• Great Expectations. It’s Looking Good.
    Tis a hard one to swallow I know Though the after match manners Of three wannabe OTT managers In the ITV studio, helped soften the blow. So…we’re out, beaten, dusted an done But…all down to the waist-coated one We’ve experienced a month in the sun Of hope, where before there was none. Time to pick […]
  • Post France v Belgium.
    A sharp street-wise kid Shows The World he’s the biz Belgium flatter, deceive, then fade out Though a set piece wins a close game Kyllian Mbappe’s the name Mesmerized French fans are raving about. Possessing bewildering pace This electric French ace Hides a cute trick or two up his sleeve How did a mere kid […]
  • I Read The News Today…Oh Boy…
    About a football team that went astray and though the news was far from sad I screamed…out, YES! YES! Jumping for joy Absolutely stark raving ape The quare one next door think’s I’m maaaaaaad! So what…The Wild Boar and their coach are all safe.
  • Pre France v Belgium.
    Two current generations Of European football sensations Will have us drooling in St Petersburg – I’m hoping – today So…who’ll come out on top Of this immensely talented, formidable crop Aspiring to hold aloft, one Jules Rimet? Les Blues and the lightning quick Mbappe? Diables Rouges De Bruyne dictating the play? In a game almost […]
  • Still…In With A Shout.
    Tis so cool to be there, still in with a shout Having real pride, a sense of belief Enviously watching some other crowd, Going totally ape on a victorious street, All too often…feels like a right kick in the teeth. While them Germans are off blagging beach-beds Spain consider making changes…again Argentina arrive home in […]