5 months on and I still can't believe it

[Bart]

Should I be seeing a specialist at this stage ?

Symptoms

- Goosebumps driving to work this morning thinking back to the GF
- Wake up some mornings and try and recall if I was dreaming or it happened.
- An unspoken bond with the friends I shared that day with
- Repeatedly watching the last 5 minutes of the GF and the Geelong game just to check that the outcome was the same.
- Finding it difficult to get really excited about the season ahead
- No interest whatsoever in the pre-season
- Ranking the GF as the best day of my life. And yes I am married with kids who I adore.
- knowing deep down that it will never quite be the same again

[floppinab]

Nup, I'm over it, surely it's time to put the Grand Final Planning Forum to bed.










but there it is, going round and round in my head.................and Schneider can finish it, the Swans are into the GRAND FINAL......and Schneider can finish it, the Swans are into the GRAND FINAL......and Schneider can finish it, the Swans are into the GRAND FINAL......and Schneider can finish it, the Swans are into the GRAND FINAL......and Schneider can finish it, the Swans are into the GRAND FINAL

[Sanecow]

I still have trouble believing it finally happened.

[swans4ever]

Originally posted by Sanecow
I still have trouble believing it finally happened.

yeh same here, sometimes i wonder how did we manage to win it....its just an amazing feeling
I would rank the grand final as probably the best day in my life
im looking forward to 2006...just imagine back to back

[Charlie]

Originally posted by floppinab
Nup, I'm over it, surely it's time to put the Grand Final Planning Forum to bed.

No, don't be silly... we'll need it again in September.

I don't think it's ever quite sunk in that I've seen them win a flag. I didn't realise until long after we won that I never really thought it would ever happen. Or at least, that I couldn't really imagine it happening.

[punter257]

Re: 5 months on and I still can't believe it

Originally posted by Bart
Should I be seeing a specialist at this stage ?

Symptoms

- Goosebumps driving to work this morning thinking back to the GF
- Wake up some mornings and try and recall if I was dreaming or it happened.
- An unspoken bond with the friends I shared that day with
- Repeatedly watching the last 5 minutes of the GF and the Geelong game just to check that the outcome was the same.
- Finding it difficult to get really excited about the season ahead
- No interest whatsoever in the pre-season
- Ranking the GF as the best day of my life. And yes I am married with kids who I adore.
- knowing deep down that it will never quite be the same again

yeah i'm with you mate - i guess i'll get into it when the real stuff starts - back to back would be sensational

and i especially agree with the best day of my life thing too

PS - its time to free yourself from saddo

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Charlie
I don't think it's ever quite sunk in that I've seen them win a flag. I didn't realise until long after we won that I never really thought it would ever happen. Or at least, that I couldn't really imagine it happening.

I've said that to a number of people who ask about it. I think that's why I was so emotional when the siren went. I had got to the point of just hoping one day it might happen. Never did I think that when it did happen I would be able to get tickets and experience it live.

I have played in a few basketball and volleyball premierships, but this had to be the greatest sporting moment of my life...by a long way.

[Claret]

There are a few moments from last years finals that still give me goose bumps when I watch them again, most notably when Schneider kicks his solo-effort goal in the last quarter. ("And Sydney are into the Grand Final!!")

It's almost as good as actually being there and watching all the Saints fans leave early!

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Claret
There are a few moments from last years finals that still give me goose bumps when I watch them again, most notably when Schneider kicks his solo-effort goal in the last quarter. ("And Sydney are into the Grand Final!!")

It's almost as good as actually being there and watching all the Saints fans leave early!

My wife still laughs at me about that. We were behind the goals and when Schneider kicked that third goal I jumped up and was speechless. I didn't know what to say or do.

[Cher]

Re: 5 months on and I still can't believe it

Originally posted by Bart
Should I be seeing a specialist at this stage ?

Symptoms

- Goosebumps driving to work this morning thinking back to the GF
- Wake up some mornings and try and recall if I was dreaming or it happened.
- An unspoken bond with the friends I shared that day with
- Repeatedly watching the last 5 minutes of the GF and the Geelong game just to check that the outcome was the same.
- Finding it difficult to get really excited about the season ahead
- No interest whatsoever in the pre-season
- Ranking the GF as the best day of my life.
- knowing deep down that it will never quite be the same again

I say yes to all of those except I AM looking forward to the season ahead!

[ScottH]

Can't believe what?

[Cher]

Opened the paper this morning and there staring up from a sports shop catalogue was our boys smiling faces while celebrating straight after the game.
My heart did a litte jump. We are the premiers!
The fact that a photo almost the same is on my loungeroom wall didn't stop me from staring at this pic in wonder!

[cruiser]

Re: 5 months on and I still can't believe it

Originally posted by Bart
- Finding it difficult to get really excited about the season ahead
-- knowing deep down that it will never quite be the same again

I agree with everything you list except these two. I've experienced winning back to back once before (SANFL 85-86) and it is an amazing, never to be forgotten experience. The second time is just as good as, if not better than, the first time. As for the forthcoming season, just you wait until the players run out onto the field at Telstra Dome on 1 April and again the following week at the SCG, and the red and white army gives them a cheer like you have never heard before (are you getting gooesbumps now?).

[Thunder Shaker]

Re: 5 months on and I still can't believe it

Originally posted by Bart

- Repeatedly watching the last 5 minutes of the GF and the Geelong game just to check that the outcome was the same.

Glad I'm not the only one.

"Nick Davis! I see it but I don't believe it!"
"Un-believable!"

"And the man who started it, the Schneiderman, can kick his third for the quarter. And the Swans are in the Grand Final!"

"For the first time in seventy-two years, the Swans are champions of the AFL"

[Bart]

Re: Re: 5 months on and I still can't believe it

Originally posted by punter257
PS - its time to free yourself from saddo

Takes 6 months to grieve the loss of a love child.