The beauty of the ugly win
There are gutsy wins, epic wins, brilliant wins, emotional wins, and just-get-the-job-done wins. But the true connoisseur of footy has learnt to savour, if not quite revel in, the guilty pleasure of the Ugly Win. The Ugly Win is distinguished by a unique mix of boredom and dread. Hallmarks are a contest that is uninspiring, pitiful skills and errors that should be comical (but fail to raise a chuckle). There is typically a blanket of inertia over the entire spectacle that makes you...