Liam Twomey

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1,822 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3d ago

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Which dark horse will go furthest at the World Cup? · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

I don't know how well that cultural reference is going to translate across waters, but we'll see.

We'll see.

It didn't feel like that watching the Canada game.

I did find it quite entertaining that the round of 32 opened with a game that was worse than most of the group stage, just to kind of mess with everyone's preconceived notions of what this tournament would be.

Yeah, yeah, that'd be great.

I think that whole quarter of the bracket is really nice because I think Ivory Coast Norway is a fun game as well.

I'm always a sucker for two pretty well-matched teams from different confederations.

I think that's what the World Cup should be all about.

And there's quite a bit of pressure on Norway as well because, you know, Vikings don't typically run from battles.

They just wave the white flag against France.

So they've got to turn up.

I think it can matter in terms of helping to build and maintain a positive atmosphere with a group of players.

I don't think he was necessarily doing it for the public or maybe the Canadian public, but not for like the global football public.

I don't think he really cares what media pundits or journalists say about it.

So I think it's just a way of just trying to keep that atmosphere going, maybe ramp it up a little bit, because they know they're going to be underdogs in the next round, but they also know that they're kind of playing with house money now.

You know, they've delivered on their expectations.

for the tournament so i think it's really impressive what they've done i don't really see what jesse marsh is doing to be much different to what mauricio pochettino is doing with the us in terms of that energy style of coaching which i think can be particularly important at an international tournament where you the yes the tactics are important but the sense of momentum the sense of belief matters more when every one of these games could be your last

Yeah, he definitely injected some real quality, which I think was lacking across the pitch.

The whole game, I felt, was between two teams that were obviously well coached and knew what they wanted to do, but just completely lacked any kind of quality, particularly in the final third, that really undermined the game as a spectacle.

Until I think Davis came on and you started to see him not just surging up the left, but

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