Palace Dees

It's staggering to reflect that nearly 228,000 people can be lost because of one act of nature. The 2005 R.1 Melbourne vs Essendon match that honoured Troy was the most emotional game I've attended.

Palace Pickett, please 🥰

1971 R18 at Arden Street. I was 17yo and although a Demon from my earliest memory, I had never seen them live. Dad rarely went and I never saw a game with him, despite chasing his car in tears as he went with a neighbour. I either played myself or followed the races in those days. I had started my first job in a bank in the city and had become good friends with a North supporter. Given our teams were playing and I wasn't, we went and were two of a crowd of just 6500 to brave the wind and rain that day. 14 of the 17 match goals were scored at one end. Game day reports show Max Walker replaced 'Crackers' Keenan in the last quarter, we had just 32 handballs for the day and over 100 frees were awarded. I remember we were 26 pts down at 3/4 time but kicked 5 of our 9 match goals in the last quarter to draw the game. My mate's smug look evaporating with every goal. As my mate's brother was good friends with David Dench, I joined them in the social club post match. Last thing I remember was being escorted out mid evening after cheering Melbourne's goals on the replay being shown and singing It's A Grand Old Flag.

A Premiership and a home base in the same decade...... Who'd uv thunk it? 🫠

Inherited from father. Only many years later did I find out how he became one. Our neighbours across the road were Melbourne which I thought was just coincedental. It seems my father was a Footscray supporter, despite once being on the Collingwood supplementary list. I'm unsure he even pulled on a Collingwood jumper though, tbh. He was a Preston player and post career involved in coaching the 3rds and 2nds, so the VFA was his focus. Anyway, the neighbour convinced Dad to go to a match at the MCG to see the Dees and he told me the MCG was so much better to watch footy at, that he switched. Pretty superficial reason I thought, but a sliding doors moment I'm glad happened. ❤️💙

It would have been my late mother's 102nd birthday today. .....just sayin' Miss you too, Mum 😥

Windsor looks like the sprinter of the two. Given Tholstrup is from WA, I'm hoping he's a 'stayer'. 😉

Very ungainly kicking style but boy, love her run and carry. Great attack at the contest too. I really liked her Dad as a footballer and had the pleasure of meeting him. She's from good stock.

With such insight, it's a wonder he hasn't got his own SEN timeslot. Maybe pair him up with a cereal grain (serial pain) we all know? 🌽

Hhmmm....not sure now whether to back him in the Rising Star or the Vic Derby. 🤔

Isn't great to get the forum back on track. I'm talking to the 90% of Demonlanders who come here for the right reasons. The other 10% (we all know who) can stop reading now. As is so often the case, WCW leads the way again. Like a lot of us post season, I couldn't bring myself to visit DL for a while, knowing the vitriol and poison that you have to troll through to try and get some understanding of expectations not met. Then you see a post from WCW and others that are hurting just as much but don't feel compelled to kick the dog or point the finger at everyone and everything. I must admit, every time I visit here I am hoping to see a WCW post. Her positivity and insightful humour often changes my mood and day. Hopefully, the naysayers here can take inspiration from her view of life and DL can eventually remove those cigarette package warnings about respect and behaviour.

Sorry Andy, didn't realise you'd said exactly the same thing. I should have read all before posting. I reckon it's confirmed as fact then. 😉

Best training report I've ever read. 🤣👏❤️💙

Your red and blue face will turn purple in this rain WCW. Better wear a hat so they don't think you are a Freo spy trying to pinch another of our young guns. 😉

I posted a replay of the Vic Metro vs WA game a few posts back. Do yourself a favour and go to around 51 mins into it. From a WA kick in, you will see Windsor tackle an opponent to the ground. A WA player picks up the loose ball only to have Windsor get up and tacke him also. From this spillage a Vic metro player picks it up and delivers to Watson who kicks his 5th. He's not just a running outside player. Love his work ethic.

Yep. I was there and he immediately became my favourite player. Pretty sure Gerald Healy called it the best debut game he had ever seen.

It might be the hair, but also the way he plays, he reminds me of Buddha Hocking. I could live with that. Nickname - Whiskas? 🤔

https://www.afl.com.au/video/968936/national-boys-u18-championships-match-replay-vic-metro-v-wa?videoId=968936&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1688862900001 May have been posted already somewhere, but this replay of the Vic Metro vs WA has all 3 (hopefully) young Melbourne recruits. Eg, Windsor, Tholstrup and Brown. Worth a watch.

If the draft was another week away, we might have been able to rookie him. 😉

What I find myself doing (since mid year) is getting sucked into the 'talk' of who's the best draft prospect etc, etc. I then find myself disappointed we may not get A or B or even C! Then I look at our track record as a club and realise, they know a helluva lot more than me, and most other clubs. As has been said by many of the more rational posters. We have to trust Jason and the people involved here. They have a proven track record. I wait and will applaud whatever they do Monday.

I heard that too. Has that happened in the past? Would clubs show their true hand then? Seems high risk, especially with people like Dodoro around.

Hahaha. He said Harley....I think 🤔

Cal asked Jason who we will take at 6. He replied 'Reid'. You heard it here first!

Of course he will. I was very much tongue in cheek. But will be worth a listen anyway. Even if it is just confirming we haven't a clue. 😆

Jason Taylor is on Gettable at 12.45 today. I'm sure we'll know exactly what we will pick then. 😉