Zulu Sierra

The Cynical Optimist. Co-Host of Trifactor Podcast, Aspiring Polymath, Paramedic, and others. You learn more from listening than talking.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

“He didn't call in the favour when it came to Omar Artan, the Somali referee; to make sure the Iranians weren't treated like rubbish; for visas; for the Senegalese team who were humiliated outside of their bus.”

Mehreen Khan on why the role of Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump in Folarin Balogun’s suspended ban looks even worse when the rest of the World Cup is considered.

[SENYO @Senyyo]

In 2010: Messi didn’t win the Champions League or the World Cup, yet they changed the Ballon d’Or criteria to favor goals and gave it to him.

In 2011: Ronaldo had more goals than Messi, but they claimed trophies were what mattered, so Messi won it again.

In 2012: Ronaldo had more trophies, but they gave it to Messi because he scored 91 goals in a calendar year.

In 2019: Van Dijk won the Champions League and was named UEFA Best Player and EPL Player of the Year, but the criteria switched back to goals and Messi won the Ballon d’Or.

In 2021: Lewandowski scored more goals, had a historic individual season, and won The Best FIFA Men’s Player, but Messi was given the Ballon d’Or for winning the Copa América.

In 2023: Haaland won five trophies including the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, Club World Cup, and UEFA Super Cup along with the UEFA Best Player, EPL Player of the Year, and the Golden Boot. Yet, the Ballon d’Or went to Messi for winning the 2022 World Cup, even though in 2010 they argued that the World Cup did not matter 😂.

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@maziducehub Nkosi sikileli Afrika

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@marisekjg A man getting a nice TTT wuk just now

[​𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐚 @sunnkssdseraph]

After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal. What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment.

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@focodereality Guinevere

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Scamorim continues to show what he really is

[Kachii @badasskachii]

The difference in standards is wild. Arne Slot slumps to 5th, gets sacked, and still writes a classy, emotional open letter to Liverpool fans. Amorim almost ruined the lives of Manchester United fans, had one of the most defensive, unhinged cults I’ve ever seen on this app. People were sacrificing their sanity, ruining their lives, and defending horrific 3-at-the-back terrorist football every week for him. No "thank you for the support," no goodbye, just straight radio silence. He milked the club and ghosted. He genuinely did not care about that fanbase at all 😂😂

[Speedy HQ @IShowSpeedHQ]

🚨| WATCH: Speed reveals Trinidad completely changed his view of the Caribbean especially with its food, culture and diversity 🇹🇹❤️

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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And honestly this season I thought this and the youth record might end due to Scamorin. What a relief

[Cynthia Martins 🔴 @MartinsCyn]

People genuinely don’t understand how absurd this record is.

This isn’t “good home form.”
This isn’t a lucky streak.

This is a 42-year footballing law.

Since August 1984, United have led at half-time at 400 times…

…and have NEVER lost a single one.

400 games.
365 wins.
35 draws.
0 defeats.
91.2% success rate. 😳

Think about how impossible football is to control for that long.

Different eras.
Different managers.
Different squads.
Different tactical systems.
Different opponents.
Different football generations.

From Ron Atkinson…
to Sir Alex Ferguson…
to Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho, Solskjaer, Ten Hag, Amorim and now Carrick.

The world itself completely changed around this record.

The Premier League didn’t even exist when it started.
The Soviet Union was still alive.
Mark Zuckerberg was still a baby.
My mom wasn't even married to my dad.

Yet one thing remained untouched:

If Manchester United walked into the Old Trafford dressing room leading at half-time…

the game was over.

That is not just form.
That is aura.
That is history.
That is psychological warfare built across generations ❤️🏟️🔴

[Zulu Sierra @9Z4ZS]

But wait. Has Scamorin thanked the fans yet? The last excuse was he wanted to wait until the end of the season to not be a distraction.

[Utd© @KingFemi__]

Carrick asking the fans to show some love to Malacia is something he didn’t have to do honestly but you know, he still did it anyways because he’s just a great human and man manager first and foremost.

No need calling him a bomb squad, not like he played him anyways but at least he showed some class, he didn’t call his players bomb unlike Amorim..

Makes you deep how disgusting and distasteful Amorim is as human and in extension a man manager.

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@SSarker34315 Gemini

[Geronimo Morgans @GeronimoMorgans]

“Arsenal have been blocking the opponent’s goalkeeper all season long, they would NEVER be on top of the league if we disallow these goals!”

Peter Schmeichel thank you for calling them out. have your cheating title VARSENAL. 👏

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@SSarker34315 Gemini

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Facts! Keep the traditions alive!

[Theatrics 🇹🇹🎭🗝 @Theatrics868]

The meggie is one of the most powerful non-verbal communication tools in Trinidadian culture.

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@Kendal_L21 What exactly you looking to get done? DM me

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@Suryanshti777 @Daily__wisdom_ AI

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@jeniece_s "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which".

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Another Scamorin dream not worth the paper it was written on

[INCOGNITO @INCREDIBUUUUU]

This was after he lost the final to spurs

The journo put him on the spot!

I could feel his voice shake,

“I won't change”

This is 2nd time he said he would leave without compensation if he's not needed

Guess who left with a big suitcase

A LIAR!!!

[The Footy Section @FTBLsection]

Pablo Hernández, on the lesson Marcelo Bielsa taught him at Leeds:

"One day, we went to training, and he divided us into groups of 3 or 4 players. He gave each group giant garbage bags and told us to go around the training complex collecting ALL THE TRASH we could find.

We spent about an hour picking up garbage, and when we came back, he gave us a speech, saying that what we had just done was the job of many people who work hard to afford a ticket to our stadium every Sunday.

He told us we owed those people respect, and that’s why we had to give our best on the pitch."