World Cup 2026

[Saint Pete]

Morocco 1 up and have looked the better side so far. 

[John Boy Saint]

Great goal Morocco 

[Winnersaint]

Great goal Vini Jr

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 hour ago, LGTL said:

None other than Hassan Kachoul in the BBC studio!

Really liked him as a player for us. Another one who left and never really hit the heights again

[Saint Neil]

1 hour ago, LGTL said:

None other than Hassan Kachoul in the BBC studio!

Thought it was Andrew Ridgeley.

[Patrick Bateman]

Well this is by far the best match so far. Shame it's so late.

[HnycS]

Is there a full eleven of current and former Saints at the World Cup?

Seen so far Larin, Adams, Gunn any others?

[HnycS]

Guess Stewart is also in the Scotland squad if he comes on and scores in the last 15 minutes as Larin did, it will be a huge co-incident.

Edited 21 hours ago by HnycS
Grammar

[die Mannyschaft]

Haiti v Scotland is like watching 2 champship teams. Should be 2-1. I thought Scotland would walk this easily. 

[qwertyell]

3 minutes ago, HnycS said:

Is there a full eleven of current and former Saints at the World Cup?

Seen so far Larin, Adams, Gunn any others?

Stewart, Livramento, Mane, Van Dijk, Sugawara, Caleta-Car, Koeman, Poch

[HnycS]

7 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Stewart, Livramento, Mane, Van Dijk, Sugawara, Caleta-Car, Koeman, Poch

Nice, except with Gunn in goal would be lucky to get out the group stage, as will Scotland 😄.

Edited 21 hours ago by HnycS

[St. Ciervo]

So as long as Koeman and Poch can play mid, we have a team.

[macca155]

57 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Haiti v Scotland is like watching 2 champship teams. Should be 2-1. I thought Scotland would walk this easily. 

There are never any easy games at the World Cup. Considering our record in the World Cup (NZ / Costa Rica), a result is all that is required.

Great take from Che Adams for the goal.

Nervous 30 minutes I think

Edited 20 hours ago by macca155

[SNSUN]

1 hour ago, qwertyell said:

Stewart, Livramento, Mane, Van Dijk, Sugawara, Caleta-Car, Koeman, Poch

Are we counting academy prospects? Then Musiala 😁

 

[SNSUN]

Scotland scrape through and the commentators sound like they're going to ejaculate. It sounded like he said "Scotland have won the World Cup!" - there was probably an "in" after "won" but that's not what it sounded like.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

Scotland scrape through and the commentators sound like they're going to ejaculate. It sounded like he said "Scotland have won the World Cup!" - there was probably an "in" after "won" but that's not what it sounded like.

42nd v 83rd in the FIFA rankings.  

The win's the important thing, regardless of how unconvincing. That came from a big deflection in the 28th minute, and a lot of hanging on in that second half.

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Holmes_and_Watson

[Broccoli Man]

Sheesh Irankunda is silk, would love to sign him

[LiberalCommunist]

There's something rather civilised about watching the WC at 5am. Before the world wakes, and obligations kick in.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by LiberalCommunist

[Convict Colony]

Aussies doing a great job 2-0 so far, was a cracking 2nd goal as well, turks cannot get past the aussie goalie

[Convict Colony]

45 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

There's something rather civilised about watching the WC at 5am. Before the world wakes, and obligations kick in.

 

He who rises early owns the day

But of course being a liberal communist you will share the day 🤣

Edited 17 hours ago by Convict Colony

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

1 hour ago, LiberalCommunist said:

There's something rather civilised about watching the WC at 5am. Before the world wakes, and obligations kick in.

 

Bet there's a few other parents with toddlers/babies watching Turkey v Australia.

Turkey have somehow managed to lose one of the most one sided games I've seen in a while.

[Convict Colony]

Yeah agree but actually enjoyable watching the Aussie fully committed defence and the counter attack for the 2nd goal.

To get the win over Turkey the aussies are in a good spot already in this group with Paraguy and US to come

[SNSUN]

I guess that's probably "shock of the tournament" so far, I had Turkey to beat Australia but there you are. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

2 hours ago, Broccoli Man said:

Sheesh Irankunda is silk, would love to sign him

He's already been at Munich as a young prospect. He's raw but can see him getting better. 

Think Watford will do well to keep hold of him. 

[BARCELONASAINT]

Morocco excellent first half, Scotland awful, Australia masterclass at defending

[M271]

4 hours ago, SNSUN said:

Scotland scrape through and the commentators sound like they're going to ejaculate. It sounded like he said "Scotland have won the World Cup!" - there was probably an "in" after "won" but that's not what it sounded like.

BBC news on tv and radio this morning also makes it sound like they’ve won the World Cup not just beaten Haiti by 1 goal in a group match.

[SW5 SAINT]

15 minutes ago, M271 said:

BBC news on tv and radio this morning also makes it sound like they’ve won the World Cup not just beaten Haiti by 1 goal in a group match.

That will be nothing compared to the wankfest when England beat Croatia….

[revolution saint]

22 minutes ago, M271 said:

BBC news on tv and radio this morning also makes it sound like they’ve won the World Cup not just beaten Haiti by 1 goal in a group match.

To be fair I quite like it. If you can’t be patronising towards Scotland then what’s the point of them? Well done you plucky little scamps.

[CB Fry]

33 minutes ago, M271 said:

BBC news on tv and radio this morning also makes it sound like they’ve won the World Cup not just beaten Haiti by 1 goal in a group match.

Well they will shit the bed vs Morocco and the lose to Brazil and then on the plane home. This is their world cup final.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

2 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Well they will shit the bed vs Morocco and the lose to Brazil and then on the plane home. This is their world cup final.

It's not out of the question that they've already qualified for the knockout stages with 1 win due to the shit format of this world cup.

[Lord Duckhunter]

38 minutes ago, M271 said:

BBC news on tv and radio this morning also makes it sound like they’ve won the World Cup not just beaten Haiti by 1 goal in a group match.

Dear fucking god. I hope they get absolutely battered in the next 2. Bunch of fucking nods. Haiti FFS

 

 

[Fabrice29]

7 hours ago, HnycS said:

Is there a full eleven of current and former Saints at the World Cup?

Seen so far Larin, Adams, Gunn any others?

Gunn, Sugawara, Caleta-Car, VVD, Tino, Mane, Valery, Adams, Sulemana, Larin, Stewart. - Jones and Danso on the bench. 

[AlexLaw76]

Has there been a media piece on Rod Stewart crying yet?

[Turkish]

Scotland now 

 

Scotland in 2 weeks

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Turkish

[Ex Lion Tamer]

8 hours ago, qwertyell said:

Stewart, Livramento, Mane, Van Dijk, Sugawara, Caleta-Car, Koeman, Poch

Danso

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, M271 said:

BBC news on tv and radio this morning also makes it sound like they’ve won the World Cup not just beaten Haiti by 1 goal in a group match.

Fair play to the Scots, excellent support over there 

 

[dsrdorset]

1 hour ago, SW5 SAINT said:

That will be nothing compared to the wankfest when England beat Croatia….

They won't........

[Southner]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Fair play to the Scots, excellent support over there 

 

Yeah fair play - sounded mega. 

[CB Fry]

2 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

It's not out of the question that they've already qualified for the knockout stages with 1 win due to the shit format of this world cup.

Possibly true - not looked into it enough but I guess there may be some team that scrapes 2 draws and still gets into the last 32. Depends how the groups go i guess.

[die Mannyschaft]

2 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Dear fucking god. I hope they get absolutely battered in the next 2. Bunch of fucking nods. Haiti FFS

 

 

Haiti played very well except the crucial part in football,  they were terrible in front of goal. Lucky goal for Scots. Brazil and Morocco should get a win each v Scots meaning in a play off game. 

[die Mannyschaft]

1 hour ago, dsrdorset said:

They won't........

England should beat Croatia on paper.easy. Got draw written all over it.

[The Kraken]

26 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Possibly true - not looked into it enough but I guess there may be some team that scrapes 2 draws and still gets into the last 32. Depends how the groups go i guess.

It’s possible but enormously unlikely. I just had a quick look back through the group stage tables back to WC 2014. There was only one single instance where a third placed team didn’t win any games. In all others 3rd placed had 1 win, and typically 3 or 4 points.

Its a hell of a backstop for qualifying, but teams will likely have to at least win 1 game, and perhaps another draw to make sure of going through, or at least a decent goal difference.

[Hawkswood]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Scotland now 

 

Scotland in 2 weeks

 

👏

[Hamwic]

I see Hassan Kachloul is a a summariser on BBC TV and radio world cup coverage. 

[benjii]

There could be a team that goes through / gets knocked out based on yellow and red cards.

 

Also, hilariously, the ultimate tie-breaker is FIFA ranking, which seems mental. Toss a coin would be fairer.

 

 

How the eight best‑ranked teams finishing third are decided

The eight best teams among those ranked third will be determined as follows:

• greatest number of points obtained in all group matches

• goal difference resulting from all group matches

• greatest number of goals scored in all group matches

• highest team conduct score (players and team officials) relating to the number of yellow and red cards obtained in all group matches

• the two or more teams still equal on points shall be ranked according to the most recent published edition of the FIFA/Coca‑Cola Men’s World Ranking

Edited 10 hours ago by benjii

[benjii]

WTF is that? You'll have to squint / trust me.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

What is this nonsense about from the BBC?

https://www.3d-bbc.co.uk/

It's like a trip back to the early 90s Sega Mega drive.

[Colinjb]

42 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

What is this nonsense about from the BBC?

https://www.3d-bbc.co.uk/

It's like a trip back to the early 90s Sega Mega drive.

Hey, better then the latest Football Manager game.

[Patrick Bateman]

43 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

What is this nonsense about from the BBC?

https://www.3d-bbc.co.uk/

It's like a trip back to the early 90s Sega Mega drive.

I don't get it, pointless, weird waste of the license fee. Just asked my son if he wanted to try it, he said "no, why?" ... good work bbc.

[Lord Duckhunter]

The BBC should be banned from anything to do with football. You can tell the people running it are the type who call it Footy & think birds should be paid the same as blokes. Fucking 1990 has a lot to answer for.