Other Games - 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup Edition (+ warm-up matches): Villa-watch

[Dave]

According to my eight year old, there's a pretty decent chance of R32 match-ups between USA / Iran and Argentina / Uruguay.

Both of those would probably be good fun.

[cdbearsfan]

Haven't seen Uruguay for a few years, probably since the last World Cup, but noticed they now have Bielsa as manager. Hopefully they will be fun to watch.

[cdbearsfan]

Little simulator thing here if you want to work out who is likely to play who:

https://2026bracket.vercel.app/

[Sexual Ealing]

I got USA v Iaran, Argentina v Uruguay and Scotland v Mexico. That latter fixture would be tasty chez Ealing.

[German James]

1st Spain
2nd Argentina
3rd France
4th Czech Rep.

[Toronto Villa]

Brazil
France
Argentina
Spain

[cdbearsfan]

Spain
England
France
Uruguay

[Dave]

France
Argentina
Spain
Brazil

[ADVILLAFAN]

I got USA v Iaran, Argentina v Uruguay and Scotland v Mexico. That latter fixture would be tasty chez Ealing.

Suspect the weather would favour Mexico against our brave Tartan boys.

[Brazilian Villain]

I got USA v Iaran, Argentina v Uruguay and Scotland v Mexico. That latter fixture would be tasty chez Ealing.

Suspect the weather would favour Mexico against our brave Tartan boys.

I think the Irish team has only just cooled off after playing Mexico in Orlando.

[Sexual Ealing]

I got USA v Iaran, Argentina v Uruguay and Scotland v Mexico. That latter fixture would be tasty chez Ealing.

Suspect the weather would favour Mexico against our brave Tartan boys.

You might have a point there.

[Dogtanian]

This really is disgusting.

World Cups are great opportunities to get new people into football, especially for places like the USA where there is room to grow.

But they’ve fucked this up massively.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckgpv7v4p9lo

[PeterWithesShin]

£200+ for Congo v Uzbekistan. Wankers.

[UK Redsox]

Little simulator thing here if you want to work out who is likely to play who:

https://2026bracket.vercel.app/

Spain
Argentina
France
Mexico

[Dogtanian]

£200+ for Congo v Uzbekistan. Wankers.

Yep.

Expand the competition so smaller nations have a chance to see their team play at a World Cup, then price their fans out of the stadium.