World Cup 2026

[East Kent Saint]

7 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Keeper not that good then. 

It's one that bounced just before the keeper so he wasn't quite in the right position,  ball just hit him , unlucky I would say !

Courtois Bazed the first one palming out to the striker   you could say .

Edited Friday at 21:03 by East Kent Saint

[die Mannyschaft]

8 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

It's one that bounced just before the keeper so he wasn't quite in the right position,  ball just hit him , unlucky I would say !

Just seen replay and keeper tried to catch it, most keeper have been punching ball out. Defenders were too slow to kick ball away. 

[die Mannyschaft]

England training at Beckham's club. I would put Beckham in team as the about of balls he launched into box is ridiculous. Also for Man U. England need to get the ball in box ASAP as often as possible. 

[Window Cleaner]

9 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

It's one that bounced just before the keeper so he wasn't quite in the right position,  ball just hit him , unlucky I would say !

Courtois Bazed the first one palming out to the striker   you could say .

Spain need those little errors to score because they struggle without them. If they had a real goalscorer ....

[SWLondon Saint]

Spain have been lucky with the last minute goals but not sure it will matter against France anyway - they have too much quality and have been lucky with no injuries.

[BARCELONASAINT]

I said at the start of the tournament France were my favourites and nothing has really changed my opinion. That said Spain play beautiful quick one touch football and they play with wonderful confidence. I really hope they can go up another gear and send the French packing and we have a Spain v England final. That's a win win 😉

[BARCELONASAINT]

3 hours ago, SWLondon Saint said:

Spain have been lucky with the last minute goals but not sure it will matter against France anyway - they have too much quality and have been lucky with no injuries.

It's not luck, a game is for 90 minutes plus injury team, Spain grind down teams with their relentless pressing. It's not surprising teams switch off towards the end of games as they get more physically and mentally tired.

Would we be saying England are lucky if they scored goals at the end off games??

[SWLondon Saint]

1 hour ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Would we be saying England are lucky if they scored goals at the end off games??

I absolutely was saying England were lucky with late goals during the last Euros!

[Maggie May]

We aren’t going to contain Haaland tonight. There’s just Norway.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

23 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

We aren’t going to contain Haaland tonight. There’s just Norway.

A-Ha! Another un-fjord-gettable pun.

[Maggie May]

5 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

A-Ha! Another un-fjord-gettable pun.

Yeah, I thought we’ve been Oslo on the uptake. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 minute ago, Maggie May said:

Yeah, I thought we’ve been Oslo on the uptake. 

Maybe they thought we were finnish-ed with puns.

[RedArmy]

You lot are doing my Swede-n with these puns. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, RedArmy said:

You lot are doing my Swede-n with these puns. 

There won't be many more. Like everything in the world cup, touts have been viking up the price of puns.

[Wade Garrett]

That fucking Scottish bitch on Talksport was on about the special relationship between Scotland and Norway.

Fucking arsehole.  Get the twat off the airwaves.

[Polaroid Saint]

England 3-1 Norway

Despite the four goals, I'm predicting a tight and dullish game, but with a goal for each team in the first half. After 78mins or so England's forwards finally break through to make it 2-1. England score a third in injury time as Norway looks to feed Haaland.

Look, obviously, I have no idea...

...but this is the best scenario for the scorer of England's third goal to celebrate by doing the Viking Row. THAT is all is ask.

[SNSUN]

1-1 final score, 2-2 aet. Norway win on penalties. That's my predo although I hope we do it. 

[vectraman]

They’ve gone for Haaland and Sorloth up front together. I hope our defence is ready to be bombarded with long balls into the box, and can deal with two 6’5” big men in the air….😬🤞🤞🤞🤞

Edited 15 hours ago by vectraman

[LiberalCommunist]

Unusual for me, I feel quite optimistic. 

Just hope VAR doesn't do us tonight. 

[Gloucester Saint]

7 hours ago, RedArmy said:

You lot are doing my Swede-n with these puns. 

Not all of them are to my Viking I have to say.

[Baird of the land]

Think the weak right side will be England’s undoing.

[Matthew Le God]

21 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Think the weak right side will be England’s undoing.

Norway's left back is a Championship player, will he be their undoing?

[for_heaven's_Saint]

27 minutes ago, vectraman said:

They’ve gone for Haaland and Sorloth up front together. I hope our defence is ready to be bombarded with long balls into the box, and can deal with two 6’5” big men in the air….😬🤞🤞🤞🤞

Against Brazil, Sorloth seemed to be playing more on the right of a front 3, which is weird considering his size. 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Really great to have Karen Carney for the pitch side analysis. Great balance of experience/tactical insight as well as some Saturday evening eye candy.

[skintsaint]

French officials...will go well.

[Turkish]

Great start from Madueke 🤦

[egg]

Madueke's cross, as expected. 

Is Saka injured?

[adrian lord]

8 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Maybe they thought we were finnish-ed with puns.

We’ve only just Bergen. 

[egg]

Just now, Turkish said:

Great start from Madueke 🤦

Yep. Great work to find him. Great run. Shit cross...not that there was anyone in the box anyway. 

[Whitey Grandad]

Just now, adrian lord said:

We’ve only just Bergen. 

Just as long as we don't gOslow

[egg]

How can Madueke not see he's offside when looking across the line.

He seems to play with his eyes shut. 

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

How can Madueke not see he's offside when looking across the line.

He seems to play with his eyes shut. 

3 times he’s got it 3 times he’s fucked it up absolutely shit

[ChrisPY]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

How can Madueke not see he's offside when looking across the line.

He seems to play with his eyes shut. 

Replay looked closer than it first appeared.

 

However, that handball was unnecessary!

[SNSUN]

3 minutes ago, egg said:

How can Madueke not see he's offside when looking across the line.

He seems to play with his eyes shut. 

Not a fan. Just don't see what he offers. Gordon lacks quality but at least he'll run all day. 

[PerthshireSaint]

Infantino looks like a cross between the Watcher from the marvel comics and the Dungeon master from the 80s DnD cartoon 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

This has got all the hallmarks of a complete snore fest.

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, PerthshireSaint said:

Infantino looks like a cross between the Watcher from the marvel comics and the Dungeon master from the 80s DnD cartoon 

He's 56. Looks closer to a hundred. All that hobnobbing. 

[adrian lord]

Walking pace. 

[egg]

6 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Not a fan. Just don't see what he offers. Gordon lacks quality but at least he'll run all day. 

Yep, he's a bottom end PL/championship player for me. He's not at the level England need. 

I like Gordon more than many, although I'm not sure he's really a winger. 

[Colinjb]

Norway waiting. We have to make them pay, then this game opens up.

[SaintsBarry74]

[obelisk]

England need to make their superiority count. The longer its stays at 0-0 the happier Norway will be that they can nick it with an England mistake in defence.

[Big M]

My God, the hydration break was the most exciting part of that 25 mins. 

[Turkish]

8 minutes ago, egg said:

Yep, he's a bottom end PL/championship player for me. He's not at the level England need. 

I like Gordon more than many, although I'm not sure he's really a winger. 

It’s the 5th game isn’t it and I don’t remember him making a single positive contribution in any of them. Lots of giving it away, brainless play, crap final balls, just offers nothing 

Edited 14 hours ago by Turkish

[bpsaint]

It’s remarkable for such a prolific goal scorer just how bad Harry Kane is at free kicks. That effort gave me bad memories of when Roy Hodgson put him on dead ball duties, including taking corners.

[Whitey Grandad]

6 minutes ago, SaintsBarry74 said:

Nope

[adrian lord]

Who’s the pink-haired Rutger Heuer?
 

[obelisk]

Nearly caught out. England fannying around in defence.

[SNSUN]

We're gonna shoot ourselves in the foot aren't we. Elimination by crapness.

[adrian lord]

We are now looking tired and Norway got a burst of energy after that hydration break.

Edited 14 hours ago by adrian lord