Is it time to call in the star players?

I played poker on-line, golf on my phone, read the weekend’s press - well some of it - and caught up with a few friends by text message. In fact, I realised that if all football matches were this dull I could do so much more with my life! Of course like many I switched back and forth between the cricket and the cup final, hoping that when I returned to the football one of the teams, north or south, would break with tradition and make some kind of attempt to actually score a goal and win the game. But unless the opposition are woefully naïve or hopeless at the back - or perhaps both - ...