June 9, 2008

Would everybody please calm down!

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Having been their harshest critic, it is only fair that I give Holland due credit for setting out on the road to proving me wrong. The Dutch scored two classic breakaway goals that lit up the tournament, and crushed Italy in a way they cannot have suffered in years in a match of this [...]

June 9, 2008

Group C Preview

Oh how much I am looking forward to this! The Group of Death, packed with footballing royalty boasting numerous Premier League superstars, how can it fail to be anything but a glorious celebration of the beautiful game, packed with spectacular action and goals??
No, I was never any good at disguising sarcasm, must try harder next [...]

June 9, 2008

Safe In The Arms Of Auntie

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Excuse me while I just get something off my chest…
LU – LU – LUKAS PODOLSKI!
That’s better. The finest chant of World Cup 2006 is back in business.
If I had found time to write a preview of this group, it would have been difficult to avoid saying the blatantly obvious, which is that Germany and [...]