Original Dub wrote:We've been desperately unlucky with individual errors.
The only game so far this season that I feel we were genuinely outplayed was Spurs.
That's not a bad foundation to build at all and last night was the first time we matched Barca. The commentators kept saying how bad Barca were, yet when we underperform it's always about how amazing the other team is playing. The truth is in the middle, we made Barca look worse because we didn't allow them space.
Two evenly matched teams, but one having individual errors you're not likely to see in three more seasons, let alone the rest of this one.
Obviously, we need to improve in certain positions in order to properly enforce Pep's system, as well as it taking time for said system to become the norm. But we all knew that.
Didn't we?
Actually, don't answer that... it's pretty clear some fucking spoiled whingers expected more of a gap at the top of the league and to be ahead of Barca in the champions league group while this was going on.
Cunts.
That's a nicely balanced and objective assessment OD; a good post all round.
Well done to you