It's World Cup final day. I sit here with Tantrum, Punky, Rainman, Citizen Sims, Ray The Red, Father of Twins as well as Tantrum's mum, Aoife and Viv (we don't nickname girls here it appears). I am wearing my Spanish shirt. I am praying for the defeat of the nation of Holland. It is 7.25. Deep breathes all round. Let's get some predictions ( Read more... )

So Germany go out in some style finishing third and Muller scores again but Klose doesn't because he was disappointingly injured. And Forlan scored again which sets us up nicely for the Golden Boot with both Villa and Sneijder still live also. I'm very disappointed for Klose because he won't be back at the World Cup again in probability and it ( Read more... )

Just one World Cup point to focus on today and it's a reasonably indirect one. South Africa has invited Robert Mugabe to the World Cup final. Robert Mugabe? The homophobic, babaric, racist, corrupt piece of crap who has brought Zimbabwe to it's knees? The man compared himself to Hitler and was voted 'Dictator of the Year' in 2009 by one magazine. ( Read more... )

I'm rather at a loss for something to write today. I could do my World Cup villians for sure but I'd rather wait until the tournament is over for that. I could put together my World Cup XI but that's the kinda thing you want to wait until the end to do also. I could wax lyrical about Limerick's game with Salthill Devon tonight and how much fun it's ( Read more... )

Well the World Cup has rather died for me with the elimination of the vibrant, gutsy, young Germans. I am far more disappointed about this than I have any right to be. In part this is because this German team were so just so damn likable and they have legitimately made me feel about football like I haven't in far too long. That said it would appear ( Read more... )

So it ends for Uruguay. And strangely, for me, due to a misalignment of the fixtures, my work schedule and a relucatance to miss Limerick Vs. Salthill Devon on Friday night it also ends until the final itself. I don't get to see either semi-final or the third place play off (missing that last one, that most redundant of fixtures, may not be such a ( Read more... )

Heroes. Which men have been the superstars of South Africa? To save you the bother of trying to decide for yourself I'm going to the trouble of picking out the most worthy contenders who spring easily to mind. I'm discounting everybody whose team has already been eliminated on the grounds that they didn't do enough. This may seem harsh but I'm ( Read more... )

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Here's two thousand words then.


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Well what about those Germans? Actually let's get the other stuff out of the way so we can focus on them today.

In a minor game Spain stole a win against Paraguay. It finished 1-0. Paraguay had a goal disallowed and both teams missed penalties in quick succession. Sounds dramatic. My brother texted me updates. For a man who's not particularly into ( Read more... )

You know I did take fairly detailed notes on the Brazil-Holland game but it was such a mess of a game that I'm not going trawling them again for anybody. What I will do is note the following ( Read more... )