Away goal rule

A good rule that should stay. Has worked fine for many a year.

sh*te rule. It has ruined so many 2 legged matches (2 legged games should be done away too imo). I would rather see a penalty shoot-out than a team going through on away goals. (f**k extra time too)

Landon Donovan wrote: sh*te rule. It has ruined so many 2 legged matches (2 legged games should be done away too imo). I would rather see a penalty shoot-out than a team going through on away goals. (f**k extra time too)

Hans Moleman wrote: tribalarmy wrote: Landon Donovan wrote: sh*te rule. It has ruined so many 2 legged matches (2 legged games should be done away too imo). I would rather see a penalty shoot-out than a team going through on away goals. (f**k extra time too) We need more penalty shootouts alright. Can't recall the last time there has been an enjoyable period of extra time. I thought tonights ET was great to watch!! poor standard of football but still great to watch because of the tension and a cup final place being at stake.

I completely forgot what I just watched. The excitement in that was helped a lot by the fact Sunderland started extra time needing a goal (even though it was 2-2) so they had to attack.

Usually both teams seem to start extra tie thinking lets not lose this rather than lets go and win it. It provides tension but if we want tension we may as well scrap the extra time and bring back the golden goal rule. More tension and teams will be even more afraid to attack.

theheff1989 wrote: Also believe it should be scrapped. Makes no sense. Too unfair on teams. Bad when a team does not win a game but goes through on an away goal rule. Too unfair. Has there ever been plans to get rid of it?

Wenger wants it gone and has said other people agree with him and that they bring it up at UEFA meetings.

They still haven't brought in magic spray so I'd say it'll take them about 5 years to get rid of this rule.

theheff1989 wrote: Also believe it should be scrapped. Makes no sense. Too unfair on teams. Bad when a team does not win a game but goes through on an away goal rule. Too unfair. Has there ever been plans to get rid of it?

The reason it's there is because extra time would be at one stadium only and giving that team an advantage. The away goal rule ensures that nobody has an advantage. Having two legs is the same and it also makes common sense.

Edited by corkery - 23 Jan 2014 at 12:34am

Hans Moleman wrote: corkery wrote: The reason it's there is because extra time would be at one stadium only and giving that team an advantage. The away goal rule ensures that nobody has an advantage. Having two legs is the same and it also makes common sense. How does it ensure that no team has an advantage? Only in the league cup do they count after extra time.  In Europe they count after the 90 minutes of the 2nd leg, so most times extra time will not be played and one team will go out on away goals if the aggregate score is level!! It is a hugely unfair rule, and there is no need for it at all.

corkery wrote: Hans Moleman wrote: corkery wrote: The reason it's there is because extra time would be at one stadium only and giving that team an advantage. The away goal rule ensures that nobody has an advantage. Having two legs is the same and it also makes common sense. How does it ensure that no team has an advantage? Only in the league cup do they count after extra time.  In Europe they count after the 90 minutes of the 2nd leg, so most times extra time will not be played and one team will go out on away goals if the aggregate score is level!! It is a hugely unfair rule, and there is no need for it at all. I think it should be scrapped alright in the league cup. If it was gone in Europe, one team would say that there was 90mins played at their stadium and 120 at the other teams making it unfair again. However, you do make a good point there and I'm inclined to agree with you now.