I know it's difficult and kinda disgusting but some of y'all are seriously missing the point, and I'd like to draw a parallel that we as Skins fans all ought to be able to relate to.
Year after year Dallas fans crow and caw and run their yaps about the 'Boys, all summer long, all through camp and preseason and then on into the regular season. We hear their vapid bull****, their puffery and claims of dominance and greatness, and when they take some games early they crank it up even louder. Last year was such a perfect example, Dak being fitted for a HoF jacket, Elliot running for 2-3-9! thousand yards!, all manner of Superbowl masturbatory fantasies and wet dreams, it's a wonder they weren't keeling over from dehydration. They rolled the div, headed into the paloffs and were garnteed to offer up blowout after shutout after humiliation until they were crowned AMERICAS TEAM THE GREATEST EVER GODS SHINING BLUE STAR OF MAGNIFICENCE!!!!!!!!
But we know how that turned out, right? Just like previous seasons, the came down with Ebola during the holidays and **** the bed in spectacular fashion. The tears, teeth gnashing and hairpulling was epic, and tbh music to my ears and the ears of many others.
You can't get your hopes dashed until you get your hopes up, you can't have your expectations crushed until you expect something, and the higher you get the bigger the fall.
So, take a breath, walk around the block, run some laundry and do a crossword puzzle every now and then. I am absolutely confident that if we give the Rubepublicans enough rope they will hang themselves, and not just hang themselves but do it in historical fashion. Enjoy the show, savor the anticipation but don't rush it, part of the fun is in the buildup to the climatic explosion.