I said to a friend yesterday for the first time ever the result didn't matter, given the situation.
I still feel the same.
Today was the opportunity for them to finally beat us by more than the 4-0 of Boxing Day all those years ago. It was literally the biggest free hit they'll ever have. They have a squad that many before the start of the season were predicting would be challenging for automatic, whereas we have a squad that most were predicting was going to finish bottom. And that doesn't even take into account injuries to our already-threadbare squad or the points deduction. We've won one game all season and we're nearly in December.
I'm always disappointed to lose to them, but this by far was the most expected defeat to them in my lifetime, and to be honest I was bracing myself for it to be a bigger scoreline than it was.