matticus
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Me too. I've got no bloody choice - I got the Welsh in the office sweep 🤦‍♀️I'll be cheering Wales on tomorrow, but I only live a couple of miles from the border mind
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Smokin Joe
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One thing I'd love to see is no more extra time, which is always a bit of a bore. If scores are level after 90 minutes straight to penalties, and none of this five each either. First one to miss is out.
matticus
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Blimey, we've only played one set of group matches! Still, this issue IS going to come up, so well done addressing it head-on:
I can't see your ideas getting any traction, sadly. Yes, the extra-time phase is (on average) a total waste of time; no player wants to make the mistake that loses the game. Missing a pen has become more forgiveable than that, in the bizarre world of footy pundit/fan logic.
I like the idea of sudden-death pens, bound to be a lot quicker. In fact I'd even make it PROPER sudden death; a coin-tosss to see who shoots first, then if you miss the VERY FIRST PEN, you is out. The other team doesn't need to score theirs, that just prolongs the tedium.
roubaixtuesday
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My solution to extra time/pens is for golden goal, but each team to have to remove one player every five minutes until it's one on one.
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Premier League fixtures for 21/22 released this morning....
First 4 games for Norwich đź”° [ my team ] are Liverpool, Man. City, Leicester & Arsenal...
First 4 games for Norwich đź”° [ my team ] are Liverpool, Man. City, Leicester & Arsenal...
Grant Fondo
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Good luck with that then, but glad to have you backPremier League fixtures for 21/22 released this morning....
First 4 games for Norwich đź”° [ my team ] are Liverpool, Man. City, Leicester & Arsenal...
We (MUFC) have got Leeds first, so tough start imo.
Dayvo
just passin' through
Easy 12 points for the Canaries (my 2nd team) and sitting pretty atop the league.Premier League fixtures for 21/22 released this morning....
First 4 games for Norwich đź”° [ my team ] are Liverpool, Man. City, Leicester & Arsenal...
matticus
Guru
Russia scored first against Finland - that opens the group up nicely!
Wales-vs-Turkey could be a good/unpredictable game at 5pm, COME ON YOU REDS!
Wales-vs-Turkey could be a good/unpredictable game at 5pm, COME ON YOU REDS!
Smokin Joe
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Which reds? Both teams wear red.
Fab Foodie
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Couldn't you give them independence or partition the Union or summat? How embarrassing!
matticus
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Grant Fondo
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AndyRM
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Keep extra time, but bring back Golden Goal to make it meaningful.
Smokin Joe
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I seem to recall Golden Goal being a complete non event in most cases, with players so frightened of making an irrecoverable mistake they just played safe.
Rusty Nails
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Great result for Wales, especially as this was virtually a home game for Turkey. Even Erdogan turned up to watch.
Hopefully four points will be enough to get them through from the group, because a match against Italy in Italy is going to be very tough.
We even did it with Bale, who was otherwise brilliant, missing that penalty.
Hopefully four points will be enough to get them through from the group, because a match against Italy in Italy is going to be very tough.
We even did it with Bale, who was otherwise brilliant, missing that penalty.
