Absolutely 0 mate, you’re so right, scraping away goals rule has done so much for football
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You'll be pissed if we finish 5th by a hair and we "lose" that extra space.
Obviously I don't want Arse or Spam doing well, but them doing well could really, really help us in a total flip of when Chelsea fucked us and set us back a few years.
Nope. I don't want to get a place in the Champions League only because other teams have done well in tournaments my team doesn't participate in. I want my team to get a place in the Champions League because it has earned it.
I want my team to get paid and use that money to get better. I want my team to play against Real, Bayern, PSG, Juve, not FC Carriebag.
I want my games to be on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. Not 5.15pm on a Thursday.
Me too. But not in any way possible.
We have participated, done well and added to the coefficient to for the PL to be awarded the extra place
By doing so and finishing no less than 5th we will have earned the right to participate
No?
They meant it was a draw at half time. I don't understand they meant nothing. If we want artificial added jepody lets introduce a coin toss for a goal.
Away goals was brought in to stop defending when there was a huge bias in getting results at home in Europe , that's not there anymore and why they got rid of away goals.
By that logic 3rd or 4th shouldn't get CL either because Prem teams have done well in Europe our co-efficients over the years are so good they it means that 3rd and 4th are formality for CL football.
Im not even gonna explain why thats not the same thing.
I have already said that you can support Woolwich if thats what you want but i maintain that you shouldn't do it here.
It is, the co-efficients are an accumulation of how well each team has done in Europe for their country, had English teams not done well in the past then they wouldn't be in a position to have a chance of taking 5 teams to the CL, it's all relitave to each other and that's exactly how 3rd and 4th teams got CL places so essentially 5th place has earned the right to play in the CL even if the optics look different.
Having that said I'd rather we not get help from anyone this season as I want to finish 4th and I think we're good enough but it is what it is.
The greatest CL games (collectively and consistently) ever played have been with away goals in the mix.
Hhhmmmm.........Only 3 away wins last year from (and Inc) Quarter Finals to the Final last year. (and they were against the worst performing teams left in comp Chavs (12th in PL), Benfica (although in fairness the 2nd leg game was a fun 3-3 with a flurry of late goals), Milan (4th in Serie A but miles off the pace as they were terrible, although Conte didn't think so), Those that went through was largely achieved by winning at home and drawing away.
Quasimodo, in his quartets, predicted the rise and supremacy of Sherif Tiraspol, 900 years ago!!!
Why was the away goals rule abandoned?
Statistics from the mid-1970s until 2020/21 showed a clear trend of continuous reduction in the gap between the number of home/away wins (from 61%/19% to 47%/30%) and the average number of goals per match scored at home/away (from 2.02/0.95 to 1.58/1.15) in men's competitions.
Meh that’s the spin put out by UEFA when they announced they were ditching it. No idea why they included Cup Winners Cup stats, total different comp.
For me perhaps the only tweek could have been with extra time, this is where I think the main advantage favours the 2nd leg home team. So do away with extra time and apply away goals
It's not spin. The home advantage is a lot less impactful compared to what it was.
I prefer it this way. I think it improves the second leg and doesn't give a win based upon factors off the pitch.
So it only benefits the neutral fan
