On April 06 2017 21:57 Liquid`Drone wrote: Rooney was indeed fantastic in 2004 until he broke the metatarsal. But I don't really agree that performing at all levels or in all competitions is all that essential. The 36 league games per season are way more important than the 8 international ones, and the 19 year old isn't at fault for England being terrible. Championships are also out of season.
Messi and Ronaldo are clearly the best two players in the world of the past decade, but I don't think that holds true at all if you strictly look at international performance, even with Portugal winning the EC, and even if I admittedly struggle with finding 'dominant international players' post-Zidane. Which kinda adds to my argument I think, that international performance just isn't all that important anymore.
On April 06 2017 21:57 Liquid`Drone wrote: Rooney was indeed fantastic in 2004 until he broke the metatarsal. But I don't really agree that performing at all levels or in all competitions is all that essential. The 36 league games per season are way more important than the 8 international ones, and the 19 year old isn't at fault for England being terrible. Championships are also out of season.
Messi and Ronaldo are clearly the best two players in the world of the past decade, but I don't think that holds true at all if you strictly look at international performance, even with Portugal winning the EC, and even if I admittedly struggle with finding 'dominant international players' post-Zidane. Which kinda adds to my argument I think, that international performance just isn't all that important anymore.
You were pretty dang good in 2000! And it was much harder to qualify for championships before that. And you've won three penalty shootouts in the same era! And Ronaldo was hardly part of the 2004 or 2006 success. I've watched mostly all Portugal championship games since 2000 also, and I just don't think Ronaldo has really been a dominant player. An exception for the qualification games vs Sweden before last WC, where he was godly, but in general..
I mean don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that Ronaldo has been bad for Portugal, nor that Messi has been bad for Argentina, even though these are kinda common sentiments. Just that if you look at international matches, then I would not consider these two the best players in the world of the past decade, but if you look at league + CL performance, then there's a huge margin between messi/ronaldo and #3 whoever that is.
The US alone having another WC so early would be unfair. Having the games spread on an entire continent does not seem to be a great idea.
Only reason I don't like it is that the matches will be on at night-time again. This wasn't so bad in Brazil (matches starting at midnight is still fine), but I remember from '94 I hardly watched anything that year (ofc I was younger too).
Why is Lee Charnley still not fired from the Club, he was the one who hired you know who. Allow the True Geordie to explain:
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Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley has described their Premier League relegation as "both unacceptable and totally unexpected" after club accounts showed a £70m outlay on players.
The full financial impact of relegation will become apparent in the next set of accounts, Charnley said, even though Rafael Benitez appears on course to lead the Magpies back into the Premier League from the Sky Bet Championship at the first attempt.
On Thursday, Newcastle reported their accounts until June 30, 2016, showing the club recorded a profit for a sixth successive year, but the figure of £4.6m was significantly down from £32.5m a year earlier.
FPF (Portuguese Football Federation) is announcing that they will host the first official game in Europe to have an actual video referee.
There have been many tests with offline video refereeing for the past months, and now the Portuguese Cup Final will be the first official UEFA sanctioned game with "online"video refereeing. (please correct me if i'm wrong, i'm taking the Portuguese newspapers word for it).
The game will be on the 26th of May and will be a Benfica vs Vitória de Guimarães.
On April 07 2017 17:47 Pandemona wrote: So no physical referee at all ? :s Who will the players shout at xD
There will be normal refereeing, of course. They will just have the help of the VAR. (video assistant referee).
It will be the same as the tests they are doing at the moment across several leagues. But right now they are only doing offline tests without any impact on the game.
This will be the first game where the VAR decisions can impact the game and will revert decisions if needed.
On my way to translating from portuguese to english i might have lost the Assistant part of the VAR
Oh in that case it has been done before in the Club World Cup where Real won and in the France vs Spain international game. Probably the first domestic usage though.
England using it from next year in Round 3 onwards in the FA Cup
On April 07 2017 18:00 Pandemona wrote: Oh in that case it has been done before in the Club World Cup where Real won and in the France vs Spain international game. Probably the first domestic usage though.
England using it from next year in Round 3 onwards in the FA Cup
That's why i said UEFA sanctioned game
I knew about the Club World Cup but wasn't aware of the France vs Spain which technically is a UEFA game.
Still, this will be a big change in Portugal, where all talks about football are 80% Refereeing, 10% dramas between the presidents of the clubs and 10% actual footbal.
Yeah it is great that it being given the go ahead so fast. Just doing it on the few aspects they are using it for will make the game 100x better and more accurate. Referee's get more help so they feel more incontrol which is great. If they make a mistake which they realize afterwards oh crap, they don't have to referee with it in the back of their minds anymore as it will be instantly rectified.
On April 07 2017 18:21 Pandemona wrote: Yeah it is great that it being given the go ahead so fast. Just doing it on the few aspects they are using it for will make the game 100x better and more accurate. Referee's get more help so they feel more incontrol which is great. If they make a mistake which they realize afterwards oh crap, they don't have to referee with it in the back of their minds anymore as it will be instantly rectified.
I want them to punish grabbers during free kicks, corners etc So many people copying those gestures on amateur football fields and I hate it. Just let yellow cards rain for a week or two in the whole world and it will disappear.
On April 07 2017 18:21 Pandemona wrote: Yeah it is great that it being given the go ahead so fast. Just doing it on the few aspects they are using it for will make the game 100x better and more accurate. Referee's get more help so they feel more incontrol which is great. If they make a mistake which they realize afterwards oh crap, they don't have to referee with it in the back of their minds anymore as it will be instantly rectified.
I want them to punish grabbers during free kicks, corners etc So many people copying those gestures on amateur football fields and I hate it. Just let yellow cards rain for a week or two in the whole world and it will disappear.
You mean the fouls happening in the box that don't warrant a penalty so they just ignore those fouls?
On April 07 2017 18:21 Pandemona wrote: Yeah it is great that it being given the go ahead so fast. Just doing it on the few aspects they are using it for will make the game 100x better and more accurate. Referee's get more help so they feel more incontrol which is great. If they make a mistake which they realize afterwards oh crap, they don't have to referee with it in the back of their minds anymore as it will be instantly rectified.
I want them to punish grabbers during free kicks, corners etc So many people copying those gestures on amateur football fields and I hate it. Just let yellow cards rain for a week or two in the whole world and it will disappear.
You mean the fouls happening in the box that don't warrant a penalty so they just ignore those fouls?
I mean people using their hands or arms to hold their opponent. It's ridiculous during corners.
On April 07 2017 18:21 Pandemona wrote: Yeah it is great that it being given the go ahead so fast. Just doing it on the few aspects they are using it for will make the game 100x better and more accurate. Referee's get more help so they feel more incontrol which is great. If they make a mistake which they realize afterwards oh crap, they don't have to referee with it in the back of their minds anymore as it will be instantly rectified.
I want them to punish grabbers during free kicks, corners etc So many people copying those gestures on amateur football fields and I hate it. Just let yellow cards rain for a week or two in the whole world and it will disappear.
You mean the fouls happening in the box that don't warrant a penalty so they just ignore those fouls?
I mean people using their hands or arms to hold their opponent. It's ridiculous during corners.
Yeah if that happens during a goal kick it's an immediate foul but in the penalty box it's a foul but not foul enough to award a penalty :D
On April 07 2017 18:21 Pandemona wrote: Yeah it is great that it being given the go ahead so fast. Just doing it on the few aspects they are using it for will make the game 100x better and more accurate. Referee's get more help so they feel more incontrol which is great. If they make a mistake which they realize afterwards oh crap, they don't have to referee with it in the back of their minds anymore as it will be instantly rectified.
I want them to punish grabbers during free kicks, corners etc So many people copying those gestures on amateur football fields and I hate it. Just let yellow cards rain for a week or two in the whole world and it will disappear.
You mean the fouls happening in the box that don't warrant a penalty so they just ignore those fouls?
I mean people using their hands or arms to hold their opponent. It's ridiculous during corners.
Yeah if that happens during a goal kick it's an immediate foul but in the penalty box it's a foul but not foul enough to award a penalty :D
Requires a rule change... or a rule interpretation change. Bring back indirect free kicks in the penalty area.
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