Will be sad not seeing Les Murray sitting with the Kremlin behind him and saying "welcome.......to the Wooorrrld Game here in Russia".
Been watching him over 30 years.
Indeed...just a moment of reflection.
Watching Schwarzy, Okon, Vidmar and a strangely chubby Mel who looks a touch preggers.
Ikonomodis and Wilkinson on earlier. Early days but will check SBS shortly.
Look, listen my gee.
I get what you're saying. But dude, if she's just 'chubby' for any reason then that's none of yours. You realise every ex player they gonna show for the next month are gonna be a bit 'chubby' compared to their glory days.
It happens
Dont be that guy.
So good to see the proper Ronaldo out there at the opening ceremony.
Geez what a player he was.
Serious though poor Martin Tyler having to talk us through this Robbie William's garbage.
Not a bad opening game for Russia.
I found it a bit cheesy flashing across to the box with Putin, Infantino and who I can only assume is part of the Qatar royalty.
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
i assumed it was a member of the saudi royalty.
thought they were both pretty ordinary and the score flattered russia. russia will get through now, but i think they'll get wrecked by Uruguay.
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
Seriously though, how good is 24 hour on demand coverage? Watched both coverages on rotation last night, both had positives and faults...but it is there to watch at least.
Talking about Optus and SBS?
For the games not shown on SBS (such as Uruguay vs Egpyt), are my options the Optus coverage or "alternative" sources?
I was really dissappointed by the Saudis
Representing the AFC and they dish that shit up
Why are these Gulf nations unable to adjust tempo up a notch when they play outside their region??
I understand when it 45C they need to be conservative and pace the game speed tempo etc
But once they are outside of these weather confines they can crank the tempo up a couple of notches
Got picked off all day long with pedestrian paced build up play.
Lets be honest the Russian pressing wasnt world class either
Just at standard Euro level of pressing
They had a field day picking therm off
The Russian side really were average to say the least despite winning 5-0
Considering they have had 8 years to generate a squad their squad development is pretty poor
Cracking 4th goal though
The only thing more brutal than those Saudi blokes were the scores in the U.S Open golf.
Great nights viewing though.