Come along to the Austar Arena in Ballarat this Sunday for lunch with fellow Demon lovers. Currently negotiating with Chris Connolly to see who will be attending from the Club. Then watch the Zebras take on the Roosters. Can't wait to see Newton, Martin, Morton etc in action.

TIME: 12 noon

COST: $25

For more information and bookings, contact Ralph on Phone 54612980

Come along to the Austar Arena in Ballarat this Sunday for lunch with fellow Demon lovers. Currently negotiating with Chris Connolly to see who will be attending from the Club. Then watch the Zebras take on the Roosters. Can't wait to see Newton, Martin, Morton etc in action.

TIME: 12 noon

COST: $25

For more information and bookings, contact Ralph on Phone 54612980

Would love to be there but have a commitment in the early afternoon which will probably keep me away.

Good luck with the function.

I agree. Good luck with the function and let's hear from all the Ballarat Demons on Sunday about how the function went and how the Demons played.

Come along to the Austar Arena in Ballarat this Sunday for lunch with fellow Demon lovers. Currently negotiating with Chris Connolly to see who will be attending from the Club. Then watch the Zebras take on the Roosters. Can't wait to see Newton, Martin, Morton etc in action.

TIME: 12 noon

COST: $25

For more information and bookings, contact Ralph on Phone 54612980

I have a cousin in Ballarat so I might come up and visit. What's the forecast?

Sunday A little rain developing. Min 2 Max 12

But it is Ballarat, so, warm inside. If you've never been to the Roosters home ground you could be suprised. You can watch the whole game from behind glass if you dont like the terraces.

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OK Jack, here we go, I have already had a few things to say on other threads and may copy some of that into this report for continuity.

Slight hiccup with the Luncheon resulted in; a cheaper meal, more food and not having to listen to any speakers. Knew I was off to a good start. During the course of the day had Kyle Cheney, Ben Holland, Issac Weetra, Jack Grimes, Kelly O'Donnell join us.

Went down to the rooms with Kyle a couple of times, spoke to more players and as it's VFL, listened to both Qtr time addresses.

Things to report outside individual game performances.

The 2s played with only 2 on the bench and lost a player during the game. Yep, that's right, they started with 20 and one was a promotion from the under 18s.

Sandy has 15 players (includes MFC) currently unavailable.

Kyle Cheney has a broken knuckle in his hand, sustained when he tried to punch a ball last week, missed, & punched the back of an opponents head. He Doesn't think the guy needs stiches & says he REALLY was trying to punch the ball. I payed close attention to him during the day and asked a lot of questions regarding coaches, players, training etc. I REALLY like the kid.

No, I'm not going to share, you want to really know stuff, get involved like our supporter group.

Last week, all the Ist year players (11, I think) went to Warrnambool with Brent Moloney and the boxing coach and trained.

Apparently, Auzzie thought the water temp was a bit colder than the islands up Nth. Again, not saying any more, our group sponsors Auzzie.

Adem Yze didn't come up, injury undetermined.

Ben Holland, shoulder injury and doesn't sound promising.

Liked Andy Lovells approach/ handling of the players and instructions.

Player report

Arrived at 12 so didn't see all of the 2s

Jack Grimes - Oh yeah, he can play, second game, limited opportunities, he still stood out. Reads it well, delivers it well.

Isaac Weetra - Great young bloke, just needs to believe. (I'm a Dennis Pagen believer, "its played between the ears")

The ones ( they lost, but watchout if they get the other 15 back)

38 Maric, Addam - Impressed with limited opportunity and not just kicking goals.

41 McNamara, Tom - for me a standout, someone I had not seen, liked his work ethic, 1%ers, going to check his stats.

42 Spencer, Jake - he is big

49 Meesen, John - he is flat footed (serious, I saw 10 sec of what he might be ie, clearing handball and great tackle) Jamar may be safe.

67 Carroll, Nathan - As good as Frawley, but lots of years older. He didn't drift down for a goal in the last, Chopper sent him down there.

68 Newton, Michael - an older man with some Nous sat next to Juice before the game and engaged him in conversation. The statement that lingers is; "I'll be able to kick'em from the square today". That prompted me to look at and probe. "Show pony" is appropriate. Alan Jaka (where is JakA)comes to mind. For all those who bag Sandy and say Newton is being held back by Sautner et al, The LESSON hasn't sunk in. Nick puts the CLUB first! yes! he struts around and thinks he can do it all, but his teammates WANT to kick it to him. When Juice plays with him they WANT to kick it to Sautner.

Newton has enormous talent. I hope Bailey takes him head on, coz that's what's needed and if he fails I don't want him. He will be another "Talent" without an ethic.

69 Frawley, James - One of the best

71 Petterd, Ricky - on the way back, he can play and we know it.

75 Bell, Daniel - I was surprised last year

Disclaimer: I can be out of step with mainstream observation and have a "half full" approach to things and I like it that way.

Oh, and shoot me if I'm not 100% accurate all the time.