Call Me Picky…

Only a cretinous curmudgeon would find a reason to moan after Ghana’s tremendously entertaining 2-0 win over the Czech Republic. Why, Mike Martin, as I live and breathe…
Yeah, yeah, great fun, attacking football, end-to-end action, blah blah blah. I want to have a whinge.

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BBC v ITV

So how do the presenters, analysers and commentators from the BBC and ITV size up after over a week of the World Cup?
The World Cup has been superb in terms of the quality of football and goals, with various mini-shocks added into the equation. Diving and fouls are being cut out, but can the British [...]

“Oh Bugger” (Everybody except Argentina, 2006)

Mike Martin hopes Argentina’s thrashing of Serbia & Montenegro will spur on the rest of the tournament’s big contenders.
After about seventy minutes, Argentina started to play games with the Serbians in Gelsenkirchen. They were playing the ball around without a care in the world, showboating and generally bullying the Balkan side. It looked [...]

All Hail The Great Lankinho

Mike Martin on why England fans must learn to love - and how England players must learn to use - Mr Peter Crouch.
As England struggled to finish off an unambitious Trinidad & Tobago side, many fans in Nüremberg bemoaned the fortunes of Peter Crouch, a striker so badly employed by his team-mates it is hardly [...]