2026 FIFA World Cup - General Chat

[summerisle]

 

[Drico]

I still hope there are, the deck is being stacked ever more in the wrong way.

Anyway let’s watch some football!

Soccer.

 

[Drico]

You can absolve the American people that are football fans.

I'd venture a guess 80% of us didn't vote for Trump.

Yes, I'm not American but I have always seen Team USA as unAmerican. Which makes them the good type.

This time around, though, I don't want to see Trump get any kind of propaganda coup from them. Before you know it, they'll be lined up behind him for a photo op at the White House.

 

[pfim]

Yes, I'm not American but I have always seen Team USA as unAmerican. Which makes them the good type.

This time around, though, I don't want to see Trump get any kind of propaganda coup from them. Before you know it, they'll be lined up behind him for a photo op at the White House.

Iran could win the World Cup and he'd still weasel his way into the celebrations and take the trophy.

 

[ste d' indica]

So what you're saying is that this isn't a representative view of the average American.

Certainly the reasons I watch it. Especially the last one.

 

[Drico]

Certainly the reasons I watch it. Especially the last one.

 

[PITA]

….dedication

Timings of games doesn’t suit me which is a big shame as I’d certainly watch it all otherwise. I’m also on holiday in a week or so which will inhibit me more because of a different time zone.

Maybe you should have planned a holiday in the US. Schoolboy error.

 

[miami]

Which overrated player who has 1 1/2 decent games are we going to sign this time?

Sithole

 

[PITA]

I mean every World Cup is a disgrace now. We had disgraces in South Africa, Brazil, Russia and Qatar. It’s been two decades since we’ve had a totally ethical tournament. It’s more disappointing that a country, my country, that is supposed to have a bit of a moral code is doing it too, and I get the outrage being greater as a result, but let’s not pretend that this isn’t essentially part of this tournament. And really it always has been.

Wow! Your country that voted in Trump a second time after he got his cronies to storm the Capitol building.

 

[carolinablue232]

So the World Cup now has tech that tells a linesman seconds later whether a player was offside but the premier league still has a coloring contest and 5 minute stoppages to figure it out.

 

[jazzy]

I'm already fed up with the stop start nature of games and the feigning of injuries

 

[kenada_blue]

I'm already fed up with the stop start nature of games and the feigning of injuries

This game just made me not really want to watch the rest of it

 

[JimmyJeffers]

 

[kenada_blue]

Embarrassing

 

[GrandOldTeam]