IN THE LEXICON of the football commentator, the phrase “flatters to deceive” is a Frontiers favourite. Often wheeled out to dismiss the tricks of the latest lightweight, step-over king, it can equally be applied to entire teams who manage for a time to defy gravity only to succumb at the sharp end of the season: think Tottenham Hotspur under Harry Redknapp and his 'will he or won't he' link to the then-vacant England job.
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