Some words of condolence for suffering Eagles fans

I’m a bit loath to speak footy, however this column is for all of the West Coast Eagles followers who’re hurting in the mean time.

I used to be as soon as given some recommendation about how one can cope when your favorite staff loses and remarkably, it began with “accept your impotence”.

Don’t despair — your staff didn’t lose since you weren’t carrying your fortunate underwear or since you determined to alter chairs throughout the match or tweet a touch upon the sport.

(Though it’s my sturdy recommendation to not bounce on social media and make daring predictions throughout a recreation, as more often than not they don’t age effectively and are onerous to delete. Think AFL nice Robert Walls predicting the demise of the Eagles in 2018, earlier than they proceeded to win the premiership.)

I did hear of 1 uncommon approach to overcome the ache of West Coast’s historic loss to Sydney. A gamer was capable of shrug off the frustration of final weekend’s historic defeat by enjoying AFL 23 on his Xbox. He merely set himself up because the Eagles and proceeded to pound the Swans into oblivion. Playing fantasy footy can even give the identical feeling of management, nonetheless minor.

My recommendation is to remain loyal to your staff, via good instances and dangerous, similar to the vows that folks make on their marriage ceremony days. The dangerous instances will make you respect the nice instances much more.

The different suggestion is to take pleasure in a little bit of reminiscing. Remember the nice instances. Peter Matera’s 5 targets within the 1992 grand remaining, the Cats getting thrashed within the 94 decider, the nailbiting moments of the basic 2006 flag or just that remaining historic play that began with a McGovern mark and completed with Dom Sheed’s purpose in 2018.