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World Cup Summed Up
Charlie Butterworth on the World Wide Howard Webb, lovely Spain and Septic Blatter
So the vuvuzelas have gone silent. Night has fallen on the South African World Cup and the jackals of Holland have been outpaced by the gazelles of Spain.
But prior to the final they knew they wouldn’t be able to compete with the passing and movement of the Spanish, particularly in midfield, where the holy trinity of Iniesta, Xavi and Alonso play heavenly football.
Meanwhile Howard Webb has been torn to shreds by the press hyenas.
They’ve objected to him booking everyone on the pitch plus 65% of the fans in the stadium, and some hapless passers-by. Even I got booked. So did my mum. And she’s in a care home in Penrith.
At Confidential though we think Webb did a good job.
He was clearly trying to keep 22 players on the pitch so that we had some semblance of a competitive final. The only straight red should have been De Jong’s re-enactment of Bruce Lee’s astonishing acrobatic display in ‘Enter the Dragon’ (nothing to do with an unspeakable act forced upon Theo Paphitis by the way - for those too young to remember Bruce Lee ).
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Webb good, Dutch bad.
Blatt the twat. Horrible evil man.
An average tournament with a below average England performance and the Dutch looking for someone other than themselves to blame for being shyte. I thought Howard Webb had a decent enough game in the circumstances, one or two dodgy decisions, De Jong should have definatly gone, but all in all, he got most things right and in years to come i think he should be particulaly proud of his involvement.
Drink more Becks Four (one)!
It wasn't a classic although I enjoyed it. That ball was shite. And you're right about the award ceremony. How dare Blatter push out the president. Was he pissed?
The best thing was Italy coming bottom of their group, France going out early and Spain winning
The best was the 4:1!
4:2 remixed
What goes round comes round
Repent England!
Education, Education, Education!
A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
There's no such thing as impossible - it just hasn't happened yet.
See what I did there, Scoteee?