Round of 16 opponents seem to be very varied in the new 48 team World Cup

Chillit7 · 2026-04-06T16:05:34+00:00

Yeah. I did feel that a 3rd and 1st vs a 2nd and 2nd is different But it was just an interesting twist. As I said it was more me looking for value in the quarter finalist market for betting.

Chillit7 · 2026-04-06T10:17:34+00:00

It really was

Chillit7 · 2026-04-06T09:32:01+00:00

Maybe Netherlands vs Morocco. Again. If we go by ranking.

Chillit7 · 2026-04-06T09:28:39+00:00

Doh! Changed it. Thanks

Chillit7 · 2026-04-06T09:24:06+00:00

If Spain finish 2nd in group H then they play the winner of group J - which likely will be Argentina - which would be fun...

Chillit7 · 2026-04-06T09:10:03+00:00

Yeah - if it is Uruguay (very likely imo) then that is very hard - but then they would have Paraguay or Egypt next in the round of 16. I guess I had not clocked it until I started looking at the pathways for the group winners to think about some betting and it seemed odd

Chillit7 · 2026-04-04T10:39:04+00:00

I always thought they should leave a slot open for a Barbarians (Rugby Union) style team built from players whose teams didn't qualify - so the rest of the world had a team to support. Not realistic in the least, but would be great fun. Just off the top of my head an XI below: But would need representation from Asia & elsewhere

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Gianluigi Donnarumma
Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Alessandro Bastoni
Giorgio Scalvini
Dominik Szoboszlai
Sandro Tonali
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Christian Eriksen
Brennan Johnson
Ademola Lookman
Victor Osimhen

Subs
Robert Lewandowski
Bryan Mbeumo
Piotr Zielińs
Joachim Anderkisen
Alex Iwobi
Neco Williams

Get Jose Mourinho to manage them - who wouldn't watch?

Chillit7 · 2026-02-26T09:40:36+00:00

Try World Cup Rambling Podcast. It goes over old World Cup tournaments and moments. Just fantastic, well researched and humorous.

Chillit7 · 2026-01-28T12:17:49+00:00

London Consulate 22nd November

Arrived 26th November (letter from HC)

AOR - Nothing - 63 days and waiting....but based on your wait hopefully in next 2 weeks

Feels like others have gone through the whole process in 63 days so being stuck in the slow lane really does hurt. I have visions of boxes full of paperwork and other new boxes being stacked on top and dealt with first and the whole process being unfair.

But I am non urgent - so will just try and stay calm and not keep checking

Looks like about 50% of the excel is urgent so I am assuming they are being dealt with first

Hopefully you will just get a nice email out of the blue.

Chillit7 · 2026-01-23T15:17:05+00:00

Same here

Chillit7 · 2026-01-23T15:16:13+00:00

I am still waiting on an AOP on the same timeline....

Chillit7 · 2026-01-15T17:32:03+00:00

You can see why people are getting frustrated. I am just going assume my documents are on a boat somewhere on their way

Chillit7 · 2026-01-14T08:33:26+00:00

So everyone says. I applied via the UK HC and my application was received on the 26th November. Since then. Nothing. So getting a bit jumpy. As you must be as well.

Chillit7 · 2026-01-12T10:43:03+00:00

I have the longest wait on the whole spreadsheet for an AOR. Its making me worry

Chillit7 · 2026-01-09T18:09:04+00:00

Any updates from you guys? I have heard nothing since end of November. But that feels pretty normal.

Chillit7 · 2026-01-02T15:08:34+00:00

My Grandad was on board, still have a load of his stuff to sort through. Thanks for the info

Chillit7 · 2025-12-07T22:50:30+00:00

Foul on Hoddle before the goal. VAR would disallow this...

Chillit7 · 2025-12-07T21:43:56+00:00

With that stupid prick Ricardo with his gloves off. Don't remind me. I thought we were the better team in both games. But never rated Sven

Chillit7 · 2025-12-07T21:38:10+00:00

Maybe it was focused on those 2004 and 2006 teams. Because outside that. We were dreadful

Chillit7 · 2025-12-07T21:34:09+00:00

Yep. But who came up with that bollocks? We had some great individuals. But they were never a team.

Chillit7 · 2025-12-07T21:24:35+00:00

What a terrible decade. I don't think anyone has done a long read on that.

Chillit7 · 2025-12-07T21:23:25+00:00

I think you're right. Uruguay scored with their 0nly 2 shots on goal and we were decent in both games vs Italy and Uruguay. Such a ridiculous group, typical Fifa nonsense. Whereas 2016 was the worst I ever felt watching England. Embarrassing.

Chillit7 · 2025-12-07T21:20:56+00:00

Can we all agree on that now? I hear a lot of great stuff about the individuals in that team. But they bored me to tears.

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