History, at least recent history, is repeating itself, that's the issue.It's worth remembering, and this was possibly his point, that we are in a good position ( on paper ). We will qualify, and most probably in 1st place. Once you look a bit deeper though, there looks to be so many issues...
BUT, we've been here before, Scotland and USA 0-0's, also in the second game, we kicked on after both of those disappointments. Hopefully history can repeat itself.
After the second game in the World Cup, I was able to say "we're lucky there are at least 11 Americans who don't like shooting", but I can't find anything amusing this time around.