Oliver Platt

And I think particularly because of the Switzerland Qatar result, like I think the way this has been characterized, which is probably about right, is it increases Canada's chances of winning the group, but it also means you have to look over your shoulder a little bit more at third and fourth place where you, you know,

Even if you go through in thirds, you want to be in the top two in this group.

And obviously you want to avoid any chance of missing out entirely on the knockout stage.

So that I think has added to the weight on particularly the third game against Switzerland.

So, yeah, they're going to have to be careful in this one.

Johnston, I thought occasionally there's a rash tackle in him, and we saw that against Bosnia.

Otherwise, I thought he played very well.

That is something to monitor for sure in this week's game.

Yeah, it's been really good so far.

I think the team that caught my eye the most

It was Morocco.

I just think they're a very good team.

I think as much as they were semi-finalists last time, and whether they go that far again, who knows?

It's the World Cup.

It's very difficult.

But I think they're quite significantly better this time than they were last time, at least in terms of talent.

attacking-wise, they're a completely different team.

They've had a number of players either come through or commit to them from, you know, playing in other countries with Moroccan heritage.

The kid in midfield, 18 years old, Bouadi, is, you know, France under-21 captain as a teenager and he's decided to commit to Morocco.

Like, that's pretty cosmic, I think, in terms of the decisions that some of these players are making who grew up elsewhere and had to choose between their adopted country and the country of their heritage.