FIFA World Cup 2026 discussion and watchalong thread part 6

[placemats]

Follow on.

Previous thread here. https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/world-cup-2026/5551650-fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-and-watchalong-thread-part-5

Ha ha I did with my dc - we all do predictions for each match! Ds12 saud 4-3 to us - glad he was wrong!

Interviewer: Hey Jude ( yeah that was deliberate) your manager was disappointed in the performance, says you will need to do better.
Jude: Shrugs, “”Whatever”

Gabriel Clark telling Bellingham the manager had said he was disappointed. Totally took the wind our of Jude’s sails when he should have been able to enjoy the moment.

Yaaa 2018 we did. Hopefully itll go better then that one!

He looked ice cold prior…

I predicted 2-2 extra time then Norway won with one penalty

The best team won. I’m off up the wooden hill. Thanks for the company and thanks @placemats. See you all on Tuesday or is it Wednesday. Whatever.

Wow what a shambles, but glad we got lucky jhn

I don't think Tuchel was talking about Bellingham

And good to see the honestly during Tuchel's imterview. He knows the performance wasnt great at times and isnt making excuses for it or playing it down..

Onto Wednesday

You're very welcome 🤗

Oh, that’s unkind. I thought Tuchel was out of order, too, publicly criticising a team which has just got into the semi-finals of the World Cup. That should be kept for the team talk.

So, suspension of reality, bear with me: It’s the final, England v Argentina. Prince William is there, Becks is there, Mrs Becks is there, pouting away with as many mini Beckhams as she can squeeze in, wearing her latest creations.

England win 5 - 0. The country erupts. Jude scored a hat trick, Harry got the other two. Keir Starmer declares the next day a public holiday. It’s coming home.

Cut to the manager: So can you sum up how you feel, after this amazing achievement? Sixty years of hurt, wiped out in 90 breathtaking minutes?

Manager: Yes. I can. Diappointed. We should have got seven at least. They need to play better.

Interesting BBC are using the TT interview on the I player round up, would have thought they had their own journalists there for the after match reactions.

The interviewer was horrid to Jude asking him about the team and who did best etc ! And so many goals missed ! Buggar off

"South Africa footballer Jayden Adams has died at the age of 25, only weeks after his appearances at the World Cup."

I've just seen this news as have only now had a moment to scan news feeds.

England v Argentina will possibly be the semi final.

I realised after- blame the tiredness!!

Yeah, apologies, very tired. Spain then.

My nerves can't take much more of this...

Roy Keane mentioning Cars, Women and Drugs

A well as the Welsh in Patagonia too.

I found the ITV pundits a lot harsher in their critic of England then BBC

Dead Ringers does him as taking everything in casual speech literally

Bloody Wonder wall. Then just now there was, I think a bit of Keane. These tunes are 20 - 30 years old. In the 90s were we singing 60s stuff as our touchstone for memories?