[Football] Road to World Cup 2026 - Official Thread

[Mellotron]

Fine, I'll get it going then.

Interim England Manager Lee Carsley names his England Squad for the 2 Nations League games against Republic of Ireland and Finland today.

Squad here;

I'm curious if anyone here is planning on attending any of this appropriately SUPER SIZE World Cup - 4 games a day for a long time, 72 group games I think it is?

What will be different from Southgate's reign? What do you want to see happen?

Looks like Ben White's exile continues to be self-imposed, even with Steve Holland out of the picture.

 

[Clive Walker]

No Dunk - its all Jay Williams fault!

 

[Mellotron]

WHO is Angel Gomes?

Otherwise it's a fairly safe squad. I like the defensive options.

And today is when I discovered Noni Madueke is English.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

WHO is Angel Gomes?

Him and Maguire won a competition to get to the squad

And today is when I discovered Noni Madueke is English.

Heard him interviewed on MOTD last week and was very surprised when he started speaking and sounded like he could be a newsreader, I had assumed he was French / African, so I guess there's a lesson for me there!

 

[Albion my Albion]

Angel Gomes

Who was the first player born in 2000 to play in the Premier League?

Joining Manchester United at the age of six, Gomes made his first-team debut for the English club in May 2017 and became the first player born in the 2000s to appear in the Premier League.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

And OP, if we have Nations League games, why are you referencing the world cup? A little odd? It's a completely separate competition?

 

[Mellotron]

England fixtures for the rest of 2024;

 

[Mellotron]

And OP, if we have Nations League games, why are you referencing the world cup? A little odd? It's a completely separate competition?

It is the beginning of the road to the World Cup ultimately - you are (of course) aware of how Nations League performance can affect World Cup qualification, so no, they aren't completely separate competitions.

I was intending this as the main thread for England games/chat between now and World Cup 26. Makes sense to keep it all in one place.

 

[Wozza]

Aye. It’s the beginning for fans collecting caps (loyalty points).

 

[Wozza]

I didn’t even know we were playing.

(Just wanted to be first on the thread)

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Fine, I'll get it going then.

Interim England Manager Lee Carsley names his England Squad for the 2 Nations League games against Republic of Ireland and Finland today.

Squad here;

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I'm curious if anyone here is planning on attending any of this appropriately SUPER SIZE World Cup - 4 games a day for a long time, 72 group games I think it is?

What will be different from Southgate's reign? What do you want to see happen?

Looks like Ben White's exile continues to be self-imposed, even with Steve Holland out of the picture.

Yes.

 

[Mellotron]

I didn’t even know we were playing.

(Just wanted to be first on the thread)

Oh good idea.

Hang on;

boring
overpaid
talentless cloggers
don't care
waistcoat wanker - oh hang on.

Tracksuit tosser?

 

[Badger]

I'm curious if anyone here is planning on attending any of this appropriately SUPER SIZE World Cup - 4 games a day for a long time, 72 group games I think it is?

Yes. Yes I am. I'm thinking I'll do a roadtrip to some of the East Coast venues.

 

[Insel affe]

I'm curious if anyone here is planning on attending any of this appropriately SUPER SIZE World Cup - 4 games a day for a long time, 72 group games I think it is?

Yep, we have potential places to stay with family in Michigan, San Fran, Houston or Phoenix, I would like to potentially take in a game in Vancouver, Santa Clara in San Fran and would love to do Monterrey, that would be epic but think Monterrey might be a touch to far.

 

[Han Solo]

King Potter will have the easiest of lifes getting you to the World Cup.

 

[Insel affe]

King Potter will have the easiest of lifes getting you to the World Cup.

And like the previous incumbent, prove too negative to win anything.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

King Potter will have the easiest of lifes getting you to the World Cup.

Buzzing for the 1-0 at home to Andorra and goal-less draw with San Marino

 

[Mellotron]

And like the previous incumbent, prove too negative to win anything.

Battering Italy on xG in the final and losing 1-0.

It is what it is. We'll take the positives and move on.

 

[Han Solo]

And like the previous incumbent, prove too negative to win anything.

Of course. He's not paranormal. Nature will prevail.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

We've wasted the Nations league. It was an opportunity to pit ourselves against teams of our level so we don't get beat against the first ones we play against in a major competition which always used to be the issue. If we'd have won a Nations league it would have taken the monkey off our back regarding 66. Instead we failed to take it seriously and now have 6 largely meaningless games.

Livramento and Gomes being English is a revelation for me. Maguire won't get another game for a while for Man Utd after Saturday. Perplexing.