It occurred to me, watching yet another boxing build-up descend into boasts about who was going to knock who out, that football is surprisingly lacking in that sort of thing, on the whole, isn't it? Even Jose Mourinho, asked about his next opponents, will invariably praise their strengths, say they're a good team etc, not reply "that bunch are rubbish. We'll dick them. Six-nil".
Is that a recent, or peculiarly British, thing? Are there any managers or players who do make proud boasts about what their team's going to do?
Is that a recent, or peculiarly British, thing? Are there any managers or players who do make proud boasts about what their team's going to do?
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