Away Goals Rule Scrapped

[kenada_blue]

I think it makes it more exciting to scrap the away goal rules

You won’t see teams putting 11 men behind the ball to secure the draw and win on away goals now and it encourages teams to try and win outright over two legs

I approve this rule

Funnily enough the last time this affected us was in the uefa cup in 79 I think. We beat some Irish team 10-0 over two legs then lost to dukla Prague on away goals in the next round

Everton that

This never really happens anyway.

I think there's a stat that someone pulled up that it's a low percentage that a team have gone through on away goals generally

 

[kenada_blue]

Next, you'll be saying penalty shootouts aren't fair.

That has been talked about

 

[daza_1973]

Rather them scrap the RS get the second leg at home rule.

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

We did however win the first penalty shootout in a European Cup tie, against Borussia Monchengladbach.

 

[PaddyJames]

No corruption no siree

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

No corruption no siree

"For the good of the game, honest guv!"

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Away goals were always part of the exotica of European football.

And for every team that shuts up shop to avoid conceding an away goal, there's another team that will go for it in the hope of scoring one.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Good decision I think

It's an antiquated system

What made it valid back in the day but not now?

 

[Blueclouds]

Doesn't really bother us

 

[Lob]

Fancy asking Evertonian's if we agree with the away goal being scrapped in Uefa competitions. Chance would be a fine kin thing. lol

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Ok so what if both are tied on aggregate at the end? Penalties? Yawn.
What is going to happen is the same thing that caused the change in the first place.
First leg away sides are going to park the bus, and it's gonna be a snore fest.
Stupid decision.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Ok so what if both are tied on aggregate at the end? Penalties? Yawn.
What is going to happen is the same thing that caused the change in the first place.
First leg away sides are going to park the bus, and it's gonna be a snore fest.
Stupid decision.

Exactly!

 

[turner]

What made it valid back in the day but not now?

UEFA's reasoning :

Uefa now argues that there is no longer a case for weighting away goals more heavily than those scored at home. In announcing the rule change the governing body said statistics show a steady decline in home advantage since the 1970s, with the ratio of goals scored at home and away changing from 2.02/0.95 to 1.58/1.15.
Among the factors Uefa suggests for a decline in home advantage include higher security within grounds, increasingly standardised pitches and more comfortable travelling conditions for the away team journeying across the continent

 

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[PhilM]

What made it valid back in the day but not now?

@turner beat me to it with UEFA's reasoning. While on the face of it I agree with some of their points in terms of standards improving, for me it's part of the game.

Additionally, would the home team not be at an advantage if it goes automatically to penalties with their crowd behind them during the penalty shoot out?

The likes of the RS already like a second leg home tie, but there'll be an ever greater incentive whereas both teams had a chance to score an away goal.

Yes there was already the penalty situation, but with this ruling there'll now be more examples that will favour the team playing at home second.