Postcard from France

... where I just saw Jarvis strolling down the beach at St Jean de Luz, avec bebe. J'reckon he's Blades or Wednesday? Probably on record somewhere... just touching on some of the points raised recently: free internet screening of games, what are you, a 15-year-old Cantonese schoolboy? Sky isn't that expensive, kids, and by dodging the Murdoch tax you're also missing out on such choice Sky statistical insights as metres travelled by referee (thanks), and of course, the goal replay where they trace the line of the shot, which is useful if, like me, you are frequently distracted mid-replay by, say, a sparrow alighting on your windowsill, and look back to discover the ball in the net and think "how the fuck did that happen?"... actually you're probably on to a winner there... agreed with stef re: necessity of commentary, enjoyed FRA v SLO with soothing French commentary, no doubt as boring and cliche-riddled as English comm. but could pretend it was thick with allusions to Descartes and Proust... surely L'Equipe is the greatest newspaper in the world? Why no English language equivalent?... fat frank for england