Football The 2025-26 Football Thread

[Raven]

Football is dead to me.

Donald Trump announces 2026 Fifa World Cup draw to take place at Washington's Kennedy Center

The draw for the 2026 men's World Cup will take place in Washington this December, US President Donald Trump has announced.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[DaGaffer]

Football is dead to me.

Donald Trump announces 2026 Fifa World Cup draw to take place at Washington's Kennedy Center

The draw for the 2026 men's World Cup will take place in Washington this December, US President Donald Trump has announced.

www.bbc.co.uk

And the fucking Olympics.

However, I am very curious to see what attendance for these events is going to be like; pretty sure I wouldn't fancy moving in and out of US borders at the moment.

 

[Scouse]

He can have the Olympics, but hands off the footie.

 

[Raven]

Pep, Out!

 

[Raven]

I see the plucky underdog are giving it their all at Blundell Park, shame they're 2.0 down.

 

[Embattle]

What a night

 

[caLLous]

 

[Embattle]

This week Amorim claimed Man U weren't ready for European competitions, he can now add domestic ones as well.

 

[caLLous]

This week Amorim claimed Man U weren't ready for European competitions, he can now add domestic ones as well.

He also said after Arsenal that they'd proved that they could beat anyone in the Premier League (despite losing that match). He didn't say anything about League 2 though...

 

[Raven]

I feel sorry for him, poisoned chalice and an awful set-up, from top to bottom.

Who in their right mind would take it on? Big Sam?

 

[Scouse]

I feel sorry for him

I don't. He's still nearly doubled Liverpool's spend, net, in the same timeframe.

 

[Embattle]

I feel sorry for him, poisoned chalice and an awful set-up, from top to bottom.

Who in their right mind would take it on? Big Sam?

History may show it as a poisoned chalice, but he hasn't helped himself at all.

 

[Raven]

The trouble is, UTD have been over paying average players for years, the merry-go-round of managers has been more damaging than any single manager's performance. Every manager comes in with "their vision™" and buys in a few mercenaries to make the square peg fit the round hole, and fail, and they then start again. Each round, they get more desperate and impatient, gaining more and more baggage.

They should have stuck with Moyes...

 

[Scouse]

They should have stuck with Moyes...

Thought that at the time

Pleased for Everton though. West Ham fans should be crying about now.