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No Football For Nine Weeks — And It Sucks!
What idiot decided to have the World Cup in winter.
I always sleep better from August to May in the knowledge there’s Premier League football.
Then every two years after the regular football season has finished, I look forward to the Euros or the World Cup.
But not this year.
When they agreed to host the World Cup in Qatar, no one looked at the weather forecast. Only later did they realize you can’t play football in the desert in summer. So they moved it to winter.
I don't have much interest in any other sport. I like cycling, but that only stretches to the Tour de France.
Rugby is OK, but it’s far too technical these days. Cricket is a grand old sport that I love playing, but don’t have the patience to watch.
Tennis would be better if they scrapped the second serve. Golf is, well, just golf. Motorsport is glorified Scalextric. Swimming is for the beach. Horse racing is just weird. Athletics is good, but only when it’s the Olympics.
And North American sports are pretty much unfathomable to a Brit (sorry Scott-Ryan Abt).
So what am I going to do for nine weeks! Apart from my job and write endless stuff on here.
