FIFA

psychobunny

Apparently in USA you can watch it via ESPN: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/

Man I hope this works when I'm in the states this week or else I'm gonna cry

finid

As much as possible, I avoid US commentators, because they tend to be annoying. Much of what they say is only tangentially related to what's going on.

julian

I'm reasonably sure that you can pick up the CBC over the air transmission from Buffalo Not sure if it goes much farther than that though.

/me loves not paying a cent for HD television...

a_5mith

I've been waiting years for England to play like Spain, now they are.

Awful performance.

julian

England was awful this last game... Was not impressed.

a_5mith

@julian One thing I know for sure is that Hodgson needs to go. Some of the players on the field were visably struggling with ball control and passing ability, yet he refused to take them off and instead just conceded defeat. I have no idea what Barkley was doing on the pitch, by all means give him a go, but the pressure got to him early on.

Ah well. I don't know why I expected anything different. Supporting England is a bit like being a Tottenham supporter. (Sorry @psychobunny)

ffmad

France vs Switzerland ....

What do you think will be the outcome ?

a_5mith

France 3-2. Or possibly 3-1. Although, I don't know how France played in their last game.

nik

Italy is the one to watch today in the group of death.

julian

@nik Thanks for reminding me, I'm away from home right now, and forgot to set my DVR... luckily it has a web interface

finid

@nik
Group of Death? I guess that's why England died early.

And to think that England traveled to Brazil with:

a 72-strong entourage from the Football Association including a psychiatrist, nutritionists, a turf specialist, a cook and at least one guy whose job seems to be to spray the players with water when they start overheating. They have industrial fans and heat chambers and individually tailored recovery drinks after inviting scientists from Loughborough University to study their sweat patterns.

julian

Okay, half-time. The French are owning the Swiss

Quote of the Day

There are more holes in the Swiss defence than in Swiss cheese

finid

@julian

France got really lucky getting in a group like that.

a_5mith

@planner It's looking good for my prediction of 3-1 or 3-2.

Edit: Whoa, how longs the composer been like this?!?

julian

@a_5mith said:

Edit: Whoa, how longs the composer been like this?!?

It was a surprise to me (I think it was @baris' doing)

It needs a throttler though

julian

Von Bergen sent straight to hospital, fractured cheekbone. Ouch. He only got 8 minutes of play in, too.

a_5mith

The french are looking great! British commentator just said "You know it's going badly when the overlay has to scroll to show you who the goal scorers are.

julian

@a_5mith LOL

In Canada, the list of goal scorers only lists up to 4... whoever scored first is forgotten

finid

@a_5mith

Yeah, it looks great. I think the Discard and Submit buttons need to be closer to the Write and Help buttons.

Btw, how does it look on mobile?

julian

@planner said:

Yeah, it looks great. I think the Discard and Submit buttons need to be closer to the Write and Help buttons.

To be honest, "Write" is redundant now. "Help" can be placed in the toolbar.

Btw, how does it look on mobile?

No clue, and I am scared to check

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