Nigel Cochran

Bright, friendly, confident person. Bath Ales enthusiast. Living after cancer via an op. I enjoy visiting Dublin/Ireland, also an interest in wild tigers.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🗣 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Jurgen Klopp on Donald Trump calling Gianni Infantino directly:

"If that really was the case, then that's crazy. Let's just say this is our game, not theirs."

"These two people, who both have no idea about football, should have nothing to do with that."

"That was a red card. There are no two ways about it. We're sorry for Balogun because he didn't mean to do it. But that's what the rules say."

[Jill Segger @quakerpen]

The President of the US, trying to manipulate the outcome of World Cup matches, by persuading a man who awarded him a bogus peace prize, to withdraw a red card. The degradation of democracy and of high level sport. Orwell was right, "war minus the shooting".

[Sue Spurgin @SueSpurgin]

Horrific news from #Botswana 5 #Elephant Carcasses Reportedly Found Mutilated in Suspected Poaching Incident! This comes amid renewed concern about the continued threat posed by #ivory #poaching in northern Botswana.
https://t.co/jh9rSIwogz

[Francis Maxwell @francismmaxwell]

Regardless what you think about the #Balogun red card, a sitting president calling up the head of FIFA days before the decision was reversed in an unprecedented deviation from the rule of law, it’s batshit insane. How can anyone not think it’s corrupt head to toe?

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

"There are no appeals at world cups, but his 1 game suspension has been suspended by FIFA following a reported intervention by US president Donald Trump"

The US has always had a polluting effect on the world, but what Trump has done is to pull back the curtain.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🗣️ Thomas Tuchel gives his take on Balogun's suspension being lifted:

"To be clear, it was not a red card. VAR got involved. The decision is made."

"Who overturns this decision and when and on what grounds? It’s strange for me. We want consistency."

"I think it is not a yellow card, Declan Rice. Does France get the yellow card back for Michael Olise, which was not a yellow card?"

"Where does this start and where does this end? Do we appeal (Jarell Quansah red)?"

"Should Harry Kane ask President Trump? Maybe!"

[Kate 🕊 @affleckquine]

The corrupt love-fest between Ifantino and Trump continues with match fixing and now a USA red card cancelled after a phone call.
Remember this? The FIFA award to recognise Trump's "actions to promote peace and unity around the world"...

[Toney @toneyq73]

If I’m Belgium I’m refusing to play the game. You can’t change the rules because a fat orange paedophile tells you it’s his tournament and he decides who plays. Utterly fucking ridiculous

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨JUST IN: Wayne Rooney on Balogun's suspended red card:

"It's an absolute disgrace. Infantino should be ashamed of this. The sportsmanship of the game is in question here."

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Under FIFA rules players who get a Red Card always get at least a 1 match ban.

FIFA have suspended this one match ban for a year for the US Player, for the first time ever.

In an act that clearly breaks their own rules.

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Football should be decided on the pitch, not through political phone calls. If this is true, it’s a scandal for FIFA.

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

Trump's interference in FIFA's decision making shows that the US under Trump is unable to host a major international competition.
Trump does not respect any rule of law.
The rest of the world needs to figure out the consequences.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Private firms providing services to the NHS made £1.6 billion profit in two years.

That’s £1.6 billion being extracted from the NHS for shareholders rather than patients.

We think the NHS should be about people, not profit.

But what do you think?

https://t.co/RCKWJYdAgL

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Starmer's on the blower to FIFA to get Quansah's suspension for the next game cancelled. They're asking to speak to Burnham. #Kitileaks

[Revolution @Revolution_IRL]

USA needs to be kept away from football for another 250 years.

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

"I think it's an absolute disgrace." 😡

Wayne Rooney questioned the call around Florian Balogun’s suspended red card for the USA.

[Old Man Lefty @OldManLefty1]

Trump called the head of FIFA and had the suspension of the us star "suspended" for a year. Under FIFA rules any political influence means the team gets banned.. https://t.co/KU0JHvW0Uw

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

The president has triggered an international incident with his meddling.
https://t.co/xs6XLg0qCo

[Giulio Mattioli @giulio_mattioli]

It is utterly fascinating how they manage to spin *everything*, even an extraordinary exception to the rules made deliberately for them, as "We are better / tougher / more fair than everyone else" 😲😂

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Water voles are being reintroduced to North Devon after being declared functionally extinct from the area in 2000, following a major National Trust habitat restoration project at Woolacombe.