Count down to the World Cup

The last month of the season has flown by, we've had last day dramas across the domestic leagues, shock cup final results and of course who will ever forget the Madrid / Liverpool final! Hopefully Bales beauty will be remembered as the highlight and not the dreadful errors the Liverpool keeper made! I mean we've all had bad days at the office, but in such a crucial match, i will be surprised if he isn't out the door at Anfield before the Summer is up. Fair play to Klopp for not exploding during the post match interview but surely questions will now be asked of the German and his bottle in major finals! Thats 6 on the bounce now he as lost! Ouch!

So with the world cup only 17 days away we turn our attention to the confirmed international squads, and my word there are some big big names which have been left out! Starting with our home boys and the 3 Lions have decided to go with 3 inexperienced keepers, Hart had a bit of a shocker this season and its fair to say he was expected to be in the squad even if it was as the No3 choice, but to leave him out completely is a massive risk! Throw into the mix an absent Wilshere and thats two main stays of the national team left back on the sunny shores of England!

Next up is our Old enemy.. The Germans! Wow what a brave call from Loew! Gotze has had a few issues since his winner four years ago in Brazil, but surely that goal would of given him a free pass to be included in every German squad until he retires! Another player unlucky to miss out is Liverpool cult hero Emre Can, I know he got a bit of a knock before the end of the season but he was fit enough to be included in Liverpools CL final squad!

A short skip and a hop and we head over to sunny Spain! and my word have the Spanish been brave, no Morata, Fabregas or Alonso i mean don't get me wrong I'm not a fan of Chelsea either but leaving out Morata could end up haunting the Spanish when they are 1-0 down to Egypt in the semi-finals with only minutes left!

France meanwhile... Politics and football, a match made in heaven no one has ever said! How Benzema has still not been given a chance to redeem himself is pure madness, madness they call it madness. The French haven't really got an out and out striker, they've got loads of number 10's but not one of them would stick their head where it would hurt! Giroud is hardly going to scare Iran let alone Brazil!

International rescue

Midweek international friendlies... What's the point of them? Players pull out left right and centre, club mangers moan about them, and in the end we end up watching average players playing for their countries, these average players then end up going back to their clubs demanding bigger, better contracts and then demand a move to a bigger club and end up wasting away out on loan somewhere... Just look at David Nugent, David Bentley, Michael Ricketts and Jay Bothroyd to name a few. 

The FA charge a packet to watch England play, isn't it about time that kids for a quid should be the normality every time The Three Lions play? With half empty stadiums up and down the county the men in suits need to take a long hard look at what direction football is going in, the everyday man can no longer afford the prices being quoted. 

We all like a good moan, but it's safe to say that in the eyes of FIFA that football is untouchable when it comes to making money... They fail to make any statements on administration or debt, except this one joke rule about fair-play and finances that the likes of Arsenal and Manchester City have managed to exploit with made up naming rights.... spare a thought for the likes of Swindon and Portsmouth who thought that Monopoly money was real.... Their fans could end up without a club come the end of 2013.