Acido, I love your enthusiasm for the World Cup, but knowing the England team and our history I expect it will start on the 12th June with the first WC match and be all over on the 24th when we fail to progress beyond the group stage. Costa Rica may provide a few points for us but Italy and Uruquay are better teams, have higher rankings and will cope better with the temperatures in Brazil.
The dream of lifting the World Cup has been elusive for very many years and I really don't see this time being any different. At least after the 24th I will be able to enjoy the summer and get out in my garden after taking down my St George's flags.
I hope you enjoy the games through to the final between 2 of Brazil, Germany, Spain and Argentina.