Wyrdness said:
Your rebuttal made no sense not because it got your point over but because it literally makes no sense especially in the context of the argument, the sport is different now because of the rules a point you're either having trouble understanding or just trying to side step for the sake of your argument much like society now is different because of laws that were implemented. Your response unfortunately for you in attempting to try and debunk it completely fell flat on it's face as not only does it fail to address the fact that the current conditions are the result of the rules it literally comes across as a dumb response from someone trying to be smart and that's not an insult by the way that's how it comes across. The rule does its job as you have admitted and to top it off it doesn't change much as far as playing on the pitch goes, what it does is that it takes into account head to head performance. If a team wins 1-0 at home but loses 4-3 away overall across both legs they were better and that's what it comes down to, this in itself forces teams to perform over both legs because the away goals count towards performance much like in Boxing every punch counts even if it doesn't knock out or hurt the other boxer. I find it more funny you think teams would not park the bus especially in the modern era when teams like Atleti, Chelsea and even Bayern themselves in a previous era had numerous success with such tactics to grind out wins. An away goal counts towards performance that's why teams go for it otherwise they wouldn't risk much going away and would bank it all on home results. Many of these players and managers aren't out to entertain you or progress the game which I suspect is your thinking here, they're out to make money and be paid like Ronaldo and Rooney so they can live the George Best life even if it means grinding out dull results to bring in more money. |
Sport is different now for many reasons, tactics evolve, player development, training methods, diet etc along with convenient travelling and such make it easier for teams to play away compared to what it was when the rule was set. Original reason for it was away matches being so hard to play teams would just defend, I think home advance is not so significant anymore. You're the one coming up with all the society and mentality nonsense. There is no need for the rule anymore and I'm surely not the only one with this opinion.
Your second opinion on the other hand is very valid, but like I wrote before, I think goals scored should be the deciding factor, not consistency. Teams might have to play their away matches in different conditions, goal = goal is fair game. Like boxing, every hit should count but all the hits being equal in points. Because like I said, I don't like the idea of rule forcing tactics to score more goals than opponent when it's in fact a tie. I wrote before, when teams are happy with 0-0 home result, something is off. Their opponent is at disadvantage despite making good job at keeping clean sheets at away game they had to play first.
Teams already play defensively or park the bus in certain situations and maybe they would grind out results a bit more, On the other hand, there still hasn't been the ultimate tactic to win and it evolves. Once PtB is effectively countered, it's time for something else to succeed. I would be interested to try it and see how it goes, you come off as you know the truth of how it would play out. Don't worry about my entertainment, I'm good watching PtB tactics even if I don't like it 😋
