Originally Posted by
lapsedhibee
For a start, the scale of the loss has no practical effect: lose 1-0 or 7-0, either way you’re out of the Scottish Cup. And goal difference doesn’t come into it in knockout competitions, so if you are going to suffer a heavy loss, better not have it in the league.
If you lose 1-0 we know you get stronger, because defeat makes you stronger. I forget though, in yamathematics does losing 7-0 make you seven times as strong, or one-seventh as strong, as losing 1-0? :dunno: