I like to think of players as actual human beings and not just commodities and robots. Their emotional happiness is not mutually exclusive to their performance. Good example is Rance and that stalker. Like of course I would love for him to kick 4 goals every game but at the same time Rioli is a premiership player and he was part of the chase and harass forward line that has been our signature brand.
I’m sure he’ll get over it and probably find a missus which is super sweet and a good match for him in the future but break ups are always hard and I hope he isn’t too heart broken by this.