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2026 World Cup

By StanSP, in World Cup 2026

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Super_horns

Super_horns

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Italy are going to face another play-off.

 

Surely aren't likely to miss a third world cup in a row?

 

Be quite interesting to see how Norway do with all their attacking talent - I mean Haaland will be favourite for the Golden Boot probably. 

Jattdogg

Jattdogg

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14 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Agree with the comments above. Absolutely no one is going to want to draw Norway. Can see them going deep into the tournament.

Jinx! Has Norway out in 1st round written all over it lol.

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Leicesterpool

Leicesterpool

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1 hour ago, Super_horns said:

Italy are going to face another play-off.

 

Surely aren't likely to miss a third world cup in a row?

 

Be quite interesting to see how Norway do with all their attacking talent - I mean Haaland will be favourite for the Golden Boot probably. 

Always feels like theres ego problem with italy. Too many players that think they are better than each other.

Super_horns

Super_horns

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4 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

DR Congo join Bolivia and New Caledonia (plus 3) in the Inter-Continental Playoffs.....Nigeria join Cameroon in the bin.

Yes big disappointment for the latter two.

 

From the BBC:

 

DR Congo held their nerve in a compelling shootout to join Bolivia and New Caledonia at the six-team inter-confederation tournament which will provide the final two qualifiers for next year's World Cup.

 

The winner of the second leg of the Asian play-off between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates and the best two third-ranked finishers from the third round of Concacaf qualifying will complete the field.

 

11 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

Jinx! Has Norway out in 1st round written all over it lol.

Be in a group of death type situation but the other 3 teams will have nightmares about facing Haaland. 

 

The Blur

The Blur

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7 hours ago, fazzyfox said:

What a few days for Troy, goals in both games, the headline "Parrott Repeats" would sum it up. Maybe someone had rattled his cage.

And 13 goals in 14 games domestically as well!  What an unreal season so far.  

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Blue ROI

Blue ROI

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What a magnificent 4 days for Ireland.

 

I'd say the best days in well over a decade.

 

And not just our typical plucky 1-1 or 1-0 result. We went for it. I can't remember a time we scored 3 goals against half decent opposition. 

 

No one would have predicted this after Armenia.

 

It would be hard to top Northern Ireland in 93 or Holland in 01 but yesterday is right up there.

 

Qualification will be tough but something of a blueprint now for us going forward one would hope.

 

Oh and would the powers that be in Leicester ever look to someone like Heimar Hallgrimsson to try and get us going rather than someone with promises of Pep ball.

 

 

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whoareyaaa

whoareyaaa

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16 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Nightmares of Scotland beating Denmark tomorrow night and qualifying hope Kasper can pull of some worldies tomorrow. 

Looking forward to this game wouldn’t mind if they got through tbh 

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Alf Bentley

Alf Bentley

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2 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Looking forward to this game wouldn’t mind if they got through tbh 

 

I was thinking of posting something similar in the Unpopular Opinions thread, but decided to avoid the flak. lol

 

I'd like to see the Scots, Irish and Welsh all qualify, via playoffs if need be, though I don't think that'll happen.

We're all brothers and sisters on these islands, aren't we? :whistle:

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Lionator

Lionator

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19 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Nightmares of Scotland beating Denmark tomorrow night and qualifying hope Kasper can pull of some worldies tomorrow. 

Imagine they qualify and we draw them. Friday night 1am kick off UK time. Would be absolutely unbelievable. 

bovril

bovril

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2 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

I was thinking of posting something similar in the Unpopular Opinions thread, but decided to avoid the flak. lol

 

I'd like to see the Scots, Irish and Welsh all qualify, via playoffs if need be, though I don't think that'll happen.

We're all brothers and sisters on these islands, aren't we? :whistle:

Yes, which means we cheer against each other's team. I love Scotland as a country, in some ways more than England, but I hope they get smashed 6-0 every time they play, and quite rightly they feel the same about us. 

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RowlattsFox

RowlattsFox

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I think Scotland will do it, which will make it funnier if they don't. 

 

The extended amount of groups have certainly helped and I think Ireland, Scotland and Wales would be disappointed if they didn't finish at least 2nd. 

shen

shen

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3 hours ago, bovril said:

Yes, which means we cheer against each other's team. I love Scotland as a country, in some ways more than England, but I hope they get smashed 6-0 every time they play, and quite rightly they feel the same about us. 

Funny that. In Scandinavia we tend to support our Nordic cousins, particularly if our own countries aren't in the competition, i.e. I rooted for Norway and Sweden at the '94 World Cup. Isn't that normal for the British countries?

bovril

bovril

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2 minutes ago, shen said:

Funny that. In Scandinavia we tend to support our Nordic cousins, particularly if our own countries aren't in the competition, i.e. I rooted for Norway and Sweden at the '94 World Cup. Isn't that normal for the British countries?

The Brits invented the most popular sport in history basically as an outlet for our violent regional rivalries 

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Leicesterpool

Leicesterpool

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6 hours ago, whoareyaaa said:

Looking forward to this game wouldn’t mind if they got through tbh 

Why? could you see Scotland saying "hope England do well"

 

It's bit like saying "hope Forest do well in the europa league"

 

We don't want another Euro 2016, where ended up being knocked before both Republic Of Ireland and Wales. 

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Alf Bentley

Alf Bentley

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3 hours ago, bovril said:

Yes, which means we cheer against each other's team. I love Scotland as a country, in some ways more than England, but I hope they get smashed 6-0 every time they play, and quite rightly they feel the same about us. 

 

Nah! :nono:

 

Express a "genuine" desire for Scotland to do well. Scots won't know if you're just being patronising to a small nation, so it will mess with their heads. :whistle:

(Though I genuinely do want them to qualify and do well - within reason - despite being amused at the misery when they don't....)

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