You just said a mouthfull, in the close to 60 years I have been following saints both from near and far there is a common thread. Your hopes are built up then yesterday happens but by tomorrow you saint's supporters at home will be looking forward to the next game and us overseas saints will be sitting at our laptops with baited breath.
We get those wee cup runs now and again, we were 4th for a while and off course the European Adventure, relegations tempered wie a few promotions that is the lot off being a saint supporter. I think Martin Luther King was saints fan when he came out with I have a dream,!! me too Martin me too!!.
Forgive the ramblings of an old saintee