World Cup Final 2023: England V Spain

[blairsh]

Now look, I'm a huge fan of Where's Wally, but it feels like a bit of a waste of a ticket if he's not going to watch the game

(Obviously, very jealous)

Ha! Edited also very jealous!

 

[savoloysam]

Offside is still offside but it doesn't get pulled back unless the attacking team gets an advantage.

That's my understanding of it anyway.

 

[Petcha]

Almost here!

Surprised James doesn't make the cut but I'm sure she'll come on at some point and put her stamp on the game.

 

[two sheds]

One thing that does confuse me about the offside rule: defender passed forward to an attacker who shot but the goalkeeper parried it into the path of another attacker who scored but was given offside because she was offside when the first pass was given

 

[savoloysam]

She likes a good stamp.

 

[JimW]

Had to fetch the daughter from a birthday party, made it in the door with ten minutes to spare.

 

[A380]

Just have to keep reminding myself it's 90 not 80 minutes...

 

[savoloysam]

No drugs, no beer, no valium, no nosh just a cup of tea and a comfort blanket.

Come on

 

[cupid_stunt]

Oh, FFS, the sun has chosen to come out, making the TV unwatchable, it'll have to be the laptop now.

 

[Rebelda]

And if England win it, we'll never have to heat THAT SONG again.

Three Lions was written for a home euro, which we won last year. It's not going anywhere

 

[savoloysam]

Commenter has lost her voice and the game hasn't even started

 

[A380]

How come we aren't playing in white?

 

[chainsawjob]

Come on England!

 

[blairsh]

Can anyone else here the Spanish commentator a bit too much?

 

[Lord Camomile]

How come we aren't playing in white?

Each team is nominally either the 'home' team or the 'away' team, so looks like we're the away team. That said, still not sure why white would have been a problem against Spain's home kit; usually it's actually not so much about colour, but 'light' vs 'dark'.

 

[Petcha]

Can anyone else here the Spanish commentator a bit too much?

Yes, switch to ITV. Wrighty won't be making an appearance until halftime.

 

[blairsh]

Yes, switch to ITV

Really?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Can hear another commentator, Spanish maybe, it's annoying

 

[smmudge]

Gr on bbc because we don't get itvHD....don't want to switch to itvx!

Don't think i can watch anyway

 

[Petcha]

Really?

Yeh, it's on both channels

 

[Rebelda]

How come we aren't playing in white?

Apparently it was decided that our navy shorts and Spain's would be difficult to tell apart

 

[chainsawjob]

Can anyone else here the Spanish commentator a bit too much?

Yes, just said this to OH.

 

[two sheds]

Can anyone else here the Spanish commentator a bit too much?

Please don't let them score or it'll be "goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool" lasting several minutes.

 

[blairsh]

Sorted.

 

[blairsh]

Yeh, it's on both channels

I'm aware of that, just ITV coverage is usually jarg.

 

[Petcha]

I'm aware of that, just ITV coverage is usually jarg.

The game commentary's ok. It's just the buildup and halftime that are terrible.

 

[Rebelda]

He seems to have shut up or been moved

 

[two sheds]

and itv you can't replay anything you miss

 

[kittyP]

Why were all the kid mascots holding the Spanish players hands boys?
Am I missing something?

 

[savoloysam]

Decent start. Game plan is clearly designed to close them down to stifle their possession game.