Tottenham - Home and Away
Tottenham - Home and Away
Graeme Spice and Glen Cowie
Home and Away World Cup Special Episode 4
38 minutes Posted Jul 2, 2026 at 11:29 pm.
Intro attempt and restart00:19 World Cup knockout special begins00:52 Glen survives England’s Great Escape01:15 Suneil joins the podcast01:36 England coming home… or just coming home early?01:41 World Cup fever and awkward UK kick-off times02:26 Watching England vs Panama with friends03:38 Australia’s kinder World Cup viewing times03:59 Knockout-stage kick-off pain04:21 Suneil on watching England vs DR Congo live04:48 Congo take the lead and England struggle05:10 DR Congo keeper has a blinder05:41 Half-time interviews and England starting slowly06:11 Hydration breaks and Infantino’s four-quarter football dream07:04 Player welfare vs advert-friendly breaks07:51 Are Australian TV channels showing ads during hydration breaks?08:32 ITV, Emma Hayes and actual football analysis09:02 Did England need the Congo scare?09:22 Was Ghana already the wake-up call?09:52 Mexico at the Azteca preview10:33 Why England must start fast against Mexico10:47 Kane, Bellingham and England’s spine11:18 Bellingham in hostile atmospheres11:40 Brad Friedel on Mexico and altitude12:36 Mexico vs USA rivalry and bias12:45 England’s defensive problems13:25 Rice at right-back and lack of cohesion13:41 England missing Reece James and Trent14:11 Jed Spence, Madueke and the right-side issue14:47 Should Jed Spence stay deeper against Mexico?15:12 Spence blamed for Congo’s goal15:43 Madueke’s defensive awareness questioned15:47 Why not start Saka?16:24 Even an unfit Saka offers more16:40 England’s midfield setup against Congo17:03 Should Kobbie Mainoo get minutes?17:29 DR Congo’s danger and Wissa’s quality18:04 Harry Kane’s second goal18:35 Celebrating Kane without waking the kids18:53 What would England do without Kane?19:11 The lack of young English strikers behind Kane20:09 Kane looks sharp and fit20:23 Kane passes Pelé and reaches another milestone20:39 Did Kane need to leave Tottenham?21:07 Kane playing with better quality around him22:03 Kane leaving Spurs with the fans’ blessing22:23 Belgium vs Senegal drama23:23 Belgium’s ageing squad and US chances24:32 Suneil catches Belgium’s comeback late25:06 Can the USA beat Belgium?25:21 France look scary good26:29 France’s ridiculous attacking depth27:01 Rabiot and Digne still getting picked27:22 Spain start to click27:54 Is this France’s tournament to lose?28:00 Portugal vs Croatia preview28:23 The Ronaldo dilemma28:32 Suneil on Ronaldo’s role for Portugal29:27 Ronaldo changing how Portugal play29:45 Ronaldo as a late-game weapon30:28 Croatia and Modric’s tournament know-how30:53 Germany and Netherlands go out on penalties31:31 Germany’s decline32:13 Paraguay playing to their strengths32:42 J
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In this World Cup Special episode of Tottenham – Home and Away, Graeme and Glen are joined by Suneil Menon — our first non-Spurs supporting guest in over 100 episodes — to talk through the knockout stages so far.
We start with England’s Great Escape against DR Congo: the dreadful start, defensive issues, hydration-break chaos, Harry Kane’s late heroics, Jude Bellingham, Jed Spence, Madueke, Saka, and whether Thomas Tuchel’s side can survive a huge test against Mexico at the Azteca.
There’s also plenty of debate around Harry Kane’s legacy, whether he needed to leave Spurs, and what England would possibly do without him.
We then look across the knockout games so far, including Belgium’s dramatic comeback against Senegal, the USA’s chances against Belgium, France looking terrifying, Spain starting to click, Portugal’s Ronaldo dilemma, Croatia’s tournament know-how, Germany and the Netherlands going out on penalties, Japan’s unlucky exit, and the strange feeling of a 32-team knockout round.
Finally, we preview some of the next big fixtures, including Argentina vs Cape Verde, Australia vs Egypt, Paraguay vs France, Canada vs Morocco, Brazil vs Norway and, of course, Mexico vs England.
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Come on England — and come on you Spurs.
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