2026 World Cup

On 25/11/2025 at 21:31, ronnie said:

Yep. Absolutely bent.

 

Had them deferred for a year, by which time he will have retired. 

He's one of the "headline acts" for the tournament. That's probably why

Interesting piece on Infantino

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/30/he-massages-trumps-basest-instincts-why-is-fifas-gianni-infantino-cosying-up-to-the-us-president

On 25/11/2025 at 18:30, Owl_For_a_Lifetime said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg84knn2p5o

 

Top four seeds kept apart in the draw and can't meet eachother until the semis (if winning the group)...

 

From an English perspective there's certainly less jeopardy getting through to the last four now...

Don’t you just hate seedings though?

what made the FA cup a great spectacle was that anyone could meet anyone at any given time. 
seeding teams smacks of engineering results which is hardly what sport should be about…

On 21/11/2025 at 01:27, alanharper said:

Jamaica away at New Caledonia in the inter-confederation play offs, then Congo if they get through.

 

Heck of a journey for Cadamarteri, and potentially Bernard if he's fit by then (game played in March).

 

Pretty sure all games are in one location, which i believe will be in Mexico.

1 hour ago, Owl.1867 said:

 

Pretty sure all games are in one location, which i believe will be in Mexico.

I didn't know that, so no home advantage for anybody then - unlike the UEFA play offs. 

Just now, alanharper said:

 

I didn't know that, so no home advantage for anybody then - unlike the UEFA play offs. 

Its CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and AFC all together. 

9 minutes ago, Owl.1867 said:

 

Its CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and AFC all together. 

Yes, I know what inter-confederation means

52 minutes ago, alanharper said:

 

Yes, I know what inter-confederation means

 

Alright petal, calm down.

Previously, OFC have had a playoff against CONMEBOL, which is still inter-confederation, but not the same as what is happening now. A home and away double-legged tie is different when discussing the travel that our player(s) has to undertake during the break, than a mini tournament between sides from different federations.

Someone might have been worrying that Cadamarteri (and maybe Bernard) would need to travel to New Caledonia and then Congo within the space of a two week international break. Instead, they will go to Mexico and back.