I've singularly failed to blog about the world cup even though it's one of my favourite things. It's been a strange one because I watched the first match in India and most of the opening round in the USA and Canada.

The more I saw of England the more I thought of my trip to Turin for the winter olympics. There I saw Team Canada loaded down with stars and the hopes of a nation stumble through the opening round before going out when the going got tough. They never once gelled as a team. Sound familiar? Sigh...

Still England's demise meant that I could get fully behind Germany. I've only been to Germany a couple of times but I love it and I really like Germans. They've got a bad rep they just don't deserve.

So it was a shame when Germany lost last night. But it was a cracking game and the only thing I'm really disapointed about is the fact that we must suffer more of Gianluigi Buffon's v-neck jumper over white t-shirt outfit:



What ever happened to Italian style?