There's a weird phenomenon that takes place any time David Meyler becomes involved in a match for Hull City.
If you see the Cork man coming on as a sub, making an assist, a big tackle, or scoring a goal, you can always expect the same thing to happen on Twitter... Everyone makes a joke about FIFA 17.
Why? Because the Ireland international is a massive fan of the football game and is actually really, really good. He's so good that he streams his gameplay sessions live on Twitch against professional gamers, and the highest ranked FIFA players in the world.
As a result he has become somewhat of a legend in the FIFA community, as he is someone who actually plays FIFA hardcore but also plays real football in the Premier League. He's living the dream.
Here's the assist, a lovely cushioned ball back across goal for Oumar Niasse to tap home:
And here is the reaction, which happens on a regular basis around Hull games:
DAVID MEYLER WITH THE TRIPLE TAP X
— will ;/ (@RxdicalRashford) January 26, 2017
DAVID MEYLER STREAMS FIFA ALL NIGHT AND HE HAS JUST TORE MY TEAM APART WTF
— Conner (@_cstrst) January 26, 2017
David Meyer turning into his FIFA pro card lolll
— Matt (@BrazilianBobby) January 26, 2017
David Meyler is definitely celebrating that assist by spending £500 on FIFA points
— Callum (@Callum_Massie) January 26, 2017
David Meyler assisted that goal as he would on FIFA 17.
— ً (@JustFirmino) January 26, 2017
David Meyer learned how to play that ball from career mode.
— Enrique. (@SantiClaus) January 26, 2017
David Meyler doesnt care about the result he just wants an inform on fifa?? @DavidMeyler7
— Adam (@AdamAFC11) January 26, 2017
It's okay for David Meyler, he'll just make Wembley his stadium on Fifa ultimate team ?
— Jake ❄️ (@MkhiMaestro) January 26, 2017
Of course, there were some who just appreciated his footballing ability too:
Great assist by David Meyler. That was a tricky pass to pull off. #HULMUN
— Pollemma (@votepollemma) January 26, 2017
David Meyler is underrated as fuck.
— Evan (@SimplyJurgen) January 26, 2017
But mostly he has become a well known player because of his love for FIFA.
We can't stress how good he is though, it's ridiculous. He plays competitive tournament FIFA pretty much every weekend and is getting results that pro players would be jealous of.
Here he is opening the reward packs that he won while playing 'Weekend League':
The FIFA community on Twitch and YouTube is absolutely massive. While for Meyler he's just having some fun and using his free time to enjoy one of his hobbies, he's actually building a big fan base and making a name for himself online.
We're still hoping to get a game against him sometime soon, but for the meantime fair play to him for what he's doing. Oh, and the whole being an international footballer thing, that's cool too.
