Ah well

So, Andy Murray was nosed out in three sets by Raphael Nadal who showed no signs of any knee problem. Murray has time on his side but he has not managed to close the gap on the top two men's seeds and remains some way from his first Grand Slam. The fact that he can expect to make the semis at Wimbledon bodes well though in terms of ending Fred Perry's 70 year reign as the last British tennis icon. Time yet for Murray to choose a logo for his polo shirt range....


The Brazil v Netherlands encounter was a lively affair and the Dutch turned the tables on the favourites and stopped a possible south American clean sweep of the semi-finals. They will face Uruguay in their half of the draw and Argentina and Paraguay will bid today to meet the winners of that in the final but must overcome Germany and Spain respectively to do that. It's been a forgettable World Cup but the last stages might yet give us a truly great game to remember.


Back on Planet Charlton the clear-out continues with Stuart Fleetwood finally moving on to Hereford for loose change. We are now at the stage where it's easier to count who is left rather than who has left. As things stand we can only compete in 5-a-side competitions so Parky will have to bring in at least six new faces before the kick-off on 7th August. Programme sales should get a boost in August as fans are forced to buy one in order to identify all the new faces. I am wondering whether we are about to pioneer the 9 month contract to make our pre-season more cost effective as we scour the lower leagues to assemble our team each year.


Charlton forever!