Breaking news CL members getting upset with Commentators. I have no problem at all with any of the commentators. It a cult on here with Lord Romford turning into Dreyfus from pink Panther with this obsession about Clive T on ITV.
I feel like Casanova at an orgy and can't say I'm always listening to every word. I have had practice at not listening after 30 years of marriage 🗣️
You gonna ignore that they've been naming the wrong Moroccan keeper for 20 minutes?
Would call it racist but would end up shutting the thread down.
Why would you call it racist if he never read the teamsheet properly?
A different goalkeeper sung the anthem than walked out on the pitch for the game.
Surely as the commentator, there at the game, you should be able to distinguish two very different looking goalkeepers?
Just seen it. So one goalkeeper was on the teamsheet and came out onto the pitch and sang the national anthem, then they swapped him just before the game kicked off but clearly nobody told the commentator.
With the keepers being fixed at one end of the ground the scope for seeing their names and numbers is greatly reduced compared to most outfield players, so I wouldn't hang out to dry a commentator for not knowing every player in every squad by sight at a distance of 50 yards plus.
Not great for the production team as a whole. Cant see how that could remotely be considered racist though.
Would love to know how that could be construed as racist.
And the comparison with Pickford and Pope, both household names in the UK and instantly recognisable, to the two Moroccan shoppers.
Watching Ebbsfleet vrs Fleetwood and the commentators corrected himself a couple of times, getting mixed up with players. Could've been black players or could've been white players, it's not in my lexicon to notice things like that tbh
Breaking news CL members getting upset with Commentators. I have no problem at all with any of the commentators. It a cult on here with Lord Romford turning into Dreyfus from pink Panther with this obsession about Clive T on ITV.
I feel like Casanova at an orgy and can't say I'm always listening to every word. I have had practice at not listening after 30 years of marriage 🗣️
You gonna ignore that they've been naming the wrong Moroccan keeper for 20 minutes?
Would call it racist but would end up shutting the thread down.
Why would you call it racist if he never read the teamsheet properly?
A different goalkeeper sung the anthem than walked out on the pitch for the game.
Surely as the commentator, there at the game, you should be able to distinguish two very different looking goalkeepers?
Just seen it. So one goalkeeper was on the teamsheet and came out onto the pitch and sang the national anthem, then they swapped him just before the game kicked off but clearly nobody told the commentator.
With the keepers being fixed at one end of the ground the scope for seeing their names and numbers is greatly reduced compared to most outfield players, so I wouldn't hang out to dry a commentator for not knowing every player in every squad by sight at a distance of 50 yards plus.
Not great for the production team as a whole. Cant see how that could remotely be considered racist though.
Care to enlighten us?
I've been in a ground at the half-way line and to be honest you can quite easily see every player on the pitch and their number so don't think that would be a particularly good excuse.
I won't go into the specifics of the 'cross-race effect' but the basics is if Courtois comes off for Mignolet, commentators spot it within 30 seconds.
I'm not calling the commentator himself racist. Just an unfortunate error that would have been avoided if there were more knowledge about football from other continents. It is the world cup after all.
Breaking news CL members getting upset with Commentators. I have no problem at all with any of the commentators. It a cult on here with Lord Romford turning into Dreyfus from pink Panther with this obsession about Clive T on ITV.
I feel like Casanova at an orgy and can't say I'm always listening to every word. I have had practice at not listening after 30 years of marriage 🗣️
You gonna ignore that they've been naming the wrong Moroccan keeper for 20 minutes?
Would call it racist but would end up shutting the thread down.
Why would you call it racist if he never read the teamsheet properly?
A different goalkeeper sung the anthem than walked out on the pitch for the game.
Surely as the commentator, there at the game, you should be able to distinguish two very different looking goalkeepers?
Just seen it. So one goalkeeper was on the teamsheet and came out onto the pitch and sang the national anthem, then they swapped him just before the game kicked off but clearly nobody told the commentator.
With the keepers being fixed at one end of the ground the scope for seeing their names and numbers is greatly reduced compared to most outfield players, so I wouldn't hang out to dry a commentator for not knowing every player in every squad by sight at a distance of 50 yards plus.
Not great for the production team as a whole. Cant see how that could remotely be considered racist though.
Care to enlighten us?
I've been in a ground at the half-way line and to be honest you can quite easily see every player on the pitch and their number so don't think that would be a particularly good excuse.
I won't go into the specifics of the 'cross-race effect' but the basics is if Courtois comes off for Mignolet, commentators spot it within 30 seconds.
I'm not calling the commentator himself racist. Just an unfortunate error that would have been avoided if there were more knowledge about football from other continents. It is the world cup after all.
But you said you would call it rascist but didn’t want the thread shut down. Now you say the commentator isn’t racist. So who is rascist?
Breaking news CL members getting upset with Commentators. I have no problem at all with any of the commentators. It a cult on here with Lord Romford turning into Dreyfus from pink Panther with this obsession about Clive T on ITV.
I feel like Casanova at an orgy and can't say I'm always listening to every word. I have had practice at not listening after 30 years of marriage 🗣️
You gonna ignore that they've been naming the wrong Moroccan keeper for 20 minutes?
Would call it racist but would end up shutting the thread down.
Why would you call it racist if he never read the teamsheet properly?
A different goalkeeper sung the anthem than walked out on the pitch for the game.
Surely as the commentator, there at the game, you should be able to distinguish two very different looking goalkeepers?
Just seen it. So one goalkeeper was on the teamsheet and came out onto the pitch and sang the national anthem, then they swapped him just before the game kicked off but clearly nobody told the commentator.
With the keepers being fixed at one end of the ground the scope for seeing their names and numbers is greatly reduced compared to most outfield players, so I wouldn't hang out to dry a commentator for not knowing every player in every squad by sight at a distance of 50 yards plus.
Not great for the production team as a whole. Cant see how that could remotely be considered racist though.
Care to enlighten us?
I've been in a ground at the half-way line and to be honest you can quite easily see every player on the pitch and their number so don't think that would be a particularly good excuse.
I won't go into the specifics of the 'cross-race effect' but the basics is if Courtois comes off for Mignolet, commentators spot it within 30 seconds.
I'm not calling the commentator himself racist. Just an unfortunate error that would have been avoided if there were more knowledge about football from other continents. It is the world cup after all.
You got there in the end. The commentator doesn't know the 2 goal keepers as he does Premier League players. Nothing to do with racism as you yourself said he would have recognised the Belgian players.
Would love to know how that could be construed as racist.
And the comparison with Pickford and Pope, both household names in the UK and instantly recognisable, to the two Moroccan shoppers.
Watching Ebbsfleet vrs Fleetwood and the commentators corrected himself a couple of times, getting mixed up with players. Could've been black players or could've been white players, it's not in my lexicon to notice things like that tbh
Your 'Moroccan shopper' is the starting goalkeeper for Sevilla. So should really be known by a semi-researched commentator.
Breaking news CL members getting upset with Commentators. I have no problem at all with any of the commentators. It a cult on here with Lord Romford turning into Dreyfus from pink Panther with this obsession about Clive T on ITV.
I feel like Casanova at an orgy and can't say I'm always listening to every word. I have had practice at not listening after 30 years of marriage 🗣️
You gonna ignore that they've been naming the wrong Moroccan keeper for 20 minutes?
Would call it racist but would end up shutting the thread down.
Why would you call it racist if he never read the teamsheet properly?
A different goalkeeper sung the anthem than walked out on the pitch for the game.
Surely as the commentator, there at the game, you should be able to distinguish two very different looking goalkeepers?
Breaking news CL members getting upset with Commentators. I have no problem at all with any of the commentators. It a cult on here with Lord Romford turning into Dreyfus from pink Panther with this obsession about Clive T on ITV.
I feel like Casanova at an orgy and can't say I'm always listening to every word. I have had practice at not listening after 30 years of marriage 🗣️
You gonna ignore that they've been naming the wrong Moroccan keeper for 20 minutes?
Would call it racist but would end up shutting the thread down.
Why would you call it racist if he never read the teamsheet properly?
A different goalkeeper sung the anthem than walked out on the pitch for the game.
Surely as the commentator, there at the game, you should be able to distinguish two very different looking goalkeepers?
Apparently the first keeper had the better voice and the keeper who started the game had the better hands. We should do the same as Nick Pope was a Choir boy in Soham and Pickford has a shite voice.
You do realize there are 812 players at this WC and this commentator does one live match a day plus one recorded match a day.
Would love to know how that could be construed as racist.
And the comparison with Pickford and Pope, both household names in the UK and instantly recognisable, to the two Moroccan shoppers.
Watching Ebbsfleet vrs Fleetwood and the commentators corrected himself a couple of times, getting mixed up with players. Could've been black players or could've been white players, it's not in my lexicon to notice things like that tbh
Your 'Moroccan shopper' is the starting goalkeeper for Sevilla. So should really be known by a semi-researched commentator.
Eden Hazard's decline since leaving Chelsea is baffling
Although he's not old (32 in January) he's got a lot of miles on the clock, having started at the age of 16 and now made 618 appearances for club and country. And probably been kicked in every one of them. The likes of Messi and Ronaldo are freaks in that respect and their desire to carry on relentlessly but he might just have lost a bit of that. Who could forget that season, after all, at Chelsea, when he downed tools under Mourinho when he wasn't happy?
Belgium have been crap this tournament, another version of England from Euro 2016.
Martinez has been even more loyal to his team, than Southgate has, when you consider the season Trossard is having yet cant get ahead of a Batshuayi who was absolute shite in England
Eden Hazard's decline since leaving Chelsea is baffling
Although he's not old (32 in January) he's got a lot of miles on the clock, having started at the age of 16 and now made 618 appearances for club and country. And probably been kicked in every one of them. The likes of Messi and Ronaldo are freaks in that respect and their desire to carry on relentlessly but he might just have lost a bit of that. Who could forget that season, after all, at Chelsea, when he downed tools under Mourinho when he wasn't happy?
He left Chelsea in 2019, having scored 21 goals that season. Since then he's scored 7 for Madrid, and they've dried up for Belgium also, that's an incredibly sudden downturn
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With the keepers being fixed at one end of the ground the scope for seeing their names and numbers is greatly reduced compared to most outfield players, so I wouldn't hang out to dry a commentator for not knowing every player in every squad by sight at a distance of 50 yards plus.
Not great for the production team as a whole. Cant see how that could remotely be considered racist though.
Care to enlighten us?
But "as well" as what?
And the comparison with Pickford and Pope, both household names in the UK and instantly recognisable, to the two Moroccan shoppers.
Watching Ebbsfleet vrs Fleetwood and the commentators corrected himself a couple of times, getting mixed up with players. Could've been black players or could've been white players, it's not in my lexicon to notice things like that tbh
I won't go into the specifics of the 'cross-race effect' but the basics is if Courtois comes off for Mignolet, commentators spot it within 30 seconds.
I'm not calling the commentator himself racist. Just an unfortunate error that would have been avoided if there were more knowledge about football from other continents. It is the world cup after all.
The commentator doesn't know the 2 goal keepers as he does Premier League players.
Nothing to do with racism as you yourself said he would have recognised the Belgian players.
Apparently the first keeper had the better voice and the keeper who started the game had the better hands. We should do the same as Nick Pope was a Choir boy in Soham and Pickford has a shite voice.
You do realize there are 812 players at this WC and this commentator does one live match a day plus one recorded match a day.
Should be sacked no?
At Chelsea you could argue he was the 3rd best in the world at the time. Unbelievable player.
Although he's not old (32 in January) he's got a lot of miles on the clock, having started at the age of 16 and now made 618 appearances for club and country. And probably been kicked in every one of them. The likes of Messi and Ronaldo are freaks in that respect and their desire to carry on relentlessly but he might just have lost a bit of that. Who could forget that season, after all, at Chelsea, when he downed tools under Mourinho when he wasn't happy?
Martinez has been even more loyal to his team, than Southgate has, when you consider the season Trossard is having yet cant get ahead of a Batshuayi who was absolute shite in England
It’s worked for them twice, if only the first one hadn’t been marginally offside.