That will do for you? Really? Do you think any of the big boys in Europe would be happy with a point away in Moscow or would they expect to win? I understand optimism and even realism but at some point don’t our expectations have to move beyond a point away being a positive?
We're not one of the big boys yet, it's our first foray away from home in the CL in a while and we did ourselves justice in terms of performance, not getting what we clearly deserved.
People are jumping all over the negatives, it's almost gleeful, well I'll leave them to that. I know, without question, that Spartak Moscow came off that pitch absolutely begging for the final whistle, they were so out on their feet that they were dropping like flies, clinging on for dear life at the end. When you haven't won but you see your opponent so beat up like that, you should be able to take some comfort in it, rather than aiming shots left right and centre.
See you say don't our expectations move away from a point away being a positive, then unless it's a minnow then no. That's how you get out of the group stages, do the business at home and share the spoils away. It's tried and trusted and no matter what anyone attempts to tell me tonight I know we absolutely caned them. Frustration at 'only' having drawn, sure, I share that, but that's the kind of frustration I want in my team if given a choice. Frustrated that we didn't bang the 5 we deserved past them, sure, again that's a frustration I can personally live with.
Our lads are going through a time of it right now, tonight the defence kept everything out bar 2 shots really, but this time the attack has a night off when it comes to finishing. So the emphasis is placed on them, it's bullshit imo. People have got it in for us right now and you can feel them pecking away at us, well they can F**k right off imo. That performance deserved 3 points, that performance deserved about 5 goals and the performance at the back actually deserved a clean sheet, so I'm not going to moan that the rub of the green went completely against us yet we still managed a point away in Russia, not a chance.
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