General WC chat

[manc_don]

Makes me sick that we’ve qualified for the World Cup in the worst possible country. Ffs. Infection (hilariously predictive text corrects infantino to that), should be removed from power. Of course he’s doing absolutely what the big companies want so he won’t. Football is dead (yes, I’ll still watch). 

[Kowalski]

[swaddon]

No Partey for Ghana in their first game. Canada won't let him into the country.

[wee toon red]

1 hour ago, swaddon said:

No Partey for Ghana in their first game. Canada won't let him into the country.

He’ll just wait until they’re asleep and come in anyway…

[Jute]

Don’t think there’s been a World Cup like this for players and officials being refused entry.

[swaddon]

I see the England team have been robbed.

It's normally them doing the thieving at a World Cup. Now they know how the poor jeweller in Bogotá felt.

[Don Julio]

Surely, from their perspective, they get robbed at every major tournament. It's just normally at the semi/quarters/whenever, not before a ball is even kicked?

[swaddon]

Tunisia have sacked their manager after their 5-1 loss to Sweden.

[MDred]

On 14/06/2026 at 09:22, swaddon said:

I see the England team have been robbed.

It's normally them doing the thieving at a World Cup. Now they know how the poor jeweller in Bogotá felt.

You might have to explain this to our younger viewers

[swaddon]

40 years ago today, Diego Maradona scored a sublime header against England, then went and dribbled past 14 players on his way to scoring a second.

[RicoS321]

The final fixture part of the world cup is a bit shite. First, there are still match two games to be played when the first match three fixtures take place, which is weird. Secondly, the teams in the later groups have a distinct advantage over teams like Scotland. If Scotland were in group K, they might have known that a draw was required to get through, and Brazil might have known that a draw would suit them because that would give them a better route. There will be teams who unofficially take a point each based on what they've seen before. I recognise that it's difficult to overcome because they want all the games on the telly, but it's a bit shite!

[OrlandoDon]

Looking forward to the game and really intrigued by how Ferguson plays. Read the bbc talking about possibly McLean playing deep and giving Ferguson a bit of freedom to push on. Don’t see that happening from the start, but expect the same Ferguson performance where justice continues to grow. Would be nice to see him dominate a Brazilian midfield. Hope we see a big money move for him this summer, and maybe even some premiership bigger guns have seen him and been impressed.

[RicoS321]

1 hour ago, OrlandoDon said:

Looking forward to the game and really intrigued by how Ferguson plays. Read the bbc talking about possibly McLean playing deep and giving Ferguson a bit of freedom to push on. Don’t see that happening from the start, but expect the same Ferguson performance where justice continues to grow. Would be nice to see him dominate a Brazilian midfield. Hope we see a big money move for him this summer, and maybe even some premiership bigger guns have seen him and been impressed.

I suspect that if McLean plays, it won't be to allow Ferguson to push on, but to give more of a solid platform for McTominay to get forward and allow McGinn to lose the ball further upfield. A 4-2-3-1 basically. I thought the 4-1-4-1 made a lot of sense, but it does detract from McTominay quite a bit, as he's forced to help out back the way. I thought McLean was very good when he came on the other night and I'd be inclined to let Ferguson do exactly what he did against Morocco and let McLean drive forward when he chooses. Ferguson will definitely have admirers, although it's strange that nobody has acted previously as he's clearly been good for some time. 

[wee toon red]

27 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

I suspect that if McLean plays, it won't be to allow Ferguson to push on, but to give more of a solid platform for McTominay to get forward and allow McGinn to lose the ball further upfield. A 4-2-3-1 basically. I thought the 4-1-4-1 made a lot of sense, but it does detract from McTominay quite a bit, as he's forced to help out back the way. I thought McLean was very good when he came on the other night and I'd be inclined to let Ferguson do exactly what he did against Morocco and let McLean drive forward when he chooses. Ferguson will definitely have admirers, although it's strange that nobody has acted previously as he's clearly been good for some time. 

Yep, I'd be going with the 4-2-3-1 this time, and Tierney wouldn't be playing in front of Robertson this time. Although I could be tempted to play him at right back as, although Patterson wasn't a disaster the other night, I like Tierney's experience in a game like this.

[tlg1903]

5 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

The final fixture part of the world cup is a bit shite. First, there are still match two games to be played when the first match three fixtures take place, which is weird. Secondly, the teams in the later groups have a distinct advantage over teams like Scotland. If Scotland were in group K, they might have known that a draw was required to get through, and Brazil might have known that a draw would suit them because that would give them a better route. There will be teams who unofficially take a point each based on what they've seen before. I recognise that it's difficult to overcome because they want all the games on the telly, but it's a bit shite!

I personally hate all the "is 3 points going to be enough" chat.  Fuck playing for a draw too, I want us to go out on that pitch tomorrow night with nothing more on our minds than getting  3 fucking points.  I know it's Brazil but it's easily the worst Brazil side I've ever seen at a WC and the second half against Morocco combined with how they did against Brazil gives me confidence we can take them. 

 

Heed fucking first lads!