FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

[Krebstar]

The celebration police have infiltrated our tiny section of the forum?

[Cod]

I don't mind the celebrations, just don't understand how you troll someone who scored a hat trick against you. Besides, my problem with Martinez is that he won the Golden Gloves when he didn't deserve it.

[Krebstar]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cod

I don't mind the celebrations, just don't understand how you troll someone who scored a hat trick against you. Besides, my problem with Martinez is that he won the Golden Gloves when he didn't deserve it.

Ah, deserve—the hardest thing to quantify in sport.

[Suntan Superman]

Unrelated to anything else going on in this thread, how did we feel about the semi-automatic offside? I thought it was pretty quick, and would like to see it implemented anywhere it can be with VAR. I know the Premier League won't do it, but it sure was better than whatever line drawing we were doing before.

[jb12780]

Quote: Originally Posted by Suntan Superman

Unrelated to anything else going on in this thread, how did we feel about the semi-automatic offside? I thought it was pretty quick, and would like to see it implemented anywhere it can be with VAR. I know the Premier League won't do it, but it sure was better than whatever line drawing we were doing before.

I thought it was terrific.

I also liked how they added the appropriate amount of extra time in both halves.


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[Suntan Superman]

Quote: Originally Posted by jb12780

I thought it was terrific. I also liked how they added the appropriate amount of extra time in both halves.

Same, it felt excessive, but correct? Like I understand the only reason my brain immediately identifies it as "excessive" is because I swear there is a TV rule that you're not really supposed to go over 5 minutes added time at the end of the game. It seemed like in all of the games I watched it took something egregious to get more than 5 minutes of added time.

I will be a little sad if some people become less dedicated to the dark arts of time-wasting, but knowing that it won't go away all at once I will at least enjoy it until the sport becomes fully corporate.

[Suntan Superman]

No whistle to whistle number yet, but including pre-game per Nielsen, this was the most watched English-Language men's World Cup Final yet, 16,783,000 viewers. Interested in the actual whistle-to-whistle numbers, as the broadcast apparently peaked at 33,000,000 viewers.

[jrnlgrn]

Quote: Originally Posted by Suntan Superman

Unrelated to anything else going on in this thread, how did we feel about the semi-automatic offside? I thought it was pretty quick, and would like to see it implemented anywhere it can be with VAR. I know the Premier League won't do it, but it sure was better than whatever line drawing we were doing before.

If a league is going to have VAR then it should be mandatory.

It's a lot quicker and celebrations can happen like they should. Nothing is as momentum killing for the fans and I'm guessing the players as well than waiting forever for a decision. Meanwhile some muppet back in the booth is trying to determine what happened based on a video for a couple minutes.

We don't need robot refs but just implement the tech in a way that actual aids the humans.



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