Remembering the missing amid World Cup gluttony

The lads from Sky, who landed on a mercy mission Thursday, reminded me why I’ll never go to a World Cup, writes Larry Ryan

They were out because half the channels had stopped working and, critically, the second box was banjaxed altogether. Their technical diagnosis: an old dish that was now “bent as fuck”.

This state of affairs had initially triggered some domestic discussion about cancelling the Sky altogether. And yet, as if marking a peaceful resolution to these crisis talks, Sky Sports News was still going on Thursday morning, assessing who had come out best from that morning’s Premier League fixture list.