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TRAINING: Friday 8th November 2019

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Where's Oli ...gonna love seeing this contested stuff

 

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    Looks like vanders in 1 of those drills holding the bag, geez I hope he gets a good run at it

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    13 minutes ago, brendan said:

    Looks like vanders in 1 of those drills holding the bag, geez I hope he gets a good run at it

    I think it's Sparrow...

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    Good to see Harmes, Viney and Hunt back early.

     

    Good moral support for the younger players.

    Wouldn't be surprised to see most of the team back next week, before their expected date, which iirc is in about 10-14 days.

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    10 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Good to see Harmes, Viney and Hunt back early.

     

    Good moral support for the younger players.

    Wouldn't be surprised to see most of the team back before their expected date, which iirc is in about 10-14 days.

    Will be interesting to see who does come back early, I know they don’t need to but it does make a bit of a statement if they do 

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    10 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Good to see Harmes, Viney and Hunt back early.

     

    Good moral support for the younger players.

    Wouldn't be surprised to see most of the team back before their expected date, which iirc is in about 10-14 days.

    Fairly confident it is Monday week LH ( 18th).

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    1 minute ago, brendan said:

    Will be interesting to see who does come back early, I know they don’t need to but it does make a bit of a statement if they do 

    Yep, after last year's off-season a statement needs to be made by the players.  No better way to do so than show intent by coming back early, fit and ready to go. 

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    2 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Yep, after last year's off-season a statement needs to be made by the players.  No better way to do so than show intent by coming back early, fit and ready to go. 

    The only statement I need to see LH is a win in round 1. 

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    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    The only statement I need to see LH is a win in round 1. 

    One step at a time od. 

    As far as wins go, I'll be looking for 8w/4l or better at the bye!

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    51 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    One step at a time od. 

    As far as wins go, I'll be looking for 8w/4l or better at the bye!

    You have way more courage than me LH after this year I am too afraid to try to work out wins and losses. I would probably end up with a 4 win 8 losses result.

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    3 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

    Where's Oli ...gonna love seeing this contested stuff

     

    Now if only Viney could Mark, Kick, have a football brain and sprint we could have a good footballer on our hands.....

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    9 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

    Now if only Viney could Mark, Kick, have a football brain and sprint we could have a good footballer on our hands.....

    Blah blah blah 

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    1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    One step at a time od. 

    As far as wins go, I'll be looking for 8w/4l or better at the bye!

    Lucufer.   A typical MFC near enough is close enough attitude - nothing wrong with aspiring to 12w /0l at the bye.  ??

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    29 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

    Now if only Viney could Mark, Kick, have a football brain and sprint we could have a good footballer on our hands.....

     

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    39 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Lucufer.   A typical MFC near enough is close enough attitude - nothing wrong with aspiring to 12w /0l at the bye.  ??

    mono it is a sad fact that we are talking about the MFC. Half a century of tradition cannot be ignored.

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    2 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Yep, after last year's off-season a statement needs to be made by the players.  No better way to do so than show intent by coming back early, fit and ready to go. 

    Yes, impresses supporters. But if players are following their programs, has zero impact on anything else.

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    42 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    Yes, impresses supporters. But if players are following their programs, has zero impact on anything else.

    Maybe, maybe not.

    As I wrote the word 'intent' I remembered how Steve Waugh used it to motivate his team at the start of his captaincy, one of the most successful for the baggy green in the modern era.  Each and every player went onto the field 'with intent' regardless of how they felt in the moment.  Over time that became a psychological advantage for the baggy greens.  I would love to see our guys train and then play 'with intent' every game:  intent to tackle, intent to chase, intent to compete etc from which real and inferred pressure will (I hope) be created.

    I've concluded that your field is psychology so take it easy on this mere mortal, amateur who knows only a little about motivation of teams.

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    1 hour ago, demon3165 said:

    Now if only Viney could Mark, Kick, have a football brain and sprint we could have a good footballer on our hands.....

    If only some posters could demonstrate a slight knowledge of footy

    To others, sorry work called, money matters 

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    3 hours ago, brendan said:

    Will be interesting to see who does come back early, I know they don’t need to but it does make a bit of a statement if they do 

    I'm actually pleased that after years of Jones coming back early (from what I can recall) he's having a well-deserved break. I think most of us have moved on from any expectation that he will have an impact next year, but being free of the captaincy (and it has been a pretty tough tenure) and finding a fixed role might see him rejuvenated for a final tilt in 2020. 

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    2 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Yep, after last year's off-season a statement needs to be made by the players.  No better way to do so than show intent by coming back early, fit and ready to go. 

    Speaking of intent:

    Gawn, the best player at the club and easily in the best 18 players in the league by a country mile makes it to day one of training for the juniors,  2 weeks before he’s required.

    Meanwhile we have others talented players on paper  (one who had a pathetic end to the season) that could be stars, are still on holidays overseas. 

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    1 hour ago, Demons11 said:

    Blah blah blah 

    Forward small in 2020

    65%/35% onball split.

     

     

     

     

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