FIFA World Cup 2026 - USA/Canada/Mexico (Part 2)

Very much so, I used to be in a flat share with a guy from Holland and it was a big culture shock for someone brought up in Britain which is pretty much the exact opposite.

Probably why I didn’t warm to Arne Slot when watching his interviews, still had PTSD from Otto :sweat_smile:

There is an impressionist radio show/podcast over here called Dead Ringers that is portraying Thomas Tuchel in a similar way as very directly and factually answering the stupid questions journalists ask in press conferences. We would use the cricketing based term playing it with a straight bat.

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“These Swedes have taken a baguette hostage and are threatening to hurt it if France beat Sweden tonight.”

https://x.com/Footballogue/status/2071918341896171957

:joy::smiling_face_with_sunglasses::face_with_peeking_eye:

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Certainly feels like it. I’m not really seeing many players that genuinely make me sit up and take notice either.

If football was played by robots, it wouldn’t be far off what we have I think.

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Yep nobody takes any risk anymore

Midfielders pass sideways and back, wingers either cross it aimlessly or square up the full back then pass it backwards.

Watching Brazil is such a Different experience nowadays.

Teams struggle to break others down if they just sit in front

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I don’t know why, but I can see a hat-trick for Isak and Gyokeres coming up tonight… :joy:

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A big night this for us in Norway. I think we are slight favorites, but we have to play very, very well to beat the Ivory Coast.

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Well the good news is Norway won’t be playing the next all time great of the game - future balon d’or winner Yan Diomande of Liverpool, just some over priced, over rated PSG bench warmer none of us wanted any way :wink:

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They have played very well as a team though and it’s a very physical team.

Less than an hour now…

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Good start

I like this. Ivory Coast looks shaky at the back (of course, when I said that, we lose the ball).

:0)

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Or I mean: :see_no_evil_monkey:

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morocco to me are the best african side in the competition

diomande is good, but 120 million good??? hell fucking no

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Hughes getting the news we’re not going to get him then finding out how much PSG are paying and watching how he’s playing today…

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Hold on - Diomande has gone down injured, final box ticked, the move to LFC is back on!

how is that not a yellow card