Watching the World (Cup) Go By No3: I'm staying home, I'm staying home, I'm staying...

Well I must say I'm disappointed. Not with England, who have already gone further than we dared hope, and not with the World Cup in general, which has been better - much better - than we dared hope.

No, I'm reeling that not one commentator, not one pundit, not one columnist (unless I missed it) reacted to news during the England-Belgium game that Fabian Delph was about to fly home because his wife was heavily pregnant by saying 'Well at least he got something on target last season.'

Honestly, they should have me as a co-commentator. Think of the jokes and japes. I'd love to sit next to Steve Wilson uttering the odd pearl of wisdom and the occasional 'ooh' or 'aah'. That is, after all, what the job entails isn't it? Come to think of it, I'd be constantly emitting sharp intakes of breath and saying in a certain disapproving tone 'Well there was none of this at Spain 82.' So maybe they're right to use Iain Dowie instead.

Actually I'm not so sure some of the co-commentators have earned their money at this World Cup. Some (particularly Danny Murphy) are too dour and convey only the fairly obvious to the viewer. Glenn Hoddle is another who rarely seems to add insight, which for someone of his experience and talent as a player and manager, is odd.

But if the co-commos have sometimes disappointed, the studio pundits have not. I think the presenters and their panels (by which I do not mean the windows behind them) have reached new heights this time.

On the BBC, I think Gary Lineker has hit just the right note in terms of enjoying the tournament, revelling in England's progress and mocking those who deserve to be mocked, like Neymar, other divers, defenders who can't defend, and Neymar.

Alan Shearer is a fine pundit, I think, and I liked his little 'It's coming home' song at the top of the highlights show after the England-Colombia game (although as we in royal blue know, he is still a, well, something rhyming with summer). Rio Ferdinand and Cesc Fabregas have added plenty, as more recently has Jurgen Klinsmann. Having said that, Fabregas did respond to Russia's penalty against his homeland by saying it was the correct decision and adding: 'I've got nothing to say.' - which is not a great position for someone being paid a decent wodge to, err, say something.