World Cup 2026

[spen666]

Do you actually know the rules of football?

No, but i do know football has laws not rules.

Perhaps establish you know what you are talking about

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I am not the world's massive fan of football, I'll admit, but I am still glad they were beaten last night, even if it must have been unfair on the U.S. players and staff/officials who were not involved.

 

[AndyRM]

No, but i do know football has laws not rules.

Perhaps establish you know what you are talking about

Collina must be wrong then...

That was a straight red any day by the way.

 

[First Aspect]

No, but i do know football has laws not rules.

Perhaps establish you know what you are talking about

FIFA has tournament regulations.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

FIFA has tournament regulations.

And executive orders apparently.

 

[First Aspect]

And executive orders apparently.

We need to ask Spen whether the distinction between any of these terms makes a blind bit of difference.

 

[Pross]

Good article about why FIFA don’t care about UEFA and the bigger teams.

FIFA voting is one country one vote. So all they have to do is effectively bribe the smaller and poor countries to vote and they can ignore the bigger more powerful ones.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgmmmgemd8o

They'd be a bit screwed if the European nations pulled out of FIFA competitions though.

 

[Pross]

You might be not far off the mark.
Donnie yesterday -

• On Belgium: “If they beat us, they can be really proud. The other way, if they beat us, I will say it was rigged, just like the election was rigged in 2020, but I won’t get into that.”

Jeez, he really has destroyed any possibility for satire hasn't he?

 

[Pblakeney]

Jeez, he really has destroyed any possibility for satire hasn't he?

US satire was surpassed by reality in 2020.

 

[matticus]

I am not the world's massive fan of football, I'll admit, but I am still glad they were beaten last night, even if it must have been unfair on the U.S. players and staff/officials who were not involved.

As some wag put it:
"It was good that Balogun did the decent thing and chose not to play."

 

[BoldonLad]

So pleased that Belgium beat them soundly, none of this 1-0 nonsense, a nice 4-1 will do.

Standby for doubling of tariffs Belgium chocolate, Belgium Beer, possible invasion plans 😂

 

[Dorset Boy]

So pleased that Belgium beat them soundly, none of this 1-0 nonsense, a nice 4-1 will do.

Standby for doubling of tariffs Belgium chocolate, Belgium Beer, possible invasion plans 😂

Donnie is probably on the phone to Infantino to say that none of the Belgies were eligible to play for Belgium, and therefore they should be ejected from the tournament.......

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Will Mango Fatboy claim its all fake news, and that the match hasn't been played yet? Or will he threaten to bomb Brussels, unless the cheating, lying Belgies hand back their 4 goals. Always has the tariff card to play of course.....

Can't take it away from Trump, it was a fantastic motivational speech he gave our Belgium friends yesterday.

 

[Beebo]

They'd be a bit screwed if the European nations pulled out of FIFA competitions though.

Yep, as much as FIFA will highlight a few small nation successes, it’s currently 5 European countries and Morocco in the QF.
Argentina should get in tonight.
Then either Switzerland or Colombia.

You can see why winning the euros is probably harder than WC as there really aren’t any easy groups.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Will Mango Fatboy claim its all fake news, and that the match hasn't been played yet? Or will he threaten to bomb Brussels, unless the cheating, lying Belgies hand back their 4 goals. Always has the tariff card to play of course.....

Can't take it away from Trump, it was a fantastic motivational speech he gave our Belgium friends yesterday.

He'll claim that Belgium isn't actually a country and therefore the USA couldn't have lost as Belgium doesn't exist. In fact the entire game was just a figment of everyone's imagination and the USA are already in the final where they already beat the rest of the world XI by a score of 123-79. They are now Universal Soccer Champions for all eternity thanks to DONALD J TRUMP!!!!! I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!!!!!*

*or words to that effect