what a chance!
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
Iran have been great since going behind
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
holy shit arrrrrgggghhhhh
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
oh man what a cross
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
lol commentator switching from "so easy for Spain now" to "they're not there yet"
― The Savic Detectives (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
seeing pique get diddled like that
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Waiting for Ghodos.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
Ghoddos in the detail.
― Tim, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
Hahaxp
I think we're doing about average for goals so far btw. 2014 was unusually goalsy, 2010 unusually ungoalsy
limited sample size obviously but
Only 36% of goals scored have been "normal" this World Cup. If you think that's weird it's because it is. Very weird actually. pic.twitter.com/vIWwLxpXeH— Alex Olshansky (@atosoccer) June 20, 2018
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
loooool throw
― tired culché (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
Iran deserved something out of that game, I feel comfortable saying now
― The Savic Detectives (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
Man that was something. But yeah, should have been at least a draw.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
seems questionable to start calling goals from open play "normal" at the exact point they stop being normal. but yes, it's odd, I don't know how much of it is VAR
― ogmor, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
kevin doyle is something on rte lads
daytime gameshow host is the least of it
― tired culché (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
god bless Doyler <3
― The Savic Detectives (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
61m: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...... oh wait. Not a goal yet. A darkness falls over the stadium. It’s the spectre of #VAR arriving like Dracula. It proceeds to suck the fun out of the game, then leaves. Disallowed.#IRN 0-1 #ESP#IRNESP#WorldCup— Reykjavík Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) June 20, 2018
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
a kid was actually offside with a ball in the street
― scopin' VARs (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
― ogmor, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 12:34 PM (forty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
currently on course to be marginally ahead, on average goals, of 2010 and a little more ahead of Italia 90 but literally below every other world cup ever
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
every game I've caught much of has had lots of goals thankfully
I have no way of quantifying this at all but from the little I've seen I feel like goaltenders have been ~really good.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
Feels rare to get through the first week without a single 0-0 too.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
It's less to do with VAR and more down to a lot of teams being very well-organised defensively. Even if they're going to lose against the big teams, a lot of the groups are evenly matched enough that even less prominent footballing nations stood a chance of sneaking through if they were capable of preserving their goal difference. Unfortunately a lot of them also lack any kind of goal threat.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
yeah most every match today had a fuck-ton of bunkering, which isn't really forgiving if your attack is imprecise
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
bunkering?
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
I say, old chap, bunkering?
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
lol (xp)
Best moment of the World Cup for me. pic.twitter.com/wCagZwr72B— CF (@ClinicalFirmino) June 20, 2018
― nashwan, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
http://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/what-does-bunkering-mean.2032886/
lol guessing I'm more familiar with the term being from a CONCACAF nation, many of whom employ this strategy.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
no you're familiar with it because you're american
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
hehe
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
We let goaltender slip earlier for the same reason.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
lol jim yr otm, yr otm
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
I heard Patricio can mix a mean Manhattan tho!
― calzino, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
That somersault= story of this world cup so far, dude from one of the outsider teams about to try something spectacular, then... nah, loses his bottle at the last half second
― A Warning to the Karius (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
2010 was the goalkeeper's WC, 2014 everyone seemed to be playing back 3s with wingbacks and it went nuts again
― ogmor, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
Lot of whining about the Jabulani in 2010 as well, shots being ballooned over the bar from everywhere.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
the jabulani was supposed to be unpredictable in the air and you'd think that'd have caused goalkeepers problems - as well as causing stray shots - but that didn't seem to be the case too much
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
Vuvuzelas were also suggested as a cause, putting off the players
― A Warning to the Karius (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
they knew the risks when they took the job
― mark s, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
bunkering = hoof it up to the big lad?
― gbx, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
ok looking at the actual stats it's not that interesting but anyway: early world cups were goalfests but from 1962 onwards when ppl worked out how to defend it's been between 2.2 and 3 goals a game, averaging 2.6. the 21st century average is 2.45. right now we are at 2.25 goals per game but this time yesterday we were at 2.47 and group B was always going to be a v defensive group. the amount of set piece goals is definitely strange though, idk if you cld argue that VAR has immediately changed how players are playing but watching colombia-japan I did wonder.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
I imagine retreating to the bunker - like Bruno Ganz in that film. (xp)
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
not sure that hitlers last days are the best model for a positive defensive outcome
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
Women/families finally entered to Azadi stadium after 37 years of ban, to watch #IRNESP on screen. pic.twitter.com/oSBXHMWI8h— OpenStadiums (@openStadiums) June 20, 2018
― ogmor, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
TS bunkering vs parking the bus
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 21 June 2018 00:31 (five years ago) link
It's less to do with VAR and more down to a lot of teams being very well-organised defensively. Even if they're going to lose against the big teams, a lot of the groups are evenly matched enough that even less prominent footballing nations stood a chance of sneaking through if they were capable of preserving their goal difference. Unfortunately a lot of them also lack any kind of goal threat.― Matt DC, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:26 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Matt DC, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:26 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm for me, clive. only mexico have brought the requisite derring do to upset the apple cart so far. leaving three lads up for the counter. peru tried it to, but missed a pen and several good chances. really, really hope they stay alive in the tournament today.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 21 June 2018 08:46 (five years ago) link
Lasse Schöne might be the most gorgeous name of the tournament
― ogmor, Thursday, 21 June 2018 11:28 (five years ago) link
Aye, a beautiful lassie.
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 June 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
Mooy is the most stylish slaphead of the tournament, and beats off Iniesta by being a thoroughbred baldy.
― calzino, Thursday, 21 June 2018 11:34 (five years ago) link