Mailbag: Who can - and should - actually host a World Cup?
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.7 • 9.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
With increasing scrutiny placed on the likes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and even the United States, we wonder which countries could viably host a World Cup without any of the political or social controversies that have marred recent editions. Is that even possible?
Marcus, Jim and Vish also return to our ‘defining figures of the decade’ discourse, turning our attentions to managers this time. Plus: our favourite commentary teams, goalkeepers playing outfield and Premier League managers joining the Ramble!
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| 0:59.1 | Hello everybody. Welcome to the Football Rambled Mailbag hosting tournaments, commentary teams and great managers of the orders of the day. It's Tuesday 17th the June. I'm Marcus Speller. I'm Jim Campbell. And I'm Venetian Hunteraja. |
| 1:24.1 | That's right, everybody. |
| 1:24.8 | You heard us. |
| 1:26.4 | It's the Mailbag and it's Tuesday. |
| 1:28.4 | We're changing up our schedule for the summer and we'll now be releasing Mailbag episodes every Tuesday |
| 1:31.9 | and a very special game makes its return on Fridays. |
| 1:36.1 | But more of that to come later this week. |
| 1:38.2 | So that's it, Jim. |
| 1:38.9 | You're feeling good about the Mailbag on Tuesdays? |
| 1:40.6 | Yeah, and it feels like it's Saturday to me, but that's no bad thing. |
| 1:43.2 | No bad thing at all. |
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