For 45 minutes on Saturday, football felt normal again. I remembered what it felt like to properly celebrate a goal; I remembered the anticipation of winning a game; I felt passionate about a team and proud of a performance.<\/p>\n
It was inevitable, really, that we would concede the equaliser – asking a defence that is poor at defending to drop deep and protect a lead was never going to end well. It is those kinds of decisions that have had me shaking my head in frustration at Scott Parker this season. <\/p>\n
And I do question the point of playing five at the back if you are going to allow yourself to concede that many shots on your own goal.<\/p>\n
But given that these moments have been few and far between this season, today we celebrate the positives. We were better than Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> in that second half. We created chances and picked up the loose balls in midfield. We made good substitutions. And every one of the players put a shift in. When relegation is inevitably confirmed this season, I want to be able to say that we got that in every game from now on.<\/p>\n We are also in a weird place. We have just played three powerhouses from the Premier League \u2013 Manchester United<\/a> and Spurs at Turf Moor, Liverpool<\/a> away \u2013 and have drawn all three. On paper, three very impressive results. <\/p>\n But this has come far too late in the season to have any meaningful impact, as the Clarets find themselves significantly behind the survival line. We are told that we are learning and developing as a club and a team. <\/p>\n My counter to that would be that we have spent ten of the last 17 seasons in the topflight – should we not be closer to a prolonged spell in the Premier League by now?<\/p>\n Find more from Natalie Bromley at No Nay Never podcast, external<\/a><\/p>\n