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The Off-Season Training Thread

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in Melbourne Demons

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The winner of T Mac vs Viney in the running race gets first dibs on the only moon boot the club has 

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    7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Gus looks...fit.

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    Indeed; seems his current degree of 'fit' would be anybody's gu(inn)ess...

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    Just now, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    Indeed; seems his current degree of 'fit' would be anybody's gu(inn)ess...

     Cant agree with his choice of drink there.. 🤮

    *Apologies to all the Irish folks on here....

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    Also just realised a hit of GUINNESS would fit GUS to the NINES 😉

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    1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

    It's an essential component of pre-season training.

     

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    I must be stronger than I think 🤔 

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    While it is good to see the players hard it at it already I wonder about the wisdom of it.

    There was a fair bit of evidence that we kept the training up in the 2021/2022 pre-season and even Max said it was like 2021 and 2022 rolled into one long season.  This seemed to impact our ability to play out games after the mid point this season..  Acknowledging the short break after the GF contributed to this but not sure we had the balance right last year.

    Hope this year we have learnt from that and re-balanced the training regimes.

    Edited by Lucifers Hero

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    iSt Patricks Day Party GIF by Guinness US

            I can almost taste it now...

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    darn cohesive and adhesive water molecules!

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

     

    Good to see Salem moving/running like that - perhaps a sign that the o.p that has plagued him for nearly two years might be fixed.

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    On 10/30/2022 at 9:48 PM, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Thanks Nev ....but I think I'll just stick to the Shiraz.

    Hey Uncle did you give that one from Aldi a try??

    Cheers

    P.F

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    2 hours ago, picket fence said:

    Hey Uncle did you give that one from Aldi a try??

    Cheers

    P.F

    I did indeed picket and ...... as usual........ your advice on matters alcoholic is exemplary !

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    On 10/31/2022 at 3:11 PM, McQueen said:

    I would think it’d be in a moonboot still if it was injured again. 

    It would have to be a moonboot at the slightest flurry of discomfort for him. That injury has been known to flare for considerable time, each time, a great risk would otherwise be taken without its protection. So, he must have made a startling recovery (as the timeframe is rather short for its healing).

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    3 hours ago, picket fence said:

    Hey Uncle did you give that one from Aldi a try??

    Cheers

    P.F

     

    1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    I did indeed picket and ...... as usual........ your advice on matters alcoholic is exemplary !

    Aldi? ALDI?!!!!. And you call me lower-class? Pffft. 

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    43 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

     

    Aldi? ALDI?!!!!. And you call me lower-class? Pffft. 

    I kid you not some of the best bottles of wines for me have been from Aldi..

    Pickett is definitely onto something here.

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    19 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I kid you not some of the best bottles of wines for me have been from Aldi..

    Pickett is definitely onto something here.

    You and Pickett aren’t uppity snobs though. Therein lies the difference. BBO is the uppitiest of uppity snobs ever there was. 

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    39 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I kid you not some of the best bottles of wines for me have been from Aldi..

    Pickett is definitely onto something here.

    You are on the money as usual Dazzle!

    In @WalkingCivilWar 's neighbourhood quaffing spewmante by the schooner is considered a trendy wine tasting.

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I kid you not some of the best bottles of wines for me have been from Aldi..

    Pickett is definitely onto something here.

    Agreed. Some of the 'cheaper' French reds are quite a surprise, very much like those we used to drink here in Oz before supplies ran out.

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    On 10/31/2022 at 3:27 PM, McQueen said:

    Is Tmac still rehabbing the foot? There was conjecture he re-injured the lisfranc IIRC…

    He was playing basketball with Gawn and Harmes, so safe to say he is good to go. 

    The removal of the metal is just part of the process.

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    10 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

    He was playing basketball with Gawn and Harmes, so safe to say he is good to go. 

    The removal of the metal is just part of the process.

    I also heard that Tom was in full running mode which is absolutely fantastic news. 

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    2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    You are on the money as usual Dazzle!

    In @WalkingCivilWar 's neighbourhood quaffing spewmante by the schooner is considered a trendy wine tasting.

    4 buck chuck by the goony bag is more up your alley right?

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    Am I missing something? Shouldn't the young guys have started pre-season this week? I can only think that we start later because of our appearance in last season's final series - dismal as it was.

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    • Demonland changed the title to Pre-Season Training

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    First-to-fourth year players are due to return to AAMI Park next Monday, while the full list will be on deck on December 5.

    The fact it's the off-season hasn't stopped much of the playing group showing up at Melbourne's Richmond home to get a head start on the opposition.
     

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