Monthly Archives: June 2014

Plenty to debate after our weekend dip into the knock out round waters. Forget disallowed goals and almost penalties the most important question from that Brazil game, is who dresses Phil Scolari? If he is such bessie mates with Neymar … Continue reading →

BOOM! And so 32 are 16. Some we are surprised about and some we are not, and that’s the best thing about the World Cup, it never quite goes according to plan. I bet some of them you didn’t predict, … Continue reading →

So my lucky, “don’t mention the team you want to qualify is officially a pants idea. Sorry Iran. I know they hadn’t set the tournament alight but it was a gutsy performance against Argentina on Saturday. Plus I was keen … Continue reading →

When composing yesterday’s little ramble I did contemplate sharing with you my very overly optimistic hope that Greece would still manage to qualify, but I didn’t because I really didn’t think that little miracle would happen. I should clearly have … Continue reading →

I tell you what. Adopted teams. That’s the way forward. Patriotism smatriotism as my colleague Lori put it (she has financial interests as well with the oranje being her sweepstake team). Holland have rewarded my ongoing second team syndrome with … Continue reading →

OHOH. We’re halfway there. OHOH living on Braaaasil 2014”, as Jon Bon Jovi didn’t say. Yep 32 games gone and 32 to go. Kind of a relief once we got that Costa Rica result out of the way wasn’t it? … Continue reading →

So. Get up to anything interesting last night? Nah. Me neither. Quiet one. I did have good fun with the Columbia game, moving seamlessly in a perfectly timed fashion (unlike England’s midfield) from a signal-less void on the train just … Continue reading →

Well there I am misery-ing on about there being no upsets and then WALLOP. The curse of Champions as Spain lost to Chile. Yet again their keeper, know as St Iker (possibly not any more) did nothing for the cause. … Continue reading →

Into every World Cup a little metaphorical rain must fall, and yesterday it arrived in the form of Nigeria v Iran. Our first draw of the tournament and it wasn’t a pretty sight. I did start the game with high … Continue reading →