There is something wrong with us Eels fans. Most of us have never seen our team win a premiership, others are too young to remember. Losing has just become a way of life to a point where we are told by some fans to accept the mediocrity and stop complaining because the team is doing their best! These fans always try find excuses and have built a thick accepting skin. They remain positive all the time. Other fans are so passionate that they let their feeling get the better of them. They refuse to go through the torture and are kicking and screaming constantly. You only have to read half the comments on this site to see this.
The conclusion is we fans have huge mental problems! We support a team that brings us nothing but pain, sorrow, anger and embarrassment. Sometimes, just sometimes we think things may end been okay only for that glimmer of hope to disappear in an instant. As a group we are schizophrenic. We get delusional. We allow us ourselves to dream.
I don't know the term for what we go through is so let's call it a 'abusive fanlationship'!
So what's the bloody cure?
*UPDATE*
Just to be clear, I am very happy in all other areas of my life - great wife, great kids, great job, great health etc. Thanks for your concern. I don't suffer from depression. The Eels only affect me on game day and maybe the day after when I need to hear from my mates.
To those who just say it's just a game. I beg to differ. I visit this site maybe twice a week and find the same people on here almost everyday. The game has forged some friendships for those people. Albeit, good friendly banter.
Also, I'm not an Eels member nor do I own any new merchandise but some fans do. They pay hard cash for it. It's more than a game to them.
Lastly, we saw what winning can do to a community. When Souths won, the victory meant so much more. It released years of pain and binded the community like never before. We see saw grown men and women cry. The same thing happened when the Sharks won. The place went mad. You hear Matty and Andrew John's talk about what Newcastle was like when they won - they describe it as the best day in Newcastle history.
So yes, the game goes for 80 minutes but it has the ability to do so much more. It binds communities, it brings people together and certainly lifts spirits. I don't think people realise what Parra winning the premiership can do. Sydney will go off!
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And you my friend fall into the first group of fans I mentioned. Those who accept mediocrity.
Pain, sorrow, anxiety, depression, and embarrassment?.? Maybe you are the common denominator in how you feel after a loss, and years of disappointment. How about looking at all the good things in your life and focus less on football results. If losing games made me experience anxiety and depression, then I wouldn’t watch it at all.
True, true. Bad choice of words from me. I have amended. But I do admit I do get depressed after most games we lose. Is that not normal? I think most passionate fans do. Nah?
Me too , I think I blink now and im over it .
but that’s probably also due to having bigger fish to fry in life lol
The best cure is to stop watching. Theyre paid top dollars win or lose, i wont put myself through agony if they play shit.
It’s only a bloody game for f sake!
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