Demons NSW Hub

[spirit of norm smith 12,951]

Train at Manly Warringah Wolves AFL Club 

[spirit of norm smith 12,951]

Caught the plane with the Cats yesterday.  Selwood ducked all the way down the aisle !! 

[Little Goffy 12,597]

https://www.icms.edu.au/contact-us/our-campuses/northern-beaches-campus

My theory.  Facilities all there and if it turns our season around get to make Hogwarts jokes forever. Right by the headland and you could even get down to Collins beach next to the Police College for recovery swims without too much concern of public interaction.

[buck_nekkid 5,492]

56 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Caught the plane with the Cats yesterday.  Selwood ducked all the way down the aisle !! 

Did he keep complaining until he got a free drink?

[rjay 23,922]

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Caught the plane with the Cats yesterday.  Selwood ducked all the way down the aisle !! 

At least there was some leadership on the plane...

[Little Goffy 12,597]

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Caught the plane with the Cats yesterday.  Selwood ducked all the way down the aisle !! 

I thought it was a bit rough making Langdon and Tomlinson stay on the wings.

[Mickey 4,173]

https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/afl/afl-2020-live-updates-blog-afl-hubs-afl-injuries-jonathan-patton-fish-injury-afl-players-calling-families/news-story/48a397f69be8de558904f84e84b0b692?__twitter_impression=true

Fox Sports reporting a 100km round trip for us to have our main training session... We're there for 5 weeks

[Demonland 65,273]

 

[thewilfer 3]

Weldon Oval in Curl Curl (north of Manly, east of Brookvale) is the Home of the Manly-Warringah Wolves (formerly Giants for a few seasons) Australian Football Club. I played a handful of games for this club around 10 years ago. It is the only full sized Australian Rules Football ground in the Northern Beaches Region of Sydney, from Manly all the way up to Palm Beach which is 23 km to the north of where the Demons are based. Melbourne Football Club should consider training at Weldon Oval if they haven’t already made other arrangements. The only other full size grass AFL grounds in north eastern Sydney I know of are located at Acron Oval in St. Ives. on Sydney’s North Shore, Gore Hill Oval next to Royal North Shore Hospital on the Pacific Highway and Lionel Watts Oval in Frenchs Forest are now both full size synthetic fields for Aussie Rules and/or other sports.

Edited July 6, 2020 by thewilfer
need to correct info entered

[spirit of norm smith 12,951]

No sugar coating. It’s going to be hard. But like the Power did, you have to be positive 

 

*** Demonland - can we merge with Demons Winter adventure post.  Perhaps change Sydney adventure. 

[DemonOX 8,540]

52 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Another excuse for another [censored] poor effort by our coaches and players. 

[Cards13 9,117]

It's 52ks between Gosch's paddock and Casey Fields. 

[DeeSpencer 23,150]

Most of our players are probably already doing 100km round trips to Casey for training. I don't know Sydney's traffic well enough to know how Manly to Blacktown is but it should be heading away from the city for most of it. The boys have plenty of time up there so shouldn't be an issue.

If they get free access to the beach that's a pretty good result. Certainly seem less locked down than the QLD guys.

[DurriePirate 97]

2 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

Did he keep complaining until he got a free drink?

nah, his forehead just started bleeding until he got what he wanted....a bag of nuts id asume 

[MyFavouriteMartian 572]

11 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Most of our players are probably already doing 100km round trips to Casey for training. I don't know Sydney's traffic well enough to know how Manly to Blacktown is but it should be heading away from the city for most of it. The boys have plenty of time up there so shouldn't be an issue.

If they get free access to the beach that's a pretty good result. Certainly seem less locked down than the QLD guys.

Google Maps: Manly to Black Town

[rjay 23,922]

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

Most of our players are probably already doing 100km round trips to Casey for training. I don't know Sydney's traffic well enough to know how Manly to Blacktown is but it should be heading away from the city for most of it. The boys have plenty of time up there so shouldn't be an issue.

If they get free access to the beach that's a pretty good result. Certainly seem less locked down than the QLD guys.

Sydney traffic, think Melbourne but worse.

Google puts it as a 50 min trip...

[Gawndy the Great 7,425]

So who’s getting down to scout the training?

[whatwhat say what 19,014]

11 minutes ago, rjay said:

Sydney traffic, think Melbourne but worse.

Google puts it as a 50 min trip...

Try an hour and a half, on a good trip

Lots of time for team bonding!

[dice 566]

3 hours ago, thewilfer said:

Weldon Oval in Curl Curl (north of Manly, east of Brookvale) is the Home of the Manly-Warringah Wolves (formerly Giants for a few seasons) Australian Football Club. I played a handful of games for this club around 10 years ago. It is the only full sized Australian Rules Football ground in the Northern Beaches Region of Sydney, from Manly all the way up to Palm Beach which is 23 km to the north of where the Demons are based. Melbourne Football Club should consider training at Weldon Oval if they haven’t already made other arrangements. The only other full size grass AFL grounds in north eastern Sydney I know of are located at Acron Oval in St. Ives. on Sydney’s North Shore, Gore Hill Oval next to Royal North Shore Hospital on the Pacific Highway and Lionel Watts Oval in Frenchs Forest are now both full size synthetic fields for Aussie Rules and/or other sports.

Another great decision by management to base ourselves in a location surrounded by rugby ovals, surf and backpackers. Played on Weldon Oval in the 90s and it is skinnier than Frankston Oval and sandier than the Sahara Desert. Biggest ground (and best surface) we played on back in those days was the one at Mac Uni. Probably got better facilities there now too. And it's a lot f*cking closer to Olympic Park than Manly.

But hey, let's just put the players up at one of the most expensive and relaxing beach hotels in Australia. They deserve it.

[Little Goffy 12,597]

2 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Most of our players are probably already doing 100km round trips to Casey for training. I don't know Sydney's traffic well enough to know how Manly to Blacktown is but it should be heading away from the city for most of it. The boys have plenty of time up there so shouldn't be an issue.

If they get free access to the beach that's a pretty good result. Certainly seem less locked down than the QLD guys.

For a moment I thought it was Manly to Bankstown, which is almost a guide tour of every traffic snarl Sydney has to offer.

Manly to Bankstown you still have to negotiate The Spit, North Sydney and Epping Road across Lane Cove, but after that you're on freeways most of the way.  If it's 50km, the first 10km will take longer than the next 40!

So, I think we can expect a lot of slow first quarters and fast finishes during this hub time.

[Hogan2014 390]

4 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Afl once again sinking the boots into the club ..  you can’t be f ing serious how is this even acceptable!

[Robbie57 1,990]

10 hours ago, CYB said:

So who’s getting down to scout the training?

I was thinking of it but Bankstown in Sydney traffic is not easy and I dont have to cross the Harbour to do it. 

Manly to Bankstown is a total joke and would be like asking us to stay on the Gold Coast but train in Brisbane. The AFL must really hate us when they give the Hawks a ground that is easy to access.  As Little Goffy notes the first bit of the drive is a nightmare followed by some of the busiest freeways in Sydney and the traffic around the exits to Bankstown can be diabolical. 

 

Edited July 6, 2020 by Robbie57

[spirit of norm smith 12,951]

Dees treated like rubbish once again. Pert and Bartlett to speak up. They are irrelevant.  Earn your very large $$$$. 

[Demonland 65,273]

3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees treated like rubbish once again. Pert and Bartlett to speak up. They are irrelevant.  Earn your very large $$$$. 

To be accurate, Bartlett's time at the club is volunteered.

[old55 21,352]

Is there a definitive list of which players are in the hub?

Not going:

Injured: KK, Nietschke, Hore, Petty, 

"Players including Braydon Preuss, Oskar Baker, Josh Wagner and Corey Wagner have been left behind to conduct intensive coaching with several assistant coaches."

Edited July 6, 2020 by Fifty-5