Sport

 Why not write about the two sports I love in one of my last posts for the year.

Football

We all love the World Cup and it became better that Australia did so surprisingly well. Argentina only beat us because of our mistakes!

The Best team, Brazil, di not win but that happens. It was pleasing Messi eventually won a world cup. By the way Neither Messi, Maradona or Pele' were ever the best player in football. Johan Cruyff was easily the best player I have ever seen. Pace, skill, creativity and more.

The World cup also saw the decline of Martin Tyler and it was sad to see and hear.

Australian football then blows up by giving Sydney the next three grand finals , an unbelievably stupid decision for the only national sport and then an A-League game is abandoned.

Cricket

England were humiliated in Australia last summer. they were just as bad against the West Indies. Change the captain and coach and hey presto they are playing great test cricket. They bat with verve and get runs in short time and then their bowlers take 20 wickets. It is an amazing turnaround. Stokes is seemingly a natural skipper. The fact he can inspire by batting or bowling is a bonus.

I can only complain why can the poms talk with intelligence about cricket but Australians resort to blokiness when doing so