World Cup 2026

[ZedLeg]

Belgium wins and Trump declares Annexe of Belgium?

I genuinely think that he’ll try and cancel the tournament

[dinny_g]

For a man who by his own admission, doesn't follow club football, you've pretty rigid views on, you know, club football...

[ZedLeg]

I have rigid views on how big business works

[dinny_g]

Probably as rigid as my views of how the socialist left doesn't work...

[ZedLeg]

And neoliberalism has been a shell game that let sociopathic ghouls control everything

Everything’s bad, you’ve just got to make the best of it

[dinny_g]

Not everything is bad - Puppies aren't bad...

[mik]

Not everything is bad - Puppies aren't bad...

They are sometimes mate - our Lab’s favourite game at the moment is morning sock wars. She waits at my chest of drawers every morning until I grab a pair of socks, and…. let the battle commence. Several innocent socks have been mortally wounded in the ensuing struggles.

Note: above assumes a 6m old can still be referred to as a puppy.

[dinny_g]

[dinny_g]

[unzippy]

Trump on the red card, he knows all about sports:


“I saw the play. And I’m a person that loves sports and was a good athlete. I understand sports really well, really well. And that wasn’t a foul. That wasn’t even an infraction. That was two guys running full speed that happened to crash into each other. And this referee, who is a little bit suspect … I don’t like to create controversy, but very suspect. He made a call that nobody could believe. You know, even people on the other side, they said, ‘oh, we got lucky’. Wow. That’s very interesting

And he [Balogun] is our best player, or one of our best players, a very vital player. And he gave him a red card. I didn’t know what that meant. I didn’t think it meant much. Then I started hearing that that means he can’t play in the next game. I said, boy, that’s a big, you know, if it happened to another player, it would have been unfair. But when they take your best player, or just about, and they say you can’t play, that’s very unfair. That’s you know, it’s one thing to penalise somebody for the game, but how do you penalise them for a game that hasn’t been played yet? It’s very unfair. You can’t do that.

So yes, I asked for a review by Fifa. I spoke to a man who’s highly respected and by the way, whose level of respect has gone up tenfold. And he was good before this started. But, you know, he really pushed it in this country.”

I'm surprised he cares. He wasn't at the opening ceremony, and he's not been to any of the games - let alone the USA games.

Pussy.

[dinny_g]

The world cup demonstrates the very thing he stands against so he's staying away

Foreigners are cool...

[ZedLeg]

Even Balogun is a birthright citizen who grew up in London

[mik]

[Jobbo]

Blimey, they missed the obvious trump card joke there.

[Rich B]

Blimey, they missed the obvious trump card joke there.

This, so much this.

[Simon]

Wow. Incredible game (EgyArg). And as for the refs decisions, absolutely shameful. Could FIFA be anymore corrupt?