But he was full of confidence for King of Kings under big race specialist Michael Kinane.
They won at Arsenal and Everton, and drew at Manchester United, and came here full of confidence.
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Scotland went into the game full of confidence after a first win in 27 years against Australia last weekend.
Arsenal will go into the game full of confidence after their 2-0 defeat of Manchester United at Old Trafford at the weekend.
We'll be going into the game full of confidence although we fully respect that England are a full force in international cricket now.
Scotland went into the match full of confidence after beating Ireland in Dublin and securing a 2-0 series win in Argentina this year.
Full of confidence and oozing in class, Castres ran the ball from their own line and saw Nicolas Spanghero cross for his side's fourth try.
They're gung-ho, full of confidence and slipping away from ISI's leash.
But we're going into it full of confidence win over Portsmouth.
After pushing Guinness Premiership leaders Bath all the way in a 13-9 loss at The Rec last week, Turner's side went to Kingsholm full of confidence.
Bravo, full of confidence, was promoted in the order and with Simmons in tow he set about showing why, as he played some magnificent cover-drives to start upping the run-rate.
Now Pietersen faces his first overseas tour, the daunting challenge of a seven-match one-day series against an India team full of confidence after a crushing Test series win over Australia.
Lyon, who are leading Ligue 1 and Group E of the Champions League, will head across the Channel full of confidence, even though they have won only once on English soil.
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It was a system designed to dominate their struggling opponents but, despite coming into the game full of confidence off the back of four successive wins, they were unable to do so.
Wolfsburg came into the game full of confidence following Alexander Madlung's late header in the first leg, which had given them a priceless away goal and a strong foothold in the tie.
Australia's opening bowlers Lee and Stuart Clark were full of confidence in the opening exchanges, hitting a fine length and generating pace and movement off the seam as they probed outside off stump.
The visitors began full of confidence and Francois Steyn kicked a long-range penalty in the sixth minute to put them 3-0 ahead, but proceeded to miss a drop goal and further penalty chance.
Davydenko was making his second successive appearance in the final, having lost to Novak Djokovic in Shanghai last year, and the Russian was full of confidence after finally beating Federer at the 13th attempt in the semi-finals.
England have never won a major global tournament, a depressing statistic their fans are keen to see consigned to history, but Paul Collingwood's side will go into the final full of confidence after an impressive all-round display.
Strauss, full of confidence after his century in the victory at Old Trafford, took his team calmly to 84-2 at lunch, but in the first over after the interval edged a very wide delivery high to first slip.
The 30-year-old McDowell is full of confidence after winning the Wales Open earlier this month and fired six birdies to reach four under before his third bogey on his final hole trimmed his lead to two going into the weekend.
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France's response was meek at best but the Mexicans, by now full of confidence, continued to press and were rewarded when Barrera was tripped and Blanco charged in from outside the box to dispatch his penalty into the right-hand corner of the net.
Siphiwe Tshabalala - brim full of confidence after his superb opening goal against the Mexicans - had two good shooting chances in the opening quarter but the first he fired over from 25 yards and the second he badly misjudged with an attempted chip when Steven Pienaar was perhaps better placed to receive a pass.
The Dutch, who are now unbeaten in 21 matches, started like a team full of quiet confidence as they kept possession well and used the width of Dirk Kuyt on the right and Rafael van der Vaart on the left.
The latest reports from the summit testify to a night full of crises, lack of confidence, as well as uncertainty, which directly influences what is happening in this city.
Such would not be a minor responsibility, and shows that she enjoyed the full confidence of the CAIR commissars.
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