World Cup 2026 - Official Thread

After a phone call from the White House.

Wasn't a red, imho, but this isn't how you fix it.

But the rules don't allow for overturning a red but do allow for suspending one. So it's the only way they could arrive at this result

Aren't all rules made up?

What's wrong with a country's leader trying to get the best for their country? Other leaders should be ashamed of themselves.

Needdddd?
Nedddd Ryyyerrrssoonnnn?
Biiiinggg!!!

I'm going to presume that's some kind of weird sarcasm. One of the many problems with the noises out of America these days is that no widespread sentiment is too dumb to be real any more.

haha, serves him right for that stuttering pen bullshit

No sarcasm. If Starmer managed to help England win by influencing FIFA he'd have no problem staying on as leader.

Norway?

We could turn on the North Sea taps. Have the clout as a petrostate to win the world cup and bring down the cost of living, it's all a win win.

Couldn't decide whether I was arsed to stay up to watch the game tonight, and then saw that the BBC have a couple of handy options if you're of the same mind and in the UK.

1) The whole match is landing on the iPlayer the moment it finishes (BBC have assured no spoilers from the home screen), so you can set an alarm for early morning if you want
2) A re-run is going out at 7.10am on BBC2

I'm WFH tomorrow and usually up fairly early anyway so will set the alarm for slightly earlier and watch in bed with headphones to not disturb Little Miss BW.

Bobb comes on, which might somehow, somewhere, mean there's a chance of Danny Murphy regaling us with further fascinating memories of his dear cat

Sounds like the England kick off could be in jeopardy because of the weather. Maybe someone should have suggested kicking off a bit earlier.