Palace Dees

Always sad when one of the good ones leave us. Fond memories of being on his table at my first B & F early 90's. Schwarta was also sitting with us for a lot of the time, and despite being a little starstruck sitting with #5, it was Barry who left the lasting impression with me of that night. Glad you got to hold the cup, King. RIP ❤️ 💙

I'm with you BD. I had the great pleasure of twice chatting with him whilst on a run. Both times a total chance meeting - once in Eltham, the other on Blairgowrie beach when he was CEO. Despite his threat of an IVO if it happened a 3rd time, he was very friendly and good company.

Great post, George. Thank you. As a 46 year member, I have always been bewildered by the low early numbers. Especially 1987, our first year of finals in 23 years. Only 3122 members! This suggests I will be one of very few to reach 50 years (hopefully) in the next decade. Although proud of this, a little sad that it will be a such a small party. At least my eldest son will be a member too. 🤗

Just beat me to it

We are all in the same boat

Interesting video. Ranks XL as #2 in which draftees most likely to impact in '25 list. No mention of Langford. https://youtu.be/LURGewKKPAs?si=tU4QPHgH2i21mPx3

Maybe read the link in my last post to see his club experience. 5 Premierships in the 16 years at Geelong and Hawthorn, 8 as CEO. I'm pretty sure he knows what he'd be facing.

Indeed he was https://mcc.org.au/newsletters/march-2017-edition/stuart-fox

Loved it. Had to watch it twice. Good to see a lighter side to Harvey, too. They seem great kids. Everything about the Dees seems new and improved. The last couple of years I've just wanted the season to start to stop the noise. This time I'm hanging to start the noise. What a different vibe it is. As HL said, bring on 2025!

Lindsay has a great footy IQ. Yes, he plays a lot outside (that in itself is not a negative) but he will tackle and be up for the hard ball when required. We have been crying out for on-ballers who think before they dispose of the ball to complement the crash and bash of some of our guns. The positive is that I am going to be happy watching Xavier over the next decade plus in red and blue, and GoodolBartul has already stated he will be happy to be proven wrong. Win/win.

Bit of an insight as to who is is as a player and person. Seems versatile too. Werribee Football Club - Jack Henderson to Become Second Werribee Centurion in Two Weeks https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.werribeefc.com.au%2Fnews%2F930-jack-henderson-to-become-second-werribee-centurion-in-two-weeks&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl2%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4

tick...tick...tick....🤗

OK, final prediction time. 5. Langford 9. If Allen available, we trade pick 9 to West Coast for 12 and 26 West Coast get their local boy and we and we pick up a nippy goalsneak (eg Berry, Reid, Hotton) with pick 12 (15ish) Then 🙏 PLEASE, hopefully Alex Dodson is still on the board and we snaffle him with 26 (30ish) I then receive the Demonland Nostradamus Award, or request the mods delete this post. 😬

It's funny. I came away thinking that perhaps Berry was being considered too. Three times he mentioned small forwards with mids and talls as possibles. Maybe he was just deliberately broadening the field to give absolutely nothing away.

Doubt it. Risky and potentially costly. Top 10 picks get paid more.