Gareth Wheeler
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It's so much more difficult to project this time around because it just depends who plays places where in the groups.
And the paths aren't predetermined like they were previous World Cups because of the addition of the third-place spots.
So that's what makes the exercise because typically you can kind of plot it out.
This one, you can't do so as much.
So it's a little bit more difficult, but all three teams should go on based upon the fact that they all should beat Iraq.
And with the top teams moving on, it kind of takes away the jeopardy.
That's why when it comes to the ticket prices and some of the groups, some of the matches, it's just like, I've just advised people, if you're going to spend some serious cash, save it for the knockout round.
Like that's when you want to actually see the games, the group stage games for me,
might be just a big nothing burger, to be honest.
I think a little bit of both.
I think it's strange to give it a contract extension before a World Cup, but I think we all saw this coming.
I think that there was a willingness on both sides to get a deal done.
Look, I subscribe to the fact that from a sporting perspective, I'm not sure how much Marsh has accomplished as of yet.
They had two tournaments last year to go out and win trophies in the Nations League and in the Gold Cup.
They failed on both accounts.
Has there been some progress?
How much has that attributed to Jesse?
I'm not sure because the group under John Herdman was very successful.
Now you have a group of young players that