Meola, who is likely to start in goal, thinks the fans would not accept a negative game.

"If the fans accept this, I expect to get a reciprocal benefit."

Yet through it all, most long-suffering fans have quietly accepted their fate.

If you stay with the Giants," he was told, "the fans will accept your getting older.

The fans had accepted me so Brian was in no position to object.

If she would just keep her big mouth shut, fans would accept the band back.

If fans had simply accepted her death, that would have meant she wasn't an effective character.

Can the Giants, and their fans, come to accept that kind of contribution?

"If we play hard and lose, even the fans will accept it."

"We invite the closest view of us, and over the years, fans have accepted that invitation."