Watched every World Cup live since 1978 - this was one of the best onfield and overall has been a big success.

FIFA are not stupid - like South Africa and Brazil before the politics will be quickly forgotten by the media and then the public. Nobody cries about poverty in Brazil now both the WC and Olympics are over.

The television coverage was ordinary by SBS. Their team was a jabbering mess led by the the babbling Foz and they stayed in Australia, then booked Martin Tyler to try to commentate everyday without assistance - luckily I managed to VPN myself and enjoy superior coverage from BBC and ITV, including 4k pictures. They had their teams not only in Qatar but live at each stadium.

The greatest coverage ever was Italia 90. Les, Johnny, Andy and Martin lived it over there and it showed.

Not a fan of the prematch garbage they insist on and the final presentation is more of a joke each tournament.

But in terms of football quality, fan atmosphere, times zones etc I would put this in my Top 3.