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16 Jun 2026 · 48m · 22 chapters

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Have you seen my head? | 2026 FIFA World Cup

In short

World Cup 2026 group-stage discussion, focusing on Spain vs Cape Verde (0-0), plus reactions to Belgium vs Egypt (including Romelu Lukaku’s impact), Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay (late controversy), and Iran vs New Zealand (two comebacks amid major protests).

Guest backgrounds

Hosted by Pete Donaldson, Luke Moore, and Jim Campbell (Football Rumble). No external guests are named in the transcript.

Key claims

  • Cape Verde’s 0-0 with Spain is a major upset given Spain’s expected quality and Cape Verde’s FIFA ranking (Cape Verde 64th, Spain higher).
  • Cape Verde committed only one foul and executed a calm, funneling game plan, forcing Spain into long shots and limiting chances; goalkeeper Vazinha was standout.
  • Spain’s lack of penetration and slow start may be “to kick up the arse,” but they’ll need to improve.
  • Lukaku’s substitute appearance was decisive for Belgium, leading to an own goal; Belgium looked tired and uninventive.
  • Saudi Arabia-Uruguay: referee blew early; Uruguay were the better side but Saudi scored via a set piece.
  • Iran-New Zealand: match quality was poor, but goals came; protests outside the stadium were extensive and handled badly.

Notable examples

  • Ferran Torres had a key chance “from point blank range” for Spain.
  • Vazinha’s match-winning saves and tears after full time; his Instagram follower count surged.
  • Lukaku “fired out of a cannon” as a substitute; direct forward play created the own goal.
  • Iran protests included booing the anthem, SWAT/FBI presence, and Minab 168 signs.

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Chapters

0:00

Reflections on Personal Growth

The speaker reflects on personal resilience and self-acceptance.

“I tell myself, it's not about comparing.”
4:36

Upcoming England Watch Party

The hosts discuss an upcoming watch party for England's matches.

“I am Luke Moore And I am Jim Campbell Yes!”
5:10

Celebrity Duck in a Taco?

The hosts engage in light banter about a celebrity duck and taco statement.

“Tickets are selling fast, so do hit the link in the show notes and grab your tickets before it is too late.”
5:36

Analysis of Cape Verde vs Spain

Detailed discussion on the surprising match results and performance of Cape Verde and Spain.

“A lot of people are saying to me, I saw some correspondence on the way in this morning and a lot of people are saying no Marcus, no party.”
11:28

Personal Anecdotes and Sea Fears

The hosts share personal stories about their experiences related to the sea.

“That stat about only committing one foul is wild.”
14:00

Spain's World Cup Performance Analysis

In-depth discussion on Spain's performance and player dynamics in the World Cup.

“And then you see him in matches like this, and he's the only one who actually looked...”
17:36

Cape Verde's Group Stage Prospects

Exploration of Cape Verde's potential in the group stage and their emotional journey.

“But we get emails from chances every week about how they can help us increase our listeners or like our followers on Instagram or whatever.”
21:43

Fan Attendance and Ticketing Issues

Discussion about fan attendance, ticketing problems, and the impact on match experiences.

“It feels like some kind of process you've done here to get Fenchurch Street station.”
28:01

Discussion of Memory and Professionalism

The hosts discuss a person's impressive memory and professionalism regarding lost items.

“So measure your professionalism that you're able to continue to do the show.”
28:51

Preview of Upcoming England vs Croatia Match

The hosts express excitement for a live preview of the England vs Croatia match.

“It's not the fucking Zodiac killer, but the cameras.”
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29:30

Lighthearted Banter about Lost Property

The hosts engage in humorous banter about lost property and the absurdity of their situation.

“Did you assist a Richard Keyes off the train today?”
30:28

Analysis of Belgium vs Egypt Match

The hosts analyze the performance of Romelu Lukaku and the overall match dynamics.

“The story here is truly Romelu Lukaku's kind of appearance in this match.”
31:12

Discussion on Match Goals and Player Performances

The hosts discuss goals scored in the match and the impact of key players.

“Most of the kind of pre-match story about Lukaku and a lot of, even in the chat in the commentary, it was about how he's like barely played.”
32:46

Belguim's Struggles and Egypt's Performance

The hosts reflect on Belgium's poor performance and Egypt's defensive capabilities.

“What kind of pervert is travelling to work on a normal Tuesday with a giant papi amache Richard Keats head?”
35:24

Discussion of Managers and Match Quality

The hosts discuss the managers of the teams and the overall quality of the matches played.

“I don't know how they managed to get here, but they're playing.”
36:28

The Role of Hydration Breaks in Matches

The hosts discuss the purpose and implications of hydration breaks during matches.

“You said that with such, like, authority.”
37:43

The Role of Hydration Breaks in Matches

The hosts discuss the purpose and implications of hydration breaks during matches.

“Because if you don't have enough salt in your system, it's bad.”
40:30

Analysis of Iran vs New Zealand Match

The hosts analyze the performance of Iran and New Zealand in their match.

“Well, in a continuation of the clearly no crappy matches at the World Cup, or at least, you know, matches with something interesting in them, we had another banger in the Iran-New Zealand match too, while it ended.”
42:00

Analyzing the Match Dynamics

Discuss the pace and performance of the players during the match.

“It's just fucking baffling at this level.”
44:40

Protests Surrounding the Match

Explore the protests against the Iranian national team and their implications.

“are essentially kind of shuffled straight out of the country as they get off the pitch.”
46:37

Tunisia's Quick Managerial Change

Discuss Tunisia's managerial change after a disappointing match in the World Cup.

“And part of the reason he's been fired reportedly is because of his son's behaviour.”
48:28

Fan Engagement During the World Cup

Highlight how fans engage with different teams during the World Cup.

“LMPB84 on Instagram has come in with some more information.”
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4:53Before we get to the show, we are knee deep into the World Cup. We've got gold guts in our hair and tomorrow is our first England watch party. We're going to be watching things. We're going to be drinking things. We're going to be partying up against each other and everything. Tickets are sold out, unfortunately, but we are holding two more parties for England's games against Ghana and Panama. Goldfests. Tickets are selling fast, so do hit the link in the show notes and grab your tickets before it is too late. Now, after Marcus said yesterday that he was going to put a celebrity duck in a taco, I...

5:25A taco? A taco. Is that genuinely how you say taco? No, I said taco. Okay, fine. I got fancy. I'm here to restore a little bit of order today. It doesn't sound like it, Peter. This is a proud competition. This is online. We are proud rambolites. We are. Rambolites. A lot of people are saying to me, I saw some correspondence on the way in this morning and a lot of people are saying no Marcus, no party. So you've got to prove him wrong. That's a shame, isn't it? You've got to bring the party today. That's a shame. I'm like Lamin Yamal. No, Marcus is like Lamin Yamal. He's not here. What are you?

5:52We might have to bring him on during the match. In the Spain squad, I am... Are you a thorough ball? He didn't touch the ball. Yeah, I'm him. Good stuff. I'll let you guys take over. Anyway, I mean, an astonishing results in the Spain. Cape Verde match, goreless draw, three of them, Cape Verde, you might get through, lads. They might. And isn't it the, I think it's the largest gap between the FIFA World Rank nations in which the better team hasn't won. Okay, right. So on paper, you are legitimately allowed to call it one of the biggest upsets in international football, I suppose. Cape Verde ranked 64th.

6:32Go on the Cape. Yeah. And that was an astonishing performance from them. They only committed one foul in the whole game. because usually those kind of teams turn up or those teams with that massive disparity they turn up to frustrate they block the box and they do some proper dirty old fouling but they didn't do any of that they sort of did it without the fouling though didn't they because it's not like they were kind of hoofing it away all game if you didn't watch this game you might you would you know be forgiven for thinking that it was just a kind of backs to the wall job would you forgive people for thinking that I absolutely would forgive that you would forgive them for that completely yeah and you know I'm a very sort of vindictive and punitive man you're very unforgiving exactly Generally, but that's how impressed I was with Cape Verde's game plan because they were just calm and they were composed and Effectively they just kept kind of funneling it back out into the midfield going Look if you're going to score against us you're gonna have to do something spectacular We're not going to give you any opportunities.

7:23We're not going to give you an inch give you any space there They restricted them completely to long shots And it really was the worst of Spain trying to work their way into the box and I mean that said there was some Ferran Torres from Point Blank Range. That was probably the picker. There were some misses. And I think there has to be misses in there. There has to be profligacy for this result to happen. But the keeper didn't have to pull off a worldie. I know that much. You know what I mean? He was saving the first half, didn't he? And he made one amazing save, which was offside anyway. Like I've reacted when we tipped over the bar.

7:55Yes. But he didn't know it was offside. Yeah, that was offside anyway. But obviously the goalkeeper was amazing. He was the story here. producer Bruno's updating in real time on the running order how many followers he's got on Instagram it's gone up to 5.9 million since we started recording so Kit Verde's goalkeeper who had an incredible match Vazinha now has 5.6 million Instagram followers 5.9 million Instagram followers 6 million what have we got? what have we got next? before the match he had just under 50 ,000 he was more than any of us he was in tears at full time and you know so contextually Cape Verde they qualified top of their group in a group with Cameroon they were the best team in that group I don't think they conceded a goal at home in qualification I know they weren't playing anyone at the level of Spain but they clearly are a really well organised team who stuck to their task effectively and I do think there's an element with a team who plays like Spain play, where it can get a bit navel-gazing, a bit kind of passing for passing sake.

9:05And what you have to do when you're playing against a team who sets up like that and you're expected to win. And we've seen England get frustrated so many times over the years with this type of thing. Is you have to move the ball quick, you have to play a tempo, you have to drag players around, you have to get them tired with the understanding that when you haven't got the ball, you get more tired. And if that happens for 60, 65 minutes against a good side, then you can finally pick the lock and you can get things done. And if you score, you can go on and score two or three. The problem was, Spain didn't kind of look like they had that in them.

9:35And you can give a bit of forgiveness because it's the first game of the World Cup. You know, people are acclimatizing, getting to know each other, getting to understand what's going on and how it's going to work and all the rest of it. Because it is a big change going to a different country, playing the World Cup, being in camp, all that kind of stuff. But it was a remarkable result. I thought, I mean, you said what you said at the top about Vazenia. Look, he did everything he was supposed to do. He was fantastic. But Cape Verde themselves were just really, really well organized. And I guess if you're a Spain-leaning enthusiast, you might think, well, okay, that's to kick up the our Spain need.

10:10I mean, I watched this. On the way to watching this, I listened to Andy and Nicky on OTC talking about how great Spain were. Because the debate they had on OTC, which people should listen to if they haven't, was whether Spain or France would be the favorites for the tournament and why. and I think we just basically saw all the things that Spain, the shortcomings of how Spain can play. The lack of penetration. Just kind of like cage. Like you in the 90s. Like me in the 90s. Yeah. I think for people who've backed Spain to win it. It's been more than under 16, Luke. It still works, doesn't it? It still works.

10:45Yeah. For those of us who've backed Spain to win, I think it's vindication because they've started slowly and they'll grow into the tournament. So I don't think there's anything to worry about there. It's a picture we've seen so many times. We talked about this yesterday. Not at the World Cup. Let's admit this very clear. They've always been terrible since 2010. Have they? Yeah. They've been pretty terrible at the World Cup, haven't they? They're underwhelmed, I think. Underwhelmed, yeah. And they were terrible crucially before that as well. Yeah.

11:08The thing about these opening games that we talked about a bit yesterday is the idea that you can spin whatever narrative you want. Yeah. You can say, oh God, Germany looked dangerous. Or you can say, oh, Germany picked too early. Or you can say, oh, Spain, this is terrible. Or you can say, well, it's to kick up the arse they need. Very few data points at this moment in time. And it's an extended tournament. Cape Verde are the story here. They deserve a huge amount of credit. That stat about only committing one foul is wild. Pete, you visited Cape Verde as a tourist, right? I did. So you must feel a particular pan of deep emotion of what went on.

11:38Well, I don't like their big wasps. Is that your big takeaway memory? How big are we talking? There was this wasp that was victimizing me on the beach all the time. It just kept running after me. Same one. It's the first time I'd had a proper beachy holiday. You're sure it was a wasp. The first time I'd had an abroad beachy holiday was Cape Verde. and there was a wasp just chasing me. I was like, is this what foreign climbs are? Just wasps chasing me all day. Is it windy there? Yes, it's very windy. That's why there's no trees there. You don't have much luck on beaches, do you? Because you almost died in, was it Costa Rica?

12:07I'm having a terrible time, just generally. I don't think the sea is my friend. The sea of Bordic Howard, as they say. Talk us through what happened in Costa Rica. Just drown. Drowning general. A lifeguard called Abraham saved his life. I mean, we should be nervous about it. Pete was genuinely upset about it. I bet you were. I'm literally scared of the sea now. I shouldn't laugh. I shouldn't laugh. You couldn't be scared of the sea if you lived on Cape Verde, could you? Because it's everywhere. Exactly. Everybody should have a healthy fear of the sea. Yeah. A respect. A respect. A deeply held respect.

12:39I grew up next to the sea, didn't I? Of course. So did I. I like to think I've tamed over the years. I'm scared of two things in Hartlepool. The sea and my dad. Luke, Cook or Ear? Is that taking some money off his feet to Real Madrid? That's exciting. There was a really nice passage of playbook of Karey at one point where he tried to play quite an incisive ball through. He was busy. It was defended well and then it ricocheted back to him and he flashed one of his right foot. It was a really nice strike but it didn't go anywhere near the goal sadly. He didn't fall over that much did he? Because actually Cape Verde didn't foul anywhere.

13:11Well he's agreed to go to Real Madrid now so he can't be falling over. Doesn't matter at Chelsea. You can't do that at Real Madrid. But speaking of the Real Madrid, I was reading that they are... that the newspaper marker are so upset there's been no Real Madrid players in the Spain squad. They're refusing to report on the World Cup. I was just talking about like Real Madrid transfer rumours and stuff. It's unbelievable. And that pre-season friendly chat. Apparently, Kukurea was getting booed from some sections of the Spain supporters, which are assumed to be Barcelona fans, because obviously he came through La Masia and he made one appearance for them.

13:42Right. He was linked with a return there. So obviously he's just popped up at Madrid really suddenly, and members of his own national team are booing him now. It's just pure chaos. A great player, but clearly an absolute dick. Yeah, I enjoy him as a player, but you're probably right, aren't you? He's always kind of like one of those players that you think, how have you got to where you are? And then you see him in matches like this, and he's the only one who actually looked... Yeah, he's such an odd player, because he's demonstrably good. He's a very good one-on-one defender. There's all these different things about him.

14:12plays for Spain that's not easy but he just looks like he's from Fraggle Rock yeah that's probably what it is I do think he's a really good player I do did you guys remember that Marcus's pick for the top scorer in the tournament was the aforementioned Mikel Oyarzabell that's right yeah was basically I mean sometimes strikers do go a long time without being involved because of the way the game pans out and the role that they are asked to perform I don't think you should be going 30 minutes without touching the ball against Cape Verde. That to me seems odd. However good they are. That's what happened last night.

14:46Do you think they should be sort of coming back into play and receiving the ball? I think Spain should be on the attack quite a lot. And if you're the focal point of that attack, you should be involved. And it's the first time since 1966 that a player has done that in a World Cup game. So, I mean, it is notable. Well, I was reading the news story from yesterday. Mikel Marino, keen for Spain to avoid World Cup debut slip-up. There we go. I'm sure they were. I think that's fair enough because I think they were all keen to avoid it. Yeah. But I was just saying, Mikel Moreno, presumably, would like to be knocking in the goals.

15:17That's the media training there. Yeah, exactly. They shouldn't create any headlines. I think, so it's really interesting to look at Cape Verde now because they've got Uruguay next, which will be a tough game. They've got Saudi Arabia after that. And obviously, you know, Saudi weren't bad against Uruguay. And you can only put so much into the rankings. But Saudi are ranked 60th. Cape Verde are ranked 64th. So they're obviously clearly a lot closer in ability. and the way Cape Verde moved the ball around when they did have it and how tidy it was and how good they were with their shape, it makes me think they've got a really good chance of getting through this group.

15:47I agree. They'll be targeting that final game against Saudi Arabia. I agree and I think, you know, it depends whether this was, because I mentioned again yesterday that there is an element with certain nations here they're delighted to have qualified. In some cases, they've qualified for the very first time. To be planning a competitive game on this stage against a team like Spain is massive for them and you could see that by the emotion that was expressed after the final whistle, particularly with the goalkeeper, right, who's in tears, he's, you know, he's overwhelmed. There was an interview with one of the centre-backs, I forget which one, on Five Live last night and he said, we woke up this morning and the vibes were good.

16:22Nice. But then he also kind of talked about how much it meant to the nation and you wonder whether, you know, can they lift themselves again, right? If they can lift themselves again, I honestly didn't see much in Uruguay, Saudi Arabia at all. I didn't know that good, either of them. Play that same game. and they don't have those players who can unlock, really. There's not... Based on a very small sample size, you know, i.e. one game, neither of those other teams look great, I didn't think. So it's definitely there for them, but they need to be able to lift themselves again, and I just think...

16:56Physically recovering in that short period of time. They're planning to get in five days. Yeah. You know, against Uruguay, who, as we know, are a pretty physical team and who've got a lot of experience. And they're not the team they were, Uruguay, but they've got a lot of experience. So, yeah, it will be tough for them. But, I mean, they should take a lot of confidence from that. I just think the whole dynamic of the elation and the serotonin and the kind of the high and the rush you get from that coming down again. Yeah, the crash. A couple of days later, then lifting yourselves again. I don't know how many injuries they've got or whatever.

17:25But it would be amazing. It would be an amazing story if they were to get through the group. And there is an opportunity to do so because of the way the tournament is structured now. So you never know. But it was a great performance. And even if they go out and lose both the next games, there's something really to hang your hat on there for the next generation of players coming through you know it's an amazing story for them they did have chances to win it late on as well so if they could sharpen that up a little bit it might be an incredible story here what I loved was at one point they tried to score from the halfway line yeah it was on well we just basically need to keep Vazinia away from his DMs because he's got a lot of them at this moment he's going to have to he's going to have to disable notifications disable notifications yeah he's going to have to do all the filters yeah throw his more fun into a river or something.

18:07But we get emails from chances every week about how they can help us increase our listeners or like our followers on Instagram or whatever. Turns out all you need to do is just keep the clean check in Spain. That is the way to unlock it. I also think what helps is that he looks quite cool and he's got a cool name. Yes. And on Instagram, that's what it's all about. That's great. Yeah, exactly. It's just good stuff. Like in any other world, teams will be looking at him. We've spoken about it a little bit, but elsewhere in Group H, Saudi Arabia drew one on with Uruguay. Saudi Arabia's players were fuming after the referee blew the full-time whistle as they were threw on goal.

18:40You don't like to see it, Luke? I don't know if that's the right phrasing, though, because I don't know. I mean, Jim, I don't know how you feel about it, but I don't think they were threw on goal. They were on the edge of their own box. Let's have a look. Threw on goal! They were pointed in the right direction. You'd still be annoyed. The ref blew very early. It wasn't like he was bearing down on goal. It was probably, for perspective, he was probably 70 yards out. So I think the referee was within his rights. But this game, I mean, this was like a surprising game as far as Uruguay were the better side.

19:13And I know that I still wasn't impressed with either team. And I kind of wasn't, just because I expected a lot more from Uruguay. And Saudi Arabia scored that goal, basically gets the run of play, but it's a nice goal, that set piece, nice follow-up. And then Uruguay toiled to kind of get back in them. And I know this is kind of regular for him, and maybe it's just because I haven't seen him for a while but Bielsa looks so pissed off the whole game looks so pissed off well he looks pissed off even in the pre-match graphics and stuff he's refusing to do any sort like more media than is necessary I like it he's like an auteur he's like Neil Young he's like a Neil Young of football yeah I'll play Glastonbury but you're not putting it on TV and I'm not doing any press I'm not going on any streaming I'm fundamentally opposed to you know a Trump sponsored World Cup but I will also be in it It's so weird.

20:02It's so weird. But group H. Group H. Group H is as deadlocked as the Miami traffic that caused, well, apparently the Saudi Arabia Uruguay gollopies roll was half empty in the first half. There was nobody there. And they said it was because there was traffic problems, which I simply do not believe. What point are they going to run out of excuses? I know. Because they've had people on the concourse, not in the seats. They've had traffic. at some point they're going to have to go with prices you'd have thought feral hogs yeah feral hogs that's happened before they're not at this level admittedly but that's happened the crowd didn't like Marcus's impressions we've used that before that would never happen that would never happen no that would never happen that would never happen sometimes in our live shows the crowd would get turned off by you smearing Nutella in some white pants to make them look dirty oh and then come on stage that's just reminded me what I've left I've left something on a train and it's the Richard Keys head.

21:02And a Kevin Keegan rug. No. You left them on the train. And a camera. Oh no. Oh no. The most confusing lost property ever. Yeah. They're going to be so confused at Fenchurch 3. Oh no. Can you prove it's yours sir? Look at me. The only video I've got is me dancing around in my pants with it on my head. You idiot. You idiot. Oh God. You're going to have to call them now. Yeah. Can we go down to Fenchurch Street and see if I can have me big papi? Have you got a big papi a mash your head? What brand is it? No one's got any use for that. No, exactly. The head and the rug are probably still there. The Keegan rug?

21:41The Keegan rug massively smells of fish as well. The annoying thing is I brought it in. It feels like some kind of process you've done here to get Fenchurch Street station. The annoying thing is I brought it in to work. It's the only time I'm going to be coming in before. And I'm just like, oh, no. I'll have to take it back home again if I find it. Yeah, you are. Nightmare. Absolutely nightmarish. Anywhere. What were we talking about? Forget about my profligacy. Profligacy? Profligacy, yeah. We were talking about all of the various excuses as to why people aren't in the stands, but I'm starting to wonder...

22:10We left a Papi and Maché head on a train. Sorry we were there. I'm wondering, do people have to pay to get out for the second half? Because that's a problem as well, isn't it? Probably, yeah. Maybe it's like the corporate seats or whatever, but it's so many games, there's barely anyone out there for the start of the second half, and it takes about five to seven minutes, I'm going to say, for it to fill up again. But you know that Infantino's on record is saying that there is the most ever demand for tickets, and it's gone up tenfold since the last World Cup, I think he said. It is simply a carnival bollock spouting rubbish.

22:41It's gone up tenfold, because you've got more teams in it, you still. It's also a made-up lie, isn't it? It's not true, is it? Because we can see with our own eyes that there's no one there in comparison to before. Although actually, I mean, a lot of the games are more full than I expected. So I'd be interested to find out what's happened in terms of the ticketing and whether prices have been discounted and stuff. Because it seems unlikely to me that people are going, ah, yeah, two grand last minute, let's do it. There was a story on The Athletic the other day talking about how people are starting to game the system and wait till the very last minute and then go and buy the tickets from the portal.

23:14But even in that story, there were a couple of people who had got tickets for a certain game for 50 % of the face value, but they still end up paying$1 ,000 a ticket. So it's still a rarefied level of expense for the majority of normal people. And I would obviously include myself in that. So it was always going to be one of the stories of this tournament and it's going to continue to be so. And I think what you're probably going to find is that the game, for example, the Mexico City games are going to sell out because they're mad about football and Mexico are going to play games at home and that's just going to be how it is.

23:52People are bringing their ducks. People are bringing their ducks along. That's how much they want to come. That's half a seat. I don't want their ducks to miss out. I wouldn't get a seat for the duck. For me, it's like, how old is the duck? On the airlines, they've got to be three to have their own seat. You can sit them on your lap but they're two. What's the life you expect to see the duck? If he can't see, he just pull his little Mexico shirt off and he can fly up. He can hover up there. He can beat the traffic. He'll be there first. Put a little GoPro on him and he can hover up and, you know, give you a head up.

24:21Apparently he's two years old, the duck. No, he doesn't need to pay for his own seat. Is it two or three on airlines? Might be two, actually. I think it's two, actually. In which case, he has got his own seat. You guys have changed. Yeah, I know. Coming up after this, we've already had our first managerial sacking of the World Cup.

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27:32I know companies are just throwing your shit at the wall, but I enjoyed that. He's really, really good at saying the word Bosch. BOSCH! It's got three syllables in it. BOSCH! I didn't know where you could take that as a bit, but he's taken it to a level that's genuinely very pleasing. Oh, he's the Messi of Bosch's. Yeah. And they made great play of the fact that he didn't have an autocue, but they never show it. Look, no autocue. Do you know autocue for that? Where? to remember all of the terms Pilsner Bosch oh was he not just making them up on the spot I think he is yeah you think he also broke the Guinness World Record for the most Chinese food orders in 30 seconds as well recently so he's obviously got a good recall yeah and he's also not Nigel Farage Coded like the other Bosch guys to be fair a lot of those were like sweet and sour chicken sweet and sour bark sweet and sour duck and it's like come on now let's not he's also done it a lot he's also done it a lot he's obviously got a very good memory you can't imagine him leaving anything on a train No, no, it's a good point actually.

28:30Are you pissed off about it? So measure your professionalism that you're able to continue to do the show. Yeah, you do genuinely need to call them though, and I would not mind if we did that on air personally. I wouldn't be opposed to it. Yeah, but I've got two calls to make. I've got the Doggizaki Shibuya Tokyo Police who've got a camera of mine, and then I've got another camera at Fenchurch Street. It's not the fucking Zodiac killer, but the cameras. camera nearest the boat do Fenchurch Street first don't worry about I don't need I don't need like storage I just leave stuff around and hope that it's still there anyway tomorrow Marcus and Jim are going to be doing a live preview of England vs Croatia join us live on YouTube at quarter past 11 I love love love the the England previews that you guys do and I'm very much looking forward to it I'm really excited to do it with Marcus as well hanging out with Marcus Speller doing a show on the morning of England England's first game at a World Cup.

29:24You only get so many opportunities to do that in life. I'm thrilled. I feel like it's... Venture out of street station, lost property. Come on, then.

29:37That's what I want to do. Did you assist a Richard Keyes off the train today?

29:45What? A little bit of pan pipes there. Do you remember pan pipes, guys? To relax you. Do you remember the panpipe guys? Yes. They used to be in town centres. Right, one hole. It'll notify me when they call up, when they pick up. Lovely stuff. Yeah, my brother works for C2C. Oh, does he? I've messaged him as well. So we've got a couple of angles to work here. Get my bits and problems back. We're like true detective. We're working the case. We find the yellow king, where it's the Richard Keyshead. All right, well... What are you doing about this? It's your fucking problem. I'm sitting here horsing a show for crying out loud, for the people.

30:22I'm keeping everyone's spirits up. So we've lost the Richard Keese head, the Kevin Keegan rug, and a camera that was going to be used for the England watch along. Oh, good. Oh, good. All of the stuff. It's my property, most of it. Yes, Belgium won, Egypt won. The story here is truly Romelu Lukaku's kind of appearance in this match. Just a bludgeoning. Yeah. I think we were all watching this match, and on the WhatsApp, Luke said, how did Lukaku get there? Because he seemed to be on the touchline, getting brought on, and then for their equaliser, and he was just kind of just there. It's the first time a substitute's been launched into action rather than just put on the field.

31:05Fired out of a cannon. It was incredible. It was used like a big log that you knock a door down with in a siege. It was. Incredible stuff. Most of the kind of pre-match story about Lukaku and a lot of, even in the chat in the commentary, it was about how he's like barely played. He's really out of shape. You know, he plays Charles... He's managed a very small amount of minutes this year. Yeah, the Catalara, I'm convinced, is the foreign exchange student. Here we go. Here we go. Lost property, Fenchurch Street. Hello. Hello, you're free to see Lost Property. How can I help? Hi there, I lost a bag on a shoeberry nest to Fenchurch Street's train this morning.

31:45I just wondered if you've received it at all. Yeah, we wouldn't know that, I'm afraid. What you would need to do is complete the C2C forum on their website. And if they've got it, they'll get back in touch. Okie dokie, we'll do that then. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Ta-ta. Bye-bye. What's the point of having a lost property department if they just tell you they're full of forming? Full of forming. Literally, there was an option on the phone. It's a lady who says, full of forming. There's literally an option on the phone to say, if it's lost property, press this number. I'm going to get down to Fenchurch Street and fill their foreman with these fists if I don't get my Richard Keys.

32:19And they're not going to question it because you are going to look absolutely mental asking for that stuff back. You will look more mad if they have the stuff. Even if you go in swinging. They're going to throw it back at you. There's no chance anyone's going to think that. Absolutely tragic. Do you know what's going to happen? There's every chance when you rock up to try and get your property back, there's going to be a load of people dusting them for free. That's what's going to be happening. You haven't looked on the camera, have you? What crime could be committed? Please don't look on the SD card.

32:49What kind of pervert is travelling to work on a normal Tuesday with a giant papi amache Richard Keats head? A Kevin Keegan rug that smells of fish? A fish sodden Kevin Keegan rug. Why does it smell of fish? I think back in the 70s they used fish bones, didn't they? 50 years, still smells of it. Yeah, still smells of historic fish. Anyway, Robert Lukaku, he has scored 90 international goals though. Yeah. so I mean you can take that with a pinch of salt he's played very little football this season but it's lovely to see him back among it wasn't really his goal obviously he made it happen yeah it wouldn't have happened without him would it was it a potential for a foul because he kind of forced the guy to score an own goal I think that would have been soft it was kind of not hitting yourself stop hitting yourself own goal a little bit yeah I think it's not enough to knock him over it's not enough to sort of make him change course or anything really I think that would have been soft it was great I'll tell you what it was great forward play.

33:45It was what they had been lacking. It was super direct. It was like, look, I'm going to go in the penalty area. Bit of nuisance value. I'm big. I'm strong. I'm going to make the right kind of run. I'm not going to be too clever about it because I've just come on the pitch and I'm blowing. I'm going to force someone to score an own goal. It's an interesting issue for them that that brings up, isn't it? Because, you know, DeCatelari, as I say, the foreign exchange student, he did not really impress particularly in that role. Doesn't seem particularly well suited to it. you wonder if they might put a lot of faith in Lukaku to just essentially just run around half fit, mostly knackered.

34:20What did you make of the game overall then, Jim? I thought it was quite dull as a spectacle. I thought Belgium's passing and movement was really poor, actually. I thought they looked pretty tired, uninventive. They're all old, Jim. Yeah, Egypt looked pretty solid in their defending, I thought. Took the goal really, really nicely. I think, as we've said about every game, and this is true of both teams, obviously, there's a sense there's more to come from both of them. Salah looked lively in the moments where they could get the ball to him, which were a little bit too few and far between. He's played more centrally, wasn't he?

34:53Yeah. So, they're a really interesting proposition, Egypt. Obviously, they've never won a game at the World Cup, and that continues now. But they're not in a bad position after that game. They would not have been the favourites there, so I think they'll come away from that fairly happy. Kiefer made some fine stops at times. Yeah, he did. But I think it's a better result for them than it is for Belgium. I think Belgium have got to look at that and go, all right, we need to improve quite rapidly, quite quickly. And again, that comes with the re-caveating of every team kind of finding their feet in that first game.

35:20Got an easy group though, Belgium. I mean, that's the hardest game up the way, you'd think. They're going to be playing Wales next, obviously. Somehow. I don't know how they managed to get here, but they're playing. But the Egypt manager, Hossam Hassan, he's like a proper legend of Egyptian football. I remember him playing in the 1990 World Cup. Top scorer, isn't he? That's right. Salah's kind of vying to overtake it. He scored 69 goals for Egypt. And I love this. His full name is Hossam Hassan Hassan Hussein. Amazing. Solid. It's great. When you like something, just do variations on it. Yeah, exactly.

35:53That's what we've been doing. Speaking of the managers, Rudy Garcia looked bonkers as well. He looked mental. Why did he have like a Donald Trump style kind of red tie? He looked like he had a blue shirt on with a red tie and a baseball cap, and then he got soaked with water. He looked like he had taken his kids to SeaWorld in the 90s. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can always tell when you've got a quality shirt and he didn't have a quality shirt on because you could just see everything. Yeah. Everything. He looked like someone who's been fired but hasn't told his wife and he's getting ready for work every morning and going out and just sitting in the park.

36:29Yeah, nice. You said that with such, like, authority. I don't know what you're talking about. You never wear shantar. That's exactly true. And this isn't a job, is it? Is that how they found the Mexican duck? Dad of the family was just going to the park every day instead of work. Ended up taking a duck home with him. No, I work at the duck place now. It's just my colleague. The duck office. The head office. Yeah, Merlin's my line manager. Was this a crappy match though? Yes. Because you've basically said that. Alright, fine. Move on. The first crappy match in the World Cup, is that fair? Yeah, I suppose.

36:59There's been a few matches that haven't been amazing. I suppose even this had talking points, didn't it? There's not been an absolute England v Algeria. that's so but then hopefully there'll never be a game like that again but the hydration break thing that's basically why it happened right because Garcia was standing well they were all standing next to next to a sprinkler and there was some chat wasn't there on the BBC that's what hydration's all about isn't it getting sucked yeah but there was some chat on the BBC saying like it's stupid that the the hydration breaks are so arbitrary yeah because ultimately they used to be triggered by a certain temperature right and now they're just doing for every game yeah but why won't people just call it what it is exactly that it's an ad break It's an ad break the Fever baked in.

37:37But they've sneaked it in. They've sneaked it in without saying it's... The hydration break brought to you by Powerade now with 90 % more electrolytes. What are you talking about? That's too many electrolytes. Yeah, it's a lot of electrolytes. How many is too many? How many did you put in before? How many have you got now? Well, 90 % obviously. Yeah, but how many is too many? Because I find that confusing... I'm a Pocari sweat man. I find that confusing with salt. Because if you don't have enough salt in your system, it's bad. But if you have too much, it's bad. Yeah. Right? Because if you're dehydrated, they want to say you need to get your salts up and stuff but if you have too much salt you get dehydrated it's baffling to me and so where do the electrolytes play into that?

38:14I don't know I don't really know what they are to be honest they feel like mitochondria the powerhouse of the cell but we can all agree that the hydration breaks are just for the player's safety and not for anything it takes three minutes to take on electrolytes doesn't it? those union cheerleaders have to be exercised unless they strike One good thing that came out of that, I suppose, was that we got to hear the brass version of Come As You Are in the background. That was confusing. It's Seattle, isn't it? Yeah, but why brass? It's a big tradition of brass bands, I suppose, in sporting, particularly at college level in the US, so it makes sense.

38:48Some of the colleges, their bands are known for being amazing. And I think it's what Kurt Cobain would have wanted. He would have loved USMNT. It would have been all over this World Cup. And he would have loved being the soundtrack to a hydration break brought to you by Powerade. Absolutely. Definitely. Completely agree. Which is one of the B-sides to Heart Shaped Box. Yeah. Okay, nice. Like that.

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40:38Well, in a continuation of the clearly no crappy matches at the World Cup, or at least, you know, matches with something interesting in them, we had another banger in the Iran-New Zealand match too, while it ended. Does that mean Iran are twice as good as England? It feels like that's the narrative for me. It might do. Iran came from behind twice. It was quite a good game in the end. A lot of love for Chris Wood's hold-up play, even though the Iranians did hold off him. I thought this was a good game as far as both teams were absolutely shit. I thought the standard of this game was so poor. That does mean goals sometimes, though, doesn't it?

41:16It does. It doesn't mean it can't be a good game. It doesn't mean Pete's wrong. But the standard of this game was, I thought, diabolically bad. And you have to contextualise it by saying that, you know, we don't know the kind of preparation Iran has been afforded, which is unfair. I mean, some of the chat they've mentioned is that they've been having to come in and out on the same day and not allowed to recover all this kind of stuff. They are being treated differently to other teams at this World Cup. You can see that. Appallingly. So, yeah, bear that in mind. But I just thought, you know, the standard of play was noticeably the worst of the teams we've seen so far and I include you know Curacao in that Curacao were basically bludgeoned by a really good team so it's hard to be too harsh on them but I thought even they looked in terms of the pace of play they were able to play at this was like a it was so bad it was pedestrian in its pace the Chris Wood the first goal for Elijah Just who we said before the tournament is a decent player he's had a good season up in Scotland he has done really well but the space he was afforded as you mentioned Pete.

42:21It's just fucking baffling at this level. Well they just stood off him. I know he's big but I mean... But they gave him five yards to turn him. It was strange. Did you not find it strange to watch? Yeah, it was a little bit of a... It looked like one that had been kind of left out in the sun a bit too long this game didn't it? Yeah. But I really enjoyed Juss first goal because he sort of stole it off Chris Wood. He completely did the right thing and he's vindicated by scoring a very, very good goal. But Chris would. You could see he was shaking up to volley that himself. And you can't be annoyed at him because he scored.

42:53And he's all young and fresh-faced. Well, yeah. I mean, the match itself, obviously, a bit of a sideshow to the protests that were happening outside the ground, outside the Los Angeles Stadium, who opposed the Iranian national team. The national anthem was booed. There were SWAT teams in the stadium, course guard personnel, FBI agents monitoring the crowd. Coast guard involved? I mean, yeah. I mean, how far away from a coast is... People are drowning. I know. Goodness me. I'm drowning. I'm drowning. I'm terrible at times. There were pre-revolutionary flags being sneaked into the ground. In the first row, there was an orchestrated display of the Minab 168 signs referring to the children who died in the first day of the conflict.

43:35With the caveat that we've got to be quite careful about during a hot war where the facts lie on either side, I think, because the Iranian government, for example, removed the best player in Iran's squad before the tournament because he was anti-government. Oh, I didn't know that. If I was a betting man, Iran obviously have the resources to orchestrate things in the stadium. But I don't think any of us would object to Iranians, Iranian-Americans certainly, organically using this fixture to exercise their right to protest. I think that's fair. I think it's worth pointing out as well that the protests are very wide-ranging.

44:05They're actually protesting the Iranian government as well. And there are people in there who were, there was sort of, there was a bit of kind of conflict with some fans, like some fans were draped in this kind of the official Iranian flag and there were people saying you shouldn't be wearing that flag, you shouldn't be wearing the you know the other flag that they used to represent the revolution. So there's a lot going on there, it's a tumultuous time for Iran, obviously, but for these players, the backdrop is absolutely incredible really, there's so much going on from so many different sides, the fact that they then are essentially kind of shuffled straight out of the country as they get off the pitch.

44:47It is unprecedented, really. I can't think of a situation like it. I just think it's been appallingly handled by the US government and it's shown how weak FIFA are in terms of actually getting a handle on the situation they've created. Yeah, it's quite enjoyable. I found how some Mexicans in Tijuana have kind of taken the Iranian team to heart because of American aggression in Mexico as well. So there's people who are hanging outside the Iranian hotel going, like, supporting the Iranians. They're just Mexican dudes, which I quite enjoy. Wasn't there a great video the other day as well on a similar sort of theme of a load of local lads in, I forget which part of the US it was, but they just really started to love supporting Algeria.

45:30Nice, yeah. And a couple of kids were like, we're just so pleased Algeria have come here. Yeah. We love them, yeah. And that's what the World Cup's all about. It is, it actually is. It's great when you hear stories like that, because I remember there was chat back in the day wasn't there of like certain teams certain nations were dropped and were based in certain parts like random parts of England during the 1966 World Cup and there's like a big affinity for them ever since it's really cool so we obviously spoke about Tunisia's 5-1 loss against Sweden on yesterday's show the manager Sabri Lamucci has been sacked by Tunisia just one game into the World Cup it's not what you want is it?

46:06well Tunisians have done this a few times so you kind of understand it a little bit. But Harvonard has just been announced as the new Tunesian manager. Break glass, white shirt. Love it. In the heat. In the heat. It's terrible for Marcus that this is broken while he's not. Yeah, I know. He'll just be happy it's happened. Oh, of course he will. The most Mills and Boone manager in the history of the game is back. Well, I'm quite happy that it's happened. But I do think that with Lamucci, I think he's been there for five months or something. It's not like he's been there that long. Yeah. And part of the reason he's been fired reportedly is because of his son's behaviour.

46:43Which is like, it's the worst ever holiday. Yeah. Right. You can come, but this is my work. Yeah. Keep your head down. We will get some downtime. We'll do a bit of crazy golf, but you need to... No, you can't have an official tracksuit. Oh, he's in the photo again. Go to the water park. Just go to the water park. He had a fight with a fan. Yeah. Like that. I like that a lot. In a previous life on the radio station, somebody told me that Zane Law, the, is he New Zealand? Yes. He's New Zealand, yeah. His son, when he was on Radio 1, he went in with his son and his son just started pulling wires out the back of the desk and took Radio 1 off for like five minutes.

47:21Oh no. How old was he? He was 19. He just didn't want to listen to his dad anymore. Yeah, exactly. Absolutely rubbish. But yeah, I mean, it's good stuff. Proper World Cup ramble muck and we love it and now we get Harv Renard back it's absolutely set up for him to turn it around because obviously the first result was terrible they were really bad against Sweden it's kind of a free hit as much as you're ever going to get at a World Cup isn't it because the expectations are so low now but also what can you really do with one or two training sessions and also Japan and Netherlands are both quite good teams relatively speaking but I mean it's great Harv Renard is the absolute perfect guy for it because we love him is exactly what he loves to do.

48:03He's obviously got this idea around himself that he is the big firefighter, the great kind of guy. I mean, Shunizzi were really good in qualifying as well. So, I mean, yeah, it's interesting how poor they were against Sweden. But, I mean, it's not ideal being sacked after one match. No. One game in. Yeah. No, my goodness. Yeah. Well, on Sunday's show, we were talking about the windows behind the goal in the game involving Scotland and Haiti. LMPB84 on Instagram has come in with some more information. Apparently those windows are field level suites for the New England Patriots games and they were empty.

48:35Usually there is a flat seated area in front of it. I would have thought that one of the most expensive parts of the stadium would have been available and priced accordingly. Nobody's got the money to watch Scotland from a UPVC. It must have been priced out, right? They must have priced it up and not sold anything. Do you reckon? They're not going to not sell executive boxes at suite level. Can you not suite talk the person on reception and get bumped up an upgrade for the suites? It must, it feels to me like FIFA have priced people out. Yeah, because surely, as you say, there's no way they've not thought of taking advantage of that.

49:07Is it just a bad sort of look for them to have, you know, rich people sunning themselves? Do you remember the guys eating the burritos in the pre-season war? There's people eating burritos in those games. And also, FIFA simply cannot be worried about a bad look. No. It's not a language they speak. Guys, if we do this, it could really torch our reputation. We'll leave the money on the table for crying out loud. Right, so my brother's got back in touch. What train was he on? Where was he going? And I'll see if it's been handed in. Yes! Give him the details. I am going back to Fenchel Street Station.

49:41Give him the details now. It was the 8.15. No, it was the 7.15 from Chalkwell, which is a train I get quite a lot, so do not find me. Is it a good train? It's a solid train, very few seats, Because it skips out all of the stops before Baselton. It's the fast train to Fenchurch Street. And I got off at Fenchurch Street. Jim Campbell's brother's going to save the day. Lovely stuff. Let's see. There we go. And why would they fine you for leaving things on a train? Fine me? You have to pay to get it back sometimes. I left my laptop once and I have to pay 20 quid to get it back. Why? I don't know. For general processing.

50:18I'd left a court at Shoebree Ness if I was going to Shoebree Ness. Is that everyone getting a taste? Yeah, I think so. I think if I worked in the Lost Property Office, I would definitely do that. So if I judged a person, if I didn't like them, I'd say 20 quid. And that's what someone's done to me, and it's fair enough. Since we've been recording, Vazinha's now hit 6 million followers. Come on, Vazinha. Come on. Can we have a little totalizer? Yeah, we should do. In the studio. Just for the group stage. Just for the group stage, yeah. Big match tonight. France versus Senegal. Got to mention that one.

50:44That's going to be a lot of fun. That's 8 p.m. I smell a banana skin there. And do you know what? I said yesterday on the show, we were talking about this, and we said, in the group stage, there's always upsets and there hasn't been one yet and we don't want it to be England. Well, obviously Spain have done us a favour. Belgium have arguably done us a favour. I think Senegal might have something to say about tonight. They're a very good team. I think so. It's sort of AFCON champions because they've got the trophy as far as I know. It's in their base. I think so, yeah. On the armed guard. Come get it.

51:14Senegal, for me, could be yet another one of the teams that I should have put as my surprise package. they're on that sort of precipice of it not being a surprise if they do well though aren't they so yeah I think it would be a surprise if they beat France absolutely but they're also in with a shout of it I suppose but I am very good players I'm being honest though I am channeling 2002 El Haas-Jouf where they Senegal beat France in the opening game and why wouldn't you this is what we're here for right yeah yeah drive nostalgia yeah alright well thank you for listening to the Football Ramble part of the Aircast Creator Network will you update people on your lost property journey I certainly will I'll figure it out and they'll do it on social media we'll find out if we can get back the Richard Keyes head which is made of papier-mâché and massive and the Kevin Keegan run the smells of fish and your camera that we were going to use for quite a practical purpose tomorrow night correct okay that'll trust you basically going to cost us money isn't it to get another one you know getting me involved in the admin of things we'll be back tomorrow and every day throughout the World Cup presumably updating you on Mazzini's Instagram following every day hit subscribe now to make sure you do not miss an episode.

52:22Having said everything that I've just said, I did get quite a lot of correspondence, a few messages from my old friends in New Zealand where I used to live saying, make sure you put in the show today that New Zealand are still unbeaten the World Cup since 1982. So there you go. Wow, very nice. Bit of balance for you. Bit of Barry balance.

52:44Location where property was lost. I'm just filling the form. Okay, what are you putting in for that? Big... Sizable. Sizable papier-mâché head... That's not the location though, is it? Good point. The property is always in the location it's in, but that's not helpful for the form. All right, location where property is lost. Weird little space behind chair that I sometimes... That is a schoolboy. ...sit in... You're giving them a proper little treasure hunt here, aren't you? Putting stuff behind the seat is just standard issues, forgetful. Description of item lost. Sizable Papier Masher head with

53:33hairy cheeks and bald patch. I don't want to cast aspersions on the quality of your work, but do you think people would be able to identify as Richard Keyes out of context? Kevin Keegan, best player in Europe. 1977? What was his kind of name? 1977. Rug, smelling of fish. Remarkable for a product, that is. Insta Gore 360 camera. Don't look on the SD card. Upload a picture of the item. We're just going to get a picture of Richard Keyes. I'm going to get that in there. Save. I'll use the picture of him getting his hair transplant. I mean, you do have a picture of you in the head, surely. No, no. I think I did some lovely work on that Papi Amashe thing.

54:25I'm going to definitely... You wouldn't be absolutely fine. They better treat it with care. Have you put fragile on it? Put fragile on a couple of letters. Any other relevant details? I am beside myself. I need to be reunited. Beside myself. Should I put something about a dead dad or something? that's how you get on X Factor dad dead his last bequest to me just say the papier-mâché head is a model of your dead dad's head my dad is Richard Keyes and I miss him he's been away for a while he works abroad make sure it is this papier-mâché head if you find any others I don't want any other papier-mâché head oil rig?

55:10I'm not a robot I've got to click on some fucking fire hydrants. See, because Pete is part internet, I think these capture things are particularly difficult for him. Would you agree with C2C's privacy policy? Oh, probably would. He's an Italian company. Yeah, but you... Is it an in-who are... Is that allowed? They're not in it. They can't use it. They can't use the info. Update from my brother. Nothing's been handed in yet, but I'll keep looking. Ah, what? How would he know at Fenchett Street, though, if he's working all the way down the other line? I don't know what his process is for hunting it down, but as yet, it is at large.

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