2026 FIFA World Cup - General Chat

[Paris]

https://www.adidas.co.uk/curacao-26-away-jersey/LE3406.html

Just bagged my favourite shirt of this tournament.

 

[summerisle]

 

[turner]

My family are dark skinned, so I'll give it a miss

 

[Billy Dean]

Ridiculous Spain squad

 

[Drico]

Ridiculous Spain squad

The winners.

Them or France. Close the book.

 

[TheBigIguana]

The winners.

Them or France. Close the book.

Is Rodri playing or no? Not winning with him in the XI.

 

[longers]

Spains squad is good but France's is ridiculous.

 

[Nymzee]

Is Rodri playing or no? Not winning with him in the XI.

Didn’t they just win the Euros with him?

 

[TheBigIguana]

Didn’t they just win the Euros with him?

Went off at halftime of the final. Tough break for England and Southgate.

 

[Nymzee]

Went off at halftime of the final. Tough break for England and Southgate.

To be replaced by Zubimendi, who is basically a carbon copy player, agreed?

 

[TheBigIguana]

To be replaced by Zubimendi, who is basically a carbon copy player, agreed?

Very similar, but Zubimendi doesn’t demand the ball so he can do nothing with it in the same way.

People rate Rodri (and others like him) for controlling the tempo but the reality is they just slow it down mostly. There’s never a point in a game where Rodri is driving a team forward. When teams have enough talent elsewhere they get away with and even benefit from that and tbf Spain could be good enough for that. Also maybe not.

 

[summerisle]

ITV 4 are doing a World Cup preview show featuring the countries involved, starts tomorrow.

FIFA World Cup Preview Show

Africa Rising (Season 2 Episode 7): A look at Africa's growing competitive strength. FIFA World Cup Preview Show airs on ITV4 at 7:00 PM, Tuesday 26 May. A look at Africa's growing competitive strength

www.tvguide.co.uk

 

[Nymzee]

Very similar, but Zubimendi doesn’t demand the ball so he can do nothing with it in the same way.

People rate Rodri (and others like him) for controlling the tempo but the reality is they just slow it down mostly. There’s never a point in a game where Rodri is driving a team forward. When teams have enough talent elsewhere they get away with and even benefit from that and tbf Spain could be good enough for that. Also maybe not.

Ah cool, so very similar player spends 45 mins helping Spain win a tournament.

Pretty confident they can win with Rodri just as they did with Busquets.

Quite a successful nation despite being handicapped by these crap defensive mids they love.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Ah cool, so very similar player spends 45 mins helping Spain win a tournament.

Pretty confident they can win with Rodri just as they did with Busquets.

Quite a successful nation despite being handicapped by these crap defensive mids they love.

Busquets entire career was built on playing with Xavi and Iniesta just as Rodri’s is on playing with Kdb

 

[COYBL25]

I’ve never been less interested in a World Cup in my whole life tbh.