StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I also think excitement will pick up once it > approaches and people start planning "exotic" > times to be drinking in the pub > > If there is less excitement these days it could be > the saturation of football generally coupled with > the fact that once this was a rare opportunity to > see unknown and amazing talent. These days, that > talent is already known, paid for and playing on > your TV every week True dat. An old skool 'fuzzy TV reception' filter button on the TV wouldn't go amiss. Throw in a Colemanesque commentary that sounds like someone stuck in a cupboard, and goosebumps will abound... Pele!...One Nil!...