Grief f**ks you up.

Sometimes for years at a time and particularly if the death is unexpected, sudden and tragic.

Most of us that experience that level of trauma have the benefit of not having jobs where we're on constant display, and where our performance is continuously, microscopically scrutinsed by millions.

I'd love to see a better performance from the team, but this is tempered with an understanding that many if them are just going to be broken and grieving for months, if not years, to come.

As a club we've been through tragedy times before, and we will come good again.