Is it time to call in the star players?

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One nil down, two-one up. While the whereabouts of the special one's pooch was the highlight of the footballing weekend, I for one found a myriad of additional things to occupy my time during this season's so called ‘show-piece'.

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 - ...

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