5-2 or 2-5 the underlying reality has not changed

[PeterStoreysCab]

We will be measured only against the best.
The Seven Sisters mob have been getting results like this for years and we don't want to be judged on their standards.

[Monty91]

we'd probably win the league, so it's not strictly true that we will be measured only against the best.

[PeterStoreysCab]

A good away win is the stuff of Spurs. We are measured by much higher standards. As are Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City etc.