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Does anyone really care about this game? Is it important to find out who finishes 3rd at a World Cup? Are we going to see a rework of the England v Belgium group match where we see who has the better reserves or will they treat it seriously and try to go out with a bang?

On this weeks live podcast we will be discussing the imminent return of league football and we went to hear from you. What have been your league football highlights and lowlights of the summer? Is it Ronaldo signing for Juventus? The comings and going at West Ham? Nagelsmann announcing he will take over at RB Leipzig in 2019? Ancelotti in at Napoli? Sarri in at Chelsea? Buffon and Tuchel in at PSG? Let us know and we’ll read out the best on Wednesdays show

It’s not coming home but England should be very proud of what they have done at this tournament. Congratulations to Croatia who continue to not know when they are beaten. Their never say die attitude has been a joy to watch. Now, roll on the final! France v Croatia should be one hell of a football match

Who will play France in the World Cup final on Sunday? Today we look ahead to Croatia v England as well as discussing yesterday’s France v Belgium game. Is football coming home? We’re almost one game closer to finding out

I thought it was all the usual transfer window talk and I was assuming he would soon sign a new, improved contract at Real Madrid but he’s not! He’s joining Juventus for £105m! Unbelievable

So today we have what should be one of the games of the tournament. Can France get to their 2nd consecutive international final or will Belgium finally realise their potential and reach a final? I can’t wait to find out

The 5 things we have learnt about this wonderful Russian Word Cup are; 1. France have an epic young squad 2. VAR is splendid 3. Belgium fulfil their potential, finally 4. Croatia never say die 5. England have the nation dreaming again.

WE RAMBLE RUSSIA & everything in between. WORLD CUP FEVER! Big up England's lions, especially Kane, Sterling & Pickford. The unreal France squad of quality, the Croatian sprit and Belgiums potential being reached (FINALLY!)

Today we talk about France knocking Uruguay out in one of the most professional performances we’ve seen this tournament and Belgium outrunning Brazil to set up our first semi final. We also look ahead to Sweden v England and Russia v Croatia and discuss if football is really coming home as well as predicting the winners in both games

Today we have France v Uruguay and Brazil v Belgium and we cannot wait! Arguably the 2 best games the tournament has given us and they arrive 1 after the other. Who do you think will be going through to the semi’s? Let us know

We happily ramble through all the thrilling games recently as they keep getting better and better. So much excitement! Join us, join in now!

We ramble aimlessly through the hopes & dreams of a nation! Is it coming home? Can it possibly come home? Why the fudge not!?

England are through to the quarter finals of a World Cup for the first time since 1990 and they didn’t it by beating Colombia on penalties! England won a penalty shootout at a World Cup for the first time in their history. Unbelievable! We talk about that game in depth as well as discussing Sweden v Switzerland and looking ahead to the QF games. Is football coming home?

Today we talk about Brazil not really getting out of 1st gear but still doing more than enough to knockout Mexico, Belgium and Japan giving us the game of the tournament so far plus we look ahead to Sweden v Switzerland and Colombia v England. Can England finally win a World Cup knockout game? Time will tell. Enjoy the football and we’ll see you tomorrow

Penalty shootout drama! 2 games, 2 1-1 draws and 2 penalty shootouts. Russia pull of one of the shock results of the tournament by knocking out Spain and Croatia, despite not playing well, match on by eliminating Denmark. Today we have Brazil v Mexico and Belgium v Japan to look forward to and something tells us we may not need a penalty shootout to separate the sides today

Live at the luzhniki stadium in the rain and discuss VAR with a die hard England fan just before Spain go through and Russia put in an impecable defensive performance.

Messi and Ronaldo can’t help but get themselves mentioned in the same sentence can they? They both leave the tournament as France beat Argentina and Uruguay beat Portugal. That is going to be a great quarter final. Today we have Spain v Russia and Croatia v Denmark which, although not as good on paper, could both be just as good as yesterday’s games. Thank you for your continued support of the podcast and enjoy the football

So after what felt like an eternity without football the World Cup returns with 2 absolute crackers! We have France v Argentina and Uruguay v Portugal which could be the best games of the tournament so far. Today we give our predictions as well as discussing the squads in depth and give some insight into how we think each time will play. Thanks for listening and enjoy the football

What we have learnt so far about the World Cup in Russia 2018!

So Belgium beat England 1-0 but it came off as a game that neither side were that interested in winning plus, as many have said, finishing 2nd might not be so bad for England. Absolute heartbreak for Senegal yesterday as they lost to Colombia and exit the competition because of their fair play record. Elsewhere Japan advance despite losing against Poland and Tunisia beat Panama in a game that meant absolutely nothing. We also talk about the next round of games and preview what we have to look forward to