Paul Watson

And then a year later, got the same message in English and said, oh, yeah, I do.

And he's become quite integral.

um and this team's bound by this charismatic coach Bobista um like a kind of very charismatic very good man manager became African coach Theo in 2025 so for this team it really is a huge tournament for two reasons they've never been in a world cup before but also this team is an aging team so the core of the team are basically getting this one shot at a world cup and then they're

stop era at the back is 37 their top goal scorer and appearance maker is Ryan Mendez he's 36 so you've got quite an old team here but it's a team that have sort of grown to this point where this is their big shot and I think it's all about can they shock Saudi Arabia I think that's the game they'll identify as winnable here and it may be that that would do it beat Saudi Arabia and and who knows they could even get through as the third place team

The tournament or the group?

The tournament.

Same answer, Spain.

Wilson?

France.

France.

Oh, God, that's a tricky one.

Can you come back to me?

Wilson.

No, no, that would be unoriginal.

All right.

Paul, have you got one?

I think my dark horse is Senegal if they're allowed to be a dark horse.

Are they too big to be a dark horse?

Paul I don't know where you stand on Adam Wharton and should he be on that plane and you know I'm pretty happy with Tuchel's squad but it's annoying there's no place for him and he was brilliant I thought last night yeah literally I'd put him on the plane just for that one ball but for the Mitchell header that was the most ridiculous pass the way he did it it was as if he was just couldn't be like just toss that ball in there it was amazing pass but yeah I mean Wharton was absolutely brilliant and Vajkanar had no answer to him

But I'm presuming what we're seeing is the inevitable, just missed out on the plane, incredibly brilliant performance that we can all hold against Tuchel when we flop out of the World Cup, right?