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

[Brazilian Villain]

Offside.

[Dogtanian]

Gordon did well and it was a great finish.

Yep, been everything Madueke hasn’t.

[Exeter 77]

Gordon did well and it was a great finish.

Yep, been everything Madueke hasn’t.

Absolutely

[UK Redsox]

Tuchel leaving Bellingham out before the Workd Cup is looking like managerial genius

[TB]

May it last... But again, if we go out against England, I'm still content with a QF.

A long way to go, you probably need a second goal.

Or a third...

[Dogtanian]

Worrying he was rubbing his shoulder though. Wasn’t he managing an injury to that?

[Somniloquism]

No need for Kane to be offside at the end there. But fine margins as Norway could easily have had a 2nd if Sorloth had just played in Haaland. And then a split second meant we weren't going in 2-1 up.

[PeterWithesShin]

Rice and Madueke have been poor.

[Dogtanian]

No need for Kane to be offside at the end there. But fine margins as Norway could easily have had a 2nd if Sorloth had just played in Haaland. And then a split second meant we weren't going in 2-1 up.

Wasn’t the Sorlath in Star Wars?

[Somniloquism]

Worrying he was rubbing his shoulder though. Wasn’t he managing an injury to that?

Not sure but he definitely did something to it during one of the chances before the Ad break.

[Steve67]

We are better when we move the ball on quicker., Gordon has to show much more though.  He has the beating of his marker but keeps cutting back.  Magic goal from Bellingham and unfortunate with the offside late on.  We have to stretch them as wide as we can.  Madueke is fucking useless though and I'd like to see Rogers or Rashford on soon into the second half.

[CT Villan]

Funny, I thought Gordon was crap - granted, better than Madueke, but that's not a high bar. Rice's corners are very poor and Ezri should have been much closer to the Norwegian scorer. We are playing too slow and the game is screaming out for Morgz at 10. I think we will end up winning comfortably, 3-1, but what do I know ?

[Somniloquism]

Konsa has no support from Madueke at the back, and Madueke has no support from Konsa in attack. Not that Madueke has shown he has been decent in other games.

[PaulWinch again]

That Bellingham goal was something else.

[TopDeck113]

Tuchel leaving Bellingham out before the Workd Cup is looking like managerial genius

I said this to a former colleague laat night.  The combination of not pickong Bellingham for some games, questioning his esprit de corps and having Rogers as a more than adequate replacement, was a massive kick up the arse.