So are you ready for the World Cup - or couldn't you care less? It seems you have to take one position or the other. Just having a passing interest won't do. Most men fall into the first category, and many women into the second. Of course, if England are eliminated, a lot of men will also lose all interest. It's a fascinating study in human psychology - or tribal allegiance you might call it. The Scots and the Welsh - particularly the Scots - are praying for England to fail spectacularly and preferably in disgrace. Me - I'm just hoping to see some good football. I really don't think this English team is that good, and we'll do well to get as far as the semi-finals, but of course in knock-out football anything can happen. In most of the World Cups I have watched (and the first I remember was in 1954) there has been an outstanding team in terms of skill and often that team has failed to come out as the winner - it just takes one off-day, or one piece of bad luck, and you're out. What was it Kipling said about triumph and disaster...?
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