Thanks for all the reports, and I am salivating at the thought of the sausage sizzle. 
Regarding Melksham - just speculating that IF he were ready for this weekend ( which he almost certainly isn’t) who would he replace from the current line up? Fritta? Or maybe sub?  
Missed the deadline for the podcast questions so I posted this here. 

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54 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

D Rev was that Jed Adams or Judd McVee.😁😁

Absolutely Jed Adams

Bont 2.0

1 hour ago, joeboy said:

I was very impressed with the calibre of the young men who obliged my grandson’s requests for autographs and photos. Caleb Windsor was absolutely gobsmacked that my grandson had his number on the back of his jumper

i was also impressed with the bbq sausage team. Btw was it WCW who was accepting the payments for the aforementioned delicacies?

Melksham was training unhindered so I’d expect he’d be playing for Casey this weekend.

 

‘Twas me, Joeboy. I’m not allowed to work on or even near the BBQ. Apparently I’m a danger to myself and others. 🙄 

Our young guys are indeed very polite and obliging, each and every one of them.

 I hope your grandson enjoyed the day. 🤗

30 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

‘Twas me, Joeboy. I’m not allowed to work on or even near the BBQ. Apparently I’m a danger to myself and others. 🙄 

Our young guys are indeed very polite and obliging, each and every one of them.

 I hope your grandson enjoyed the day. 🤗

For the record I’m the hungry customer who left the extra change TWICE.

Nice to meet you

2 hours ago, Winners at last said:

Apologies if someone has already mentioned it, but was training at Gosch's Paddock?

Apology accepted. 

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

2,000 is an amazing turn out

Although not a good day to be on BBQ duty!  Woolies run needed!  :-)

How did you know we ran out of snags? We did have to do a Coles run, and then again ran out. We weren’t expecting such an incredible turnout. Heaps of kids were there, which is great. 

21 minutes ago, joeboy said:

For the record I’m the hungry customer who left the extra change TWICE.

Nice to meet you

Oh, that was you! We don’t often get told to keep the change, and never twice from the same person.

My 3-word analysis of Joeboy:

Delightful generous man

 

3 hours ago, DubDee said:

I can confirm it is, as I try to work from home with 2 crazies asking me "what are we doing today??"

I'm guess approximately 1000 other people found themselves up against the same predicament and thought 'I'll get WalkingCivilWar to shove food into these faces for a couple of hours of quiet at least."

2 hours ago, Flowergirl said:

Lovely to meet you at the snag tent. Snags were delicious 😋 

Thank you Flowergirl! You’re the third person (at least) who I served without knowing they were Demonlanders. I’m starting to worry that folks are scared to tell me who they are. I mean, I don’t bite. 😂

13 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Oh, that was you! We don’t often get told to keep the change, and never twice from the same person.

My 3-word analysis of Joeboy:

Delightful generous man

 

"Sauce, no onions"?

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Form your observations is Petty any chance of getting up this weekend?

As maligned as he's been this year, he's turned a bit of a corner the last 2 weeks.

It may have been an optical illusion but up close Petty actually looks slim whilst on tv or from the grandstands he looks… overweightish

1 minute ago, joeboy said:

It may have been an optical illusion but up close Petty actually looks slim whilst on tv or from the grandstands he looks… overweightish

Don't forget, the camera adds 10 pounds and the afl have like 30 cameras.

17 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

"Sauce, no onions"?

Nope, onions included 

22 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Thank you Flowergirl! You’re the third person (at least) who I served without knowing they were Demonlanders. I’m starting to worry that folks are scared to tell me who they are. I mean, I don’t bite. 😂

It's more about me being shy than you being scary! I'll make sure I say hi next time 😉

46 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

I'm guess approximately 1000 other people found themselves up against the same predicament and thought 'I'll get WalkingCivilWar to shove food into these faces for a couple of hours of quiet at least."

I’d have thought the kids would have been shocked in amazement that a human has this beautiful face! Aaannnd they give out Michelin star food…. 

 

Thanks WCW, Ditcha and all posters sounds like a great training / family day at Gosh’s today, very envious.

Great wrap up,  love to hear about the great turn out and good times had by all

34 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

Great wrap up,  love to hear about the great turn out and good times had by all

Except the vegetarians 

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10 hours ago, Ditcha said:

Yes, I would agree that there was about 2000 fans. It was great to see on a cold day. 

That is amazing given recent losses. I can remember when we used to get 500 and we thought that was good. It bodes well that the kids haven't given up on us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a really great day, just a shame that some parents didn't listen to Robbo's calls for children to remain off the ground. The children storming the players while they were signing and preventing them from getting to those children waiting patiently was pretty poor. Please be respectful of others. 

10 hours ago, John Demonic said:

Except the vegetarians 

let em eat cake

Bah humbug    OFF WITH THEIR HEADS !!

16 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 I mean, I don’t bite. 😂

Well maybe only a little nibble?  😜

4 hours ago, Flowergirl said:

It was a really great day, just a shame that some parents didn't listen to Robbo's calls for children to remain off the ground. The children storming the players while they were signing and preventing them from getting to those children waiting patiently was pretty poor. Please be respectful of others. 

I saw this going on and was disappointed in parents for allowing it to happen. Also, “Security” were close to useless. 🙄 The quiet, patient children missed out, yet again. I also felt for the players, some of the young boys looked overwhelmed.

I see the players leave training after regular sessions at Gosch’s, and watching them leave yesterday’s session was weird. I’ve never seen a group of young men so keen to escape. 😂

Yesterday a man came to our tent, snatched a sausage in bread and ran off without paying. No biggie, but if that person happens to be someone on here, please know that you could’ve pulled me aside and explained you had no $ and I would’ve paid for it. I’ve done this before with the odd kid who doesn’t have $ and it’s better than nicking one, especially in front of the teenagers we had working with us.

Cut to the next DA BBQ and there’s WCW weighted down with hundreds of coins to pay for the snags people claim they can’t afford 😂