Russell GuyverHostPeterHostYeah, it's been interesting.
Yeah, there's been some really good games.
Obviously, the big, big players have all turned up pretty much universally.
You know, that's a hell of a top, you know, the top eight, including the four players on four goals.
I mean, they're all in there.
You normally get a few random ones that have a really good World Cup, but it's all the big names pretty much.

All the records are getting blown apart, aren't they? Basically, because a lot of slightly larger tournaments to start with, but also, as you said, everyone's just turned up and they're really up for it.
Yeah, and slightly weaker teams as well.
Obviously, the extra 16, by definition, are weaker.
So you've had fewer really tough games.
Messi must be favourite.
I mean, Argentina have got a relatively simple route to the semifinals and they've got an extra game as well.
So he could obviously score in the recording on Friday.
Obviously, they're playing tonight.
So he could score in, you know, kind of a couple of tonight potentially against Cape Verde.
You've got to fancy him to get goals against them.
In which case he could be...
I mean, someone's going to get double figures, aren't they? Definitely.

There's a lot of criticisms about the setup of the tournament in terms of, you know, the fact it's a 48 team.
Yeah, it's been interesting.
Yeah, there's been some really good games.
Obviously, the big, big players have all turned up pretty much universally.
You know, that's a hell of a top, you know, the top eight, including the four players on four goals.
I mean, they're all in there.
You normally get a few random ones that have a really good World Cup, but it's all the big names pretty much.

All the records are getting blown apart, aren't they? Basically, because a lot of slightly larger tournaments to start with, but also, as you said, everyone's just turned up and they're really up for it.
Yeah, and slightly weaker teams as well.
Obviously, the extra 16, by definition, are weaker.
So you've had fewer really tough games.
Messi must be favourite.
I mean, Argentina have got a relatively simple route to the semifinals and they've got an extra game as well.
So he could obviously score in the recording on Friday.
Obviously, they're playing tonight.
So he could score in, you know, kind of a couple of tonight potentially against Cape Verde.
You've got to fancy him to get goals against them.
In which case he could be...
I mean, someone's going to get double figures, aren't they? Definitely.

There's a lot of criticisms about the setup of the tournament in terms of, you know, the fact it's a 48 team.
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