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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    I’m convinced England can. We’ll physically have too much for them.
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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?
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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.
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    I’m sure he wouldn’t have.
  14. 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...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Ok it’s separate, but that’s not what I’m saying. I’m not saying I like it (in fact I’m saying I don’t!!!) I’m saying that in Trump’s mind, it’s very likely he would not have called Infantino if most reasonable people accepted it was a red card.
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    I don’t think I do. I don’t think his advisors would have been brought this incident to his attention if it was a cut and dry bad tackle. I live in America. And most people I know, plenty who are not Trump fans, thought it was a very unfair red card and are delighted that Balogun can play. If...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    And he’s supposed to make that calculation in less than a second. Knowing exactly what the Bosnia player will do? It’s not a reasonable standard to hold. It’s a contact sport, and sometimes bad things happen.
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Sure, but my point was that Trump wouldn’t have even done so, or thought it worth expending the political capital to do it, if he didn’t think he could win, and if he didn’t think most Americans would agree with him. VAR gave him that opportunity, is my point. Trump isn’t going to make the call...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    It’s a tackle, they were tangled up together, the Bosnia player was sticking his own foot in to win the ball. The only way to be not out of control by your definition is just to let the Bosnia player have it.
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

    Well that’s my whole issue and we can agree to disagree on that. If you’re only looking at the freeze frame then yes it’s terrible. But if you look at it in real time it’s just two players fighting for the ball, in a contact sport, and something unfortunate happened. That’s my view. I don’t see...
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