Be fair, my pessimism is hardly misplaced. The first 2 tests have gone the exact same way this one has so far - first day of the first test we get into a promising position and people are talking about 400+ but we lose 6 wickets for 50 odd runs, we then get them a few wickets down and think we have a chance of taking a first innings lead but let them off and then fold in the 2nd innings. The 2nd test was the same but the innings reversed - we get them 200 odd for 5 but we let them off the hook and they score 450, complete failure in our first innings and then after getting into a promising position in the second innings we go and lose 7 wickets for 60 odd runs.
We can't string together more than a couple of decent sessions and every time we get in a decent position we blow it very quickly.
