World cup 2026

[Jomoore]

Harry Kane was nowhere near the ball, he kicked the underside of the players leg which then pushed that leg onto the ball, why can't he just accept that it was a foul like everyone else. Yes it wasn't deliberate but neither was the tackle for the red card, doesn't mean it isn't a foul.

I'm sure many can remember a time when Kane's attempt on the ball would have been seen as an honest and straightforward challenge with no malicious intent so no foul.  Likewise the red card would have been seen as clumsy, but not malicious, probably a yellow.

[Jomoore]

Great game but I wish they'd dump Shearer, great footballer but shite commentator / pundit. He comes out with some crap what with his 'if a player feels a touch he's entitled to go down' then him saying Mexico should never have had a penalty.

Sorry to appear to contradict Davie again, but I think Shearer is a good commentator; he's credible, experienced and easy to listen to.  They need to dump Rooney; I can't understand a word he says 

[mr.bluesky]

I'm sure many can remember a time when Kane's attempt on the ball would have been seen as an honest and straightforward challenge with no malicious intent so no foul.  Likewise the red card would have been seen as clumsy, but not malicious, probably a yellow.

A ridiculous decision against Harry Kane it was a 50/50 ball he was entitled to contest it but the Mexican made the most of of it. The red card was unlucky as Quansah made contact with the ball but his leg rode over the top of the ball. Once again the Mexican made the most of it

[mr.bluesky]

Why do you care?

I don't I just find it laughable that it's anyone but England with the Scottish football fans.
Do English tennis fans cheer for anyone Andy Murray played against or cheered for anyone Chris Hoy raced against in cycling although to be fair when Andy Murray won he was British but when he lost he was Scottish 

[timsussex]

The ref was appalling - not the red card or penalty - although note he needed VAR help on both
The first Mexican goal came from a very dubious free kick and AFAIK no Mexican was booked for the mob that surrounded the ref after the England penalty award or the near brawl that erupted on the touchline and onto the pitch after the Quansah tackle The final 11 minutes of extra time became nearer 13 without obvious reason - apart from allowing another Mexican corner

[timsussex]

There are rumours of a new ref for the USA Belgium game

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that is of course an AI image - Trump would never allow VAR to interfere in his decisions

[mr.bluesky]

Jordan Henderson will need surgery on his wrist injury after falling over the advertising hoarding at the end of the Mexico game which will rule him out of the rest of the tournament.- what a plonker 

[timsussex]

Jordan Henderson will need surgery on his wrist injury after falling over the advertising hoarding at the end of the Mexico game which will rule him out of the rest of the tournament.- what a plonker 

young men do daft things ....... oh hang on wasnt he selected because of his experience ?

even worse with Rice collecting a yellow last night another in either of the next two games will means he misses a game and Henderson would be the obvious replacement

[daviemac]

Jordan Henderson will need surgery on his wrist injury after falling over the advertising hoarding at the end of the Mexico game which will rule him out of the rest of the tournament.- what a plonker 

have you seen the video of it, it looks like he snapped his arm in half.

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[WARSZAWA16]

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[bigden40]

I don't I just find it laughable that it's anyone but England with the Scottish football fans.
Do English tennis fans cheer for anyone Andy Murray played against or cheered for anyone Chris Hoy raced against in cycling although to be fair when Andy Murray won he was British but when he lost he was Scottish 

Tbh I don’t think we’ve had too much difficulty cheering on English athletes representing Britain either, not heard too many Scot’s cheering against Hamilton, Joshua or Fury recently, or Redgrave, Wiggins, Henman, Christie or Thompson in the past. 

It’s the football team, first and foremost, that irritates us.  It’s where the most obnoxious and arrogant elements come out.  The Jimmy Hill effect if you like.

[Blackpool Rock]

Tbh I don’t think we’ve had too much difficulty cheering on English athletes representing Britain either, not heard too many Scot’s cheering against Hamilton, Joshua or Fury recently, or Redgrave, Wiggins, Henman, Christie or Thompson in the past. 

It’s the football team, first and foremost, that irritates us. It’s where the most obnoxious and arrogant elements come out.  The Jimmy Hill effect if you like.

Sounds like sour grapes mate, just because you've never won fuck all like England       

Sorry I couldn't resist 

[mr.bluesky]

have you seen the video of it, it looks like he snapped his arm in half.

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Ouch, that looked painful it also means he will miss the start of the domestic season

[Blackpool Rock]

Ouch, that looked painful it also means he will miss the start of the domestic season

Ohhh yeah, it's one of those where you know you shouldn't open the link but do anyway 

[mills_and_bhuna]

Spain through .
Thank fuck.
Portugal looked like they were hoping for penalties.

[mills_and_bhuna]

Jesus, that was the straightest of straight reds! 

The red cards probably should have an appeal process, and Balogun's red was bullshit.  But like Ronaldo pre-world cup it’s corrupt FIFA playing favourites

Quansah is lucky he’s not up on assault charges 

The FA are considering an appeal. 

[mr.bluesky]

The FA are considering an appeal. 

Starmer doesn't have the same clout as Trump with Infantino 

[john122350]

Celeste Amarilla (Paraguayan senator) tweet on Mbappe and mbappe reply to the tweet plus The French Football Federation is files a lawsuit against Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla for her racist remarks against Kylian Mbappé.

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[threechilliman]

Ohhh yeah, it's one of those where you know you shouldn't open the link but do anyway 

No I don't!

[robsmith149]

young men do daft things ....... oh hang on wasnt he selected because of his experience ?

even worse with Rice collecting a yellow last night another in either of the next two games will means he misses a game and Henderson would be the obvious replacement

However, if a player is shown a yellow card in both the Round of 32 and Round of 16 stages, they will be suspended for the team’s quarter-final game.

Similarly, if a player is booked in either the Round of 32 or Round of 16, and then again in the quarter-final, they will miss the semi-final through suspension.

But given the amnesty after the quarter-final stage, a yellow card in the semi-final will not rule a player out of the final.

[john122350]

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[Stevelondon]

Sounds like sour grapes mate, just because you've never won fuck all like England       

Sorry I couldn't resist 

Is this one of those double negative things. Cos I’m sure England HAVE one something 

[Stevelondon]

Celeste Amarilla (Paraguayan senator) tweet on Mbappe and mbappe reply to the tweet plus The French Football Federation is files a lawsuit against Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla for her racist remarks against Kylian Mbappé.

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I’m guessing he didn’t write it. But I get his sentiment.
Woman needs a slap.

[webpunter]

Celeste Amarilla (Paraguayan senator) tweet on Mbappe and mbappe reply to the tweet plus The French Football Federation is files a lawsuit against Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla for her racist remarks against Kylian Mbappé.

That is some put down by KMbp 
The Paraguayan players were a disgrace
The ref gave them the confidence to continue this through the match becoming more confident applying their disgraceful antics

South American teams have cheating in their DNA
The last time an oppo player scored two in the Azteca it was Maradona against England, one good one bad
The Mexicans must have wasted 5 mins or more relentless arguing with & harrassing the ref
Crack on look how far it got you 

Brazil unfurled their cheating ensemble against the Vikings they can off you fuck too

Argentina haven't really engaged in this yet, they haven't needed to so far yet it is lurking below the surface waiting to breach 

[webpunter]

I’m guessing he didn’t write it. But I get his sentiment.
Woman needs a slap.

She is RBF

[webpunter]

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FA considering appeal after Quansah red card

So they should:

• it'll bring the laughable USA player let off into more focus & roll things on
• they may get a result

As for Starmer wanting to leave it to FIFA i strongly agree
In that please don't get involved
Trumpy thinks that Starmer is irrelevant snivelling scaredy-cat & probably a bender
At least he'll have more time to go see The Rear Gunners next season gratis

[timsussex]

For the sake of football and fairplay

Come on Belgium !

[timsussex]

USA stuffed 4-1 by Belgium

several of USA team couldnt be bothered to get off the bench to shake hands at the end

Suspect Trump will lose interest now

[webpunter]

For the sake of football and fairplay

Come on Belgium !

We Sir are on the same page
My sleep schedule up the spout after the England match
So i watched it

Have been impressed with the tournament & the US team
Well until we all know what

The 3rd goal was a gift from the football gods, its all about karma

Like under half an hour to go & Lukaku & Doku come on
Good luck the US
Lukaku a beast of a player & rewarded with a goal 
Doku is like the artful dodger

The US team Poch & Infantino can off you fuck cheating cunts the lot of you

[webpunter]

Suspect Trump will lose interest now

But the media won't lose interest in the corrupt fuckers FIFA & Infantino
Its gonna be fun watching Infantino trying to put the genie back in the bottle

[timsussex]

But the media won't lose interest in the corrupt fuckers FIFA & Infantino
Its gonna be fun watching Infantino trying to put the genie back in the bottle

He wont try; he will just ignore it as he has so many votes from South America, Africa and Asia in his pocket + Saudi Money

Be interesting to see how many empty seats there are at the remaining matches though

[Private Parts]

Norway should be doable, if we can keep Haaland under control. Looks like we'll potentially be heading to the semis again lads.

Sounds like a job for Dan Burn!

[WASA38]

USA stuffed 4-1 by Belgium

several of USA team couldnt be bothered to get off the bench to shake hands at the end

Suspect Trump will lose interest now

To quote the title* of a famous Punch cartoon of August 1914:

Bravo,  Belgium !
 

*https://thehumourofthegreatwar.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/punch120814a.jpg

[WARSZAWA16]

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[Blackpool Rock]

Celeste Amarilla (Paraguayan senator) tweet on Mbappe and mbappe reply to the tweet plus The French Football Federation is files a lawsuit against Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla for her racist remarks against Kylian Mbappé.

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Much as I can't stand Mbappe this woman is an even bigger cunt   

[bigden40]

USA stuffed 4-1 by Belgium

several of USA team couldnt be bothered to get off the bench to shake hands at the end

Suspect Trump will lose interest now

Lose interest?  He’s been pretty disinterested generally, has he even attended a match?

I really don’t understand people trying to make the politics of this World Cup about anything other than FIFA, an organisation that has been corrupt as long as it has existed.

As far as the red cards go, the Balogun red card actually looked like a wrong decision, Balogun has possession and the Bosnian player takes him from behind and causes Balogun to fall and, as a consequence, stand on his ankle.  There’s no challenge by Balogun (foul or reckless) and if there was any foul play it was by the Bosnian who initiates the contact, but I don’t think he’s committed a foul either I’d honestly see it as just an unfortunate incident in a contact sport. 

The US are at liberty to appeal the decision, but FIFA should have told them there was no mechanism to overturn the decision.  It’s FIFA's problem if they invent a process to do so - as they did with Ronaldo's pre-WC red card.

As for England appealing the Quansah card, there’s no comparison. 

[mills_and_bhuna]

Lose interest?  He’s been pretty disinterested generally, has he even attended a match?

I really don’t understand people trying to make the politics of this World Cup about anything other than FIFA, an organisation that has been corrupt as long as it has existed.

As far as the red cards go, the Balogun red card actually looked like a wrong decision, Balogun has possession and the Bosnian player takes him from behind and causes Balogun to fall and, as a consequence, stand on his ankle.  There’s no challenge by Balogun (foul or reckless) and if there was any foul play it was by the Bosnian who initiates the contact, but I don’t think he’s committed a foul either I’d honestly see it as just an unfortunate incident in a contact sport. 

The US are at liberty to appeal the decision, but FIFA should have told them there was no mechanism to overturn the decision.  It’s FIFA's problem if they invent a process to do so - as they did with Ronaldo's pre-WC red card.

As for England appealing the Quansah card, there’s no comparison.

Pretty much agree on the football side but for me the biggest issue has been the shocking treatment of the Iranian team .
Quite obvious that every effort was made to make sure they were unable to progress in the tournament.
And FIFA just ignored it.
Thank fuck the Yanks are out.
I think they'd be even more unbearable winners than England.

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[Blackpool Rock]

Egypt 1-0 up against Argentina and then Messi misses a penalty, apparently he's now missed 4 of his 8 WC pens and it's the 1st time anyone has missed 2 at the same WC excluding pen shootouts

They'll still probably win though 

[myothernameis]

Egypt 1-0 up against Argentina and then Messi misses a penalty, apparently he's now missed 4 of his 8 WC pens and it's the 1st time anyone has missed 2 at the same WC excluding pen shootouts

They'll still probably win though 

Maybe there will be new country, who gets there name on the world cup for the first time:

Egypt, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Columbia, Morocco,

[Blackpool Rock]

Maybe there will be new country, who gets there name on the world cup for the first time:

Egypt, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Columbia, Morocco,

Well yes perhaps as a few of the big names have already fallen by the wayside as the smaller teams have beaten them, this is in England's half of the draw where we've already seen Brazil get dispatched by Norway, could Argentina be next 

Sometimes the big sides do get turned over, I know Argentina won it last time but they still lost to Saudi Arabia in the group stage 4 years ago 

[mills_and_bhuna]

Egypt 1-0 up against Argentina and then Messi misses a penalty, apparently he's now missed 4 of his 8 WC pens and it's the 1st time anyone has missed 2 at the same WC excluding pen shootouts

They'll still probably win though 

I honestly don't know why Argentina don't use him as an impact sub .
A bit like Ronaldo with Portugal.
Covering for Messi's lack of tracking back is bound to have an impact on the rest of the team's physical condition and this WC is going to be a particularly gruelling one on that score.
And they had 120 minutes against Cabo Verde already.

[timsussex]

2-0 and one disallowed ! 

2nd half water break

come on Egypt

[mills_and_bhuna]

2-0 and one disallowed ! 

2nd half water break

come on Egypt

I think Argentina are done.
Egypt look really comfortable defending their lead

[john122350]

Shit, Argentina just scored and it's 2-2 now

[mills_and_bhuna]

Fuck me.
It's like Messi just woke up.
Who writes these scripts?

[Iamforreal]

They had quite an easy run Argentina, as soon as they meet a proper team I suspect they will be out, but you never know with Messi and his magic touch.
Looks like now they are going to win, they've been inferior for much of the game.

[Blackpool Rock]

They had quite an easy run Argentina, as soon as they meet a proper team I suspect they will be out, but you never know with Messi and his magic touch.
Looks like now they are going to win, they've been inferior for much of the game.

FFS 0-2 at 79 minutes and it ends 3-2, TBH the Egyptian keeper was pretty shit for 2 if not all 3 of those goals

[mr.bluesky]

So Colombia v Switzerland kicks off soon
This game has been dubbed " Charlie verses the chocolate factory