ref was shit, VAR just adds another tier of shit, it's rats within rats
― Swedes and Löw (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 June 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
foxsoccer twitter letting me down badly when it counts most by not posting a clip of cron apparently killing a fella and getting away with it scot free
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 25 June 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
wow what a finish
― k3vin k., Monday, 25 June 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
Lineker's (extremely dumb) pov is that any touching of ball to defender's hand in the box is a penalty so he shd be arguing in favour of this
― Pardew to Megson: "you've stolen my New Orleans bounce" (DJ Mencap), Monday, 25 June 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
That was a fun game.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 25 June 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
Anything that riles Shearer *and* Lawrenson this much has something going for it tho
― Swedes and Löw (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 June 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
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don't let deems tell you otherwise, cron did kill a man. they're arranging his funeral as we speak.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 25 June 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
VAR redeemed once again with the second Spain goal, annoying tho it may be
― nashwan, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
at least "iran, iran so far away" won't be stuck in my head for any more games
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
I am shocked, shocked, that Alan Fucking Shearer thinks an elbow to the face is ok
― Swedes and Löw (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 June 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
it's never a handball, but if you're gonna give decisions like that it should be an indirect free
― Number None, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
From all of the eliminated teams atm, Morocco's Nordin Amrabat is the steal of the century. What a beast.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 25 June 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
I enjoyed Drogba nodding sagely while everyone else ripped into play acting on the pitch.
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
Morocco are I think the best of the eliminated teams, they were unlucky to get that group.
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
instant replay review makes sports, nay life, immeasurably worse.
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Monday, 25 June 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
should be for goal line review and nothing else
they don't need it for goal line review
― Number None, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
Has the old fashioned goal line technology been needed even once this tournament?
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
definitely saw it used in at least one game, but it wasn't close to a goal
― Number None, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
Ref was making it all about him, ugh
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 25 June 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
you're right, they don't need video replay for goal line review, but they do need goal line tech.
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Monday, 25 June 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
yeah but that's an automatic decision. There's no interpretation involved
― Number None, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
I mean I guess I'm just being a dick about agreeing with you
― Number None, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
all i want to know is should i watch ESP or POR at 11pm BST or whenever the fuck the bbc platform finally crunches through the data and makes it available
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 June 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
pogba goal was goal line tech iirc
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
Only caught the last ten minutes but Spain v Morocco sounds like the better game.
Russia will probably do a Netherlands 2008-style number on Spain now while Portugal beat Uruguay 1-0 on pens.
― nashwan, Monday, 25 June 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
def catch iran portugal it was super entertainment the whole second half
didi hamann all but wearing a beret slouched in an rte chair lazily lamenting what weve lost with var, the emotion in the moment the beauty of a wrong decision become truth itself on the flawed platform of a man in black inarguable and unyielding, a metaphor for life itself.
spoiled by then whining in his pitiful reggie perrin mien that it doesnt even get everything right anyway as if he hadnt just contradicted himself completely
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Monday, 25 June 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
> whenever the fuck the bbc platform finally crunches through the data and makes it available
(i have a kickstart meeting tomorrow for the project to speed this up)
i think that if you start iplayer whilst the stream is running (ie before it ends) then you can rewind to the start and watch it from the buffer. buffer might only be two hours long though. after it ends you have to wait for the, yes, long transcode. it's complicated.
yes, here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcfour is the spain match, and if you'd've started within 2 hours of kickoff you could've seen the whole thing via the buffer (it's currently 56 minutes in)
― koogs, Monday, 25 June 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
BBC Blog, "Inside our UHD workflow"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/b56edd34-a1d8-4ef9-9d2d-1c93eda18f73
over 5Tbits per second streamed during ENG-TUN
(red card fwiw, he swung his arm back deliberately, if the other player had been 2 inches further away it would've been an elbow in the face)
― koogs, Monday, 25 June 2018 21:24 (five years ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/footballhighlights/ has full games up more or less instantaneously
― Number None, Monday, 25 June 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
Also, wasn't there something in the Olympics where each team had a limited number of video appeals they could ask for?
― koogs, Monday, 25 June 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
the olympics also has horses and divin boards dyou want them too dyou
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Monday, 25 June 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
I was watching on iPlayer about 90 mins behind. Computer crashed at one point and was then told the game would be "available soon". Then choosing to watching BBC1 live though (EastEnders) was able to rewind back to the football xps
― groovypanda, Monday, 25 June 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
thanks koogs and groovypanda!i tried the buffer trick but there's no rewind on live streams w my roku stick, or at least none I've found
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 June 2018 22:19 (five years ago) link
I tried the UHD live but it started buffering after a minute so I went back to regular tv
― Swedes and Löw (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 June 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
i watched Spain/Morocco in the end and that was some good shyt
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
Morocco so goodRamos on the losing end of both their goals iirc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
caught the portugal iran replay tonight, damn that was quite a ride! spain morocco great too but by hod i could do without warren barton slobbering on about the magic of spain bleuch, i had to mute him
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
*god
barton's a tool
― alomar lines, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
yeah the praise for Spain gets ridiculous sometimes. Sure, they combine nicely, but they hardly score (which is.. may I remind the commentators, the 'goal' of football)
― Ludo, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 06:46 (five years ago) link
to score and to prevent opponents from doing so, which comfortable possession is a very good way of achieving
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 06:56 (five years ago) link
Spain certainly had that whole keeping possession thing nailed last night.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:02 (five years ago) link
I'VE scored goals, you'll need to do better than that to get me interested
― ogmor, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:06 (five years ago) link
There is an underlying utilitarian logic to football that, when adhered to strictly, produces something sublime like Don Revie's Leeds or the current Iceland team, something so perfectly efficient that it's just too much to watch.
― Swedes and Löw (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:10 (five years ago) link
I think that's true but I think the same is true of the Pep Barcelona side - a system implemented to an absurd perfection.
― Tim, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:25 (five years ago) link
the transcendent blandness of harry kane has been enchanting me over recent seasons. he's a paragon of efficiency with just enough passion and ego to be effective without it hindering his performance. he's streamlined his game and his personality, always keen and ambitious but never overexcited, just eternally passing it into the bottom corner
― ogmor, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:28 (five years ago) link
xp (Each of these sides was dirty too, a perfect system can't tolerate the chaos of 11 human people trying to interfere.)
― Tim, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:31 (five years ago) link
there is a collective ecstasy abt pep teams in full flow that goes beyond the unencumbered mind of a ruthless optimiser
― ogmor, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:38 (five years ago) link
agreed, i just didn't have adequate words.
― Swedes and Löw (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 08:42 (five years ago) link