There are many things wrong with commercialisation of this World Cup – but a positive has been the lack of crowd trouble, I guess charging people a few grand keeps the knuckle draggers at home, I have not heard of any trouble, and maybe at last a positive regarding Brexit. Now we are out of Europe can the EU ask for visa applications – all with a violent past could be banned, or would they use the small boats abandoned by migrants. If the groups were lined up there is no argument of whom wins. And the football has been – good at times and often tedious – especially the universally hated hydration breaks. Scottish fans again were wonderful, Curacao did themselves proud and Cabo Verde through to the last 32 is the stuff of fiction and dreams. That is why football is so lovely, accessible to all, supporters will not be priced out – just move to clubs like United of Manchester, every season starts with fresh hope and desires, when they crumble, inevitably, there is still the occasional flash of light in the tunnel. Whilst many youngsters are swayed by kit or publicity to support one of the top teams, most remain loyal to either their roots or their first loves. I have done so, I wss brought up to a hammer or spur, but at the age of 11 chose Sunderland, never been their or even close- at the age of 14 I was taken to WHU to see them score 8 against a hapless Sunderland. But once selected it is ingrained in the DNA. My son is the same with Everton. Most of the time we can rely on players to perform at their best (if we could only say the same for duplipitous, corrupt MP’s swayed by false importance and arrogantly thinking they are better than the rest of us – a footballer soon gets brought down to earth by the wags in the crowd. Yes they are millionaires but they are playingba game they love and most donate copiously to charity notably Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling.
Elsewhere – Donald Trump donned tights and flew like a bird to Venezuela where he personally rescued a mother and child from the rubble in Venezuela before creating peace for the 15th time between Iran and the USA.
Whilst in fantasy land – what word describes the worst human being of all time – I know which word I would use. I am refering to Elon Musk – he is supposedly a $trillionaire – so he wakes up and knows he could basically cure poverty, make life better for billions, but no the &*%$ just wakes to ideas of how to make himself richer, and basically does not understand why he is not worshiped with edifaces like Trump is creating for himself. If I have dystopian nightmares of this kind should I see a doctor? (Haha – I could not guess the last time I saw a doctor! – unless you count my daughter who has a PhD in Geography!)