According to channel 9 the boys have gone down to Sorrento for the night, to bond and talk about how to ressurrect the year.

good move.

good to see.

Some bonding and heart to hearts is a positive approach..

Did Neeld go?

He's the one needing to connect with the playing group more than anyone else.

the whole club needs to be on the same level, together, fwd as one

Unsure, but i would have assumed so!

Lynden Dunn looked like he is hating life after his mums comment.. either that or Pencil Spencer dropped a few bombs in the car trip down..

Great idea, people keep saying they need to trust each other on the field. Maybe some bonding will help.

A few beards could go as well.

Maybe they could make some man love

Very strange.

About an hour ago the memory of the players heading down to Lorne (?) before the Geelong game in '05 came flooding into my mind.

Good move - strange that its needed after spending a whole pre season (including a week together in Darwin). I wonder if this has been arranged post Schwab? Some of our players need to pull their heads in IMO.

after watching Scarlett on Open Mike, he said the team was lacking cohesiveness and work ethic, they had a terrible Culture.. going out.. sinkin [censored].. half assed training...

he said the open.heart chats to each other made them the powerhouse they are..

i know we arent Geelong talent wise.. but its a start!

I'm sure they will be doing work down there (i.e training) but i think a "break" from the City of Melbourne is a good thing.

Some of you will agree, many of you won't.

Discuss.

Personally I wouldn't have chosen Sorrento, it makes us look elitist. How about the big 4 caravan park in Braybrook? It might scare the shy@t out of them and give them an insight into what life has to offer post football.

Put a huge bucket of beers in the room and get some camaraderie. Surely it can't hurt.?

Great idea, changing your environment is according to some the first step in changing your beliefs, which drive your thoughts and ultimately your actions. The guys were so shot after the game I applaud trying something different.

I don't necessarily agree with the move but given the circumstances it's worth trying anything.

I wish we weren't so diabolicaly crap at present because WCE at the MCG would be a very winnable game if we were anywhere near our best. Alas not.

Great idea, changing your environment is according to some the first step in changing your beliefs, which drive your thoughts and ultimately your actions. The guys were so shot after the game I applaud trying something different.

Good idea. Away from the spotlights.

TALK BOYS. LET IT ALL OUT.

No problem with that at all myself. No offence meant, but I wish we didn't have threads like this starting up because it just gives the usual suspects more opportunities to put their virtual boots into the players. These threads inevitably become a playground for the keyboard heroes.

Its a good place to get out of dodge and focus on whats coming up this weekend.

Good place for training too - alot of great places to swim in the surf, beach running which really tests you and open roads for jogging.

The players need to show PASSION for the jumber!

They need to BLEED for the Melbourne Football Club!

Hopefully this camp in Sorrento helps a bit with team bonding....

whatever happened to Leading Teams? Died on the vine?

after watching Scarlett on Open Mike, he said the team was lacking cohesiveness and work ethic, they had a terrible Culture.. going out.. sinkin [censored].. half assed training...

he said the open.heart chats to each other made them the powerhouse they are..

i know we arent Geelong talent wise.. but its a start!

what a load - they just got lucky with recruiting and had some talented players. If they were underperforming we'd here more about that bloke that got caught with coke. Dees were a powerhouwe back in the early 2000s and people were saying the same thing about Geelong.

its simple - the dees just dont have the talent on the list

Can't say the location is one that inspires given what Sorrento is known for. But they do have a reasonably decent ground down there and won't be too busy with toffs this time of the year. Would have preferred Torquay as that is a ripper ground.

Plenty of the boys surf and is a common interest that seems to bond quite a few together (Jones, Bail, Hogan?) and the surf forecast probably favours the East coast on Wednesday given how small the swell is.

Bloody hell I hope this is the start of something and we have turned a corner

Crock of shite

These over paid prima donnas spent a week in Darwin just back.

I guess they'll drink to Schwabs demise, I know I did

According to channel 9 the boys have gone down to Sorrento for the night, to bond and talk about how to ressurrect the year.

good move.

good to see.

Some bonding and heart to hearts is a positive approach..

Sorrento is nice and relaxing, great holiday spot.

I think they should go to Frankston instead.

They have to pull it together and show something.

Spoke to quite a few lapsed members tonight who said they will join again once they start to see something on the field.