Tales from the Bedroom Floor

London: Yellow Jersey, 2016 Why is this book on the bedroom floor?: I’m somewhat of a collector of football books, but only if they give me some insight into the theoretical aspect of the game; the why rather than the what. And what better way to find out how to win stuff than listen to the Germans? And it was a Christmas present from my Amazon list, if any fans of mine are feeling generous. About the Author: A former law student, Raphael Honigstein moved to London in the early nineteen-nineties. He is the English football correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the German football correspondent for The Guardian and talkSPORT . Most recently, Honigstein has become a major contributor to The Athletic and a regular presence on BT Sport . He is also the author of Englischer Fussball: A German View of Our Beautiful Game . His Twitter handle is @honigstein . Plot: How does a team win a World Cup, particularly if they are paradoxically a perennial favourite but expected to fail? D