i'm starting to get butterflies!

megs4#31 · Post: # 646339Post **megs4#31** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 12:12pm

is anybody else starting to get butterflies and get nervous. I will have to endure the pain of watching it on tv this weekend (which i just can't do, i cannot sit through it especially if its close!) in the hopes that i will be jumping on a plane on wednesday night to come to see my boys play next week.

i'm just getting those feelings in the pit of my stomach of nerves. Never had this feeling before, dont know whether its a good or bad thing. I just have a feeling that we will be there next week and im driving everyone insane with my football talk. Hurry up saturday night....say 830 perth time so i know what the HELL IS GOING ON!!!!!

TriColourDisciple · Wed 17 Sep 2008 12:27pm

You're not alone with the butterfly thing . Mine are ever present & are doing loop-to-loops!

Beekay · Post: # 646359Post **Beekay** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 12:32pm

I was doing fine until I read this thread.

St. Luke · Post: # 646366Post **St. Luke** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 12:38pm

I was meant to be going to a dinner with friends (at their place) on Saturday night, they told me that theyâ€™d move the dinner to around the TV. I said thatâ€™s great, I hope you enjoy yourselves, cos I wonâ€™t be there

(Itâ€™s for their own good to be honest, Iâ€™m a noisy barracker and very unpleasant to be around if it looks like weâ€™re going down) â€“ The best place for me is at the MCG with my fellow Sainters!

Iâ€™m sorry you canâ€™t make it there yourselves, itâ€™s a big ask to travel so far at times.

markp · Post: # 646380Post **markp** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 12:58pm

I'm still in a state of denial about the whole thing.

The most surreal season ever....

yipper · Post: # 646384Post **yipper** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:00pm

Beekay wrote:I was doing fine until I read this thread.

Yeah, me too. I think the reality is starting to kick in - a Prelim, one step away from the big one. Registration process for securing a GF ticket has also kicked in the nerves a bit to!! Just think, we are in much better shape than previous PF games - reckon this is our chance to go through.

Post: # 646392Post **n1ck** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:06pm

I dont usually get nervous until the day of the game, but the butterflies well and truly started yesterday during training!

Or maybe that was just hunger...

carnasaints55 · Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:11pm

wow. its really beginning to kick in now. much better situation goinig into a prelim than '04. absolutely havent been able to sit still since the moment the coollingwood game ended. cant wait.
GET FIRED UP SAINTS!

degruch · Post: # 646404Post **degruch** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:15pm

Given our tendancy to choke in big finals...yeah. I'd be bloody disappointed if we went down to the Hawks, as I think we've got their measure. But I also thought the same against Melbourne in 2006!

Winmar7Fan · Post: # 646406Post **Winmar7Fan** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:15pm

I'm still finding it hard to come to terms with after the season we've had and all the doom and gloom for months on here wanting to get rid of the coach and players etc.

I have got it right haven't I we are actually 1 game away from playing in the big one?

matrix · Post: # 646409Post **matrix** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:18pm

to be honest i havent thought of this weeks game 24/7....
obviously ive been thinking about it, but most of my time is taken up with what the plan of attack is to be able to get there the week after.

do i stand out the front 4 hours before hand and hope my 'man out the front with a spare' is about.

im so confident we'll beat the hawkers its not funny.....and have looked past that to worry about the week after and the plan of attack for a seat.
thats making me as nervous as f***!!

degruch · Post: # 646412Post **degruch** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:21pm

Winmar7Fan wrote:I'm still finding it hard to come to terms with after the season we've had and all the doom and gloom for months on here wanting to get rid of the coach and players etc.

I have got it right haven't I we are actually 1 game away from playing in the big one?

Yeah, but don't forget that 'all the doom and gloom' came from a handful of supporters who'd been sucked in by Mike Sheahan's hype, plus a piss-weak media contingent wanting to justify their poor showing in the office footy tips early in the season!

Winmar7Fan · Post: # 646415Post **Winmar7Fan** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:23pm

matrixcutter wrote:to be honest i havent thought of this weeks game 24/7....
obviously ive been thinking about it, but most of my time is taken up with what the plan of attack is to be able to get there the week after.

do i stand out the front 4 hours before hand and hope my 'man out the front with a spare' is about.

im so confident we'll beat the hawkers its not funny.....and have looked past that to worry about the week after and the plan of attack for a seat.
thats making me as nervous as f***!!

It's ridiculous but I know what you mean and I suppose the win last time with them is making me feel confident but I probably shouldn't be. I felt like this going into the 97 Grand Final.

Silly thing is I'm more concerned about the Bulldogs winning than us.

St. Luke · Post: # 646420Post **St. Luke** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:30pm

degruch wrote:Given our tendancy to choke in big finals...yeah. I'd be bloody disappointed if we went down to the Hawks, as I think we've got their measure. But I also thought the same against Melbourne in 2006!

Hmmm we went down with no players left on the bench that day....after leading Melbourne for 3/4 of the game. It was sad to see our run drop off, we hd some really tired players towards the end, and that's what got Melbourne over us. There was a viable reason.

midas_touch · Wed 17 Sep 2008 2:09pm

I'm also one who has started to get the butterflies in the stomach after coming across this thread. Haven't fully pumped myself up for the game yet, but I'm in no doubts that in the next day or two that it will start to fully sink in that we are one win away from a granny, and I will start to completely obsess about how the game might pan out, and other things like possible matchups.

ScubaSam44 · Post: # 646511Post **ScubaSam44** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 3:08pm

hell yes, ive had butterflies since the collingwood game ended.
i know we can beat hawks, but we just previously lost to geelong, so if we get into the final with geelong....... kind of giving me a down side

Joey · Post: # 646535Post **Joey** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 3:32pm

The feeling this week is totaly different to 04 and 05, i was nervous as hell leading up to the prelims in those years. but this year i don't feel that nervous, maybe cause no one expected us to be here.

Anyway i'm hoping that my luck continues, since the saints have won every game i've been to this year. (8 in total)

ScubaSam44 · Post: # 646540Post **ScubaSam44** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 3:40pm

they've won everygame you've been to this year? woaah, your tickets have been worth while then.

Joey · Post: # 646545Post **Joey** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 3:43pm

ScubaSam44 wrote:they've won everygame you've been to this year? woaah, your tickets have been worth while then.

your tellin me!! so i'm hoping it continues. got mine first thing monday morning for this weeks game, not gonna miss one now.

Bit superstitious that way!!

ScubaSam44 · Post: # 646614Post **ScubaSam44** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 4:44pm

haha nice, yeah lets hope you can continue going without loss.

HarveysDeciple · Wed 17 Sep 2008 4:58pm

Yep getting very tooey!

Firmly because I believe we can win it!

Just get there Sainters, let the fairytale continue.

Saintly1 · Post: # 646931Post **Saintly1** » Wed 17 Sep 2008 10:48pm

megs4#31

New postPosted: Wed 17 Sep 2008 11:12am Post subject: i'm starting to get butterflies! Reply with quote
is anybody else starting to get butterflies and get nervous. I will have to endure the pain of watching it on tv this weekend (which i just can't do, i cannot sit through it especially if its close!) in the hopes that i will be jumping on a plane on wednesday night to come to see my boys play next week.

i'm just getting those feelings in the pit of my stomach of nerves. Never had this feeling before, dont know whether its a good or bad thing. I just have a feeling that we will be there next week and im driving everyone insane with my football talk. Hurry up saturday night....say 830 perth time so i know what
the HELL IS GOING ON!!!!!

I so feel like that right now every since Saturday night, soo much the same as u i thought i was the only one going insane and driving my kids mad! never had this nervous, anxiuous feeling before, and have that feeling we will be there next week i will be like you with the hopes of being able to fly down im checking the flights everyday as the fares go up agh! i have 3 airports i could fly from just a bit of travel to get there first via trai and either sunshine coast or brisbane where i live fraser coast is like changing every day it's cheaper for me to go to Sunshine. worked out i can just afford to fly I am soooo tempted to just buy my one way ticket now and get the return seat later.
Saturday night can't come any sooner!

The Fireman · Wed 17 Sep 2008 10:50pm

No butterflies, been there enough times now, will take it as it comes.
Been burnt too many times when I have been confident and excited.
Just cruise...less pain.

SaintWodonga · Wed 17 Sep 2008 10:58pm

ScubaSam44 wrote:hell yes, ive had butterflies since the collingwood game ended.
i know we can beat hawks, but we just previously lost to geelong, so if we get into the final with geelong....... kind of giving me a down side

I know it was pre season... but we did beat Geelong earlier in the year.. Must count for something...

saint patrick · Wed 17 Sep 2008 11:05pm

The Fireman wrote:No butterflies, been there enough times now, will take it as it comes.
Been burnt too many times when I have been confident and excited.
Just cruise...less pain.

Same here Fireman...been there done that...prefer to stick with my spooky calmness this year...like it's written in the stars....fate here it comes...ready or not.

Go Saints