Is 'Glorious Failure' the Comfort Zone of the Scots?

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After watching Scotland just miss out again last night, I was reflecting on our National character and how it shows itself in our National game of football (soccer).

It would be churlish of me to dampen spirits by suggesting that the current National side have not restored a great deal of pride after an outstanding campaign. Of course they have. Among other things I'm extremely proud of what we've achieved in the last couple of years.

So, it's been great. Or has it?

My argument is this: that Scotland need to be the underdogs and don't play well under pressure. I'd go even further than that, in fact, and argue that 'glorious failure' is our 'Comfort Zone'.

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	Author:	robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog)
	Posted On:	Sunday, 18th November '07, 5:03pm
	Tags:	Football, Psychology and Team Sport
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