Off Topic International Break Thread

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PleaseNotPoll said:
Mad decision. You'd have thought they'd want to sell more merchandise.
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Sleeveless shirts by definition removes
"advertising space" from the participant.

AFAIK that is why cycling teams do not permit
sleeveless shirts for their riders (I think I can count
on one hand the number of pro riders I recall
wearing them over the last 40 odd years) .
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
I'll add something else to this: they also need to better define what an arm is better, because if the ball hits a defender's upper arm that clearly isn't the same as hitting their hand or forearm since for the the latter to make contact it requires either a conscious effort or the laws of momentum to get it in that position, while if it hits the upper arm the question then becomes more a case of whether it was ball to arm or not

And then there's how certain dickheads can't tell the difference between an armpit and an elbow...
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Much like offsides and VAR in general, they've changed the rules to benefit attacking players. 2019 CL Final for instance, never in a million years would that have been adjudged to have been handball 10-20 years ago but many would argue in this era it was a 50/50.

Playing FIFA 11 I figured out a way to perfectly align my crossing so it would strike the arm of a defender from point blank and a penalty would always be given (much to the fury of my housemates at the time) - scarily enough this is what football has become in the modern day. If players are in tight spaces with no way out, they will just flick it up at the arm of the defender, it's not hard to do for any professional footballer - this is why the likes of Ivanovic and David Luiz started defending crosses with their arms behind their backs.
 
District Line said:
Much like offsides and VAR in general, they've changed the rules to benefit attacking players. 2019 CL Final for instance, never in a million years would that have been adjudged to have been handball 10-20 years ago but many would argue in this era it was a 50/50.

Playing FIFA 11 I figured out a way to perfectly align my crossing so it would strike the arm of a defender from point blank and a penalty would always be given (much to the fury of my housemates at the time) - scarily enough this is what football has become in the modern day. If players are in tight spaces with no way out, they will just flick it up at the arm of the defender, it's not hard to do for any professional footballer - this is why the likes of Ivanovic and David Luiz started defending crosses with their arms behind their backs.
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You might be onto something about football becoming FIFA, since on FIFA '99 I found a foolproof way to draw a penalty by drawing a goalkeeper and passing the ball just as they reached my player's ankles, which these days is how the majority of penalties against goalkeepers are given in the same way

...wait, we're not supposed to call it "FIFA" anymore, EA filed a trademark to call the series EA Sports FC, presumably because FIFA no longer wanted to be associated with such a vile organisation
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
You might be onto something about football becoming FIFA, since on FIFA '99 I found a foolproof way to draw a penalty by drawing a goalkeeper and passing the ball just as they reached my player's ankles, which these days is how the majority of penalties against goalkeepers are given in the same way

...wait, we're not supposed to call it "FIFA" anymore, EA filed a trademark to call the series EA Sports FC, presumably because FIFA no longer wanted to be associated with such a vile organisation
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This is Simpsons-esque level of predictive programming <laugh>
 
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littleDinosaurLuke said:
They all count.
When Kane breaks Rooney’s record, they will all count.
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Rooney scored most of his against rubbish opposition too, Kane and Rooneys records will never stand true scrutiny against Charltons and Greaves there were no gimmes when they played and Greaves 44 in 57 will never be bettered as a ratio for a player with over 50 caps.
 
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The Changing Man said:
Rooney scored most of his against rubbish opposition too, Kane and Rooneys records will never stand true scrutiny against Charltons and Greaves there were no gimmes when they played and Greaves 44 in 57 will never be bettered as a ratio for a player with over 50 caps.
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Very true. International football was more elitist in so many ways.
Caps are cheap now, too many games, poorer opponents more often etc.
Ronaldo’s return is still exceptional by an yardstick though - as his club record is.
 
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