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Official FIFA 2010 World Cup Discussion

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Despite Ghana getting a lot of love from the soccer media for how they played in their first match, they still haven't scored a goal that didn't start at the PK spot. Gotta give it up to the SocceRoos. Played down a man for over an hour today without their star forward and one of their best defenders and did not give up the draw... and came pretty close to getting the winning goal at one point!

BIG upset with Cameroon getting eliminated today with a game left to go. Didn't see that one coming before the tourny started.
 
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Unbelievable. After the mugging we took in the box against Slovenia, Italy gets a PK and draws a yellow for a jersey tug followed by a screaming flop. What a weak call.

I must say, the Italians could all have acting careers after their playing days are over, with all of the dramatic flopping going on at every touch.

The PK ties it 1-1 at 30'.
 
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New Zealand ties l'azzurri 1-1 for what Gordon Gee would call the greatest win in NZL football history.

The All Whites came within a foot and a half of winning this game with 15 minutes to go, too.

France and England all in trouble of making it out, Brazil had trouble against North Korea, Spain loses a shocker, Germany loses their first game in group stage since the 80's, and now Italy... what a cup this year!
 
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I just think it's fucking funny that they send Chris Fowler over there yet the announcers we hear on ESPN and ABC are actually in a sound proof room in Bristol, where they channel in the sound from the stadiums. That's weak shit ESPN. And to make it even funnier, every now and then, you'll hear the announcer make a comment that you would only expect someone who is actually there to make like "Mate, the energy in this stadium is remarkable, it feels like the roof is going to blow off!" GTFO ESPN.
 
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southcampus;1720024; said:
I just think it's fucking funny that they send Chris Fowler over there yet the announcers we hear on ESPN and ABC are actually in a sound proof room in Bristol, where they channel in the sound from the stadiums. That's weak shit ESPN.
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Where did you get that information? The first day of the Cup Bob Ley gave a tour of the studios, not only showing the ESPN command center but those of other countries and networks. The announcers were talking today about a group of people taking a safari tomorrow. They've talked about where they ate dinner. That's quite a conspiracy.
 
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No, I think Bob Ley and Chris Fowler and those guys that do like gameday sets for Soccer are all there. But the actual announcers are not. I was listening to the Fan the other day on my way home from work and they had a guy on air from Bristol who was telling them about it. This guy swore on his life. It was some funny shit.
 
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BuckTwenty;1720023; said:
New Zealand ties l'azzurri 1-1

France and England all in trouble of making it out, Brazil had trouble against North Korea, Spain loses a shocker, Germany loses their first game in group stage since the 80's, and now Italy
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Nice to see some of the big boys of the game get taken down a notch. More specifically, their fans being taken down a notch is even funnier.
 
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southcampus;1720030; said:
No, I think Bob Ley and Chris Fowler and those guys that do like gameday sets for Soccer are all there. But the actual announcers are not. I was listening to the Fan the other day on my way home from work and they had a guy on air from Bristol who was telling them about it. This guy swore on his life. It was some funny shit.
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Hmmm...I wonder why they would do it that way? Guys like Darke and McCoist live in Europe, so flying them to Bristol isn't much different than flying them to South Africa. Today's announcers were talking about the two and half hour drive up to the stadium for today's game.

There's also this:

Adrian Healey, Derek Rae and Ian Darke have been hired by ESPN for its U.S. broadcasts at this year's World Cup and will join Martin Tyler to give the network British play-by-play announcers for all 64 games beginning June 11.

ESPN's World Cup TV schedule includes 10 matches on ABC, 10 on ESPN2 and the remaining 44 on ESPN (in addition to coverage on ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV and nightly replays on ESPN Classic). There will be 40 matches on ESPN Deportes -- with announcers in Portuguese.
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Are those guys in Bristol, too?

ESPN is sending 165 people to South Africa and will have 50 local hires -- double the staff it used four years ago.
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So, either ESPN/ABC has built an elaborate conspiracy over several months or some guy on The Fan was pulling your leg.

ESPN names World Cup announcers - ESPN Soccernet
 
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