[CL] Champions League 2014/15 (42 Viewers)

Who do you want us to face in 1/2?

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napoleonic

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Sep 7, 2010
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Read this and don't even think of replying.
however there are perspectives that can reveal it's flaw; for example in arsenal vs monaco case, arsenal scored goals over 2 matches while monaco only scored in one from the 2 matches... furthermore why how and on what basis does losing 1-3 is worse than 0-2? one can argue that losing 1-3 mean more entertainment than losing 0-2...
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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The away goal rule provides impetus for teams to attack and try to score away from home, rather than playing defensively. It makes the first leg much more entertaining in general. Getting rid of it would drastically alter how away teams approach CL fixtures.
 

napoleonic

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Sep 7, 2010
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The away goal rule provides impetus for teams to attack and try to score away from home, rather than playing defensively. It makes the first leg much more entertaining in general. Getting rid of it would drastically alter how away teams approach CL fixtures.
aside from what I said above, again as evidenced by arsenal vs monaco, it made monaco very complacent in their 2nd match at home, I didn't see the matches but I can imagine and argue that monaco put an even less effort to progress in their own home than arsenal just because they were able to snatch 3 goals in the 1st match, I can argue that arsenal were the more valiant side over 2 matches... why should they be the one that deemed worse?
 

Zacheryah

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Aug 29, 2010
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The away goal rule provides impetus for teams to attack and try to score away from home, rather than playing defensively. It makes the first leg much more entertaining in general. Getting rid of it would drastically alter how away teams approach CL fixtures.
adding to that, imagine the following

away game 0-0

home game, first 0-1 behind, then 1-1.



85%+ of teams then play it very safe cause the 1-1 means they are all even again. Normally it would spark initiative all game long
 

Post Ironic

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aside from what I said above, again as evidenced by arsenal vs monaco, it made monaco very complacent in their 2nd match at home, I didn't see the matches but I can imagine and argue that monaco put an even less effort to progress in their own home than arsenal just because they were able to snatch 3 goals in the 1st match, I can argue that arsenal were the more valiant side over 2 matches... why should they be the one that deemed worse?
It made Monaco complacent, but Arsenal go full on attacking. Monaco got rewarded for an amazing performance in the home tie. Arsenal new what they needed in the second leg, and they failed to get it. I love the away goals rule. It's perfect. I really don't care if we get eliminated by it at some point. It's harder to score away from home. So scoring more away from home > scoring more at home. Easy peasy.
 

napoleonic

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Sep 7, 2010
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adding to that, imagine the following

away game 0-0

home game, first 0-1 behind, then 1-1.



85%+ of teams then play it very safe cause the 1-1 means they are all even again. Normally it would spark initiative all game long
:crazy: why is it safe? 1-1 mean extra time and penalties; however I realize you can't treat win/lose vs draw as the same, and you can't please everyone with all possible scenarios.
 

Monster Zero

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Mar 2, 2014
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The away goal rule provides impetus for teams to attack and try to score away from home, rather than playing defensively. It makes the first leg much more entertaining in general. Getting rid of it would drastically alter how away teams approach CL fixtures.

It made Monaco complacent, but Arsenal go full on attacking. Monaco got rewarded for an amazing performance in the home tie. Arsenal new what they needed in the second leg, and they failed to get it. I love the away goals rule. It's perfect. I really don't care if we get eliminated by it at some point. It's harder to score away from home. So scoring more away from home > scoring more at home. Easy peasy.
 

napoleonic

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Sep 7, 2010
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It made Monaco complacent, but Arsenal go full on attacking. Monaco got rewarded for an amazing performance in the home tie. Arsenal new what they needed in the second leg, and they failed to get it. I love the away goals rule. It's perfect. I really don't care if we get eliminated by it at some point. It's harder to score away from home. So scoring more away from home > scoring more at home. Easy peasy.
The way I see this, consistently scoring over 2 matches = more effort than the one only turned up on single away game and then sleepwalking on their own home

I just can't see why winning away 3-1 cannot be nullified by losing 0-2 at home, and for the other side why scoring more consistently over 2 matches should be deemed worse over the side that don't.

It just unjust in my opinion; however I may have found the solution, so on top of the away goal rule, there should be a rule favoring sides that more consistently score over the 2 matches; this way arsenal is the one that deemed the better side and awarded qualification, and this rule will still prevent the double draw without away goal counted scenario while at the same time.favoring sides that are the more consistent performer over the 2 matches.
 

Post Ironic

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Why would winning 2-0 and losing 3-1 be deemed more consistent? Arsenal was held to 2 goals in the return leg. Monaco managed to score 3 in the first leg. I don't see Arsenal's performance as more consistent at all. The away goal rule will always have my support. It's more impressive to score more goals away from home. I doubt there's much impetus for change. The only people who ever complain about this rule are the one's who are being sore losers about going out because of it.
 
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Shame it's taken that long. Hope this is the start of a trend.
It is - from the next season, a team that will finish at the last place will earn around 130m of euros, while the winner will receive around 180m, what the point for them to care about the europeans trophies? Forget about the europa league, while the prestige of the CL will still exist for another 5-6 years but then they will have another deal and the winner of the EPL title will earn around 200m of euros, so who needs a CL when you can earn THAT amount of money as the winner of the EPL?! PLus, they mediocre squads will be able to sign any star from la liga, serie a or bundesliga and give him a big contract

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napoleonic

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Why would winning 2-0 and losing 3-1 be deemed more consistent? Arsenal was held to 2 goals in the return leg. Monaco managed to score 3 in the first leg. I don't see Arsenal's performance as more consistent at all. The away goal rule will always have my support. It's more impressive to score more goals away from home. I doubt there's much impetus for change. The only people who ever complain about this rule are the one's who are being sore losers about going out because of it.
Because of... Duh... Scoring over 2 games > scoring in just 1 game??? How can anyone not seeing this? One team scores accross 2 matches while the other scored only in 1 match.

You agreed with me that monaco got complacent on the 2nd match, I bet they were complacent and quite careless with it, only gave half fuck on their own home knowing that losing 0-2 will still get them qualified, this rule can lead to unsportmanship mentality.

Sure winning away can be applauded, but that cannot justify the inevitable complacency and 'I only give half fuck even if I lose with certain scoreline' attitude on the return match at home.

If it was losing at home 1-3 but winning away 5-3 then the away goal can rule but winning away 3-1 only to lose 0-2 at home should be punished.
 

Post Ironic

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As you said, a matter of opinion. I could frankly care less about the "consistency" of scoring in both matches. Monaco could have scored a couple on the counter against Arsenal in the home leg. It's not like they really played as though they could care less and wanted Arsenal to win. They defended and tried to strike on the counter. A very valid tactic.

You can argue until your blue in the face. We have different opinions. I prefer the away goal rule. And rarely is it complained about, aside from those who have just been eliminated by it. Arsenal had a lot of time to score that third goal. They failed. Too bad for them.
 

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