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Date: 26 December 2005 22:04:48
Today was a very bad day.
No, the world has not ended. Pontypool were beaten by Ebbw Vale. Boxing Day entertainment has taken a very bad turn.
Sport is, above all else, a form of entertainment. It is there to be enjoyed by the participants and the viewer. Yes, some of us do take it a little more seriously than we should. There are some things that are more important, but not much.
However, when you pay X pounds to watch, you do expect that what you see will be entertaining and played with a certain amount of skill and passion. Congratulations to Vale as they did this. Unfortunately Pooler did not appear to have fielded a team that had played together before.
They couldn't throw the ball into the line-out correctly; their decision making was wrong on so many levels and in at least 57 varities; their passing was of beginner's standard; their positional play was almost non existent, and I've seen fish with more tackiling ability.
However I will carry on supporting them as I believe that you stick with your choices through good and bad times. As a West Ham supporter as well I'm very aware that ou take the rough with the smooth. The other thing is that poor performances help you appreciate the good ones all the more.
As our national team showed last year, winning a competition is all the more rewarding and enjoyable if you've had to wait a long time for it to happen.