However good their goals might have been, we were lethargic and predictable. If we had shown the level of commitment that we did against WBA we would have 'gone down fighting', but instead we simply folded up with barely a whimper.
That is one sport I have never 'got', along with baseball. When it comes to elite professional team sports, the USA seems to excel at developing 'world championships' in sports that nobody else bothers with. ( Other than the team brawls where the occasional ice hockey match breaks out ).
When we took out our mortgage in 1985, at three and a half times salary, it was to hopefully provide a secure home for our children, and ultimately for our retirement. There was never an expectation that house prices would boom in the way they did.