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Viceregal
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It is sometimes referred to as Battered Lions Surporter Syndrome (BLSS) ... you can be oh so confident in our ability to win, even sure that we will win or almost that we deserve to win ... but there is that little voice in the back of your head that whispers reminders of games gone by where such similar feelings pre game were shattered upon the reality of a failure to deliver when the battle was finally joined.Seems to be a few Nervous Nellies about in this preview thread.
Guys, we're third from the bottom, just knifed the coach and our best defender is currently traveling the Nullabor with a punctured lung and busted ribs.
If you win by less than 50pts it will have been a bad day for you.
We aren't as pessimistic as we sound ... it is just that a loss would fit so well into a narrative that already exists that we are pre-emtively responding as though it had already come true so it won't hurt so much if it does and we can be pleasantly surprised when something akin to a four quarter ruthless effort that scars the Eagles for the next decade unfolds before our incredulous but delighted eyes on Sunday afternoon.