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.
Gold Coast
Two words. Both nouns. Ten letters.
Matt Rowell.
The minute membership base of the Suns was treated to some long-awaited star quality in the first four and half games this season.
In this small sample size, Rowell averaged 17.4 disposals, 1.2 goals, 5.2 tackles and 2.2 inside fifties.
With a season spent sidelined gathering further knowledge, it is scary to think what the high panted, redheaded Victorian has in store for the future.
๐ | Matt Rowell is the #RisingStar: https://t.co/Pb1UV28uwm #DealWithIt @chriscavanagh1 pic.twitter.com/MKev1sfCUJ
— SuperFooty (AFL) (@superfooty) September 22, 2020