I’m giving it a miss.

Been fortunate in that I have gone to quite a few World Cups yet, for many reasons ,this one lacks any real appeal for me.

Will undoubtedly follow on the TV but I tip my hat to all of those making the effort.

It all seems so far removed from my first one (Spain 82) where a few of us decided to go ,only days before, with no tickets, little money and no accommodation.

The only plus in our arrangements was I had an O level in Spanish.
Far more useful would have been a degree in avoiding scousers who lived up to their stereotype in some style .

Korea/ Japan was the best of the lot.

Expensive but what superb hosts those two nations were, on all levels.