Top 5 things about being premier.

[barry]

1. The phrase "1933" doesnt make me shirty anymore.
2. We've won exactly the same number of flags as North post-1996
3. We've now won away finals in Adelaide, Perth*, and most importantly Melbourne. (No other team has a 2 or even 3 away record I think)
4. Proven to the AFL and other clubs that the 1 million TV viewers in 1996 wasnt a fluke.
5. Overtaken NRL grand final week.


Go Swans.

[NMWBloods]

Re: Top 5 things about being premier.

Originally posted by barry
1. The phrase "1933" doesnt make me shirty anymore.

Yeah - know that feeling.

2. We've won exactly the same number of flags as North post-1996

And same number in total - 4.

3. We've now won away finals in Adelaide, Perth*, and most importantly Melbourne. (No other team has a 2 or even 3 away record I think)

Brisbane has won in Sydney and Melbourne.

Adelaide has also won in Sydney and Melbourne.

I also like that I can enjoy the entire season, no matter what game I'm watching because I know that we won!

I also like this!

[bandwagon]

There is also now a definitive answer to which club did best out of the 'super-draft' of 2001.... That draft has only produced 2 premiership players - LRT & Schneider.

(ps. I could be wrong - but it sounds good!)

[Plugger46]

It's still frightening seeing; Premier: Sydney. Loving every minute of it.

GO BLOODS!

[punter257]

yeah totally agree with all the above

the thing i just love at the moment is being acknowledged by various people that know you're a supporter and have been there through thick and thin. they are genuinely happy for me that i have tasted some success

i'm also grateful that we finally got the holy grail as i thought that we'd probably never do it my lifetime. every year i got so damn jealous of seeing the premiership teams supporters so bloody happy whilst I was rapt with making the finals and having a few awesome wins along the way

how the tide has turned and i'm loving every minute of this and i'll be talking about it for a long time

roll on 06 - i want more!

[Frog]

Originally posted by punter257
Posted: 1st October 2005 04:13 AM

Mate, the season will be here in no time - No need to wait up for it ... Have a sleep ...

[ScottH]

Looking at the DVD list of GF and actually seeing the "Swans 2005"

[Schneiderman]

Any time they put up the ending ladder in a news article or a post on a forum, and you see Sydney at the very top or with the special '#1' next to it

[Tuesday]

Here we go again.
Now, Barry sweetheart, do you mean Premier or premiers?

[C-Train]

The title could be Bob Carrs Autobiography! hehe

[Xie Shan]

Originally posted by Tuesday
do you mean Premier or premiers?

I was waiting for someone else to notice that!

Another important thing:

It is also a major relief knowing that our last flag was no longer in the same year Hitler came to power in Germany. No matter how old you are or how long you've followed a team, once you start you adopt everything about it, including the history. Glad to set aside that bleak statistic of not having won a flag since 1933.

[Reggi]

To answer this after a few weeks is easy.

We won't have another generation of top players who leave the game without a Premiership with us.

I always feel sorry for the likes of Gerard Healy, on the start of on the Couch with "3 times B & F Winner" or Brownlow Medalist.

Foerever when Barry Hall goes on TV they will have to choose

Two time Sydney B & F winner
Premiership Captain
Premiership Player
Or the guy that gave the Coleman Medal away in round 22 2005 because he thought 'team' and winning the Premiership was more important than individual honours.

Hopefully manmy of these Premiership players will go on to play 200 Games

[Dooloo]

Getting used to saying 1909, 1918 1933 AND 2005.

Gotta Luv that.

Also seeing the look of satisfaction on the old boys face, 72 years of age, and this is his 1st premiership. and he's loving every minute of it.

[woo]

Originally posted by SwanSong
The title could be Bob Carrs Autobiography! hehe

nice story about bob carr I might share with you guys, on the flight back after the grand final in 96 dad and myself (and also my bro but we wont include him cause hes a north supporter so he can get.... ) anyways we were all kinda down in the dumps and my dad who had photocopies of the swans song at the time for a lunchion we had been to during the day handed the words out to everyone on the flight and we started singing, seconds in to the song bob Carr comes walking out from business class and sings along with us, 2 secs later so does bob hawke....and just quiety they didn't need to the words to sing and they sung with a gusto...both bob's had clearly had a few!

if I ever meet those guys again I would thank them for putting a smile on my fathers and my faces!

[goswannie14]

Hawkey has been a long time Swans supporter...remember seeing him at at least one game when I was in the cheersquad in 78-80. So he shouldn't have needed the words

Can't vouch for Bob Carr though