If any of my faithful readers based their World Cup pool picks on anything I may have written on my blog I apologize and remind you that by simply reading this sentence you absolve me of any liability in perpetuity throughout all of time and space.
Three of my picks for the quarters are out. Holland, Switzerland and ... well maybe it's only two. As the Swiss players came up to take their kicks I swear I could smell soiled shorts through my television. Though it may have been Missus Sour's left over tuna casserole. I'm kidding. She's a great cook. I don't think she's ever made tuna casserole, actually. Good thing too! I can't seem to stop myself. So on to some more fearless, probably wrong predictions.
I think the Italians will beat the Ukraine. I think England will prevail over the Portuguese for the sole reason they've played such mediocre football so far you'd think eventually they will have to play a decent game. That being said it's results that count. There are no World Cup points for style, unfortunately. Brazil and possibly Spain ( as the game is still going on as I type) should be a cracker but think Spain will finally shrug off years of underachievement and go all the way. To lose to Argentina.