I know what you mean, that's why it was invented initially especially in the old days it was much more tricky being away than it is now. I also think they came up with it because ET/penalties didn't exist, so they needed games to conclude without a coin toss.
I think it's fair because both teams know about it prior and each team has a shot at scoring them. Teams approached the ties accordingly.
I rather take this format or "Inside the NBA" with of a mix of banter, stars and expertise talk over super serious talk shows like Doppelpass in Germany. And I'm definitely not the tiktok target gen.
Does Doppelpass go into the tactics and game mechanics properly? Here in the UK I feel like they talk about incidents mostly and any talk about gameplay is simplistic. That's why I love The Athletic tactics podcasts. It's like reading strategy guides of a deep battle mechanic of an RPG.
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My point is that even if it's tricker being away from home, why just pick the number of goals scored away from home as the thing you measure? It's surely also trickier to not concede away from home.
It's not anymore difficult inherently, but each team has knowledge beforehand that they get a special 90 mins to score special goals, so that's what makes it fair.
For me the best part of away goals was the elimination of a draw scenario. That made games incredibly exciting. 1 goal swings a game from winning to losing, or from losing to winning.
No one can compete with City when it comes to depth, yes. However, it's been a few years with a ton of money invested in Arteta's squad, yet it feels there are no subs for his first eleven that he trusts (though some in the bench got new contracts).
Yeah, I didn't say it's not fair, I just find it arbitrary.
I'd take Nico Williams in the summer. Gyokeres, Zubimendi, Williams, and a proper left back.
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Pep won't stop until he's sucked all the excitement out of football.
But he's a genius don't you know? Or so the media loves telling everyone.
ferguson didn't have 155 charges of being a cheatFerguson won 2 in 26 years at United despite managing a United team which was even more dominant than City and who were one of the richest clubs in the world.
The CL is hard to win for any club (except for Real…) or manager. Pep still up there though…
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bald fraud built his legacy on paying refs and getting caughtI don't know, there were at least 155 potential cheating charges in that game where United ended Arsenal's unbeaten streak…
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He should be ashamed. Mike Riley ends Arsenal's unbeaten run in the 2004/5 season.
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Yes, this was almost certainly the most corrupt game the Premier League has ever seen. Just shocking and shambolic from start to finish.I don't know, there were at least 155 potential cheating charges in that game where United ended Arsenal's unbeaten streak…
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He should be ashamed. Mike Riley ends Arsenal's unbeaten run in the 2004/5 season.
Definitely. This whole season I have been hoping for more rotation to allow some players rest, and also to train up the bench players for higher intensity games. Fabio Viera, Smith Rowe, Nelson, etc. are all decent players. But Arteta really only plays the same 14 or 15 players out of a 20+ squad, even when everyone is fit. Arsenal have so many players who are over 3000 minutes this season already, Saliba alone is almost at 4000 minutes.
