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World Cup 2026 - USA/Canada/Mexico
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A lot of people said the same in Qatar.Laddick01 said:Argentina have an absolutely awful group in fairness. I’d expect any of the top 6/7 teams in the world to breeze through that without conceding.
The real test will come when they play a side that can actually put them under a bit of pressure.0 -
Been a quality world cup so far with all the big guns banging them in, with one notable exception of course.Callumcafc said:Golden boot race is unlike any World Cup I can remember... after two rounds of games...
Messi 5, Mbappe 4, Haaland 4 (30 minutes to play), Undav 3, David 3, Kane 2 and plays his second game tomorrow.
Now the world cup has expanded and there's a lot of lesser teams there, i think players scoring a lot will become a common theme moving forward. Wouldn't surprise me to see someone get 10+ in this tournament.
Not bad when you think that apart from Brazilian Ronaldo (who got 8 in 2002) no player at any world cup from 1978 to 2018 got more than 6 at a tournament. If Messi isn't rested v Jordan he might get more than that just in the group stage.1 -
Ridiculous numbers.
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They are ridiculous numbers but there isn’t a single good team in that list. Still have to be able to score the goals, of course2
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They absolutely could win it. I just think itsChris_from_Sidcup said:
A lot of people said the same in Qatar.Laddick01 said:Argentina have an absolutely awful group in fairness. I’d expect any of the top 6/7 teams in the world to breeze through that without conceding.
The real test will come when they play a side that can actually put them under a bit of pressure.
hard to tell how good they actually are at the moment. Austria and Algeria are proper nothing sides.I’d still have them below France and probably Spain too.2 -
Also 1 extra game in this tournament than the previous 32 team tournaments, and 2 more games than when it was just 16 teams.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Been a quality world cup so far with all the big guns banging them in, with one notable exception of course.Callumcafc said:Golden boot race is unlike any World Cup I can remember... after two rounds of games...
Messi 5, Mbappe 4, Haaland 4 (30 minutes to play), Undav 3, David 3, Kane 2 and plays his second game tomorrow.
Now the world cup has expanded and there's a lot of lesser teams there, i think players scoring a lot will become a common theme moving forward. Wouldn't surprise me to see someone get 10+ in this tournament.
Not bad when you think that apart from Brazilian Ronaldo (who got 8 in 2002) no player at any world cup from 1978 to 2018 got more than 6 at a tournament. If Messi isn't rested v Jordan he might get more than that just in the group stage.
I hadn't realised Gerd Muller got 10 goals in just 6 games in 19701 -
Well we know they're good because since 2021 they've won every single competition they've played.Laddick01 said:
They absolutely could win it. I just think itsChris_from_Sidcup said:
A lot of people said the same in Qatar.Laddick01 said:Argentina have an absolutely awful group in fairness. I’d expect any of the top 6/7 teams in the world to breeze through that without conceding.
The real test will come when they play a side that can actually put them under a bit of pressure.
hard to tell how good they actually are at the moment. Austria and Algeria are proper nothing sides.I’d still have them below France and probably Spain too.
2021 - Copa America
2022 - Finalissima (destroyed Euro winners Italy 3-0)
2022 - World Cup
2024 - Copa America
2026 - 2 wins out of 2 at the World Cup
In that time their record is: W17 D5 L1
I completely agree with you that France and Spain are better on paper, you could potentially even argue that England are too because there's not many of Argentina's XI i'd want over ours.
Man for man this Argentina side are not as good as other nations, but they have something about them as a team, and of course they have Messi.3 -
tournament will proper kick into gear tomorrow as the last group games start and it's therefore knockout football, no more chances.
it's been good enough already so far - really looking forward to what's to come4 -
Sometimes you get really entertaining group games, but teams then become more cautious when it's knockout football, and the games become far less entertaining for the neutral.Elthamaddick said:tournament will proper kick into gear tomorrow as the last group games start and it's therefore knockout football, no more chances.
it's been good enough already so far - really looking forward to what's to come0 -
Plus in some ineffable way, winning something does seem to make it more likely to win other things too, its almost habitual now and they will be full of self belief and confidence in a way no charismatic manager could completely replicate. They expect to win pretty much every time and it becomes self-fulfilling.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Well we know they're good because since 2021 they've won every single competition they've played.Laddick01 said:
They absolutely could win it. I just think itsChris_from_Sidcup said:
A lot of people said the same in Qatar.Laddick01 said:Argentina have an absolutely awful group in fairness. I’d expect any of the top 6/7 teams in the world to breeze through that without conceding.
The real test will come when they play a side that can actually put them under a bit of pressure.
hard to tell how good they actually are at the moment. Austria and Algeria are proper nothing sides.I’d still have them below France and probably Spain too.
2021 - Copa America
2022 - Finalissima (destroyed Euro winners Italy 3-0)
2022 - World Cup
2024 - Copa America
2026 - 2 wins out of 2 at the World Cup
In that time their record is: W17 D5 L1
I completely agree with you that France and Spain are better on paper, you could potentially even argue that England are too because there's not many of Argentina's XI i'd want over ours.
Man for man this Argentina side are not as good as other nations, but they have something about them as a team, and of course they have Messi.0 -
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Don't forget everyone to thank Donald for the greatest World Cup ever, he's sure to get some kind of award at the end of it.3
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They’re clearly a talented team, especially in attack. But I think a lot of people are getting carried away with them. Struggled first half against Senegal and beat a poor Iraq side, and gifted a goal in that game.DamoNorthStand said:Any team that beats France is winning the World Cup IMOThis World Cup is up for grabs. There’s not one side that’s significantly better than any other contender.4 -
I liked the idea I heard the other day when knockout games go to extra time - do the pens first and then whoever wins gets a half goal advantage going into the extra 30 mins....guarantees a winner at the end of it and would mean not just watching 30 mins of tapping it about and playing for pens.2
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FranceThe Red Robin said:
They’re clearly a talented team, especially in attack. But I think a lot of people are getting carried away with them. Struggled first half against Senegal and beat a poor Iraq side, and gifted a goal in that game.DamoNorthStand said:Any team that beats France is winning the World Cup IMOThis World Cup is up for grabs. There’s not one side that’s significantly better than any other contender.
France are significantly better than South Africa.3 -
Yes there is! Believe!The Red Robin said:
They’re clearly a talented team, especially in attack. But I think a lot of people are getting carried away with them. Struggled first half against Senegal and beat a poor Iraq side, and gifted a goal in that game.DamoNorthStand said:Any team that beats France is winning the World Cup IMOThis World Cup is up for grabs. There’s not one side that’s significantly better than any other contender.0 -
Jesusconker said:FranceThe Red Robin said:
They’re clearly a talented team, especially in attack. But I think a lot of people are getting carried away with them. Struggled first half against Senegal and beat a poor Iraq side, and gifted a goal in that game.DamoNorthStand said:Any team that beats France is winning the World Cup IMOThis World Cup is up for grabs. There’s not one side that’s significantly better than any other contender.
France are significantly better than South Africa.0 -
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Ronaldo should have buried that!!0
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Buried that one.1
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Ronaldo finally getting his goal against the mighty urm..Uzbekistan...5
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Homelander getting his goal and celebrating like it's a world cup winner lol2
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According to the wise old sage Lee Dixon, everyone who likes football will be pleased he scored that.DaveMehmet said:WankerPulling the old “If you don’t agree with me, you obviously don’t like football” card.
As if Lee Dixon didn’t have enough reasons for people to think he’s a twat.8 -
There is no way Portugal are NOT winning this game.0
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I like football and I can't stand lee Dixon or Ronaldo I must be a hater.lordromford said:
According to the wise old sage Lee Dixon, everyone who likes football will be pleased he scored that.DaveMehmet said:WankerPulling the old “If you don’t agree with me, you obviously don’t like football” card.
As if Lee Dixon didn’t have enough reasons for people to think he’s a twat.3 -
Operation Rapist a clean success!1
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Portugal not beating the mighty Uzbekistan should never be in discussionconker said:There is no way Portugal is NOT winning this game.0 -
Enough with the flipping phones, just watch the game!7
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Okay, that was quite funny0
