I'm up after the Brazil v N Korea game, and I'm writing fresh. That is, I have seen no media whatsoever beyond the showing of the game itself. Regardless of whether I turn out to have unique and wondrous insight or be entirely full of shit, I think this is a valuable form of writing for the reader.
Unfortunately however I won't be publishing this in about half an hour as I should, but in the next day or so, because the internet here is inconsistent at best, despite the fact that wireless internet was the headline feature of the advertisements of the travel company.

It seems like every footballer in the world is a underwear model. Naturally, football players are a good pick to promote underwear after all their bodies are the best in the world. Everyone from Armani to Dolce Gabbana have featured footballers in their advertisements. Players such as David Beckham, Freddie Ljungberg, and Cristiano Ronaldo have all stripped off in the name of fashion.

The 2010 campaign is a season that has not seen any lack of Timbers coverage on the net. What I find funny is that local TV channel Koin 6 has poster advertisements all over the stadium, yet go to their website and the only mention of the Timbers is from March of 2009. Thanks for supporting the team Koin 6, we'll take that sponsor money.

British commerical station Independent Television (ITV) is once again embarrassed after its coverage of a football match was rudely interrupted by a mis-timed advertisement break. For anybody who missed it, ITV's coverage of the FA Cup 4th round tie in 2008/09 between Everton and Liverpool was strangely interrupted by some advertisements with three minutes of extra-time still to play.

Just a fifth of advertisements that featured the 2010 Fifa World Cup resonated with consumers, according to a report by Ipsos ASI.

Real Salt Lake haven't been known to fill up a stadium. Despite winning the MLS Cup last year, their attendance hasn't exceeded their 2005 record. So, I am suggesting that the players go door to door handing out advertisements, like those Chinese takeout deliver men who slip menus in your front door.

By Darshan Joshi, writing from Sydney

The Wayne Rooney saga, coupled with disgraceful pre- and in-match violence and racial abuse, has led me to lose faith in football. And it's all happened in the past week.

Shouldn't football be an escape?