A win’s a win for England? Up to a point, my lord…

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed

If England intend to make a habit of winning games on their backsides, they should make a block booking at the nearest gluteal augmentation clinic.
It won’t come cheap – cosmetic surgeons rarely offer “Brazilian butt lifts” at anything less than the market rate and the entire squad will require new shorts, three times bigger than the ones they’re wearing now – but you can’t put a price on extra padding when you’re rear-ending your way to the final whistle.
“A win’s a win,” you say. “It’s all about the ‘w’.” Fair enough.
Precious few serious teams in the h...

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