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World Cup 2026 - USA/Canada/Mexico
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And it was the worst kind of offside. Those kind of goals just simply should stand. The offside rule was introduced to stop goal hanging - there is no meaningful advantage from your big toe being in advance of the last but one defender.7
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Gutted for Iran!! What a wonderful moment and celebration for everyone. Ruined by VAR.
So harsh to be played onside by a defender yet given offside for being ahead of the ‘second’ defender.3 -
On the upside, another strong result for the Scots!
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Offside? Thought it was for the ball hitting a hand? Terrible decision whatever.Exiled_Addick said:And it was the worst kind of offside. Those kind of goals just simply should stand. The offside rule was introduced to stop goal hanging - there is no meaningful advantage from your big toe being in advance of the last but one defender.0 -
The line between onside and offside has to be somewhere - if you moved it 10cm to allow a margin for the attacker, we’d be upset about moments being ruined when they are 11cm offside.Exiled_Addick said:And it was the worst kind of offside. Those kind of goals just simply should stand. The offside rule was introduced to stop goal hanging - there is no meaningful advantage from your big toe being in advance of the last but one defender.
In fact I think such a margin exists these days? Or maybe only in the Premier League. I don’t know I don’t really keep up with it all anymore.3 -
Following completion of Groups G, H, I:Callumcafc said:
Following completion of Groups D, E, F:Callumcafc said:
Following the completion of Groups A, B and C:Callumcafc said:
Now everyone has played twice, and running thousands of simulations based on Betfair Exchange odds for the final group games, here are the most likely R32 fixtures:Callumcafc said:As it stands, the likely round of 32:
Germany v Paraguay
France v Sweden
South Korea v Switzerland
Morocco v Netherlands
Croatia v Portugal
Spain v Austria
USA v Bosnia
Belgium v Czechia
Brazil v Japan
Ivory Coast v Norway
Mexico v Scotland
England v DR Congo
Argentina v Uruguay
Australia v Egypt
Canada v Algeria
Colombia v Ghana
Germany v Paraguay (46.5% likely)
France v Sweden (50.2%)
South Korea v Switzerland (49.9%)
Netherlands v Morocco (53.5%)
Colombia v Croatia (23.2%)
Spain v Austria (61.3%)
USA v Bosnia (69.3%)
Egypt v Czechia (13.4%)
Brazil v Japan (39.7%)
Ivory Coast v Norway (78.1%)
Mexico v Scotland (49.8%)
England v DR Congo (44.6%)
Argentina v Cape Verde (55.0%)
Australia v Belgium (36.5%)
Canada v Algeria (17.3%)
Portugal v Ghana (27.7%)
Teams in bold are confirmed in position as group winners.
Germany v Paraguay (46.1%)
France v Sweden (39.9%)
South Africa v Canada (100%)
Netherlands v Morocco (80.7%)
Portugal v Croatia (23.0%)
Spain v Austria (61.6%)
USA v Bosnia (99.9%)
Egypt v South Korea (50.2%)
Brazil v Japan (61.8%)
Ivory Coast v Norway (78.4%)
Mexico v Scotland (23.5%)
England v DR Congo (45.0%)
Argentina v Cape Verde (55.6%)
Australia v Belgium (35.6%)
Switzerland v Algeria (42.6%)
Colombia v Ghana (28.0%)
Teams in bold locked in position. Simulation cannot make up its mind on which ties Colombia and Portugal end up in - a true coin toss scenario.Other than that, it looks like Scotland are the most vulnerable with Mexico having numerous possible opponents.
Germany v Paraguay (99.6%)
France v Sweden (80.8%)
South Africa v Canada
Netherlands v Morocco
Colombia v Croatia (22.8%)
Spain v Austria (61.6%)
USA v Bosnia
Egypt v South Korea (33.0%)
Brazil v Japan
Ivory Coast v Norway (81.1%)
Mexico v Ecuador (80.6%)
England v DR Congo (46.5%)
Argentina v Cape Verde (51.6%)
Australia v Belgium (54.0%)
Switzerland v Iran (26.2%)
Portugal v Ghana (27.5%)Four ties in bold are confirmed so far. Teams in bold locked in position and are waiting on their opponent to be confirmed.
Germany v Paraguay
France v Sweden
South Africa v Canada
Netherlands v Morocco
Portugal v Croatia (22.8%)
Spain v Austria (76.1%)
USA v Bosnia
Belgium v Senegal (45.3%)
Brazil v Japan
Ivory Coast v Norway
Mexico v Ecuador (99.9%)
England v DR Congo (47.4%)
Argentina v Cape Verde
Australia v Egypt
Switzerland v Iran (86.6%)
Colombia v Ghana (26.6%)
Nine ties are confirmed, with a further four teams waiting to have their opponent confirmed. The last three ties (2K v 2L, 1L v 3I/J/K, 1K v 3E/I/L) have neither team confirmed yet.0 -
Cape Verde - 3 points, group runner up, national heroes.
Turkey - 3 points, bottom of their group, go home in disgrace.4 -
I know we play 3rd from group I/J/K but how does it get decided who?Callumcafc said:Following completion of Group H, only 15 out of 495 possible combinations remain. For the winners of England’s group:
8/15 1L v 3K (DR Congo)
6/15 1L v 3I (Senegal)
1/15 1L v 3J (Algeria?)0 -
I've only just realised that if Portugal beat Colombia tonight and win group K, then they will probably face Argentina in the quarter final.
Messi v Ronaldo in Kansas 11th July. Ticket resale sites will be going crazy.
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Eli Just nut megged de Bruyne . Nothing else matters.2
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You might, I wouldn't. To me though, it's not as black and white as that. We want to see goals and we want to see moments like what would've been a dramatic last minute winner for Iran.Callumcafc said:
The line between onside and offside has to be somewhere - if you moved it 10cm to allow a margin for the attacker, we’d be upset about moments being ruined when they are 11cm offside.Exiled_Addick said:And it was the worst kind of offside. Those kind of goals just simply should stand. The offside rule was introduced to stop goal hanging - there is no meaningful advantage from your big toe being in advance of the last but one defender.
In fact I think such a margin exists these days? Or maybe only in the Premier League. I don’t know I don’t really keep up with it all anymore.
I would like to see some consideration for 1) Could the attacker have been reasonably expected to know if they were onside or not? In the instance of tonight's "goal" I'm sure the Iran player thought he was in line and there's no way anyone could have judged otherwise in the heat of the moment and 2) even if they are technically marginally offside, did it gain them a meaningful advantage? I realize that brings some human judgement back into it and we will never have zero controversies, but at least it would be human judgement using slowed down replays and definitive measurements of how far ahead of the line a player is. I'd just like to see a bit more consideration for what a player can reasonably be expected to judge on the field and the spirit of the law so we don't kill goals unnecessarily.3 -
If we went by this and being 'technically marginally offside' was let go and counted as onside, then where would we draw the line for offside?Exiled_Addick said:
You might, I wouldn't. To me though, it's not as black and white as that. We want to see goals and we want to see moments like what would've been a dramatic last minute winner for Iran.Callumcafc said:
The line between onside and offside has to be somewhere - if you moved it 10cm to allow a margin for the attacker, we’d be upset about moments being ruined when they are 11cm offside.Exiled_Addick said:And it was the worst kind of offside. Those kind of goals just simply should stand. The offside rule was introduced to stop goal hanging - there is no meaningful advantage from your big toe being in advance of the last but one defender.
In fact I think such a margin exists these days? Or maybe only in the Premier League. I don’t know I don’t really keep up with it all anymore.
I would like to see some consideration for 1) Could the attacker have been reasonably expected to know if they were inside or not? In the instance of tonight's "goal" I'm sure the Iran player thought he was in line and there's no way anyone could have judged otherwise in the heat of the moment and 2) even if they are technically marginally offside, did it gain them a meaningful advantage? I realize that brings some human judgement back into it and we will never have zero controversies, but at least it would be human judgement using slowed down replays and definitive measurements of how far ahead of the line a player is. I'd just like to see a bit more consideration for what a player can reasonably be expected to judge on the field and the spirit of the law so we don't kill goals unnecessarily.
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Basically dpends which of the 8 Groups the third place teams comes fromChris_from_Sidcup said:
I know we play 3rd from group I/J/K but how does it get decided who?Callumcafc said:Following completion of Group H, only 15 out of 495 possible combinations remain. For the winners of England’s group:
8/15 1L v 3K (DR Congo)
6/15 1L v 3I (Senegal)
1/15 1L v 3J (Algeria?)0 -
Cape Verde undefeated so far.
Unlike America.4 -
Pig herder, I thought.Shag said:Schweinsteiger means pig mounter0 -
Surely the tip was “Don’t buy the beer, it’s ridiculously expensive”?se9addick said:Watching the Japan v Sweden match at the FIFA Fan Festival in Dallas - $25 a beer (inc. tip)!
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I don't think offside pays proper respect to scrambles in the box.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
If we went by this and being 'technically marginally offside' was let go and counted as onside, then where would we draw the line for offside?Exiled_Addick said:
You might, I wouldn't. To me though, it's not as black and white as that. We want to see goals and we want to see moments like what would've been a dramatic last minute winner for Iran.Callumcafc said:
The line between onside and offside has to be somewhere - if you moved it 10cm to allow a margin for the attacker, we’d be upset about moments being ruined when they are 11cm offside.Exiled_Addick said:And it was the worst kind of offside. Those kind of goals just simply should stand. The offside rule was introduced to stop goal hanging - there is no meaningful advantage from your big toe being in advance of the last but one defender.
In fact I think such a margin exists these days? Or maybe only in the Premier League. I don’t know I don’t really keep up with it all anymore.
I would like to see some consideration for 1) Could the attacker have been reasonably expected to know if they were inside or not? In the instance of tonight's "goal" I'm sure the Iran player thought he was in line and there's no way anyone could have judged otherwise in the heat of the moment and 2) even if they are technically marginally offside, did it gain them a meaningful advantage? I realize that brings some human judgement back into it and we will never have zero controversies, but at least it would be human judgement using slowed down replays and definitive measurements of how far ahead of the line a player is. I'd just like to see a bit more consideration for what a player can reasonably be expected to judge on the field and the spirit of the law so we don't kill goals unnecessarily.
I would have a rule along the lines of "if 10 players are in the box, offside is suspended"3 -
Iran were unfortunate, as it was one of those rare offsides where the keeper isn't between the ball and the goal, but it was definitely offside.
They could still go through, as they're 6th in the 3rd place table.2 -
Hope Iran qualify, not least because of this:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/16/amir-ghalenoei-iran-coach-mehdi-taremi-fifa-us-world-cup?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
and I am surprised they are taken in by Infantino visiting their dressing room and apparently “doing all he can”. He doesn’t give a toss about them and wants them out ASAP.3 -
Same as O'Reilly. Can't defend.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
I still find it incredibly bizarre that we haven't taken Trent A-A. I honestly don't think there's another country at this World cup who wouldn't have picked him in their squad.killerandflash said:Replacing Livramento with a centre back looks even more weird now.
Reece James isn't someone you can rely on to play every game1 -
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I think Bielsa would benefit from some mindfulness coaching, or at least count to 10, not 3
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cn0vkjj71rlo0 -
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First post on world cup 26 as I didn't want to get wound up with any poor pass from an England player being slaughtered by the keyboard warriors 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏿♂️
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Scotland have 0.07% chance now of getting through to the KO round, the same percentage chance as James Bond turning down a young beautiful woman.5
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Scotland need a miracle to progress, but I just took this photo. Could it be their best chance?
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70% against Brazil, to then play the way they did, is mental.Raith_C_Chattonell said:Scotland need a miracle to progress, but I just took this photo. Could it be their best chance?If they’d doubled up on Vini, played a low block and not pissed about at the back I think they’d have comfortably got out of there with a 1/2-0 and could’ve even grabbed a draw.I still thought they’d be OK in fairness, but it’s hilarious how the team who continually root for Englands opponents have once again been let down rooting for other teams.4 -
The defending against Brazil was comical at times...Laddick01 said:
70% against Brazil, to then play the way they did, is mental.Raith_C_Chattonell said:Scotland need a miracle to progress, but I just took this photo. Could it be their best chance?If they’d doubled up on Vini, played a low block and not pissed about at the back I think they’d have comfortably got out of there with a 1/2-0 and could’ve even grabbed a draw.I still thought they’d be OK in fairness, but it’s hilarious how the team who continually root for Englands opponents have once again been let down rooting for other teams.3 -
I enjoyed seeing Bjorn Borg, the head coach of Ecuador celebrating and showing his emotions.
He was an iceman as a tennis player.3 -
Would like to avoid Senegal out of the DR Congo/Senegal/Algeria possibilities.
Decent side.
And Portugal are a possibility if we finish second, so need to beat Panama!!0 -
As mentioned, it’s based on the combinations of which groups the eight teams come from and that was pre-determined before the tournament started I assume to minimise variance in rest days between the teams (ie winner of group L shouldn’t be paired with 3rd group A).Chris_from_Sidcup said:
I know we play 3rd from group I/J/K but how does it get decided who?Callumcafc said:Following completion of Group H, only 15 out of 495 possible combinations remain. For the winners of England’s group:
8/15 1L v 3K (DR Congo)
6/15 1L v 3I (Senegal)
1/15 1L v 3J (Algeria?)
Since there’s only 8 viable combinations left following the conclusion of Group G, it’s possible write each of them out…
1L v 3K if:
B, D, E, F, I, J, K, L
B, D, E, F, G, I, K, L
B, D, E, F, G, I, J, K
A, B, D, E, F, G, I, K
1L v 3I if:
B, D, E, F, G, I, J, L
A, B, D, E, F, G, I, L
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I
1L v 3J:
A, B, D, E, F, G, I, J
You can simplify these written combos further since five teams (B - Bosnia, D - Paraguay, E - Ecuador, F - Sweden, I - Senegal) are confirmed in and one team (H - Uruguay) is confirmed out…
The remaining three teams must come from six groups: A, C, G, J, K or L
1L v 3K if:
South Korea, Iran, 3K or
Iran, 3J, 3K or
Iran, 3K, 3L or
3J, 3K, 3L
1L v Senegal (3I) if:
South Korea, Scotland, Iran or
South Korea, Iran, 3L or
Iran, 3J, 3L
1L v 3J if:
South Korea, Iran, 3J
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