"Sometimes in sport, as in life, you get what you deserve and at the Soldier Field on Saturday Andy Farrell's side did just that. For anyone to suggest anything otherwise is deluding themselves to reality. While I hate the much-used expression 'fail to prepare, prepare to fail,' our opening match of the Autumn series on Saturday in Chicago was that to a tee."
"While I hate the much-used expression 'fail to prepare, prepare to fail,' our opening match of the Autumn series on Saturday in Chicago was that to a tee."
Andy Farrell's team received a deserved outcome at Soldier Field in Chicago during the opening match of the Autumn series. The performance demonstrated clear shortcomings in preparation that directly influenced the result. The match embodied the maxim 'fail to prepare, prepare to fail,' with the team's approach matching that warning exactly. The location and timing—Soldier Field on Saturday—framed a fixture where inadequate planning translated into on-field consequences. Claiming otherwise misreads the evidence of the match. Lessons from the match should inform future preparations.
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