Fri-Sun plays (Serie A/B/C/, Sand. + others).....

rather large card here. a little late. busy wknd ahead with plans so just going to toss everyting up here. no time to edit.  fyi, these arent playstation observations  

Serie A: interesting wknd coming up, and yes Aless....unloading  will see how these unfold. 

Atalanta/Spezia - another tricky one. as mentioned several weeks back, only reason Bergamo boys not at/near the top is due to these sandwich wknds. Spezia gave us a nice payoff holding them scoreless prior to visiting Klopps boys. these guys might be in a relegation battle, but Spezia have acutally played far better vs the top half of table than lower. ignoring reports of Gasp focusing on that CL slot, if it was soo 'important' to im they wouldnt have dropped 10 pts in these spots earlier in the year and with that trip to Madrid looming & the hose-job they felt they were given, cant blame them for overlooking Friays game. but losing to Inter on Monday night as well? just get the feeling theyll come out and try to get this taken care of early then take foot off the pedal. Atalanta to win @-122, over 1.5 @+130 (1st half)

Lazio/Crotone - lets see if 'tuned in'. not a good spot for Inzaghis squad this friday. past few weeks lost to Inter, lost to Juve, and royally thumped by Bayern; cleansheeted by Mihals club & conceding in bunches and buddy down there says all is not well in the locker room and now sitting outside a european slot for next year. and knowing this squad for as long as have, they are hellbent on proving to everyone that they belong on the same pitch as Bayern as they were completely dominated in 1st leg. and Lazio, absolutely struggle/blow chunks whenever they get assigned these early tilts. (Udine blew them away here earlier in season) Crotone in the cellar, but got their first 'w' in quite some time last week and should see that carry a little over into this one. should take the 3.5 but prefer this to get wknd Round started with as Lazio have been a mess in the back lately. 'push' at worst, Crotone TT over 1 @+120 and lets toss a little on the 1.5 @+280

Sass/Hellas - polar opposites. Sass' kitchen sink forward style vs Hellas counters. Hellas were embarrased last week losing @home to a Milan squad missing half its lineup. 2.5 is awful low for a btts with that much juice attached. was already thinking this ends level, getting somewhat concerned of Mihals boys catching them but a small play on the draw @+220

Benev/Fior - Viola shouldn't be going off odds-on vs anybody on the road the way theyre playing of late. but Benev in a down spiral as well. suprised this wknd meeting isnt juiced, I'll gladly take these prices. as both coaches will not settle for a pt. Benev/Fior over 2.5 @+108

Genoa/Udine - (groan) PASS.

Bologna/Sampdoria - one of those 'circled' matches. Samp havent won here since previous decade, (theyve actually lost 4 straight H2Hs as well); but even more importantly, they just havent been able to keep Bologna out of the net conceding 2+ in of the past 7 visits. for now, Bologna TT over 1.5 @+115

Torino/Inter over 1.5 @-115 (2nd half) the 'usual' weekly play, Toro are now 16-8 after last wknd. but out comes the hammer for this one , its still 3 days away but jump on this. firstly, agreed. if Conte scr*ws it up THIS year, he wont be able to get a job again (laughing). no europe, no Coppa, no 'nothing', means he has a week to prepare for everyone. and coming off a huge win last monday they can ill afford to screw this one up. dont laugh, Inter doesnt like these visits across town to our little brothers. they have just 2 wins in past 6 visits (2-2-2), and have actually been trailing at the half in FOUR of the past 6 meetings. and with Toro needing to get the h*ll out of the relegation zone (which we all agree is the biggest suprise of season). Toro STILL lead Serie A with scoreless halftimes, yet STILL tied for 5th in total goals, go figure. so lets hope this remains scoreless, or even better, Toro leading at the whistle. cause Conte might send Hand forward if necessary (laughing).
EDIT: fyi, Luk & Laut are unanimous selections in fantasy this wknd. everyone too scared to pick someone else out of fear one of them going ballistic. i picked the big guy, he COULD have had 4+ easily back in Nov where he banged in two, assited on the other two, and mishit several chances. and hes trying to catch Christian.
and whenever the lines come out, take the bloddy card prop. its always chippy when they meet, last 4 lovefests? 5,8,5,6 since Conte came over. but more importantly, they just announced the assignments.... Paulo? for THIS one? yes. I agree. not sure what exactly went WRONG in their lives but Paolo does NOT like Antonio, Antonio does NOT like Paolo.  and when you have a ref whom raises his arm and THEN has a discussion. well.......

Parma/Roma - PASS.
Cagliari/Juventus - have to wait for lineups. we are dangerous to back when nothing really to play for. yeah, that CL slot SHOULD be motivation but reports of CR7 heading back to Spain is becoming a big distraction. last thing we need is a trip to that island. PASS (for now)

Milan/Napoli - Gattuso "coming home". too early for this one as Milan have their trip to Trafford tomorrow. need to wait for lineups, Pioli left half his lineup home but unsure if they are all fit to play. PASS.

Spec   heading out to play tennis, first time this year. BOL with the plays, got a few on Atalanta game myself. 

Serie B:
Citt/Pisa over 2.5 @+102 - Pisa near the top in total goals and lead in conceding on roadies. this line should be juiced.
SPAL to win @-115 - slipped in table but really need to start picking up points with bunch of winnable matches coming up.
Monza to win @+135
Vicenza/Empoli btts @-120
Frosinone/Brescia over 2.5 @+125, over 3.5 @+300

Scotland: (tailing)
Ross County/Hibs over 2.5 @evens

Romania: Steaua -1 @+127 - push at worst. they are not scr*wing up vs a newly promoted side the week before their showdown for what mostly like will be for the title.

Sandwiches: had a nice one with Elche last wknd, and Munich was the 1st juiced sandwich in quite a bit of time. hit 2 of the 6 matches and pulled even. 5 more this round, glad to have a cushion, think im going be needing it.

Bremen/Munich* +985, +580. +1.5 @+115
Getafe/Atletico* +380, +225
Leeds/Chelsea* +370, +300
Augsburg/Gladbach* +320, +280
Fulham/City* +950, +450, +1.5 @-108  (groan)

Real/Elche +1.5 @+130 decided to fade Real here. 

UEL consecutive roadies: a pleasant suprise this season

St Gallen/Young Boys +1/2 @-115
Eibar/Villareal pick @+123
Varaždin/Zagreb +1.5 @102

Copa Lib: did this last year with decent success. similar to sandwiches but prefer to use HC route for these at the expense of leaving a lot on table if they win outright. some of these leagues havent even started, so thats a huge advantage for a few clubs next week when 2nd leg comes around.

Guabira/Bolivar
Colomia/Wanderers
Aucus/Independiente(Col)
America/Libertad
Catolica/Tecin
Nacional/Junior draw
Banfield/Lorenzo
Guarani/Guarena

GL to all and have a nice wknd 

@specimen24

 Pretty easy to post winners when the match has already been played right?

lazio was early this morning. You posted this at 1:25 pm ???????

wtf???? What a chump. 

please explain yourself 

Ganda   hope all is well with self/fam. things seem to be stabilizing up there in Belgium.  tks fer stopping by

hh, as I said. i didnt bother to edit. those familiar with thy threads know I try to get everything up in a timely manner. (i dont live in here).   its funny how you elected not to mention the Citt play which lost tho. 

at least i dont come in and tell everyone im not playing with real money AFTER getting taken up the creek.   be careful with flapping ur mouth and go back to your playstation. nobody owes you anything in here. 

specimen24, always appreciate your thoughts and love your reading your posts, thanks for taking the time.  Have a great weekend brother.  

@specimen24

 Sorry you got caught. 

if I did this, you and all your lovers would be calling me out. Let me guess, you’re gonna count those as wins too???

pathetic 

ps that thread you say I got “taken to the creek on” ended up being a push after all plays. Even. 

my guess is if you had the nuts to track your plays, you’d be way in the negatives. But you’re a cheat so who knows . 

Cheers! 

@hhlowlow

 Mad cuz your Lazio play was trash? Maybe if you sim some more fifa 21 game scores, you’ll get the next one right. BOL to you though

Debemos respetar hh, y no insultar, espec es de lo mejor que tenemos por aquí.

@hhlowlow

Specimen also provides info on the Italian matches, something that is even more valuable than only pics.. and his previous track record talks for themself, who cares if he ends up posting a little late once in a while...

@specimen24

Keep up the good work, always looks for your insight before placing a bet (even though I follow Serie A pretty close myself the last couple of years and Serie B this season, I'm still learning Italian so getting info from soemone that know the language and history is so valuable) 

Buon fine settimana e buona fortuna 

@hhlowlow

 spec provides arguably the most league-specific insight in the soccer forum. not sure where this is coming from, but it's not needed here.

@hhlowlow

 get the f@ck out of here

always some noname clown trolling

GL spec, not that u need it maestro

specimen knows I’m half stirring up the pot on purpose here. He’s no fool

i read and enjoy everything you write as well. 

but, if I posted plays after the end of the match, I’d have 10 people call me out on it. That’s all. 

That went as well as those 2 KBD threads. 

Have a good weekend Spec! 

@hhlowlow

 Do u see all the plays with write ups? So what if he made a mistake he doesn’t owe u anything! Stick to ur crappy plays man. Nice Lazio call u moron. 

What a tool.

Thanks spec. Good info as always 

@KingMart06

watch this

Crotone TT over 1 @+120 and lets toss a little on the 1.5 @+280

Real Madrid 0-0 halftime +215

Crystal palace under 2.5 -110

4-0 baby !!

quickly here, will put up thoughts and addtl plays for the remainder of afternoon. before begin, a big thanks to all (except one) for stopping by; ill take the time to reply to each & every later/tmrw - including our newly minted self-elected forum policeman. as well as update the results. decent day yesterday on '+ with sandwiches along with conmebol to help ease the "B" 'Olive Garden Special'

Sunday:
Pending:
Bologna TT over 1.5 @+115
Torino/Inter over 1.5 @-115 (2nd half)

3 of Conmebols still remaining, split down middle last night I think:
Nacional/Junior draw @+225
Banfield/Lorenzo to win @+110
Guarani/Guarena +1/2 @-120

UEL consecutive roadies:
St Gallen/Young Boys +1/2 @-115
Eibar/Villareal pick @+123
Varaždin/Zagreb +1.5 @102

Adding:
Romania:
Cluj/Iasi - was advised to back Cluj here, with Steauas 'w' yesterday, they need to keep pace for their biggie next weeknd. goal in both halves? yes @-110, Cluj + over 2.5 @+119

Serie A:
Toro/Inter over 4.5 cards @-111 (as mentioned above)

Parma/Roma - initially planned to take Roma on the HC, just not in mood to with it being juiced/near evens. Mkhit is out, its a roadie, with that trip to Ukraine coming up. and they havent really been performing very well the past month on road. however, Parma have conceded 2+ in 9 straight (and actually 14 of past 15 games). toss in the fact Roma have banged in 2+ in 8 of past 10 H2H's ill take a shot at the Roma TT over 2 @+120 (push at worst thing)

Cagliari/Juventus - avoiding this one till find out where our heads are at. Giorgio getting the start so at least they should be screwed on tightly. lost here last year during that cluster (bleep) july schedule right before the trip to Rome; but prior to that we won the last 8 visits, all but one of them were by 2+ goals. Island boys had scored just once in past 8 meetings as well. sounds "easy" ehh?? keep in mind, Porto was supposed to be too. PASS. (will be seeing me say this quite a bit rest of season from this point forward, for everyone in that logjam at top, if Inter goes before the others in a Round & they end up dropping pts? ...well..... )

Milan/Napoli - ehhh. as expected, going to have to sweat bullets for Piolis boys to hold on to that 4th slot. Milan getting healthier, but Zlat still out. sure would be nice to have him in there to keep Kou occupied & free up space for everyone else. nasty spot for them squeezed between ManU meetings. and Gatts squad rested and prep all week; one of the big reasons I think they can get a result here. honestly cannot get any closer than these two with H2Hs, 4 of past 8 league matches finished level, and Napoli has a 10-9 goal advantage. going to play it safe and just take Napoli pick @-102.

GL to all  

No le pares compadre!!, Y sigue con tus pronosticos

Hammered the Torino Inter second half over 1.5 when it was tied at the half. Wonderful insight on Torino’s trend around second half scoring tendency. Thanks as always Spec. 

Thanx for the write up.I was tailing you on that Bologna team total....

Amazing hit on the Bologna game and Inter game I also took btts!!!

Spec-all the respect for what you do...hh might want to read the your 1st paragraph again....

most informative posts around!! Thanks!!!  Truly appreciate your time and effort, most especially your knowledge.  Their are very few on any of the sports forums that have and share the knowledge they have and the reasoning behind the picks.  I learn more reading your posts than any other poster.  I’m pretty sure I have won way more than I have lost following, but regardless I get so much from your posts, that that alone is worthwhile!  Don’t know what that idiot was thinking.  Who cares.  Good luck!!