The group stages have concluded and now we can all look forward to good old fashioned knockout Football. What this World Cup has provided us so far has been, well, a bit baffling really, it has provided little in the way of genuine thrills and excitement but a huge amount of intrigue. It has been […]
France
BBC has produced a video highlighting the exit of France from the 2010 World Cup (thanks to 101 Great Goals for the video). To me, it’s a video that sums up how awful France was during this tournament both on and off the pitch. And what a disgrace they were to World football. However, I find […]
As if we needed another example of how French national team manager Raymond Domenech is a disgrace. But somehow he managed to end his job in disgrace just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse. At the end of France’s woeful performance against South Africa, Domenech refused to shake the hand of Carlos Alberto Parreira, […]
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 of the most talked about set of sides in this World Cup and an interesting […]
When Siphiwe Tshabalala gloriously fired home the first goal of the World Cup it looked like we had a tournament on our hands. Unfortunately, France and Uruguay took to the pitch straight afterwards and in a heartbeat the previous match was a distant memory, I can’t remember the last time I watched a game that […]
Being from England, I’ve never been keen on our own national anthem. Sure, God Save the Queen will still get me excited, but I’d prefer it if Land Of Hope And Glory was our personal national anthem, and this mainly stems from the fact some countries have great national anthems. You may find national anthems […]
