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England qualified for the World Cup. Six wins from six, no goals conceded every time we

qualify comfortably before we win the tournament. Here we go again. It was only Latvia, but there was more good stuff from a balanced midfield. Harry Kane was back and scored a couple. Perhaps the back four is the only place where Tuchel himself isn't certain who goes where. Also, it took one Armenian headbutton, one Irish header, but the Republic are still in it. Evan Ferguson with a decisive goal, which means a playoff spot is still within reach. Wales took the lead against Belgium, who equalised with one of those handballs. Perhaps it would have been different if they'd held on for longer. Jeremy Dock who was magnificent, and there's a classic Lost Bravely from Northern Ireland at home to Germany. Elsewhere we'll round up Europe and congratulate Kate Verde, who qualified for the first time.

Also, Jack Wilsh has confirmed that Luton, Millie Bright retires and Barry's half-marathon quest begins in earnest.

All that, plus your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

On the panel today, Dan Bardell, hello.

Hello, Max.

From Not the Top 20, Ali Maxwell, hello.

Good morning. And from running, Barry Glendening, welcome. Hello, hello.

Let's start there with Latvianil, England, five. Six wins, no goals conceded. That's 37 World Cup

qualifying games without defeats since 2009. Rich on Blue Sky says, do we even need to play the World Cup?

It's so obviously coming home.

It all seems a bit pointless.

Mark says, does the panel have any views on Barry's cynical ploy to run himself to death

to avoid it coming home next year?

So look, we've qualified for the 2026 World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico, with two

games to spare. It was very

comfortable, Dan, wasn't it? Do you say 2000-19 was the last time we lost a qualifier? That's what

I read somewhere and put it in. That is a long run, a very, very long run, isn't it? Longer than

the run Barry's about to undertake. Yeah, look, what do you say? We've qualified. We should qualify. We always seem to qualify now. But I think we're starting to see a little bit more now about what Tuchel, Tuchel, Tuckel is about that. That's settled 11, making people have to work hard to get back into the squad,

to get the shirt.

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