Darran

Forge FC, West Ham United ⚒️. Opinions are my own

[Charlie O'Connor-Clarke @charliejclarke]

Extremely Canadian moment: They're introducing all 48 World Cup nations one-by-one, and every country with a massive diaspora in Toronto (Portugal, Colombia, Croatia, etc.) has been getting huge cheers from various Canadian fans.

Strong boos for the U.S., though.

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨BREAKING: Canada booed the USA flag at the World Cup opening ceremony

[𝙠 @KallumUnited]

@HLTCO Canada has respect for Football, whole tournament should’ve been just Mexico and Canada

[Kamal Miller @KMillz_00]

A lot of y’all owe Mr.Larin an apology 🤫 LETS F****** GOOO 😤 🇨🇦

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

J P Morgan does a bad deal in 2015.

A decade later, their lobbyists have found an audience in our Premier. So aware is he that Toronto residents do not want a dramatically expanded waterfront airport, one that would undo billions of dollars of investment in restoring fragile urban habitats in The Port Lands and erode the walkable, vibrant urban neighbourhoods we have spent decades building, that he has chosen to force through legislation to seize control and override local decision-making.

When is this jig up?

Now that we know, we know.

[The West Ham Way X-Tra Time @WestHamWayXtra]

Out now on Patreon.

@DaveWalkerWHU & @ExWHUEmployee interview @JKCorden

https://t.co/AjOTGQ2kP9

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani wants answers from FIFA after the World Cup organizer reversed a policy at the last minute, meaning fans are no longer permitted to bring plastic water bottles into venues this summer.

🎙️ @AdamCrafton_

🔗 https://t.co/mmQp11tvbl

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management.

Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ...

The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too.

That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site.

Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices.

Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.

[Darran @Darran_16]

@PacoJemezCoach @WestHam @premierleague 🤞

[Lea @Lea_EFC]

We should all be cooking Spurs this morning, but Everton cost us a banter day that would have been remembered for generations to come

Fuck you Everton

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

It's an absurd end to an utterly surreal day, which reflects a total lack of self-awareness, humility or recognition as to just how badly West Ham United have failed their many loyal supporters, not just today, but for much of the past decade.

They may return to the top flight before long, but it will take some time — and many, many changes — for fans to believe in their club again. They sold their soul for the Championship.

After relegation from the Premier League, @TimSpiers explains why West Ham are completely broken.

FREE READ 🔗 https://t.co/Eu68OvhwOf

[Roshane Thomas @RoshaneSport]

⚒️ Todibo told Nuno he would never play for him again
⚒️ The club must raise £150m in player sales
⚒️ Nuno's clashes with backroom staff
⚒️ Most of the players preferred Potter's pre-game preparation

Inside West Ham’s miserable relegation. #WHUFC
https://t.co/Np8MeksNKH

[Darran @Darran_16]

@canadahammer ⚒️⚒️

[Lea @Lea_EFC]

Who do we all want relegated today?🤔

[Craig Hill @CraigHill01]

Just three weeks before the World Cup matches are due to start, FIFA has gone into a panic as they realise the immigration crackdowns in the USA means they can't fill stadiums, even at drastically reduced prices. I mean, surely they aren't that stupid that they didn't see this coming?

[Domino's Pizza UK @Dominos_UK]

sunday

[SimpsonsEFL @EflSimpsons]

•Tuchel cutting everyone from the England squad•

[Tony Cottee @TonyCottee9]

Really poor performance …
3 at the back when you’ve got to win ?
Nuno’s at fault for this!
Too many players not good enough ….
Championship here we come !!!
Total clear out needed from top to bottom….
I feel really sorry for our magnificent fans …
⚒

[Darran @Darran_16]

@PreMatchMeal @jackgambardella 😢