Calling time on this season
After last week’s Australia Day match against Sydney FC I had intended to ride my bike home but unfortunately on my way to the game my back tyre had gone completely flat so instead of riding home I had to walk my bike to Flinders Street Station in order to get home. Whilst the same thought may have occurred if I had been in the saddle but as I pushed my bike alongside the Yarra River with thousands of other fans I came to the conclusion that it was time to call it quits on Melbourne Victory’s season.
Whilst many would think that with nine matches to go in the season that this a big call but let me clarify what calling it quits means for me. After experiencing another match where the team again threw away a lead I decided that after all the troubles that this season has entailed that I have decided withdraw my emotional attachment from the team for the rest of the season. I will still go to games and still watch them when they play interstate but it will be more from the stand point of a supportive observer rather than a full-on fan with the result being of no consequence. This is mainly due to the fact that I believe nothing will come of this season - a season at its beginning promised so much but in the end won’t probably even deliver a finals appearance.
However, it must be added that this role of a supportive observer is null and void for the upcoming Melbourne Derby.
Tags: melbourne victory, sydney fc
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:31 pm
I was in Melbourne last week so I actually went to this game, it was a funny one - Sydney dominance in a first half capped by two Melbourne goals, then the exact opposite in the second. Very strange. I don’t know what Magilton will be able to do to get his players out of the mental rut they seem to be in at the moment…