Funny how Kelly said the exact opposite to me then, isn't it?

For the record: Kelly thought Suarez would be Uruguay captain v England (!); then got the team line-up completely wrong; then couldn't understand the background to the madness which followed the bite in any way. So he asked for my help... then said it should be me covering Uruguay, not him.

He's an absolutely magnificent correspondent on Argentinian football. However, Uruguay is not some adjunct to Argentina: as he discovered, and had the immense good grace to admit.

Also for the record: not a single soul in the English press got Uruguay's line-up or their tactics even remotely right. Meanwhile, because I actually read Uruguayan websites, I was blogging about it beforehand entirely accurately. What horrified me was, based on Gary Neville's comments before the game (he thought Forlan would play FFS), England didn't know what was coming either... despite it having been public knowledge in Uruguay from 48-72 hours beforehand.

Vickery? He knows infinitely more about South American football than I do. But Uruguayan football? Not on what I've seen. I think he gets the general blurb of it very very well (and on the WFPI, that's his brief, which he fulfils magnificently); but on the details, I sometimes know more than he does. I've been following Uruguayan football for 25 years - and I kinda *should* know more about a small country than he does about an entire continent.

Posted By: thebigfeller on June 3rd 2015 at 05:31:19

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Fell asleep listening to the world football phone in (Other Football) - wolfio, Jun 3, 01:50:47
- Just listened to the podcast. Had to laugh at (Other Football) - manc_yello, Jun 3, 08:01:24
- That's him is it? Very knowledgeable but a bit too intense (n/m) (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Jun 3, 07:30:45
- he was the first caller so you didnt miss much! (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 3, 02:03:36
  - I've just seen some of his basically abusive tweets to Tim Vickery... (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 3, 02:37:37
    - And then I apologised to him and acknowledged embarrassing myself on the WFPI (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jun 3, 05:10:14
      - Why don't you just create another username (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jun 3, 10:05:40
      - You're a good poster, don't go (n/m) (Other Football) - Adster, Jun 3, 08:43:12
      - stop being a fanny (Other Football) - CWC, Jun 3, 08:38:10
        
        i like the fact that he's now posting too many words in a foreign language as well (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 3, 08:42:24
      - Get some sleep and come back then. (n/m) (Other Football) - Bungle, Jun 3, 07:48:00
        
        or some sheep. Sheep are great. (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Man, Jun 3, 10:25:50
      - I like your posts and will be sorry to see you go tbf (n/m) (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 3, 07:32:07
      - See? That's almost reasonable. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 3, 06:52:01
        
        He is. Has an effortless charm which I'll never have. (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jun 3, 07:02:32
        
        Shit happens, keep posting. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 3, 07:45:36
        
        ^ this. Don't do a flounce (n/m) (Other Football) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 3, 07:47:11
        
        Agreed. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 3, 08:40:51
      - Cheers.. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 3, 06:45:49
      - *drops mic* (n/m) (Other Football) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 3, 06:34:26
    - that is preposterous (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 3, 04:31:37
      - Funny how Kelly said the exact opposite to me then, isn't it? (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jun 3, 05:31:19
        
        One final thing, and then I'm off. :) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jun 3, 05:45:30
        
        You admitted to me on here you don't go to games in Uruguay (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 3, 05:43:11
        
        in fairness, 'in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king' (Other Football) - CWC, Jun 3, 09:47:43
        
        Bit difficult to see Liverpool take on River given they've been in the Segunda all season (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jun 3, 06:13:10
        
        Is it 22 years or 25 years? haha. (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 3, 06:54:31
        
        Agree 100% about the book, which is why it's on hold. (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jun 3, 07:01:08
        
        Chileans are pretty pessimistic people in my experiences so far (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 3, 07:10:39
        
        That's interesting. See, I'm completely ignorant about Chileans. :) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jun 3, 07:23:23
    - lol, I doubt it (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 3, 03:41:15
    - Seriously? (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 3, 03:40:28

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