England Forum - FIFA World Cup 2026: Other Teams Thread

Should get a yellow card for posting this.

 

******** that unfunny clown

such a beg for attention

only way he can get it is on a shite American talk show because no offence, u guys literally laugh at anything

 

Been to america a few times. Polite as hell people and lovely to chat with.

The mainsteam, both sides, are wildly over the top.

 

Well of course I think the Croatia game is a must win, because the teams England will really struggle to survive most (stylistically) are Spain, Portugal, France and Germany in that order.

And finishing top of the group should heavily reduce our chances of an early collision course with the above. We don't want to finish 2nd, then end up with the likes of Colombia/Portugal then Spain straight into the knockouts. That would be catastrophic and avoidable, just by beating easier opponents in the groups. Plus Croatia are the type of team who are more likely to endure, then dump out one of the above favorites (on penalties) than England are.

Also I don't know why, but for a while I've had this funny feeling that Portugal and Spain are going to draw each other relatively early at this WC and Portugal are going to dump Spain out

 

We aren’t joyless.

 

James Cordon is one of the most hated celebrities in the UK. He's supposed to be an absolute horror in real life. Gavin and Stacey was great though.

 

Thought I'd just reiterate...

No South American team has won yet.

 

I don't think the main problem is what the media say's about the US. It's what the US government say's about other Countries that's the main problem. Everyone Knows what a great country America can be.

 

Exactly this with issues like threatening to annex Greenland, Canada and whoever else he just wants to stir the pot with.

 

❌🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé: “I am NOT planning to become the president of France”.

“I'm already hated enough as it is”, told Le Parisien. pic.twitter.com/TWTZCFfyum

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 15, 2026

Lol.

Yasin Ayari scores for Sweden against Tunisia. His father Azzouz is Tunisian, yet encouraged his son to represent Sweden.

Ayari initially wanted to pick Tunisia when they asked him to switch allegiance in 2021, but his father insisted on Sweden because the country “welcomed and… pic.twitter.com/tBWiuzwdIj

— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) June 15, 2026

 

Sweden looked pretty good on the highlights but Tunisia looked hopeless and a contender for getting 3 defeats considering who they have next. And they were at the last two World Cups!

 

Potter has resurrected his career taking the Sweden job.

 

while UEFA with only 2 recorded wins and both against the very bottom tier.

 

I agree that Haiti was robbed by the ref. But officially I think it is 3 wins. Scotland, Germany and Sweden.

 

Aaaand they've sacked their coach!

 

oh thats right! but still nothing impressive all 3 against the bottom tier so far.

 

outside of the France/Senegal/Norway group, the only revealing matches between UEFA and South America would be Portugal v Colombia, Argentina v Austria and possibly Spain v Uruguay.

The Portugal v Colombia game will (hopefully) be very interesting.

 

Bookmarked.

Saudi Arabia will get a result against Uruguay tonight.

 

Poor guy Sithole will be renembered as a meme on the internet with his surname and performamce against Mexico

 

Just in general ... it's far too early to make conclusions but so far Concacaf has looked decent as has AFC with Japan Australia and Qatar taking points off UEFA teams with much higher squad value. Not about UEFA vs CONMEBOL but no federation has stood out yet. Of course UEFA will likely do well.
AFCON has also done well in the few games they've played but again it is early.

 

maybe they also beat Argentina in 2022 anything is possible England drew 0-0 with Slovenia in 2024 these group stage games can be very cagey and no one can be written off aside from maybe a small handful of truly lopsided match ups.

 

Agreed, neither of the UEFA or COMNEBOL teams have put out a statement performance yet

 

I don’t get this comparison of confederations half ways through the first round of matches, it tells you absolutely nothing.

 

Virgil van Dijk says he's not a fan of the mandatory hydration breaks introduced at the World Cup 🤔 pic.twitter.com/P5JcUEPcye

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 15, 2026

Van Dijk saying what we've been saying about the water breaks.