Following the world cup finals without a vested interest in any of the teams have given me an opportunity to pay attention to things that have been going on around the game, especially the way it’s presented to the English audience.  And I must say that there are more than a few things that bugged me, here goes …

Faux —insert foreign language here— pronunciation

I don’t mind commentators and pundits pronouncing words in the foreign tongue, but if you’re going to do it do it properly. First make sure that you have the correct pronunciation not an approximation or just what you think it should be.

Example: Dayvid Veeyar English firstname Spanish surname. It’s not that hard to say Dahvid, that’s usually the same people that have no problem saying Edgar Dahvids. It’s not hard to find out the correct way to say the name, if it’s too hard just pronounce it as an English word. Don’t pick and choose when to use Spanish or English pronunciations.

By the way the new Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny is not to pronounce, luh-RAW(NG) Cosh-chel-neh

There must be an English angle

No it doesn’t we don’t need to compare everything to the English, It’s embarrassing. England got knocked out get over it.

I’m so not looking forward to the finals, I’m willing to bet it’s going to be commentary on Webb’s performance more than the 2 teams vying for the title.

The same people lauding him now was the same that had so much negative to say about him during the season.

We should follow the German system

Every tournament when England goes out there’s a universal outcry to copy the system of the current team in vogue.

There’s a lot wrong with English football culture, but to my mind the biggest problem is that everyone talks but no one does anything about it.

I’m willing to bet that there’s going to be another inquiry, another report, but no action taken.

Vuvuzela

I admit it was annoying at the start, but once you get used to it you hardly notice until someone brings it up. If it’s really that bad turn down the volume on your telly. It’s not like you’re missing anything.

It’s South Africa, that’s how they do it. Europeans sing, South Americans bang drums, each to their own.

That’s my lot for today, I’m sure there’s more, let us know what irritated our about the world cup.