As a fan, missing the finals is never fun.
You're left ruing what might have been as others celebrate on the precipice of success.
Countless hours are spent calculating the losses that left your team outside of the eight or worse yet, scouring draft boards to see which teenager will be tasked with resurrecting your club.
However, it doesn't have to be all doom and gloom. Every cloud supposedly has a silver lining and it is always darkest before the dawn.
Cliches aside, here's why the fanbases of the bottom ten teams should be excited about 2021.
Essendon
Look, this one was harder than most, so if it seems a touch contrived, you'll know why.
Anyone that has ever donned the sash will tell you that they are fed up.
No finals wins since 2004, a coach whose parting message contained more shade than a rotunda and a plethora of talented players who want out will do this to you.
However, they do say that a new broom is good for sweeping clean. Enter Ben Rutten.
@essendonfc
Look forward to Ben Rutten and Blake Caracella Coaching the Dons in their own right.They deserve that opportunity for 2021.
Plenty are shooting them down before they even start.
That is just ridiculous.— Terry โข๏ธ (@terrypunter5) September 19, 2020
Now the truck has a heap on his plate already before praying that list manager Adrian Dodoro doesn't go rogue, but if his days at full back in Adelaide are anything to go by, Essendon fans can expect dependability and stability from their new head coach.
I'm sorry Bombers fans, this is about all I can offer you at the moment.
