significant? (The number of games played in it are, of course, but there will be five or six different teams in it next season.) TBH, I'm not entirely comfortable with tweaking a strategy by filtering leagues - it feels a bit too much like curve fitting. To my mind, the current season's stats ought to be a much better guide; it's just a question of picking the right ones!

Well done on the Seongnam game.

There are people who go back 5 or even 10 seasons looking at stats. Last season I just used the current season stats as I wouldn't trust the stats pre-covid. I like looking at stats from previous seasons, but I don't think I let them cloud my judgement. I think at times you have to adapt to current trends and markets. Like we did with football trading during Covid and empty stadiums.

La Liga was poor last season because I think the competition was poor. The value and excitement was in the last Champions League spot and other European places. Great fun watching and trading Real Sociedad, Villarreal & Real Betis. Better value too

Trevor H

@Trevor-H Oh, and do you literally make a living at this?