Some of your comments are well justified Noddy. Many of the WC players are exceptional athletes, as they should be given they represent the pinnacle of a world wide game, however, the game itself is based on defence and limiting shots. While the WC will produce some interesting moments it is not representative of the game that is on show for the intervening 3 years and 11 months. And even the WC has plenty of 0-0 or 0-1 snore-fests.
Finally, the “crackdown” on staging may have removed the worst examples but staging is still a regular and extremely irritating part of the game (check out Ronaldo’s goal)
I’ll watch some of the WC, as there isn’t much else on and the circus is seductive, but I’d rather they had goals that were a metre wider and scores that were double the current standard output.
