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*Official* English Football Season 2005-06
- Thread starter Neil Pickup
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steds
Hall of Fame Member
I don't hate scousers. I just don't like being associated with them.Agent TBY said:
Incidentally, some scousers are quite nice, actually, but the vast majority of scousers that are ****s who I know also happen to be Liverpool fans, which is why I don't hate Everton. I'm not just two faced.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I hope it doesn't go to penalties, then it just becomes a joke - but that's football for you.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Whatever, still plenty of luck involved when the keeper decides which way to dive.Pratyush said:
Regardless It's not about football, may as well just toss a coin to decide the game than have penalties.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
There we go, football shows itself to be a complete farce yet again. Shame.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Often, games where the sides are evenly matched just cancel each other out. On other occasions, the sides are just too scared. Then you get the occasions where it's too one-sided, and then you get the cruncher - I don't watch all the FA Cup finals, therefore it's perfectly reasonable for me to accept that there have been better ones - just that I haven't seen them.Pratyush said:
As I write, delighted that Teddy's scored his penalty - even if he is an ex-red Dog.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Super points. When I started watching football, I saw two big teams and thought - wow this should be a good game. The cancelling each other out aspect is some thing which is so common and annoying.luckyeddie said:
Always a pleasure to hear on sports from you.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Fantastic game. Shame about the penalties finish, but it was brilliant all the way aside from that.
Gerrard = awesome.
Gerrard = awesome.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
I thought the referee was sensible in pretty well ignoring all the injury time in extra time and just adding on a minute - both sides were totally out on their feet. I was shutting my eyes every time anyone went near to Gerrard - a performance like that from him in the World Cup wouldn't go amiss.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Speaking of the world cup, anyone know how Kewell is?
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
On luck and penalties raised by S.P.
1) It is not the same as tossing a coin.
2) Can I know a better way to resolve games then? Luck is a factor all through out the games. What penalties does is increases the luck factor but it is not the be all and end all. If teams want to not leave it till the last moment (penalties), they have to try and be good enough to close out games before such a situation arises. Else, they have only themselves to blame if they loose in the penatly stage.
1) It is not the same as tossing a coin.
2) Can I know a better way to resolve games then? Luck is a factor all through out the games. What penalties does is increases the luck factor but it is not the be all and end all. If teams want to not leave it till the last moment (penalties), they have to try and be good enough to close out games before such a situation arises. Else, they have only themselves to blame if they loose in the penatly stage.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
1) In effect, yes it isPratyush said:
2) Keep playing 30 minutes of extra time til one side wins, but have proper rest intervals. One extra substitution allowed for each separate 30 minutes. Even in hugely commercial yank sports they have indefinite extra time like this. Baseball has extra innings, ice hockey and american football have sudden death overtime, basketball has extra periods.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
But those extras don't compose 30 minutes each time. NBA has 6 minutes, Baseball - 1 inning takes less than 30 minutes and all the players aren't involved all the time, so it is very much feasible.Scaly piscine said:
Playing 30 minutes of extra each time is not practically feasible in football.
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Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
But the result is not decided by playing football, doesn't matter whether you decide the game on coin tossing, tiddly winks, a game of chess or a penalty shootout - that's not the game of football.Pratyush said:
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
I sort of agree with Scaly. I don't think its a good way to determine the winner of a match, let alone a tournament and especially a World Cup. That being said it doesn't bother me that much and I wouldn't go as far as calling it a farce, but I don't see how just having sudden death/golden goal wouldn't be better. Let them play till they're off their feet.