The Official FIFA World Cup 2022 Megathread

[Johnny75]

The cost of the tech is the real killer, IMO.

Can't see why.

 

[WsWolf]

Gotta be miss of the season that. Why's he even trying to head it.

 

[sycophantia]

The cost of the tech is the real killer, IMO.

Top end football is awash with money, that would be the least of the problems I would have thought.

 

[AndyWolves]

These days computing power is limited by your credit card limit.

Maybe instead of CAPTCHA you have to answer whether something is offside or not before you can enter a website to train their models.

 

[Tony Towner]

Presume a PL ref is on VAR for this?

 

[Kenny]

A decision not given when the ref looks at the monitor! Scenes

 

[sycophantia]

Bit of controversy with penalty shouts, in both case ball bounced up off another part of their body which I thought meant no handball?

 

[b3h]

Mexico team looks weak, thinking Poland will win (get your money on Mexico...)

 

[Tony Towner]

Mexico team looks weak, thinking Poland will win (get your money on Mexico...)

Missed a very obvious Cash gag there

 

[WsWolf]

A decision not given when the ref looks at the monitor! Scenes

Whoever was on VAR is blind. Absolutely clear as day barge in the back by Jensen before the handball. It's why the corner was overturned.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Good game that, players must be shagged keeping up that tempo through those conditions.

 

[Tony Towner]

Presume a PL ref is on VAR for this?

Answering my own question we don't have one there for VAR. Austria have one called Shaun Evans though so I'm guessing it's him

 

[WsWolf]

Good game that, players must be shagged keeping up that tempo through those conditions.

What conditions? The temperature on the pitch is cooler than the last world cup in Russia thanks to the massive air conditioning units.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

What conditions? The temperature on the pitch is cooler than the last world cup in Russia thanks to the massive air conditioning units.

Good to know, assumed watching Argentina's forward line walk around intermittently that climate was playing a part and was surprised by the transformation in intensity with that last game.

 

[AndyWolves]

Raul on the bench

 

[Alan]

Top end football is awash with money, that would be the least of the problems I would have thought.

Oh sure, it’d be no problem for a lot of top flight leagues. Further down, though?

Wouldn’t be a massive fan of changing refereeing to that degree in only some leagues.

 

[WsWolf]

The Saudi win earlier could make this game much better.

 

[WsWolf]

Oh sure, it’d be no problem for a lot of top flight leagues. Further down, though?

Wouldn’t be a massive fan of changing refereeing to that degree in only some leagues.

Var is only in the top flight.

 

[Alan]

Var is only in the top flight.

Which I also don’t like! No need to widen the gap further.

 

[lemonjelly]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1595072723809890305

germany looking to sue fifa re the armband controversy!