its not the end of the world, however i feel there seems to be an over dependance on the whole "we've done it before" when it comes to sticky situations in Europe. I mean yeah the 07/08 season 3 wins on the trot and the unforgetable Istanbul win were amazing but we cant just keep expecting to do it over and over and especially without key players who were the ones in these situations who got the rest of the team going (Gerrard, Alsonso etc).
However with players coming back to full fitness in the next few weeks hopefully we can get some influentual players playing and play with a much more spiritied performance like we did tonight, and hopefully get a bit more luck! Despite all ive said above a bit of blind faith wont hurt!!
Thing is though mate, that's what European experience is. When you've been there before and done it, you can use that experience to your advantage. I know what you're trying to say in regards to relying on it, but it's things like that that can pull you through.
We all know we're currently in a grim spell lately. But it's at times like this when you have to pull all what you have out of the bag. Especially when we're missing key players. That's where experience becomes more valuable.
As for us fans, well as you correctly say, a bit of blind faith won't hurt. Because we don't give in. And we've got every right to use our great past to our advantage. We don't rely on it, we just believe in it because we've seen it before. Which is more than can be said by a whole lot of other opposing fans.
Ironically, sometimes you need things to go bad for things get better. If we do go out because of tonight's result, then maybe this experience can be called upon in the future for us to be successful. Again.
Who knows. We're not out just yet.
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