All in all this was a wonderful World Cup full of upsets, new and exciting players, amazing finishes and surprisingly quick exits by major sides. Thanks to the players of all the participating countries and ESPN for the fantastic coverage. Ticket to Africa was well done, we could even stand listening to Christopher Sullivan. Good mix of the 4 and good fun listening to Andy Gray.
ESPN's moderators, Bob Ley and Chris Fowler were great! Ex-players/coaches Jurgen Klinsmann, Steve McManaman and Ruud Gullit were all excellent additions which added much to the broadcasts. Lalas was, more often than not, his usual rude annoying self as he battled his feelings of insecurity and inadequacy compared to his fellow announcers. McManaman handled all in a quick thinking, sometimes humorous style when Lalas attacked the English. I think Lalas was "scared" of Gullit so didn't attack the Dutch in the early going, and gave a decent accounting when not trying to be cute!
Going to miss those 4am wake up calls and watching 2 games before heading to work; catching updates of the group stages 3rd games through ESPN360. Thanks for a great World Cup!
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