Don't Cry for Lionel Messi

Where are they now?

Argentina '78. Ticker tape. Staying up late to watch the matches live on telly. Brian Moore (whose head looks uncannily like London planetarium sic) hosting Brian Clough, TV pundit. Passarella, Houseman, Luque, Kempes, Bertoni, Ardilles, Galteiri, Peron - your boys took a sound beating. Josip Tito is a happy corpse.
To be fair, Croatia and Argentina got what they deserved. 40 years on from the glory days - Ricky Villa couldn't get into the team - Argentina '18 look a poor team by comparison. As an excited Diego Maradona twirled his shirt from the stands and thousands of Argentina fans bayed before kick off, Lionel Messi was seen rubbing his forehead in stress. Maradona, the 1986 World Cup winner whom Argentines constantly compare to Messi, went from waving a No. 10 Messi shirt to wiping tears out of his eyes, slumped in his seat, wondering how they were going to score. In Maradona's case, I suggest a taxi to his private jet.


So how did you score? See below:




1  Roisin (27)
2  Brenda (26)
3  Rasta Paul (25)
3  Sara Deazley's dad (25)
5  Marie Louise (23)
5  Niall Cosgrove (23)
5  Dan Taggart (23)
5  Sam Andrews (23) 
9  Aidan Coleman (22)
9  Liam Lavery (22)

 Just about half way through the group matches so still plenty to play for.


Archie Devlin still has the most to do, languishing on 7 points which is surprising. They'll be kicking in the TV screens in the Londonderry Arms!!


Samba football back on the box today. No, not Nigeria Mr Sugar, Brazil. I said Samba!