
Ulick Colgan
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Ulick Colgan
@featherhead7
I tweet the odd shower thought and ramble incessantly about football and general sports.










🗣️ US President Donald Trump on Flo Balogun's red card. "I saw the play, and I understand sports really well. That wasn't a foul. It wasn't even an infraction. It was two guys running full speed that happened to run into each other... "These were two great athletes that got tangled up and this referee [Raphael Claus], who is a little bit suspect if you check his past [Brazilian authorities and FIFA found no evidence of wrongdoing by Claus, including match-fixing]... I don't want to say that, because I don't like to create controversy, but if you like I'll provide you with his past... He made a call that nobody could believe. "They are not allowed to review [potential red card incidents] in slow motion because it's so different... Whereas, when you see it in 'fast-motion', it looked like two guys collided, which is exactly what happened. "He [Balogun] didn't do anything wrong, and he's our best player, or one of our best players. "I didn't think a red card meant much, and then I started hearing he can't play in the next game. Boy, that's a big... if it happened to another player, it would have been unfair, but when they take your best player, or just about, and they say he can't play, that's very unfair. "It's one thing to penalise someone for the game, but how do you penalise them for a game that hasn't even been played yet? It's very unfair. You can't do that. So yes, I asked for a review by FIFA."


David Ornstein and Laurie Whitwell both say you're wrong.


I can’t believe he was Southend United manager, this man has head the ball one too many times in his career 😭😭😂😂





Genuinely, what is INEOS' play here? The club's stance appears to be clear: no inflated transfer fees and no inflated wages. In principle, that's sensible. But when you're competing against clubs willing to absorb one or both of those costs to secure elite talent, where does that leave United? How do you remain competitive without compromising on either? Is that even possible in today's market or with the precedent we have set?



A Dublin tour guide has urged the Government to turn the GPO into affordable accommodation for public sector workers, like Gardaí and nurses. newstalk.com/news/gpo-22698…






Will FIFA come out to explain why this wasn’t a penalty? There’s an entire VAR team being paid to review incidents like this, were they asleep? Funny how these calls always seem to go against the smaller sides.

Probably very biased but to me, Konsa is going for the ball and the forward cuts across him with his hip, knocks him off balance and causes him to miss it, in doing so tripping himself up. Attacker is not in control of the ball. But I can see how it could easily be given.



Under-50s 'ageing quicker' the reason why young cancer cases are surging, new study claims trib.al/pltGUy5








