Re: Captain Sanderson!

Ben L wrote:
rick boyd wrote:
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Or to put it more succintly: England cheated their way to victory with
a bit of luck and some OK forwards.

Glad you cleared that up.

God, you poms are so sensitive. You'd think you'd never won anyhting worth winning before!

Oh, that's right...

No, to put it succinctly: England possessed a good team for a couple of years that was one of the major contenders, and was was fortunate to come away with a world cup and a two year unbeaten streak (Boydian definition).

It's not too unreasonable, surely.

And a statement like this is not only accurate, but prevents you from looking like boastful wankers who need to overvalue your achievements because there are so few of them.

Now I don't like telling you this, but someone has to say it.

-- rick boyd

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