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Given that Watford got rid of the manager that got them promoted and then the manager who kept them up easily and got them to an fa cup semi final Mazzari has to be feeling some pressure right now
 
ninjaskill said:
Given that Watford got rid of the manager that got them promoted and then the manager who kept them up easily and got them to an fa cup semi final Mazzari has to be feeling some pressure right now
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A little bit maybe but he lost to Chelsea and Arsenal, not Burnley and Hull. I think he will be fine. He is a very good manager and quite surprising a club like Watford can attract him.
 
Sterling finally showing what everyone knows he is capable off. An absolutely wonderful player who will hit the elite level one day.
 
City are sending a statement out here. West Ham are in complete tatters.
 
Yeah read something about that this morning. Not fussed tbh. Most managers seemed to be happy about it and other comps do the same now round the world going straight to peno. Think it's a good thing actually.
 
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Just when you think they couldn't possibly make the Champions League any more of a joke than what they've turned it in to, they put forward this:

Uefa ready to scrap extra-time in Champions League and Europa League games
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Thing that ruins extra time for me is that the away goals rule still counts so one team gets an advantage as they have 120 minutes to score one while the other team only gets 90 to get away goals. I can also sort of see what they mean extra time does commonly seem to be a short bit of football in between a physio coming on for someone with cramp and while it is tense is pretty dull to watch.

I think it should definitely still be in the final as it is one off so you don't get away goals and would prefer to still see it in other matches but, not the end of the world if it isn't
 
Personally completely disagree.

Away goals. Extra time. All part of the rich fabric of straight knockout European football that's worked perfectly pretty much without complaint for 50 plus years until recently. Everyone knows where they stand. Everyone knows what they have to do. Aside from the stupid and short lived 'Golden Goal' idea the mid '90's, it's been a constant and not like it's something new.

If it aint' broke, don't fix it!
 
No problem with away goals counting for ninety minutes but in theory at least everything should be equal for both sides except whatever happens on the pitch and while playing at home does still hold a slight advantage in extra time an away goal may as well be golden goal really
 
A brief history of (extra) time: is the format right for the modern game? | FourFourTwo

An interesting read on extra time apparently only 42% of games that go into extra time have a winner at the end of extra time so the majority of them go to penalties and apparently 10 of the last 12 champions league and European championships to go to extra time haven't produced a goal. I would like UEFA to go for the South American version where you get extra time only in a final but other than that wouldn't mind seeing it scrapped
 
hmmm.. recent statement from retired referee Halsey.

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RhQQ said:
^ PGMOL deny Mark Halsey claims he was told to avoid reporting incidents | Football News | Sky Sports

Even though everything is denied (as expected), it's unusual that such a respected former referee would come out with allegations like this if false... surely some truth in it?
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I don't think anyones ever doubted the game is corrupt. Even more so this era with all the ridiculous amounts of money sloshing around surely?

I just never thought we'd get a high profile ref. being the whistle blower. (Pun intended.).

Hopefully they don't sweep it all under the carpet as per.
 
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It's just one of those things though mate, like WWE as a kid, you always had a fair idea it was fake, but when it's all revealed to you it shocks the f**k outta you hahaha
 
Extra time is fine. I'd prefer if they did something about penalty shoot-outs instead. I honestly didn't realize just how much bullshit pens are, until we went in the Euro in the pens.

And I don't mean because we lost, after all quarter-final was already a huge success for Poland.

What killed me was seeing Fabianski cry like a 5-year old girl. He's a 30 year old grown man, and he was still sobing to the interviewer good 30 minutes after the game. The pens were so good he simply couldn't do anything. To me it's just unfair to goalkeepers, you train your entire life, you play the biggest game of your career, and all of that isn't worth ****. As long as pens are well hit, goalkeepers are helpless bystanders, they may as well leave the goal empty.
 
Tyton said:
Extra time is fine. I'd prefer if they did something about penalty shoot-outs instead. I honestly didn't realize just how much bullshit pens are, until we went in the Euro in the pens.

And I don't mean because we lost, after all quarter-final was already a huge success for Poland.

What killed me was seeing Fabianski cry like a 5-year old girl. He's a 30 year old grown man, and he was still sobing to the interviewer good 30 minutes after the game. The pens were so good he simply couldn't do anything. To me it's just unfair to goalkeepers, you train your entire life, you play the biggest game of your career, and all of that isn't worth ****. As long as pens are well hit, goalkeepers are helpless bystanders, they may as well leave the goal empty.
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What they do with (ice/field)hockey is a pretty cool variant on penalties. Just not sure if it would work for football since the goal is that big. Shoot outs are so intense and both the attacker and GK have a huge part in if it is going to be a goal or not.
 
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