Euro 2020

[devoelardy]

They would have been asked. No way they just got told its happening. Denmark would have just conceded the game if they were forced in to it.

I'm just shocked that they would want to continue

 

[Kenny]

I'm just shocked that they would want to continue

We are an odd race at times but best reaction I think.

 

[Aikiwolf]

I'm just shocked that they would want to continue

As am I, but the game is going ahead though I don't believe the intensity will be particularly high.

I'd hope that the game restarting is a further sign that he is OK.

 

[Kenny]

This from Gary L
"Obviously these were the host pictures and out of our control. They should have stayed on a wide of the stadium. Apologies."

yes Gary, we accept that they were out of the control of the BBC BUT the BBC we in control of their production. Within a minute whoever is in charge should have sent the show back to you, not lingered for 5+ mins

 

[Kenny]

Jonathan Pearce and Keown replaced on comms. Not a fan of JP but felt he dealt with the situation happening in front of him brilliantly.

 

[Kenny]

Jonathan Pearce and Keown replaced on comms. Not a fan of JP but felt he dealt with the situation happening in front of him brilliantly.

and now back on comms. All a bit odd, presume they we not close by when the news of the game resuming was announced

 

[Derby Wolf]

Its actually used to stop your heart as its firing out of sync and by stopping it hopefully the electrical signal will reset. Thank god he's ok.

spot on. Learned about them recently for a First Aid course through work and they're incredible what they do and how they guide the user so even non-medical personnel can use them easily.

 

[AndyWolves]

Finland 1-0, didn't they read the script?

 

[Tony Towner]

Been out, so just got back in so don't mean to be insensitve. Was it worse than Raul?

 

[Kenny]

Awful penalty from Denmark.

 

[redvictor]

Its actually used to stop your heart as its firing out of sync and by stopping it hopefully the electrical signal will reset. Thank god he's ok.

Thanks for explaining. I learnt something today...

 

[Derby Wolf]

Been out, so just got back in so don't mean to be insensitve. Was it worse than Raul?

collapsed under no pressure, possible heart attack, CPR and defrib on the pitch. Way worse imo.

 

[AndyWolves]

Been out, so just got back in so don't mean to be insensitve. Was it worse than Raul?

I was never really worried that Raul would die

 

[Kenny]

Been out, so just got back in so don't mean to be insensitve. Was it worse than Raul?

Yes but for a while we had no clue what was happening. Raul we saw and heard the impact and knew what had happened, with this one he just collapsed. Thankfully within seconds Anthony Taylor reacted and got the medical teams on.

With Raul, we also saw no pictures from Sky, just close ups of Nuno and a few players and we were back playing in 11 mins or so. With this one, we got for some unknown reason shots of his face as he lay on the floor, twice we got close ups of CPR being given and then images of his distraught wife on the side of the pitch. Genuinly the first time I have sat and watched something and felt like I did, tried explaining to my wife what was happening and my voice was breaking. Easily the worst thing I have seen on a football pitch as I was watching, what I thought was a man die in front of me.

 

[Del Woppio]

Spot on Kenny, it was one of the most distressing things I've ever seen, watching his body jolt with the shocks and then a close up of his distraught wife, the players crying in the circle around him to try and give him privacy in what I'm sure they thought were his last moments. I can't believe they're on the pitch to be honest

 

[Jinky]

This from Gary L
"Obviously these were the host pictures and out of our control. They should have stayed on a wide of the stadium. Apologies."

yes Gary, we accept that they were out of the control of the BBC BUT the BBC we in control of their production. Within a minute whoever is in charge should have sent the show back to you, not lingered for 5+ mins

I had a similar line of thought to you, but have been educated by my best mate who works in the TV business. He said -

Production team in three different countries with a chain of command threading across all. The BBC are linked in directly to the UEFA cameras and can’t cut to their own cameras until the designated time slots. Camera men can’t even turn their own cameras off at these events. Production teams who are choosing which cameras can’t choose whether to cut off either. Everyone’s fucked.

Even at normal sporting events, these things are on a macro-type system, where multiple production systems are in play at once, and it protects accidental switches to wrong channels or broadcasts. It’s like a safety on a gun. Only it’s even worse with this competition because most production companies don’t have their own production teams on site (although this will vary depending on the venue, presumably), so the chain is even more twisted. The BBC could have cut to a blank screen or an entirely different programme, but not back to the studio, given the system (or they could have, but not with a flick of a switch). (That’s presuming all the pundits were even in place and not eating or in the green room etc).

My mate who was a camera op at a sporting event didn’t have the physical power to turn his camera off, as it was in a protective casing with a lock on it. Focus is pulled remotely. Preventative measures to ensure no one bloke can do what he wants and start filming his willy. That was at championship matches a couple of years ago, so the measures are probably even worse at a big event. I understand the point people are making, but it’s not always that easy.

 

[Kenny]

I had a similar line of thought to you, but have been educated by my best mate who works in the TV business. He said -

Cheers. I will change to pull the plug then. Put that test screen up from the 70's, Mrs Brown Boys anything.

 

[Kenny]

Also aware I could have also hit the off button on my TV but, shamefully, that thought never even crossed my mind

 

[Kenny]

So Finland win. All a bit surreal really.

A header you would expect Kasper to save and a dreadful penalty that would have saved a point. Turns out Eriksen spoke with the team and asked them to play on.


In the other game on tonight, Belgium 2 up with an inspired performance from Donck*



*Might have made the inspired bit up.

 

[Tony Towner]

He's first choice for them, which all feels a little surreal. Although you look at their back 3 and see they aren't exactly deep in depth defensively