Payback

[dawson]

After eight years, payback is sweet for that 85-point shellacking we received from the Hawks in the last game at Waverley.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Wtf, i thought this was going to be about Collingwood

[dawson]

Wtf, i thought this was going to be about Collingwood

Don't worry - theirs is coming in a week.

But for those of us who unfortunately remember it - that last game at Waverley left a lot of scars.

[satchmopugdog]

I'm still getting over the 80's and early 90's when I would be up at the Falmouth community centre the only Swans supporter in the Fingal Valley(the other one died) every Sunday and we would be thrashed by the Hawks (and the rest). The Hawks supporters were unmerciless. Gotta love payback.

[NMWBloods]

I thought it was going to be a stupid karma thread!!

[dawson]

I thought it was going to be a stupid karma thread!!

Nope - just for you I didnt dare mention the k word.

[goswannie14]

Nope - just for you I didnt dare mention the k word.

The thread is still just as stupid.

[dawson]

The thread is still just as stupid.

You wouldnt be saying that had you been following the Swans at that time and experienced what we went through.

[Swannette]

Yea, I was at the game, could even have been my first time travelling to Melbourne and we were belted from start to finish with our top 4 hopes on the line. Apart from the painful loss, the strongest memory of my one and only trip to Waverley is the size of the ground (it's simply humumgous) and the old bench seats circa 1950 - most uncomfy!

[NMWBloods]

You wouldnt be saying that had you been following the Swans at that time and experienced what we went through.

How stupid.

[ScottH]

You wouldnt be saying that had you been following the Swans at that time and experienced what we went through.

Wrong response, he's an old timer (no offence gs14 )

A lot of us were around then.

[goswannie14]

You wouldnt be saying that had you been following the Swans at that time and experienced what we went through.

I've been supporting the Swans for 38 years, I've sat through worse.


BTW Scott, no offence taken.

[Zlatorog]

I don't understand about the payback to Hawthorn. The game in question was played at Waverley Park, which was closing down that year and naturally the Hawks were pumped up. At the same time our players travelled to Waverley after they played WCE at the WACA previous week, obviously not fully recovered from the trip. The Hawks didn't even play in the finals that year.

[dawson]

The similarities:
* Both teams who lost quite badly had a lot more to play for then the teams which won.
* The result of which was a severe derailing of both premiership chances. Had we won that day we would have finished 5th instead of 8th.

[Thunder Shaker]

After eight years, payback is sweet for that 85-point shellacking we received from the Hawks in the last game at Waverley.

I was at that game, and oh boy do I have bad memories of that game. I was with two Hawks mates and they were good about it, but we were sitting about three rows behind the Hawthorn cheer squad. You can imagine how much of an idiot I felt on those seldom occasions when I had a goal to celebrate.

And to make it worse, the person who was giving us a lift home left without us.

All in all, it was not a happy day.