It’s on America’s tortured brow that Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow…

It’s been slow and boring lately. I’ve had exams, revision and all those horrible things that go with it. The only thing that’s kept me remotely sane is the World Cup. I never really got into the last one as much (can’t quite remember why, to be honest) but I’ve been happily watching this one. There’s been some great matches, but some of the better teams aren’t playing as well as they should. Brazil, France and Germany are the biggest offenders. I suppose it’s partially to do with them all fielding older players. As time goes on, the coaches still feel as though they can play their older players, even though they’re nowhere near as good as they once were.
Anyway, I’m sure you may possibly be interested in who I think will win? I’m being honest when I say that England stand a good chance this year. Brazil, after seeing that game against Croatia, don’t look too good. France played terribly in their game against the Swiss and the German defence seemed shaky against Costa Rica. The Czechs were doing well, but their key player was injured in the match against America. Italy are a shadow of their former selves, but are better than most of the other teams.
In the end, though, the best contenders are England, Argentina and Holland. Holland will probably be taken out on penalties (their biggest weakness), leaving Argentina and England. I suppose we’ll get a better picture in the next games, but that’s what I think at the moment. The only thing that can hold the English squad back is Sven. We nearly lost it in the second half of the Paraguay match, and the substitutions made were pretty terrible at the end of it. We should see a full-strength England squad when we play against Sweden which should, theoretically, be virtually unstoppable.
Roll on World Cup final!