A missing Ray of sunshine

Still no word of Ray Houghton. Not even a stir out of his new Twitter account (@ray81988) since Brazil-Colombia on Friday evening.

So the nation has held its breath, wondering and worrying, since George Hamilton flew solo on Saturday night in Salvador, with no explanation as to why Razor wasn’t at his side, explaining where everyone was going wrong.

Naturally, there was much speculation on Twitter. @colinowens83 worried that an Amazonian tribe had him. @DubWeasel suspected Ray was there alright, but George had sneakily turned down his mic, for peace. Others hailed a fine two-hour-plus shift from George, who came to life as much as the match in extra-time, and suggested Ray was welcome to extend his break.