I blame Ally Macleod , he was the one who started all this tournament optimism malarkey for you! See if you are English you go into them expecting the team to do relatively well until it all goes tits up on penalties or against some team you would expect to beat 9 times out of 10
It was like watching the reds a few years ago in the championship. Huffed and puffed, created quite a few decent chances, just didn't capitalise, and get hit with a sucker punch. Twice. Played well enough to have earned a draw in my opinion. Finish 1 of those chances and the game is totally different.
After taking a bit to assess last night my only positive I can find is our result has knocked you lot off the top of the section.
It's a marathon not a sprint, you get nothing for being top on June 14th, take each game as it comes (insert cliche here)
I wouldn't be too despondent Ian. I thought you were more than a tad unlucky in front of goal, created a few chances and any other day could have scored a goal or two. Chin up mate
I knew you'd take in in good part Ian, its the kinda guy you are. With that in mind I'm happy to leak the squad for Friday's match.
The events at the Denmark/Finland game put everything into context for me. At the end of the day it's just a game and there are far more important things in life than Football.
Quite right. I boycotted Iceland for ages even though the Magnums were cheaper in their shops. The sacrifices we make