Allardyce was quick to remind the dissenters of exactly that with a defence of a team that had squandered enough chances for a comfortable victory.
But Italy, as its coach, Cesare Prandelli, admitted, squandered enough chances in the first 20 minutes to have buried the Croatian dream.
Yet, in another aggressive start to the second period, Hibs squandered enough opportunities to enter the points in the ledger before regaining the lead through Riordan.
It was not the most exhilarating goal ever witnessed, but it was enough to finally discourage a Hearts side who had contrived and squandered enough opportunities at least to have kept the score level.
By the end of the month, I squandered enough cash for a pair of Ray-Bans, a dark leather Banana Republic jacket, and a red Epiphone Riviera guitar.
Anyway, he said, even if he did spend all his time in nightclubs, he couldn't party hard enough to squander away the interest payments from the sale of his stake in Mojave.
No Sox fan has suffered for years, and with the team fat enough to squander millions on players like Lackey, Carl Crawford and Daisuke Matsuzaka and still compete, the Blohards aren't replenishing themselves.
Regret and remorse crowd in as well: time misused, love not given amply enough, opportunities squandered, acts of good will stalled or aborted.
Mr Cook is competent enough not to squander Mr Jobs's legacy.
In so doing, it has provided a disproportionate benefit to dissidents and outsiders (who, by definition, have fewer resources to start with) than it has to the incumbent and powerful (who, by definition, have amassed enough power to squander some of it on coordination and still have enough left over to rule).
