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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28700 Posts
April 13 2018 12:01 GMT
#4901
nice draw! hoping liverpool or roma takes it all and now one of them is certain to get to the finals :D
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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4135 Posts
April 13 2018 12:14 GMT
#4902
UCL grandfinal Heynckes vs Klopp rematch would be nice!
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-13 12:17:54
April 13 2018 12:15 GMT
#4903
Bild reporting Franfkurt coach Niko Kovač set to be next boss? Is he any good? Good enough for the top job in German domestic football?

I know he was a fantastic player, i remember Euro 2008 specifically when he was a boss for Croatia, don't know him mangerially, other than the famous falling out with Croatian FA

Oh it's done deal xD
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
April 13 2018 12:25 GMT
#4904
Nice draw for Marseille, bad draw for Madrid, perfect. Come on Heynckes, purge the world from evil one last time! And then let Liverpool win it. Could Salah be Ballon d'Or if that happened? I know Egypt doesn't have much chance in the world cup, but I don't see Argentina or Portugal going too far (maybe Argentina with some luck) either. And if a team lilke Germany or Spain wins, there's no real superstar to get all the votes.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-13 12:32:42
April 13 2018 12:32 GMT
#4905
Well i highly doubt Salah can even get anything other than 3rd at best even with a champs league win. He has scored less goals than both Messi and Ronlado and ok if Ronaldo doesn't win champs league or world cup you would argue Messi will probably get Ballon d'Or due to actually winning the league. It is most likely going to see Salah score 40 goals this season for Liverpool and end the season with 0 trophies.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
April 13 2018 13:09 GMT
#4906
Hey don't ruin my dream alright, I gotta to hang on to something right now, my football life isn't going well haha
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 13 2018 13:31 GMT
#4907
Yo if Real dont win champs league though its probably easy ballon d'Or win for messi you should be happy as he will be the only one out of the 3 to actually win a trophy
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
April 13 2018 14:15 GMT
#4908
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
April 13 2018 16:30 GMT
#4909
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 13 2018 19:17 GMT
#4910
Yeah i wonder why they voted against VAR in England....all the trials been great success'
/s xD
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14023 Posts
April 13 2018 19:35 GMT
#4911
What a joke richest league in the world and can't afford to make sure their officials make the right call.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 13 2018 20:03 GMT
#4912
It's more they trialed it and they didn't get the calls right. So the clubs dont have faith in it being used correctly so it's just silly. Another year of trials in cup games would be best suited.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Espers
Profile Joined August 2009
United Kingdom606 Posts
April 13 2018 21:21 GMT
#4913
how difficult can it be? they're already using it in Serie A and it actually increased gametime
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
April 13 2018 22:02 GMT
#4914
Celebrations go in so long that they should be able to get it in before the kickoff naturally occurs. That should be the rule anyways.
Freeeeeeedom
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
April 13 2018 22:36 GMT
#4915
Main criticism seems to be

- takes 5 minutes for everything -> Agreed, from what I've seen in PL usage the referee always looks at it himself instead of just if it is a judgment call, needs much improvement
- it gets stuff wrong -> so we would rather not correct any call because occasionally there could be an error?
- not showing replays in stadium -> ofc they can't it would make everything worse
and best of all
- can't celebrate goals anymore, because they always get overturned -> apparently offside has never been a thing and 0.3 VAR interventions ruin every single one of the 2.7 goals


Seriously the biggest issue of VAR is the horrible media coverage it gets. Recent Gladbach game had following sequences, all goals home team

- goal 1 questionable offside, was confirmed as onside by VAR during celebration without notice in the broadcast
- goal 2 offside, was checked then overturned during celebration
- goal 3 foul/offside, was checked during celebration with short break before kickoff and not overturned

And the commentator first bitched that there was a noticeable break in play when 3rd goal was confirmed and then proceeded to complain why there was no break when the 1st goal was checked.

VAR got three crucial calls right with a minimal delay in the game and apparently that still is not good enough.
I more and more get the feeling that fans/viewers and especially journalists just don't want to have it in the game and are desperately making up reasons why it shouldn't be used, despite every single metric saying that it is a complete and utter success.


Less than 1 minute delay per game, 63 correct interventions vs. 10 errors with several being formally wrong usage early in the season and the only error in the 2nd half of season being an inconclusive offside goal, because those wont happen without VAR apparently
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2394 Posts
April 13 2018 22:59 GMT
#4916
VAR has been a big positive in Portugal. I don't think any reasonable person here would want to go back.
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
April 14 2018 02:13 GMT
#4917
If liverpool win UCL, I don't see anyone else who should get ballon d'or other than him. Guy has been top form throughout the season.
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
April 14 2018 07:53 GMT
#4918
Good post Sneirac, pretty much agree with everything.
Main "problem" with VAR so far is that VAR mistakes are commentated much more critically than standard ones. Which actually just shows that VAR has raised the bar and that is a good thing for football justice. The game is still random enough as it is.
Off-season = best season
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-14 13:07:21
April 14 2018 12:43 GMT
#4919
wtf is going on with Chelsea ...

/eidt: nvm Giroud happened
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
April 14 2018 13:11 GMT
#4920
Giraud can win balls in the air, Morata can't. The latter is the reason why we're often losing.
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