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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Mauricio Pochettino

    Ironically the only game the Knicks lost in the finals was the one he turned up to. It’s pretty amazing, his capacity to always want to be involved, and yet not be helpful whatsoever.
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I think Farage will win, but he’s going to come out of the whole thing a much more diminished figure. And I think he’ll give up potentially a few thousand votes to a bin. It’s fantastic. Reform trying to act like they priced in other parties not standing. Chris Mason offering the balance that...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    I see where you’re coming from. And I’d certainly agree that anyone who did do that would certainly deserve extra credit and praise for being one of the first to speak out and make the world a better place. I just think that, for a lot of people, they are just trying to get on with their...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Mauricio Pochettino

    It really wasn’t a point about Thomas Frank, it was about a specific moment in time in the season. It reminded me of the Saudi Sportswashing Machine home game. The players heads had gone, and they were making schoolboy errors. To be clear for any avoidance of doubt: I wasn’t trying to lure anyone in to a debate...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Exactly. I absolutely love this. One of the best things to happen to British politics in a long time. The guy who is always used to avoiding scrutiny and setting the news cycle to his own ends thinks he’s made a wildly clever gambit to avoid said scrutiny, and now has no choice but to spend the...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Mauricio Pochettino

    What exactly do you disagree with? I think a fully motivated, locked in, confident US team without the controversy could have beaten a team that got taken to the wire by Senegal. I also don’t think their issues were player quality or coaching. They made horrendous mistakes.
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Agreed. But I don’t think it’s fair to expect Poch of all people to be one of those people speaking out; and to literally lose all respect for him if he doesn’t. He’s not a US native, and not a US citizen. I assume he has moved his family to the US. If he resigned and ‘spoke out’ against...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Trump is going to continue to bully until his term ends. He revels in it. The coach of a sport he doesn’t follow speaking against him, a non US native at that, would become a prime target for hatred from the absolute worst parts of his base. It ends when his term ends. Unfortunately he has the...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Mauricio Pochettino

    Agreed, real shame. His whole thing was ‘Why not us?’. A carefully managed motivational theme that perfectly represented the hope and ambitions of an American people that always expect to win, while acknowledging they would be big underdogs. The political controversy completely soured it. M...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Unfortunately Trump is the President and until this term ends, he will impact all of our lives in this way. People just have to get on with it. I think it’s completely unfair to expect Poch to ‘speak out’ and become a political actor when he just wants to do his job. The issue is Trump...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I’m convinced England can. We’ll physically have too much for them.
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    My point is that the US players suddenly had to deal with being hated rather than going along with the underdog story, and I think that pressure told. I don’t think we need to hold Poch up as a political figure just because he took this job. It’s an opportunity to coach the host nation in a...
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    I honestly think the fact that we talk about VAR mistakes every week is a massive thing that needs to be improved on. It simply doesn’t need to be as crap as it is. Anyway, I feel sad for Poch. Because I think Trump’s inserting himself into this ruined the vibe around their team. Poch’s whole...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    There’s an argument that the Messi situation is worse because the profile of the player stopped them refereeing him with consistency. I’m not sure I agree on hydration breaks. It’s awfully convenient that the country notorious for playing games in quarters managed to make the World Cup they...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    I’m just asking where your line is, because as far as I can see it’s kinda the same. A reasonable football action that ended up in one player getting hurt, but where both were competing for the ball. Why is this meaningfully different to a clash of heads?
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Same question to you as I’m genuinely interested. Is there anything that can happen on a football pitch where a player gets hurt that wouldn’t deserve a red? What about two players going for a header, and clashing heads and both getting knocked out? Do they both deserve red because they...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    I get it. But I don’t think this is just about Trump or the US. They let Ronaldo play in the first two games of this tournament. They didn’t send Messi off. They added in ‘hydration breaks’. FIFA want as much money as possible out of this. Crazy ticket prices. Ad revenue. They want the top...
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Most coverage I’ve seen and people that I’ve spoken to (US and UK) don’t think it was a red. And I’m friends with people that operate the VAR technology.
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    I’m sure he wouldn’t have.
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Yes and this just goes back to my original criticism. I think slowing down frame by frame to get to the still image that proves all guilt is just not the way VAR should be used. It removes all context and reasonable expectations of the players. In my view it was a yellow, not a red. Because...
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