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

Remembering the missing amid World Cup gluttony

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.

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