Milton66 wrote:I've got a mate who was at the game in the MCC area.
He follows the Saints, never goes to a game, but watches on TV.
Met up after the game at the station because our collective woves were at home together.
Upon meeting up, he told me what a great game it was, and we were just unlucky... never mind, it's only a game of footy.
I was about to tell him to go jump because I was gutted at the result.
Then I remembered... his dad is dying of leukemia.
We move, and move forward.
Great reminder Milt
but this meant a lot to many,many people who have had there trials and tribulations in the last year or 2.
As a few people here know my dad wally died just before xmas and he was a St.Kilda stalwart...lived and breathed red,white and black and was as passionate as anyone I have known...in 66 went missing for a week and even into his eighties was known to go for a nervous walk when his beloved saints were under threat and for taking his trumpet down to the Sorrento pubs after a win to play "oh when the saints".At his funeral he was carried out to Louie Armstrongs version at high volume
Mum was also a saint tragic in her own quite way but was stronger than all of the St.Kilda boys in the family ..would sit there like the rock of Gibraltar backing her saints until there was no hope.
My Mum[Mary] passed away in April this year of a stroke and when we visited her in Frankston Hospital although she couldn't open her eyes and her speech was slurred she managed to mention that Nick [ Dal Santo] was named one of the best last week...
One of her last sentences.
My sister late Jane taught Nick in year twelve in Bendigo and mum and dad knew Eileen Dal Santo well and Eileen and the family have had a promise[since Janes funeral] that if we ever win the flag that we will all get together for a commemorative drink...
Yet to happen but so close...
Agree that we need to keep things in perspective...but for our family there was a lot of emotion riding on the result on Saturday...and a lot of tears !
Agree its time to move on...just one hell of a lot easier to say than do
Hope one day it will all be healed with a few happy tears over a drink or two
Never take a backward step even to gain momentum.....
'It's OK to have the capabilities and abilities, but you've got to get it done." Terry Daniher 05
"We have beauty in our captain and we have a true leader in our coach. Our time will come"
Thinline.Post 09 Grand final.
