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World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

If England get thru I think I'd rather they'd have played Brazil.

England's midfield would overrun Brazils, you'd just have to keep a lid on Vinny Jnr (good deployment for Spence)

Norway are more of a worry because of Haaland wrecking our CHs
Just said the same thing
He won’t have any issues with better backs of England or Mexico
But .. England and Mexico, well England have a better attack than Brazil
 
If England get thru I think I'd rather they'd have played Brazil.

England's midfield would overrun Brazils, you'd just have to keep a lid on Vinny Jnr (good deployment for Spence)

Norway are more of a worry because of Haaland wrecking our CHs

Mexico are really good, and at home, I don't think England need to worry about Norway to be honest, they are very unlikely to get through.
 
When people were getting gassed about Richy playing for Brazil I said they brick and they still are. Their level has dropped so far, they are nothing special at all
Just thinking and maybe its nostalgia talking but...

The world cup has been great and I've enjoyed more than I expected. I wasn't even going to watch.

However, has the game become homogenised in terms of tactics and coaching? When we get to this stage particularly, it's just the lads we see every week in the league or every few weeks in the CL all playing each other just in different shirts.

My first real WC was in 86. I remember goung to my uncle's to watch Brazil v Spain and I remember that Sunday my uncles talking about the Brazilians as if they were from another planet. They spoke about Zico, Socretes, Junior etc as if they were magicians because they hadn't seen them in 4 years.

I remember watching Josimar, a fella no one had heard of coming into that world cup and scoring a couple of worldies. In those few weeks I fell in love with Careca.

Maybe it's just a typical old fogie rant but it feels like some of the mystique has gone with all the best players playing in Europe anyway and wall to wall football coverage.

At least Cape Verde kept some of the romanticism alive...
 
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