S H Donaldson

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

What could go wrong?

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇩🇪 Jürgen Klopp: “The day you don't want me anymore, I'm gone - without any severance pay”.

“If you say tomorrow that he's rubbish, I'm gone”.

“If you behave badly and don't leave my family in peace, I'm gone”.

“Criticize me if something doesn’t work. I’m happy to work on it. It’s all about the job”.

“Jürgen Klopp doesn’t have a career after the national team. Ideally, this is the highlight of my career”.

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

💰💰💰

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea reach verbal agreement with Aston Villa to sign Morgan Rogers⁠. Bid of £117m accepted by #AVFC & being finalised. 6+1y contract, medical Monday⁠. #AFC interested but 23yo attacker wanted #CFC; Xabi Alonso instrumental @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/81YbZw7ELc

[TheSecretScout @TheSecretScout_]

Thomas Tuchel on England's Euro 2024 campaign 👀

"They were more afraid to drop out of the tournament than having the excitement and hunger to win it" 👀

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

First Kane, then Guehi. The others must be thinking it. Everyone can see what went down was wrong but Tuchel

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

Marc Guehi says England should have "carried on pushing" after Anthony Gordon's opener against Argentina 🗣💬

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Still can't believe last night. We go ahead, Argentina have us on the back foot afterwards, and rather than try to wrestle the game back, Tuchel 💩 the bed and concedes even more ground to try and cling on to 1-0. No outlet at all after the Gordon sub. Argentina goals inevitable

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Every single word of this from @Tim_Vickery is spot on. You literally couldn’t say it better.

England had Argentina exactly where we wanted them and gave them the game.

[Jack Pitt-Brooke @JackPittBrooke]

This is so much worse than Croatia eight years ago. England were a better team here, in a better position, with better options. And they just decided to do nothing after going 1-0 up. Back five tactics as if this was just endless crosses to Raul Jimenez again.

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Yeah... I'm not sure doubling down is going to do him any favours

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Thomas Tuchel: “There are millions of coaches who know it better after a defeat”.

“It was not a problem of structure. The match just changed completely. I make the decisions”.

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

JUUUUUUUDE

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Yeah, this stinks.

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

FULL timeline of the campaign to bring Balogun back, according to a half dozen U.S. government & soccer officials:
- Wednesday after U.S.-Bosnia match: Andrew Giuliani alerted Trump to the red card (Trump & Giuliani had been talking multiple times/week since start of World Cup and regularly before that.)
- Wed night: Giuliani, Lutnick and U.S. Soccer officials began activating on plans to challenge red card
- That kicked off 4 days of coordinated lobbying, legal maneuvering & diplomacy that stretched from Oval Office to Zurich
- On *Thursday* Trump dialed Gianni Infantino and asked abt FIFA’s rules around the red card decision and grounds for suspension. (They’ve known each other for 8 yrs.)
- FIFA declined to confirm any specific discussions but reiterated to POLITICO that the decision to suspend the one-match ban was made by an independent disciplinary committee.
- As U.S. Soccer’s legal team formally prepared & submitted its appeal to FIFA, Giuliani + Lutnick offered to make White House attorneys available to assist
- At the same time, Giuliani and Scott Goodwin — a hedge-fund manager who had helped pay the salary of Mauricio Pochettino — zeroed in on the officiating history of referee Raphael Claus
-Articles examining previous controversies involving Claus circulated among senior gov officials as they evaluated every argument that could bolster the appeal
- On FIFA side, Emilio García, who oversees the legal affairs of FIFA, advised Infantino on the available procedural options
- García + other FIFA officials worked to determine whether the circumstances of Balogun’s tackle met the narrow standards that would allow the disciplinary decision to be revisited
- By Sunday, FIFA announced that Balogun’s one-match suspension would be suspended
- FIFA insists that the decision was an independent one made by its 18-person disciplinary committee, but it would not say whether the decision was decided through a vote, and it has not published a report on the decision.

https://t.co/eXOOUkza6N

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Harry Kane doing his best Darren Cann impression

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Get King Charles on the blower to Infantino and get that Quansah ban suspended immediately 😁

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

SOME LADS I TELL YOU. BRILLIANT TO A MAN. GET THE FUCK IN.

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

OMFGGGGG

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Fucking hell, lads

[Richard @ricwe123]

So here we have an official at the World Cup in the US literally holding up the complete match with his arm in the air, not for injuries, not for football reasons,but because the TV network hasn’t finished selling their ads.
At this point, it’s not a match anymore, it’s a broadcast schedule with a ball occasionally rolling around.

A World Cup official stopping play mid-game so the broadcasters can finish their commercials.
Nothing says “beautiful game” like football taking orders from an ad break. It’s not a sport at that point,it’s a TV product with a pitch attached.

Imagine watching a World Cup match where the referee is told to wait because the commercials aren’t done yet.
That’s not football, that’s a glorified ad break pretending to be a sporting event.
Just some meaningless content between commercial slots.

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

🫪

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🚨 BREAKING: Tino Livramento is expected to be ruled OUT of World Cup with injury.

Thomas Tuchel set to replace him with Trevoh Chalobah. @Matt_Law_DT 🤐

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

💛🖤

[ITV Football @itvfootball]

Unstoppable pace 😮‍💨

Watford's Nestory Irankunda shows off his incredible speed to give Australia the lead against Turkey...

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Wow... THAT'S what they came up with? 🤣

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Interest rates on plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at a maximum of 6% from 1 September, the government has said

https://t.co/X9hpI0zELj

[S H Donaldson @simmeyhd]

Stupid from Irankunda clearly but the Swansea player going down rolling around holding his face despite being pushed in the chest...

[Goals Xtra @GoalsXtra]

Nestory Irankunda sent off with red card 🟥 https://t.co/p41IIrZtri