Nah, not really Rooster, I was cloaking myself in a robe of despondency to avoid possible hurt. When you have endured as much misery as an Ireland supporter as I have, the last thing you need is a another heartbreaker.Rooster wrote:Spoke too soon BaggyBaggyTrousers wrote:Dreadful thread, the Azzurri were never going to lose by 50 at home, nervous Norman & Nancies.
Anyway, that's the championship for England.
I saw them 4 successive Paris matches in my youth & they lost 2 by 1 point, I actually was in tears at the end of one of them, we were feckin' robbed, Freddie MacLennan scored a great try right in front of me but there were no TMOs in those days and the clown with the whistle decided he was unsighted.
Today it's as if written as a send off to the preordained MOTM.
