In the 30 minutes between Anthony Gordon's goal and Enzo Fernández's equalizer...
🇦🇷 168 attacking-third touches, 14 in the penalty area
🏴 9 attacking-third touches, 1 in the penalty area
@hoopaflagg Victory lapping would mean one of us is right and one of us is wrong lol. I don’t think that’s the case. I just pointed out you argued “it’s summer leagues” to downplay one players success and then use the same tournament to uplift another players potential, that is all🫶🏼
Remember when I said Burries would be a good fit on any team? Y’all was too worried about him not being a “true PG”.
He’s a bucket, defends, and attacks the boards. End of story.
@Tony_Tacos_@Mavs_FFL I get the excitement of new Mavs players, but we need to be realistic about it. Saying he “is similar to Luka” or “plays like Luka” is only going to set us up for disappointment when he ultimately doesn’t perform during the season. Let’s be excited but also have common sense
@Mavs_FFL He has similar vision to Luka for sure, but we have to remember Luka was leading Madrid to a European championship and euro league MVP prior to getting drafted. He came in miles better, so yes he has some Luka traits, but his development is going to take a lot longer
This hurts as someone who was a Burries to the Mavs fan since February. I’m still really confused by Masai’s decision. I had Morez next up on my overall big board so I’m not concerned that he’s good, I just don’t get why our team that has SO many forwards and bigs already, needed another one even if he does turn out to be better than Burries
@_davidskerr Everyone you mentioned should 100% be paid a decent living. That money shouldn’t come from a parents paying a club to allow their kid to join. The clubs should be recruiting the kids like in Europe and paying for the cost of development.
@AlexiLalas So explain to me how European clubs pay for their youth coaches if the parents of the players in those clubs don’t have to pay the club for their kid to be there????
A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking:
BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind.
The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step.
When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did.
In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance.
This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination.
The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.
Sources: President Trump, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House task force head Andrew Giuliani put together a team of elite lawyers — from outside the government — to challenge the Flo Balogun red card. Specifically they challenged the use of slow motion instant replay to give the red card, which they argued violated FIFA rules. The president also conveyed to Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, that the appeal had been filed and he believed the red card penalty was excessive. FIFA’s independent committee reviewed the decision and agreed the penalty was incorrectly given, rescinding it under their rule 27 authority.