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Having lived in the Middle East for over 16 years, it's a great result for the region. In terms of football alone, it'll help a lot with credibility and respect from those looking in from the outside. Well done to Saudi - 2 fantastic strikes, fought for everything and deserved winners in the...

It's ok. He's got the green one on underneath.

What a hit!

Game on!

Despite conceding a penalty, VAR's been the best Saudi defender so far.

VAR overturns that one, but doesn't overturn the Maguire one. It seems like we're asking for consistency as much in VAR now as we used to do with referees.

A remarkable coincidence. ;)

It's never been an either/or binary position with which NSC threads to post on. One generally isn't automatically ruled out of posting on one thread because one's posted on others. Subconscious guilt? Not here. That's a huge projection. I felt great before the England game and even better...

Just seen actor Robert Bathurst on Good Morning Britain. At the end of the show, Richard Madeley asked him why he was supporting Ecuador in the World Cup. He said there were 3 great reasons, but he was worried that if they played too well, they'd be sold to Chelsea! Well worth watching on...

Here's an illuminating and sobering 2021 article from Safety and Health Practitioner regarding construction fatalities. https://www.shponline.co.uk/construction/paris-2024-past-and-present-olympic-construction-fatalities-indicate-we-still-have-a-long-way-to-go-says-health-and-safety-expert/ It...

The classic game of 2 halves. Only 4 shots on target all game. Mediocre fare. Nothing that's going to force the England of earlier today into extra training.

Apparently Sports Direct are reporting thousands of Iran shirts being returned to their Scottish branches.

At the risk of being told off for bouncing old threads, I thought this might deserve one. 3 years on from the last time Qatar hosted a major worldwide sporting event, let's see how much has changed. I appreciate that it's not exactly comparing like with like, but even so...

England's best win ever in a World Cup opening game. The turgid, abject performances of the Nations League were a distant memory. There's still some work to be done at the back, but going forward we're going to be a match for anyone. Bellingham is going to be one of the break-out stars of...

10 minutes time added on 2nd half. So just the 24 minutes for the whole game then.

The World Cup record for time added on is going to be broken here.

Even if England benefit from it, it's completely the wrong decision to keep the GK on with potential concussion.

My Texans tighten their grip on the #1 draft pick with an effortless 27-10 home defeat to Washington. A single first down and 5 net yards in the entire first half was always likely to prove tough to counter. The current 1-8-1 is likely to improve on last year's 4-13 even with a potential upset...

If the score stays the same, they might be getting lashed this evening.

Penalty!