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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rimrocker, Dec 5, 2025.

  1. Buck Turgidson

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    Nobody wants Ronaldo to do anything but go away. He's terrible now.
     
  2. dobro1229

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    This is exactly what I’m talking about. MAGA idiots do nothing but gaslight.

    Nobody is mad he’s playing. They are mad that if the US does win there will now be an asterisk by the win.

    Portnoy continues to display that he’s nothing more than any other maga hack in the media. Obviously gaslighting here.
     
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  3. Tomstro

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    And libs do nothing but say stupid words like “gaslight” all the time. Getting tiresome.

    Go USA!
     
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  4. thegary

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    I am upset and truly we should direct our animosity to FIFA. The reaction has been very negative towards the USMT but it isn't the players fault. Balogun has handled the situation with grace from the moment it happened. Messi should have gotten a red, Ronaldo should have been suspended, the world cup should never, ever have been held in Qatar. FIFA needs to take a look at itself.
     
  5. Amiga

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    I think Shady + US is already an optic within the ROTW. This just reinforces it.
     
  6. dobro1229

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    Or you guys could stop doing it in such lazy and obvious ways. People aren’t as dumb as you wish they were.
     
  7. Tomstro

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    Lol. The ROTW is shady too. So who gives a **** what they think.
     
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  9. Tomstro

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    Punk ass Belgians
    I hope we kick their ass tonight and 4 other players score and Balogun isn’t a factor in the win. Then maybe we can escape having to hear the euro commie tears for weeks (and the tears of the American Bolsheviks too).
     
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  10. SuraGotMadHops

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    It was a BS red card to begin with. The officiating that entire game was suspect, especially when they added ten minutes of stoppage time, anything to give Bosnia a chance. The officiating for the Paraguay/France game was lopsided as well, Paraguay was beating the s*** out of the French players and did not get carded even once.

    I don't care HOW the red card was suspended, I only care about fairness being restored. This was the right thing to do. If it means USA gets an unofficial fan-imputed asterisk so be it. I don't enjoy 2017 any less, and it wouldn't be the first World Cup champion with controversy ("Hand of God").
     
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  11. DatRocketFan

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    The right thing to do is appeal via proper channel. Not have our president go live on television bragging about how he call fifa for a personal review.

    Imagine how the other smaller country feels that we can get away with this type of sht simply bc it USA.
     
  12. basso

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  13. Tomstro

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    Meh. Trump is your only issue here. Not that Kamala or Joe would’ve had the balls or even cared, but you would probably be fine with it had those clowns done what Trump did in that situation.

    Also, in the end, the overturn had little to do with Trump anyway.
     
  14. Salvy

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    Woke people always finding something stupid to complain about is hilarious... Mexicans straight doing voodoo brujeria on live tv to help their team win, others supporting dirty play and the woke crying their own U.S.A will have a full squad ..
     
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  15. DatRocketFan

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    Fk no.
    My issue would apply to any world leader using thier influence to intervene in an international competition.

    I am not a hypocrite like you, I would say the same thing if biden or Obama interfered with the Olympics or fifa to favor our athletes.
     
  16. The Captain

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    I don't know the rules but it would make sense that any red card that results in a suspension would be reviewed, regardless of who calls whom.

    As for the 2017 Astros... unpopular opinion around here but I don't recognize it as a real W. You don't cheat, period. It doesn't matter if 'everyone is doing it'. Would you be OK with your wife getting a train run on her if all of her friends in your social circle did it too (unless you were swingers)? No, you wouldn't. That sort of logic is why our country is ****ed. We compromise morals for wins. It should be the other way around.

    It's a ****ing shame because I believe we would have won without the trash cans. /shrug
     
  17. gifford1967

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    Bruh go obsess some more on suicidal empathy. It makes you sound really smart and not at all like a sociopath.
     
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  18. mtbrays

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    The issue is that FIFA doesn't have a proper channel to appeal. It's a huge issue for them that's easily fixed.
     
  19. SuraGotMadHops

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    That's a lie.
     
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  20. Tomstro

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    Of course it is
     

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