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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
I was thinking about starting a thread along the lines of "what would be an acceptable result this week" ... but as i thought about it, I realised that it was a pretty pointless excercise. Why? because, the realistic expectation is "losing honourably" - but that was never acceptable - and an 'honourable battling loss' would do absolutely nothing to atone for last weeks disgrace.
So what would be acceptable this week? Winning (of course): However the more i thought about it, even winning against Geelong still wouldnt atone for last week. not even a 10goal win would atone. All that would be is a 'one-off' win (similar to the results teams seem to have a week after their coach gets sacked etc) It would mean nothing in terms of the club living up to its pre-season billing, or showing it had the capacity to play to its potential week in week out; and we all would feel that were still just as likely to drop the next game meekly.
The fact is, last week was a little bit like an affair by your wife or husband. They can bring us all the flowers and chocolates they like over the next few weeks/months: and we'll smile wanly as they're thrust into our hands by a shamefaced spouse, but the pain of the infidelity wont go away for a long long time: and while we try to give it a go and make the best of it if we dont see a permanent change in their behaviour, then the trust within the relationship is damaged forever and we are all trapped in an increasingly loveless marriage.
Win on Saturday boys, just to show us you still care: but it wont fix everthhing. Not even a win is acceptable this week.
So what would be acceptable this week? Winning (of course): However the more i thought about it, even winning against Geelong still wouldnt atone for last week. not even a 10goal win would atone. All that would be is a 'one-off' win (similar to the results teams seem to have a week after their coach gets sacked etc) It would mean nothing in terms of the club living up to its pre-season billing, or showing it had the capacity to play to its potential week in week out; and we all would feel that were still just as likely to drop the next game meekly.
The fact is, last week was a little bit like an affair by your wife or husband. They can bring us all the flowers and chocolates they like over the next few weeks/months: and we'll smile wanly as they're thrust into our hands by a shamefaced spouse, but the pain of the infidelity wont go away for a long long time: and while we try to give it a go and make the best of it if we dont see a permanent change in their behaviour, then the trust within the relationship is damaged forever and we are all trapped in an increasingly loveless marriage.
Win on Saturday boys, just to show us you still care: but it wont fix everthhing. Not even a win is acceptable this week.