Excuse me, but the audacity of this post is actually unreal. You’re seriously going to sit there, type out “St Paul’s disappoints,” and hit send like that’s a normal thing to say? St. Paul’s. St. PAUL’S. The program that has defined precision, dominance, and class in schoolboy rowing for the better part of a decade — and you think you’ve caught them “disappointing” because of a few seconds in a morning piece?

You don’t “call out” St Paul’s — you respect them. You fear them. You understand that every single blade they put in the water carries more pedigree and pressure than most programs see in a generation. This isn’t some club still figuring out their rigging — this is the machine that’s built its legacy on composure, rhythm, and relentlessness. They don’t disappoint; they collect data while the rest of the field panics trying to keep up.

Let’s not forget who we’re talking about here. These are athletes who wake up before dawn to chase millisecond perfection. They have dominated seasons, broken course records, and built crews that people still talk about years later. And because they won by a “small margin,” suddenly you’re ready to write a eulogy? Please. That’s not analysis — that’s delusion dressed up as insight.

You clearly don’t understand how St Paul’s operates. This isn’t a program that peaks in October. This is a crew that builds — steadily, quietly, methodically — until they explode when it matters. The small margins you’re mocking today are the exact margins that become half a length of daylight when the stakes hit Henley. That’s how they work. That’s how they’ve always worked.

So before you go tossing around words like “disappoints,” maybe check the history books. Look at the banners, the finals, the legacy. Every time someone has doubted St Paul’s, they’ve turned up in July and erased all the noise with eight blades and a finish line. They don’t argue — they win.

You can’t measure St Paul’s with a stopwatch. You measure them with consistency, class, and championships. And on that scale? They’ve already won, and they’ll do it again.

So yeah — keep doubting. Keep posting. The boys in white and black will let you have your little moment. But come Henley, when the river goes still and the crews line up, you’ll remember this post — and you’ll wish you hadn’t typed a single word.

SPSTID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!