Western Dee's dinner

[darkhorse72 1,906]

Once again the Western Dees organised a dinner for the WA members and players.

It was the largest attendance yet with over 300 people attending. At this rate we'll need to move venues next year as it was pretty full last night. As usual the players turned up and sat at different tables to chat with supporters. Woewodin was also in attendance which was great. There are now 700 western dee members registered.

From Schwab twitter iPhone footage:

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/CamSchwab/view/7015134

I didn't get to chat with as many players as previous years but it was still a great night. I won't go into great detail but list the main points i gleamed.

Jamar

- Caught Jamar early in the night and had a chat, really a good bloke. He's really enjoying his footy at the moment.

- He feeling good about being the only ruck, but mentioned while in the past he could rest on the bench he's now going forward or staying on the field elsewhere. A bit change for him, but for all the old supporters its simply a case of back to the future.

We had Jack Watts on our table and its the first time I have met him and he is a great young bloke. Currently sporting a nice black eye and some stitches from a training drill onThursday. Curtesy of Warnock.

- He did mention he has only played 9 games but is starting to feel confident about being on the ground and knowing where to go in the game plan. He admitted he has gotten lost and we discussed the incident of him and miller in that game. According to the game plan he expects players to move to certain positions and sometimes they don't which he has to adjust to.

- He also feels he getting used to the speed difference between Casey and the real game, Cheney also mentioned this to me.

- He feels like he's about to have a great (break out) game soon.

- As a junior he mainly played on the wing and sweeping across the back half of the square, he surprised that he hadn't been tried there at this time.

- He is physically fit with no problems from the preseason and is looking forward to a proper preseason next year to be set for a good year.

- He likes the idea of at least one Dee being inside 50 during games for out fast breaks from defence. - Brad Green thought that would be a good idea too

Cheney

- Didn't make the side but feels being the first emergency he is getting close to a regular game.

- Like Watts mentioned the big speed difference between the two leagues, and honestly doesn't feel like he has a lot of time at AFL level to make decisions.

- Otherwise we spoke if they noticed the ground on game day etc, once he's only the ground he only hears the players...the crowd only comes into it when he runs to the bench and hears the abuse!

Sylvia

- Great bloke and was great with the kids all night.

- The down form before the toe became public was from the clot, it was something that was building up over a number of weeks and they couldn't locate the problem. Now that it has been identified and fixed he feels he's ready to finish the year with lots of momentum for next year. Like last week

Scott West

- Very popular for photos and autographs despite being and ex-bulldog

- He's enjoying being at the Dees

- Had a quick chat about the midfield group and training. He explained that they don't actually get as much time during training to do specific midfield work. As the players have a lot of programs on and they don't want to wear them out for game day.

Cameron Schwab

- We about debt demolition and he expects the supports to wipe it out with the help or corporate.

- I asked him about not needing AFL money in the future and he pointed out that we deserve it for our crap draw but we are at a point where its just adding to our profit.

- We'll be making a very nice profit, he gave me the figure but I'll leave it to the club to announce, but it has lots of zero's after it

- He showed me the new emblem for the club and I'm looking forward to getting it on my shirt for next year as it will replace the red vee one we currently use. Looks fantastic. Once again I'll leave it to the club to announce, But it will be unique within the league and really separate us.

- He spoke about the heritage of the club and how the individual heritage in every person that supports the club inside and out is what is important.

- The club is in safe hands with this man at the helm.

Dean Bailey

- Didn't speak to him in person but he did answer questions for the crowd.

- Most of it was the main points everyone knows. The point I found interesting was talking about responsibility.

- Obviously he says the buck stops with him, but he did say they did take feedback and ideas from players. Some are great and will be incorporated into the game plan etc. He used the point of any decent business listen to their employees.

There was more but they were the main points from my perspective. I'm sure some other demonlanders can add more to this summary.

Now for a great game on Sunday.

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[Deeoldfart 8,005]

Great stuff Darkhorse. Interesting, and greatly appreciated.

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

Yeah cheers for the write up.

[DeezMan 4]

Thanks Darkhorse! Some very interesting things!!

The new "emblem" is intriguing! Are you saying this will replace the Red V on our current guernseys????

[darkhorse72 1,906]

Thanks Darkhorse! Some very interesting things!!

The new "emblem" is intriguing! Are you saying this will replace the Red V on our current guernseys????

No the current red v and blue on the hats etc... it would look good on the guernseys though, similar to how the pies have their logo.