It's not easy being special. Not when being special has become an act. Not when it is just a line you use in a TV advert for a bookmaker. Not when it has become a fond remembrance and nothing more. Not when it's part of the past rather than part of the present. Not when you're on the outside, looking in.
Not when your team blows a 2-0 first-leg lead against Dinamo Zagreb and gets knocked out of the Europa League by a club from a league ranked 19th in Europe. Not when your best chance of sneaking back into the Champions League has gone up in smoke.