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Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 9:59 pm
by Mito Man
Simeone is such a pos.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 10:09 pm
by DaveE
What a crap game

I blame Obama 😉

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 10:11 pm
by Rich B
red card for the fouling cunts! only about 120 mins late!

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 10:19 pm
by Mito Man
Just walked to the toilet and back. Think that puts me on equal mileage with Messi for this match.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 10:27 pm
by Mito Man
How is that not a goal

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 10:44 pm
by Rich B
thank fuck for that, i thought it was going to go to penalties - hopefully they can slot in another (and i can win my £100 sweepstake!)

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 11:07 pm
by Mito Man
Pathetic, they’re fighting after losing.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 11:23 pm
by Gavster
It’s hilarious that there have been six red cards in the history of World Cup finals, and half of them are for Argentinian players. Shows exactly how they play.

Anyway, well done Spain, well deserved and glad it didn’t go to penalties because the Argentinian keeper might have won it for them.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 11:28 pm
by Mito Man
Trump and the infant getting jeered 😂

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 12:09 am
by Rich B
Mito Man wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2026 11:07 pm Pathetic, they’re fighting after losing.
Seems a bit lame - fighting when you went 120minutes with ZERO shots on target…

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 7:21 am
by jamcg
Rich B wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2026 10:11 pm red card for the fouling cunts! only about 5 matches late!
FTFY

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 7:46 am
by ZedLeg
It wasn’t an all timer of a tournament but good for England on a great result. Obviously was happy to see Scotland have a pretty good effort (in context :lol: )

I think what I’ve mostly taken away from this tournament is that Gen Z players have a much better attitude than their millennial forebears.

The only real diva this tournament was Ronaldo.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 8:03 am
by 240PP
Well I didn’t expect this to happen at all


Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 8:25 am
by IanF
Agree with everything said above.. if it goes to 64 teams then my interest will probably drop to zero until the semis (maybe quarters)

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 11:20 am
by duncs500
64 teams is ridiculous.

The money hungry organisations are really spoiling things. Obviously I was mainly watching the England camp, but I'm sure it was the same for manyn teams, the players are absolutely spent.

You have UEFA expanding the European club competitions, FIFA expanding their club world cup thing and the world cup itself. All because extra games means more revenue, and in Infantino's case more votes for him.

Top players are playing upwards of 60 games a season if they manage to stay fit and if you're playing in a high intensity team / league it's too much.

Before people start saying "they get hundreds of £k a week, they can suck it up", it's not just about the players, it's about the spectacle too, because you lose a lot of pace out of the game if the players are tired which can often make it drab.

I don't think it's any coincidence that Spain and Argentina we something like 10th and 11th most minutes played by the squad going into the tournament and they made the final (I think Spain's playing style also helps).

I think even with 48 teams you're going to see a lot of players that went deep into the tournament struggle to get going or getting injured when the leagues start again.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 11:23 am
by Mito Man
Having the matches spread out across such vast distances was also bullshit. Just adds variables that make it less fair for certain teams.

Re: World Cup 2026

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 11:27 am
by V8Granite
It seems that everyone in Maputo Mozambique was very glad Argentina lost. I think it's a Messi Ronaldo thing more than a country thing as the language is Portuguese here.

Dave!