Funnily enough, the answer to the OPs quetion is YES! We got beaten badly! We only scored 3 because we were allowed to. Zenit knew what their task was, score an away goal and they did and then they sat back. So yes we got beaten badly!
It's the misconception that we didn't that is embarrassing, not the act that the fans want better. The fact that so many of you are willing to accept this result as a good performance is what is disastrous and embarrassing! WAKE UP, when did we become content with getting knocked out gracefully? When did we begin to accept failure?
We knew what we needed to do and zenith knew what they needed to do, so now you tell me who succeeded and who won, and who got beat?
Stop accepting failure and making excuses for this squad and it's inept manager!
I couldn't agree less with this. Says it all about our fans i'm afraid.
So could you explain how you see things? What does accepting last mistakes by BR say about or fans?
The question in the op was "did we get beaten badly?" The answer to that is NO! Last night we beat the Russian champions. Not some mugs from Romania or Slovakia. We lost the tie and there's no getting away from it and I'm disappointed about that. And to say they let us score three? We're they match fixing or something? Stupid.
BR made a mistake making the subs when he did and I wouldn't have put Shelvey on the bench let alone the pitch. But by "accepting" those mistakes (and not just BR's by the way Carra) I don't think we are settling for less. He's an inexperienced manager in his first European campaign a campaign that most on here last year would have been pleased not to be in. He made mistakes as he is bound to at this level but we have to stick together and support everyone. As others have said, the BR out brigade are just using this as another stick to beat him with.
Just for the record, I'm still undecided on Rodgers. I was ok with him until the West Brom game. I'll judge at the end of the season and not now thanks.
