Jun 24, 2026 · 10 min · 9 segments
Host James Bolam gives his thoughts so far on this years World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
James BolamHost
So first of all, in terms of the number of games, I don't know about you guys, but I'm finding the number of games just a little bit too many.


So a lot of them are through the night, but I'm managing to get to see the matches that are played in the evening that finish before midnight here.

uh so uh from what i've seen so far um two games maybe three games a day for me standard uh i think is uh is more than enough but like some days there's four games which is just a little bit too much even if they weren't through the night i'm not sure i'd be able to find the time to watch all four matches so um so yeah i do feel there are too many games and i think it might just feel a little bit lighter and i might feel just a little bit more involved in this world cup when the um we get to the knockout stages and they let there's less teams and thus less games uh in terms of the amount of well in terms of the quality of the teams I think it hasn't been as bad as I feared.

So first of all, in terms of the number of games, I don't know about you guys, but I'm finding the number of games just a little bit too many.


So a lot of them are through the night, but I'm managing to get to see the matches that are played in the evening that finish before midnight here.

uh so uh from what i've seen so far um two games maybe three games a day for me standard uh i think is uh is more than enough but like some days there's four games which is just a little bit too much even if they weren't through the night i'm not sure i'd be able to find the time to watch all four matches so um so yeah i do feel there are too many games and i think it might just feel a little bit lighter and i might feel just a little bit more involved in this world cup when the um we get to the knockout stages and they let there's less teams and thus less games uh in terms of the amount of well in terms of the quality of the teams I think it hasn't been as bad as I feared.
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