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View Poll Results: Who will win the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League?
Manchester City
11 16.67%
FC Barcelona
10 15.15%
Real Madrid
2 3.03%
Juventus
9 13.64%
Bayern München
3 4.55%
Paris St. Germain
9 13.64%
Liverpool FC
15 22.73%
Atlético Madrid
0 0%
other top-4-league team (Man Utd, Spurs, Dortmund, Roma...)
6 9.09%
other non-top-4-league team (Monaco, Porto, PSV,... Shkëndija)
1 1.52%

04-18-2019 , 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by cashy
there shouldn't be a difference
There is though.
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04-18-2019 , 10:52 AM
Maybe there shouldn't be, but there currently is. Intent doesn't matter for an attacking player. Without VAR, it would likely not have been called as the AR would tend to switch off mentally with Eriksen in control.

"A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched* by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by:

interfering with play by playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a teammate"

This is the part that I would like to see changed: "A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball (except from a deliberate save by any opponent) is not considered to have gained an advantage." I do not know the best wording, but whiffs on instinctive clearance attempts partially due to an attacker in an offside position should be given as offside in my opinion.

https://twitter.com/mls/status/1107438555993800704 I don't know how to embed this.

On the bright side, Handball will finally one of the official fouls for 2019-20. I'm going to credit the growing American interest in the sport.
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04-18-2019 , 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Tall Paul
There is though.
Yeah this. Dislike the rules all you like, but there should be literally no debate about that offside decision. Aguero was offside.
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04-18-2019 , 12:41 PM
Miles off.
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04-18-2019 , 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kingweed
Fwiw that goal gets ruled out next year with the rule change.

Goal under current rules.



Also anyone who says Nike the “correct” way are Fanny’s*. Anyone who gets upset by the way people pronounce names/cities etc are also Fanny’s.
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Originally Posted by DonkeyRock
Thoroughly enjoyable catch up, was an amazing game. Can't believe anyone bothered to watch the Liverpool game.

My favourite part is the Americans trying to correct Brit's on spelling and grammar, it is quite comical.
Looks like American's and Brit's suck equally hard at spelling and grammar.

****ing fanny's the lot of the Anglo-Saxon's.
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04-18-2019 , 02:48 PM
Germans are also fannys.
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04-18-2019 , 03:07 PM
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04-18-2019 , 03:21 PM
Just caught up, I feel fairly certain we are winning this with city out now. Double is very much alive. Amazing.
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04-18-2019 , 03:29 PM
Son should never again be referred to as ’Sonaldo’.

Now, Ronaldo should be referred to as ‘Ronny’..
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04-18-2019 , 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Tall Paul
The new law doesn't say it has to be scored off the arm, it says if 'the ball goes into the goal after touching an attacking player's hand/arm' it's a free kick.

It would be disallowed.
How long after? That makes no sense as written.
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04-18-2019 , 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by NicReynolds
Just caught up, I feel fairly certain we are winning this with city out now. Double is very much alive. Amazing.
In before 3-0 Barcelona at HT of the first leg
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04-18-2019 , 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cashy
there was a similiar situation a few years ago where a german referee analysed the situation and said that it is only offside it there is intend and deflections are indeed NO offside.

Fairly sure the goal should have stood
German ref not knowing the rules isn't relevant here.
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04-18-2019 , 03:43 PM
Spurs are still lolSpurs, basically tried to give it away and got saved by VAR (GOAT)

Ajax is free money
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04-18-2019 , 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by NicReynolds
Just caught up, I feel fairly certain we are winning this with city out now. Double is very much alive. Amazing.
Wanna bet? I’ll bet you won’t even get to the final.
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04-18-2019 , 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by sixfour
Easy to lol at 538 but beating an oil club then being slight dogs to stroopwafel merchants is quite the take
just catching up. der markt (betfair) has it as 51/49 ajax too
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04-18-2019 , 06:24 PM
We might literally have to trot out Skip in midfield, so think that's totally fair.
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04-18-2019 , 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by daca
just catching up. der markt (betfair) has it as 51/49 ajax too
Well if that's what der markt says then if anyone wants Ajax vs my Spurs at evens for $25 then qtb
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04-18-2019 , 10:06 PM
has even bjorn forever left us? Sucks we keep losing posters. He used to start of posting at start of season and come back during champs league.

Come back bjorn. we miss you.
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04-18-2019 , 11:00 PM
Spurs are actually slight favourite to advance on US-friendly Bovada, then again most Yanks think Ajax is a cleaning agent for sinks..
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04-18-2019 , 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu Ungar
Spurs are actually slight favourite to advance on US-friendly Bovada, then again most Yanks think Ajax is a cleaning agent for sinks..
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04-19-2019 , 02:31 AM
My feel is that the games vs Ajax we should actually be 40/60ish underdogs considering all the injuries, but I'm fearing the worst that Sissoko, Dier and Winks won't be fit and it'll have to be Skipp/Wanyama in the middle or something.

Coin flip feels fair if everyone except Kane is back.

Should be a fun game no matter what. Not for me obviously, I will be dying of 10298341748912487192471 heart attacks.
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04-19-2019 , 02:41 AM
As long as we have Wanyama, I think we're okay in midfield. We can go 3 at the back and something like:

Trippier - Eriksen - Wanyama - Dele - Rose

Moura - Llorente

I'd rather see that than Wanyama - Dier in the pivot...
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04-19-2019 , 02:56 AM
I actually am a big Dier guy and think he's better than he gets credit for, but yeah can't say your outlook is wrong. Dele I want pushing on though don't need him to have to hold with big Vic.
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04-19-2019 , 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by kingweed
Wanna bet? I’ll bet you won’t even get to the final.
Il take us to progress over barca if you can find the market odds.
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04-19-2019 , 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Elrazor
As long as we have Wanyama, I think we're okay in midfield. We can go 3 at the back and something like:
pretty sure the corpse of big vic hasnt started 3 games in a row in like 2 years so im not optimistic
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