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Demonland has made the difficult decision to not to permit this platform to be used to discuss & debate the off-field issues relating to the Melbourne Football Club including matters currently being litigated between the Club & former Board members, the culture at the club & the personal issues & allegations against some of our players & officials.

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42 minutes ago, Wrecker46 said:

A few obvervations but it was a very short and light session so don't read too much into it:

The end to end no pressure drill suits Hunter but he really is a beautiful kick of the footy

Oliver had the fumbles

Kozzie was taking set shots at the end and wasn't setting the world on fire with either drop punts or across the body shots

Chandler gets some real penetration on his kicks with little effort

Smith was a no show. I've got no idea how our forward setup would look without him so I'm guessing Collingwood will be in the same boat. Hopefully he is fine

 

 

 

Yeah it's pretty amazing how much Hunter manages to fly around with relative ease. Covers so much ground and was probably only in 2nd gear.

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Turned up just as they were walking out through the spectator's guard of honour (also as they left, though no time taken to sign anything).

Appears they are focused internally.

The session was fumbly and with bad deliveries early on. The wind was very gusty. At one stage Williams pulled them up, and call out “lift the standards”, they responded well.

They were low-key out there, the effort was made by the youngsters and those on the periphery of selection. 

Noise volume by the players was underwhelming.

I get the impression that they have cocooned themselves, and are going about it with each other. Probably good news, as they are the ones who need to find themselves in the zone tomorrow, blocking the external noise out, may help.

Go Dees

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39 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Smith is in Pic 13 from Monday's training gallery. Let's hope it's a dentist appointment.

What kind of dentist doesn't stiff other clients so Joel can take their appointment at a better time!

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2 minutes ago, layzie said:

What kind of dentist doesn't stiff other clients so Joel can take their appointment at a better time!

A Collingwood supporting one?

Must be really struggling for business. Not many teeth amongst his target audience. 

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3 hours ago, Demonland said:

Surely there’s a free one for me?

Told you you’d come back for seconds, and you did!

 

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4 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

A Collingwood supporting one?

Must be really struggling for business. Not many teeth amongst his target audience. 

But wouldn't you need a medical degree to be a dentist?

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1 minute ago, layzie said:

But wouldn't you need a medical degree to be a dentist?

Uni by correspondence from jail?

I'm all in on the stereotype. Hope you all have your cheese platters ready for tomorrow!

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1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Told you you’d come back for seconds, and you did!

 

I really REALLY wanted a sausage and am so annoyed I didn't have time to get one.

The regret is so thick right now you could cut it with a Rex Hunt fish cleaning knife. 

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1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Uni by correspondence from jail?

I'm all in on the stereotype. Hope you all have your cheese platters ready for tomorrow!

Oh yeah prison education is all the rage these days!

I'll touch my lucky camembert for good luck. 

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5 minutes ago, layzie said:

I really REALLY wanted a sausage and am so annoyed I didn't have time to get one.

The regret is so thick right now you could cut it with a Rex Hunt fish cleaning knife. 

You missed out big-time, Layz. The sausages were cooked perfectly, as was the onion. We sold everything. We didn’t expect there to be so much of a demand, so we’re pretty stoked. We got heaps of tips and ‘keep the change’ and one bloke straight up donated $50! Demons supporters are so generous. It also helps if the cash register biattch greets the customers nicely despite running on only three hours sleep and one… I repeat, ONE coffee. And a small one at that. 🙃

 

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2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

You missed out big-time, Layz. The sausages were cooked perfectly, as was the onion. We sold everything. We didn’t expect there to be so much of a demand, so we’re pretty stoked. We got heaps of tips and ‘keep the change’ and one bloke straight up donated $50! Demons supporters are so generous. It also helps if the cash register biattch greets the customers nicely despite running on only three hours sleep and one… I repeat, ONE coffee. And a small one at that. 🙃

 

Definitely the reason why I didn't want to bother you 🤪

Do you take cards at these things? Need to know to save future embarrassment.

I've still got the BBQ smell on the mind, Anyone feel like cooking some sausages at a park close to me this arvo? Haha. 

 

 

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35 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Congratulations to Joel and his partner. What great news and I’ll even excuse him missing training!

That’s soft rah rah. He needs to get back out there with the boys rah rah fart.

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