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<blockquote data-quote="Half Pint" data-source="post: 1163954" data-attributes="member: 87305"><p>1) </p><p>So we need to be careful about wishing for two diametrically opposite things :</p><p>a) The best teams making it through to the later stages</p><p>b) Some unpredictability in the results</p><p>If you want to see some shock results (and it wouldn't be sport without it - you could play the whole tournament in a simulation on paper in ten minutes), then you have to accept that you'll get some surprise teams in the later rounds, and thus mis-matches in the knockout games</p><p>Personally I can forgive an awful lot as we received that *epic* QF weekend from the Rugby Gods - four of the best world cup games happening back to back, and every one going to the wire.</p><p></p><p>2)</p><p>I disagree with Dirty Harry, I though that the refereeing of the final was pretty much spot-on. Red card probably spoiled the game, but that's not the ref's fault. </p><p>Unfortunate that the ref was the story in too many other places, but real consistency is very hard to achieve, and d*ckheads on twitter hurling death threats are going to mean anyone sensible won't want to be a referee, so it just makes it harder to find good quality candidates.</p><p>World Rugby need to sort out what's a Red, what's a Yellow, what's a penalty and what's a No Offence. Maybe sift through some footage and find ten examples of each, and publish them to referees, coaches and the wider public.</p><p></p><p>3)</p><p>Midweek games is pretty much a non-starter with the recovery required. I would suggest hold a women's world cup at the same time, and play those games on Tue/Wed/Thu and the mens' on Fri/Sat/Sun. </p><p>Odd number of teams in the pools, and a 'fallow week' was a nonsense. But pools of 4 would work. </p><p></p><p>4)</p><p>Can't speak for where you live, but UK ITV coverage was pretty awful, I was shouting at the telly when they had expert pundits telling me that the team that scored the most points would win etc. Yes, it's difficult to explain to the casual fan without condescending the expert, but they managed to just be rubbish for everyone. </p><p>Between weekends I think ITV forgot that they had the broadcast rights to the RWC. They did nothing at all to promote it to people who weren't already writing fixture lists into their calendar.</p><p>But at least it was free to air. Sky do this much better, but only have 10% of the audience. The ECB (England cricket authorities) killed their entire sport by selling their soul to Sky.</p><p></p><p>5)</p><p>Twitter should be illegal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Half Pint, post: 1163954, member: 87305"] 1) So we need to be careful about wishing for two diametrically opposite things : a) The best teams making it through to the later stages b) Some unpredictability in the results If you want to see some shock results (and it wouldn't be sport without it - you could play the whole tournament in a simulation on paper in ten minutes), then you have to accept that you'll get some surprise teams in the later rounds, and thus mis-matches in the knockout games Personally I can forgive an awful lot as we received that *epic* QF weekend from the Rugby Gods - four of the best world cup games happening back to back, and every one going to the wire. 2) I disagree with Dirty Harry, I though that the refereeing of the final was pretty much spot-on. Red card probably spoiled the game, but that's not the ref's fault. Unfortunate that the ref was the story in too many other places, but real consistency is very hard to achieve, and d*ckheads on twitter hurling death threats are going to mean anyone sensible won't want to be a referee, so it just makes it harder to find good quality candidates. World Rugby need to sort out what's a Red, what's a Yellow, what's a penalty and what's a No Offence. Maybe sift through some footage and find ten examples of each, and publish them to referees, coaches and the wider public. 3) Midweek games is pretty much a non-starter with the recovery required. I would suggest hold a women's world cup at the same time, and play those games on Tue/Wed/Thu and the mens' on Fri/Sat/Sun. Odd number of teams in the pools, and a 'fallow week' was a nonsense. But pools of 4 would work. 4) Can't speak for where you live, but UK ITV coverage was pretty awful, I was shouting at the telly when they had expert pundits telling me that the team that scored the most points would win etc. Yes, it's difficult to explain to the casual fan without condescending the expert, but they managed to just be rubbish for everyone. Between weekends I think ITV forgot that they had the broadcast rights to the RWC. They did nothing at all to promote it to people who weren't already writing fixture lists into their calendar. But at least it was free to air. Sky do this much better, but only have 10% of the audience. The ECB (England cricket authorities) killed their entire sport by selling their soul to Sky. 5) Twitter should be illegal. [/QUOTE]
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