2026 FIFA World Cup - General Chat

[verreauxi]

With 48 teams it seems this tournament will be two weeks of international friendly-quality matches and then the tournament will actually begin.

 

[chicoazul]

With 48 teams it seems this tournament will be two weeks of international friendly-quality matches and then the tournament will actually begin.

Exactly this.

 

[NathDogg]

The overt rascism on show is just despicable.

Moroccan fans now being denied access.
The Senegal players treated like dirt when they arrived.
The poor Somalian ref being jibbed.
Iran being treated like lepers.

Disgusted by the whole sorry mess, and the entire direction the world is tilting in.

Wish team would just boycott it.

 

[allen]

Incredible location for the ITV studio.

Dreadful foresight to give the presenter and pundits paper instead of iPads in the windiest location in the Tri-State area.

 

[the golden visionary]

He is the dragon to St George, but the real version where he flames everyone alive.

When you say flame...?

 

[the golden visionary]

The overt rascism on show is just despicable.

Moroccan fans now being denied access.
The Senegal players treated like dirt when they arrived.
The poor Somalian ref being jibbed.
Iran being treated like lepers.

Disgusted by the whole sorry mess, and the entire direction the world is tilting in.

Wish team would just boycott it.

What happened with the Senegal players?

 

[NathDogg]

What happened with the Senegal players?

Got treated like illegal immigrants at the airport on arrival - really over the top security and searches on the feckin tarmac.

 

[the golden visionary]

Got treated like illegal immigrants at the airport on arrival - really over the top security and searches on the feckin tarmac.

Jesus christ

 

[BlueStevie35]

Incredible location for the ITV studio.

Dreadful foresight to give the presenter and pundits paper instead of iPads in the windiest location in the Tri-State area.

It’s a stunning view they have, good on them for taking it seriously with production. BBC aren’t even sending a presenting team out there until the later rounds, they’re staying in the Salford studios

 

[Rita_Poon]

What
A
Load
Of
Rubbish

 

[Cake]

It’s a stunning view they have, good on them for taking it seriously with production. BBC aren’t even sending a presenting team out there until the later rounds, they’re staying in the Salford studios

That's down to cost. The BBC need the money for Masterchef, Saturday Kitchen Live, Michael Portillo On A Train, Richard Osman's Hipster Dinner Party Games and educational and informative stuff like that.

 

[summerisle]

It’s a stunning view they have, good on them for taking it seriously with production. BBC aren’t even sending a presenting team out there until the later rounds, they’re staying in the Salford studios

You know why ? You'd get the right wing defund the BBC nutters shrieking like schoolgirls about wasting obscene amounts of money on overpaid presenters. They can't win really. Anyway, who really cares ?

 

[summerisle]

I wonder what the equivalent price would be nowadays ?

 

[emir]

No chance the game goes ahead. Have you seen the state of the pitch?

The European mind cannot comprehend.

 

[carlos21]

3.0 to England