Agreed, the world has got a lot better at football, so we are now just one of many teams who can play the game, and not at the top of that pile either.

We simply arent good enough to do any better, the papers spend months bigging up our chances cause thats what the masses want to read which means they buy the paper, and then they start believing it, so when we dont win they want to know why.

Its a shame people arent as passionate about stuff that matters, like the economy or childrens education, as they are about a bunch of wallies kicking some old leather around a field IMHO, I quite like watching a good football match, but im never of the opinion the result actually matters much.