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

[Dogtanian]

Why do lots of the mascots look miserable?

[AV82EC]

Poor joining in with the national anthem in this pub in Angers. Come on Senegal.

[Nev]

Fair play to whoever chose Sirius by the Alan Parsons Project as the players walk out music. A proper banger. From 1982.

[PeterWithesShin]

I want Senegal to beat France but they were such twats at AFCON I want them to lose as well.

[Dogtanian]

I like that the goalkeepers now have Mickey Mouse’s dismembered hands next to them now.

[Brazilian Villain]

Rooney is so shit as a pundit.

I honestly don’t know why they keep using him.

He's one of those people who always looks a bit clatty, but he's scrubbed up well tonight, for a change.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I am surprised so many don't realise it is now a white power symbol, maybe I'm too online. That's not to say that's what he was doing it for, very slow twitch though!

Over here that's a sign you used to do at school and if somebody looked at it, you were at liberty to give them a dead arm.

Over there too. Apparently the neo-Nazis co-opted it from an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in which they were doing the punch game. Which is something I found out yesterday.

The bloke who shot up a mosque in New Zealand did it when he went to court, that was the first time I heard about it and then I read it was passed around 4chan etc. I guess it's a quick way to spell 'WP'. The ******.

[olaftab]

Another game starts late.

[Dogtanian]

Rooney is so shit as a pundit.

I honestly don’t know why they keep using him.

He's one of those people who always looks a bit clatty, but he's scrubbed up well tonight, for a change.

I didn’t see him as the fella was too slow sorting out the telly. It’s not good enough, is it?

[Dogtanian]

Crying out for Digne in that backline.

[Brazilian Villain]

Why do lots of the mascots look miserable?

You'd think they'd be relieved that Franck Ribéry no longer plays for France.

[cdbearsfan]

Digne on the bench for France.

Boooo, come on Senegal.

Sarr is in the Senegal team so probably sensible to avoid picking any Villa players.

[ajmant]

Love the stadium

[Dogtanian]

Are all the referees wearing that green? Or am I mad?

[itbrvilla]

Why do lots of the mascots look miserable?

You'd think they'd be relieved that Franck Ribéry no longer plays for France.

And Benzema.