Ordinary Magician+ 📛

Just another Touhou fan that likes beer and big fuck-off lasers. Generally a lurker.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@CChef1980 @derechadude @LouisvillesKev Did you throw this type of tantrum when you learned about the "hand of god" goal?

No, but seriously. Did you?

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@sophiebluejays You'd think we got a "hand of God" style goal the way all these mindless buffons keep chanting the big lie of "cheating"

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@Lemons4Lemi @dokibird Happiness maximization strat: bet against your team.

Either your team wins, and you're happy

Or you win the bet and you're less unhappy

[nicky 🇺🇸🇨🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇲🇽 @PFF_Nicky]

Balogun is not looking at the defender and is trying to get the ball, the defender throws his body in the way and Balogun lands awkwardly. Never should’ve been a red, suspension would’ve been unjust.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@rj88063762 @Ken_carson57 @RPMComo So the problem is that the other ones weren't fixed...

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@Furymaker_ https://t.co/g6F9DQTWKM

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

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.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@Naccarootz @MartinoPooch You're going to have players finding rather suspicious ways to get their calf underneath opponent's studs if you set the opposite precedent.

[Dave Johnson @davejsports]

I know the rules. When VAR called the head referee over to the monitor, they didn't just use slow motion to show where Balogun's foot landed. They isolated the contact on a slow-motion loop and showed still frames. By looking primarily at slow motion to judge the force of the challenge, the referee violated the core spirit of the rule. Slow motion strips away momentum, makes completely accidental slips look highly calculated, and makes routine contact look incredibly violent. That is exactly why the protocol warns against using it to measure intensity—and why the decision was ultimately viewed as a failure of the system

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@simbai_m @httrart @Alonso_GD It took a solid decade to undo this misguided philosophy.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@simbai_m @httrart @Alonso_GD We have been through this in American Football. Refs were STRONGLY encouraged to punish defenders for hitting quarterbacks, even if they made a run. So Quarterbacks played more recklessly because it would help them win games, causing more injuries.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@b3lmln Go back to Balkansposting

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@MoyanoLucho884 @kiddfromht @SalkZloren @emirguerrier Punishments affecting more than the current game should be adjudicated. That way the referee can control the game. It may also allow them to make better calls since they don't have to worry about how a red card affects future games.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@LoEl81 I mean, that's fine, but I think the problem is you lot tolerating that treatment instead of demanding better officiating. Why is it up to the US to constantly fix stuff like this?

https://t.co/oORHtKffrL

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@sthsthburner https://t.co/g6F9DQTWKM

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

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.

[Jonathan Greenberg @JGreenbergSez]

A huge cultural difference between international soccer and American sports cultures. Americans are used to our athletes saying they prefer to beat an opponent at full strength. International soccer culture - the same culture that produces players pretending to be injured - is fine whinging about a guy being suspended for something he didn’t even do to their team.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@TheBelgianCule Well, we thought the whole bearing false witness thing while flopping around like a dead animal on the field was limited to the players. We didn't realize it's Europe's pansy-ass footballing culture from top to bottom.

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@DiceElDani I mean... maybe prior participants should have not tolerated such awful officiating? Why is it the US's job to improve it (and somehow be the whipping boy for bad calls being corrected)?

Why make the perfect an enemy of the good?

[Ordinary Magician+ 📛 @kirisame312]

@MikaelMazal Try showing the entire play at the speed it happened

https://t.co/g6F9DQTWKM

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

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.