it's hot or not time again as ian ladyman reveals what's been making him feel warm this week and what's been leaving him cold inside take a good look at a couple of stars at the world cup, the best band from leicester since showaddywaddy and a tricky red devil and peek through your hands at poults in the pond what's hot  big hitters  while england's best cricketers have been riding open top buses, the rest of the world has reinvented the game again watching batsmen like brendon mccullum and ab de villiers during this world cup has been invigorating and depressing at the same time ab de villiers has been having a fair old hit during south africa's world cup campaign  and brendon mccullum hasn't exactly been holding back for new zealand  dugout honesty  john carver may not last long at newcastle so let's enjoy him fan on wednesday: 'obertan is rubbish why don't you b****ck him?' carver: 'i have bloody b****cked him!!!' obertan – standing 10 yards away – chose not to contribute john carver found it hard to get the best out of gabriel obertan against manchester united  obertan didn't cover himself in glory against his former club and invited a b****cking from his boss  the anfield play list  thanks to 40 years of dedication from match announcer george sephton, liverpool have long since played the best pre match music and now he chooses tunes with hidden messages rather more obvious, though, is his current fondness for the kasabian hit: 'stevie' is there another stevie at anfield apart from captain and kop idol gerrard? the unexpected  what is sport if not a platform for genius? even if you don't care for rugby league, i urge you to check out this piece of magic from salford's rangi chase against hull fc last weekend what's not  ian poulter  european golf fans will cherish padraig harrington's uplifting win at the honda classic but a final round score of level par shouldn't have been enough sadly, poulter's remarkable collapse – he found water five times in 10 holes – let harrington past and his search for only his second us stroke play victory continues ian poulter wasn't a big fan of the fairways during the final round of the honda classic at pga national  david saker  england's bowling coach has a fine reputation but what has he been doing these last few years? last winter's ashes tour saw three of his charges virtually unselectable while it is pertinent to ask which – if any – of our bowlers have actually improved in recent times david saker (centre), with james anderson (right) and chris woakes so how's that all going, then? david bentley  bentley quit football at the age of 29 after falling out of love with the game now he is trying his hand at gaelic football, an experiment you can watch on reality tv bentley had a real talent for football sadly not matched by his ability to make the right choices david bentley fell out of love with football and into a nice stripy strip for a bit of the gaelic game  west ham fans  they've been trying for months and it looks like they may finally get their man so, for them, a warning clubs only tend to head one way after sam allardyce leaves it's to be hoped the olympic stadium doesn't become the best ground in the championship will sam allardyce be prowling the technical area at the olympic stadium?
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brendon mccullum and ab de villiers have shown england how to play . ian poulter's collapse allowed padraig harrington to win the honda classic . david bentley's talent not matched by his ability to make the right choices 