Goodbye

[The Fireman]

Coming back to post in your own "I'm leaving" thread is always a bit awkward

[Joffa Burns]

[The Fireman]

Yes thanks for that Joff..I did notice he got a bit snappy near the end.

[SaintPelican66]

Coming back to post in your own "I'm leaving" thread is always a bit awkward

Nah Joffaboy

[The Fireman]

Coming back to post in your own "I'm leaving" thread is always a bit awkward

Nah Joffaboy

are you doing a Trump?

[Trev from the Bush]

A seagull poster!

... Appeared from nowhere with a lot of squaking.
Dropped a lot of sh#t and then flew away.

Profile says SP66 joined 16 September this year and posted 363 times. That is the sign of somebody with too much time on there hands.

I expect to see a lot of BF posters posting here in few weeks. I await its next incarnation a.s a serial pest.

[asiu]

so

is this guy SaintsPremier or Nexus v:19

[asiu]

iirc he was tossing out Plugger key words /facts
(east bentleigh comes to mind) early on
but then became Nexus better than Nexus ever did Nexus

joffaboy just got a mention

must be Helen

Nexus pretending to be Plugger
but reverting to Nigel

[SaintPelican66]

so

is this guy SaintsPremier or Nexus v:19

SaintsPremier and CityWest

[shanegrambeau]

Yeah.


I don’t do advice.

But there is something about the above post that rings true.

As a teen and young adult, I honestly blamed St Kilda (and still do) for Anxiety Disorder, Bi-Polar Type II, Multiple Personality Disorder, Borderline Disorder and later Complex Borderline Disorder, ADHD, and a variety of other ailments...including that I am stuck living in Japan teaching English, and marooned on Gilligams Island except Ginger ain’t interested.

Phoney humility? Probably. Blame the Saints for that too.

Not that anything needs to be wrong with you!
Just speaking for myself.

Hey shane, speaking from a lifetime, (62 years) as a Saints supporter, with far more downs than ups, I feel very lucky to have chosen St Kilda FC.

Why?

Well for one thing it has strengthened my resolve to survive adversity, at a level unequalled by any other team supporter.

As I have mentioned before, it is a little known fact that Saints supporters are deserving of honorary doctorates in Grief Counselling. No longer do I suffer anxiety watching St Kilda play as I never expect them to win, such is their appalling record, not that I ever give up hoping, and when they do win it is a real thrill and gives me great joy!

By lowering expectations, being a team supporter is so much more pleasurable, and although we all know AFL is like a religion, you need to have blind faith to be a true adherent.

Yeah..mate I can relate...

(Don't wanna hijack thread with me, me , me ....well of course not)

I'm younger than you by 5 years....so that makes a difference in terms of the arc of a Saints follower. By the time I figured I was a proud St Kilda supporter wearing my red white and black to primary school. the Saints were in precipitous decline. One flash of a false dawn in 1978 I did see, and it was crushing how it all imploded.

Then we all know....Wooden Spoons, broke and can rattling, skuttlebutt in the press, butt of jokes generally, retirement home for ex-Carlton players..etc...rotating coaches and presidents, ...

Mid - 80s I met another St Kilda fan. He changed my mind. He was a 'star'. My high school years were just failure, promise...but this dude....he was school Captain, a sports champ, the girls loved him, he was frank and humble to boot....and he was a St Kilda fan. We laughed together about being Saints fans...and I merged my own (tragic) talent for self-depreciation with the lot of St Kilda..It was fun..fun again to be a Saints fan...Through those desperate years. But by '89, I was woken up again...the angry 8 year old in me wanted victory. The game against Carlton when Plugger kicked 10 on SOS - I was there...

So the '90s were a bit of a roller coaster...

I do think being a Saints fan has had an effect....yes, I expect to lose and laugh it off....but I do not agree that it is a good thing. It has been a real struggle to accept praise for things or to really compete when I know I am probably not favorite....I mean for jobs etc.
On the other hand...in the arts, music etc. I am a free spirit and I don't give a f%%&&( about being current or popular etc. so that is good. Again, I think St Kilda is a club that is tolerant of freaks or left of field types...mythology perhaps...

So a bit of both..

But when it comes to the club competing out on the field...I know that there is no room for it...it's just indulgence...Robert Harvey doesn't care....he just gets ball and calmly disposes of it well. So I try to bring a bit of that in too.

For super crazy try this...
As a swimmer, in order to maintain my form and pressure on the time clock, when I am in a vile mood, and trashing about with poor form and mind wandering, i sometimes think of my favorite players out on the track, giving it their best shot.

As for Mr Pelican...if he has five aliases etc., and is talking to himself on threads etc., it isn't ideal. but he probably knows it...or she..so, let it roll....

I am guessing this site is not the 'main one' for rational footy fans - if there are such beasts - we are the odd balls perhaps...so be it.

[asiu]

haha

were you SP too
good work

i wanted him shot as well ,
for general disciplinary reasons ... 2much whinging

[asiu]

On the other hand...in the arts, music etc. I am a free spirit and I don't give a f%%&&( about being current or popular etc. so that is good. Again, I think St Kilda is a club that is tolerant of freaks or left of field types...mythology perhaps...

interesting that you say that

i did read ... years ago ... a profile of afl supporters
and the creatives flock to St Kilda
... the sheiks of freak we are

[samuraisaint]

Hey SP66vmん
Take it easy, mate.
We're all Saints fans.
And so, by definition, somewhat frustrated and angst ridden.
Stick around and ignore the slings and arrows.
I don't get it, but we are better off not point scoring against each other.

Yeah.


I don’t do advice.

But there is something about the above post that rings true.

As a teen and young adult, I honestly blamed St Kilda (and still do) for Anxiety Disorder, Bi-Polar Type II, Multiple Personality Disorder, Borderline Disorder and later Complex Borderline Disorder, ADHD, and a variety of other ailments...including that I am stuck living in Japan teaching English, and marooned on Gilligams Island except Ginger ain’t interested.

Phoney humility? Probably. Blame the Saints for that too.

Not that anything needs to be wrong with you!
Just speaking for myself.

Japan is awesome

かんぺきだよ。

[shanegrambeau]

haha

were you SP too
good work

i wanted him shot as well ,
for general disciplinary reasons ... 2much whinging

Yes.
I confess.
One those flagrant seagulls is growing a beak...
...pelicas metamorphosis?

[Joffa Burns]

Hey SP66vmん
Take it easy, mate.
We're all Saints fans.
And so, by definition, somewhat frustrated and angst ridden.
Stick around and ignore the slings and arrows.
I don't get it, but we are better off not point scoring against each other.

Yeah.


I don’t do advice.

But there is something about the above post that rings true.

As a teen and young adult, I honestly blamed St Kilda (and still do) for Anxiety Disorder, Bi-Polar Type II, Multiple Personality Disorder, Borderline Disorder and later Complex Borderline Disorder, ADHD, and a variety of other ailments...including that I am stuck living in Japan teaching English, and marooned on Gilligams Island except Ginger ain’t interested.

Phoney humility? Probably. Blame the Saints for that too.

Not that anything needs to be wrong with you!
Just speaking for myself.

Japan is awesome

かんぺきだよ。

日本の刈り込まれた茂みが大好きです

[Ghost Like]

Isn't "Goodbye" meant to be a person's final word or near to final word?

[Cordz2]

I've only been on the forum for a short time compared to many, but I must say I've been disappointed by the attacks that a few, obviously passionate, posters slam onto each other. Obviously there's many years of history amongst these 5 or 6 regular saints fans, but it doesn't seem to contribute much to the discussion that many of us, or at least I want to read about. It's awesome that you guys have a lot of knowledge and passion about what's going on.... I want to hear that stuff. What I think is not cool is attacking each other about whether their post has backup or ITK sources etc or that in the past they screwed up with a prediction. Who really gives a flying f@#k if they were wrong? In the words of Joe Biden, let's all come together for the common passion of the Saints (he didn't actually say that) and just enjoy the rumours, predictions, hot tips and whatever else may come up because in the next few years there's a lot of love coming our way.

i gloss over the personal rubbish.

[SaintPelican66]

Carlisle deal signed, sealed and delivered for 1 year. Take that to the bank. If you don't believe me that is fine.

[The Fireman]

Carlisle deal signed, sealed and delivered for 1 year. Take that to the bank. If you don't believe me that is fine.

still here ?

[SaintPelican66]

Carlisle deal signed, sealed and delivered for 1 year. Take that to the bank. If you don't believe me that is fine.

still here ?

I'll be sticking around until the end of trade period.

[The Fireman]

Carlisle deal signed, sealed and delivered for 1 year. Take that to the bank. If you don't believe me that is fine.

still here ?

I'll be sticking around until the end of trade period.

oh ok... so what sort of goodbye is that ?

[SaintPelican66]

Carlisle deal signed, sealed and delivered for 1 year. Take that to the bank. If you don't believe me that is fine.

still here ?

I'll be sticking around until the end of trade period.

oh ok... so what sort of goodbye is that ?

It's a goodbye with a caveat.

[The Fireman]

Carlisle deal signed, sealed and delivered for 1 year. Take that to the bank. If you don't believe me that is fine.

still here ?

I'll be sticking around until the end of trade period.

oh ok... so what sort of goodbye is that ?

It's a goodbye with a caveat.

aaah a fake departure ... the validity of the thread is waning.