World Cup Shorts: Why Messi and Ronaldo leaving the party early is a good thing / Mbappe magic
Ronaldo and Messi Saturday just passed was branded as something of a dark day in this year’s hitherto fantastic tournament, as both Portugal and Argentina were dumped out at the first knockout stage. Neutrals were less upset at the elimination of these two proud footballing nations, and more mourning the loss of Lionel Messi and […]
8 years ago
World Cup Shorts: ‘It’s Coming Home’ has gone meta and it’s brilliant / Ireland we miss you
It’s Coming Home We’ve done it lads. We’ve finally done it. After thirty plus years of hurt, we’ve finally started to properly take the piss out of ourselves and go full meta with the whole England hype train. Russia 2018 marks the point at which the whole of England learnt to stop taking World Cup […]
8 years ago
World Cup Shorts: What if Ronaldo is getting better as he gets worse?
Ronaldo Everyone has an opinion on Cristiano Ronaldo. As the great man once said (of himself) in strangely beautiful twisted English: “Why when Cristiano is involved is it always polemic?” He is now at a stage in his career when the narrative (sorry) is more craggy than mere wall-to-wall praise. He is ageing, and therefore changing […]
8 years ago