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My first post. Thanks guys, really appreciate all the info. I am a country member (yes you remember) and cannot get to training.

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My first post. Thanks guys, really appreciate all the info. I am a country member (yes you remember) and cannot get to training.

yeah me too,welcome to dland

where you from.

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So neither teams attacking very well then?

I'm torn. Bag our attack or praise the defence?

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Mansfield, near Mt Buller - PS No I don't drive a Range Rover.

that a shame

everybody on this site besides you and i, drive one.

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Dawes with main group at present !

The way Dawes was charging about I reckon he and Fitzy will play pre season

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Toumpas BOG so far

Will be a jet...... never doubted it

Wow - thats a bit of a curve ball.

And to think that most of Demonland were begining to doubt his ability after last year.

Haha D'landers not shy to pass judgement early - Toump had zero support in yr 1, what is he 18/19 paying against men, in a team getting flogged with no real leaders on ground (apologies to Nat Jones & Garlo) not surprised he was low on confidence - hopefully as he and the team gets better we'll see the best of Toump

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Vince, Pedo, blease, m.jones, salem also doing well....tommy mac getting the ball but turning it over

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Just one quick one while it's still going, but I hate knowing people are there and wait till they get home. Skills training was good when I got there around 9.45. Full ground drill had very few errors, Nicholson and Toumpas really only ones to kick it short. More on that later.

In the intraclub, white team has blues number considerably. Toumpas kicked 3,albeit on Westrupp. Vince, Salem, Cross and Jimmy been really good for them. For Blue, ball has looked alot like Dees last year. Stuck on HBF line. Strauss using it brilliantly only time it's getting out. Michie lots of it, but few turnovers. Hogan looked good, just not much of it. Skills dropped considerably in match play, which has been disappointing. However, trying to play to new style probably contributes. Lastly, the style may not be pretty but Cross' ball skills are perfect. Doesn't go far but he's accurate by foot.

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Warm up drills: viney looks free, comfortable, and sharp

Tappy doing rehab on his own

The skills in some longer drills look very clean, not many kicks missing targets

Dunne does a lot of talking, really leads the way in this

Before the game they were doing the drill where players have to sprint all the way from fb just at the chance they might get a touch up the ground and it finishes with a goal and all 5 players pushing through ff. reinforcing a message before play I hope

Kent is a great finisher on the run, would love to see him string some games together

Grimey getting a fair bit of work on his lower back

Viv has a huge frame and quality skills,

A lot of the clearance drills end up with Vince having the final kick into fwd line

No watts

Jake spencers tap work has improved a lot, feeding the boys cleanly

With jones and grimes on the same team, trenners addresses the other team pre game before leaving and not playing

Dawes pulls out after drills

Salems first kick hits Fitzy laces out, second kick hits toumpass out of the square laces out

Boys clearly looking to go back and across out the other side every time they win the ball across half back

Toump will be a high fwd when not on ball

Viv looks super clean in congestion, very creative

Very short out of back half, then long into the fifty

Nicho 2 x turnovers kicking into fwd 50

Salems vision = wow

Tom mc trying to run off pedo, pedo gets 2 inside 50 marks because tmac loses him in transition

Toump 3 early goals in a row up fwd, dangerous

Hogans work off the ball up fwd is massive, then misses easy set shot

Heavy focus on working together and blocking while leading for kicks coming out of def 50

King beating jamar in taps multiple times, then outruns the lazy jamar into fwd 50 and goals

Blease getting touches all over ground and good work rate

JKH worked hard but could not find the ball, working to all the wrong places

King great lead and mark at half fwd, then 50m pass hits jones

Cross is brilliant, sometimes leads without calling to disguise it

Vince getting a lot of it and creating every time

Switch to Spencer at half back, takes his man on, has a bounce and hits Howe out of ff on the [censored]

Nicho turnover switching across half back

Nothing noticeable from Tyson other than a dropped sitter in def 50

Toump amazing kick in traffic opens up JKH running in and misses from 30m in front

Ro bail very good, clean and creative in clearances

Pedo has been good around half fwd, strong goal out of the ruck from a boundary throw

Toump kicks his 4th while resting fwd from a lead mark

Jetta hurt his shoulder, nicho did his ankle

Finally, JKH gets it on fwd flank, steps in board around one and goals from 50, that's all i needed

Bail lovely delivery to lead of Howe who marks and goals

Tyson working into game, bout 8 touches in 5 min

Spencer rag dolling king in taps but doing it well

Impressive, Roos stops a centre bounce to educate blue team (spencer, michie, mckenzie, Salem) who then have a clean clearance as if the opposition werent there

Ball has hardly gone up hogans end but when it has he's taken 3 marks in fifty, slotted one after the siren and got a big applause from the crowd here

Impressive: king, spencer, bail, Vince, chip, toump, Salem

Expected/hoped more: grimes, JKH,

Went no good: nicho, Byrnes,

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Vince, Pedo, blease, m.jones, salem also doing well....tommy mac getting the ball but turning it over

Only an intraclub, but I will sit back and wait for the negators to have a crack at this. Like "OMG if they are doing OK we are set for eternal doom" etc etc

Thanks to all for their reports

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Warm up drills: viney looks free, comfortable, and sharp

Tappy doing rehab on his own

The skills in some longer drills look very clean, not many kicks missing targets

Dunne does a lot of talking, really leads the way in this

Before the game they were doing the drill where players have to sprint all the way from fb just at the chance they might get a touch up the ground and it finishes with a goal and all 5 players pushing through ff. reinforcing a message before play I hope

Kent is a great finisher on the run, would love to see him string some games together

Grimey getting a fair bit of work on his lower back

Viv has a huge frame and quality skills,

A lot of the clearance drills end up with Vince having the final kick into fwd line

No watts

Jake spencers tap work has improved a lot, feeding the boys cleanly

With jones and grimes on the same team, trenners addresses the other team pre game before leaving and not playing

Dawes pulls out after drills

Salems first kick hits Fitzy laces out, second kick hits toumpass out of the square laces out

Boys clearly looking to go back and across out the other side every time they win the ball across half back

Toump will be a high fwd when not on ball

Viv looks super clean in congestion, very creative

Very short out of back half, then long into the fifty

Nicho 2 x turnovers kicking into fwd 50

Salems vision = wow

Tom mc trying to run off pedo, pedo gets 2 inside 50 marks because tmac loses him in transition

Toump 3 early goals in a row up fwd, dangerous

Hogans work off the ball up fwd is massive, then misses easy set shot

Heavy focus on working together and blocking while leading for kicks coming out of def 50

King beating jamar in taps multiple times, then outruns the lazy jamar into fwd 50 and goals

Blease getting touches all over ground and good work rate

JKH worked hard but could not find the ball, working to all the wrong places

King great lead and mark at half fwd, then 50m pass hits jones

Cross is brilliant, sometimes leads without calling to disguise it

Vince getting a lot of it and creating every time

Switch to Spencer at half back, takes his man on, has a bounce and hits Howe out of ff on the [censored]

Nicho turnover switching across half back

Nothing noticeable from Tyson other than a dropped sitter in def 50

Toump amazing kick in traffic opens up JKH running in and misses from 30m in front

Ro bail very good, clean and creative in clearances

Pedo has been good around half fwd, strong goal out of the ruck from a boundary throw

Toump kicks his 4th while resting fwd from a lead mark

Jetta hurt his shoulder, nicho did his ankle

Finally, JKH gets it on fwd flank, steps in board around one and goals from 50, that's all i needed

Bail lovely delivery to lead of Howe who marks and goals

Tyson working into game, bout 8 touches in 5 min

Spencer rag dolling king in taps but doing it well

Impressive, Roos stops a centre bounce to educate blue team (spencer, michie, mckenzie, Salem) who then have a clean clearance as if the opposition werent there

Ball has hardly gone up hogans end but when it has he's taken 3 marks in fifty, slotted one after the siren and got a big applause from the crowd here

Impressive: king, spencer, bail, Vince, chip, toump, Salem

Expected/hoped more: grimes, JKH,

Went no good: nicho, Byrnes,

Thanks for that - I have highlighted the observations that most excite me.

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