World Cup 2026

[whelk]

9 hours ago, pingpong said:

Itv X is far superior to iPlayer.

If you are watching a stream via an App there is no difference 

[whelk]

7 hours ago, Polaroid Saint said:

despite all of our odd characters on this forum there's is a genuine sense that people here "know football

It was winding me up how all the experts were dismissing Spain before yesterday’s game. Paid to have so much more insights than us and given no thought to how Spain might nullify them.

Also Lineker’s podcast. Picked the combined France-Spain XI and had Kone and Pedri in it. Neither started yesterday’s game so not i even in their own best XI.

Although disagree with you on preference for playing Spain over France. 

Edited 2 hours ago by whelk

[Window Cleaner]

17 minutes ago, whelk said:

It was winding me up how all the experts were dismissing Spain before yesterday’s game. Paid to have so much more insights than us and given no thought to how Spain might nullify them.

Also Lineker’s podcast. Picked the combined France-Spain XI and had Kone and Pedri in it. Neither started yesterday’s game so not i even in their own best XI.

Although disagree with you on preference for playing Spain over France. 

Obviously don't see the same "experts"as most here but anyone who wrote Spain off is obviously an idiot.

France have no créative midfield, it's one of the main critics levied against Deschamps since always, his preference for brawn over brains. Spain just shut them down and that irks Mbappe because he's not the star of the show, him having the IQ of a packet of frozen peas.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Has Craig Hope done his pre-England game slagging off article yet?

[Turkish]

9 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Something the French are rather used to.

Not like the French to wave the white flag when the going gets tough is it

[redkeith]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

It was winding me up how all the experts were dismissing Spain before yesterday’s game. Paid to have so much more insights than us and given no thought to how Spain might nullify them.

Also Lineker’s podcast. Picked the combined France-Spain XI and had Kone and Pedri in it. Neither started yesterday’s game so not i even in their own best XI.

Although disagree with you on preference for playing Spain over France. 

The BBC summary on the News this morning dissed Oyarzabal because he is a one club man, and Sociedad only finished 10th last season ! As if that makes him a bad player!  It is also worth noting that Sociedad also won the Copa Del Rey last season and so qualified for Europe. They spent the last month of the season on the lash!   

Edited 54 minutes ago by redkeith

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

It was winding me up how all the experts were dismissing Spain before yesterday’s game. Paid to have so much more insights than us and given no thought to how Spain might nullify them.

Also Lineker’s podcast. Picked the combined France-Spain XI and had Kone and Pedri in it. Neither started yesterday’s game so not i even in their own best XI.

Although disagree with you on preference for playing Spain over France. 

Thierry Henry gave a very good summary of Spain. He was saying it doesn't matter who plays, if its Yamal, Nico Williams etc, it doesn't matter if its their first cap or their 100th, Spanish player know what to do because the way they play has been drilled into them since they were 9 years old, pass, move, find space etc. I know some people find it boring to watch as they want to see pace, power, dribbling and skills but i really enjoy watching it, perhaps because i'm also a big futsal fan and that's a big part of their development. 

[Teamsaint1]

1 hour ago, Window Cleaner said:

Obviously don't see the same "experts"as most here but anyone who wrote Spain off is obviously an idiot.

France have no créative midfield, it's one of the main critics levied against Deschamps since always, his preference for brawn over brains. Spain just shut them down and that irks Mbappe because he's not the star of the show, him having the IQ of a packet of frozen peas.

That’s petit pois I would say.

[saintant]

Half expecting England to shoot themselves in the foot tonight. Seen it too many times in the big games. Hope they go out and prove me wrong.