Pride comes before a ball

July 13, 2026 — 9:00pm“One of the disturbing features of the FIFA World Cup is the egocentric, even rude, performance of many of the goalscorers, often ignoring or physically repelling their celebrating teammates so that they alone get the limelight,” opines Chris Commens of Rosebery. “I Googled to see if there is a term for this behaviour. ‘Credit thief’ is one limp-wristed AI response. Did goalscorers carry on like this 50 years ago?”Nola Tucker of Kiama joins the round ball pile-on: “Who needs acting classes when the soccer is there to show us how? Is there anything more convincing than the clutches, grimaces and writhing of a player as an opponent almost strikes him? ‘I am going to lie here groaning until the ref does something.’ Academy Award stuff.” “Sad to hear of Bonnie Tyler’s pas