Away goals rule

divaboy said:
Except they weren't :confused:

Granted I only half watched it as I had stuff to do but it looked like they were attacking to much IMO.
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was not suggesting that they had a defensive mindset / style, just that when they actually had to defend they were ****ing awful. Gallas was dire, Walker's attention span actually makes BAE's look impressive long and just no one from midfield picking up Cassano dropping deep when it's not exactly rocket science.
 
cm1179 said:
away goal and a clean sheet, Baz87!!!!!

it's quite simple.
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As I said a couple of posts ago, you're nuts.

Try again (and the key would is logically), logically why is 3-0 better than 4-1? You've won by 3 goals in both incidents, you just so happen to have scored 1 extra goal in one game but conceded 1 less in the other. Why is keeping a clean sheet better than scoring 1 more goal in the other game?

Put it this way (and I'm not saying this way is right), in the EPL, it's better to win 4-1 than to win 3-0.
 
Tom84 said:
That really isn't the case, it might appear that way because there's a lot of exchange backwards and forwards with cm but Spurs's result is no more relevant to to point of this thread than that of Liverpool's against Zenit or Arsenal's against Bayern
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did you start a thread on those occassions too or was it just cos it was spurs?
 
I prefer a clean sheet and an away goal every time. I like the idea that you completely shut a team out and they couldn't score a single goal against you.
 
cm1179 said:
did you start a thread on those occassions too or was it just cos it was spurs?
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He didn't but he said prior to the Spurs game that he was thinking of starting a thread on it, so it's clear that his belief that the away goals rule isn't quite right isn't based on Spurs benefiting from it.

cm1179 said:
you're the one who's nuts.
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True. Trying to debate something more advanced than the colour of AVB's beard with you is absolutely crazy.
 
I think he's referring to the ruling that if points and GD are equal, the team that scored the most is placed higher.
 
Your problem lies in the fact that shutouts or effective defence is rarely praised or tracked in European team sports.

Making the extra effort to score away from home should always be rewarded as should effective defence at home. A lot of people are moaning about the away goals rule but nobody has managed to come up with a convincing argument as to why it's unfair?
 
BaZ87 said:
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True. Trying to debate something more advanced than the colour of AVB's beard with you is absolutely crazy.
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and there we have it.

look, i'm sorry if you can't get your head around why keeping a clean sheet at home and scoring 3, then conceding 4 but scoring a goal away from home is so important but it is and spurs are through. so please, get over it.
 
cm1179 said:
and there we have it.

look, i'm sorry if you can't get your head around why keeping a clean sheet at home and scoring 3, then conceding 3 but scoring a goal away from home is so important but it is and spurs are through. so please, get over it.
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LOL :D

You conceded 4, not 3. You can't even get your head around that? You've post a lot in this thread without saying 1 logical thing, that's quite an achievement CM. Almost as good an achievement as being the better side in a match, getting the benefit of 3 major decisions and still managing to lose. And your manager has a ginger beard! Deal with it.
 
BaZ87 said:
Almost as good an achievement as being the better side in a match, getting the benefit of 3 major decisions and still managing to lose. And your manager has a ginger beard! Deal with it.
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aaah is it sinking in now? the voice of reason is back.

chuck another insult at me to top of the look?
 
BaZ87 said:
I have no idea what you're even saying now.
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you haven't understood a word i've said in the whole thread, i'm not surprised your one dimensional thinking can't get your head around it. you bang on about you can't have a debate with me and when i bother, i'm met with responses of AVB's beard when you realise what i'm saying and you don't like it.

it's simple

we scored the same amount of goals as inter but kept a clean sheet at home and scored a goal away from home = spurs go through.
 
cm1179 said:
it's simple. it's because it's spurs.

would Tom84 have made this thread is it had worked in uniteds favour?

gee. let me think.
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Pretty sure Tom brought it up last night during arsenal or after and perhaps after seeing it twice he felt it was discussion worthy.
 
cm1179 said:
you haven't understood a word i've said in the whole thread, i'm not surprised your one dimensional thinking can't get your head around it. you bang on about you can't have a debate with me and when i bother, i'm met with responses of AVB's beard when you realise what i'm saying and you don't like it.

it's simple

we scored the same amount of goals as inter but kept a clean sheet at home and scored a goal away from home = spurs go through.
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You had 120 minutes as well to score away and only defend 90 at home
 
cm1179 said:
you haven't understood a word i've said in the whole thread, i'm not surprised your one dimensional thinking can't get your head around it.
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Considering I'm not the only person that's mentioned that they can't understand you, I think that says more about you than me.
cm1179 said:
it's simple

we scored the same amount of goals as inter but kept a clean sheet at home and scored a goal away from home = spurs go through.
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And thanks for clarifying the rules but I think we all know that as the rules are, Spurs go through. As I've had to say to you already in this thread, we're trying to have a debate about whether the current rules are the right way to determine the outcome of a 2 legged tie.

I've asked a couple of times and you've either failed to answer or understand - can you give a logical reason as to why it's better to win 3-0 but lose 4-1 rather than the opposite? And simply saying a clean sheet and an away goal is better is not an answer - the question is why is it better.
 
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