@sport92436@AlexiLalas Fair enough my apologies to sane Americans everywhere, it’s too bad these asshats acts as proud sport ambassadors for your country… he’s a proud sell-out. Would sell the soul of the game if it meant new suits, elbow rubbing with his betters, and national exposure
Scum
@TheStevenWillis The earnestness and sincerity of this post made me burst out laughing. You have one good game all of the sudden you’re amazing. I can’t wait to watch one of the heavy weights play your team off the pitch.
@TalkSoccer Actually it’s was the very lucrative deal he got and it’s the only league where he can tell the coach I’m walking around for 90 minutes unless the team get me a ball in a scoring position… don’t get me wrong I love it, but he tried this for two years in Europe, didn’t go well.
@FootballVault1 Ya cause those ties mean something
If an American sport team ties a bunch of games it means they miss the playoffs or finish near the bottom if not the bottom. In European Football it means you get relegated and financially fucking destroyed
@NobletStrength Not really the majority of people who watch the sport only have to put up with him for the tournament, then we can go back to pretending he doesn’t exist
@AlexiLalas The entire world thinks this is a bad take, why can’t you stop reflect and go maybe I’m wrong instead just finding any reason for it to appear good?
People hate the hydration breaks and they influence the game. That alone should be cause for removal
This is the year when the game of two halves became the game of four quarters. And the greatest sport and event was damaged for fistfuls of dollars. Hydration breaks ruin the game’s flow and frustrates fans and viewers. If hydration breaks were solely about player welfare then they would be linked to the temperature in the stadia. It’s a nonsense having a three-minute break in an air-conditioned arena.
Fifa should long ago have established a working party of coaches, sports scientists, national team doctors and Fifpro to agree a set temperature at kickoff, say 25C, which triggers the breaks. That would prove the breaks were for player welfare. At the moment, and to nobody’s surprise, it is widely accepted that these breaks are for US TV to accommodate commercials. Big bucks for the small screen.
Fifa should have thought more about the effect on games and to fan (and viewer) experience when negotiating. Coaches’ desire for a mid-half tactical time-out masquerading as a drinks stop should be resisted anyway. Games have been played for 150 years without needing such intervention. Coaches can shout instructions. And who says that 22 mins and 67 mins is when a coach needs to intervene anyway. It’s nonsense. It’s about money.
Respected and sane footballing voices from Virgil van Dijk to Mauricio Pochettino have spoken out against the breaks. Fifa should listen to them not appear only to listen to the rustle of dollar bills. It’s important that there is resistance to this from all over. Because if we tolerate this, our TV games could be next. BBC can’t do ads, ITV says it won’t follow its US counterparts. But it has been discussed by TV people. It’ll come one day. #FIFAWorldCup.
@AlexiLalas And stop all momentum… give a team a chance to get tactical info while they drink… there’s no way to sell this other than player safety… honestly I’d rather see them drag ass out there they do these hydrations breaks, fuck there’s 5 subs use them