THE GREAT ESCAPE
The big kick-off draws closer. Just 16 days until The Fiver rocks up to the local Boxpark and gets seriously on it, throwing £8-a-pint grog into the air with abandon as the goals pile up when mighty Qatar take on Ecuador in a seriously thrilling Human Rights World Cup opener. Yeah baby! Footer fever! Freed from desire, mind and senses purified. We’re on the ball, the world’s in motion, and, y’know, it could actually be coming home if Gareth could, like, literally increase the Three Lions’ xG by getting it launched to the big man while controlling the half-spaces during the counter-press. Or something, given there’s been a bit of talk that the event in Qatar may not be a Good Thing.
