Michael Cox
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first heard Jan 2026
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world cup four years ago and to me it feels like they're playing with less pressure and even the atmosphere in the stands like four years ago there's so many argentines in qatar and it was a real it felt like there was tension and there was pressure and they thought it was the last chance for messi to win it and now it just feels like a kind of victory lap and if they win it then all the better but people have just come along to enjoy it really
I wasn't very impressed, really.
It's the same Austria we've seen before.
I just don't think they've got any flair or creativity, really.
They're very... I mean, they basically want to give the ball away because then they can counter-press and tackle someone and win the ball back quickly.
But they don't have any...
Well, the interesting thing he said in the post-match press conference was that he's in favour of the hydration breaks, which is a pretty rare take from what I've seen.
I could be wrong.
No, I mean, I'm not as anti them as some people.
I actually agree on the break and just the hydration aspect and going again.
I mean, in very basic terms, like you say, this has been a good World Cup so far.
If we keep on having hydration breaks and all the games are really good, there is a bit of a pattern there.
In terms of the coaching, I'm a bit more sceptical.
I just think...
modern football teams are so coached and so prescribed.
And I think sometimes in football, there's actually some level of beauty in kind of the players going a little bit off piece and the managers not controlling absolutely everything.
But I do take your point because, I mean, to go back to the Sweden-Netherlands game, if there hadn't been a hydration break,
sweden hadn't changed system maybe netherlands would have i mean they did walk it in the end but sweden had two really good spells of pressure so i'm not as anti them as as some people and i must say i'd take i'd take this over this practice of goalkeepers pretending to go down and there's a timeout and that kind of thing so they seem hugely unpopular uh from people i've spoken to but i'm a little bit more on the fence you and ralph brennick are in favor
To be honest, I've really enjoyed the whole tournament so far.
I think both, you know, almost at the bottom level, the sides we thought were outsiders and underdogs have, by and large, coped really well.
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