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16 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Fred Fanning was just inducted into our Hall of Fame ❤️💙

Great bloke always stayed at his pub when i was working in his town

 
3 hours ago, Go Ds said:

Was this a surprise? He was a heart-and-soul role-model kind of player. But wasn't he always at least a rung below the most talented players?

He may not have been an Ablett,but was skilled with great courage and wore his heart on his sleeve everyday for the Ds

16 hours ago, Yze_13 said:

I’m not sure if it’s streaming, but for everyone who loves this club, if you can - watch Garry’s induction speech for Jim. One of the great speeches I’ve ever heard.

Look forward to watching if/when the club puts it up on the site.

 
4 hours ago, Go Ds said:

It is. But I just looked at the team of the century thread. Not everyone had him in their best 18 or even 22/23.

Are you trying to say he is not worthy of this honour? - 'cause that's what it sounds like.

5 hours ago, Deestar9 said:

His treatment and delisting ripped the heart out of our club for a long time …

Exactly.  We lacked leadership back then & we got rid of one of our most experienced players. I hated seeing him in gws colours


5 hours ago, poita said:

250 games, 2 x B&F, All Australian & Club Captain. That's a pretty solid resume, particularly for a guy who fought his way off the rookie list.

I think people also forget that pre-knee James McDonald was turning into a very special player (I think it happened towards the end of the 2000 season?).  He was still a very special player but seemed to lose some of his athletic abilities post knee surgery and yet still went on to be captain, BnF winner etc.

38 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Are you trying to say he is not worthy of this honour? - 'cause that's what it sounds like.

No it doesn't.

12 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

Are you trying to say he is not worthy of this honour? - 'cause that's what it sounds like.

Yeah.... I'll be loudly protesting outside the president's office. If the beloved McDonald is not un-instated I'll be microwaving my membership card on TikTok.

 
21 hours ago, Go Ds said:

It is. But I just looked at the team of the century thread. Not everyone had him in their best 18 or even 22/23.

Nathan Buckley said he was in his top 10 of hardest players to play against, and built like a whippet. 

He’s one of 45 former players (for us) in the Hall of Fame, so not sure relevance of Team of Century reference, leaving aside the salient comment from @Gator on that anyway.

Absolute fave of mine, have a signed photo of him on the wall leading the team out. Star of our club.

Well done, and well deserved, Junior! 

Edited by Tim

On 26/02/2025 at 11:46, Go Ds said:

Hell no. But usually wouldn't Hall Of Famers be first-mentioned when asked about best players? 

Sort of, HAF can also be service to the the club.  So his captaincy an leadership may be a big reason why.

Where as someone like Gerard Healy might make our TOTC but not a club HOF because the %^@$&^^$ left 😆


On 25/02/2025 at 21:07, Yze_13 said:

I’m not sure if it’s streaming, but for everyone who loves this club, if you can - watch Garry’s induction speech for Jim. One of the great speeches I’ve ever heard.

Does anyone know where we could listen to this, can't seem to find it anywhere?

9 minutes ago, Rednblueriseing said:

Does anyone know where we could listen to this, can't seem to find it anywhere?

I doubt it will be uploaded anywhere. It was good but more than a few expletives etc.

Aside from his pure admiration for Jimmy, his ability to use the stories and direct the punchline directly at the current playing group is pretty effective.

I can also confirm the attitude of the players was pretty upbeat about 2025.

Well apparently it's all about love this season.  Tomorrow night on ch7 sport Bec maddern sits down with goody & they showed a sneak peak just then & he talks about the love the club has.

25 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Well apparently it's all about love this season.  Tomorrow night on ch7 sport Bec maddern sits down with goody & they showed a sneak peak just then & he talks about the love the club has.

gone, ya saying? crom in 2026 - anb already there, waiting to be his vice-captain

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