Hug A Thon!

[Matt79]

So how many people did you hug after last night's AMAZING win...there was a lot of love at the SCG last night when that final siren blew!

I hugged everyone within a couple of rows!!

[Wardy]

We were hugging complete strangers sitting in front and around us - The Unholy Trinity were crying and we thought that "Verne" (Tams baby due soon) was going to make an early appearance.
And whilst the crowd were subdued for the first 3 quarters - we got going when they needed us most.
Keep the love alive!

[Go Swannies]

I think I told the woman next to me - a stranger - that I loved her. I just forgot to mention I loved the whole world right then.

Then over at Fox, Bron, MJ, Anna and I were hugging everyone, getting "Cheer cheer" going and high fived about 1000 people. Great night. Got home before 3am and watched replays of the last few minutes until 4am.

[satchmopugdog]

I was by myself as my girls have gone to Queensland with their father and I'd just got back from Buller. I hugged the cats so tight they ran out of the room in case I threw them.

[Albert Park]

Originally posted by satchmopugdog
I was by myself as my girls have gone to Queensland with their father and I'd just got back from Buller. I hugged the cats so tight they ran out of the room in case I threw them.

We were in the Oreilly stand next to a huge block of mad Cats. one of these Geelong supporters had a few too many jars of cat nip and was calling out 'Only two goals , Oh My, only two goals !' for three quarters. Every time the Swans kicked a point or the cats rushed a behind he would moan 'oh what a pity, oh it's only a point . Oh you missed a goal again'
Finally one of the Swans crowd told him. 'You might regret those points later on tonight"
and he did! 'Boy was he destroyed.

In all fairness i was as suprised as they were. i had put the season to bed around 9.30pm only to be dragged back into the fretting and the anxiety for another week.
Nick Davis for the Hall of Fame!!

[Provost]

I hugged my wife, picking her up of the ground and jumping up and down when Davis scored the winning goal. All the blokes got big handshakes.

Then when I saw Bon and Jeffers we had a big 3 way hug

[Damien]

In my state of complete delirium I hugged the nice old lady next to me, and then nearly knocked her head off when I turned around to my mate next to me lol

[Provost]

I did bump into JF at 3 Quarter time, we just looked at each other and didn't say a word and I gave him a reassuring pat on the back.

Good thing the boys came through

[swansrock4eva]

I think most in the CS received a hug (or thirty) from me! I'm glad I used waterproof mascara tho, or a few would have had nasty black cry-stains as well as crushed ribs/vertebrae etc!

[Tuesday]

The variety of responses were amazing - Eirinn was crying, I was jumping up and down screaming like an absolute loony, my mate was stunned into silence... I was able to hug Eirinn multiple times - a rare and significant event.

For hours afterwards my hands hurt from the clapping, my throat burnt from all the screaming and my body was drained of all energy. I put everything into that match and it will be something I remember forever.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by Tuesday
The variety of responses were amazing - Eirinn was crying, I was jumping up and down screaming like an absolute loony, my mate was stunned into silence... I was able to hug Eirinn multiple times - a rare and significant event.

For hours afterwards my hands hurt from the clapping, my throat burnt from all the screaming and my body was drained of all energy. I put everything into that match and it will be something I remember forever.

Sounds a lot like my experience.

[AussieAnge]

I hugged everyone in our group and the two people in front of me (who I didn't know) so that makes 9, plus my friend who walked passed on her way out so 10 in total.
I was a shetland pony on Saturday from shouting. After the goal I just kept screaming "siren. siren...", didn't actually hear the siren but realised it had gone off with the roar of the crowd. I also had a bruise on the palm of my left hand from all the clapping.
Got home buzzing and couldn't sleep for a while.
Can't wait for next Friday night.

[dimelb]

I grabbed Ms dimelb and swept her off the ground. She was the only one available. We then cracked the baby champagne she got at the Ladies' Lunch!

[BonBon]

What about how many tears we cried? I'd never cried at the footy before, ever. It was all too much for me. I was getting quite dizzy then all of a sudden, Davis got that goal and everyones hands went up and it was crazy. I was jumping full on.

[Matt79]

Having been there live and re watched the last 5 minutes of the match a thousand times, it all seems surreal.

Everytime I look at 'that' kick of Davis that went through I know someone above was looking after us! The ball fumbled out of his hands, and somehow he just flung his left (non-preferred) boot and it went sailing through the middle. It is just an amazingly spine tingling moment that will stay with us forever!

I just hope the team looks at this as an amazing opportunity to create their own history. Saints have some injury concerns despite a week off. There are no excuses for us, we just simply have to do it!

Go swannies!