FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[Xxmodded]

Ronaldo couldn't do much in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But recently he has been really good for Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. Personally I believe that he deserves a slot in the Portuguese squad for 2026. Because he is in decent form, and Portugal doesn't have anyone who is capable of effectively replacing him. The situation is much different from what we have with Argentina and Messi. But again, Ronaldo alone won't be able to do much unless he gets good support from the younger players.

Actually Cristiano Ronaldo not regular players for FIFA World Cup 2022, but under Roberto Martínez as Portugal new manager Ronaldo get back his regular position and success answering with manager trust become top scorer for his national team in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier.
During has consistency performance with Al Nassr and success become top scorer, I think he will get back as regular position with Portugal in FIFA World Cup 2026, but before playing in last World Cup edition Ronaldo has chance to show his performance in EURO 2024 and give the best result for Portugal national team.
Next World Cup edition seems still have Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, their fans keep excited and favorite their players will get good result in last career in World Cup.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Ronaldo couldn't do much in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But recently he has been really good for Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. Personally I believe that he deserves a slot in the Portuguese squad for 2026. Because he is in decent form, and Portugal doesn't have anyone who is capable of effectively replacing him. The situation is much different from what we have with Argentina and Messi. But again, Ronaldo alone won't be able to do much unless he gets good support from the younger players.

Actually Cristiano Ronaldo not regular players for FIFA World Cup 2022, but under Roberto Martínez as Portugal new manager Ronaldo get back his regular position and success answering with manager trust become top scorer for his national team in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier.
During has consistency performance with Al Nassr and success become top scorer, I think he will get back as regular position with Portugal in FIFA World Cup 2026, but before playing in last World Cup edition Ronaldo has chance to show his performance in EURO 2024 and give the best result for Portugal national team.
Next World Cup edition seems still have Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, their fans keep excited and favorite their players will get good result in last career in World Cup.

It is a fact, what CR7 has built, the new coach will not make the mistake of the previous one, certain that he does not want to take over an entire country by not bringing in its best player, and it is a fact, CR7 has done a great job, He is a very complete player who always makes a difference, as far as I am concerned he is the best in the world, he is in a very good league and from Portugal for now what I can expect is the best, with Bruno, CR7 and Pepe playing You can only hope for the best from Joao Félix, this time I think it will be the Portugal that we wanted to see in Qatar, but the previous coach ruined everything, it's a shame, and CR7 has not forgiven him for that, in fact he does not speak to him at the moment.

We all hope that the salary between Portugal and Argentina is the same, because we want to see CR7 fighting against a Messi who is already world champion, in this World Cup there will be no more internal injustices within the teams, because then they will have Argenta as their best player and Portugal with its best player, I didn't like the attitude of the Portuguese players like Bruno because he believes that he is more important than CR7 and he is not, then all this made Portugal lose, in this next World Cup CR7 has to shoulder the team, it is his opportunity, it is very likely that CR7 will play with his son, if he wins his position they can do it together, it would be something very epic, then I think that many of us would be totally pleased with that act, but let's see, because everything is heading towards that, if this happens, and if they go very far I think there will be many male tears out there lol.

[Iranus]

Certainly, imagine if you were a young player, having an idol there encouraging you and passing on all your experience is a big difference, it completely changes the atmosphere of the entire team. Cristiano Ronaldo might even play a little to give the youngsters more peace of mind, calling him up at 41 years old I'm sure is the best thing to do

Ronaldo couldn't do much in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But recently he has been really good for Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. Personally I believe that he deserves a slot in the Portuguese squad for 2026. Because he is in decent form, and Portugal doesn't have anyone who is capable of effectively replacing him. The situation is much different from what we have with Argentina and Messi. But again, Ronaldo alone won't be able to do much unless he gets good support from the younger players.

op You are right that alone is never possible. If the young players of 2026 World Cup Portugal can do great things by pulling a team together then surely Ronaldo can play well for the team. If Portugal's young players don't perform well in the 2026 World Cup, Ronaldo won't be able to do much for the team alone, so if the whole team plays well, then Ronaldo's performance will be much better. If we talk about argentina like messi has done very well then young players of argentina have done very well due to which argentina became world champions after a long time.

What is the performance from the World Cup champions, Argentina is going to be in the next World Cup?

First of all, I do not think Lionel Messi is actually going to play that World Cup. And even if he does, I do not think he is going to be that effective, to be honest. Yes, he might be with the team for more like spiritual support. Because he is going to be pretty old by the time. And without him, I will say that the performance of Argentina is going to be a little worse. Probably the performance from the Argentina team is still going to be good. But I doubt they will actually be able to win and successfully defend the World Cup title.

[criptoevangelista]

Certainly, imagine if you were a young player, having an idol there encouraging you and passing on all your experience is a big difference, it completely changes the atmosphere of the entire team. Cristiano Ronaldo might even play a little to give the youngsters more peace of mind, calling him up at 41 years old I'm sure is the best thing to do

Ronaldo couldn't do much in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But recently he has been really good for Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. Personally I believe that he deserves a slot in the Portuguese squad for 2026. Because he is in decent form, and Portugal doesn't have anyone who is capable of effectively replacing him. The situation is much different from what we have with Argentina and Messi. But again, Ronaldo alone won't be able to do much unless he gets good support from the younger players.

op You are right that alone is never possible. If the young players of 2026 World Cup Portugal can do great things by pulling a team together then surely Ronaldo can play well for the team. If Portugal's young players don't perform well in the 2026 World Cup, Ronaldo won't be able to do much for the team alone, so if the whole team plays well, then Ronaldo's performance will be much better. If we talk about argentina like messi has done very well then young players of argentina have done very well due to which argentina became world champions after a long time.

What is the performance from the World Cup champions, Argentina is going to be in the next World Cup?

First of all, I do not think Lionel Messi is actually going to play that World Cup. And even if he does, I do not think he is going to be that effective, to be honest. Yes, he might be with the team for more like spiritual support. Because he is going to be pretty old by the time. And without him, I will say that the performance of Argentina is going to be a little worse. Probably the performance from the Argentina team is still going to be good. But I doubt they will actually be able to win and successfully defend the World Cup title.

It will be very difficult for this Argentina team to win the World Cup again, they could even take Messi like they took Claudio Caniggia in the 2002 World Cup, he didn't even enter the field lol. Now if a new talented young player appears, the conversation will change, but I still believe that this team will be the basis of the next World Cup team, without many surprises.

[Docnaster]

Ronaldo couldn't do much in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But recently he has been really good for Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. Personally I believe that he deserves a slot in the Portuguese squad for 2026. Because he is in decent form, and Portugal doesn't have anyone who is capable of effectively replacing him. The situation is much different from what we have with Argentina and Messi. But again, Ronaldo alone won't be able to do much unless he gets good support from the younger players.

Actually Cristiano Ronaldo not regular players for FIFA World Cup 2022, but under Roberto Martínez as Portugal new manager Ronaldo get back his regular position and success answering with manager trust become top scorer for his national team in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier.
During has consistency performance with Al Nassr and success become top scorer, I think he will get back as regular position with Portugal in FIFA World Cup 2026, but before playing in last World Cup edition Ronaldo has chance to show his performance in EURO 2024 and give the best result for Portugal national team.
Next World Cup edition seems still have Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, their fans keep excited and favorite their players will get good result in last career in World Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo as we all know is one of the greatest footballers of all time and as a player, the Portuguese superstar have won every trophy that's expected of a top professional footballer except the FIFA World Cup. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament, he showed great desire to win the world championship but wasn't given the chance to do that because the then Portugal national team coach Fernando Santos preferred to start games with other members of the squad in important games.

Should cristiano Ronaldo make it to the finals of the FIFA World Cup in 2026, I don't think he'll have all the footballing strength to perform at the top of his games but I expect him to make great impacts in the team. Current Portuguese manager Roberto Martinez has shown how well he loves Cristiano Ronaldo and I think he'll make good use of him in that tournament but that's if Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't retire from international football by then

[Swordsoffreedom]

Do you guys think that the VAR system can be tempered with? Can the things that are shown be manipulated? This is a very modern era we live in so a lot of things are definitely possible. But I don't know. Even though we have seen a lot of people complain about this system.

I believe two things are possible in this case.
It is always rigged when your team is losing.
Anything can be manipulated if the proper people are paid enough money.

So I don't think we have to worry too much about the VAR right now. Even though we have a lot of AI systems to manipulate a lot of things, I don't think we are at that level yet where we will be able to fabricate a live video in moments.

I saw this video and I actually don't think he is entirely wrong, to be honest.

'I feel sick.' 🤢 | Arteta SLAMS VAR decision in Arsenal defeat to Newcastle

https://youtu.be/On1G5G_-0FM?si=MttlkccUaK2B81hw

[Weawant]

It will be very difficult for this Argentina team to win the World Cup again, they could even take Messi like they took Claudio Caniggia in the 2002 World Cup, he didn't even enter the field lol. Now if a new talented young player appears, the conversation will change, but I still believe that this team will be the basis of the next World Cup team, without many surprises.

Through the history of the world cup it has always not been an easy one to win the world cup back to back or in a roll at once so if Argentina finds it difficult to defend the trophy by the next world cup tournament I wouldn't make a big deal out of it because some how I know that it's not been an easy thing to maintain so if they happen to not be able to maintain it they have tried to actually win it the other time a d qualified again to come try to defend it so it's really a good attempts.

Not having Messi in the next world cup is something wer are not too certain about yet but then it's very clear at this point that by then he may not have age on his side no more because he will probably be aged and his performance will deteriorate but then having new talents around to help the team is actually something that will really help the team get to the point that they will do well in the world cup but no doubts of the impact of Messi's presence in that team, if he's present even if he doesn't get enough play time but it will be enough boost to the confidence of the team having Messi around and they will be motivated to want to win or get far in the competition well enough so its very likely they will have Messi around regardless of the role he will be playing in the team but he's sure going to be around them in the tournament.

[nullama]

Do you guys think that the VAR system can be tempered with? Can the things that are shown be manipulated? This is a very modern era we live in so a lot of things are definitely possible. But I don't know. Even though we have seen a lot of people complain about this system.

I believe two things are possible in this case.
It is always rigged when your team is losing.
Anything can be manipulated if the proper people are paid enough money.

So I don't think we have to worry too much about the VAR right now. Even though we have a lot of AI systems to manipulate a lot of things, I don't think we are at that level yet where we will be able to fabricate a live video in moments.

I saw this video and I actually don't think he is entirely wrong, to be honest.

'I feel sick.' 🤢 | Arteta SLAMS VAR decision in Arsenal defeat to Newcastle

https://youtu.be/On1G5G_-0FM?si=MttlkccUaK2B81hw

The thing is that you have to trust the VAR guys are making the 3D reconstruction correctly.

What if there is a mistake in the pipeline? It is a complex problem and it is not 100% accurate.

The issue is that many people assume VAR is always right, but that's not the case.

At least for now the last word is the referee, but that might change in the future.

[Leviathan.007]

Ronaldo couldn't do much in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But recently he has been really good for Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League. Personally I believe that he deserves a slot in the Portuguese squad for 2026. Because he is in decent form, and Portugal doesn't have anyone who is capable of effectively replacing him. The situation is much different from what we have with Argentina and Messi. But again, Ronaldo alone won't be able to do much unless he gets good support from the younger players.

Actually Cristiano Ronaldo not regular players for FIFA World Cup 2022, but under Roberto Martínez as Portugal new manager Ronaldo get back his regular position and success answering with manager trust become top scorer for his national team in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier.
During has consistency performance with Al Nassr and success become top scorer, I think he will get back as regular position with Portugal in FIFA World Cup 2026, but before playing in last World Cup edition Ronaldo has chance to show his performance in EURO 2024 and give the best result for Portugal national team.
Next World Cup edition seems still have Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, their fans keep excited and favorite their players will get good result in last career in World Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo as we all know is one of the greatest footballers of all time and as a player, the Portuguese superstar have won every trophy that's expected of a top professional footballer except the FIFA World Cup. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament, he showed great desire to win the world championship but wasn't given the chance to do that because the then Portugal national team coach Fernando Santos preferred to start games with other members of the squad in important games.

Should cristiano Ronaldo make it to the finals of the FIFA World Cup in 2026, I don't think he'll have all the footballing strength to perform at the top of his games but I expect him to make great impacts in the team. Current Portuguese manager Roberto Martinez has shown how well he loves Cristiano Ronaldo and I think he'll make good use of him in that tournament but that's if Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't retire from international football by then

Ronaldo is having a good performance even in this game and he is playing well yet like he is a 25-year-old player. But he is going to be older in 2026 when they want him to play in the 2026 World Cup.
Compared to players like Messi who are on the same level as Ronaldo, I think he can have a much higher chance to play in the 2026 World Cup and finally, in the upcoming World Cup, we are going see him playing for Portugal for the last time in his life.

[Sithara007]

Ronaldo is having a good performance even in this game and he is playing well yet like he is a 25-year-old player. But he is going to be older in 2026 when they want him to play in the 2026 World Cup.
Compared to players like Messi who are on the same level as Ronaldo, I think he can have a much higher chance to play in the 2026 World Cup and finally, in the upcoming World Cup, we are going see him playing for Portugal for the last time in his life.

Well.. you know that is not the case. Here in India, matches from Saudi Professional League are streamed live on the Sony LIV OTT platform, and I regularly watch the matches of Al Nassr. And I would say that although Ronaldo is in great form so far this season, ageing has taken its toll. He might have performed quite well in the UEFA qualifiers. But then playing against Andorra or Liechtenstein in UEFA qualifier is one thing, and playing against Argentina or France in the FIFA World Cup is another.

[nullama]

~snip~

Ronaldo is having a good performance even in this game and he is playing well yet like he is a 25-year-old player. But he is going to be older in 2026 when they want him to play in the 2026 World Cup.
Compared to players like Messi who are on the same level as Ronaldo, I think he can have a much higher chance to play in the 2026 World Cup and finally, in the upcoming World Cup, we are going see him playing for Portugal for the last time in his life.

I don't really know if Ronaldo is going to play on the next world cup.

Last one he wasn't really performing at the top level, and you could see that he was almost done.

Maybe we will see him in the ads, like Pirlo for example.

[FanEagle]

I mean there "could" be VAR system tampered with, I have seen it before, it wasn't really a question mark when that happened, but would it? I mean it has to be something very questionable to begin with. Like how can you exactly know what is a foul, what is a yellow card and what is a red card? We can argue what those are all day long, but when a ref shows yellow instead of red, you will not really know about it.

So, there are things that can be obvious, like if someone is 8 meters ahead, that is guaranteed offside, VAR can't play with that, but what if they are just 5 inches forward with single arm? Then they could take it a single millisecond before and make him look he was behind. So there are things that it can tamper with, but it's very very limited.

[criptoevangelista]

Do you guys think that the VAR system can be tempered with? Can the things that are shown be manipulated? This is a very modern era we live in so a lot of things are definitely possible. But I don't know. Even though we have seen a lot of people complain about this system.

I believe two things are possible in this case.
It is always rigged when your team is losing.
Anything can be manipulated if the proper people are paid enough money.

So I don't think we have to worry too much about the VAR right now. Even though we have a lot of AI systems to manipulate a lot of things, I don't think we are at that level yet where we will be able to fabricate a live video in moments.

I saw this video and I actually don't think he is entirely wrong, to be honest.

'I feel sick.' 🤢 | Arteta SLAMS VAR decision in Arsenal defeat to Newcastle

https://youtu.be/On1G5G_-0FM?si=MttlkccUaK2B81hw

The thing is that you have to trust the VAR guys are making the 3D reconstruction correctly.

What if there is a mistake in the pipeline? It is a complex problem and it is not 100% accurate.

The issue is that many people assume VAR is always right, but that's not the case.

At least for now the last word is the referee, but that might change in the future.

VAR should be used as an auxiliary tool in case of doubts that the referee cannot resolve, never as an absolute truth, and not as the main reference... Soon the referee will be a mere supporting player in football, as his decisions can be challenged at any time, always giving preference to VAR

[nullama]

~snip~
VAR should be used as an auxiliary tool in case of doubts that the referee cannot resolve, never as an absolute truth, and not as the main reference... Soon the referee will be a mere supporting player in football, as his decisions can be challenged at any time, always giving preference to VAR

Yeah, I mean, right now the VAR is a team of a lot of people plus software and smart cameras, etc.

But all of that means nothing if they are not right there in the field, which the referee is.

At the end of the day you will never know if VAR is making fake calls or just wrong ones. It's all simply made by a computer. There are bugs in software, and the 3D view they make definitely has errors.

So, even when it's a close call, the errors of the VAR system, which are by the way unknown to the public, should not weight more than what the referee thinks actually happen.

[Docnaster]

~snip~

Ronaldo is having a good performance even in this game and he is playing well yet like he is a 25-year-old player. But he is going to be older in 2026 when they want him to play in the 2026 World Cup.
Compared to players like Messi who are on the same level as Ronaldo, I think he can have a much higher chance to play in the 2026 World Cup and finally, in the upcoming World Cup, we are going see him playing for Portugal for the last time in his life.

I don't really know if Ronaldo is going to play on the next world cup.

Last one he wasn't really performing at the top level, and you could see that he was almost done.

Maybe we will see him in the ads, like Pirlo for example.

Cristiano Ronaldo's failure to make a good impact in the 2022 FIFA World Cup that was hosted by Middle East country Qatar doesn't mean that he's still never gonna have a good performance if he happens to make it to the 2026 World Cup finals and and I have a strong reason to back my opinion. During the FIFA World Cup of 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo was simply not the preferred starter for the knockout games that the team played and that's because the then Portugal national team coach Fernando Santos didn't have so much confidence in him to deliver the needed performance that'll help the Portuguese national team to win those knockout games and you don't expect a player that's playing from the bench to instantly turn the results of games when he's been lately substituted in the matches.
That being said, current manager of the Portugal national team Roberto Martinez has a very good relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo and believes so much on the Portuguese superstar and that's why Ronaldo have been scoring a lot of goals for the Portugal national team since the new manager took over the managerial position of the team. So should Cristiano Ronaldo be fit enough to feature for his country during the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, I think the current manager of team will give him more playing time to prove himself and for a player like Cristiano Ronaldo who we all know has the ability to deliver great performances even when he's under pressure, I think he'll be more impactful in that tournament than he was at the 2022 tournament.

Because of his age, many are still doubting the possibility of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo play at the next edition of FIFA World Cup since he's going to be 41 by that time but as someone who's been following up with the player and how he's been very intentional with his fitness over the years, I think there's a possibility of witnessing another FIFA World Cup that Ronaldo will strongly participate in as a professional footballer

[Leviathan.007]

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VAR should be used as an auxiliary tool in case of doubts that the referee cannot resolve, never as an absolute truth, and not as the main reference... Soon the referee will be a mere supporting player in football, as his decisions can be challenged at any time, always giving preference to VAR

Yeah, I mean, right now the VAR is a team of a lot of people plus software and smart cameras, etc.

But all of that means nothing if they are not right there in the field, which the referee is.

At the end of the day you will never know if VAR is making fake calls or just wrong ones. It's all simply made by a computer. There are bugs in software, and the 3D view they make definitely has errors.

So, even when it's a close call, the errors of the VAR system, which are by the way unknown to the public, should not weight more than what the referee thinks actually happen.

I remember the time when they started using the VAR system in football I was completely against it because I thought this could make the World Cup to show like playing with robots and that's not good however even the VAR system can make mistakes sometimes, I think the human mistake was a part of football from the referee and the old day when they didn't use this system everything was better and more human-like. While I guess we are surely going to see them use the VAR system in the 2026 World Cup for another time.

[fullhdpixel]

Getting Ronaldo to play for Portugal could very well be something to care about, it does look like it could be a possibility. We are not going to end up with him being irrelevant that part is sure, but politics play a big role in footballer selection as well. We could very well see him get a lot of attention or we could see him not be played at all or even picked.

Usually managers are the ones that decide it, and if a manager loves a player more than they should, they could pick someone they shouldn't, or if they dislike a player more than they should they may end up not picking someone they should as well. This is why I think it is going to be all about the relationships between the players and the managers as well.

He still has the body to play and he has been scoring goals easily at Saudi league where not many people score like him. He is at the top of the list and the only other player who has scored even close to him is a 29 year old prime Mitrovic. Nobody else is even remotely close to Ronaldo at the moment, and the only one who is even within 2 goals has a 30 million euro transfer value right now.

So, when you think about this, you could say that Ronaldo is still good enough to be in that squad, and will stay so for another 2 years I bet. Unless he has a serious injury, in that situation we do not need to even talk about it because he would not be able to play because of the injury and all these talks were nothing at all.

[Leviathan.007]

Getting Ronaldo to play for Portugal could very well be something to care about, it does look like it could be a possibility. We are not going to end up with him being irrelevant that part is sure, but politics play a big role in footballer selection as well. We could very well see him get a lot of attention or we could see him not be played at all or even picked.

Usually managers are the ones that decide it, and if a manager loves a player more than they should, they could pick someone they shouldn't, or if they dislike a player more than they should they may end up not picking someone they should as well. This is why I think it is going to be all about the relationships between the players and the managers as well.

He still has the body to play and he has been scoring goals easily at Saudi league where not many people score like him. He is at the top of the list and the only other player who has scored even close to him is a 29 year old prime Mitrovic. Nobody else is even remotely close to Ronaldo at the moment, and the only one who is even within 2 goals has a 30 million euro transfer value right now.

So, when you think about this, you could say that Ronaldo is still good enough to be in that squad, and will stay so for another 2 years I bet. Unless he has a serious injury, in that situation we do not need to even talk about it because he would not be able to play because of the injury and all these talks were nothing at all.

In fact, playing in important tournaments like the World Cup needs some more experience from players and that's why mostly the national teams prefer to use their experienced players which is the main reason for players like Messi and Ronaldo to have more chances to play in the 2026 world cup while I think we should also consider their age because I think currently both players and even a player like Neymar are not in the good form and because of getting older they can't have good performance anymore.
Instead, they can start using younger players and get these players ready and more experienced for the World Cup.

[lixer]

I remember the time when they started using the VAR system in football I was completely against it because I thought this could make the World Cup to show like playing with robots and that's not good however even the VAR system can make mistakes sometimes, I think the human mistake was a part of football from the referee and the old day when they didn't use this system everything was better and more human-like. While I guess we are surely going to see them use the VAR system in the 2026 World Cup for another time.

Even we can't stop this technology with many sports are using and having good results as well but still in recent times we have too many controversies as well which are creating problems as well and things are going terrible day by day with many times we are having sorry messages as well which are another story but if they want to use this technology then surely they needed to work on this all and having better depth is also important for the better results.

Now after entering into this new era of technology, sports are losing their natural beauty, but many are believed this is also important for the fair results even this is not happening, and we are facing too many errors as well which are surely matter of concern as well but hopefully in near future version of this technology will improve, and we will be able to have better results which will surely help this all.

[Hanadawa]

Now after entering into this new era of technology, sports are losing their natural beauty, but many are believed this is also important for the fair results even this is not happening, and we are facing too many errors as well which are surely matter of concern as well but hopefully in near future version of this technology will improve, and we will be able to have better results which will surely help this all.

Currently, technology is increasingly sophisticated and sports such as football, which receive attention from all over the world, must adapt to technological advances. I agree with @Leviathan.007 that human error is part of football but I think that is no longer applicable in this day and age. What made human mistakes in the past possible and become part of football was the development of camera and recording technology. You can see that in ancient times the recording system was not as sophisticated as it is today, so controversy could occur and only become known a few days later. This is certainly different from today's recording technology where slight errors can be seen in the re-recording and can cause protests from players and fans immediately after the match. So the use of VAR is an adaptation that must be made in football. I think in the future we will get used to this and be able to enjoy it. Hopefully.