The best thing about going for a run is that you can’t lose. You always feel better at the end than you did at the start. It’s one of the few things it has going for it.
Football is not like that, though. It is results-driven. No matter what they tell us, winning and losing is what it’s about. And when you come out on the wrong side, it makes you want to hide under the bed.
Which makes me wonder why, in weeks like this, some managers seem to sacrifice their teams’ chances so willingly.
Rob Edwards won’t admit this, of course.