It was such a magnificent morning for watching the boys train today that I almost wanted to join in ... until I caught a sight of Brock McLean and Brent Moloney bearing down on the football and decided it might be better to stand on the sidelines, chat with the fellers and vainly attempt to work out how to work the zoom on an unfamiliar camera.

The day continues to be magnificent so I'll write my report later but will add that virtually the full squad was on hand at Trinity Grammar today. Chris Johnson was the only absentee - he was back in Perth to celebrate his 21st birthday. A small group are still in rehab, notably Colin Sylvia and Clint Bartram but they are apparently not far away from resuming training. A couple of others including Paul Wheatley and Matty Whelan missed some bits of the training, possibly due to niggles but there was nothing evident to suggest that the club has any major injury worries at this stage.

The team leaders from David Neitz to Brock McLean set the scene with great enthusiasm while Junior was full of running and showed that he will not slacken off from his All Australian form of last year. Nathan Carroll continues to grow in stature and confidence and we can look forward to a solid season from both he and Jared Rivers.

We're moving into the practice match stage in the coming weeks and apparently the club is planning one at Moorabbin and another at Telstra Dome in the week before the start of the Nabcup to give the Channel 7 crew a bit of practice for the forthcoming season. There's no truth in the rumour that The Twelfth Man has been pirated away from Foxtel to do the voices of all of Seven's football commentary team as a cost saving measure (although he does do a very speshialllll Bruce McAvaney impression).

PS. For the poster who asks all the time - Heath Neville was at training.

But my question is how did Jace Bode go?

  dazzledavey36 said:

But my question is how did Jace Bode go?

Right.

Jace Bode was there also and, like a number of the players, looked as if he had fined down a bit and, as a result, was running better than last year. It's really difficult to say how well the players went because there were a number of different skills drills and they were changing guernseys during some of the drills. I think we'll know a bit more about players like Buckley, Neville and Bode when the practice matches start.

  dazzledavey36 said:

But my question is how did Jace Bode go?

Just went that is all. Didn't shine out and at times his disposal was sloppy.

How's Daniel Hayes going?

Is he a chance for a NAB Cup game?

Really trying to keep a close eye on him.

And also are there any pics coming soon?

  dazzledavey36 said:

How's Daniel Hayes going?

Is he a chance for a NAB Cup game?

Really trying to keep a close eye on him.

And also are there any pics coming soon?

WJ's article is posted elsewhere. He did take some photos but hasn't caught on to how to work the zoom on his camera. There will be a few shots posted most notably of two canines named Belly and Brucey belonging to a board member.