Hans-Dieter Flick

[Loki]

VAR/semi-automated offsides made this style of offside trap work well with confidence. Imagine how many borderline calls to continue play would result in goals conceded for us without it

Insane how long football was played without a review option and thus making the game a coinflip. Now they need to introduce effective time, so all that time wasting and simulating injuries stops. How difficult can it be to implement, as nearly any other professional sport has it.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Now they need to introduce effective time, so all that time wasting and simulating injuries stops.

FIFA has been thinking about it for long, but that one is actually difficult.

Because actual playing time is around 55 minutes per game. Footballers right now can't play 90 minutes effective playing time, and fans would hate it if the game is lasting beyond 3 hours for the sake of it.

So to do it, you have to change football match into 60 minutes, or less, games. And while this looks good, as it is essentially the sane, it will be drastic change to the game. 90 minutes is a football tradition that is hard wired at fans mind atm. So, you can see the hesitation is warranted.

Also, 55 minutes game is weird, 60 minutes game adds another mileage on players, who are already complaining. Never mind airing time implications.

They tried the long added times in the WC, and tbh I enjoyed it, but it seems it was unpopular as they didn't continue with it.

 

[Loki]

FIFA has been thinking about it for long, but that one is actually difficult.

Because actual playing time is around 55 minutes per game. Footballers right now can't play 90 minutes effective playing time, and fans would hate it if the game is lasting beyond 3 hours for the sake of it.

So to do it, you have to change football match into 60 minutes, or less, games. And while this looks good, as it is essentially the sane, it will be drastic change to the game. 90 minutes is a football tradition that is hard wired at fans mind atm. So, you can see the hesitation is warranted.

Also, 55 minutes game is weird, 60 minutes game adds another mileage on players, who are already complaining. Never mind airing time implications.

They tried the long added times in the WC, and tbh I enjoyed it, but it seems it was unpopular as they didn't continue with it.

I think 60 minutes effective time is good enough. The game will still last around 90-95 minutes, so not much is going to change for the fans. The rest is getting used to.
I remember when Fifa introduced the free kick spray in the World Cup in 2014 and the German commentator back then said, who needs that crap. It only disturbs and distracts from the game.
Now you can't think about the game without it, the same as VAR. It's not perfect, but it made football fairer. It's the same with effective time. No need for extra time anymore, the players can't waste time dragging corner kicks, subs or faking injuries. The popularity will come fast when fans will see how much fairer the game would get. Who doesn't hate it, when the game has 5 minutes extra time and they only play 2 of them, while wasting 3.
Xavi complained about it a lot and he's right. Every other professional sport has it, why not the biggest one with the biggest prizepools? The goal needs to be to make a sport as fair as possible.

 

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

Flick is doing great, but respect the work of Don Xavi .

 

[ZenI]

BTW:

1) Punishing Kounde for not coming in time for the pre-match talk, and starting Fort instead.

2) Punishing Lamine for trying to show off, and subbing him out immediately

THAT's the kind of LEADERSHIP this team needs!
Not yes-men like Valverde, not someone treating players like pets that need dinner-rewards and days off like Xavi

MY MANAGER!

He actually subbed Yamal for trying to show off? I missed that, sauce?

 

[Andresito]

Flick is doing great, but respect the work of Don Xavi .

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New coach effect, except for Koeman lol

 

[Barcaman]

He actually subbed Yamal for trying to show off? I missed that, sauce?

Saw that as well but don't buy it.

Lamine was sulking and it's not a good look for the team.

 

[ZenI]

I also saw he was sulking, but thought he simply wasn't happy about his performance (which I still think was very good in the first half and alright in the second).

 

[Loki]

A 17 year old sulking a bit, never heared of before
People need to relax about a moody teenager's reaction.

 

[draconifire]

Flick is doing great, but respect the work of Don Xavi .

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We just wanted to see good football, exiting stuff.

Dont really care about the points, they will come. Ernesto's game was shit, but we had the most points.

 

[TheStig]

A 17 year old sulking a bit, never heared of before
People need to relax about a moody teenager's reaction.

For a player of his quality it can quickly go to his head. He can quickly demand that he plays all minutes like Messi, Suarez and Lewa did. He's too young for that, he should stay humble. When he gets this power you can't take it away.

 

[jamrock]

Flick is doing great, but respect the work of Don Xavi .

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Just goes to show, we are running on a lot of "vibes" right now, but thus far while we are playing a more attacking style of play, the results aren't much better than last season, where if we had a few better calls, we would probably have 24-27 points after 9 games.

We just need to keep the vibes train going, one big plus is we won't have pena in goal for 10 league games.

 

[frog-fcb]

We'd probably be lower than City and Arsenal if we were in PL.

I'd say we could well be higher we would thrive with the space pl teams leave at times

 

[Messigician]

Now you can't think about the game without it,

Its ass you jabroni

 

[Barcaman]

Xavi's last season start wasn't too bad either. Plenty of goals too.
Until the Clasico loss that came just around this time.

Maybe we are a bit under new coach spell but I do know Barca wasn't this exciting.

Sevilla, Bayern and Real next will give more answers, sure. But then in November it's also Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo away. It's really one of the hardest first 3 months in recent history. Also with injuries and not having Camp Nou.

Said in August if Flick survives until winter he is safe and so far he's doing great and is, considering the language barrier, surprisingly well liked by entire team and everyone surrounding it.