The World Cup

[54yrblade]

I wasn't going to watch any of it. So, obviously, I very much have. Heavily time invested, three magazines, daily news reports and a wall chart out of the 'When Saturday comes' WC issue.

France 2 - 0 Senegal is my shout tonight.

England v Croatia score draw.

 

[The Crab]

You can see it, on a cold wet night it February.

The game stops in pissing rain for the hydration break.

It’ll be a tea lady instead

 

[The Crab]

More correctly, on the field of play.

Even more correctly, someone stuck a Carlos Valderrama wig on a traffic cone for shits and giggles

 

[Tom Bott]

The players haven’t to wait while the hot Oxo cooled down?

Imagine the lawsuit costs otherwise.

Jury awards $50m to man injured by scalding-hot tea from Starbucks

Delivery driver said he was disfigured when improperly secured drink spilled after he picked it up at a drive-through

www.theguardian.com

 

[Shadota]

I'm not against a drinks break per se. Considering how we've seen incidents like Christian Eriksen at the Euros a few years back, taking precautions for player safety is A-OK with me. But as I've seen posted in here already, it becoming an opportunity to give out more instructions by coaches feels a bit snidy.

I'd rather the players be made to take drinks in a neutral location - behind a goal perhaps, or the opposite side of the pitch from the dugouts.

Haven't managed to catch a full match so far, but I've found a lot of what I have watched to be perfectly fine. Nothing has really stood out as being spectacular, but nothing has been awful either.

Gonna watch at least some of the France-Senegal game here shortly and see how that shakes out.

 

[Kenilworth]

I'm not against a drinks break per se. Considering how we've seen incidents like Christian Eriksen at the Euros a few years back, taking precautions for player safety is A-OK with me. But as I've seen posted in here already, it becoming an opportunity to give out more instructions by coaches feels a bit snidy.

I'd rather the players be made to take drinks in a neutral location - behind a goal perhaps, or the opposite side of the pitch from the dugouts.

Haven't managed to catch a full match so far, but I've found a lot of what I have watched to be perfectly fine. Nothing has really stood out as being spectacular, but nothing has been awful either.

Gonna watch at least some of the France-Senegal game here shortly and see how that shakes out.

They should take it at a little plastic table with children size plastic chairs so we get to see them in their true habitat. The little dears.

 

[Jan Age]

I'm not against a drinks break per se. Considering how we've seen incidents like Christian Eriksen at the Euros a few years back, taking precautions for player safety is A-OK with me. But as I've seen posted in here already, it becoming an opportunity to give out more instructions by coaches feels a bit snidy.

I'd rather the players be made to take drinks in a neutral location - behind a goal perhaps, or the opposite side of the pitch from the dugouts.

Haven't managed to catch a full match so far, but I've found a lot of what I have watched to be perfectly fine. Nothing has really stood out as being spectacular, but nothing has been awful either.

Gonna watch at least some of the France-Senegal game here shortly and see how that shakes out.

Americanising an English game … splitting
The game in to 1/4 with an advertising break in each quarter … pretending it’s player welfare

 

[Yoonitedite]

They should take it at a little plastic table with children size plastic chairs so we get to see them in their true habitat. The little dears.

Perfect theme for Plastic America

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

I'm with the ref. Suck on that France!

 

[VonBrysonsExpress]

Had to turn the commentary off for Senegal vs france, the constant verbal felation of mbappe is too much.

 

[SharpAsAblade]

When is this stupid Senegalese manager going to bring on Illiman, literally only reason I’m even watching the game ffs

 

[CrookesBlade]

The complaints against the kick off times make me laugh…as though the World Cup has never been played in a different time zone before.

 

[john Mathison]

Illiman assists for their goal. Stupid manager should have had him on way earlier.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Messi hat trick...

 

[fifty shades of blade]

Messi hat trick...

How did he not get sent off though!?

 

[espoo blade]

Americanising an English game … splitting
The game in to 1/4 with an advertising break in each quarter … pretending it’s player welfare

Favourite hydration break action so far

https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/2026-world-cup.94610/post-6352998

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

If you have a particular sense of humour the match reports of "Soccer Guy" on Facebook are for me the best part of this World Cup

 

[jimmymuir]

How did he not get sent off though!?

Because it's Messi, no way they were going to hand him a suspension.