World Cup 2026 Thread

[Ed H in Pasadena]

Oh, had to share this gem from The Guardian

The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cupâs most compelling battle

Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner

www.theguardian.com

 

[jeffbear]

This thing with Lalas dueling with Zlatan and Henry is NOT making for good television and it’s making American soccer look stupid. Honestly, it would be a better broadcast if Fox would just send Alexi home.

 

[Leoghann]

Rebecca Lowe and Thierry Henri have been great, but that’s about it. Zlatan seems like he preps for every show by downing an Ambien. Lalas is Lalas, and it’s not like he’s any different now than he’s been in the past. Maybe the rest of the world just bothered to notice.

 

[jeffbear]

Rebecca Lowe is the best. Period. She could host that show with a circus bear and it would be fine, but bringing in three egomaniacs to sit with her was a mistake. But this IS Fox after all, and the only producer they ever had who really knew how to build a soccer desk was Michael Davies and he’s sort of busy running Jeopardy these days.

That said, Zlatan dropping “in the first half I wanted to fall asleep, in the second half I did” yesterday was an all time line.

 

[StormChaserBH]

Zlatan is bored because he can't just talk about Zlatan the whole time. Fire Lalas out of a stuntman cannon... without the net, just into the ocean or something.

 

[jeffbear]

Zlatan is bored because he can't just talk about Zlatan the whole time. Fire Lalas out of a stuntman cannon... without the net, just into the ocean or something.

Super Dave Lalas … I’d tune in to see him launched into a bay somewhere.

 

[Leoghann]

Oh hey Messi scored. Yawn.

(Read that in sarcasm font, of course. That dude is aging in reverse.)

Edited to add: That was posted before he went 1-on-5 and scored between a guy’s legs for the brace.