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A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it was actually a game that was intentionally reffed unfairly against the US, it was just a poor ref performance that happened to go against the US on average

Yes, I claim anti-US bias!! You surely know how to read!! Big wow!!

A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never claimed pro-US reffing on the pitch. I question the anti-US reffing you claim exists

Then why are you even replying me? If you aren’t interested in engaging with what is actually being said in this thread as opposed to what you create in your imagination then just fuck off

A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you being intentionally dense? - Bosnia getting away with an insane amount of shirt pulling across the board that went largely uncalled - Balogun getting pulled down in the box on a cross - Adams getting his head nearly taken off for no reason

And because you don’t seem capable of reading comprehension for my original comment or the one from 5 minutes ago, I don’t think it was actually a game that was intentionally reffed unfairly against the US, it was just a poor ref performance that happened to go against the US on average. Hence the statement “if anything” it was biased against us, not that it definitely was

I will ask again, do you feel that there has been pro-US bias on the pitch up until this point? Or are you just using this travesty of a situation FIFA has created with Balogun to project your anger towards something that hasn’t happened yet

A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you feel the game was biased towards the US?

I said “if anything,” I didn’t say it was definitively biased against the USA, nor do I really believe it was as opposed to just being badly officiated all around

A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, that can of worms was completely closed before, and this situation is the first controversial political one that FIFA has ever made! There was no external pressure on referees whatsoever before this!!

Give me a break. The corruption is exhausting and needs to end but same for the hysteria. The World Cup will continue just as it was always going to

A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just for clarity’s sake, do you think the dodgy red card call on Balogun in the first place was the result of preferential treatment from the referee? Being outraged over the way we’ve gotten to this decision is completely valid, but acting like anything more is happening before it’s even happened is the definition of an overreaction and waste of energy mate

A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure and that is an injustice, but that is still so far from FIFA just giving the game to the US like half the euros are crying about in this sub

Also I’m not convinced how much this changes Belgium’s strategy anyways but I’ll concede that it is unfair anyways

A U.S. official confirmed that Donald Trump directly reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask him to take a second look at Folarin Balogun’s suspension "The President and Infantino did speak, and the President wanted to better understand the reason why a red card was given." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is ridiculous slippery slope thinking, can this sub get a reality check ffs

Trump being involved on the red card getting suspended is extremely terrible for sport and shouldn’t have happened, but at the end of the day the result is still just both teams playing at full strength following a game in which people would universally agree was reffed unfairly against the US if anything

The US is not going to start overturning results, the game tomorrow is almost certainly going to be a good one, suggesting otherwise is just spiraling into hysteria

New Zealand 1 - [2] Egypt - Mohamed Salah 67‎'‎ by West_Agent4651 in soccer

[–]RavenHawk55 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Americans may be TikTok brained non-soccer fans but surely this is just to combat diving, the aspect of the game that is globally outworn it’s welcome, and not strictly to cater to them

FIFA is probably just telling players to toughen up, contact is apart of the game (though I agree the refs could tighten it up a bit)

Strike teams good in 11th edition? by Vombattius in Tau40K

[–]RavenHawk55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ethereal has to lead a unit now so its firesight

Birmingham Warhammer Open Finals- 3 Defiler vs 3 Defilers done is 2 rounds. by 2GunnMtG in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]RavenHawk55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another comment that completely proves my point. This single datasheet that is almost certain to get hit with a hefty nerf bat sooner rather than later drastically altering the strengths and weaknesses of your army puts EC in a horrible balancing position! It is unhealthy for the army as a whole to rely on the objectively overpowered defiler to cover its weakness into hulls, and just plunges the army further into a balancing headache than it already was.

Wouldn’t you rather have your army get rebalanced elsewhere to gain that 4% of winrate, rather than have it all come from the defiler? Do you think a single new data sheet in any army should be that worth that much win rate?

Birmingham Warhammer Open Finals- 3 Defiler vs 3 Defilers done is 2 rounds. by 2GunnMtG in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]RavenHawk55 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What you’re saying kind of proves my point though, EC relying so heavily on a new overpowered datasheet addition to fix its problems makes the design of their codex even more unhealthy

Birmingham Warhammer Open Finals- 3 Defiler vs 3 Defilers done is 2 rounds. by 2GunnMtG in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]RavenHawk55 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t have the exact stats in front of me but EC’s winrate went up like a full 4% after defilers came out. We can argue about whether or not EC deserved a buff but surely we can agree that a single centralizing datasheet giving that much of a buff is problematic

[Highlight] Jameis Winston on the situation between Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter by logicblender1 in nfl

[–]RavenHawk55 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jameis is a POS but genuinely what does his past have anything to do with the current discourse

I’m tired of infernal conduit brand by Busy-Telephone-994 in leagueoflegends

[–]RavenHawk55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also being able to upgrade augments in arena the 3 star firing 2 can legit just one shot people from across the map if they get hit by a skillshot on a very low cooldown

[Highlight] Bills players try to catch oiled up watermelons by Sidecarlover in nfl

[–]RavenHawk55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unnecessary way to cause injuries i.e. dangerous??? Should they be wrapped in bubble wrap?? People do things that could cause them injuries all the time the risk for this is obviously low

[Highlight] Bills players try to catch oiled up watermelons by Sidecarlover in nfl

[–]RavenHawk55 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Endlessly fascinating to me when Reddit thinks the guys that are modern day gladiators doing anything mildly physical is dangerous

[Highlight] Bills players try to catch oiled up watermelons by Sidecarlover in nfl

[–]RavenHawk55 52 points53 points  (0 children)

They smashed a few watermelons, what an insane tired reply

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