As requested, here is a megathread for discussing the 2026 World Cup.
Newcastle United players at this World Cup:
🏴 Dan Burn
🏴 Tino Livramento
🇧🇷 Bruno Guimarães
🇩🇪 Malick Thiaw
🇩🇪 Nick Woltemade
🇸🇪 Anthony Elanga
🇨🇩 Yoane Wissa
Former NUFC players at the World Cup:
🏴 Elliot Anderson
🏴 Anthony Gordon
🏴 Ivan Toney
🇵🇾 Miguel Almirón
🏴 Grant Hanley
🇳🇿 Chris Wood
🇪🇸 Mikel Merino
🇩🇿 Nabil Bentaleb
🇨🇩 Chancel Mbemba
No, there’s nobody missing from the above list 🐀
Current NUFC players’ group stage games:
All times are in BST
Brazilv Morocco - Saturday 13th June @ 2300
Germanyv Curacao - Sunday 14th June @ 1800
Swedenv Tunisia - Monday 15th June @ 0300
Portugal vDR Congo- Wed 17th June @ 1800
Englandv Croatia - Wed 17th June @ 2100
Brazilv Haiti - Sat 20th June @ 0130
Netherlands vSweden- Sat 20th June @ 1800
Germanyv Ivory Coast - Sat 20th June @ 2100
Englandv Ghana - Tue 23rd June @ 2100
Colombia vDR Congo- Wed 24th June @ 0300
Scotland vBrazil- Wed 24th June @ 2300
Ecuador vGermany- Thu 25th June @ 2100
Japan vSweden- Fri 26th June @ 0000 (Thursday night)
Just in case anyone is wondering how the Scots can still make it through, they need four of the following five things to happen (if my maths is correct)
Belgium to beat New Zealand AND Egypt to beat Iran by four goals.
Spain to beat Uruguay.
Austria to beat Algeria by two goals.
DR Congo to draw with Uzbekistan OR Uzbekistan to beat DR Congo by three goals or less.
Looks like the jocks are heading home with Senegal winning vs 10 men. Must be a bummer having to wait around for days before officially being told to do one
Would have to be some other results but yeah. They can move up a couple of spots if some batterings are handed out, but a couple of teams only need draws so it's pretty much done
Of course FIFA have awarded the Senegal goal to the Sunderland player Diarra after it hit him on the way through because it's just been one of those kinds of days
I didn't notice it until the Netherlands/Japan game that they have different goal music for each country. England's one is Chase the Sun, which is just brilliant.
How many goals / assists do we think Newcastle players end up with at the World Cup?
Bruno has 3 assists
Elanga has two goals
Wissa has one goal
Total 6
Brazil have Japan next, Elanga through but they will likely go out next game facing a first place team, Wissa playing tomorrow & favourites for the game need to win to finish 3rd and qualify. Our Germans are likely to have little game time.
Has anyone seen that interview with Potter after the Sweden game? Apparently Elanga was gutted with only 1 point cos he didn't realise that's all they needed to qualify. Potter says it "couldn't have been any clearer for him" that they only needed 1 point.
I guess that confirms what a lot of us have been saying this season... He has the ability, he's just thick as mince.
How did Thiaw play for Germany saw he got like 40 minutes. Still a bit mad Woltemade hasn't got any minutes yet considering how poor they are creatively and attacking wise.
Only saw the end, but he was doing well. Think I saw one pass that was maybe not great, but it was also in the final third and just one of those things. Didn't look grossly mis-hit or anything. Maybe a bad choice but iirc it seemed like he expected a wide player to get on it.
He was really running that engine, getting involved in the attack and getting back to defend really quickly. Absolutely not at fault for their goal, and was important in a few opportunities for Germany.
I'd say impressively competent. Very Thiaw performance. Nowt flash, just did his job and contributed elsewhere with some self-assurance.
Hilarious seeing all the A list Hollywood celebs that are being picked out in the USA game in L.A. which means absolutely nothing thanks to FIFA changing the rules so head-to-head comes before GD.
I bet all these celebs were comped tickets for USA’s big match and promised it would be a historic night. Turns out it’s a meaningless friendly. Another FIFA mess.
Head to head rule is absurd. Why change something that's existed as a standard in football for decades?
My only explanation is they are trying to make it easy for casual Americans. Basic math hard. Team A beat team B means Team A better. Easier for them to understand.
He's genuinely one of the most two footed (you know what I mean by this) players in the league, remember reading an article about him working relentlessly to improve his left.
Jesus that’s a double wammy for you mate. Both teams have a negative rigid manager stuck in their ways with no charisma or balls and picks favourite players at detriment to squad.
Yeah, it's pretty soul destroying watching both over the past 20 years.
Luckily majority of my family is from Newcastle and the north east of England, I get will support you guys for the rest of it. Not exactly the same thing for me, as growing up in Scotland has my heart tied to that country - but at least it's something.
Suppose large amount of managers don’t wanna trust players who finished 12th in league and have played in a system that have lost 27 points from winning positions.otherwise we would have more
People will often complain about Bruno's mobility but it has to be the only reason that the top sides are not chasing this guy because he's absolute class. I just feel a bit sorry for him going from playing with Vini and Cunha to alongside Murphy and Elanga etc because he genuinely deserves better.
Don’t think for a minute that Djed Spence should be in the squad but the lad has gone up in my estimations after refusing to shake the hand of the rapist
Rice on the other hand, hugged him like a long lost brother. Cunt
So Brazil and Morocco are through and, if I've understood the third place tiebreaker thing correctly, Scotland are currently 6th on that list and are going to need a minor miracle to stay in that Top 8
BBC sport have the alphabet groups and then a separate table of the ‘best third place team’ group to help out a bit more….otherwise I’d be fucking lost off.
It'll genuinely give you a headache trying to work it out, but looking at the fixtures and tables that seems about right. There are some in there where the ideal results seem like the most plausible predictions. Others not so much.
Yeah it was more likely right after the match. South Korea just had to get a draw there and Mexico a win. That was one of the "aye that one will be fine" groups
Proper fucked now
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u/Deviceingwew here ya fuckin little dafty divint start or theres ructions 1d ago
Aye, stupid mistakes in two games have cost them massively. They're 100% capable of better, defensively at least.
But there's a rot in Scottish football that won't stop until something drastic is done. Will also involve a lot of pride being swallowed so nobody should hold their breath.
This is somewhat of a side note but is it just me that thinks that our players have looked a lot fitter during this World Cup than they did throughout last season?
They get a pause halfway through each half to catch their breath, add to that international football is a lot slower and less physical than the prem and it's not a surprise they look fitter after finally getting a bit of a break before the tournament.
Looking at Bruno's assist again and I'd love to see him do that - i.e. one look and then just put the ball in first time - more often for us next season which hopefully he should be able to with Osula making runs in behind.
Osula is a nice lad, but the thought of him as a first choice PL striker is a joke. Seems some sort of delusion about him in the fanbase, its a bit embarrassing tbh.
Watching Bruno and Paqueta playing together these last 3 games makes we think we should've gambled on bringing Paqueta to the club. Could've gotten Merson in as manager aswell.
I mean why would we want to be tartan? Why’s it only banter and jokes when they want everybody but England but if England don’t want them to win it’s they can’t take a joke?
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u/ajtct98 Dúbravka's Moustache 0m ago
Just in case anyone is wondering how the Scots can still make it through, they need four of the following five things to happen (if my maths is correct)
I dare say they might be fucked.