Mal Gee

@SkliuUbc @rgfray1 Right. So it was decent. Thanks for agreeing

@MalGee__ @rgfray1 To simply win the matches you are “supposed” to win if there is such a thing is difficult when you don’t have a full squad.

I’m fighting a battle in my mind right now: Yes we made it to the Round of 16, which is incredible obviously. On the other hand, the only two teams we beat were South Africa and Qatar Was the 2026 FIFA World Cup a success for Canada? #canmnt

@Greavsief @MikeMartignago How exactly could you not think he refused to play? ...when he chose not to play

@MikeMartignago I don’t think Alphonso refused to play but it leads people to question how much influence Bayern possibly had on his playing time at the world cup

I have issues with people thinking Alphonso Davies refused to play or faked injury in a home World Cup considering this guy has previously played for Canada on cow pastures in Curacao, Haiti and the Cayman Islands.

@JackCoul2 @MikeMartignago Which WCQ games did he miss 50% of?

@MikeMartignago My issue first Davies should never have been made captain that was a mistake. I think that Davies leadership of the CANMNT has been overblown, he missed 50% of WCQ games and CAN still finished top. At 25 Davies is an injury prone player since 2022.

@hockey_fann1 @JaredDapena @Brandon_N_Wile None. And if Canada used his roster spot on someone else that person would have made on impact either though as he'd have been sat on the bench

@MalGee__ @JaredDapena @Brandon_N_Wile And what impact did he have on today's game when the mri came out clean and he still chose to not play

Final thoughts on Davies: - Glad he said this postgame. - It's fair for fans to be disappointed. - Canada was 100% correct to name him to the team. - They could have handled the Davies stuff better w/ media but also were likely protecting the player. - He's always taken immense pride in representing the national team. I don't believe his decision to not play was taken lightly. - He was injured A LOT leading into WC. - You can't just play through a hamstring injury in this sport. -Would you want your captain to risk it all in an elimination game at the WC? Sure, but also we're not in his shoes. - Canada is a better team with him. Hopefully he finds a way to stay healthy.

@phillyaws @JaredDapena @Brandon_N_Wile He was on the field against S. Africa and Canada were better for it. Literally no one(Canadain) else gets that kind of a reaction from his own team and the opposition

@MalGee__ @JaredDapena @Brandon_N_Wile A cardboard cutout would be better. At least you can place it on the field.

@SkliuUbc @rgfray1 They beat one 1/2 decent side and went out at the first major hurdle. It was a decent WC. It was little more than that

@rgfray1 Err… you know that we are missing our best midfielder in kone.. and our best back in Davies .. and our best centre back literally just has his first full 90 mins in like half a year today… also.. did you see how many teams lost to much worse teams? No we had an amazing run

@BFNoles @TheDeuce I added more than you did, chief

@MalGee__ @TheDeuce Add to the convo or get fucked with your 1 follower

If they called offside in soccer like they do hockey, where if any part of your body is onside, then you’re onside, instead of the opposite, I think it would make soccer infinitely more watchable and enjoyable.

@JaredDapena @Brandon_N_Wile Name who his replacement would have been? I'll take Davies impact against S Africa over whatever impact his replacement would have been

@Brandon_N_Wile That's great and all...and if he's injured going into 2030, I don't want to see him on the squad.

@Botzillah76 @MKG_Sports You can continue to make irrelevant statements all week. Have at it

@MalGee__ @MKG_Sports FIFA will change the rule to daylight. They've already been trial running it.

I’m far from soccer expert, but I think it’s absolutely ignorant you can get called for offsides when the pass is literally in the box… I get the rule for majority of the decisions… But the ball is literally 8 from the net… The defense literally gets rewarded for leaving someone unmarked… Dumb

@BFNoles @TheDeuce The lack of self awareness in this small back and forth convo is mind blowing lol

@TheDeuce It’s hubris. If a casual observer of American football had a legit rule change suggestion, we’d embrace it or at least consider it. Hell, we debate rules and how they’re implemented amongst ourselves all the time. They think this stupid game is above reproach for some reason.

@Botzillah76 @MKG_Sports I love when people just make up numbers and toss them out there as fact. Something wonderfully American about it

@MKG_Sports Just make it full body instead of leading edge. It will add 30% more goals which there is no real advantage.

@Neil_Bloch @KimWHU @StanCollymore Bull fucking shit. You got caught out looking the absolutely ignorant fucktard that you are. Now you're doubling down and somehow looking even more ignorant

@KimWHU @StanCollymore I’m saying he’s lying and knows better. He’s played enough sports to know performance is better with hydration and occasional rest. Deep down, you know it too.

Hydration breaks. Football is a game of momentum and anyone who's ever watched a thrilling 90 minutes would agree that most players or supporters would give up a half time break when a great game is being played. Why? Stops destroy that momentum and flow of the incredible spectacle of association football. Our sport, a 150 year old sport no less, is the world's most popular to watch and to play. Not the NFL Not the NBA Not MLB Association Football. So a few pundits, fans and journalists doing TV and sponsors bidding by opining that hydration breaks are a good idea couldn't give one good reason as to how the game would be made better. Coaches work SEVEN DAYS A WEEK to drill instruction into players, so in game instruction isn't needed. Players can hydrate whenever they like. They're not fucking babies needing a feed. The breaks CREATE a STOP OF MOMENTUM. And I've never seen one match in thousands I've watched or played in that's been better with more stoppages. Not ONE. So to this angling for change, what makes you think you're so special to change the world's most popular sport to play and watch that's been both of those things for 150 years? Minor tweaks? Absolutely. The back pass rule was being abused, so it was changed. A materially good thing for the players and fans. More breaks? At a time where stops in play for diving, cheating, VAR etc are colliding with hydration breaks? No thanks. Those wanting this are working for broadcasters and sponsors who want a bigger piece of the game. Never forget that. Football. A simple game ruined by football illiterate fucknuts.

@JG4Hoops @USMNTOtaku The latter is not the massive flex you seem to think it is

@USMNTOtaku They’re flat out stupid and this proves that this is the best USA team of all time

But people told us USMNT fans "It’s just Paraguay" 😂😂😂

@LeefromHKSK @UtdMaI Learn more

@UtdMaI Wouldn’t use heartbreaking. It’s lack of interest grassroots level. Not their key national sport. India is cricket and China is table tennis.

I looked up why two of the world’s biggest countries, China and India rarely make it to the FIFA World Cup and honestly it’s pretty heartbreaking.

@Bradyatki @Kevmcg25 What a dumbass

@Kevmcg25 Well of course it is, it’s the most accessible…all you need is a ball. You want to have that conversation??? 🤣🤣 point stands that offside needs to be adjusted.

Offsides in soccer is just the dumbest rule ever. Makes it completely unwatchable.

@DonPobre_ Might want to try that again, chief

It’s a shane there’s more required than run fast

@SimonBrundish Aren't you the stats guy? You just read them and don't actually understand them? Not very, to answer your question. If anything it should be more, given how long he managed one of the top PL teams

Crazy how Fergie signed 5 of the top 11......

@LuntPaul @WajirTweep @Livin_Liverpool Does this absolute nonsense help you sleep better or something?

@WajirTweep @Livin_Liverpool There are many reasons why a player might want a London move. Torres to Chelsea for example was not because of Chelsea so much but all about the player wanting to have a more anonymous private life, to be able to get lost in a crowd more easily than he could in Liverpool

🗣️Luis Suárez on Julián Álvarez: "The same thing happened to me at LIVERPOOL. I said I wanted to go to Arsenal, Gerrard came and told me that if I had a great year, they would help me go to Barcelona, to Madrid or to Bayern, wherever I wanted."

@Mr_Bibbles_ @Colts901 @Rheamund_ Do you know what average means?

@Colts901 @Rheamund_ Ur dumb we’re at match 56 and already broke the record

We’re still in the group stage and this World Cup managed to break PAST attendance records: 3,605,357 and GROWING🏆⚽️ B-b-but people online said this would be the WORST World Cup ever and that the U.S. didn’t deserve it. Yep.

@BSte1m So....nothing then. Gawd Americans have to be the dumbest fuckers on earth

@MalGee__ 😂😂👏👏👏

Canada will become the first FIFA World Cup host nation to have to play a road match.