Something to put you off the game for life? Something to show you that there is more to this life than football? Try watching this World Cup. Having avoided one hour and forty five minutes of a bloated opening ceremony and meaningless punditry from the usual suspects I sat down to watch a game of utter tedium interrupted by three totally unnecessary sendings off. We have two weeks of games featuring at least 16 teams who shouldn’t be there before, praise be, only those 16 are eliminated. We then have another week to get rid of another 16 undeserving teams before the competition generates any interest at all. I’m afraid I will be avoiding many of these games in the first three weeks. The name of the game as headed by Infantino is greed. Roll on August and Latics in their pomp.