Duncan Alexander

I think I had maybe bought into the, it's just a grizzled set of lads on one last holiday, but actually they're still really, really good.

I'm interested to see, because I think Austria will play a lot more of a sort of energetic, pressing game compared to the first match.

So I do think they could, I mean, they were left to pass little triangles for most of their opening game, which I don't think will happen again.

tomorrow but it is um i think it is a fascinating thing i think messi's kind of in a country that really kind of reveres superstars and reveres sort of like goats the fact that he's operating in this mode is you know it looks visibly fitter and stronger and faster as well so

Yeah, maybe not as effectively, to be honest.

Austria beat Jordan 3-1.

Duncan.

I mean, I know we got criticized for not talking about Austria last time, but it was because of time zones and, you know.

But it does, this week, obviously, one of Austria's most famous contributions to work up history is the disgrace of Huon in 1982, when Austria and West Germany played out a draw to eliminate Algeria in the three team groups that were all the rage in the early 80s.

Who do Austria play in their third game?

Algeria.

What does this current format of the World Cup possibly encourage?

Some slightly strange, particularly... Some HeHon-esque.

A lot of HeHon.

We could be HeHonging our way all the way to the weekend.

And the fact it's quite a late group, to Tom's point about where it's placed, means that they might know...

you know, a draw here.

I'm not saying Australia, they're a different team now, but they have got that in their history.

Yeah, he's been sort of talking about his ongoing kind of knee issues a little bit.

I think a lot of the Arsenal players have mentioned that Declan Rice talked about his hamstring.