I think it's importance to keep perspective of the bigger picture yet still acknowledge the issues and work to improve them.
It's very hard to do, either one will be incredibly delusional to the point that there is nothing wrong with my team and how dare you criticize or find something to whinge about be it in victory or loss and never giving your team the credit.
You can't look at people's reactions to wins and losses from a subjective point of view, it's natural and instinctual, and all comes down to that person's personality and upbringing.
It's the same with players. Two examples. Mohammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq. You can tell Hafeez his problems as a player a million times, that he pokes outside off too much, is a terrible runner. As you may have seen from his press releases he's in denial pretty much all of the time, "No there is nothing wrong with my game, Alhamdulillah I am blessed in all facets" etc etc. Just complete delusion. He acknowledges when he does well but doesn't hold himself accountable when he is lacking, and therefore doesn't work on himself and improve.
Then you have Asad Shafiq. Since the dawn of man every person who has seen him play has said "Wow yaar kiya talent hai", "Wow what technique", "Has every shot in the book", and if you've seen him in domestics or caught a glimpse of him early on you could tell by his shot making that he has every practical gift to succeed on the cricket field... except he doesn't really trust or believe in himself. Even in this tour he had the body language of a debutant as someone said. Seems like someone who is overcritical of themselves and doesn't back himself to do well.
These 2 extremes are also reflected with our fan base. Either folks suffering from delusions of grandeur that Pakistan is the greatest team in the world or people who criticize the team on every point and you question when do they actually trust or believe in the team to do well.
You have to keep things in perspective. Acknowledge that amidst this one loss overall the tour was fruitful. Good selection choices, pace attack looking the best it has in a while, two budding test ARs which we haven't had in a while, yeah there are a few issues and maybe time to look to replace Shafiq and potentially Azhar, but we have a good core of players.
Good job [MENTION=136729]Suleiman[/MENTION].
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