Why ‘ ought we be comfortably better than them”?

We have such an over-inflated sense of how good our team is. Every tournament we ever go to.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 5th 2026 at 20:53:22

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So, are we going to win? (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 5, 20:46:10
- Deffo (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Jul 5, 21:09:18
- 3-1 O'Reilly any time (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Jul 5, 20:59:44
- Yeah! (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 5, 20:55:32
- Why ‘ ought we be comfortably better than them”? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 20:53:22
  - Under inflated at our previous great runs tbf (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 5, 21:04:42
  - facts (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 5, 20:54:41
    - Two top ten teams. Chances for both, but not obvious either should win. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 21:05:18
  - Eeeyyoorrrr (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 5, 20:53:37
    - I'm staying out of this.... (n/m) (Other Football) - tudders, Jul 5, 21:16:32
    - Your stalking of me is a bit odd, OG (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 21:04:38
      - not too difficult to stalk a melancholic donkey, tbf (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 5, 21:16:49
- Would be a great effort. Suspect 2-1 Mexico (n/m) (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Jul 5, 20:51:16
  - That’s the score with 6 mins of ET to go (1-1 after 90) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 5, 20:55:42
- I have a bad feeling about it (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 5, 20:50:44
  - I'm slightly ignoring the evidence of how crappy we seem to have been thus far (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 5, 20:56:11
- YES (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 5, 20:48:30
  - COMING HOME WHILST YOU SNOOZE MATE (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 5, 20:53:56
    - Just call part of the journey TBH (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 5, 20:56:41
      - A small part FFS (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 5, 20:57:13

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