Tomi on 17/6/2010 at 13:55
Having seen the sending off a few times now, I still think that it was a very harsh decision by the referee. The contact was minimal and it was hardly deliberate by the goalkeeper. Also, the ball was already going away (the defenders probably would have got to the ball before Suarez in any case) so the keeper wasn't actually even denying a certain goalscoring opportunity there. It was a bad decision by the referee that ruined the game.
That's one rule that really needs to be changed in my opinion. Conceding a penalty and losing one of your players is like receiving a double punishment for one foul, which in this case wasn't even a very serious one.
Shug on 17/6/2010 at 15:34
a thousand thumbs up
quinch on 17/6/2010 at 16:46
Robert Green looks certain to start in goal for England for the second group game tomorrow evening. In training this morning he managed to save over 200 shots without conceding once.
Green and Heskey joined the rest of the team for training later in the afternoon.
SubJeff on 17/6/2010 at 20:22
France. The Lord works in mysterious ways. I bet the Irish are loving this.
SD on 17/6/2010 at 20:36
lol France
Quote Posted by Tomi
That's one rule that really needs to be changed in my opinion. Conceding a penalty
and losing one of your players is like receiving a double punishment for one foul, which in this case wasn't even a very serious one.
There's one easy remedy: don't foul players in the 6 yard box when you're the last man. Penalty and red card 100% justified in my mind, and the Uruguayan's dying swan impression (he's South American, it's in the genes) isn't really here or there.
Anyway, like it made a difference to the result. Mexico-Uruguay is absolutely nailed on now to be a draw. Betfair have odds of 5/7 on the draw, and even at that price it's buying money.
Harvester on 17/6/2010 at 22:09
Quote Posted by Shayde
Lord you foreigners are a bunch of whiners.
Whatever. Some viewers can't hear the commentary voice, and what's worse, players can't hear their trainers shouting orders from the sideline and some players have also complained they can't hear the referee's whistle. And people in the stadium are getting hearing damage. I'm not personally bothered by them that much, but I do wish they would go away for these reasons, national pride is fun and all but this is an inconvenience for everyone.
ercles on 17/6/2010 at 22:26
I agree with Shayde, you guys seriously need to just deal with it, it's part of being "the world game", surely. As far as this idea that it's just South Africans ruining the match for everyone else, that's ridiculous because it relies on the notion that the foreign fans aren't playing the damn things as well. The TV commentary situation is surely the fault of the broadcaster not the crowd, you can't really ask the people who paid to go to the game if they could kindly just "calm down a bit because I can't hear the guy on the telly". If you are really worried about hearing damage, I'd suggest avoiding any live sports match, but specifically one that normally features all kinds of noisy shit like whistles and drums, not to mention some fat guy without a top screaming in your ear for two hours.
The fact that people are trying to tell South Africa that they shouldn't be allowed to have their vuvuzelas is fucking absurd.
P.S. suck it, France.
SD on 17/6/2010 at 22:55
Quote Posted by ercles
As far as this idea that it's just South Africans ruining the match for everyone else, that's ridiculous because it relies on the notion that the foreign fans aren't playing the damn things as well.
That's actually not true; a large number of tickets for each match goes to neutrals, corporate sponsors and locals. Only a minority allocation goes to fans of the nations actually competing in a particular match. Every match you've seen so far is going to have several thousand South Africans in attendance at the very least.
Harvester on 17/6/2010 at 23:18
Quote Posted by ercles
If you are really worried about hearing damage, I'd suggest avoiding any live sports match, but specifically one that normally features all kinds of noisy shit like whistles and drums, not to mention some fat guy without a top screaming in your ear for two hours.
Normal sports matches, even with whistles and drums and guys yelling in your ear, don't produce a constant 130dB like vuvuzelas do, which is almost over the pain threshold. I think even pop concerts aren't that loud.
SubJeff on 17/6/2010 at 23:24
I was opposed to the vuvus at first because it was just a din to me but the sound has really grown on me. Maybe it's the African in me. The only problem I still have with it is you can't hear the crowd going wild when there is an awesome run at the goal/a goal. Instead you just hear the vuvus get louder, but then I suppose that it makes it a bit special.
As to not being able to hear the commentary - bah. First of all I don't believe you (unless you've some hearing difficulty) and second of all it's not that hard to filter it out with your equaliser (if you have a setup that allows this). Google it, it's out there. First stop Gizmodo.
