So tonight, the rudderless and managerless Ireland take on the mighty Brazil.  I’m taking bets amongst my work colleagues that Robbie Keane, when presented with a barn door, will tonight not be able to hit it from 5 yards.  And the kicker is that I’m offering a further 15/8 on him scoring at least one goal on the weekend for Spurs, when there isn’t a green shirt in sight.

Any takers ?

At least, for once, you’ll be able to roar “Ah, it’s just like watching Brazil !” ‘cos that’s exactly what it’ll be.

PS : The writer is more than prepared to eat lorry loads of humble pie come tommorrow, if Robbie scores and we beat Brazil … (cough)