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2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

Presentation Thread (May 2018)

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HA
harshy Founding member
Brekkie posted:
So as much as we tried to dismiss "the curse of ITV" as a myth earlier in the tournament worth noting that England won their three matches on the BBC and failed to win any of their four matches on ITV (a penalty shoot out win is technically considered a draw).

I made the mistake of watching the crucial semi match on itv I should have watched it elsewhere with radio5 commentary.
BU
buster
The “curse of ITV” conveniently ignores the qualification campaign that got them in the tournament in the first place, none of which was on BBC1.

It’s all nonsense of course, it’s another stick to bash ITV with
HA
harshy Founding member
buster posted:
The “curse of ITV” conveniently ignores the qualification campaign that got them in the tournament in the first place, none of which was on BBC1.

It’s all nonsense of course, it’s another stick to bash ITV with

Just want England to win the next tournament, if it means not watching it on ITV so be it.
JO
Joe
harshy posted:
buster posted:
The “curse of ITV” conveniently ignores the qualification campaign that got them in the tournament in the first place, none of which was on BBC1.

It’s all nonsense of course, it’s another stick to bash ITV with

Just want England to win the next tournament, if it means not watching it on ITV so be it.

The very idea that there is a curse is ridiculous. The idea that it’s actually on whether YOU watch it on ITV or not? That takes the biscuit.
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VM
VMPhil
Surely if there's a curse it's already been lifted by England winning their first World Cup penalty shoot out on ITV…
LL
Larry the Loafer
Anything for the devout fans to deflect the blame off the actual players.
JO
Jon
I’ll be watching both channels but I’m finding the ITV line up more appealing this time round. They’re even doing a better job of capturing the atmosphere with the screens and sounds from the stadium.

I’m with Brekkie I’d rather Adrian Chiles hadn’t parted company with ITV but The Pougatch is a very strong and capable host.

Talking of which as I write this, Chiles has just made a brief return to BBC Sport with a feature on Croatia who of course he has links too. Nice to hear!
AN
Andrew Founding member
ITV showed the closing ceremony but the BBC didn’t. They had to spend time reviewing England whereas ITV did that yesterday.

ITV haven’t taken the post anthem ad break, so are showing the same team line ups as the BBC
BM
BM11
Guy Mowbray started the match with a commentary error saying its the fourth World Cup final in a row which is all European. It's not as only four years it was Germany v Argentina.
JO
Jon
Nice special replay wipes featuring the trophy for the final.
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MY
MY83
BM11 posted:
Guy Mowbray started the match with a commentary error saying its the fourth World Cup final in a row which is all European. It's not as only four years it was Germany v Argentina.


Perhaps he was referring to the last four UFWC championship matches (of which is the latest)
France v Croatia
Croatia v England
Croatia v Russia
Croatia v Denmark
BK
bkman1990
Jon posted:
Nice special replay wipes featuring the trophy for the final.


FIFA are probably showing those replay wipes to other broadcasters that have the rights to show the tournament.

They have them provided for Irish viewers on RTÉ2. It looks really nice.

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