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.
Sydney
From Albert Park to Moore Park, the back end of the season was sure to have excited you Bloods fans.
Between the emergence of cygnets like Rowbottom and McInerney, the consolidation of Dawson, Aliir and Hayward, as well as the perrenial performances of stars in Papley, Kennedy and Parker, there were many reasons for you Swans fans to smile.
A first AFL goal โ
....and a second 3 mins later for Justin McInerney! #Bloods2020 pic.twitter.com/RJmOmj9VHf— Sydney Swans (@sydneyswans) September 3, 2020
Add Franklin and Heeney back into the mix next season and like the vacationing Griswold kids, you lot will need corrective surgery to fix your grins.
Sydney have always had the ability to turn late picks into gems and early selections into shooting stars, so starting with pick three, you can expect your list managers to nail another draft class this December.
