Rally don't enjoy the daily Socceroos socials with a big player pic and some headline text. Makes me think someone is injured.

Assan Ouédraogo has been called in to replace Lennart Karl. Don't tell me he's going to have the Marco Reus curse of tournament injuries.

We've known it for ages. AFC>UEFA

Bangladesh won 2:1.

German talent Lennart Karl on his way for an MRI after a training injury. Doesn't look good.

https://kingdoggydog.github.io/worldcup2026/

Got plenty of streams which should work but still waiting for SBS to block vpns

Safety first and it's always a risk but some pretty concerning information about the protocols for lightning. Something about very long delays and rules of big distances by which the storm must have cleared before resuming. Bet our Paraguay game will eat into my work day.

With the way things are going. NZ 1 England 1. Reports England have been sweating in Kansas City and media spin the players are saying its unbearable that it's actually detrimental to their conditioning. We'll soon see how teams react to conditions.

With this whole crap about 'wanting to focus on my club situation' blokes like Herrington and Velupillay are much smarter. They're at clubs where they're absolutely wanted and a bigger fish. The issue with the others is they're risking their spot by committing to Australian travel. They should...

They're both good. Robertson was only in League One for a season and it was too easy. Mid table Serie A is woeful football.

Big teams losing before but they wont care. Algeria 1:0 in the Netherlands. Ivory Coast winning in France. Spain failing to defeat Iraq. Does something beckon?

I switched it around the after a reset and got Turkey first and USA last. Was down 2:0 after 8min against Turkey because of how rigid and distance my mids and defence were. I hate the CPU just lingering on the edge of the box and your own man is so slow off the mark. If the sliders go up then...

2nd half against Denmark we really went for it and we actually we're decent against Peru but for a goal. It shows how much of a leash Popovic has us on. I hope he releases us during the tournament and we have that strong balance of defence and attack.

I just fear we won't exploit our attacking assets and it'll be a half hope flat 2018.

Hope Bozza can still make the trip to America. 2 tours with a decent line up of ex players going. Mooy over there too on one tour for some appearances.

Well I'm not sure who really put these ideas forward. If FIFA then it's an international group but it's a ridiculous notion about trying to show unity etc. The face off is the worst part. Stolen from the A League. Ice Hockey has anthems face to face.

The German article said no flags but a fifa logo only but other articles have official quotes that national flags will of course be there. Saying the circle and looking at each other brings unity. The line and being separate is a way for each team to have their own personal bit.

FFS. The anthems will now have the entire squads on the pitch fscing off across the centre circle

Played the new world cup version. Yeah, it's fun to have all the teams but even the match order is mixed up by default and needs manual tweaking. Stupid player roles diminish Irankunda's attributes of where I want to put him. Players still too rigid or never getting goal side in midfield...