I noticed that too. Funny how quick they all were to crow about Box Hill and Geelong's success leading to success in the seniors. But it can't be the same with Footscray.
It's a little bit sad. We've heard so many stories of days gone by - Chapman, Ablett Jr, etc playing in a Geelong VFL flag, and later emulating that on the biggest stage of all. Box Hill, the fabled development ground for Hawthorn.
But these old bastards, covered in cobwebs and still clinging to the days of Bartlett, Roach, Hart and Richmond making the finals in consecutive years, the Colliwobbles, the brown paper bag days at Princes Park, they just can't handle the thought that Footscray finally aren't on the road to nowhere.
I hope they're all still alive to see us win a premiership. It'll be glorious.