aw man
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
some bruce lee henchmen opponent throwing bodies at the problem there
― tired culché (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
(I'm v impressed with this Iran performance but I love Iniesta with all my heart)
― The Savic Detectives (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
Only watched the 2nd half and Iran are playing well enough to get something out of this game.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
― The Savic Detectives (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:35 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is me basically. I need Iran to beat Portugal though, like badly.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
I think it could happen.
― A Warning to the Karius (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
Yeah if Iran are going to send one Iberian team home then let it be Portugal.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
On tonight's performance, they're capable, and Portugal would be much less of a loss to the tournament
― The Savic Detectives (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
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