ENGLANDITIS has spread north of the border. This is a virulent condition, whose sufferers are prone to highly contagious bouts of self-glorification and an abnormal obsession with young men's toes. Even The Herald's famously erudite and measured scribe, Graham Spiers, has succumbed. Sven-Goran Eriksson, wrote Spiers this week (even before hearing of Wayne Rooney's apparent miracle recovery), "is beginning to resemble the mysterious Scandinavian alchemist that many have supected him of being all along. Suddenly, Eriksson's England seem to have a genuine chance of winning the World Cup on July 9."
His evidence for this sudden belief that England will prevail? Other than a 6-0 win over a poor and unfocused Jamaica side, only the fact that Eriksson has been seen to "purr with delight about his team's preparation". And that's it.
Come hame Graham, ye're nae weel.