Training - Monday 25th November, 2013

[McQueen 17,864]

I'm in town and going along to tomorrow's session.

Look forward to seeing the boys getting stuck into it.

[P-man 13,366]

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[sydneydee 687]

Look forward to your report McQueen.

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I'll be there, too

[RalphiusMaximus 6,031]

I'll be at Ikea. It's the only time I can borrow my Dad's van to transport some big items.

[Whispering_Jack 29,829]

Training today is at the Paddock (9.30am) and its open to the public.

Hopefully, three new Demons out there for the first time and about to embark on long careers.

[Gorgoroth 12,926]

Will be interesting to see how much work the kids do this year compared to other years.

[Young Dee 1,303]

Will be interesting to see how much work the kids do this year compared to other years.

I don't think you can really compare that - the kids can only do to much (didn't Viney get an injury from doing to much last season?).

The kid probably lifts weights in his sleep.

I really think Viney is symbolic of us moving forward - I think all the youngsters will look up to him - see how hard and devoted he is and see that it translates into results.

The benchmark has been set - the Morton/Gysberts days are over.

[Maldonboy38 6,390]

Annoyed. This training was scheduled for Casey Fields only 15 mins from my place. Checked website this morning and it is now at Gosch's Paddock. Hope it goes well for those who can make it.

[Its Time for Another 4,196]

Training today is at the Paddock (9.30am) and its open to the public.

Hopefully, three new Demons out there for the first time and about to embark on long careers.

Phew, thank God it's open to the public. I thought it was going to be on Goschs and closed to the public.

[Redleg 40,863]

Phew, thank God it's open to the public. I thought it was going to be on Goschs and closed to the public.

I am disappointed as I could be free on Wednesday and Friday and both appear to be closed sessions.

[beelzebub 23,313]

How do they have a 'closed' session at a place like Gosch's ??

[old dee 23,782]

How do they have a 'closed' session at a place like Gosch's ??

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[McQueen 17,864]

Nearly had a baby. Mitch came off the ground pointing at his foot. Lucky it was just his boot sole had detached.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,706]

Nearly had a baby. Mitch came off the ground pointing at his foot. Lucky it was just his boot sole had detached.

As important as Mitch's foot is, I think you having a baby might have been the bigger news story.

[GawnWithTheWind 604]

Nearly had a baby. Mitch came off the ground pointing at his foot. Lucky it was just his boot sole had detached.

Wanna pay for my new computer screen? Just spat my coffee all over it reading the first two sentences...

[S.R.J 418]

Please do not say [censored] like "Mitch pointing to his foot". My bloody heart just skipped a few beats

[deeko 952]

As important as Mitch's foot is, I think you having a baby might have been the bigger news story.

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No wait... love!

[Bay Riffin 1,473]

Nearly had a baby. Mitch came off the ground pointing at his foot. Lucky it was just his boot sole had detached.

how bad are training boots or runners nowadays if the sole detaches?

[Canberra Demon 159]

how bad are training boots or runners nowadays if the sole detaches?

OR.....

How much is Mitch tearing it up at training... He must be going so hard his shoes cant keep up.....

[Longsufferingnomore 1,631]

As important as Mitch's foot is, I think you having a baby might have been the bigger news story.

Can somebody pleeese give us our LIKE button back

[alias275 259]

Can somebody pleeese give us our LIKE button back

I think Nasher wants to run DL for a week without the 'Like' feature. It could be the cause of all the outages last week.

[McQueen 17,864]

Just left and the boys were still going. Due to a considerable night with a certain Mountain Goat last night I will keep this short because it's hurting to concentrate this much.

Firstly, Clark looked great and participated in every drill I watched with the main group. Jumping, twisting and turning and kicking without trouble IMO.

I arrived pretty early and spent some time watching the new draftees who were involved in basic short kicking and handballing exercises. They all looked good but I was particularly impressed with JKH. His ball handling just looked classy and would be at home jagging goals out of nothing. Salem has a lovely kick on him.

Hogan has it all. Bring on next year!

Repeat 300m sprints were dominated by Tom Mc who was running them by himself but you could tell is was sigificantly faster and more steady than the others. At one stage, Jack Viney tried to take the [censored] out of Tom for a laugh and tom just did not see the funny side of it. Deadly serious young man is Tom.

Tyson hammy heavily strapped but running okay. Did not attempt to kick with that right leg though.

Roos observed a lot. Only got involved with the main group for the last few exercises but he does get very animated when in there. You can see the boys are loving him as coach already.

Overall I thought the skills were pretty sloppy but maybe I was expecting too much. Nicho was the main offender with lots dropping short or sailing over heads.

Happy to take questions.

[hardtack 10,520]

Thanks for the report McQueen... great for us interstaters as you well know ;-) Were there any notable absentees? And, if he was there and training, how was Dawes looking?

[drdrake 3,163]

Isn't Tyson a left footer?