World Cup - 1
How much more of John Motson and Mark Lawrenson do we have to take? Lawrenson merely tends to repeat what Motson has said but in a higher pitched voice, any attempt at analysis is inane - 'You know what John, they need to KEEP THE BALL' is as good as it gets. Both of them make no effor whatsoever to think of reasons why people might be doing thing - whether the players, the managers, or the refeerees. Their completely unjustified attacks on the latter (except perhaps for one missed body-check on Joe Cole) - apparently for applying the Laws of the Game - are simply built on top of one another, until they're both under the misguided impression (as always) he is supporting the other team.On Sky (box) you can at least change it, but the other option is Radio Five Live, which is not really any better, "Kids", which was OK, or just the match sound, which does mean you miss a few things.
As for the game, well it wasn't as bad as everyone's making out. In fact it's Sven's best tournament opener. And it almost guarantees England's qualifation, as they'll beat Trinidad and Tobago easily enough.
Update: The ITV commentator (is it Clive Tyldesley?) has just suggested the T&T half-time team advice from their Dutch manager will be "Hey, just chill". He also added that there would be 'strange scents' from the T&T fan's parties later one. And that - this was Southgate's - they shouldn't be booked for time-wasting as that was the 'natural speed they move at off the pitch'.
posted by Matthew @ 6/10/2006 03:00:00 PM
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