CR7’s Last Dance? 😳 | Biggest World Cup Narratives & Tournament Preview | LET EM SHOOT TV

The biggest tournament in football is finally here 🌍🏆

In this episode we preview the World Cup and break down the biggest storylines heading into the tournament:

🇵🇹 Is this Cristiano Ronaldo's final chance to complete football?
🏆 The favourites to lift the trophy
😳 The dark horses nobody is talking about
🔥 Nations under the most pressure
👶 Comment who you want us to feature on an EP? 
🇦🇺 How far can the Socceroos realistically go?

The World Cup always creates heroes, villains and unforgettable moments.

👇 Who wins the World Cup?

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SPEAKER_06 0:05

Good yeah. Yeah, good night. So it's your daddy better hide his daughter.

SPEAKER_05 0:13

Good morning, good afternoon, good night. We're back. Let him shoot his back.

SPEAKER_06 0:17

And we're officially online for this world cup. Guys, it's been a very, very, very, very long time.

SPEAKER_05 0:26

To my I don't know how to do this. I was gonna say to my right, but we'll start off with we'll start off with with double mic'd up.

SPEAKER_06 0:38

Double mic'd up telemarketer drip.

SPEAKER_07 0:41

Double mic'd up on a Tuesday. It's PBB in 4K. Or it's probably 1080p right now, but fuck it. Recorder wax. But you pass it on, bro. Uh to my right. There's no to your right, bro. Toronto. Maple Leaf.

SPEAKER_03 1:02

Hey man, you know, government name, remove. Deny him. Him.

SPEAKER_07 1:09

That's what happened to a lot of people at the World Cup this year.

SPEAKER_03 1:12

Yeah, man. And we're gonna say uh let's shoot it over to what's the name?

SPEAKER_07 1:16

See that double on tundra flew over people's heads.

SPEAKER_03 1:19

Be quiet. Deny over to be too younger. Younger up to marriage.

SPEAKER_06 1:28

Blame Samuel. Let's go, baby. Blame football. My streak continues, marathon continues, still won't miss a let him shoot episode. And I'm gonna send it over to I got a mic and a mic.

SPEAKER_04 1:38

It's a boy MJ, born in Africa gang. Blessed to be here. Life's good. Come on, let's do it.

SPEAKER_07 1:45

One second, one sec. Production, can we send Denier a coffee? This guy's low energy today. What's going on, man? Fire out. Production. Man, that shit over. That was the slowest intro I've heard him say.

SPEAKER_05 1:59

Why is he lacking? Why are you lacking energy at this time? This is calm, man. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:04

You got me on here at 11:30, man. Coconut waters makes me magnetizing or something. You got me on here at 11:30, bro. Sleep tea. The man is sleepy already. You man told me 10 30, it's 11 30 now.

SPEAKER_07 2:17

Are you acting like you're not up at on fucking posting Drake lyrics still at 12 30?

SPEAKER_06 2:23

Alright. Keep running it, bro. Keep running it. Samuel, you want to tell the crowd what we've got planned for this World Cup? Uh yeah, basically now that we're online. We're online, guys. So this gives you guys a little bit extra, gives you a little bit more insight into us because you can now watch us live stream. You can join in on the streams, you can comment, ask us questions, talk to us, donate. You can definitely donate. Um, yeah, we're gonna be watching the games, the World Cup games. They're great times for us here in Australia. So we're gonna have a couple guests on. So look out for that. Look out for which people we're gonna have on this because we know some fucking cool people. And you know, let them shoot. We're the people's, we're the people's podcasts. Maybe, maybe not the brand's podcast, but we're definitely the people's podcast. So that's the thing. And you guys just gotta subscribe, you gotta like, you gotta hype, you gotta definitely now follow us on all socials because we're gonna be coming at you from all angles. Denai, you can say it. Pause. Oh god.

SPEAKER_07 3:29

Danay, just wipe your things, bro. Wipe this.

SPEAKER_05 3:33

Danay, you can't get you can't get cyberbullied. You have to get it.

SPEAKER_02 3:43

It's June, yeah. It's June, yeah. It's June, right?

SPEAKER_07 3:46

IP address. Say something bad.

SPEAKER_03 3:47

Go ahead. Go, it's June, right? Go. What month is it? June. When this guy moved to Melbourne, Feb. I was still in find the club, brush your teeth. That's Hiroshima.

SPEAKER_07 4:03

What might I look at the photo of you and just typed?

SPEAKER_06 4:05

Nagasaki. Why do you have a photo of Denai and just typed? You'd be sharing it to the world, bro. Oh, true. Guys, World Cup predictions.

SPEAKER_08 4:20

It's your religion.

SPEAKER_06 4:23

Hey, we're gonna be a good stream. World Cup previews, World Cup predictions. This tournament, I don't know if it's just me, you guys might feel the same way, but I I it doesn't even feel like the World Cup is two days away or one day away.

SPEAKER_08 4:38

Two days?

SPEAKER_06 4:39

Like it, I don't know. Yeah, that happens, bro, innit? From time, but but since when was it feeling like this? Because I remember from time, every World Cup 2022, 2018, 14, 10, every World Cup. Did you feel like this in Qatar? Yes. Bro, we were waking up, you weren't obviously weren't there, but we were waking up at 4 a.m. go to the studio, watch games. We were we were on it. You're getting older, bro. You're getting older. Maybe that's fixed that. Yeah, maybe that's it. Is that what you maybe is that what you attribute it to?

SPEAKER_03 5:10

Deny for me. It's like not it's once the first two games happen, then it's like, all right, cool, it's happened then. But up until like this week before, it's just like, what are you getting hype for? You're watching dead games. Like you're watching, bro.

SPEAKER_06 5:24

The games haven't been that good. Are you one of those guys as well who doesn't have who doesn't just get enjoyment from watching the World Cup?

SPEAKER_03 5:30

For me, no, no, I get enjoyment. I'm talking about right now up until now, you've been watching the friendlies, they're dead. Yeah, yeah, are he? You've been watching friendlies that played at half the half speed, no one's really going all that apart from freaking people. Um, what's his name? We are punching people. Um other than that, like once game one, game two happens, then it's all right we're locked in. And thing is it's games every day, then you're locked in that way when this game's frequently. Right now, it's just a bit of like a it's a gray zone.

SPEAKER_06 5:54

You're a marketing guy. Is your is your marketing people, did they not do their job correctly, or what? Or are people's attention spans, they don't exist to the wrong host nation.

SPEAKER_02 6:04

Wrong host nations.

SPEAKER_06 6:05

I'm not gonna say nothing, but um it's I'll say tell me you text it to me and I'll say it because I'm already on nothing, nothing could get worse for me. So you text you text me anything, I'll say it out because that's the wrong host nation, bro. Why'd they get it in what 94 and why'd they got it again already?

SPEAKER_03 6:22

The host nation isn't for me. The host nation probably isn't uh it isn't a problem, it's the amount of teams, it's the amount of teams that's like. How many teams are there again? It's like 42, is it? 48, 48. Yeah, it's 48 teams, bro. Like the amount of teams that are there, obviously host nation's host nation, the country's massive, right? America's huge, isn't it? But like if the if Australia was to host the World Cup, it'd be the same thing in terms of land mass. So I I I I think it's the host nation. There's technicality, there's like political things involved, but once the football starts, the football starts.

SPEAKER_04 6:54

I think you can tell when the the essence of like that World Cup fever that you get from nations or places that really love the game. And I feel like from the US, you don't have that feeling. Yeah, it it just seems like it's a lot more corporate, commercial. The focus is on how can we make money, not how can we drive that World Cup football feeling, football first. It feels like that's the last focus.

SPEAKER_06 7:21

The soccer fans aren't buying tickets either. Yeah, they're not buying tickets, they don't give a sh I forgot if we can swear or not, but they don't give a fuck about football like that. So, really, the World Cup doesn't mean to them what it means to everyone else. When it's in a different country, those people are saving up for four years to get that, you know, to the eight years from when they get announced or what however many years it is. They're saving up when they're in that country to go and watch all the games. These people in America, they don't give a shit. Do you think the people in New York care more about the Knicks winning the NBA championship or the World Cup? They care more about the Knicks playing in the finals, they don't care about football like that. That's why they picked the wrong host nation. They picked a nation that is going through a lot of of issues, they support a lot of many, many, many bad things, and then now they're just subjecting teams, fans, referees, players to just out outright racism, bro. This it's a it's a shit host nation.

SPEAKER_04 8:16

Yeah, it's good you mentioned that because I watched um this documentary about the 94 World Cup, and and one of the main talking points was how the American fans, and this is when probably tickets were far cheaper and more accessible than they are now. And one of the things that they said was, and a constant theme was American fans didn't show up. Like this was a home World Cup, they didn't show up. They said like they weren't interested. If you look at the stadiums, they were too hot, they weren't designed for football, just the whole vibe of it just didn't work. And I feel like we're seeing that repeat of that happening, and it's like it's interesting that FIFA, I mean it makes sense because they're gonna they want to make money, but it's like FIFA have just said, you know what, who cares about the game? Let's just go here, right? And it's yeah, it's shocking to me.

SPEAKER_06 9:02

Yeah, I I completely agree. I think it it it it doesn't make sense considering the climate of of what we're in now that that America got this World Cup. Because simply put, you you can't have a World Cup and then and then allow and disallow fans, particularly, is the number one from coming into the country to support. So vibe's off already. Yeah, you know, half the games in all the other World Cups were the games they were, not because you remember the football, but atmosphere-wise, you remember Colombian fans, you remember any African Nation fans, these these clubs from the Caribbean, anything like that. I feel like that number one is already off, and then you've got all these issues surrounding teams, so that the main focus cannot be the football. Iran have to leave America every time they play and go to Mexico. It's fucking crazy. Yeah, fly in, fly out, fly in, fly out on game day. How does that make sense? How is a team meant to prepare when they've they've been prepared for four years?

SPEAKER_05 10:01

Yeah, go.

SPEAKER_03 10:03

There's an opportunity, there's a chance that around first the USA in like the round of 16. I know.

SPEAKER_06 10:08

They both finish they both finish second in their groups, they get each other.

SPEAKER_03 10:12

Yeah, yeah, so it's a bit mad. I think for me, so me there's two parts, right? There's there's the political side of things, which is obviously if you say Pride Month, is it during Pride Month?

SPEAKER_06 10:23

Yeah, I think so. Yeah, Pride match, there's a Pride match game. I think Iran is in the game, or Iraq, one of them, yeah. Surely whoever wins that it's it decides the other thing as well.

SPEAKER_03 10:39

Um wow, wow, this is gonna be short-lived.

SPEAKER_07 10:46

I'm just saying we get an advantage or some, you get like a hill or something. You get a couple heels.

SPEAKER_02 10:56

Wow. Back to football, back to football. Wow, you get some deal. Yeah, you get them, you can do this supply drop.

SPEAKER_07 11:07

You put it something easy.

SPEAKER_02 11:13

This is gonna be hella short-lived. Oh, this is a good show, man. Oh Ross, okay, what was I saying? Okay, yeah, two parts.

SPEAKER_03 11:24

Two parts. The political side is the political side. That was always gonna be an issue from whenever this was awarded, even though it's got Canada and Mexico in it. There's like three games that there's like yeah, three games happening in Canada, and there's like four games happening in Mexico, something stupid like that. So the political side's gonna be the political side. But for me, the football, it's it'll be exciting in terms of once the games start, the games will start from like a viewer point of view, like us watching, we'll be excited about watching the games because it's just happening, right? But the I feel like one the speed of the game is going to be slow. These guys are playing in like 40 degree heat, which is not normally that doesn't normally happen. And sometimes if they're playing in high altitude, which isn't actually some of the cities aren't actually as high as I thought. Like the one's playing in Denver and stuff, so probably that can't be the case, but it's still gonna be like water breaks every 20 minutes, like everything's just gonna be broken up, so it's gonna be very slow, which I don't think might be work against the European teams.

SPEAKER_06 12:25

Yeah, South American. It will feel like a timeout, though, to be fair.

SPEAKER_03 12:29

Ad breaks, ad breaks, yeah, yeah, and they're running ad, and they're running ads as well. So money wise, like this is this workup's gonna make a lot of money in terms of like realistically, people are gonna go to the games, like even though tickets haven't been selling, like people will go to the games, like it's going to well, they're gonna have to drop the prices because 180k tickets, I think, there are that aren't sold. Yeah, they're gonna people will still go to the games. The prices are super high, but people end up going to the games, so they're still gonna make money, so to say. Not as much as they probably they want to, but they'll still make money. Um, but like the key thing for me, the football is gonna be the style of play. I feel like it's gonna be different to all um usual World Cups. Fans are gonna be part of it, but I think it's gonna be South American, South American fans. So like Mexico, like Mexico and Mexico, that's gonna be wild. Fire. I can't wait for that. Yeah, the equid like Ecuador and like Brazil, all those fans will be allowed in to the US, no problem. So that'll be all good, that'll be all calm. European nations, like for people that are traveling to America, that's gonna be interesting to see who's actually gonna pay all those prices. Um America, it's gonna be like the American fans, it's gonna be a lot of like influence. Like it's like we live in an influence age, like there's going to be a lot of influences at these games, like, even though like people aren't buying tickets, they're going to seed a shitload of influences to create content around this, which will drive super like heaps of revenue.

SPEAKER_06 13:52

So if I see Denar, I promise to you, if I'm watching a US game, just USA versus Australia, and I see the camera cut to LeBron during the game while the game's on, he's got LeBron in his own screen, and he's talking to the commentators about what he thinks of the game and if he saw it coming or not. I I promise to you I'll turn it off. He's the cam.

SPEAKER_03 14:13

That's the Liverpool guy, though, bro.

SPEAKER_06 14:15

That's your Liverpool guy, man. I can't do that. If they do that kind of bullshit, Drake, Canada are playing and they've got Drake. You know when they're coming for the boy like for 30 second commentary in NBA, that bullshit that they do. If I see that happening in in the World Cup, I promise I'll turn it off. I don't care what question like that.

SPEAKER_07 14:32

Do you guys want to see like entertainment or do you want to see football?

SPEAKER_02 14:38

Football, bro. I want to see both. Uh entertained by playing football.

SPEAKER_06 14:42

Would it be bad to chuck in early Shaq and Kenny and Charles? Get out of here, bro. Get out of here. Just no, just for like entertainment purposes. Yeah, you can watch that on your own shit, bro.

SPEAKER_07 14:57

Why are you doing this for camera? I would watch Stephen A.

SPEAKER_05 14:59

I'll watch Stephen A and um what's what's homie's name to Wargo?

SPEAKER_02 15:03

Um, what's his name? Max Kellerman.

SPEAKER_05 15:07

Max Kellerman that's no not Max Kellerman, the guy that says uh pink stage. I got Carl Malone, David ahead of Curry, David Robinson. Oh, yeah, I don't know that guy's name. And um Shannon Sharp's like, no, what is he, the fifth best center? Shaq is the fifth best center, and you're like, who's the head of Shaquille O'Neal? He's like Moses Malone. They were like, what? Then he says that old what that white guy that no I'll watch some of that shit. Bill Warden. Yeah, Bill Warden, yeah. I'll watch some of that shit, to be fair. But not not to get my you know, not to get my football.

SPEAKER_06 15:47

You're gonna watch that shit at halftime. You're gonna watch at halftime Australia down 1-0 and Nickelette is telling us why Nick Rad is telling us why why the US soccer team are so much better than Australia. You think you can watch that at halftime?

SPEAKER_03 16:00

Who's broadcasting here? SBS everybody is SBS is here, but over there at CBS. Because I thought we're gonna get Bozer. We will, bro. We'll find they'll find a way to keep it. We'll get Harry Kure Claude and um oh that's right. Don't worry about it.

SPEAKER_05 16:16

There might be by the time the SBS is finished, there might you might be hoping you got Bozer.

SPEAKER_06 16:21

Yeah, that's what I was about to say. I was gonna say I was hoping I got freaking Stephen A. Smith. Yeah. Would you rather Bozer or Budmate? Oh, I'd rather Buzzer. Yeah, you can't rather Buzzer.

SPEAKER_07 16:34

Yeah, you have to you have to pick Bozer.

SPEAKER_06 16:36

Yeah. Yeah, you have to, bro. And to tell us why the goalkeeper why why they have goalkeepers on on these shows to tell us if the goalkeeper should have made a save or not? It's ridiculous. And they never think they should have made a save as well. Yeah, it's always the goalkeeper did the right thing. Uh well, narrative wise, what what do you think you guys are most looking forward to seeing? Which narrative, which narrative do you think going into the tournament is the one that needs to happen the most? Legacy, legacy-wise. It's coming home. Come on. No, is that where you're going, deny?

SPEAKER_03 17:11

Naturally, bro. Come on. That's a nice, it's a nice kid, man. Um no, no, England gotta. I don't think it's actually coming home.

SPEAKER_05 17:19

Um, but I gotta say it's still I think if we're gonna if we're gonna touch on England, which we might as well because you brought us there.

SPEAKER_06 17:27

This I'm I'm am I the only one that's looking at Tuchel's team selection thinking this is the first manager that that picked who he needed for this for the team instead of just picking names.

SPEAKER_03 17:39

It's actually good. The only the only question mark for me is maybe like maybe you bring Harry Maguire, maybe, and then the other one is maybe you bring a like a Lewis Hall. Everyone else, the only one I didn't want to be in the squad is Jordan Henderson shouldn't be anywhere near the squad. That's uh but but he's not gonna play like realistically, realistically, right? He's gonna play 15 players this whole tournament.

unknown 18:07

MJ.

SPEAKER_03 18:08

So if you've got 15 MJ on me, sorry. So if it's up outside of that, if from 15 to 26, whoever gets picked doesn't really, really matter, in my opinion. Like it matters from a training perspective, it matters from a backup perspective, and it happens. But in terms of like, let's say everything goes to plan and you just play, you're gonna play 15 players, 16 players max throughout the whole tournament. He's picked the right squad. Cole Palmer shouldn't be nowhere near the squad based on performance. Phil Foden, I don't want to hear his voice. Adam Wharton, I feel sorry for him. I think he should have gone in instead of Henderson. Um, the strikers are the strikers, like everyone's talking about Tony plays in Saudi Arabia, Tony's good on pens, Harry Kane's gonna play every single minute if he's available. So no one, I don't know why anyone's complaining about that. Saka, he's gonna play. If Saka's not playing, Noni's used to come in off the bench for Saka, and he's more direct. And Chukwall likes him and he plays well for England. I don't care. Maybe you take a Bowen. Maybe I can understand maybe Noni not going, but I understand why he's going. The other side for me, Foden, Foden, Rashford, Gordon. I actually would play Rogers out there. I wouldn't play a um I play Rogers out there over a Gordon because I think Gordon is absolutely terrible. Um I watched that game. I don't think he is terrible. He's gonna press, he's going to press and he's gonna do what he does, but I think based on like I just think Morgan Rogers is a better player.

SPEAKER_06 19:32

Yeah, but you know what Gordon brings that Morgan Rogers doesn't bring? Because Kane drops so deep, they need players who can run in behind. And I I feel as though him and Rashford both picked for that same reason, because they both can take the space that he leaves, that Kane leaves, and Kane leaves that space constantly for maybe 80% of the game, he leaves that space. And so I think they need that. Because if they have another dribbler, number 10 style player who likes to drift inside, I feel as though he'll get caught up in Kane's space. Because the reason Bellingham is there is because Bellingham, and the reason he's successful when he plays for England, is because he crashes the box, he crashes the space that yeah, that Kane leaves, and that works well. Because the reason Foden doesn't work is because there's no space for him to operate and Palmer, there's no space for them both to operate when they play like that. So I think the Gordon thing makes sense in terms of a style, and that's why I think I like Tuchel and like his selections, because he's made picks based off the style that he wants to play, not just picking players because they're they're names and they need to be in the squad. Like I agree that I think Trent should be in the squad just based off him being good, but I think that he's as a manager, if you want your right backs to be good at defending, then don't take him, and then you just play the players that you think are gonna do the job. And I I don't think that there's a problem for that. I don't think there should be uproar because you finally have a manager who has bought.

SPEAKER_07 20:56

I'm saying a Jed Spence who finished just outside the relegation zone is better than a Trent or defensively.

SPEAKER_06 21:04

I'm not saying he's a better player, but defensively, you've seen I've seen Jed Spence lock people up. Yeah, he's picking up better. And the Jed Spence, I think the pick is he can play on the right and on the left. Yeah, did he not take short?

SPEAKER_05 21:18

No, that's a big O'Reilly.

SPEAKER_06 21:22

O'Reilly's tournament if him or the most reliable. If one of them two needs to come off, at least you know you have security with with Jed Spence. That's the reason I think he was picked. Also, I think that players have to also know going to a tournament like this, that they're starting. I don't think you can pick 15 players, 16 players who all think that they should be starting. Because yeah, yeah, ultimately from the get go, the mood, the morale in the squad is done. If sixteen players are there who all believe, yeah, I should be in the starting lineup, I should be starting over this guy over this guy, toxic. And if If you take Col Palmer, if you take Foden, if you take all these guys that that typically start for their teams and are the main guys, and they're not getting played, they're not getting minutes, or ultimately the press are going to be like, Well, this guy should be playing, this guy should be playing, it's going to create that that thing in the squad. Whereas he knows if I'm taking Rogers on the bench, Eze on the bench, uh, Gordon on the bench, uh, Madweke on the bench, Henderson doesn't need to be playing. Like, he's he's got the freedom to be like, I know these 11 guys are gonna play. And when they do need 20 minutes off, 30 minutes off, we have these guys.

SPEAKER_07 22:34

Yeah, you raise a good point because I felt bad for Harry Maguire up until he made that post, and I was like, Yeah, well, clearly this guy could be what you're saying, like that person that thinks he should be starting, starts whispering at training. Can I ask you a question? Why isn't he starting and stuff like that?

SPEAKER_03 22:54

The only reason why, like, I don't have a problem. I kind of said Harry Maguire should be there because I felt like I feel like okay, don't bring Henderson, bring a young up-and-coming Adam Morton or even younger if you go um, if you go Garner or whoever, like a young midfielder, right? Alex Scott. Alex Scott, whoever you want to do, he's just bringing up there from experience, gonna be a doubt, uh, he's gonna be put into the squad for future camps, etc. etc. Yeah. Scott is, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So I think take Henderson out. You bring, I thought bringing Maguire for me, he's always performed well for England. Yeah, he's probably not a ball playing centre back um in the way um Touchwell wants to play, but he is a good defender. Now leader, John Stones for me. I don't think he's done enough to go. Exactly. So me like that there for me is like where I have a problem with Touchau's selection of John Stones because he literally has not played enough football to justify going. Yes, he is a good player in his uh at his best, but he literally hasn't shown that in 18 months. And you also don't know what capacity he has to perform. So for me, it's like that to me was the question mark Dave. No, I know this guy just talks shit. That to me was um I'm just gonna keep going.

SPEAKER_06 24:13

I think it was those two. I think if you don't take Henderson, you take somebody else whose experience, like you said Maguire. I don't think that would have been an issue. Like if you're trading out Henderson, you put in Maguire and pick someone young enough as a middle. Maybe he doesn't believe in Maguire's leadership in the team. Maybe he doesn't think he commands the respect the way that Henderson. Or maybe he doesn't think he's good enough. Stones is a better player than Maguire, but but I mean Maguire showed it more recently, he has that he's better.

SPEAKER_04 24:39

Yeah, yeah, and that goes back to his his whole premise. It it kind of goes against that. That's why that is confusing.

SPEAKER_07 24:47

Yeah, that's the comparison. And I think you look at the two, if you're gonna compare Jordan Henderson and Maguire, I think Henderson would understand his role in the team as he's not gonna start more. Whereas Maguire would think he has to start and would think he deserves to be the one that starts.

SPEAKER_04 25:05

Yeah, facts, because he has started. So to take that away from him, yeah, I don't think he takes that too well.

SPEAKER_06 25:10

I I think Tuchel's like main premise for why he picked who he picked was they had the best dynamic of a squad in the friendlies around October, November. Like he said, that was the best camp that they had, and so he's his reasoning was he picked a majority of players from that camp. Because if it was going off form, Gibbs White should be in the squad.

SPEAKER_02 25:31

Yeah, 100%. I felt sorry for him.

SPEAKER_06 25:35

Gibbs White should be in there. 18 goals, one prime season, crazy. You know what I mean? That's like an obvious, obvious choice. So yeah, it's it does make sense. Yeah, it must be like I think it's just a shock.

SPEAKER_03 25:50

Yeah, it's a shock, but I think we've got to remember that when I think about it now, he did just select the greatest Liverpool captain of all time and Jordan Henderson. So I understand it. True, he has listed the Champions League, yeah. It makes sense to bring the greatest captain Premier League. He's the greatest Liverpool captain of all time, so yeah, yeah. I I understand bringing him. But is it coming home? Is it coming home? I um I've been saying that for years. Um, do I think so? No, I'm not sold, but well then what kind of narrative is that make when the tournament starts, obviously.

SPEAKER_06 26:23

You guys want a real narrative? I think England make it far, to be honest. I think they do. Yeah, you guys want a real narrative?

SPEAKER_07 26:29

Yeah, tell me what DR7 is coming home. That's a fucking that's what I want. In reality, that's what I think. That's a fucking narrative.

SPEAKER_06 26:36

Seriously. That's a no, that's a narrative. I'm not saying that's what I want. I'm okay with narrative. He's the reason they get it. It's never been like that.

SPEAKER_05 26:48

It's just gonna be like him getting a reimbursed a champions league. That's what it's gonna be like.

SPEAKER_06 26:53

Oh no, yes, it's and and and their only chance, their only chance of getting one is if they keep it. He is a detriment to the team. Yeah, there's so much disrespectful.

SPEAKER_07 27:04

How are you gonna get the best out of Blue? I can't. I I'll I hear it. He's playing.

SPEAKER_04 27:09

When it's Portugal, he's scored in the last two games.

SPEAKER_03 27:12

Yeah, I'm I for me. It's I know he's somewhat of a dead, I think he's a somewhat not a detriment to the team. Liability. But like he's a liability to a point. There's games in which he should play, there's games in which he shouldn't play, or there's gate, or if he understands that okay, I'm coming off the bench for the last 10 minutes for impact. Like, even no, I'm saying like he has to take, he has to understand what his role is. No, a 41 plus, he has to understand what his role is. And if it's okay, cool, I am going Portugal. I've been to I've been to Euro 2024, it's now um Euro 04, sorry, it's now World Cup 26. It's not gonna be an opportunity to bring the World Cup back to Portugal, and I'm not going to, I'm not gonna be the star player that I was in 2010, 2013, 2014. I'm not gonna be that Ronaldo, I'm gonna be a Ronaldo who's much older, who is gonna have a bit part to play.

SPEAKER_07 28:05

Nah, you can sit him down, give him that Mourinho talk that he did to Balotelli. Yeah, yeah, for sure. And this guy run out with the run out of the story that we come off.

SPEAKER_06 28:14

Also, doing that as a tough man. Also, nor should he, nor should he think facts that I should have to sit down for for fucking goblin. He should be sitting down. No, he shouldn't have to think he should. That's like even when he's he's at the bull's second stint or at the wizards, this guy probably still thinks I'm the fucking best player here. But ever in reality, and who's gonna tell him he's not? The only way to tell him he's not is by telling him to sit down. If he's on the pitch, he's gonna think he's the best. That's why he's playing. He's got the armband, he's the he's got 950 goals in football history. But my issue is my issue is not even with Portugal's bowling generation, by the way. For real, and they're doing farewell, farewell tour for Ronaldo when they could just be like doing what PSG are doing, Mbappe, get the fuck out. We don't need you. I was about to say that. People had the audacity to tell me that Mbappe don't work in enough for Madrid, he doesn't run enough off the ball, he's a detriment to Mbappe is a detriment to the team, but we'll sit on here and say that Ronaldo should start for Portugal, but they'll say Mbappe is a detriment for Madrid. Mbappe's talking every season.

SPEAKER_04 29:26

The problem I have, right? What I'm saying is this, right?

SPEAKER_06 29:29

We're talking about what other accolades does he have. He scores 40 goals. You're talking about Ronaldo's. He could play from the mic, I think, a bit.

SPEAKER_04 29:38

If look, this this is my view, right? My mic is too crisp. This is my view, right? If Ronaldo doesn't play and they lose, it's gonna be a it's gonna be a storm. So so either you play him and figure out a way to play him, because if you don't play him, the media speaks to Piers Morgan is gonna be insane. So it's like, what do you choose? That's why I think he has to play.

SPEAKER_03 29:59

You know what it is? There's two players, there's two players that are in the same position, in my opinion. There's Neymar and there's Bernaldo. They probably both don't deserve to be at the World Cup in terms of output and where they are at in their career, but they have to be there because Neymar fucking deserves to be at the World Cup. They don't no no, but Neymar doesn't deserve to be there on performance. He doesn't.

SPEAKER_06 30:20

He doesn't deserve to be there on performance. I'm not saying the Brazil media was going not to be.

SPEAKER_03 30:30

Look at that Brazil team, man. That team is not a good idea.

SPEAKER_06 30:33

This is Brazil's golden generation versus Brazil's probably worst team that's going to a World Cup. And there's players from Spartak, Moscow, Zenit, all these, all these teams getting picked. And that's why the Brazilian media is going up. Fucking better be there. Portugal have the best players they've ever had, ever, ever, ever.

SPEAKER_04 30:51

Exactly.

SPEAKER_06 30:52

Let me tell you something.

SPEAKER_04 30:53

So get rid of this guy. But that's that's what I mean. Is it's it's you you choose the fact that he could be bad, but you play him, so it's not an excuse that to not play him, they don't perform. Then it's like, what's a coach doing? They should have played Ronaldo. It's lose-lose. So it's either what is the biggest loss?

SPEAKER_06 31:12

Well, Martinez, he's gonna play Ronaldo, give him the captain's armband, play every minute. Goncarlo Ramos is gonna be sitting on the bench just waiting for his chance. You know, when he waited for his chance last World Cup, he can't what did he score? Hatrick or four, some Patrick Anonist in his in his only game where he started. They they need to do that shit, bro.

SPEAKER_07 31:29

It's it's four, this is four years later from that moment when Ronaldo was still done. One second, one second. Say, say, say you they do start Gonzalo, right, and he doesn't score. And and then they start in the next game, doesn't score. And these are chances you know Ronaldo would put away. Ronaldo can't get there to put them away. It's he doesn't it's not a running behind ball, it's not running behind its headers, it's tappings, it's in the box presence. This guy is one of still one of the best finishers inside the box. Uh cool. Anytime Gonzalo misses, you're gonna be like Ronaldo would have scored down. Ronaldo would have scored. He wouldn't have got there, is my issue.

SPEAKER_03 32:07

It's a narrative thing, it's a narrative thing, it's opt, it's a narrative thing. You've got to realize that, like, one, there's politics involved, two, of course.

SPEAKER_05 32:16

But it sounded like you were saying that Ronaldo should play, and that's what I'm demeaning. No, no, no.

SPEAKER_03 32:21

I'm saying that he's I'm obviously it's an optics thing. I play a bit part, he should he should be a bit part player, but he should be a bit part player, and and for the story of like for football, or what he's done for football and who he's been in the in the game of football, like this would be complete in the story of this Cody Rhodes era. Of course. I finally finished the story and he can go out into the he can retire in it. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_06 32:45

Of course. But when I said when I said this ain't gonna be the same as Messi's because he can't contribute the way Messi did. That's the only point I'm making is this is what it's gonna, yes, he's gonna get a World Cup, and yes, that gives off the legacy if he got a World Cup, whatever. But it's it's not the same, you know what I'm saying? Like it's not the same. No, it's never gonna be the same. It's never gonna be the same.

SPEAKER_07 33:08

Everyone knows that, though. Everyone knows.

SPEAKER_04 33:09

Yeah, and plus he's five years older than Messi was at that age as well.

SPEAKER_07 33:12

No, but I'm not saying that, I'm saying everyone's known that since the moment they started being compared, they're completely two different players. But the narrative is if Portugal win, Ronaldo's name is gonna be the first one that everyone's gonna look at and be like, yeah, he's finally done it. Not oh my god, they did it without him, or you know, he didn't play that many games. He's gonna come off the bench 15 minutes.

SPEAKER_06 33:33

Because nobody looks at it, it's just when he looks at his Euros instead of no impact, no impact in that Euros. Yeah, he was he was pictured lifting it. Facts.

SPEAKER_07 33:42

Adair scored. Do you think anyone knows Adair's name? They just know Ronaldo was on the side coaching. Like, no one cares about who scored the goal.

SPEAKER_06 33:49

Yeah, yeah, I agree. But the reason you brought up we brought up Neymar, the reason I think it's a different is because one Brazil's in the mud.

SPEAKER_03 33:59

I don't think Brazil is that in the mud as you can.

SPEAKER_06 34:01

I think they're actually going to be better than people think. I I think I'm saying Brazil's in the mud compared to Brazil, not compared to the other athletic forces.

SPEAKER_03 34:09

Let's talk it. Let's talk about Brazil for a second, yeah? Let's go. When has Brazil how when was the last time Brazil were good? Let's really think about it. Were they? Yeah, yeah. They almost got they were cat, they were a one-man team, bro, to be honest.

SPEAKER_06 34:22

That was the one. He was injured. He missed, he played in the second group game, got injured all the way until the semi-final, and that was his next game. He was out for the whole the whole world. Was that the one against Croatia? He scored against Croatia, yeah. Where he scored the great goal. Yeah, 2018, they had a good team, like starting lineup team to do something. They got dumped out by Belgians. But better than dumped out by a good Belgian team.

SPEAKER_03 34:46

Yeah, let's be honest. 2014 they had a great team. Substantially better. 2014 was a good team, but that was the one where they lost seven nearly silver out. Neymar out. That's when Neymar out. Um if those two players play, it's a whole different game, in my opinion. Zoo nigga.

SPEAKER_01 35:01

Zoo Nigel.

SPEAKER_03 35:03

Yeah, yeah, he was. But when do he was when when realistically, if we look at Brazil's team now, defensively, I feel like they're quite strong.

SPEAKER_06 35:13

Me and Samuel were having this conversation the other day. Centrally, yes. Magalish he's top in the world, like top three, top four. Whatever you want to say, centre backs going into the tournament. Marquinhos coming off an incredible last two years, top. Allison on the decline, but still he's probably one of the best five keepers at the tournament. Full backs, yes, random.

SPEAKER_03 35:36

I think Wilson just got injured, isn't it? Yeah, hey, cool. He got injured, bro.

SPEAKER_06 35:40

Basically, these fullbacks are disgusting. And their midfield can be a mixed bag, bro. Casemiro, yeah, he's had a good season, but he could so easily just be Casemiro from last season. Bruno Gamaris, nobody watches when Bruno Gamaris is shit. When he's good, he's good, but nobody watches when he's shit. And then who's gonna play in front of them? Yeah, Rafinha. If they get that wrong, well, if they play Paketan, get the hell out of Brazil getting dumped out, bro. Yeah, they're getting dumped out. I think Rafinha will start 10. I think Vinny will start on one side. I think um Rayan on the right. Ryan or whoever else. I think Edrick's gonna have a good yeah. I think he might. He's been good in uh friendlies. Of course. Yeah, starting on the game. I'll never play. Kunha has to start nine, by the way.

SPEAKER_03 36:27

No, I don't think Cunha should. I don't see Cunho as a nine. For me, Cunho. I think he's probably better too.

SPEAKER_06 36:32

Maybe he'll play on the right. Maybe he'll maybe Rafinho play on the right and Cunho play 10. I think Cunha has to start wherever you want to start him. I think he has to start.

SPEAKER_03 36:39

But if you say all that right, for me, this team is still not much worse than what we've seen since 20, since basically 2006. Yeah, but what makes it worse than 2000? 2006 was amazing.

SPEAKER_06 36:54

From O2 was amazing to 2022. What did they have? A good NAMA. They had the third best player in the world. Now they've got now they've got they've got nothing. So what you're saying is the difference between a good Brazil and a bad Brazil is the fact that they had Neymar.

SPEAKER_03 37:11

But you've also this third best player in the world is one that hasn't been able to deliver, has only been able to take him to a semi-final at best. He fucking delivered. No, he he he he can say he played well, but in terms of what is Brazil gonna do at the World Cup, what is Brazil gonna do with this World Cup? It's not we're not asking, we're not saying Brazil's gonna win this World Cup. No, like no one's expecting them to win this World Cup. Likewise, in 20 in last last, even with Neymar in the squad last I think they were favorites last tournament, bro.

SPEAKER_06 37:40

They had a great squad.

SPEAKER_03 37:41

France, Africa FC was the favourites, bro. England were a favourite. France literally just won the what's it called?

SPEAKER_06 37:52

They won the one before, but people thought that this one was going to be a little bit of a uh the start of a new generation, but they got it. Brazil went ahead of them. Brazil were ahead of them. Brazil going into the world cup of world number two. It was Argentina number one. I don't care about them rankings, bro. If Brazil didn't lose to Croatia, they were that that was the semi against Argentina, locked in.

SPEAKER_03 38:14

Yeah, 100%. No, a thousand percent. I agree, but I'm just saying the Brazil teams that we've seen have been heavily based on Neymar performing and Neymar delivering. Right? It was like Neymar in the world.

SPEAKER_06 38:29

Whether he was in the last tournament. Vinny has not no, I'm not saying they're delivered. I didn't say they're delivered, but going into the tournament, Vinny was one of the best wingers in the world. Rodrigo was one of the best wings in the world.

SPEAKER_03 38:40

They had Neymar. But you can argue that the supporting cast now is better than it was a couple years ago. I think it's the same supporting cast. I think it's a bit, I think it's a bit better. I think Vinny is a quality player.

SPEAKER_06 38:50

Casemiro's older, their right backs and left backs are worse. Allison is worse, they they have no real striker. Vinny is probably worse this season than he was when Brazil was playing.

SPEAKER_00 39:01

Vinny's never been good for Brazil, bro.

SPEAKER_06 39:03

No, no, no. But going into the season, per him individually in that Madrid season, I think they won the Champions League that year.

SPEAKER_03 39:09

He may be playing for well for Madrid. I'm saying how they play for Brazil is what I'm trying to say.

SPEAKER_06 39:14

But he's got to step up and be the guy. You know, Vinny has to be the guy now. Yeah, he has to. He has no other choice. He's not him like that. Yes, but he has no, they have no other choice other than him to step up. Because you know deep down Rafinha ain't gonna be the guy who's gonna step up for Brazil. You know deep down that Cunha ain't gonna be the guy that that gets all the the hate and the blame. It's all on Vinny's shoulders and somehow still Neymar's shoulders. But the guy Neymar can't even run anymore, and it's on his shoulders still. That's what tells me this team is bad.

SPEAKER_03 39:40

Yeah, but that's what I'm but I'm I'm saying it's like what's the expectation then?

SPEAKER_06 39:44

No, they're not going far, bro.

SPEAKER_03 39:47

Which has been the same thing for the last 20 years.

SPEAKER_06 39:51

Expectation is they they get to the last four, I think. Reality though, which objective. Let's okay, let's objectively think about it. I'll say France is clear, I'll say Portugal on paper is clear, and I would say England, maybe, maybe you can look at are definitely better. Spain, I think, are great, but Argentina should realistically their squad is 50 times worse than the yeah, but you know who they got? You know who they got? We could talk about it. Messi for me is still one of the best players in the world. Uh, if you watch him in this tournament, I I don't think there are many players that I would swap out in my team for player. You can't look at Argentina and think they're better better placed than Brazil. Play for player when they won the World Cup. That's not good. That's not what it is. They had the fucking go. I'm saying going into the tournament expectation, Brazil's team should be in conversation to make the final four. Then whatever happens from there, I don't think so.

SPEAKER_03 40:45

I don't think so.

SPEAKER_06 40:46

I think you look at player for player, not as a getting knocked out. But who do you why do you guys think that that these other teams are are better placed? Portugal ain't done anything in any tournament to be better placed. They've probably got more interesting.

SPEAKER_07 41:00

Why are you taking informed players in Brazil? It's not tournament form going into the city.

SPEAKER_06 41:06

I'm saying the fact that they've been there and done it and they haven't. I think history matters. I think history, that's why there's only a certain amount of teams that have ever won the World Cup. Because I think heritage matters when it comes to World Cup. Yeah, not this. This is probably a new cycle.

SPEAKER_04 41:22

At what point does you know heritage not matter? Does it fade? It does fade.

SPEAKER_03 41:28

It's four years. For me, history is history, but every four years we can't say like history realistically. Like exactly.

SPEAKER_06 41:42

What would you guys base the your predictions for the final four being on?

SPEAKER_03 41:47

I would say I'll say squad cohesion. I would say the the form of the players, and I would say um what's the third one? Yeah, like how squad gels together and the opportunities at hand. So i.e. how are they what what's their path to XYZ?

SPEAKER_07 42:08

I reckon rotation has a big thing to do with it, especially in this heat.

SPEAKER_03 42:12

Yeah, you can if you I just don't think I just don't think Brazil has I just don't think even though like I for example I want Brazil Brazil winning the World Cup is good for football, right? Neymar winning the World Cup is good for football. I would if they if they won, I would be I would be happy. Boom. Cool. But do I really expect them to win? No, I don't. I don't expect them to be in the semifinals. I expect them to probably get to the quarters. I expect them to perform like they've done the last 20 years since they've had the galactic their Galactica era. Everything else has been like we've watched Fred, we've watched Vandalay Love or whatever his name was. We've watched Yeah, we've watched we've watched all the we've like we watched all these like false nine strikers that aren't really strikers play um at the number were the number nine kit for Brazil. Like we haven't seen anybody bar Neymar, and yes, Neymar carried him for 14, 18, 22, but it wasn't enough. And I still feel like that's what's gonna happen this time.

SPEAKER_06 43:12

I have not mentioned Brazil winning the World Cup, by the way. I'm saying the expectation for them is they should get to the four. I don't think they're absolutely winning. If expectation, yes, yeah, they should that only England, France, Portugal are better, definitely, than them, and all the other teams, Spain, yeah. Spain, yeah, they can be better.

SPEAKER_07 43:32

Would you say would you say Brazil has an X factor? Yeah, Vinny.

SPEAKER_06 43:36

Vinnie can be better than they've got X factor, bro.

SPEAKER_03 43:38

Yeah, all their space.

SPEAKER_06 43:39

Rafinia, Vinicius are as good a players as anyone going into the tournament. Yeah, I think Brazil has more X factor than Portugal has X factor. Yeah, absolutely. Portugal and their frontline have no X factor. And England. Is it just frontline? I think it's just for frontline. You can't say Saka and Rashford have more X factor. No, not them. Yeah, of course not. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Brazil have X factor when it comes to going forward. I think the biggest thing is having X factor in the players that can create and do something out of nothing when it comes down to it.

SPEAKER_07 44:19

The best teams that win always have a solid defense and they they go from that going up. So when you look at these teams that we've just mentioned, all of them to me have a better defense than that Brazil team. No, and there's more that you didn't add.

SPEAKER_06 44:32

You think that I think even is better, huh? System argue. That's my that's my team, but actual player for player, they don't. England, Spain, it's not player for player. I'm saying a back line.

SPEAKER_03 44:46

Yeah, we can't look at player for player.

SPEAKER_06 44:47

But look at their look at their manager. He's a good manager. Enchalotti is a good manager. So he's a manager who knows how to win tournaments as well. He's never been a defensive manager. Is he a good manager? Uh how many Chairman Z has he won? No. What are we doing?

SPEAKER_03 44:59

No, he's a great manager. Sorry, sorry, that's the wrong thing to say. He's a great manager, but he's good at managing the exactly the best teams in the world, and he's good at managing them and letting them do whatever they want. Why can't you do that? But are you letting to maybe Bud's point or to yeah, maybe Bud's point? I if the defense isn't as good, I think defense is okay. If the defence isn't as good, and you're letting the front players go and do it, England are more have a better structure, Spain probably have a better structure, Argentina, at least the best at that. Yeah. So like structurally, I'll be there. Like I said, I agree.

SPEAKER_07 45:35

All these teams are building from the back up. Brazil for me, it's just top heavy, and then you look down and it gets weaker and weaker.

SPEAKER_06 45:45

But I'm saying how it was the best in the tournament. What are we talking about? Is the best centre back partnership in the tournament?

SPEAKER_07 45:52

No, but it's not just the partnership, it's it's also the weak balls fullbacks.

SPEAKER_06 45:56

No, the fullback is a big thing. That takes a big toll. Yeah. But we can their team is scrubs in like in the world. No, the team is not scrubs. I think part of the clubs are. If you're talking about structure, then I I hear it. But we don't know what Angelotti's structure is going to be like in the tournament in how they how they defend. No, I'm not sure. I I actually don't know how they're going to defend in the tournament. But if we're talking about players that they have at the back, Argentina don't have better players at the back. We're not talking about the bigger. But I don't think it's about the players. Exactly. Exactly. It's not about the players though. Yeah, that's not about the players. Yeah, yeah. I know that's what you guys are saying. But I'm saying, like, to a point, they don't have better players. And also, why can't it be partly about the players? Can't great players contribute to the fact that your system might not be as good and absolutely.

SPEAKER_03 46:47

Yes, but you're identifying that the wing backs are terrible. Yeah, the fullbackship fullback, sorry. So you're identifying those two holes instantly. Whereas you look at Argentina, they may not be as good as a Gabriel or a Marquinhos or even or even a Danilo or a Wilson, but as a team, their coaches got them playing as like a like a club team. Like that's why they won the World Cup last year, innit? Like they were played as a club team, they fought for each other. The poor literally doesn't leave Messi's pocket.

SPEAKER_06 47:12

Okay, but let's let's be honest, they won the World Cup because they had the best player of all time. Yes, 100%. We can talk about their backline however much you want. They conceded three goals in the in the final. They won the world cup because they have they have the best player, they had the best player in the tournament who could do stuff out of nothing. So we we can talk about their players. They had Molina at the back, they had Automendi at the back, they had their team is probably the same, if not worse.

SPEAKER_04 47:34

Tablier Fico's at this World Cup, guys. So, with that, what does it take to win without the best player in the world?

SPEAKER_05 47:42

That's a good question.

SPEAKER_04 47:45

And for me, it comes back to having another best player in the world. Yeah, have the second best.

SPEAKER_06 47:51

Have the second best. And then if it's not the best, it's the third best.

SPEAKER_03 47:55

Yeah, yeah. Because you guys could say, right? Right, Spain. I'm lost on this conversation, by the way. Like I'm on both sides now.

SPEAKER_06 48:03

Because you would say Spain, regardless of structure, everything the Spanish team set up, play the best football. If if Jamal was ruled out of the tournament tomorrow, their their percentage of winning would probably drop by by 30, 40 percent. Half at least. And regardless of their structure saying the same, everything, their players, they have Rodri, they have Pedry, this, this, that, everyone being there, you'd be like, fuck. I don't know if they they could they can do a thing now.

SPEAKER_04 48:30

But I think I think I think my point of view is you would probably let be less disappointed because you can see that they have a clear identity, they have a clear structure, you know what they're trying to do, as opposed to maybe from my perspective, Brazil. We don't know who's starting, how they're gonna play, what they're trying to do. Whereas I used to have that identity, and I think when Brazil was at their best, it almost didn't matter who played, they had that that that that system, that flair, that vibe, which you don't see. And I think for me, for them to be successful, they need to return to having some kind of identity, which is why I don't think they're gonna do too well. Like my favorite team is Brazil, but do I expect them to do anything? No, because I see France probably have more of an identity, Spain has more of an identity, Argentina has like one of the clearest identities we've seen. Portugal to an extent has an identity. Even some of like the smaller teams now, they play a certain way where you're like, okay, this is clear what they're trying to do. They're known for this style of football, and I think that's probably what they need for me to back them in big tournaments instead of them just crashing out.

SPEAKER_06 49:33

Uh I had a conversation with Jeremy today. I think that this is kind of like my little what my take for this World Cup. I think back when remember when we used to watch World Cups 2006, 2010, when the good teams were versus a shitter team, it's just it's a win. That most times it's a win and a convincing win. 3-0, 2-0, 4-0. My the way I feel about football right now and the level everyone is in terms of their physical capabilities and how strong they are, how fast they are, how defensive-minded coaches can be, how tactically aware players and other teams are. I don't think that those 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 are gonna happen at all. I unless it's against somebody like Haiti or Kuraça, like those teams. Then you can't against like I'm saying like Iran are playing, Iraq, are playing uh Uzbekistan, are playing like these teams that usually will get bought by a good team. In my mind, I think it's gonna be very difficult for good teams to beat them, and it's gonna take moments of brilliance from certain players to unlock games or to win games. And to me, I think this world cup is gonna rely on whose best player is performing the best. I think that's what the World Cup is, to be honest for me.

SPEAKER_03 50:45

I agree with you. I do agree with you in terms of the the second the tier two, tier three countries, like not in terms of the extra country stuff, but in terms of football. Um, I think they have gotten better because obviously development, youth world cups, they've kept the same teams. Like, that's why Germany went from Germany went from what they were in 2010. Like that's how they got all Mullah Osils because they went through the Youth World Cup. England, so to say, with like winning Euros in that. Um, Spain have literally graduated their whole team into the first team. Um, so I agree with you on that part. Um, the younger countries are smaller countries are doing that. Um the best player, like the World Cup has always been based around like building the team around one player, though. Like you think about all the winners we all the winners that have won. It's been Germany, maybe it's been like one key player is gonna be the one that's gonna shine and get all the glory here, like and everyone else is gonna work for that. So if teams can understand that, which is like the biggest question mark of France right now, is is Dembele, Douai, all these other people gonna say we're gonna let Mbappe be the guy and just work hard for him, which is what they kind of did in 2018.

SPEAKER_06 51:53

They will again, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 51:54

So it's about under the people understanding that. So if that happens, yes, but if it doesn't happen, then maybe we won't see these three, four nils, especially because of the weather as well. The weather's too hot, the game's gonna be much slower.

SPEAKER_07 52:06

People Mbappe is not even letting these guys have a choice, by the way. Yeah, and as it should be, it should be like that, bro. It should be like that. I don't know, bro. You don't see like the guys we love, Messi and that, they're not saying that kind of stuff. But no, but it's it's the same concept, bro.

SPEAKER_06 52:24

They warrant it. That's why listen, I can't. You think Ronaldo's giving the players a choice anytime he's played in the World Cup, exactly, bro?

SPEAKER_07 52:29

And that's the guy you scolded before about how his team's not gonna go. Scolding him now because he's 40. And Bappe is in the peak of his career. Nah, nah, don't do that. Last last World Cup, it's a fair we still did the same thing. Last World Cup and last Euros, the last two Euros. We all every time we go into any tournament, we always say Ronaldo's gonna be a hindrance to this team.

SPEAKER_06 52:52

I would always talk about a Ronaldo that is still good. No, I would not talk about a Ronaldo that is still good being a hindrance. No, I would the last World Cup he was 37. The last two Euros the last World Cup was 37. The last two Euros, we said the same thing as well. What do you mean the last two Euros? We didn't say that in the one before that. Yes, we did. Oh, not me, you guys did. I disagree. I don't think so. Ever since this guy has been moving Buki for like the last five years, six years, it makes sense for him to not work in that team. And Bappe is fast, and Bappe can still move, he still makes runs, he still scores goals, he's consistent. Why didn't he win Champions League? Why didn't he win Championship? What do you mean why didn't you that's a bad excuse, but why didn't I never won Champions League?

SPEAKER_07 53:34

Does that mean he's shit? No. No, but I'm just saying to you that you you guys just sat here before telling me how they finally got rid of him at PSG, and look what it did. It made that team turn and completely do everything they've wanted to do with him there, and it happened. And now it's the same problem we're facing again. This is PSG all over again for France. Oh, it's looking like it. Yeah, they don't play the same way. I'm saying it's looking like it just from a trend, like a common trend that I've seen. That's what makes you feel like that like it because like like I said at the start, I feel like Mbappe isn't he's not allowing for others to shine as well. Like he to me, he he looks like maybe it it like affects him when others in his team either are doing better or outperforming him or are just looking like more of a threat to him.

SPEAKER_03 54:26

Let me just pause you there for a minute. I think it's the difference this year is that when France won in 18, Pogba was the guy, but they had a striker who didn't who sacrifice like kind of like the Benzema role with Ronaldo when he was there, right? Giroud just literally was a striker that literally had no shots. I mean, he scored no goals or whatever, had no shots on the right.

SPEAKER_04 54:47

The goal he could have scored.

SPEAKER_03 54:49

So like that he had that player that sacrifice for him there. This year's difference is that you have no Giroud, but you have Dembele who's playing in that nine position if he's gonna play false nine. You don't have a player who is in that mold of a Giroud who can sacrifice for Mbappe. So out of those front four, but respectfully, why is he sacrifice for Mbappe? Dembele is the best player. Because he's the best player. There's always gonna be a player.

SPEAKER_06 55:14

If there's always gonna be a player in a team, he's not the best player for Cavara, he sacrifices for for Duwe, he sacrifices for Barcala every single game. Wait, what are you saying? I didn't I didn't hear the first part. Yeah, I'm saying that he is a player who will sacrifice. He he knows Mbappe, he knows Dembele. No, Dembele. I'm saying I'm saying Mbappe. But no, I'm saying Denai said they don't have a player that in that Giroud mold that will sacrifice for Mbappe. But I'm saying Dembele is all for sacrificing. When I watch Ference play in the friendlies, all those other guys, the same way that when Argentina play, all those other guys run their arse off for Mbappe because they know deep down, they train with him every single day. They know deep down if we want to win this tournament, he is our happy key factor to us winning the tournament. He scored 12 World Cup goals in two World Cups.

SPEAKER_07 56:02

Cool. Again, that's due to sacrifice, but now that that that part isn't as like isn't as like uh what's the word I'm moving for?

SPEAKER_03 56:11

Dembele is but you're talking about Ballon d'Or Dembele, like you're talking about Champions League winner Dembele. That's that for me, that's the question mark is his role out of those four players that are gonna play in that front four. But if it's if it's a Shirky, if it's a Dembele, if it's a Lyce, if it's Mbappé on the left, like are they going to play the role that other Frenchmen have played for Mbappé to succeed? They shouldn't. Well they didn't agree.

SPEAKER_06 56:37

No, I think he's the best player in the world. He won Ballon d'Or. He does that's how he won the Ballon d'Or by sacrificing. That's how he won it. He won it by being part of a team, he won it by by playing in any way that's him to play and being the best player, not just the player. He wasn't the best player in the world when he won the award. He won the he won the award because he won the treble. He was great. Yamal was better than him. Come on, man.

SPEAKER_01 56:59

Ballondor's not always the best player.

SPEAKER_06 57:00

But regardless, do you guys think that that a player, a front three where one player sacrifices for another is is the only way? You can have front threes that all just do their own thing and they can win games, they can win trophies. Ronaldinho, Ravaldo, Ronaldo Suarez didn't exist. Exactly. Ronaldinho, Rivaldo Suarez, fucking Rooney Ronaldo, all that shit. It works. If you just have three players that know what they're about, they can they can just pull out the business. Why can that not just be a few?

SPEAKER_03 57:29

No, but I think I think there's a player that all I think there's always there's there's levels to it. It depends on the level in which the other players are. So for example, in a front three that involves Messi the last 10 years, Messi's not going to track back and run. Right? So you're going to need to have a team structure or players who are going to do that for him. Yeah. In a in 18, Mbappe was young and he did some running, which is great. In 22, he didn't do any running, but because Deshamp was like, you stay up there and you go win this game for us. And Jerude sacrificed his game. So I think that it depends on who the star is and what their attributes are. When you name like Ronaldo, Tevez, Messi, or Ronaldo, Rooney, and that Man United team, Rooney sacrificed a lot for everyone else to do what they did. Like he was playing out of position a large part of the time. When we talk about the Madrid team, but Dembele's no stranger to that. No, Dembele is no stranger to that, but it's just about like, is it what's the pecking order right now? If you're talking about like his name, if Dembele pulls up and says, you know what, it shouldn't be him first, in my opinion. But if he pulls up and he's like, I'm Dembele, I'm Ballendor winner, I'm back-to-back champions league or back-to-back treble winner. No one can chat to him in terms of like accomplishments and achievements, which I understand the captain, 100% the captain can, but I'm saying is Dembele going to even a captain, bro.

SPEAKER_07 58:57

He's just got that little thing on his arm.

SPEAKER_03 58:59

Is Dembele going to say, okay, no, that guy is that guy?

SPEAKER_07 59:04

You know what I'm talking about. He's not a captain, he's got the armpit, but he's not a captain.

SPEAKER_06 59:07

He is a captain. He captained his team to the world cup final. I disagree with you, bro. Yeah, he wears it. I'm saying he wears the captain. Is he not Francis' all-time top goal scorer as well already? Yeah, he's their best player.

SPEAKER_07 59:19

He's their best player. Best players doesn't mean you have to score 12. Automatically won the world cup. Captain Material. He's won the World Cup in his first couple. Yeah, I'm uh again, I'm not taking away from his accomplishment. I'm not saying that he's not a great player, but I don't like you just saying that he should he shouldn't material.

SPEAKER_06 59:39

You're saying that Dembele should be the main guy at for France.

SPEAKER_07 59:42

No, I'm saying if Dembele wants to and be like, yo, I need I need to take over this, he should, and he has every right to. I'm not saying that's what they're gonna do and what they should do from the start. But I'm saying if Dembele wants to do that, he can and he should.

SPEAKER_06 59:56

Yeah, okay, fair enough. Absolutely. There I I actually agree with you. If he if he feels like he wants to be the main guy in the position he's in right now, he should be able to feel like that. But then I'd best see you do it because Mbappe's already done it and been doing it. Yes, so Dembele can run into the game. Exactly, exactly. Dembele only has a fucking ever done because Mbappe gave it.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:20

But that's that's that's that's pre what he's just done in the last season. I'm saying he best rock up and do it now. No, Samuel's saying what has he done? I'm saying that's pre the last two three seasons he's just had.

SPEAKER_06 1:00:32

Who are you gonna put who you're gonna put your your World Cup glory hands in? Mbappe, who've been that been through it, done that, been consistent every single year, or Dembele, who's never done anything for France ever. You remember Dembele last World Cup final, yeah? He got dragged in the first half. You're using stuff that happened before what he's just done. And he's literally just came off winning this. That's where the pecking order comes from, though. That's why Neymar is still regarded as as the guy for Brazil, why Ronaldo is regarded as the guy because of what they've done. And thing hasn't done it.

SPEAKER_07 1:01:02

I agree. But this is this is literally a month ago, we're talking about a guy who just won the Champions League, back to back, Ballon d'Or, and could win it again. If if if France win, tell me why he would still win the Ballon d'Or over Mbappe if he's so good. If Mbappe is the guy, why would he still win it?

SPEAKER_06 1:01:19

Because PSG had an incredible season again. He had an incredible season. It's not just that though.

SPEAKER_07 1:01:28

And like we said for Vinny. He he would be in that conversation, otherwise, it would have just been go, it would have just gone to Mbappe if they just won it. Like Vinny.

SPEAKER_06 1:01:35

But there's a reason why Mbappe is between Denai said for Vinny and Brazil, he ain't done anything, he ain't done anything for Brazil. That's why he doesn't have the respect of I can do this, I can drag Dembele. Yeah, he's won the Champions League. Vinny won the Champions League twice as well. He scored in both times. It don't matter. It does. Okay, so Rodri Rodery coming to Spain and telling everybody he's the best player. No way. Rodri knows who the best player is at Spain. He knows that they got if they want to win the tournament, their star, their star guy on the right. Everyone got to know that he's the best.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:07

But if if Rodriguez it's completely different though, I'm this is attack versus defensive-minded midfielder. It's completely different to two attackers that are looking to lead the line for their team and be the headline for their for their nation versus a DM and a winger.

SPEAKER_06 1:02:24

Okay, who do you think the rest of the the French players are putting their putting their eggs in? Which basket? Which player, which player do you think they're saying is going to take us to win the World Cup? Right now? Based off cohesion and all of that shit. It's not even a conversation. What are you talking about? I'm telling you, bro. I'm telling you about a cohesion. Yeah, go on.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:43

I'm telling you that the reason why Brazil wants Neymar is because he's the Brazil GOAT. So it doesn't matter how good Rafinha's been, Vinicius has been, all they care about is who has performed for the nation. We need Neymar back. So that's that's how it works. That's exactly why Mbappe has to be the guy for France. He's won them the World Cup, he's their best performer for France. Why else would you want anybody else in there?

SPEAKER_07 1:03:07

I think that Neymar is a bit of desperation from Brazil, too, if I'm being honest. It's not just because he's been the goat before. They're desperate for someone to do that. And he's so happens to be the last guy that's you know part of that golden generation or the last Brazilian like to look like the past Brazilians in the generations. So that's why they're doing that. It's not based off what he's done because he's not he's not done anything really for Brazil either. If we're going to talk about accolades and stuff, yes, he has.

SPEAKER_06 1:03:35

Come on, bro. If you're talking about winning trophies, he's the all-time top scorer. He passed Pele. What are you talking about? That's a trophy. I didn't say it's a trophy. You're saying accolades. I said, I'm not talking about trophies, I'm saying accolades. He's the top scorer for Brazil in their national team history. He passed Pele, their greatest ever players. He passed them all as the top scorer. In World Cups, he's been consistent throughout every single World Cup in terms of his scoring. Yeah, in terms of his scoring. He doesn't want to be a good one. He's wanted to so a player can own. So up until last World Cup, Argentina couldn't put their hope in Messi because he hadn't won it before. No, of course they could, because he's their best player. He didn't have to win the World Cup before this last World Cup for them to put their hopes in Messi. Why do they still put their hopes in Ronaldo? Why did Arjun why did Portugal hopes in Ronaldo?

SPEAKER_07 1:04:27

Neymar went. What do you mean he's been consistently?

SPEAKER_06 1:04:29

You were the same guy saying Ronaldo should have should get the respect that he deserves. You said you weren't the one who's narrated criticizing him. You said we were the ones criticizing Ronaldo, you weren't criticizing him because he can do it. What's he won?

SPEAKER_07 1:04:47

No, I'm saying I want that narrative for Ronaldo. He ain't won shit. What do you mean? He ain't done anything for Portugal. Euros. Yeah, even in the Euros. He weren't the one playing.

SPEAKER_06 1:05:00

Like you said, no impact. He was playing. Like you said, no impact. Up until the World Cup. But Ronaldo has one of the worst that he was playing. He has one of the worst knockout stage goal and assist ratios of any big.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:20

Olympics.

SPEAKER_06 1:05:21

Well, you just asked the question. Come on, guys. Like that's that's that's that's not enough. So what has Dembele done for France for you to be saying he he deserves he deserves the spotlight? He ain't done nothing.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:35

I'm not saying he's a general ball. I'm saying if he wants to, and like you said before, Jeremy, you said that if he wants to step up and be that guy, he sh he has every right to now. Yeah, that's all he has. He has the right to step up and say I'm not sure. I'm not saying he has to be the guy. I'm not saying that's the thing.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:50

I'm not saying he'd best do it. Yeah, okay, that's fair. The bottom line is he has the he has the ability to say, I've done XYZ, let me be that guy. I'm going to play not bad, but he's he's going to not no, I'm saying bad.

SPEAKER_06 1:06:11

Like, yeah, that's exactly what he has to do.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:13

Yeah, he's going to have to say, I'm going to play the Giroud role, so to say, and let Mbappe shine. And you're going to see a midfield three of like Rabio, Kante, Rabio, Chuameni, and Kante. You're going to say work horses in midfield, and you're going to see a solid defensive line, and you're going to they're going to let three people up top run run rampant, but at least say, or one of those um the central players going to have to sacrifice his game so Mbappe can be all over the facts.

SPEAKER_06 1:06:40

And also, I think genuinely you could take Dembele out of the French team, and I still think with Mbappe they have the chance of winning the World Cup. To me. Yeah. 100%.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:51

Yeah, 100%.

SPEAKER_06 1:06:53

It's a seven-game tournament. You think now is the time to say, yeah, Mbappe, maybe you don't be the guy uh sacrificed for Dembele for a seven-game tournament now that comes once every four years. Fuck no. You're putting all your hope in the guy who's been there and done it. I'm not putting my hope in a new guy that's never done it for a country. He ain't do a shit. Exactly. It doesn't matter. He didn't even play. He didn't even play Bruce though. He's got reimbursed the World Cup. He doesn't re-imbruce the broad loud. What did Tele do in the first World Cup? You don't. I don't think he got injured. When did he play? He didn't do anything. He didn't lift the trophy he played. Did he lift it or not? Exactly. So you're just talking about Dick. He did. Where did he play? You're saying he didn't play done anything. Let's get Limpsing predictions and we'll get going. I don't buy that middle off eBay. MJ final, who who's in the final and who wins? I haven't looked at the sides of the draw, but if we're just guessing, yeah. Just guessing. What the possibility of the two best teams that we think are there. Yeah. What do you reckon?

SPEAKER_03 1:07:58

Um I don't know. I'm gonna say obviously England. I want to see England in the final, I want to see England win. I want to see England finally.

SPEAKER_06 1:08:15

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SPEAKER_03 1:08:23

Um I want to see England um win. Um comes home. Um but realistically, I have to double check the how the draw matches up. Like I whether whether it's France, Spain, England, World. Like it's one of the I just want to if one of those four countries win, I think it's a successful World Cup.

SPEAKER_06 1:08:50

Politician, pick who's gonna win and who's making the final.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:53

I need to look at the trigger. I need to look at the trigger.

SPEAKER_06 1:08:56

Just pretend everyone can make the final. Right now, everyone can make the final depends on where they finish in the group. So you can call it.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:02

Yeah, everyone can make the final. Um, just for the narrative, even though I said I want to see England win the World Cup. I'm gonna say Portugal. I'm gonna say Portugal.

SPEAKER_06 1:09:11

Portugal win anyway. Portugal, yeah, okay, cool. England just air again.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:16

If it's possible, and England wins, or Chris Yar7 lifts the trophy, then retires.

SPEAKER_06 1:09:22

Is this split like the first like eight or whatever it is, and then the second is on the other side, or do they I think the I think it crosses because I think the third place matches. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:09:35

So just say anyone can make it, but final, and then who wins?

SPEAKER_07 1:09:39

Um I've got the best final would be Portugal, Argentina.

SPEAKER_06 1:09:48

That would be an oh yeah. I I I saw that if they both finish top their group, they end up meeting in the quarters, I think. But it's not the final, they meet in the quarters. Ah, okay. Yeah, if they both top their group, but if one of them don't top their group, yeah, then they could meet.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:08

And then Ronaldo winner. That would be that might top Messi's World Cup. Honestly, I'm saying that might top Messi's World Cup if Ronaldo is good.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:22

I have a feeling it's gonna be France, Spain. Um, but I do feel like South American teams are gonna do really well because of the heat. But I just don't see Argent, yeah. I just don't see Argentina being as strong. Could be wrong, don't get me wrong. Yeah, Brazil the same. Um, so yeah, I'm going. I think I think Spain's gonna win it.

SPEAKER_05 1:10:45

Cool.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:46

Spain, I think they're off the back of so much success. I think they're gonna win it.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:49

If Yamaha completes football this early, oh my damn.

SPEAKER_06 1:10:53

He still needs champions. And then there's the balance that's the Ballon d'Or as well. If if they could do Philip Lam, just retire, fuck it. Samuel after World Cup. Um, I'm going with narrative as well. I think I'm going with a final of Argentina and Spain, if it's possible for them to make it. And the narrative I think is in the last World Cup, it was kind of like if Mbappe won that final, it would have been passing of the torch Messi to Mbappe. Mbappe won. But now I'm gonna go, it's passing proper, proper passing of the torch. Messi in his last World Cup, they lose in the final, but he loses to the best player in the world, uh Yamal, and he he wins, wins his first World Cup. Spain. I can't Messi got an ugly cry as well. I don't want to see that. No, he won't cry if he if he loses. He got one of the ugly cries when when two Copa Americas and one World Cup, he doesn't need to win anything anymore. I've seen him cry a lot of times, bro. I'm gonna go. Yeah, it's sad. I'm gonna go.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:48

Football finally, finally comes home. England beat.

SPEAKER_06 1:11:54

England beat. Wow, you're gonna England win the World Cup, huh? Yeah, England beat Portugal in the final. Rice gets Ballandor, football's football. Let's not get ahead of us. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:12

This rule of great recording, mate.

SPEAKER_06 1:12:14

Fuck it. Uh why are you guys hating him? Yeah, golden boot.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:17

Let's go.

SPEAKER_06 1:12:19

Yeah. Give me a few. Can Harlan score nine in the group stage and get golden goals? I was gonna say Harlan scoring fair goals in it. Anytime I hear golden boot, I'm I'm thinking Haaland. It's either Harlan or Mbappe for me.

SPEAKER_04 1:12:33

Mbappe can be to be fair. Harlan's in a tough group. Yeah, he's in a tough group. That's the group of tough group. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:40

I'm thinking Mbappe, to be honest. I'm thinking Mbappe or Kane or Mbappe. Mbappe.

SPEAKER_04 1:12:45

Mike, who you go? Kane's already got a he's already got a World Cup golden boot, so I think it's between them two.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:50

That was an ugly golden boot, by the way. He's got a Panama golden boot. Um five goals and three pens or something like that.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:58

MJ Kane. I'm gonna say Kane. MJ Kane, Denai Mbappe, bud.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:04

Guys, I'm gonna go for someone that hasn't been mentioned or a team that hasn't even been talked about. I'm I'm thinking Memphis Depay, golden boot. Crazy. That's a dark horse prediction, bro. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:18

I don't think I'm gonna run it back with Turkey. All dark, no horse, yeah. Yeah, I don't think Depay starts, bro. Yeah, I don't know if he starts. Is it winning?

SPEAKER_06 1:13:27

Marlon, I think Marlon, Marlon's.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:30

You don't need to start to score, mate. You just need to run back from that.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:37

Gakpo's World Cup level touch player. Orange Kinnel.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:41

Makeup's fate of a MACLA, mate.

SPEAKER_06 1:13:43

Makeup's fatal gakpo. Um, give me. I'm gonna go with Messi. Messi. A gutter. Fair enough. Let him run it back. Couple pens. All you need is really five, five to seven to win. And he doesn't care about anything anymore, so there's no pressure on him anymore. And Jeremy is going with another player completing it. He's completing football. Havertz, golden boot. Oh Havertz, I feel like he can get a couple. He always scores for Germany. Yeah, that's true, innit? And Germany's group ain't got a group.

SPEAKER_07 1:14:20

Yeah, Chris Al, he can gabboard a little howdy.

SPEAKER_06 1:14:24

Yeah, Havertz. Golden Ball. I'll start Golden Ball off. I think it's light work. Yamal. Yeah. He's gonna win. As long as he plays in the first team. If he plays every game, he wins golden ball. Yeah, do you need to play every he's coming in with that cloud? There's enough games to not play in the first one or two, but it's I'll go Yamar. Golden ball. The guys. But that's what you stand at.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:49

Not for me. The golden ball has to go to the team that we true. I did say that. Yeah, if England win, I think it would be because of like a Jude Bellingham, to be honest. Um, and he'll just do what kind he'll do what Jude does, and he'll probably claim it. If France wins, it goes to Mbappe. If Portugal win, it'll go to one of those midfielders. Matilda's work goes to one of those midfielders.

SPEAKER_06 1:15:16

Same curve album. If Portugal wins, it's probably Vatinho or Bruno. Yeah, one of the Bruno. That's fine.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:22

Um and so you are going for you just answered everyone else. Uh let me say he predicted Portugal win, so I'm guessing I'm guessing he's going like Vitina or some shit.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:37

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe Jan Neves.

SPEAKER_06 1:15:39

Neves. Ja Neves. He's not pretty enough. He's not pretty enough to get it. I think. Give me Bruno, bro. No, Modric is a good one. Yeah, come on, bro. Yeah, but Modric is still pretty. He looks like a rapper. No, not face-wise. I'm saying the way he plays football. Who are you going then? I was going face. Oh, I'm going Yamal. Yamal, MJ.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:00

I mean Optics Yamal. I just think it's set off him.

SPEAKER_07 1:16:05

Do you think he's crazy?

SPEAKER_04 1:16:07

No, I think he's not. No, no, he's a new girl.

SPEAKER_07 1:16:10

You see, he stole some guy's girl. Oh, not sure. Isn't that the new one? Yeah, he stole some guys' girl. He's moving like you, bro.

SPEAKER_06 1:16:18

All right, quick.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:20

Let's quickly go surprise package.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:24

I think Ecuador for me.

SPEAKER_06 1:16:26

Mike. Everyone's saying this, in it. Capi Pacho Kaisedo. Is that what it is?

SPEAKER_04 1:16:31

Yeah. Yeah, or even Turkey. I reckon Turkey could be decent. Yeah, Yield is. Um they have to now. Yeah, they have to now.

SPEAKER_07 1:16:44

Three tournaments that someone's gonna keep working, bro. Surprise package pause. I can Hang Kong Chicoglu.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:51

Surprise package pause, he said.

SPEAKER_06 1:16:57

Say Straya brah. USA. Wow. USFA. I could never even hope for that, bro.

SPEAKER_08 1:17:06

I hate that. I think they can't.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:08

I think they can get out the group.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:10

And then it's out the group, of course.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:12

Okay, get off the group.

SPEAKER_04 1:17:13

It's dark for us, bro.

SPEAKER_07 1:17:15

Also, where's the final at? Do you know the state? Does anyone know what the stadium is? New York Mat Like New York City, Matt Like. Why did Nix Knicks win and USA make final? Bro, that shit gets shut down.

SPEAKER_06 1:17:29

Uh Samuel. Um, I don't know. I'm gonna I'm gonna say one, but you guys have to tell me if this counts as surprise. I'm gonna say Croatia again, because these guys just consistently go far in tournaments. Even with this team, everyone's been talking about Parasitch is still there, Modric is still there, it's still everyone's 40 years old, but they're Croatia, bro. They get far in tournaments. Yeah, it's amazing how they do it. Yeah, I don't know. I'm gonna be with our guys, Ivory Coast. They got they got players.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:07

Yeah, they must be or maybe Morocco, I don't know. But Morocco's pretty good in it. But how many Turkey, yeah?

SPEAKER_06 1:18:14

Yeah, come on, bro. And biggest disappointment. Oh deny, did you say something? Sorry.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:24

I had a question, but now I forgot. Well, what did you what team did you say again, Jeremy?

SPEAKER_06 1:18:28

Sorry, I said Ivory Coast. They got Diamande, Pepe, Ahmad, kind of a good front three, man. They all play same side though, so I don't know if it's a good way. Electrifying front three. Nah, Diamande, Diamante, oh yeah. He plays on the right. Yeah, Diamante plays on the right, but he's right footed, so it's alright. He can play left. Yeah, true. Pepe. He plays in the middle now. Yeah. Uh Lumin Kamara. Oh no, he's sending at least. Biggest disappointment? I'm gonna go Brazil. I have to back it up. There we go. You do have to back it up. You can you can do player if you want. You can do nation up to you.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:12

Biggest disappointment.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:14

I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go and back it up as well. I'm gonna go Dembele.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:18

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:19

I'm gonna go to Dembo. I'm gonna go Dallandor.

SPEAKER_06 1:19:25

Yeah, put I'm gonna put I'm gonna put Portugal slash Ronaldo from me. Samuel. It's Mbappé's team, yeah. So if if if Franzo get out of the 16, it's his team. I'll bet any money you want, they they get in the fucking semis. Chuck's trying to put on Portugal. Portugal lose again to a team they shouldn't lose to. Samuel, Portugal, Bruno. No, no, no, not Bruno. Portugal Ronaldo. Oh, Morocco Ronaldo. Oh Morocco MJ Morocco group stage knockout, or what? Biggest disappointment.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:01

I can not just get knocked out in knockouts.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:04

Disappointment, disappointment.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:09

MJ, they have to go out first round of the knockouts for this to be biggest disappointment. Morocco.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:16

They got a light group as well, to that. I'm gonna say I can't say them.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:22

I don't believe in that. You know what? Oh, what now, man?

SPEAKER_03 1:20:26

There's so many teams that I don't freaking like so many teams are gonna go through because of the third place.

SPEAKER_06 1:20:32

Yeah, there's eight, right? That's what I'm like. Everyone's gonna get everyone you think is gonna get through the group, is gonna get through the group. Australia won't make it out.

SPEAKER_08 1:20:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:20:40

Australia will make it out. Australia making it out, bro. Australia making it out. I wouldn't bet it might put my money on it, but uh Brazil.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:52

I think Brazil is gonna be disappointment. Fair enough.

SPEAKER_06 1:20:54

What does what does T Gird say? And what does that what does a what does a disappointment can constitute as for you two? Because you've said Brazil, but what's a disappointment?

SPEAKER_03 1:21:03

I think it's because every team's gonna go through that group stage round. I think if they get eliminated in that group pre-quarters at the at the third round of 32, I think that's what it is right there.

SPEAKER_06 1:21:14

Pre-quarter finals, I'm saying.

SPEAKER_03 1:21:15

Yeah, no, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_06 1:21:17

32, 16, and then quarterfinals is eight.

SPEAKER_07 1:21:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:21:22

So pre-quarts.

SPEAKER_07 1:21:23

Can we do once to watch out for once to watch cards? Yep, go on. Uh for me. Listen, he did it. You're putting us on someone, yeah, right now. Not putting you on. He's been put on. I put him, I'll put you guys on last World Cup. You're going back to back, bro. Kano. That motherfucker Kalen League. Going back. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:21:44

You didn't put anybody on last world. I'll put you on the back. We all watched him at the same time.

SPEAKER_05 1:21:49

Now I said, Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:21:51

I literally said watch the eight that crashes the box. He never said that. Alright, Saturday. You didn't watch him. Oh shit. You need to watch properly, because your team's got no money and you need a winger. Keno's not a winger. No, I'm saying you need to once watch properly. Your team changed your wing anything. Your team needs every position. Oh we got over a full vote. You got no winger and left back. You guys came 10th. You have no left back winger. My biggest disappointment is Dembele and Isak together now. Oh, because you've got too much pressure playing next to Big Yok.

SPEAKER_01 1:22:32

So the Glock.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:34

The Glock. Uh go. Ones to watch. Samuel, you got a once to watch? Yeah, I had some.

SPEAKER_06 1:22:40

Uh Mike, you got a once to watch? Samuel said, I think you said Yamal.

SPEAKER_04 1:22:47

Mine's a Swedish one. Um Tahaali. Ali, yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:22:52

Taha Ali, the Somali.

SPEAKER_04 1:22:54

Yeah, he's nice. I remember seeing him like a couple years ago.

SPEAKER_06 1:22:58

Yeah, I made a video on it then, MJ. If you're wondering, that's probably where you saw it. Couple years ago? Yeah. I actually did. Oh, maybe. Went pretty viral, man.

SPEAKER_01 1:23:10

Can I actually do a proper? No, you're gonna say locked in. Nah, fuck off. I'm gonna say South Africa. Wow. I'm gonna say South Africa wants to watch. Are you talking to someone from South Africa at the moment?

SPEAKER_07 1:23:25

He's learning Zulu.

SPEAKER_00 1:23:29

This guy is mad.

SPEAKER_05 1:23:32

Yep, South Africa tonight. Wants to watch. Ali MJ Kano Bud. Samuel, you got to go. No, no, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:40

Change it. Change it, Cam. I got one. I'll go after Samuel if he wants to. My actual wants to watch is Nem chat.

SPEAKER_05 1:23:51

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:54

If Chelsea's smart, we buy him right now before his stocks go up. Who's he playing for right now? It's too late. Dortman. Dortmund.

SPEAKER_04 1:24:01

Can you even buy players, bro? Teams won't sign any contracts until after the World Cup.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:06

Yeah. We're gonna get Vinny for 150 mil. Did you guys see that?

SPEAKER_07 1:24:11

Yeah, I don't want that.

SPEAKER_06 1:24:13

This guy's crazy. I don't want that.

SPEAKER_07 1:24:15

He's just a dark upon Nelly right now. Nope. Nah, true.

SPEAKER_06 1:24:20

Uh cool. Oh yeah. Just put Lamin Kamara for me, bro. Uh sorry, just edit the editing the last part Kamara. You should put the last part out. Alright. Lamin. We've got our lab predictions, guys. Like Samuel said before, we will be doing a lot this World Cup live viewings for at least all the Socceroos games, but any other big games of the round that are at good timings.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:48

Well at three games. Yeah, Soccer versus two.

SPEAKER_06 1:24:55

And yeah, comment below your predictions. Like the video, subscribe. Anyone else got anything to say before we wrap up? I forget that we're even I forget that we're even filming a video, low-key. It just felt like we're in a group chat. Yeah, bad.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:10

Listen, all I care about if we beat USA, that's the only thing I really care about. Does I don't care if we don't make it out. I care to make it out of the group. We need to make it out the group, right?

SPEAKER_06 1:25:18

Yeah, you win one game or your 67% chance of going through. And it just shuts them guys up, bro. True. Yeah, then you win. Low key giving it good. Yeah, remember they said, remember they said um Australia, that's a layup. They said that Australia, that game's a layup.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:35

We can't let guys like that talk about it. Oh, no, it's Jeremy. I'm gonna remix my one-to-watch. Yeah. Um I just say it like that, but what was that talking about? Uh brush your teeth. Um Jonathan Davis in Canada. I gotta show love to the maple. Are you sure you want to do that as one-to-watch? Are you sure? Yeah. Oh no. I gotta show love to the maple some way, shape, or form.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:59

Did Zulu get you that bad? Zulu. Mad Dog Russo is the guy that said Shaquille O'Neal is what, the fifth best center in the NBA? That's him. I just found him. Fucking hell. Who are the other five?

SPEAKER_06 1:26:14

Alright, guys. Been a pleasure. Like, share, subscribe, comment, let us know what you want to see for the World Cup, what type of content. We're probably gonna do a World Cup draft, World Cup winners draft at some point, but we'll get that going soon.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:31

Peace, everyone. Peace. Find a club.