Where will you be watching the opening World Cup game against Italy....?

[pasty]

No idea, but it is a fair bet I will be pissed before kick off

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

The game almost certainly won't be played at that time as $ talks.

 

[bassking]

At home,i never go to bed before 4 ish sat and sunday anyway so it will be a normal evening/morning for me.

 

[chez]

The game almost certainly won't be played at that time as $ talks.

It will mate. All the pubs will get special licences to stay open if need be just as they did during the Japan & South Korea tournament when a lot of the games started around 6am

 

[seagull_in_malaysia]

2am? Pfft. Have a thought for footy fans in the far east almost every world cup. Productivity in the offices drop quite significantly for about a month with all the late night/early morning kick-offs.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

It will mate. All the pubs will get special licences to stay open if need be just as they did during the Japan & South Korea tournament when a lot of the games started around 6am

Not according to radio five. They said Fifa have said that they may change kick off times in the next 24 hrs and that the tv companies would put pressure on Fifa to change that particular kick off as it was between two of the larger European sides.

 

[ExmouthExile]

It's the only game in the whole tournament that will kick off at 2am, and the only game being played at that venue, which I heard will be a 3,000 mile round trip for the England players. I can't see the logic, or is it all about the '$$$'s?

 

[atfc village]

Uncle Buck's

 

[Pevenseagull]

Hopefully they'll have a TV in the reception for the A&E department up at the Royal, that'll be perfect.


were luis

 

[Pevenseagull]

Not according to radio five. They said Fifa have said that they may change kick off times in the next 24 hrs and that the tv companies would put pressure on Fifa to change that particular kick off as it was between two of the larger European sides.

hopefully 4 am then


as long as Andy Townsend isn't involved

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Not according to radio five. They said Fifa have said that they may change kick off times in the next 24 hrs and that the tv companies would put pressure on Fifa to change that particular kick off as it was between two of the larger European sides.

A change of KO time would be worse surely? It's 2am KO here but that's late evening in Brazil there... Think ourselves lucky, there's 3 other games at that Amazon location and they KO in the afternoon...

 

[Pevenseagull]

if we don't get out of the group stage it's all down to proximity to anacondas


FACT!

 

[OzMike]

Great, that's 10am here, so at home.

 

[The Truth]

My mental ward doesn't allow the TV on after 12.pm. I'll be fighting aliens and living with elf like people by 2.am.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

A change of KO time would be worse surely? It's 2am KO here but that's late evening in Brazil there... Think ourselves lucky, there's 3 other games at that Amazon location and they KO in the afternoon...

Not basing this on anything, but I THINK the conditions don't change too much in that area between night and day. Humidity is what will drain the energy more than heat, and that will stay at about the same level. I doubt the temperature will change too much either. Would like to see some figures.

 

[vegster]

Some complicated issues here, If we play at 2am our time we have an awkward choice to stay up or not plus Sky and the licensed trade will be bleating about lost business. If the kick off time is switched to an earlier time in Brazil then it may be almost unplayable due to the heat and humidity to the extent that the game would be a joke.

Then there are the ticketing problems if schedules are chopped and changed to benefit Italy and England fans in Europe.

Then there are the thoughts of the local Brazillians, it's their tournament and having to watch a game at 6am their time or similar is a nasty snub.
No winners here, as usual expect a fudged compromise between advertisers and Carlsberg

 

[Hugo Rune]

If this match is not rebranded 'Rumble in the Jungle' by the press, we may as well give up now.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Way past my bedtime.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Some complicated issues here, If we play at 2am our time we have an awkward choice to stay up or not plus Sky and the licensed trade will be bleating about lost business. If the kick off time is switched to an earlier time in Brazil then it may be almost unplayable due to the heat and humidity to the extent that the game would be a joke.

Then there are the ticketing problems if schedules are chopped and changed to benefit Italy and England fans in Europe.

Then there are the thoughts of the local Brazillians, it's their tournament and having to watch a game at 6am their time or similar is a nasty snub.
No winners here, as usual expect a fudged compromise between advertisers and Carlsberg

They wouldn't put it on at 6am Brazillian time, they'd just move it back a few hours so it'd be on 11pm GMT (about 7pm Brazil time).

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

And sky won't complain btw as they don't show the world cup anyway.