Rob McCluskey
Farewell Paul "The Psychic" Octopus…
The world of football has shed a collective tear today, after it was revealed that Paul the octopus, from Germany, is ready for the quiet life, by retiring from the psychic business. Paul the psychic octopus has become as much a …
Is This The Greatest Brazil Defence Ever?
Brazil are the greatest football playing nation on the planet, there are very few who would argue that. They have five World Cups and Eight Copa Americas to their name and the very rarely disappoint their country. Whereas many European …
Uruguay V South Korea Live Thoughts
The start of the knockout stages always makes me rather sad. Because it signals that the end of another World Cup isn’t too far away, but on the plus side, we get to see some of the best nations in …
Samaras Watch: Greece V Argentina
Well…the dream is over. Greece have went crashing out of World Cup 2010 after losing 2-0 to Argentina, a game that saw Samaras cover around forty yards on his own, as Greece played the entire game looking to see how …
France V South Africa Live Thoughts
Today signals the start of the final games in the World Cup finals group stage and we’re bound to start see jubilation and early heartbreak in the coming week. The first group to complete their three game schedule is one …
Does Sven Care About Football Anymore?
I’m starting this blog in the 68th minute of Ivory Coast’s game against Brazil and they are 3-0 down and Sven has just made his second substitute, but unfortunately it is a like-for-like sub and isn’t exactly a response you …
Italy V New Zealand Live Thoughts
I was going to do a live blog for the USA game against Slovenia, and in retrospect I wish I had done, because instead I went early to watch England’s dire performance against an organised Algeria side. There was also …