The England Pod

Dave, Ali & George predict the WHOLE World Cup, group by group and all knockout games. In Part One, we work backwards from Group L (England's group) and also take in Group K, J, I, H, G - including tournament favourites Spain, France and other well-fancied sides Argentina and Portugal.

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Ali, George and special guest Nick Goff make betting picks ahead of the World Cup, starting with Outright and Golden Boot markets and expanding into a group of teams they want to get with and get against.

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Spain again. The Lionesses head to Spain knowing a point would be enough to secure automatic qualification for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil. Standing in their way is the team they've become most familiar with over the last few years.

Robyn Cowen is joined by Kathryn Batte - they discuss the fitness concerns around Lauren James and Lucy Bronze, whether Ella Toone is ready to start, the challenge facing Grace Clinton, and how Sarina Wiegman might approach the biggest game of the Lionesses' year so far.

One point needed. Spain away. Here we go again.
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What does Thomas Tuchel actually want England to look like? Ali sits down with Dave to break down the tactical identity of Tuchel’s England after 12 games, 27 goals, and 15 months of experimentation.

Why do England build so heavily down the right? We go through the patterns, the principles, the pressing, the set pieces and the biggest concerns.

If England are going to score goals and do well at this World Cup, this is probably how they’ll do it.
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Ali, George and Dave have crunched the numbers, made the spreadsheets, and have worked out the pathway to glory/despair. If England are going to win the World Cup this is who we'll play along the way, whether that be finishing 1st, 2nd or even 3rd in our group. (Spoiler alert: we really want to win the group this time)

If that wasn't nerdy enough for you there's also an attempt to predict which players will be given which squad numbers by Tuchel for the tournament

AND we've also got a quick chat with Emile Heskey ahead of our run of three live shows alongside the great man...

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