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After the sheer buzz of the season's fixture list coming out, there's even more excitement coming up in 15 mins as we find out our group opponents in this prestigious and well-respected EFL tournament... Arsenal U21 Brentford U21 Brighton & Hove Albion U21 Chelsea U21 Crystal Palace U21 Fulham U21 Ipswich Town U21 Tottenham Hotspur U21 I can't wait...

Tongue should be stronger there, to not ask Stokes to review. Clearly swinging away a lot and totally missing leg stump. He didn't look convinced at all deciding to review either.

That's where I've taken it from haha. Will try and update on here as it progresses.

It is when there's internationals (on the basis we don't have any postponement).

Cardiff hosting Wrexham on Monday night first game of the season.

Someone has played Football Manager

and then potentially Netherlands in R16.

Handy matrix to work out how these matches are worked out depending on who finishes where in each group. Some combinations totally out of the question now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Combinations_of_matches_in_the_round_of_32 Sunday 28th June South Africa vs Canada, 20.00 Monday 29th June Brazil vs Japan, 18.00 Germany vs 3rd in Group A/B/C/D/F (Paraguay as it stands), 22.00 Tuesday 30th June Netherlands vs Morocco, 02.00 Ivory Coast vs Group I Runner-up (Norway as it stands), 18.00 Group I Winner vs 3rd in C/D/F/G/H (France vs Sweden as it stands), 22.00 Wednesday 1st July Mexico vs 3rd in Group C/E/F/H/I (Scotland as it stands) 02.00 England vs 3rd in Group E/H/I/J/K (Ecuador as it stands) 17.00 Group G Winner (Egypt as it stands) vs 3rd in Group A/H/I/J (South Korea as it stands) 21.00 Thursday 2nd July USA vs Bosnia, 01.00 Group H Winner vs Group J Runner-up (Spain vs Austria as it stands), 20.00 Friday 3rd July Group K Runner-up vs Group L runner-up (Portugal vs Ghana as it stands) 00.00 Switzerland vs 3rd in Group E/F/G/I/J (Algeria as it stands) 04.00 Australia vs Group G Runner-up (Iran as it stands) 19.00 Argentina vs Group H Runner-up (Uruguay as it stands) 23.00 Saturday 4th July Group K Winner vs 3rd in Group D/E/I/J/L (Colombia vs Croatia as it stands) 02.30 I don't blame anyone for feeling like this at this stage...

Home to Wimbledon Boxing Day Home to Cambridge on Final Day

10000%

Bad toss to lose. NZ batting.

Definitely have to bat first. Especially in this heat. Surprised Robinson doesn't get picked. Interested to see how much Archer bowls and how his body holds up.

Can agree on all of that! Think Haiti was the perfect first game and opportunity to get the goals on top of the 3pts. May have arguably had more confidence vs Morocco and less reliance on conceding fewer last night. And there's no butthurt here by the way! As amusing as it may be, I do like the atmosphere and vibe of the Scottish fans that is brought to a World Cup. Similar vein to how everyone gets caught up in what the Dutch or Norwegians do. I won't mention Mexico or South American teams as they're on a different level

It's just over-analysis of what was poor mistakes in a game against a very good Brazil side. In the same breath, I didn't see much of it when you only won 1-0 against Haiti. Surely you should be doing better than that against a side who hasn't even been at a World Cup in 52 years...

Croatia will get to 4 points with a draw and almost certainly be one of the best 3rd-best teams if so.

Incredible amount of copium on Sky Sports News right now for Scotland Looking at squad values and amount of games played by defenders in particular. Yawn.

Big shock that result. Did not expect to wake up and see South Korea lose. Not seen any highlights but fair play to South Africa. Arguably they have a tougher game vs Canada as opposed to SK now having to play Egypt as it stands.

Ryan has some brilliant touches.

Lokks like a textbook Fulham kit.

It doesn't show in the UK. But I watched it earlier. There's nothing Xhaka can do as he's about to take a kick. Larin was correctly booked. Xhaka shouldn't have been. And in any case, it's nothing to do with any antics.

That is 2-0. Where was Gunn going

Yes. Xhaka is about to take a free kick and Larin kicks the ball away as Xhaka swings to take it. It's never a booking for Xhaka in a million years.

Oh my word. What a goal from Isidor!

Morocco equaliser