EPTbtw, Madrid already surpassed their transfer record this summer, lol. 310 millions (Hazard, Jovic, Mendy, Militao, Rodrygo). It has been a long time since last time they invested a lot of money in one summer.
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haitike
Spain2716 Posts
btw, Madrid already surpassed their transfer record this summer, lol. 310 millions (Hazard, Jovic, Mendy, Militao, Rodrygo). It has been a long time since last time they invested a lot of money in one summer. | ||
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Bacillus
Finland1973 Posts
That being said, I'm fine with the current rule too. The extra pressure on defenders makes the quality ones stand out more, which is always nice to see. | ||
GTR
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On June 14 2019 12:56 sharkie wrote: Haha chelsea another manager gone question is now how much patience roman will have with lampard given the transfer ban | ||
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Bacillus
Finland1973 Posts
On June 14 2019 19:37 GTR wrote: question is now how much patience roman will have with lampard given the transfer ban Is it certain it's Lampard? He seems like the obvious pick, but I don't think anyone has come forward and officially confirm it. The transfer ban makes the situation so weird that I could see some surprises happening. | ||
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Espers
United Kingdom606 Posts
They really could use him to balance out the workrate in the frontline if they're gonna play 4-3-3 too, he's needed. | ||
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haitike
Spain2716 Posts
On June 15 2019 00:52 Espers wrote: I really don't get the dislike Griezmann's personality. He can be a bit strange/silly with PR and communications but he seems like a really great guy, very outwardly friendly and having fun without hurting anyone. He also gave Atletico years more than most players of his quality would. They really could use him to balance out the workrate in the frontline if they're gonna play 4-3-3 too, he's needed. Most Barça fans hate him because how he handled "la decisión" documentary last season. Nobody hated him before that. btw. I hate Barcelona current board. Real Madrid just got the Japanese talent (Kubo) that was in La Masia for years. They are so inept. | ||
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Acrofales
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Pandemona
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TTman75
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Take that argies!! | ||
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
Time to lead the sacrificial Frank to the slaughter | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9704 Posts
On June 16 2019 22:21 sneirac wrote: It's official https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1140243112364793857 Time to lead the sacrificial Frank to the slaughter At least he's proved his credentials by not getting promoted with a team that should have got promoted.. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland1973 Posts
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
With a draw, both teams will advance with a draw (spain second, china third), china guaranteed to be one of the four best third place team. But spain will play the usa in the ro16 and (assuming they win that), France in the ro8, while for china it would most likely be italy in the ro16 and netherlands/canada in the ro8. Basiclly, china why would china want to win this game and swap their knockout stage opponents? edit: China is also very likely to be one of the best 3rd place teams even with a close defeat, but the same also applies to spain. | ||
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haitike
Spain2716 Posts
On June 18 2019 02:21 Mafe wrote: Weird situation in the spain-china game at the womens world cup: With a draw, both teams will advance with a draw (spain second, china third), china guaranteed to be one of the four best third place team. But spain will play the usa in the ro16 and (assuming they win that), France in the ro8, while for china it would most likely be italy in the ro16 and netherlands/canada in the ro8. Basiclly, china why would china want to win this game and swap their knockout stage opponents? edit: China is also very likely to be one of the best 3rd place teams even with a close defeat, but the same also applies to spain. I don't like when you have groups of 4 teams and 3 of them can pass. This is why I hated last Eurocup, the one that Portugal won drawing every match. | ||
Nakajin
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Dan HH
Romania9129 Posts
On June 18 2019 05:39 Nakajin wrote: A red card, a yellow card and a double chance on the penality, Nigeria getting fuck by replay lol. This foot on the line rule is really bullshit. Without it, 9 out of 10 times a penalty still is a massively bigger chance than whatever chance the foul stopped. There's no need to stack the odds against the goalie even further. And on top of that, applying the rule when the penalty wasn't even saved but missed is double bullshit. | ||
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
Much more important that the rule is applied fairly and consistently everywhere, than it being absolutely perfect immediately. If it turns out that penalty conversion rate goes up massively and it becomes clearly too easy to convert, they can still try to tinker ith it then. | ||
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LennX
4556 Posts
I also don't get why the GK is not allowed to be behind the line. | ||
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Bacillus
Finland1973 Posts
On June 18 2019 06:26 sneirac wrote: Eh I'm okay with enforcing it. It was rarely enforced and at times really blatant and just stupidly inconsistent. Now they clarified the rule and (iirc) stopped the stupid delay/intimidation games, they just need to apply the rule consistently and so far in this tournament it appears they might. Much more important that the rule is applied fairly and consistently everywhere, than it being absolutely perfect immediately. If it turns out that penalty conversion rate goes up massively and it becomes clearly too easy to convert, they can still try to tinker ith it then. Yeah, as long as the rule is clear cut, you can only blame yourself for tripping on it. I agree that it may need some refinement if the conversion rates go too high, but the current one is a good starting point. The previous rule had some really sketchy lesser league cases where penalties would get retaken multiple times because almost every penalty had some grounds for a retake and the refs could call it as they saw fit. | ||
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