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

[Dave]

Ecuador result also good for Scotland. Need to get as many third placed teams to finish on two points as possible to squeeze through as one of the best eight third placed.

[Monty]

I wonder whether Tinder's a bit mainstream for Rory.

More of a Feeld man, you Feel?

[Sexual Ealing]

I wonder whether Tinder's a bit mainstream for Rory.

More of a Feeld man, you Feel?

Had to Google that. 'An app for open-minded individuals'! Fucking hell, that's basically zoophilia, right?

I once had an extended encounter with an older woman (I was 19) who kept asking me how open-minded I was. I kept answering 'very,' but she wasn't convinced and never told me what she was thinking of. I think she was right.

[Monty]

I wonder whether Tinder's a bit mainstream for Rory.

More of a Feeld man, you Feel?

Had to Google that. 'An app for open-minded individuals'! Fucking hell, that's basically zoophilia, right?

I once had an extended encounter with an older woman (I was 19) who kept asking me how open-minded I was. I kept answering 'very,' but she wasn't convinced and never told me what she was thinking of. I think she was right.

And given everything we've subsequently learned about Karen Brady, I'd say you got away with one there.

[Ads]

I wonder whether Tinder's a bit mainstream for Rory.

More of a Feeld man, you Feel?

Had to Google that. 'An app for open-minded individuals'! Fucking hell, that's basically zoophilia, right?

I once had an extended encounter with an older woman (I was 19) who kept asking me how open-minded I was. I kept answering 'very,' but she wasn't convinced and never told me what she was thinking of. I think she was right.

Thought we were on for a tale of the Cleveland Steamer.

[Pat McMahon]

Love that you played for Poly Pat, we might have played against each other in the mid 2000s. I played for CSFC from 2005-2010 every team they had apart from the firsts who were way to good (I was mostly fourths). Poly had bloody brilliant facilities compared to us and great pitches to play decent football on rather than the bumpy mudbathery that made up 99% of the games at my level. Was it Bank/HSBC who also had great pitches? Apologies for the digression everyone, as you were!

Slow reply Tom, as I went off to Cambridge to see friends yesterday afternoon. Late night and feeling my age today.

I played for the Poly from around 1998-2000. I joined the club when I moved to London from Paris but got fed up after a couple of years with the travel to various London locations for 90 minutes of football. It was a great club though and I used to go and watch mates play if I wasn’t at Villa Park. The pitches were decent, much better than the rugby pitches which were close to the marina and prone to being waterlogged.

I think the really good pitch was iHSBC near Dukes Meadow though there was another billiard table pitch by Hamger Lane that belonged to a bank as well.

[Brazilian Villain]

I played for the Poly from around 1998-2000.

You'd have been in your mid-20s then, so at your footballing peak. Isn't that right?

[olaftab]

I once had an extended encounter with an older woman (I was 19) who kept asking me how open-minded I was. I kept answering 'very,' but she wasn't convinced and never told me what she was thinking of. I think she was right.

That's Safeguarding as it's meant to be. A very decent lady.

[Sexual Ealing]

She certainly was.

[Villa Lew]

Yamal is starting for Spain.

[Jane]

Does anyone else think that the best part of a tournament like the WC is always the group stage? Or is it just me? I like having multiple games in a day, I like the variety of fixtures. And the games tend to be more fun.

I know I'm late to this post but yes!!! As soon as the last group matches are on the same time, it all gets a bit dull!

[Dogtanian]

Can’t believe the VAR officials are now shown but forbidden to react to the camera, just in case they alone, in all the people involved in the game who get on TV, are going to be massive racists.

[Sexual Ealing]

You can't even demonstrate your supposedly inherent genetic superiority, despite looking yourself like a badly shaved mongoose, without woke getting upset these days.

[PeterWithesShin]

I want Spain to lose but I don't want the Saudis to win either.

[Dogtanian]

Villa would have buried that.