FanZoner Kevin Clarke is shouldering some of the blame for Cameroon's World Cup nightmare.
Fancied nations are finally showing their class
And now, the end is near, and so Cameroon face the final curtain.
I'm beginning to think I'm a FanZone jinx. I was slated for four appearances last season with Burnley and twice snow stopped me getting to London for the broadcast and then the two times I did make it we got beat by our nearest and not so dearest rivals in shocking performances.
I then get Cameroon in the Fanzone World Cup and give them the big build up only for them to go 0-2 and be one of the first nations to be knocked out. Gutted doesn't cover it. I don't think I could more upset unless I was stuck in a broken lift with James Corden and John Terry sycophantically laughing at each other whilst England's World Cup crumbles around their ears.
At least I can say Cameroon went down fighting. The Denmark match was close and one of the best games of the tournament so far, and with a little more luck the Indomitable Lions could have gone 2-0 up. Alas, it wasn't to be and fingers now have to be pointed at Paul Le Guen who has had, at best, a mediocre World Cup.
Neutral perspective
One plus point of all of this is that the Mrs. will no longer have to put up with my constant requests to change our little boy Sam's surname to Eto'o for the duration of the World Cup. I can also get him out of the Cameroon strip I purchased and stop teaching him the Roger Milla dance, so blessed relief all round. Nobody likes to see a fat white guy trying to teach a baby how to dance like Roger Milla.
As Cameroon are out, I can now cast my eye over the rest of the tournament as a neutral. It's been rubbish hasn't it? Apart from the odd fleeting glimpse of quality the first two group games were distinctly average, although I am pleased to note that Brazil, Argentina, Portugal and Spain all now appear to be clicking into gear.
Other teams to impress have been Uruguay and Mexico and there is a common denominator to all these teams - skillful footballers, all with decent technique and a first touch, comfortable in possession with good movement. None have complained about the ball which has led me to wonder whether they have been playing with a different ball to England?
Or is it that all of our players have a first touch as subtle as a David Haye right hook? I know where my money is at.
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