Short sharp skills session at the Junction oval this morning in cool drizzly conditions. 24 of the 25 selected players took part including Rivers and Spencer. I didn't see Rohan Bail on the ground or any of the Casey squad for the gold coast match, although Cheney and Johnson made a brief appearance near the stands. Tapscott and Gawn also spotted, but remained inside.

Great to see Morton, Blease, Wonna and Bell take part in the full training with no signs of any limp from Blease. Morton must be very close to a return.

Jurrah spent a fair amount of time on the ground before the main session practicing his goalkicking, plus a short kick to kick with one of the trainers. He took a few marks overhead with no signs of discomfort, and despite the weather, he didn't wear leg-ins!!!

Fitzpatrick also trained before the main group.

The session lasted an hour. No injuries and not many fumbles. They looked good.

Short sharp skills session at the Junction oval this morning in cool drizzly conditions. 24 of the 25 selected players took part including Rivers and Spencer. I didn't see Rohan Bail on the ground or any of the Casey squad for the gold coast match, although Cheney and Johnson made a brief appearance near the stands. Tapscott and Gawn also spotted, but remained inside.

Great to see Morton, Blease, Wonna and Bell take part in the full training with no signs of any limp from Blease. Morton must be very close to a return.

Jurrah spent a fair amount of time on the ground before the main session practicing his goalkicking, plus a short kick to kick with one of the trainers. He took a few marks overhead with no signs of discomfort, and despite the weather, he didn't wear leg-ins!!!

Fitzpatrick also trained before the main group.

The session lasted an hour. No injuries and not many fumbles. They looked good.

Rohan Bail is the stiffest bloke on our list.

Thanks for the report

Short sharp skills session at the Junction oval this morning in cool drizzly conditions. 24 of the 25 selected players took part including Rivers and Spencer. I didn't see Rohan Bail on the ground or any of the Casey squad for the gold coast match, although Cheney and Johnson made a brief appearance near the stands. Tapscott and Gawn also spotted, but remained inside.

Great to see Morton, Blease, Wonna and Bell take part in the full training with no signs of any limp from Blease. Morton must be very close to a return.

Jurrah spent a fair amount of time on the ground before the main session practicing his goalkicking, plus a short kick to kick with one of the trainers. He took a few marks overhead with no signs of discomfort, and despite the weather, he didn't wear leg-ins!!!

Fitzpatrick also trained before the main group.

The session lasted an hour. No injuries and not many fumbles. They looked good.

Good that there were few fumbles in drizzly conditions, and to hear that signs are positive for the rebab group. Thanks for the feedback DD DDC

Good that there were few fumbles in drizzly conditions, and to hear that signs are positive for the rebab group. Thanks for the feedback DD DDC

Thanks for the report

Short sharp skills session at the Junction oval this morning in cool drizzly conditions. 24 of the 25 selected players took part including Rivers and Spencer. I didn't see Rohan Bail on the ground or any of the Casey squad for the gold coast match, although Cheney and Johnson made a brief appearance near the stands. Tapscott and Gawn also spotted, but remained inside.

Great to see Morton, Blease, Wonna and Bell take part in the full training with no signs of any limp from Blease. Morton must be very close to a return.

Jurrah spent a fair amount of time on the ground before the main session practicing his goalkicking, plus a short kick to kick with one of the trainers. He took a few marks overhead with no signs of discomfort, and despite the weather, he didn't wear leg-ins!!!

Fitzpatrick also trained before the main group.

The session lasted an hour. No injuries and not many fumbles. They looked good.

nice work. good to hear Jurrah taking over head marks, I hope Bail is an inclusion in next week clash against WB. I love his work

Rohan Bail is the stiffest bloke on our list.

Thanks for the report

I agree - was very good for a couple of weeks before being out last week! Thought he would have walked straight back in?!

in an article from sportal.com on my phone it quoted Bailey as saying that Morton was 2 weeks away from playing VFL.

I agree - was very good for a couple of weeks before being out last week! Thought he would have walked straight back in?!

No one is going to walk back into this side, that's what the club should aim for.

Who at the moment would want to put in a bad game? Players breathing down your neck to take your spot.

Helps to get rid of complacency around the club that's for sure.

Rohan will get back in for sure-but when is not known.

This sort of internal competition will help win the club more games than we might expect.

Short sharp skills session at the Junction oval this morning in cool drizzly conditions. 24 of the 25 selected players took part including Rivers

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Great report buddy!

You da man

All good news.. gonna be hard to sleep tonite!

Go Dees

No one is going to walk back into this side, that's what the club should aim for.

Who at the moment would want to put in a bad game? Players breathing down your neck to take your spot.

Helps to get rid of complacency around the club that's for sure.

Rohan will get back in for sure-but when is not known.

This sort of internal competition will help win the club more games than we might expect.

is that the same for Jack Watts & LJ? are they going to stay out of the side until they prove themselves? What happened to getting games into the young boys?

If that is the case JW will not get a game for a while, he has been good but not good enough for a call up to the senior side.

is that the same for Jack Watts & LJ? are they going to stay out of the side until they prove themselves? What happened to getting games into the young boys?

If that is the case JW will not get a game for a while, he has been good but not good enough for a call up to the senior side.

I don't think there should be any favorites on our list.

That was the Reverends ND's biggest drawback i believe.

If the Team is all playing well you can't drop someone barring injury. The days of list management are over, winning is what we should be aiming for now.

L J & JW will get there chance, but without the red carpet is all i am saying. The kids who are playing right now are totally knocking me out, & they deserve to be in the side. B)

Thanks DD DDC much appreciated, Great news about LJ & Cale. I'm really excited about this weekend, For the rest of this year for that matter !! GO DEES !!!!

...The kids who are playing right now are totally knocking me out, & they deserve to be in the side. B)

Agree 100%.

However I am dying to see Watts play again, the 1 and only time I have watched him was QB, and that was a bad debut for him. So I would like an exception on the rule on this occasion.. But for whom??? The are playing so well as a group.

Great report......really appreciate the effort taken to provide this type of useful information to the forum

Agree 100%.

However I am dying to see Watts play again, the 1 and only time I have watched him was QB, and that was a bad debut for him. So I would like an exception on the rule on this occasion.. But for whom??? The are playing so well as a group.

I want to see Jack Watts play as well, just as much as you do. But i want the club to build a strong culture. This is the perfect time to do it.

No Favorites and get into the senior side on form and availability of spots. For every player who puts on our jumper.

Example-Tomorrow, if any of the team get ahead of themselves they will know they are playing at casey next week.

It's a great position to be in, one that i cannot remember at Melbourne-A lot of team standards can be set in stone this year.

This is where i think Bailey excells as a teaching coach.

I want to see Jack Watts play as well, just as much as you do. But i want the club to build a strong culture. This is the perfect time to do it.

Agreed. Only when he is ready and only when we need him. #1 Pick means squat now. He is just another name on the list the will be played when the MFC decides that he will contribute more than the man he replaces in the team. If that is next week then good; if it is next year then good too. As long as he is fit and ready when he does get a run I can wait. I've waited 39 years for a flag so I can wait for however long it takes for the MFC to be satisfied Jack is up to the task. I am confident it is a when and not if situation.

I'll expand on a couple of things i saw yesterday.

The was a post from earlier this week saying that Sam Blease was limping (after his first match for Casey reserves) so it was terrific to see no sign of any limp. He took part in the full session that was shortened to kicking and some ball control work. He can kick with both feet but prefers his right.

I'm not a medico, but i thought it was interesting that Jurrah was taking marks above head height. It's a bit like changing a lightbulb; it's not a complicated or load bearing action but it does require some extra movement from the shoulder. Any medicos out there? Please comment.

Bell, Blease and Wonna were all selected for the scorpion reserves team so they joined in with the main session.

Fitzpatrick is not selected for Scorpions reserves but did some individual kicking practice. He looks fit so they may be giving him a break to manage his chronic fatigue syndrome. His kicking was ok, perhaps too much height and lacking a bit in distance. I wonder if they can improve someone's kicking style so they kick longer and lower? Jurrah was shooting from about 30 metres out and trying to get the ball to fly through at just under post height. The end result is that the ball lands about 20-30 metres past the posts. It seemed easy, but then Jurrah is Jurrah.

Obviously the players are in very good spirits after 3 wins in a row, yet they were still very keen to execute the skills correctly. There was an earlier post about Petterd pulling up sore after the brisbane match, but he looked ok and completed the session.

We appear to have 22 players who look fit and ready to reverse our poor recent form against North. We have no excuses today. GO DEES

........................ No Favorites and get into the senior side on form and availability of spots. For every player who puts on our jumper.

Example-Tomorrow, if any of the team get ahead of themselves they will know they are playing at casey next week.

It's a great position to be in, one that i cannot remember at Melbourne-A lot of team standards can be set in stone this year.

This is where i think Bailey excells as a teaching coach.

Couldn't agree more!

On the occasional calls for "playing the kids", that's what we're doing!! Besides Junior, Bruce, Green, Joel Mac & Davey our team right now consists of young blokes. We've just got so much youth on our list that there will always be talented kids waiting for a game. Exciting huh?!

I don't think there should be any favorites on our list.

That was the Reverends ND's biggest drawback i believe.

If the Team is all playing well you can't drop someone barring injury. The days of list management are over, winning is what we should be aiming for now.

L J & JW will get there chance, but without the red carpet is all i am saying. The kids who are playing right now are totally knocking me out, & they deserve to be in the side. B)

WYL-I don't believe you meant that in your opinion, The days of list management are over--I think that list management is the most vital factor of any clubs success.We have had to develop a stronmg list , maintain it and grow - in particular where we have weaknesses.

I agree - was very good for a couple of weeks before being out last week! Thought he would have walked straight back in?!

Bail didn't front up for Casey, either. He has not fully recovered from bad corky, according to the Casey runner yesterday. Hopefully he'll be right for Friday night.

WYL-I don't believe you meant that in your opinion, The days of list management are over--I think that list management is the most vital factor of any clubs success.We have had to develop a stronmg list , maintain it and grow - in particular where we have weaknesses.

what?

You don't believe his opinion is his opinion..?

Form coherent sentences, please!

what?

You don't believe his opinion is his opinion..?

Form coherent sentences, please!

I am so sorry Sir--I forgot you were a Uni student wanting to take over as CEO of the MFC.

I didn't think that WYL opinion --That the days of list management are over--I think that list management is the most vital factor of any clubs success.We have had to develop a stronmg list , maintain it and grow - in particular where we have weaknesses.

List management, as WYL put it, equals tanking.

Glad you said, "as WYL put it.."

Phew !