Today's Football 2015 / 16

[Dithering Dougie]

Burtlands kicking is awful...

 

[Donald Twain]

Burtlands kicking is awful...

Stop it!

 

[N.S.N.O.]

Stoke have players who have faced far greater opposition in more meaningful competitions than this 3 handled thing though.

Well they've shown tonight why they ended up at a club like stoke...and will never win anything in their careers...

shaqiri & bojan are chumps...

 

[duncs pigeon]

Can we just take a second to look at how strange this stage of the competition is.

It's the only two-legged stage in the entire competition. Away goals do count on aggregate but only after Extra Time in the second match. That's a bit of an unfair advantage to whoever is drawn at home for the first match isn't it? What's the bleeding point of a two-legged stage then?

Its an advantage for them isnt it. If it goes into e/t in 2nd leg the away team has an extra 30 mins to score an away goal

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Can we just take a second to look at how strange this stage of the competition is.

It's the only two-legged stage in the entire competition. Away goals do count on aggregate but only after Extra Time in the second match. That's a bit of an unfair advantage to whoever is drawn at home for the first match isn't it? What's the bleeding point of a two-legged stage then?

I reckon it's deffo fixed, City and the RS were both kept apart in the draw, and they both got to play their first legs away from home.

 

[orly]

Massive dive

 

[quasi modo]

Burtlands kicking is awful...

Tim Howard's awful.

 

[Donald Twain]

Shocked that wasn't given

 

[Efcjake]

I reckon it's deffo fixed, City and the RS were both kept apart in the draw, and they both got to play their first legs away from home.

I don't know about that but I just find it so weird that everything is different for the semis. I don't know of any other cups that have a stage of the competition that is played entirely differently than the ones preceding and following it.

 

[quasi modo]

Whelan is absolute gash.

 

[lesbattersby]

In the last 2 weeks they've out played utd an lobbed in 1st time chips from outside the box. But can't make 5 yard passes against Liverpool, unreal.

 

[maccavennie]

Massive dive

Stoke certainly is mate, and that was one too. My missus said "I've seen them given", I said "yeah, u usually do get them you cheating gang of scruffs"

 

[quasi modo]

FFS!

 

[Efcjake]

Its an advantage for them isnt it. If it goes into e/t in 2nd leg the away team has an extra 30 mins to score an away goal

Exactly. What's worse is that you go to extra time and both teams score and suddenly NOW the home team's goal is worth less. Doesn't make a lick of sense and definitely gives a huge advantage to one team over the other. It's different than how the Champions League works as well because Away goals don't come into consideration until that extra time in the second match.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Tim Howard's awful.

Off topic.