Germany World Cup Champions 2014

So that's it. A very, very good World Cup. A worthy winner: a young, exciting team who play with skill, pace, teamwork and drive. Congratulations to Germany. And congratulations to Brazil, who put on a superb tournament. Obviously they won't want to talk about The Bad Thing that happened against Germany in the semis, but given that there were genuine pre-tournament fears of major civil unrest, well...

So, it's medals all round for the Mannschaft on beating Argentina. A really excellent team, they've come through the ranks together, they play with pace and heart and they've got some cracking attacking players. They've got the best domestic league, as well. All things considered, very worthy champions and well done to them.

The Wooden Spoon

Not sure whether or not I can be bothered to watch the play-off for third place tonight in the Football World Cup. Brazil are to play Holland. Brazil who were humiliated mid week with a 7-1 thrashing by Germany and Holland who played out the big yawn against Argentina, resulting in a 0-0 score line after 120 minutes. Holland then lost the penalty shoot-out 2-4. Frankly I find the 3rd place play-off for the wooden spoon rather pointless. But come 9:00pm with nothing much else to watch.....