This is my new account. I haven’t been on twitter for a couple of years for obvious reasons, but I’ve missed the gaming updates from devs. Will likely only be using it for that.
@AmericanEthical I mean we already hated Trump, but meddling in with the World Cup was an ultimate insult that I don’t think the majority of Americans can comprehend because they just don’t get the culture of the game. It’s the equivalent of insulting a religion.
I didn't hear you complain about Qatar , yeah we did for years after it was awarded the WC but that started 16 years ago so slightly outside the 3 week span you've been paying attention to football
This is basically all wrong. In Europe there still is respect for the rule of law. In the US the rules will be changed by the King when it suits him. And Americans now more or less accept that this is ok.
American liberals embracing this blatant corruption is exactly why their country is in the state it is in. If you're not principally opposed to corruption, if you cheer and make light of it whenever it favours you, you are furthering the rot at the heart of your society.
In most cultures, people prefer to win by playing a tournament with the same rules as everyone else. In American culture if the rules get changed to give you a unique advantage you act sanctimonious and talk about how this makes you morally superior
It’s great to have new fans of the sport, everyone is welcome but please have the humility to accept that you have no idea what you’re talking about and as a result, you shouldn’t have strong opinions about anything. Everyone with a functioning brain who has been watching football for more than 2 weeks understands the problem here and the reputational damage this is doing to both FIFA and US Soccer. So many people have worked so hard over the years to establish the US’s reputation in the sport and to be respected by the international football community, this does irreparable harm to that. I don’t care if you think it is a red or not, those decisions happen in football every week. Laurent Blanc missed a World Cup final due to a red card in the semi final which was clearly simulation but he had to accept it. Infantino needs to resign tonight, his consent to govern comes from all of us, he is a total liability.
Trump's red card intervention has done such a massive disservice to the US football team & American fans.
He's politicised the team by tainting them with his corruption.
The rest of the world is rooting for Belgium tonight for political reasons. That's not how sport should be.
I'm so done with these gobshite know-nothing yank cunts spewing their ignorance & thinking they have the moral high ground.
Fuck off back to NFL or whatever shite you usually engage with.
Trump found a way to fuck up the most popular sport in the world 🙄
I wonder if people in America realizes how much damage trump caused the last 24 hours 🤔
I dont know what's worse, FIFAs blatant corruption or having the Americans who haven't a scooby about football act like victims in this whole charade. Some of the tweets from them are down right mental
Amazing how the World Cup was doing a legitimately good job of bringing the world together and rehabilitating the USA’s reputation, now all anybody will remember is Trump’s political interference. The world is indeed united, but now it’s against the American cheats. Such a shame.
All these Yanks seem to be missing one main point, it's just totally wrong on every level for the American president to insert himself and interfere in the business of FIFA during a world cup. And if you can't see that, you really are a simpleton.
Depuis hier on a énormément d'Américains sous nos tweets et voilà ce que j'ai pu constater en 24 heures :
- Certains nous traitent de peureux parce qu'apparemment on aurait peur d'affronter leur équipe au complet (la folie), alors qu'on veut juste que les règles relatives aux suspensions et aux cartons rouges soient appliquées équitablement à tout le monde.
- D'autres nous voient comme une espèce de sous-français parce qu'on parle français et qu'on n'a pas notre propre langue, alors qu'eux-mêmes parlent anglais (?), une langue qui, il me semble, vient d'Angleterre.
On n'a pas le droit de perdre contre eux la team, vraiment pas.
Kan iemand mij uitleggen waarom Amerikanen de interventie van Trump wel oké vinden? Wat is er mis met dat volk? Is het een gebrek aan hersenen, fair-play of iets anders?
Honestly, every single yank I’ve seen comment on this red card corruption apparently genuinely thinks that their rapist president demanding to have different, easier rules than everybody else is a sign of how good they are at the game 😅🙄
Pathetic country.
Over the years, FIFA has suspended the likes of Nigeria, Kuwait, Indonesia, Pakistan, Congo, Sierra Leone, and Guatemala over government interference in football.
But the US president ringing up to get an on-field decision overturned?
Absolutely fine. Nothing to see here.