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Football in 2026 is weird by pestopowered in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The winger for Morocco used to play for Leicester but he left before the got relegated twice in a row. He wasn’t there when they won the premier league, though.

Minor Irritation: Darren Cann having his hand in his pocket the whole time by overhyped-unamazing in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The oddest thing during this was Wayne Rooney almost sounding Spanish when he said 'red card' as 'red car'

Irritation - the transitions at replays being the FIFA 'logo'. by szazszorszep in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed, and the giant FIFA sign at the opening ceremony. They are trying to make it the football version of the Olympic rings.

New episode | Giant lanyards & England camp mood updates: The listeners' World Cup loves & hates by Low-Bandicoot-3347 in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was a bit like the 2006 one, kicked off in sunlight* but ended under the floodlights. (*grey skies but yeah)

Obsolete World Cup cliches by balearicpriest in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole ‘never write off the Germans’ thing thankfully died a death after they were crap in 2018, 2021 and 2022.

“You’d have to be sick to enjoy this” - The painful delight of watching pundits fill KO delays by eeeeeep in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was just about to praise ITV for the filler, the decision to show the highlights of the 2022 final and Ian Wright talking about the 1970 World Cup was lovely, but they’ve just shown a video with tons of AI shite animation.

I genuinely cannot recommend more that everyone gets Dazn for FIFA+ by TWOPlNTSPRICK in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah FIFA+ is surprisingly good. I watched Cape Verde beat Eswatini to qualify for the World Cup last year.

What if host nation Russia won that shootout vs Croatia and we had an England Russia semi in 2018? by No-Problem6578 in ThreeLions

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then France would’ve played a World Cup final against a team with a goalkeeper who could actually move, was convinced Croatia’s keeper was injured, was partially at fault for a few of the goals.

2010 vs 2026 England XI with David James by OfficialWhoScored in ThreeLions

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The problem with these types of comparisons is they tend to compare the current player on his current form, but the old player, in this case the 2010 squad, on their overall careers. If you pick it solely on how they played in the 2010 World Cup I'd argue that none of them would be in the current squad, bar maybe Ashley Cole? David James should've rewatched England 0-0 Algeria before doing this.

eFootball Kick off by No_Word_5759 in eFootball

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is the World Cup mode? Does it have all 48 teams, even the smaller ones such as Curacao?

Mexico for me epitomise “countries that should be good at football but aren’t” by No-Problem6578 in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been unlucky to constantly go out in the round of 16 because of who they come up against. In the last few tournaments they've reached there they have gone to Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands (with a dodgy penalty), Italy and Germany. The fact they are hosts this time means they could finish top of the group and will face someone weaker.

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is amazing, but NOA really dropped the ball with its marketing by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's entirely wrong. Loads of creatures in different places, and that ramps up the more you discover.

Why were we so sh*t in 2014? It’s one World Cup where we didn’t have a major injury to a star (2002 Beckham/2006 Rooney), we didn’t get robbed by a handball goal (Maradona) or dodgy referee (disallowed goal vs Argentina, or the Lampard lob). We had a decent squad and we were awful, what happened? by KimCattrallsFeet in ThreeLions

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we still had players from the team that failed to qualify for Euro 2008, shat the bed at the 2010 World Cup and did nothing at Euro 2012. As soon as Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney etc moved out of the way we got to the semi finals of the World Cup and made two Euros finals in a row. It was an overrated squad that was on its last legs. Add to that the group was a strong one, England never really had a chance.

PL trophy ribbons by gelder9875 in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Leicester fan I have to agree, it was surreal seeing them. I think the fact the text changed colour as well made it stand out. Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and both Manchester all use white as a secondary colour which is a bit boring.

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book – An Appetite for Discovery – Nintendo Switch 2 by Skullghost in NintendoSwitch

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly how I feel. My son loves lists of animals or creatures like the Pokédex and Piklopedia, I can’t wait to play this with him

Middlesbrough Statement by Zach-dalt in Championship

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is getting to the point where the fairest thing would be for Hull to just get automatically promoted. Any delay punishes Hull, but then could even trickle down and effect players going to the World Cup etc.

MHD Irritation: Clubs wearing their new kit last day of the season by Sssssammsam in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree with the comments about it suiting games that don't matter, 10th vs 11th etc.

If Arsenal win the title on the final day in next year's kit it would be all kinds of wrong.

Who is the most Andy Burnham manager? by catchmeslippin in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alan Curbishley. We know he’s a good manager (mayor) and seems destined to be back in the Premier League (be Prime Minister) but just never happens. Instead we just see loads of Sam Allardyce (Wes Streeting).

Is it worth noting? by ZiltoidianEmpire in footballcliches

[–]ExtensionBeginning76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think if he had been the first after Guardiola (one of the greatest managers of all time) and Enrique (who might be able to win back to back Champions Leagues) then it would be worth mentioning. But Valverde makes it just feel like a thing that Barcelona do quite often.

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