Four days to go
- 5 Jun 06, 12:50 PM
LONDON - Lots of you were happy to hear about our deal to stream the World Cup on broadband, though the main gripe appears to be 'why can't I watch overseas'.
(To repeat: 1. Fifa won't let us. 2. It would cost too much even if they did 3. It's not our money, it comes from UK licence-fee payers)
For those of you living in the States (who seem most disappointed by the UK-only restrictions) there is a good debate running on the New York Times blog on how to watch/listen.
While we of course will be doing it legally, it seems the lawyers are getting heavy with those out there who aren't.
With this World Cup set to be possibly the most watched TV event ever, they'll have their hands full. With only 15 of the games in office hours..
..I suppose most people will still be watching on a TV despite our broadband offering. Those 15 games don't include the 5pm kick-offs of course, for which I'm guessing most people will leave early and find a pub...
On that note, this handy site has started compiling a list of all the places in the UK where you might want to watch a game, depending on your nationality.
Which might help our friend Mark Poole.
On the football, England leave today and our contributor Claire Heald will sending updates from Luton airport, though she sadly won't be joining them for a bit of R&R in their hotel.
I don't what they'll be listening to on their team bus, but given this report, it's got to be Mozart.
Unlikely of course, if two-metre Peter is choosing the CDs...
Good to see he came out top in your Player Ratings from the Jamaica game - is he going to be the cult hero of this World Cup?
Little snippet on the news wires earlier quoting Sven as saying Roque Santa Cruz is Paraguay's
likely threat. "He's an extremely important player for them. He's a second
striker, he can play behind one striker or he can play behind two. I think he's their best player."
On an unrelated note, a decent scouting report on the return to fitness of Messi (who we will probably play if we finish second in our group), from our South American reporter Tim Vickery.
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I mean if we beat them first!
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Aware about licence fee payers. I was one for 30 years. Here's a thought. Charge a fee so oversea's ex-pats can watch/listen to the games online. That goes for premiership games as well. Or won't FIFA or the FA let you......
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I thought we would play either Germany or Poland in the second round, (providing they get through)
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