I honestly didn’t want to say anything. Sports fans are a superstitious bunch. We’ll digest every single stat, break down plays to microseconds and examine every possible aspect of the game we love. And we’ll still put on that “lucky jersey”. Not utter the word shutout in a game where out goalie has a clean sheet. We know it has no effect. It couldn’t. And we still do it.
I didn’t want to say I knew this would happen.
How could it not? Liking this team should be viewed as self-loathing behaviour, because it’s apparent that nothing good can ever happen.