| I’m in a minority of one on here 21:15 - Jul 19 with 5068 views | GlasgowBlue | But what is the problem with being entertained for twenty minutes? |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:16 - Jul 19 with 2996 views | Dubtractor | 'Entertained' |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:16 - Jul 19 with 2965 views | BanksterDebtSlave | Shakira? |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:18 - Jul 19 with 2965 views | Plums | I set a timer as the ref blew for half time. As I type, it's now 22 minutes into an interval the Laws of the Game state must not exceed 15 minutes and the BBC is showing adverts for its own productions to cover the clean up on the pitch. It's not football. Edit. it was 27 minutes before they kicked off again. [Post edited 19 Jul 21:23]
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:19 - Jul 19 with 2948 views | NedPlimpton | There's no problem with it. But not whilst the football is on thanks! |  | |  |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:21 - Jul 19 with 2905 views | GlasgowBlue |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:16 - Jul 19 by Dubtractor | 'Entertained' |
Yeah entertained. We have a household demographic from 19 to 63. We all enjoyed that. Fat Ronaldo, the Muppets, Madonna etc. good fun . Better than listening to Gary Neville droning on. TWTD seems to be turning into grumpy old men. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:22 - Jul 19 with 2877 views | vapour_trail | FFS. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:22 - Jul 19 with 2884 views | SitfcB | HT in a football match is 15 minutes. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:23 - Jul 19 with 2849 views | Illinoisblue |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:21 - Jul 19 by GlasgowBlue | Yeah entertained. We have a household demographic from 19 to 63. We all enjoyed that. Fat Ronaldo, the Muppets, Madonna etc. good fun . Better than listening to Gary Neville droning on. TWTD seems to be turning into grumpy old men. |
The kids at the end signing about love was a nice touch. The kids in the Iranian school bombed by the host nation would have enjoyed that were they still alive. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:24 - Jul 19 with 2809 views | davblue | Americanisation of anything everything. That was dross it’s not football and not needed. What did it add to the football experience? |  | |  |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:25 - Jul 19 with 2762 views | Zx1988 | Commercial spectacle > rules and player welfare. Now football's rules are for sale to the highest bidder. No doubt the S&C teams will have been all over it, but professionals whose bodies are used to a firm 15min break in a game have now had a double-length stoppage. The sort that, if it happened in the middle of a half, would require a warm-up before play restarts. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:26 - Jul 19 with 2731 views | VanSaParody | Professional footballers' muscles seizing up & unnecessarily risking pulling something in the 2nd half I'm sure they're doing stretches & staying 'warm' but they shouldn't have to be thinking about it because it should be just the regulation 15 mins |  | |  |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:26 - Jul 19 with 2730 views | Mullet | Calm down Gladiator |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:29 - Jul 19 with 2697 views | Wacko | Other than it being total crap, it adds an extra 10+ minutes for the players to hang around, losing more of the game’s momentum |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:32 - Jul 19 with 2643 views | Swansea_Blue | The only advantage I can see is allows enough time to get served. 27 mins by my watch. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:33 - Jul 19 with 2617 views | cressi | Absolute garbage |  | |  |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:34 - Jul 19 with 2606 views | SitfcB |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:32 - Jul 19 by Swansea_Blue | The only advantage I can see is allows enough time to get served. 27 mins by my watch. |
There would still be queues in SBRL. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:38 - Jul 19 with 2547 views | J2BLUE |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:21 - Jul 19 by GlasgowBlue | Yeah entertained. We have a household demographic from 19 to 63. We all enjoyed that. Fat Ronaldo, the Muppets, Madonna etc. good fun . Better than listening to Gary Neville droning on. TWTD seems to be turning into grumpy old men. |
Why does it need to entertain everyone? It's a football match. Perhaps they can arrange for for a quick 10 minute 5-a-side match in the middle of strictly as apparently people can't just not watch something these days. |  | |  |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 22:23 - Jul 19 with 2313 views | Nutkins_Return | If you need entertaining at the expense of the players and the resumption of the biggest game in football then it's probably better to just going to a music concert and not bother with footie. Just so unnecessary. Imagine having to wait 25 mins before playing again. Ridiculous. Already had hydration break. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 22:25 - Jul 19 with 2301 views | MJallday | Bring back the sky sports dancers I say |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 22:52 - Jul 19 with 2245 views | urbanpenguin | We weren't |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 23:12 - Jul 19 with 2160 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:21 - Jul 19 by GlasgowBlue | Yeah entertained. We have a household demographic from 19 to 63. We all enjoyed that. Fat Ronaldo, the Muppets, Madonna etc. good fun . Better than listening to Gary Neville droning on. TWTD seems to be turning into grumpy old men. |
It's a shame you haven't got any other channels on your TV. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 23:20 - Jul 19 with 2119 views | DJR |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 21:34 - Jul 19 by SitfcB | There would still be queues in SBRL. |
The argument I have against it is that it gave a team which had no intention of playing football an extra 12 minutes' recovery time, so they were fresher for the second half than would have been the case had they had only 15 minutes. |  | |  |
| I’m in a minority of one on here on 23:31 - Jul 19 with 2055 views | Coastalblue | It's the biggest spectacle in world sport, it's what billions tune in for, it doesn't need anything added. |  |
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| I’m in a minority of one on here on 23:40 - Jul 19 with 2001 views | armchaircritic59 | Well as grim as it was, it was probably no worse than the 45 minutes plus either side of it. |  | |  |
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