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Stayed for a bit over an hour.  Great to see such a large group.  Didn't see Garlett but was told he was on the other side of the Paddock  training separately.  

Spencer was also training separately and doing a fair few circuits with Daniel Cross.  Trengove split from the main group after about an hour and started doing circuits as well. 

In the early part of the training, the squad was split into 4 or 5 groups to practise specific disciplines.  Interestingly, Kent and N. Jones were in the same group and part of the exercise was for one player to have the big 'pad' and another player would lay a big bump and then go on to dispose of the ball. When it was Kent's turn to bump the 'paddee', he went in really hard.  Jones had anticipated this and went in equally hard leaving Kent on the deck for a few seconds recovering.  He then had to go off for a bit of treatment.  Given that Kent is a bit of a bully (we need a few of them!), it was great to see that Jones had his measure and wouldn't be intimidated.

Watched a bit of the match simulation and, like the real world, looked fantastic when it works (i.e. targets are hit) but ordinary when it doesn't.  Petracca, Dawes look keen.

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50 minutes ago, demon9 said:

Read Foxsports Late Mail article just before. Garlett is very doubtful, and apparently Watts had heavy knee strapping but "soldiered on"

Just keeps getting better!

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22 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

plenty of time. game's not till sunday

plenty of time to think ourselves in circles about how we might screw this up?

Some weeks I sure am grateful I inherited melbourne supporterness from my family. Not sure what I'd do with my time if I didn't stress about the club. 

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Duxy on facebook just said he spoke to Mission and apparently Garlett is set to miss the next 2 weeks....

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2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Duxy on facebook just said he spoke to Mission and apparently Garlett is set to miss the next 2 weeks....

Edging towards the threshold of 426!

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15 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Duxy on facebook just said he spoke to Mission and apparently Garlett is set to miss the next 2 weeks....

I'm calling it now, he probably won't play again this season...

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We have reading it wrong all these years - I kept reading four to six weeks when it actually said four tee six weeks

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Duxy on facebook just said he spoke to Mission and apparently Garlett is set to miss the next 2 weeks....

Don't trust Misson anymore. This is the bloke that also said Garlett was a certainty to play last week. And he spent most of last year [censored]-teasing us with player returns that never eventuated either.

EDIT. To be clear, I don't trust what he says about player ins or outs. Not questioning how good he is at his job though.

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3 hours ago, demon9 said:

Read Foxsports Late Mail article just before. Garlett is very doubtful, and apparently Watts had heavy knee strapping but "soldiered on"

I thought Watts knocked his knee in the very bruising mark which preceded his misguided kick to Hogan. In fact I wondered if it contributed to his decision to pass the ball instead of shooting at goal

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3 hours ago, jimcor said:

Stayed for a bit over an hour.  Great to see such a large group.  Didn't see Garlett but was told he was on the other side of the Paddock  training separately.  Spencer was also training separately and doing a fair few circuits with Danial Cross.  Trengove split from the main group aft about an hour and started doing circuits as well. 

In in the early part of the training, the squad was split into 4 or 5 groups to practise specific disciplines.  Interestingly, Kent and N.Jones wee in the same group and part of the exercise was for one player to have the big 'pad' and another player would lay a big bump and then go on to dispose of the bal.. When it was Kent's turn to bump the 'paddee', he went in really hard.  Jones had anticipated this and went in equally hard leaving Kent on the deck for a few seconds recovering.  He then had to go off for a bit of treatment.  Given that Kent is a bit of a bully (we need a few of them!), it was great to see that Jones had his measure and wouldn't be intimidated.

Watched a bit of the match simulation and, like the real world, looked fantastic when it works (i.e. targets are hit) but ordinary when it doesn't.  Petracca, Dawes look keen.

It's not fashionable to say so, but Dawes would be very useful at present. I would play him as soon as we can, unless Frost discovers somerhing

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Rumour on sen that hogan is out , the ox . Did he train? 

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Hogan trained with the main group.  Looked fine.  Further to Watts query, watched him exchanging 30 metre passes with Kent for a few minutes.  No sign of a problem.  I left at about 11am so it's certainly possible that something happened after I left.

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6 hours ago, Farmer said:

It's not fashionable to say so, but Dawes would be very useful at present. I would play him as soon as we can, unless Frost discovers somerhing

I completely agree. I think his absence has gone way under the radar and the effect is really underestimated.


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