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FIFA World Cup 2014 - Brazil

(April 2014)

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AG
AxG
I'm no fan of ITV's 'Instagram filter' flags.
JO
Jon
Where is Alan Hansen? He was meant to be retiring after the World Cup but nearly a week in I've not seen him yet.
BR
Brekkie
Be interesting to see which game ITV opt for on Monday then considering they've got the choice between the two who've got through and the two who can't. Guess they'll go for the former as they've got the group title to play for, plus the privelege of probably not playing Brazil in Round 2.
BR
Brekkie
Jon posted:
Where is Alan Hansen? He was meant to be retiring after the World Cup but nearly a week in I've not seen him yet.

Never thought I'd say this but he really is missed. The pundit line up on both sides is rather underwhelming this time around.

P.S. We know Adrian Chiles is the first lead presenter to do two World Cups for ITV in quite some time, but how many has Matt Smith done as the second presenter. I'm sure he was there when Des Lynam was number 1.
JO
Jon
I think this is Matt Smith's second as number 2. He's been around since they won the Premier League highlights rights at least I think he was on On The Ball then. Don't forget in 2006 Matt Smith must have been number 4 behind Rider, Rosenthal and Logan.
BR
Brekkie
Good point - be interesting to see who is at the stadium for England tomorrow.

Danny Murphy seems to have been well received tonight - something which seems quite rare for commentators or pundits on either side at the moment. Hope too this will be kind of a breakout event for Mark Chapman - IMO he's one of the best assets BBC Sport have got at the moment.
TI
tightrope78
Agreed about Chapman. Despite the comments above I really enjoyed the secondary line up last night. Philip Neville's poor performance on Saturday has seemingly opened up the doors for Danny Murphy.

There's just something not working with Thierry Henry and Rio Ferdinand. The atmosphere is flat. Compare that with Martin O'Neil on ITV this afternoon and it reminded me of the glory days of France 98 on the BBC.
JO
Jon
Good point - be interesting to see who is at the stadium for England tomorrow.

Matt Smith, Andros Townsend and Gus Poyet according to Matt Smith earlier tonight.
BR
Brekkie
You would think if they can get Matt Smith down there they might as well get Chiles and co. in the stadium to anchor the broadcast. Surely as one of the broadcasters of the teams playing they're entitlted to sufficient in-stadium facilities for a live broadcast, even if that isn't a studio.
JO
Jon
ITV also add the red card to their scorebox, but it looks to me as if the Cameroon flag is just messed up.

I wonder if they always planned to do this, or they quickly choose to do it after they found out Beeb were.
B1
b_100
The ITV studio desk doesn't really suit three people, made it look like Strachan was moderating a debate between Chiles and Hoddle.
JO
Jon
No clock as of I'm not sure how many seconds into the second half of Cameroon vs Croatia.

It appeared 1:15 into the half.

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