Either that, or they're tossing themselves to sleep at night with that line so if they win they can go 'aaaaaaaaah there we go again, we won and no I didn't think we were white-hot favourites! In fact, you cows were, again probably the favoured side to win. My oh my that makes this victory very sweeter.'
Maybe I'm just being cynical. But watch how many doomsayers on their board, if they win, magically act like they knew it was a dead cert all along.