Dread conviction

Well, all the second test did was go where the first test would have gone but for the grace of God. They are a bit sad in the end, miracles, because every time your team is in the shit, you say to yourself, "well, you never know..." and cross your fingers that something against the odds will happen. Then it actually does happen and rather than justifying your "you never know" attitude, it just seems to underline how unlikely it was that it was ever going to happen. Because it's fantastic in direct proportion to how unlikely it is. The more fun you're having seeing the miracle, the more you're pointing to the fact that this is probably not going to happen again in a long, long, time. 

That long time began with the second test, and this is where it put us:

This was an SMH poll the day after the last test finished (still 90% yes by the time the poll closed, though I don't supposed many people voted after the first day it was up). It was the day the "you never know" died. "You never know" is always a bit of a bluff, but it's part of the game and we vote with our hearts. Hearts officially broken!

In the great tradition of soothing the soul with the senses, I will be girding my loins for tonight with confit duck thigh, red cabbage and turnips. I am advised by a learned colleague that Shane Watson should gird his loins with the below: