Paging Dr Schadenfreude...
No one who doesn't follow Essadun will ever shed a tear for them and their followers. They've floated by on a raft of jumped-up arrogance, or more recently persecution-complex, and to their eternally damned credit it's worked for them on field.
Until now. Karma tickets spent perhaps.
Their media cheer-leaders had them playing off for the flag, but there they are down there wallowing in a trough-full of serves-you-right pig-shit. Why do they deserve it? Can't quite put my finger on it but we all know they do.
Are their supporters better or worse-off than their opposite numbers at the Saints?
Both teams had high expectations of heading deep into September, clearly neither will.
Surely Saints fans must have built some serious resilience over the decades, whereas this experience will be terrifyingly new to all but the oldest Dons fans. My footy fandom carries 90% DNA similarity to those of a Saints persuasion, and I'm sure the pain, agony and heart-wrench of a steady build to possibly Something, to then discover absolutely Nothing, again, is the far crueller of the two options.
Let the Dons discover some resilience and find maybe, they're not born-to-rule after all. A bit like Carlton.
Lets not discuss the Roos. I hates them.
But I loves us, and here we are. Top 3 undisturbed from last week. Paul joins Phil to be the second Sydney-sider in the top 4 after a stella week. Rob has ridden on the back of his Blue boys to be knocking on the door of the eight after jumping 10 spots (up 5 last week too) to be BOG this week.
Franco's down 8, will play in the Magoos this week.
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