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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

Our knowledge of these two teams is limited

June 16, 2010 18:48
1 min read

Fantastic piece by Tom English on the abysmal level of World Cup punditry by the BBC and ITV 'experts'. Do read it.

(Via Alex Massie, whose own post is also well worth reading.)

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