Euro 2020 Thread

JiMMy 85 said:

valleynick66 said:

ForeverAddickted said:

thenewbie said:

Lineker/BBC apologizing on Twitter for the coverage, pointing to out that it's host footage and out of their control but acknowledging it should not have been aired.

Only thing I'll say about that is I cant understand why the BBC couldnt just go back to the studio

Its done now though so hope they both just learn from it

Did viewers complaining turn off ? I doubt it. 

Too easy  to criticise when it’s happening real time and no one knows for sure how serious, precisely what is happening. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. 

I thought the commentary was respectful etc. and the pictures relatively at distance and not seeking to intrude. 

There is a director in a gallery (a room with lots of TV and people in it). All the available camera angles are on show, and the director/ team are also telling the camera people what to point their cameras at. The director quite deliberately showed as emotional a scene as possible. He/ she cut between close-ups of people crying, shots of Eriksen as he was receiving the defib, and a distraught woman being comforted. 

It was immediately obvious something serious had happened with the very first close up of a prone Eriksen. As such, hindsight wasn’t required to perceive what was occurring. And as it happens, it’s pretty standard to cut to a wide shot in far less serious situations on a football pitch. I’m genuinely surprised that the director made those choices, and also that the BBC kept running the feed (presumably they figured it better then the shell-shocked studio). You say they were not intrusive, I believe they were as intrusive as possible short of sending the steadicam in for a close-up. 

  

The BBC had the choice to continue showing it or cut away. I suspect they could also have used a wide shot given that they have one feeding their  studio background. They stuck with it for the most part, cutting to studio just before he was carried away. 

I, like others on here, saw stuff I didn’t think should have been shot in that manner and, sincerely believing he had died, turned over. Seeing Eriksen’s legs shaking as CPR was administered was truly unsettling and I didn’t want to see any more. 

Since finding out he’s okay I’ve gone back to have a look at how the coverage panned out. As such I remain of the opinion that the close-up shots, particularly those over the shoulders or between the legs of the teammates attempting to shield Eriksen from prying eyes, were excessive. 

Many people would have continued watching because they wanted to be reassured the man was okay, as they looked for comfort or good news. This doesn’t make anybody a bad person (let alone ‘vile’). Turning over to The Only Way is Essex would’ve felt wrong, and turning the TV off to sit in silence wouldn’t have been very comforting either. 

All that said, I’m not personally emotional about this. I’m not upset by what they did, just observing how it went down, and I think the point you’ve made - as well as a couple of other posters on this thread - is incorrect. It was intrusive, it was deliberate, taking about the coverage on social isn’t vile - and hindsight is an irrelevant thing. 

Callumcafc said:

Lukaku. Absolutely world class.

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

Callumcafc said:

Russia have been massively underwhelming, a bit like Turkey were last night. Still hopeful Denmark can nick three points off them and qualify that way.

To be fair I don't think anyone expected much else from Russia.

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

So 3 games in, Italy decent second half against a timid Turkey that didn't turn up, Denmark Finland can't really be assessed for obvious reasons and a decent but unspectacular Belgium v an absent Russia.

Portugal, Germany, Spain and France to play yet but will be interesting to see if we can mark our stall out tomorrow in a tough fixture.

McBobbin said:

Russia second best all over the pitch, making mistakes and giving the ball away