Stan Collymore
There's only one thing worse than a journalist. That's a smug journalist. Yet despite the high level of self-regard that is commonplace within the industry, some of the self-satisfied tweets emanating from Brazil from this week are coming perilously close to a red card, as sports reporters send “updates” from the four-week off-site that is the 2014 World Cup.
Here is a compilation of some of the most self-congratulatory and conceited offerings hitting the web from Rio:
England Training Session at Urca Military Training Ground
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*Alternative Crop* England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Adam Lallana during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Raheem Stirling and manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Jack Wilshere during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Steven Gerrard during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Jack Wilshere during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England' manager Roy Hodgson (left) speaks with his players during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Steven Gerrard during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Ross Barkley during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England Raheem Stirling and Luke Shaw (left) during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England captain Steven Gerrard during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson speaks with Frank Lampard during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Raheem Stirling (center) during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson speaks to his team during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Adam Lallana during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson speaks to his team during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England Joe Hart during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England Wayne Rooney during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson speaks to his team during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England captain Steven Gerrard during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Raheem Stirling during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England Paul Lambert takes on some refreshment during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England players during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Ross Barkley during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is put through his paces during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Raheem Stirling during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England players during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Ross Barkley during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England manager Roy Hodgson during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)
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England's Adam Lallana is sprayed with water during the training session at Urca Military Training Ground, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (credit:PA)