Football seasons for the fans.
Pre Season: Fans spend their time on the endless permutations of how their team can be better than last year and what the coach needs to do to make it happen
Season: Fans despairing/delirious when their team fails to deliver/delivers in spades on the preseason predictions
Off Season: Fans of 17 clubs criticise and debate everything the club could have done better to win the flag and how they'd change it for the following season. There is a brief period of hope around the draft solstice which is a magical time where anything could happen.
Summer: half the fans are watching the cricket, the other half have moved on from debating the actual footy club performance and are busy debating the opinions of other fans on the state of the coach/players/club.