World Cup 2026

[Patrick Bateman]

16 minutes ago, trousers said:

A farce indeed. If we get through to the final our fans need to drown out the "show" with a half hour rendition of Wonderwall. F*** 'em.

Exactly - when I read about that half time show, I was genuinely livid ... fkn ridiculous

[Patrick Bateman]

17 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

France haven’t turned up…

 

Spain have been class but France’s passing has been way off it. Really surprised 

WAY off it, very odd - however I did say to my household that France haven't had to come from behind (I don't think?) so we'll see what sort of team they are. Turns out, they don't like being behind and sulk. 

[The Kraken]

10 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

I just asked Gemini to create an "epic line of commentary" for this occasion, and I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if this is what Sam Matterface will say word for word (if Spain win):

"On the fourteenth of July, they sing of liberty! They dream of revolution! But tonight, the French barricades have crumbled before the relentless, golden storm of La Roja! The tricolor is lowered, the fireworks are silenced, and on the very day of their grand national rebellion, the French rooster has been tamed by the Spanish matadors! The World Cup dream... guillotined by Spain"

 

The worst thing is, you can just hear the needlessly smug twat uttering single word of that.

Roll on the BBC coverage. ITV are just painfully shit in comparison.

[ChristopheVAFC]

My friends, I’m lost for words tonight.

Spain continues to be our nemesis.

The Spanish often stay on the ground to waste time.

As for us, we didn’t manage to play our game.

Whoever reaches the final, I’m praying hard that the Spanish don’t become world champions.

[die Mannyschaft]

1 minute ago, Patrick Bateman said:

WAY off it, very odd - however I did say to my household that France haven't had to come from behind (I don't think?) so we'll see what sort of team they are. Turns out, they don't like being behind and sulk. 

France been disappointing. Over hyped as favourites to win WC. Too much pressure in the end. Where as no one expects England to win each game looking at previous performance.  All good for England to go under radar. 

[Osvaldorama]

England would have got a red card for that

[East Kent Saint]

Only2 shots on goal all game , that's why it's boring and one of them a dubious penalty ! 

England penalty not given for leg guarding the ball , Spanish player jumps in front of french player , collision and Spain get free kick ?

[whelk]

MBappe can be electric but any talk of him being successor to Messi and Ronaldo is mad. Never in their prime would they be so anonymous in such a crucial game

Edited 1 hour ago by whelk

[Patrick Bateman]

3 minutes ago, ChristopheVAFC said:

My friends, I’m lost for words tonight.

Spain continues to be our nemesis.

The Spanish often stay on the ground to waste time.

As for us, we didn’t manage to play our game.

Whoever reaches the final, I’m praying hard that the Spanish don’t become world champions.

They won't 😂

[Window Cleaner]

1 minute ago, East Kent Saint said:

Only2 shots on goal all game , that's why it's boring and one of them a dubious penalty ! 

England penalty not given for leg guarding the ball , Spanish player jumps in front of french player , collision and Spain get free kick ?

Dubious? He kicked him.

[whelk]

2 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

England to go under radar. 

Don’t know where you be looking tomorrow but will be wall to wall mental coverage with expectations off the scale

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, Window Cleaner said:

Dubious? He kicked him.

It should have been overturned because of the handball before the contact.

[East Kent Saint]

Olise usually unplayable subbed off   

[whelk]

Honestly MAtterface talking as if everyone thought France would smash Spain. Twat knows fuck all and research Spain you lazy bastard

[whelk]

I’d actually rather being playing France than Spain in the final

[Patrick Bateman]

3 minutes ago, whelk said:

Honestly MAtterface talking as if everyone thought France would smash Spain. Twat knows fuck all and research Spain you lazy bastard

He is so bad, how has Ally not slapped him yet? 

[AlexLaw76]

He said it, he said something about Bastille day

 

😂😂😂

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Lovely to see the art of finding kids in the crowd crying about losing isn't dead.

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Well I think this game should shut up the conspiracy theorists saying it’s rigged for a France v Argentina final. 

[bpsaint]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

A tenner says with 10 seconds of the final whistle he will mention Bastille Day

Textbook.

[whelk]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

He said it, he said something about Bastille day

 

😂😂😂

And Julius Caesar to boot

[AlexLaw76]

Spain dominated from start to finisH

[whelk]

Disappointing no Don Quixote reference 

[Sheaf Saint]

3 minutes ago, whelk said:

I’d actually rather being playing France than Spain in the final

We'll probably end up playing them anyway in the 3rd place playoff.

[die Mannyschaft]

Fairly easy in the end. Now FIFA's favourite team and marketing figure Messi and Argentina. I suspect at least a Red card in game if England get early goal or any goal. France expected to win as will Argentina. 

[die Mannyschaft]

12 minutes ago, whelk said:

MBappe can be electric but any talk of him being successor to Messi and Ronaldo is mad. Never in their prime would they be so anonymous in such a crucial game

Ronaldo is heads above Messi he's a goal machine. MBappe is better in EA26 than real life.

[whelk]

They need to use the FIFA slogan ‘football unites the world’ before West Ham v Millwall next season

[whelk]

1 minute ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Ronaldo is heads above Messi he's a goal machine. MBappe is better in EA26 than real life.

Don’t be so fucking stupid 

[SWLondon Saint]

22 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Really? I’ve enjoyed watching them, quick one two touch play some of the turns into space have been excellent. 

I just find in tournament football their style is so dominant and 1 sided it's boring. In the PL at least teams are built to play against that kind of Pep-ball now so it's gone out of fashion a bit, but it's hard to build a counter to it with a national team. France didn't press or defend well at all though from what I saw before I volunteered to do the bins instead of watch Spain slowly throttle the life out of the game.

[Saint_clark]

22 minutes ago, whelk said:

MBappe can be electric but any talk of him being successor to Messi and Ronaldo is mad. Never in their prime would they be so anonymous in such a crucial game

I don't think he's anywhere near their level but Messi in particular disappeared for many tournaments for Argentina up till 2022.

[LiberalCommunist]

No extra-time. No injuries. No suspensions. No drama.

Advantage Spain. Clear favourites now. 

[Whitey Grandad]

26 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said:

Only2 shots on goal all game , that's why it's boring and one of them a dubious penalty ! 

England penalty not given for leg guarding the ball , Spanish player jumps in front of french player , collision and Spain get free kick ?

No comparison. 

[Jimmy_D]

We really do have a decent chance now... would be utterly amazing to see us actually take it.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Well done to Spain. They ran the midfield, got their penalty, and France struggled to put anything together. Spain's two full backs were versatile, squeezing anything left out of a French attack, that looked to have given up a bit as the end approached, with some wayward efforts on goal. Dembele looked to struggle again, but he wasn't the only one, when their quick through balls were being closed down.

Should England get through, at least they'll be used to being a bit disjointed but adapting, which will stand them in better stead than France.

[whelk]

5 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

I don't think he's anywhere near their level but Messi in particular disappeared for many tournaments for Argentina up till 2022.

Take your point but he won the Golden Ball in 2014 which is the best player of the tournament

[RedArmy]

31 minutes ago, whelk said:

MBappe can be electric but any talk of him being successor to Messi and Ronaldo is mad. Never in their prime would they be so anonymous in such a crucial game

Ronaldo scored his first international knockout goal ever a couple of weeks ago… 

[whelk]

Just now, RedArmy said:

Ronaldo scored his first international knockout goal ever a couple of weeks ago… 

Are you saying he hasn’t turned up for Portugal?

[RedArmy]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

Are you saying he hasn’t turned up for Portugal?

0 goals and assists in knockout football for them before this tournament started. Yes I am saying that. 

What has he done? Got Rooney sent off? Wow. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Love for England to win it in a spawny way like Greece won the Euros all those years ago.

Not sure if I'll be able to watch it tomorrow.

[Jimmy_D]

22 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Love for England to win it in a spawny way like Greece won the Euros all those years ago.

Not sure if I'll be able to watch it tomorrow.

We've already had a far better run than that Greek run!

[skintsaint]

On 08/07/2026 at 13:17, skintsaint said:

Think Spain have the tools to do France, but the winner of that game will definately win the thing.

🍆

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Spain dominated from start to finisH

A team of great players beaten easily by a great team. 

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Really? Surely not. That’s a joke. I see Coldplay are playing 

Great, so that 30mins will feel like an hour... 😓