World Cup 2026

[crazy canuck]

Yep, the American taint will hopefully be removed this round.

[Norgy]

I like how the Belgian FA has "royal" in its name. Is whatever genetically unfortunate sitting the throne the high protector? Make him or her phone Infantino.

[Josephus]

Aw fuck you're gonna make me cheer for Argentina,  aren't you 

Go Spain

 

[Josephus]

You know you're a corrupt FIFA president when Sept Blatter calls you out for being corrupt

[HVC]

Aw fuck you're gonna make me cheer for Argentina,  aren't you 

Go Spain

 

England never should have released Malta from under its heel

[HVC]

You know you're a corrupt FIFA president when Sept Blatter calls you out for being corrupt

Sepp was corrupt but seemed to actually like the sport. The Baby is just corrupt.

[HVC]

Jordan Henderson having to get stretchered off from the celebrations

0 minutes played, yellow card, and stretchered out for a hospital visit. Impressive

[Sheilbh]

England never should have released Malta from under its heel

Malta voted to join the UK in a referendum on the 50s and we said no (The Home Office and the Treasury blocked it, because they're monsters.)

[Josephus]

Aw fuck you're gonna make me cheer for Argentina,  aren't you 

Go Spain

 

England never should have released Malta from under its heel

England didn't release us....we escaped

[Josephus]

England never should have released Malta from under its heel

Malta voted to join the UK in a referendum on the 50s and we said no (The Home Office and the Treasury blocked it, because they're monsters.)

Yeah. I mean even I'm too old to have been there, and we didn't really study it in history (I was only there in elementary school), but my understanding is that it was the Labour Party of Malta that sought integration. When they were turned down, it's leader Dom Mintoff became very anti-British, led the fight in the 70s to become a Republic, kicked the British bases out, and made Malta officially a neutral country.

[crazy canuck]

Aw fuck you're gonna make me cheer for Argentina,  aren't you 

Go Spain

 

England never should have released Malta from under its heel

England didn't release us....we escaped

Well played

[HVC]

England never should have released Malta from under its heel

Malta voted to join the UK in a referendum on the 50s and we said no (The Home Office and the Treasury blocked it, because they're monsters.)

Yeah. I mean even I'm too old to have been there, and we didn't really study it in history (I was only there in elementary school), but my understanding is that it was the Labour Party of Malta that sought integration. When they were turned down, it's leader Dom Mintoff became very anti-British, led the fight in the 70s to become a Republic, kicked the British bases out, and made Malta officially a neutral country.

So he became the bitter ex?

Malta actually looks pretty cool. It'd be nice to visit. Probably in winter, I hear it gets very hot.

[Valmy]

England never should have released Malta from under its heel

Malta voted to join the UK in a referendum on the 50s and we said no (The Home Office and the Treasury blocked it, because they're monsters.)

Yeah. I mean even I'm too old to have been there, and we didn't really study it in history (I was only there in elementary school), but my understanding is that it was the Labour Party of Malta that sought integration. When they were turned down, it's leader Dom Mintoff became very anti-British, led the fight in the 70s to become a Republic, kicked the British bases out, and made Malta officially a neutral country.

Makes sense. If you aren't allowed to become an equal partner, time to leave.

[DGuller]

Reading the Reddit before and after the red card suspension is so revealing.  Rightly or wrongly, before the Trump intervention, the hefty majority opinion was that the red card was a wrong outcome.  It wasn't a unanimous conclusion, but it was a majority conclusion.  There was an expectation that a review of the red card could result in it being rescinded.  There was then a sense of dismay when everyone found out that unlike in other leagues, there was no mechanism to rescind a red card in FIFA World Cup.

Now that Trump inserted himself, the overwhelming view is that the red card was fully deserved.  The dynamic sadden me, to be honest.  Both things can be true:  red card should not have been given, and it should not have been "suspended" due to Trump intervention.  Whatever the facts are, the fact that opinions, right or mistaken, have shifted so dramatically because of events unrelated to the foul itself, is disheartening.

[HVC]

From what I read everyone thought the reversal was stupid. Once the truth came out everyone thought it was stupid and corrupt. So :shrug