A lot of the time glorious failure awaits, although when things do work out, the victory is all the more sweet for it. (squarexo.co.uk)
As John, a professional photographer, astutely points out, both groups seem destined for glorious failure: one missed its goal and survived, the other reached it and perished. (theexpeditioner.com)
Its been better with performances recently just like most recent seasons but its still the same glorious failure... we aren't going to win the EPL and in the CL we make sure we lose heavily in the first leg so that in the other leg we play our hearts out and still lose so that we can get some sympathy and make it look like we tried. (justarsenal.com)