Capello INdex Shows UPOverated England Players
I was intrigued to se that England boss Fabio Capello has demanded that player ratings website the Capello Index be removed from the internet. I would have thought he would have wanted them engraved in tablets of stone.
The rankings, which score players on their performances in this summer’s World Cup, appeared online on Saturday.
“I [...]
Vuvuzela is adding buzz to world cup
The BBC is considering offering a ‘red button service’ in a bid to appease complaints surrounding the sound of the vuvuzela.
The noise of the plastic horn has become a hotly-debated issue since the start of the World Cup in South Africa last Friday.
On Tuesday morning the BBC confirmed it has received 545 [...]
Guerrilla Marketing
One of the more odious things about the World Cup is how the cameramen are instructed to zoom in on attractive women in the crowd. Even as a bit of a chauvinist I find this a bit pathetic. So I was quite pleased to find out after overdosing on rather luscious blondes in [...]
World Cup ball gets excuses rolling
Every time the World Cup comes around, we expect a load of balls to be talked. Particularly if the pundits are talking up England’s chances. But this year (just like last time(, we are being asked to believe that the ball will be a problem. The engineers who have designed the official [...]