"I could have taken that and been gone and be sitting with my feet up in Brighton and maybethisweekend fly off to Vegas to my brother-in-law's for a couple of weeks and wonder how Aberdeen were getting on back home, " he said.
On the other hand, as in real life, great teams sometimes can be also taken by surprise despite (or maybe because of) their talent, as happened only this past weekend with the American Ryder Cup team.