We sacked Wilfried Nancy five months ago today. It now looks like we're about to appoint 74 year old Martin O'Neill permanently - one year deal with the option of another. We are the most unserious football club.
My barber (Kurdish) was delighted about Iraq scoring v Spain yesterday. Naturally, I went to look at Spain's XI and...do I have the heart to tell him about rotation?
Winner: Spain Top Scorer: Harry Kane Best Player: Pedri Dark Horse: Senegal (QF) Biggest disappointment: Germany (Ro16) Your Nation: Quarter Final (England) Best Host Nation: USA (Ro16) I actually have all hosts to get out of the group but only USA to go one round further. Germany to be knocked out by France in the Ro16 but it could easily he the other way.
England potentially playing Mexico at the Azteca in a knockout game is the game I’m most looking forward to
I think England is vastly superior to Mexico, but having to play at the Azteca wipes away literally every advantage they have. There are so many potential knockouts I want, but things never ever go chalk to set it up.
Winner: Spain Top Scorer: Kane Best Player: Pedri Dark Horse: Mexico (home advantage gets them further than their talent) Biggest Disappointment: France (too hard to make three straight finals) Your Nation: Quarter Final (USA) Best Host Nation: USA (Ro16)
Winner: Argentina Top Scorer: Ronaldo (will fill his boots in the group) Best Player: Mbappe Dark Horse: Netherlands Biggest Disappointment: Scotland Your Nation: Quarter Final (England) Best Host Nation: USA (Ro16)
Winner: Spain Top Scorer: Ferran Torres Best Player: Lamine Yamal Dark Horse: Ecuador QF Biggest Disappointment: Brazil/Portugal R16 Your Nation: USA R32 Best Host Nation: Mexico R16 QF: France v Netherlands Spain v Senegal Ecuador v England Argentina v Colombia SF: Netherlands v Spain England v Argentina Final: Spain v Argentina
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/05/sport/spain-world-cup-base-tennessee Peyton Manning’s son is the quarterback for their football team.
Joined. As it turns out, those bracket sites I was using earlier are both broken, which is highly embarrassing lol It's so difficult choosing between Ecuador and Norway in the Round of 32 game that is coming up for me. It might come down to a coin-flip.
Ecuador looked great in the qualifiers and they’re defensively very strong. I like them in a tournament setting.
Just saw a pretty compelling argument for picking matches where you should consider how the certain nations will deal with the heat and whether or not it’s in a dome.
I’ve warned my wife of how much soccer I’m about to watch and right now we’re in the “oh that’s cool I will watch with you” phase. I have a feeling that will change next Saturday night when I’m locked into Haiti v Scotland.