Fail to prepare, prepare to fail

IS anybody really all that surprised that Ireland and Scotland didn’t get the nod to host Euro 2008?

As we saw during the summer, the FAI is not renowned for its organisational talents, and proposing two from three stadia one falling down, another not built and the third belonging to a different association was not the best plan really, was it?

To quote Lord Roy of Mayfield, "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail."