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Mark Langdon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
381 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

And just on Scotland, I was looking at kind of some modelling being done on what you need to do to kind of be one of the best third place teams.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

And I do think that Scotland will finish third in this group.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

If you can get a goal difference of zero with three points, you're almost certainly there.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Once it gets to about minus two, that's where they think the cutoff point might be.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

I would be embarrassed anyway.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

You can't go through with a minus two goal difference.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Is there?

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Up front.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Yes.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Isidore.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

I think it could go either way for them.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

If you start well and you suddenly feel like a country's behind you, it doesn't really matter what you've done before.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

We've seen that with a lot of host nations.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

If you go back to Russia, they were going to be the worst countries.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

sort of team ever and actually when it came to it you know performed above expectations Qatar not so much but watching the recent friendly they had against Senegal Pulisic was just on fire in that game and sort of you can this feels like it could be his kind of poster boy moment he's been he's

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

sort of so heavily relied upon you know to be this figurehead of of a country's football team and you now get the opportunity to deliver in a home World Cup and it's a very open group but if you win the group the path towards say the last 16 and you know and then you're really into the tournament sort of opens up so I think winning this group will be absolutely key and I

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Pretty close, I would say, between the USA and Turkey for that honor.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

I'm going to go for Portugal.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Nice section of the draw for them.

Football Weekly
World Cup 2026 preview: Groups A-D โ€“ Football Weekly

Hopefully Roberto Martinez doesn't obsess over Cristiano Ronaldo for every minute of this tournament.