World Cup 2026

Djibrilshairdo said:
Sounds like they've backtracked on allowing fans to take in water bottles. FIFA and that gobshite in charge have never once considered some of their ridiculous decisions from a fans perspective it just all about screwing the punters for as much as they can. Never have I wanted to see a football tournament flop as much.
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They justified the initial decision by saying the bottles could be used as weapons?

So instead of letting you bring in your own weapon you could buy an official FIFA one inside the stadium at vastly inflated prices.

Are they having gun deposit lockers for all our North American cousins?
 
Blue Maverick said:
It was $8 a bottle in Philly last year robbing twats
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$28 for a hot dog and a beer “combo meal*. I paid it as I was hanging out my arse from the night before in that Irish bar.

Atlanta was loads cheaper. I think a beer was $4. The owner of that stadium has a policy of not ripping off fans. What a guy. Just looked up if they are keeping the prices the same for this summer and they are. I can remember spending $20 and having two full hands of food and drink.
 
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Coljj said:
Musiala broke his ankle at last summers CWC and I cant help but think that soft, spongy, dry shit like this played a big role in his luck.

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All the World Cup pitches in the US have been rushed at the last minute. Some won't have bedded down, and we could see some injuries from it.
 
expatblue said:
The same was said about Russia and Qatar and they went OK, seems to be a bit of a theme knocking the host country of the time.
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I think the weather is the biggest issue for me.

Ridiculous temperatures to ask players to run around in plus I was at the CWC last year and at one game I attended they emptied the stadium due to thunderstorms.

At least Qatar was played in their winter.
 
Gray said:
They justified the initial decision by saying the bottles could be used as weapons?

So instead of letting you bring in your own weapon you could buy an official FIFA one inside the stadium at vastly inflated prices.

Are they having gun deposit lockers for all our North American cousins?
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We don’t have shootings at sporting events Brit
 
Tbilisi said:
I think the weather is the biggest issue for me.

Ridiculous temperatures to ask players to run around in plus I was at the CWC last year and at one game I attended they emptied the stadium due to thunderstorms.

At least Qatar was played in their winter.
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Little bit of thunder and it's stop the game and from what I can make out it takes as long as it takes so could be a bit of a ball ache at 2 in the morning UK time.
 
Middedon said:
I love this so much. I know it’s cheesy and plays into stereotypes, but love it all the same. The behind the scenes video had a nice shot of Oscar Bobb with his Viking face tattoos!
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Where did you watch the video? I just fell into a rabbit hole of this photographer and it turns out he's in incredible wildlife photographer too.



He also did one of the Europe Ryder Cup team.

 
ALDN_Ko said:
We all know England may get to the last 8 but will play the most mind numbing football in the process. Then we have to deal with FIFA’s non football related shenanigans to appeal to Americans. Mind numbing
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I can see us failing to get out the group stage.

Seems a lack of hype considering we are less than a week away but we will see if that changes once it starts
 
I'm genuinely more intrigued at seeing how they plan to stop thousands of Brazilians and Moroccans from attempting to shut down the I-95 to get to the MetLife stadium. Something tells me they are woefully under prepared for a non-American football crowd who don't just follow what the authorities tell them to do, especially after a few drinks - a couple of people getting misted by a Ford pickup truck on a motorway will feel like reasonable collateral for some of these crowds to not have to pay £100 for the train.

Their only saving grace might be that the ticket prices are so ridiculous that they're unlikely to be getting the Palmeiras ultras rocking up.
 
Just seen the ad from Nike with big Erl stealing the show at the end.

Surprised they didn’t edit Palmer out.
 
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