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Me, too!

Roy Hodgson's in the BBC studio, saying he doesn't know what's happening about the Liverpool job but sounding as though he does, so no surprises there, alas.

I agree with that. Unless new owners have come in and said, 'We want Hodgson,' which seems bloody unlikely, Hodgson's facing a very uncertain future at the club, and could find himself unemployed in a year even if he does well. And the fans will keep up the Dalglish demands now it's gone this far. So it's a very odd situation.If I wasn't so anxious I'd find it fascinating.

Thank God Jon Champion isn't commentating for the main channels. He's obviously modelled his 'style' on Tiddley, and managed to sound even MORE irritating. He's a professional smart arse - just a few seconds of his sarcastic voice drives me to the mute button. Barry Davies really was quite witty but didn't think he was the reason why people were listening - whereas these idiots think they're Oscar bloody Wilde but they're just snide little twits.

Excellent stuff! I really do think Tiddley is toast. He is now clinically addicted to cliches (e.g. on Holland: 'Now let's see if the future really is orange') and he doesn't even seem to notice what's happening on the pitch. Last night he said of Brazil's first goal: 'Even I was surprised by that!' Even HIM??? A bloody hydrogen bomb wouldn't surprise old Clive, because he never allows the action to distract him from his inane waffle about more important matters, such as where he and his co-commentator had lunch. It's just merciful that his face, which resembles two slabs of condemned veal on a paper plate, isn't visible, but his voice is bad enough to make me want to turn up the vuvuzelas.

ITV seem to be trying to emulate a classic Scotland World Cup campaign - an initial cock-up, followed by a player being sent home early in disgrace. Hopefully the whole lot of them will follow after the group stages.

Well done whoever wrote that tag. Very good!

Same old patronising crap from Tiddley and Co. There's nothing sensational about the scoreline. Korea are playing a clever, disciplined game and the wildly over-romanticised Brazil are, once again, playing like a Ray Wilkins tribute act.

ITV are at it again: even though Brazil have hardly ever looked 'samba-like' since 1970 or maybe 1982, the media can't accept the fact, still suggesting we're in for glorious football with all the carefree brio of the beaches. It happens every damn match they play - loads of stupid hype followed by very European, disciplined, often quite dull play interrupted a couple of times by a slick little move.

Owen's doing a Lord Snooty impersonation on SSN today. He's at Ascot, of course, wearing a top hat and looking even more of an idiot than usual.

Well, what I make of it is that, once again, crime simply doesn't pay. Evening all!

I guess if the thought of New Zealand really, really, impresses you as countries go, then it's hilarious.

In comedy terms this is New Zealand.

When they do their half time analysis on ITV, a special graphic pops up saying 'analysis' - obviously not even they think the viewers will recognise the waffle without a special sign! It's woeful stuff.

Whenever I hear McCarthy I'm reminded of that Les Dawson story about doing a gig at a particularly dour working men's club in Yorkshire and hearing only one person - a sad-faced cloth-capped little man at the back - applaud him. After finishing he sought the bloke out and thanked him for clapping. 'I wasn't clapping,' he muttered. 'I was smacking me face to stop meself from falling asleep!' McCarthy sounds so fantastically lugubrious he makes even thrilling matches sound like dull divorce hearings. It's strangely charming.

Proof that the offal site is a magnet for muppets - Tiddley is way ahead in the poll for favourite commentator! vote - Liverpool FC

The way we threw away the title that season was criminal, and it wasn't just the players' fault. Roy just seemed helpless as it all unwound.

More chances for Pacheco.

He's not (appeared) to have done much under Toshack with Wales. Apart from saying 'to be fair' all the time he's never been memorable talking about our games on LFCTV. We did play some lovely stuff when he was manager, but I don't think he was doing much coaching. And that's why I'm out.

I'm probably one of the few who is looking forward to Italy play. Even when they're a mediocre team I always find them tactically fascinating - such a nice contrast to England's manic hoofing and hobbling. I love the flair matches, too, of course, but that's why the World Cup is so absorbing as far as I'm concerned.

Try and see Carra's press conference today - he runs rings around the British hacks without any Mourinho-style 'look how clever I am' flourish. They were all fishing for stories to twist into something controversial and he read it all so well and brushed them aside with a smile. Top class stuff.

This is like an episode of The Inbetweeners.

England's sheer witlessness never fails to bemuse me. It's one of life's great puzzles. Compare England to, say, Italy. Now, Italians aren't typically more intelligent than the English, and Italian players aren't typically more intelligent than English ones, but at international level the Italians look smart, crafty and disciplined, while the English look like knuckle-dragging dullards. Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney, etc - all really sharp-witted players for their clubs in HUGE matches. For England - clueless. I really though Capello, of all managers, would get them looking bright, organised and imaginative. He must be baffled.

Okay, now let's go through this one more time: catch ball...drop ball...and? Start grinning a really stupid grin? Start grinning a really stupid grin! Next time - DON'T FORGET THE GRIN!!!!!

Ha ha, yes, I thought they'd even used the same set. Woeful.