RE: Killing discourse: The Eye of God
I'm not a huge football fan, neither am I a fan of nation states, but I love this first couple of weeks of the world cup where I can just lounge in front of the T.V. and watch 5 hours of football a day.
Personally I think VAR adds a layer of clarity and so far it hasn't caused too many delays... the problem is that it's not being used consistently. England should have had at least one penalty for 'hugging' in their first match.
As to Diego and the hand of god moment - it's obviously disgraceful behavior, but not quite as disgraceful as Thatcher invading the Falklands a couple of years earlier (as some would see it) to boost her chances of getting re-elected (and succeeding).
I don't think we need more surveillance of 'the people', more surveillance of state actors, however, might make the world a better place!
I'll agree with that! Are they monitoring constantly then for corners and free kicks? There were some obvious elbow and wrestling moves going on in England's last game. More than I can remember at any World Cup.
It looked as if the managers spoke at the start of the second half of the England - Panama game. Perhaps he was letting Southgate know he'd told the players to quit messing about and play some football? :)
Thankfully we didn't need any help in that particular game. Maybe he did, there's a lot of 'antic's going on this year, generally very enjoyable so far though!
Very enjoyable. I'm having trouble leaving the pub!
At midday? You might be in trouble there!
Too right!
It is not the delays as much as the loss of randomness. Too much clarity takes out the magic of some things. What they should be showing more of in slow-mo is the footwork.