It might well have been van Basten, yes - I certainly think it was a pundit admitting to 'recycling' a quote, rather than coming up with it on his own (after all, which BBC pundit bar O'Neill would do that?!). Wasn't certain enough to attribute it, though.

I didn't mean to imply a side HAS to lose in order to be fondly remembered, it merely seems to me to be the (perhaps odd, perhaps not) case that 'courageous' / spectacular losers (Argentina weren't that, at least not on the day) are often remembered fondly. A sort of 'what if...' scenario.

Obviously I admitted myself that in 'some' ways (by which I meant those of achievement, clearly) it was a ridiculous comparison, but still, glad someone's seen fit to comment on it. Thanks!

Sam

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