2022 World Cup Discussion

Watched this is few days ago and thought it was very informative outside the reminiscing about the past (which I found, also, extremely interesting with my own memories of the job Collina did on the pitch).



Personally, I like time added for time wasting has been enacted after it being threatened for so many years!
 
supercity88 said:
I think they've made a collective decision to ensure each game has 45 minutes of game time. So subs, VAR calls, injuries will all take time out of the game and they've decided that they'll play it on. The England game was ridiculous, but if it had have been 0-0 at 45 mins after only 31 mins of actual game time, we'd have been berating the officials for not adding on enough time.
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I actually think this is a good thing.

Trouble is - in previous World Cups the refs have been crazy with cards in the first few games - as if to send out a message, then after round one go back to normal.

I hope this attempt to deal with blatant time wasting continues.

Might be a problem in places like USA though - whenever I watch a US TV show, for example 24 - an obvious case - they like to have TV breaks every 10-15 mins. The show comes in bursts to accommodate that. Can they handle 55-60 min football halves?

Maybe this will force a rule change: 2 x 30 mins with clock stops whenever the ball is 'dead' a bit like American Football and also ice hockey and basketball yes?
 
The idiot prize for 2022 goes to...

From RAWK

I’m probably somewhat out of the loop in these things but I was reading an article about some of the absurdity of upcoming World Cup, paid fans , paid politicians and such. It got me wondering how supporters of city feel about such matters. It struck me that the World Cup is a logical extension of the city ‘project’. Are they conflicted in anyway or have they accepted that this is how football now is ?

The posts about the sponsorship deal from the ‘book makers’ must elicit some reaction from City support . How do they feel about it ?
 
OK, I’m starting to get in to it now … good England performance … The Argie upset … and watching a couple of games before 10am is an excellent use of time.

And, Fox’s commentary team, while not perfect, are certainly less annoying than the UK’s ‘lets talk about LGBTQ+ & Human Rights’ sports analysis !
 
The perfect fumble said:
The idiot prize for 2022 goes to...

From RAWK

I’m probably somewhat out of the loop in these things but I was reading an article about some of the absurdity of upcoming World Cup, paid fans , paid politicians and such. It got me wondering how supporters of city feel about such matters. It struck me that the World Cup is a logical extension of the city ‘project’. Are they conflicted in anyway or have they accepted that this is how football now is ?

The posts about the sponsorship deal from the ‘book makers’ must elicit some reaction from City support . How do they feel about it ?
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And there’s been stiff competition over at RAWK for that award
 
I can't stand commentators at the moment they are getting so bad!

Earlier today the Saudis were accused of using every trick in the book then when the reply came on the screen the commentator decides oh no they arnt after seeing the left back got a knee cap through his face. Then during the current match a Tunisian player shoots wide and then puts his hand on his head and the commentator says " I'm not sure it was that close" HE DID THAT REACTION BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD THE OPPORTUNITY WAS!
 
I have to be honest; last month I was absolutely "Meh" about this World Cup. A World Cup in November just felt wrong. And in Qatar???

But now I'm; "Wow Messi is past it. Cant believe Argentina lost. How many offsides? 4 penalties, in 5 games. Eleventy One minutes of added time. Ooo look its Denmark v Tunisia. On a Tuesday afternoon"

Think it helps that there have been some good quality group games, so far and the matches are on at a decent time. Usually, the group games are turgid and it doesn't open up until the knockout rounds.

I'm also trying not to mix politics with football and just enjoy the football, on display.
 
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Impeccable One said:
Not sure I can agree with that after 5 1/2 games
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That's why I did it in a 14 year old Californian style. Apologies if you couldn't decipher that from the written word!

That's the rhetoric we'll start to see. We'll still get the soundbites about human rights but the Saudi's have just helped their fellow Arabic nation by making more of the talk about football. A few more results like that and the media will soon show they don't really care about the wider issues - they've said what they were told to.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
I didn't watch the Wales game, but if the commentary was anything like the Euros, I'm glad about that. They moan about the England bias, but I've never seen any English pundit deliver the level of one-sided cheerleading that the Robbie Savage did last time out.
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I always give Robbie Savage a pass because he seems to be the only commentator who wants City to win when we play in the CL.
 
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