GDT: Group A - May 20 - France vs Great Britain

[Nexon]

Bring back Henderson out of retirement

Maybe it just needs time to implement new system, also when your co-leader is Bertrand not really excelling right now, it’s not good.
But even to me it looked like Bozon had strange decisions sometimes.

 

[geisterpanthers]

Feel this win is really good for hockey in Europe, there is for sure potential for the sport in the UK. Plus the fans are always passionate and make for a great atmosphere. Happy they stayed in.

 

[Retroglyphs]

Wow, huge win for Team Great Britain! So happy for them!

 

[unknownbrother]

You jest, but I'm sure he's actually devastated right now. However, he has the benefit of being 19 and extraordinarily talented, so the sadness will only be temporary.

He scored two goals in game four of the Lightning series

 

[Phil McKraken]

Feel this win is really good for hockey in Europe, there is for sure potential for the sport in the UK. Plus the fans are always passionate and make for a great atmosphere. Happy they stayed in.

I don't know much about British hockey, but just going by this site the British fans seem pretty hardcore while I've barely seen any French fans at all. That makes you happy for the Brits right now.

 

[unknownbrother]

I don't know much about British hockey, but just going by this site the British fans seem pretty hardcore while I've barely seen any French fans at all. That makes you happy for the Brits right now.

Not to mention the thousand fans in Kosice who never stopped singing and cheering while we were being beaten heavily. I'm sad I didn't go. Have to go to Switzerland next year.

 

[unknownbrother]

France will be back in 2021, they will destroy the lower league.

Don't underestimate 1A. Slovenia have struggled both years since they got relegated. We beat them last year on the way to gold.

 

[FinPanda]

Don't underestimate 1A. Slovenia have struggled both years since they got relegated. We beat them last year on the way to gold.

France is a lot better than Slovenia.

 

[Rob]

Yep they stay up

So happy France gets relegated. A lot if fans who wasted money in Paris two years ago are happy

Why? Were they bad hosts?

 

[Jumptheshark]

Why? Were they bad hosts?

The had the arena and that was it. No fan zone no nothing else

They did nothing to welcome all the fans. I have been to 13 world championships and it was by far the worst organized.

 

[PanniniClaus]

France blew the Denmark game and then went up 3-0 today and couldn't get it done. Happy for GB...France will have a good chance to bounce right back.

 

[Walrus26]

The had the arena and that was it. No fan zone no nothing else

They did nothing to welcome all the fans. I have been to 13 world championships and it was by far the worst organized.

That's just Paris. Even most other French have no time for Paris and the Parisians.

 

[Walrus26]

They should win BBC Sports Personality "team of the year" for this

But we all know they will probably give it to England netball or something again

Ben Bowns should be the runaway winner.

 

[FiLe]

Not to beat down on the relegated side, but man was that some abysmal defending from the French d-men in pretty much all of those three comeback goals. With the first, the French number #4 looks like he doesn't give half a bean even before the puck is in the net; with the second, they completely fail to see the Brit by the side of the net, leaving him wide open; and with the third, the French #13 plays himself out of the position all by himself.

All of those could have been prevented. And even if some wouldn't have been, what's on display is still way less effort than what is acceptable.

 

[Nexon]

Why? Were they bad hosts?

His point as he shows every WC is that he could not drink to death with other nation’s fans. French are his biggest enemy because of this.

 

[Lepardi]

I watched the highlights and was amazed by how many British fans there were at the arena. Do you have any estimates of the actual number?

 

[unknownbrother]

I watched the highlights and was amazed by how many British fans there were at the arena. Do you have any estimates of the actual number?

Think there was at least over a thousand British fans in Kosice.

 

[StokedandSpokedB]

Huge win for the Brits.

 

[Rob]

Could they watch the game on TV in Britain? Or was live streaming the only option??

 

[Past Considerations]

For those who can't make it out, they're singing "We're S#!t, and we know we are...."

Is that some well known British chant or are they singing "we're the s#!t"? That has a different meaning in English and it pretty much means "best".

 

[Past Considerations]

Could they watch the game on TV in Britain? Or was live streaming the only option??

There had a to be some sort of tv or streaming service deal in place as the live games on IIHF's Youtube channel were blocked in UK.

 

[philip]

There had a to be some sort of tv or streaming service deal in place as the live games on IIHF's Youtube channel were blocked in UK.

I imagine Premier Sports had the rights. But about 3 people in the UK subscribe to that service

 

[MexicoJoe]

Is that some well known British chant or are they singing "we're the s#!t"? That has a different meaning in English and it pretty much means "best".

No, football (soccer) fans usually sing “you’re shit, and you know you are” to other teams fans. Its just a play on words so to speak.

 

[GBHockey]

French players and fans were allegedly quite hostile towards GB fans last night unfortunately. Heard the same stuff from about 5 different people.

 

[letsgocaps]

French players and fans were allegedly quite hostile towards GB fans last night unfortunately. Heard the same stuff from about 5 different people.

we needed a good rivalry in hockey