“To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.” -J.B. Priestley

Today’s post is brought to you by the number “0,” or the number of crosses by England today that reached their target, or the number of goals scored by Germany, or the number of fouls that the USA committed in the 86th minute.

What the heck is happening in this Cup?

More later.

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