has watching the saints ever made you cry??

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The Saints making me cry? Have you got about a year?

The recent ones that come to mind are R 6, 2004 Vs Brisbane, QF 2005 Vs Adelaide and PF 2005 Vs Sydney. I also think I cried before R 22 this year when I heard Fraser was giving it away.

Obviously all the other retirements, etc have been sad affairs.


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saint66au wrote:Actually the closest Ive felt to shedding a tear was BEFORE the 97 GF.. watched the team when Iran out onto the ground and when they linked arms for the National Anthem I had a lump in my throat the size of a tennis ball I was so proud. Saw enough tears shed after the game though.

I'm saving mine up for when we finally win the Cup...if you are gonna cry at a footy game might as well be tears of happiness I reckon :-)
Yep, same with me - very proud moment. I reckon I had a tear or two in the eyes in the social club at Moorabbin when we knocked the crows off thanks to R.Harvey in the 2005 QF.


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Post: # 479221Post RooandKosi »

I think i cried from 1985 - 1989. I was only 4 - 8 years old but what a crap era.

97 i just got angry and 2005 prelim was the worst day in the saints history we had that flag we were so close!!


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2005 QF greatest win yet for the saints in my time.


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2004 pf


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My eyes can get a bit watery however I never actually cry.

During games though I struggle to stay calm. Every game is a rollercoaster unless we're 5 goals up in the last.

Footy is emotionally draining for me and definitely not good for the heart.

Lately when I've watched a game at home and it's tight in the last quarter, I've developed a habit of turning the tv off and doing something else because I just can't handle the nerves.

I'm going to do my best to stop that next season because it still hurts just as much when I find out we've lost, but when we win I feel like I've missed something that I would've remembered forever, like the last few minutes of Harvey's 350th.

Obviously I was still ecstatic after that particular win but in reality I'm taking the easy way out. The feeling of winning is not the same when you don't ride every bump with the boys until the final siren.


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OLB wrote:My eyes can get a bit watery however I never actually cry.

During games though I struggle to stay calm. Every game is a rollercoaster unless we're 5 goals up in the last.

Footy is emotionally draining for me and definitely not good for the heart.

Lately when I've watched a game at home and it's tight in the last quarter, I've developed a habit of turning the tv off and doing something else because I just can't handle the nerves.

I'm going to do my best to stop that next season because it still hurts just as much when I find out we've lost, but when we win I feel like I've missed something that I would've remembered forever, like the last few minutes of Harvey's 350th.

Obviously I was still ecstatic after that particular win but in reality I'm taking the easy way out. The feeling of winning is not the same when you don't ride every bump with the boys until the final siren.
You definitely need a high level of mental toughness to follow St.Kilda. When my toughness wavers I always ask myself to try and display the qualities I expect our players to show.


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saintdooley wrote:04 PF
i wasnt there, but it killed me to see Guerra miss that soccer kick with seconds to go to get the scores level! ive seen the replay hundreds of times since, and still wonder how he was so slow to get boot to ball!
but we cant blame it on 1 player, i believe it was us supporters who stuffed it up by running on the ground and having a party for a few mins when the G train kicked his 100th, and that gave port players a good 3 mins to get together and talk about what their doing wrong, and how they can improove!
I have lost count of how many times i have put the ball through the goals with my right foot at the park (opposite foot just like Wiggy), just makes it the more depressing


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Once at Waverley, watching the Lions or was it the Bears, my eyes got watery when my head was being pelted with hail stones. At the same time though I had a smile on my face as I watched the Lions/Bears players running around with their jumpers pulled over their heads.


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Post: # 479600Post Enrico_Misso »

TBs funeral - the saddest moment in our history.


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Selhurst Saint wrote:
OLB wrote:My eyes can get a bit watery however I never actually cry.

During games though I struggle to stay calm. Every game is a rollercoaster unless we're 5 goals up in the last.

Footy is emotionally draining for me and definitely not good for the heart.

Lately when I've watched a game at home and it's tight in the last quarter, I've developed a habit of turning the tv off and doing something else because I just can't handle the nerves.

I'm going to do my best to stop that next season because it still hurts just as much when I find out we've lost, but when we win I feel like I've missed something that I would've remembered forever, like the last few minutes of Harvey's 350th.

Obviously I was still ecstatic after that particular win but in reality I'm taking the easy way out. The feeling of winning is not the same when you don't ride every bump with the boys until the final siren.
You definitely need a high level of mental toughness to follow St.Kilda. When my toughness wavers I always ask myself to try and display the qualities I expect our players to show.
I'm definitely taking that on board. Thinking about that during a game would help me enormously, believe me.

No doubt though that supporters are more jittery during a game than the footballers playing the game. Footballers know they actually have a bearing on the outcome of a game, where as we pin our hopes on the players and have to just sit, watch and pray that they all do the right thing to help our club get over the line. It can be excruciating.


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Post: # 479713Post saintsrule »

05 prelim :cry:


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05 prelim i cryd a bit too much..

i cryd of joy for that win against sydney last year..haha bestest gameee


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Post: # 479741Post Cirra »

04' Prelim was awful but the game where I was the most upset was the round 21 game against Freo at Subiaco in 2005.

That damn Longmuir kicking the goal after the siren.

I felt devistated. The injures we suffered that game were terrible and I remember leaving the room as he kicked the goal thinking that we couldn't win the GF now with the injuries we had.

How true it turned out to be......


Tears of joy....'05 QF and Harves 350th best 2 games I've ever seen.


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Post: # 479757Post lovin_dal_santo »

far too many times,
two thousand and five qualifying final
two thousand and five preliminary final
the west coast game when matty broke his leg
robert harvey's 350th


hm st.kilda is really the cause of most of my happiness and but almost all of my tears!!


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Post: # 479842Post megs4#31 »

at games....
Burkies last game, just the music and first game i'd been to where a player retired. Little girl behind me was balling her eyes out.
2005 final game against sydney. was SOOOO frustrated and burst into tears, cried bout 10 mins in the last quarter.


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Post: # 479928Post GRAMophone »

The National Anthem gets me going each and EVERY time saints are involved in a final but the day after 2005 P/F I was very tearful. Such a sad end to the ride after a fantastic trip to Adelaide for the Q/F the week before.


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Post: # 479931Post loving_the_dal »

many times..
had a tear in my eye.. when kosi got knocked out.. when bally got k'od against sydney in the wet.. when goose broke his leg.. any harvs milestone game..
i have actually cried.. when we lost the elimination final to melbourne.. i cried so much that night cried myself to sleep.. when we lost to sydney 05.
hmm what is this club doing to me :wink: :wink: :)


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