How bad are Brazil?

Pretty bad. They’ve lost four of their eight World Cup qualifiers and, while it should technically be impossible for them to fail to make it to the World Cup, somehow they’ve made the prospect plausible. Jack Lang joins us to tell us more.  Mauricio Pochettino has been confirmed as the new manager of the USMNT, but how big a job is this? You would think that his time at Chelsea would have prepared him for anything but the USMNT are really, really bad right now. Where does he start? Pablo Maurer gives his verdict. Need something to read? How about an exhaustive guide to English football nicknames from Tim Spiers?  https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5753588/2024/09/09/english-football-nicknames-premier-league/ Presenter: Iain Macintosh With: Jack Lang, Pablo Maurer Producer: Steve Hankey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices