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Never make it about yourself they say. But I’m beginning to think it may be me.
Like Jonah, I need to be chucked off the boat – or at least the match rota – to end this run of dull scoreless draws at Qatar 2022.
Thank goodness for Gareth Southgate. My World Cup got off to a great start with an eight-goal bonanza with England beating Iran 6-2.
Since then I’ve been at Denmark-Tunisia, Morocco-Croatia and Uruguay-Korea: all of them goal-less. That’s four and a half hours of football without a goal to report. Plus all that added time. I’ve never had a run like that in my career. I’m beginning to feel like Garry Birtles after his record breaking £1.25m move to Manchester United. (Look it up if you’re under 50).
Thursday’s game was a goal banker with Luis Suarez, Darwin Nunez and Son Heung-min. And if all else fails, life is rarely dull with