Ok I know im 2 days early but im away for the weekend without much technology so there are a few things I want to know from the family day.

1) Did Mark Neeld speak & how did he sound and is he a friendly person to chat to?

2) Was Jim there

3) How was the day and was there a good turnout

4) Who else spoke?

Sure thing. Go along with my little guys in their full demons outfit and they love it. Will post a report (hopefully I can concentrate on speeches for you!

Anyone go? Anything to report?

I took my 3 grand-daughters along, they had a good time.

The weather was kinder this year than last year, not as hot and no rain which I thought there might have been.

Pretty much same format as last year except this year throughout the morning Robbo was onstage talking to the different coaches one-on-one, you could hear from anywhere you were at Luna Park, then at the end Robbo introduced the 2012 playing group, then the 8 man leadership group, then the 2 co-captains.

There were a few no shows, Joel McDonald, Ricky Pettard & Liam Jurrah, cannot remember if there was any others.

A pretty reasonable turnout.

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My grandkids enjoyed it thoroughly but kept getting lost which was rather unfortunate as they missed having pictures taken with the players. Great to see a sea of red and blue.

Did anyone there notice if Grimes was in a sling/did he look to be carrying a sore shoulder or was he moving it around freely?

No Sling for Grimes, my kids had a great day and I saw a lot of people signing up for memberships. The turn out was better then last year I thought. I did remind Brad Green of his awesome Falcon last night he had a good chuckle about it.

No Sling for Grimes, my kids had a great day and I saw a lot of people signing up for memberships. The turn out was better then last year I thought. I did remind Brad Green of his awesome Falcon last night he had a good chuckle about it.

Good to hear members were signing up. Last night would have helped.

Took the grand kids along today and they got heaps of autographs and had a few chats with the players. The new ones seem genuinely happy to be at the club and Cellar, Mitsubishi and Couch are really nice guys. Most of the players were happy enough to sign something for the kids. Spoke to James Strauss and he is pretty close to playing again, couple of weeks. Howie said he was rotated off because Coach wanted to give all the players some time, said he would rather have stayed on but that's the way it is.

Only concern was Evans wasn't there and he was listed as "indefinite" on the injury list the other day, maybe he's gone back to WA, hope he stays on he has a bit of talent.

Took the kids along, they love it. Seemed more than previous years, players were gems with the kids. Good spot for for Family Day.

Took the kids along, they love it. Seemed more than previous years, players were gems with the kids. Good spot for for Family Day.

I can't think of a better place to have the family day for the kids. It is my son's 2nd birthday today as well so it fit in perfect for him.

Good exposure: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/big-men-little-footy-fans/story-fn7x8me2-1226288904842

I assume it's in the hardy copy.

Ok I know im 2 days early but im away for the weekend without much technology so there are a few things I want to know from the family day.

1) Did Mark Neeld speak & how did he sound and is he a friendly person to chat to?

2) Was Jim there

3) How was the day and was there a good turnout

4) Who else spoke?

This is what you can do when you are old and past the rides, and have no kids with you....

I spoke twice to Mark Neeld, forgot to ask something the first time....he surprised me...really friendly and seemed interested in what I had to say, answered what I asked him, said he tries to speak cliche free as he knows supporters hate it, 10/10 from me for that comment alone

Did not see Jimmy Stynes or Don McLardy, Russ Howcroft was only board member I spotted but everybody in civvies and sunnies

The day was excellent, most of the players I spoke to were genuinely excited about the new season, spoke to Cannonball Magner, gave me the impression that if he has to kill someone to get elevated, he would do it

All the players seem to 'love' the ruthlessness that Neeld displays and want to play for him

Robbo had Line coaches on stage throughout the morning and then Mark Neeld, all tried to answer questions honestly.

Spoke to Jack Grimes, his shoulder is fine, told me he is going to avoid Troy Davis at training from now on

Spoke to Lucas Cook, really funny, he is so tall but was able to lean against a fence without anybody going near him, like on here seems to have been forgotten, played for Scorps the day before, knows he has a lot of work to do, still 8Kg off the weight fitness staff want him to be at, hoping to get a bit of a run in the NAB Cup, couldn't even remember how many he kicked the day before, more interested in telling me Kel Lawrence laid about 15 tackles

Other big men

Spoke to Jake Spencer, cleared up he wasn't reinjured, but now he can train again, they want him to put in a solid 8 weeks training (his preseason) before being considered

Max Gawn is so laidback, looking at running again in 5 weeks, very upbeat and very funny

Jack Fitzpatrick enjoyed rucking on Saturday, will play anywhere if it means a game, another one who still needs a bit more weight.

As a Class A gasbag, spoke to nearly every player there, so if anyone has a question will try and answer it, i probably asked them