MUNDIAL XXII

[Leeroy Jenkins 2402]

I wonder how many Ecuadoreans end up in prison today, just because.  

[StrippersAndNobelPrizes 844]

4 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

GORGEOUS fucking goal.

Lovely cross, lovely header.

 

Fuck you, Qatar.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Qataris (plural? like Ataris 2600s?) gotta be pissed (or not pissed -ha) booze is banned. After watching this team, heavy drinking should be required.

[dieucla98 2942]

19 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

It happened before this touch - supposedly in the first touch in the box. Fox "showed" the tech replay and then quickly moved on. 

GK and one other player definitely looked to be keeping him on but Fox wouldn't show a decent look.

[InkaUtexas 25875]

Just now, Leeroy Jenkins said:

I wonder how many Ecuadoreans end up in prison today, just because.  

"We are sorry, the 4 Star hotel room was cancelled, but we have a nice tent for you." 

[Buzzrock 14903]

Those crowd shots - it really is all dudes there

[Buzzrock 14903]

I wonder how many Ecuadoreans end up in prison today, just because.  

If some of them really did take bribes they are just going to go missing

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Those crowd shots - it really is all dudes there

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

They might want to get Valencia off the pitch before someone gives him a suplex. 

[Ghost of LL 15531]

4 minutes ago, dieucla98 said:

It happened before this touch - supposedly in the first touch in the box. Fox "showed" the tech replay and then quickly moved on. 

GK and one other player definitely looked to be keeping him on but Fox wouldn't show a decent look.

Don’t blame Fox—this is an international feed supplied by FIFA. Fox only provides the commentators.

[SimonBolivar 10957]

3 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Those crowd shots - it really is all dudes there

Well yeah...

[dieucla98 2942]

1 minute ago, Ghost of LL said:

Don’t blame Fox—this is an international feed supplied by FIFA. Fox only provides the commentators.

That makes a lot more sense.

[Dr. Teeth 5843]

8 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Qatari royals thinking "we paid how much for this shitty team? Send them all to Yemen." 

If I want to see a team representing a terrible group of people overpaying to underachieve, I’ll watch Texas A&M football. 

[Ghost of LL 15531]

1 minute ago, Dr. Teeth said:

If I want to see a team representing a terrible group of people overpaying to underachieve, I’ll watch Texas A&M football. 

[SimonBolivar 10957]

Waaay offsides anyway 

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

That dude was offsides anyway wasn’t he?

[NorthLoop 14183]

Just now, SimonBolivar said:

Waaay offsides anyway 

Yeah 20 feet off. Announcers didn't even notice. 

[Okie State 3815]

In for the shit show.

[Brisketexan 105082]

I’m here for the Qatari humiliation.

[Hermanator 7032]

Qatari's playing and looking like a bunch of people who were told if they don't win they're getting Khashoggi'd. 

That first half for Qatar

 

[C-Man 27196]

This is the shot they keep showing to show the Ecuadorian player’s knee was in an offsides position.

[Scraps 13561]

Yeah its like no one even sees the other guy cause no one will mention it. Dempsey didn't even mention him at half

[Ghost of LL 15531]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

This is the shot they keep showing to show the Ecuadorian player’s knee was in an offsides position.

So we’re not going to talk about that other guy who is behind the goalie?

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

This is the shot they keep showing to show the Ecuadorian player’s knee was in an offsides position.

They keep showing the onsides line as the defender he’s engaged with, but it looks like the keeper and another defender are further back. 
 

if you draw a line parallel to the 4 yard box line thru the keeper’s back foot, the play is on easily. 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Pato del Muerto

[Ghost of LL 15531]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

They keep showing the onsides line as the defender he’s engaged with, but it looks like the keeper and another defender are further back. 

I guess my only question is whether he was behind the keeper.

[hobbes2702 13029]

2 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

So we’re not going to talk about that other guy who is behind the goalie?

He is swapped with the keeper so he’s not part of it. But I don’t see how it can be offsides when the goalie made a punch. It’s a deliberate play by the goalie.

[Hermanator 7032]

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

They keep showing the onsides line as the defender he’s engaged with, but it looks like the keeper and another defender are 

 

This is what you get when you deal with people who cut off their own people's heads for looking crosswise at another man's donkey. 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Hermanator

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

The way nobody is talking about the last second opportunity, I kinda wish he had scored to see if offsides would have been called on a guy so far offsides. 

[hobbes2702 13029]

The keep is past the last defender therefor the keeper or that other defender right near him represent the offsides line. 

[BrickHorn 18217]

8 minutes ago, C-Man said:

This is the shot they keep showing to show the Ecuadorian player’s knee was in an offsides position.

Which Ecuador player is offside there? The dude at the bottom of the screen ultimately scored, but had reestablished himself long before his touch. No one else is even remotely offside, especially considering there’s another Qatari defender just below the screen who was also behind the play here.

[Ghost of LL 15531]

Ok—I may have to adopt Ecuador as my team. I love it that their guys fight through the fouls and stay on their feet to keep the game going. There is no flopping. It’s so … un-Italian.

[hobbes2702 13029]

8 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Which Ecuador player is offside there? The dude at the bottom of the screen ultimately scored, but had reestablished himself long before his touch. No one else is even remotely offside, especially considering there’s another Qatari defender just below the screen who was also behind the play here.

No, the player at the top of the screen who eventually assists the goal. He was ruled to have gained an advantage from being in an offside position at the time of the punch. He is in fact in an offside position from looking at replays. 
The issue to me is the punch by the keeper. I don’t know how you can be offside when it’s a deliberate play by the goalie. Maybe punches are treated like deflections though?

[hobbes2702 13029]

Think of it this way, you’re not offsides when you are past the last defender. You’re offside when you’re past the second to last defender. The last defender is usually the goalie. On this play it’s not so the line is drawn from the goalie or that other guy, whichever is farther back.

Edited November 20, 2022 by hobbes2702

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said:

Think of it this way, you’re not offsides when you are past the last defender. You’re offside when you’re past the second to let defender. The last defender is usually the goalie. On this play it’s not so the line is drawn from the goalie or that other guy, whichever is farther back.

But it looks like the second to last defender is the goalie. So his back foot should be the line, no?

[Zepol87 9185]

Yea I am pretty sure the keeper punching the ball should have done away with the offside call

[hobbes2702 13029]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

But it looks like the second to last defender is the goalie. So his back foot should be the line, no?

Supposedly the second to last defender was that other guy not the goalie. 
If the goalie is in fact the second to last then yes you’re correct. But they ruled the defender was behind the goalie. I dunno if I buy that.

Edited November 20, 2022 by hobbes2702

[hobbes2702 13029]

Ecuador really should have buried Qatar already. This Qatari team is really really bad. One of the worst WC teams in a long time.

I would not be surprised if they don’t score a goal this tournament 

Edited November 20, 2022 by hobbes2702

[C-Man 27196]

7 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Supposedly the second to last defender was that other guy not the goalie. 
If the goalie is in fact the second to last then yes you’re correct. But they ruled the defender was behind the goalie. I dunno if I buy that.

And they aren't doing anything to clear that up as they remove all the players from the graphic that shows the Ecuadorian player's knee in offside position.

[A-Tex Devil 2446]

Ecuador needs goal differential.  

[hobbes2702 13029]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

And they aren't doing anything to clear that up as they remove all the players from the graphic that shows the Ecuadorian player's knee in offside position.

Seriously what the fuck was that computer animated shit? VAR is used every week all around the world and never once have I seen any of them use something like that to show us what the call was

[Hagbard Celine 10852]

anyone wondering why the fox crew appear to be aligned with the qataripravda angle...

... from the espn article naming adams captain for tomorrow ...

"FIFA announced Sunday that the U.S.-Wales match will be refereed by Qatari officials, led by Abdulrahman Al Jassim.

Al Jassim refereed three matches at the Gold Cup in 2019, including the Americans' 1-0 victory against Panama. He also refereed the U.S.' 6-0 win against New Zealand at the 2017 U-20 World Cup in the Round of 16, in which Adams, Josh Sargent and Luca de la Torre all featured."

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Seriously what the fuck was that computer animated shit? VAR is used every week all around the world and never once have I seen any of them use something like that to show us what the call was

Dumbing it down for folks who just tune in for the WC and never played or followed the game otherwise. Spoon feeding it to folks.

[C-Man 27196]

2 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Dumbing it down for folks who just tune in for the WC and never played or followed the game otherwise. Spoon feeding it to folks.

That, I get. But why remove every other player from the graphic? If you're going to drop down to just the two players you offer some context by putting all the players in the graphic and then removing them. Instead, it is a quick cut from the TV 'picture' to the graphic with just two players in it.

[Firemans4Horn 18036]

19 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Seriously what the fuck was that computer animated shit? VAR is used every week all around the world and never once have I seen any of them use something like that to show us what the call was

they are experimenting with this new 3D technology at the World Cup. It hasn’t been used before today’s game. 

[Hagbard Celine 10852]

5 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Dumbing it down for folks who just tune in for the WC and never played or followed the game otherwise. Spoon feeding it to folks.

gene wilder voice:

".....you know, americans"

[hobbes2702 13029]

2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

they are experimenting with this new 3D technology at the World Cup. It hasn’t been used before today’s game. 

[WBT 20561]

Poooor qatar.  It's fitting that aggy has a campus there.  Their huge overpay for the WC with no apparent sportswashing benefit is like the jimbo contract writ large 

[A-Tex Devil 2446]

13 minutes ago, WBT said:

Poooor qatar.  It's fitting that aggy has a campus there.  Their huge overpay for the WC with no apparent sportswashing benefit is like the jimbo contract writ large 

Truth.  It’s just a matter of the rest of the world biting their tongue and getting it over with and then pretending like it didn’t happen.  You know….. “the Baylor.” 

8 stadiums built on the back of indentured servitude sitting empty 2023 and beyond other than for a shitty Qatari rec league, AFC home games, and the occasional PSG/Barca friendly.  Hate to see it but more than that…. 

[Zepol87 9185]

 

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[Brisketexan 105082]

 
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“The beautiful game”

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19100]

I'm just here to say fuck Qatar.