PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 12th February 2025

[Superunknown 4,246]

Jeez it’s going to be another long year on Demonland 

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,515]

4 hours ago, Roost it far said:

He’s got 5 weeks to recover if it’s a standard hamstring 

I admire your optimism.

Judging by the footage on channel 7 news he’s going to need every one of those 5 weeks if he’s any chance for round 1.

[Gator 18,053]

28 minutes ago, binman said:

Unfortunately this forum is a microcosm of the broader community, albeit skewed male in terms of demographics.

What we see out there, we see in here- positive and negative.

And the sad reality is there are plenty of people who enjoy upsetting and winding up other people.

What are you insinuating ?  Is it with regards to the information that was rightly corrected ?

[DemonJack 14 94]

Geez looks like a significant hammy. Maybe with the time on the sidelines, Judd can sign a new contract. Got a feeling WA clubs will come hard for him 

Edited February 12 by DemonJack 14

[Roost it far 10,022]

4 minutes ago, Gator said:

What are you insinuating ?  Is it with regards to the information that was rightly corrected ?

Dude, if you’ve been on this forum for awhile, which you have, you know full well that GW gets hassled by a few. You’d also know that it upsets her. So in the spirit of not being a complete fckutard you could show some restraint and make the place friendly rather than a room full of adolescents arguing what constitutes being carried compared to being helped. Rocket science it is not. 

[Roost it far 10,022]

30 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I admire your optimism.

Judging by the footage on channel 7 news he’s going to need every one of those 5 weeks if he’s any chance for round 1.

I think you’re right. I’m just hoping he didn’t pull it off completely 

[old dee 24,073]

6 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Next it’ll be an ambo came lights and sirens to rush him to the hospital where he’s now clinging to life. 

You missed the helicopter landing in the middle of the field Gw!

[hardtack 11,082]

We already lost one of our better track watchers under similar circumstances, in Saty…let’s not see history repeat itself.

[old dee 24,073]

6 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Definitely my favourite thing about today’s  session was Charles Spargo. It seems like a lifetime since we’ve seen him without shackles and today’s performance was a huge reminder of what we’ve been missing for 12 months. It was soooo good to see Charles doing Charles things. 

There are a lot of players standing in line for his spot. Not sure he will get it back unless we have a lot of injuries. 

[old dee 24,073]

4 hours ago, GS_1905 said:

Or AI generated . Cannot believe anything with a digital footprint anymore.

Spot on. If the media say it is night time I go out and check!

[Damo 3,462]

24 minutes ago, hardtack said:

We already lost one of our better track watchers under similar circumstances, in Saty…let’s not see history repeat itself.

This is exactly like the bs that saty ran with at the 2020 pre-season. There has to be balance.

[old dee 24,073]

3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Slick.

 

PS: If anyone "likes" this post you can be sure they're over 60 years old. 

Well over LDC!

[dazzledavey36 56,242]

30 minutes ago, hardtack said:

We already lost one of our better track watchers under similar circumstances, in Saty…let’s not see history repeat itself.

Saty has also baited folks on here and he's openly admitted that deliberately does so for [censored] and giggles.

Let's not pretend Saty is the moral citizen of Demonland.

[old dee 24,073]

2 hours ago, Olgreybeard49 said:

Thought I might join the chat. McAdam is highly skilled, with evasive tricks and a good footy IQ. Marks as if he were taller, like Fritta. He's done the work and I look forward to his first game, where he kicks 3 and dishes off a couple.

Have prescribed vitamins to avoid further injury / illness and a small dose off apotropaic magic to ward of negative DL comments. He'll be fine.

Yep first game back at Casey will be interesting.

[Rab D Nesbitt 8,932]

Aside from the perennial miserable old git or two I find DL to be a pretty good space to talk about the Dees. I'd much rather read a slightly embellished training report on here than anything that passes for the fourth estate these days. 

[BDA 23,048]

the track reporting is great but the drama is tedious

I hope McVee isn't badly injured. Didn't look good on the footage

[KozzyCan 945]

Some pretty stunning meltdowns over a clearly incorrect report.

[Demon Disciple 12,529]

Is a high hamstring tear worse than a tear closer to the knee?

[whatwhat say what 23,779]

4 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Is a high hamstring tear worse than a tear closer to the knee?

ai says:

A high hamstring tear, also called a "proximal hamstring tear," is generally considered worse than a tear closer to the knee (distal hamstring tear) because the high hamstring is closer to the bone attachment point and can involve more severe tendon damage, potentially leading to longer recovery times and sometimes requiring surgical intervention in severe cases. 
 

[rjay 25,413]

4 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Is a high hamstring tear worse than a tear closer to the knee?

Good question and one for ' @Webber'????

[BC_1718_DC 1,776]

6 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Is a high hamstring tear worse than a tear closer to the knee?

Absolutely. But often when a young player gets a hamstring injury, they may think it’s worse than it is because *usually* it’s one of their first “nicks” or “tears” to the hammy. Same goes for the first time you get other soft tissue injuries for the first time. They’ve never had the feeling of a muscle pull so could think something minor is a lot worse than what it is because it’s a foreign feeling. 
 

Hoping this for Judd of course.

[WERRIDEE 5,638]

LOVE YA GHOST WRITER. Just don't take it to heart as Paul McCartney said Let it be. You are morphing into Saty we don't want that.

As people know I love my best 46 so here it is after reading the training session in full. Let's face it McVee won't be playing it's a 6 to 12 week injury.

Melbourne

B: Lever, May, Bowey

HB: Salem, Petty, Windsor

C: Sharp, Rivers, Langdon

HF: Petracca, Turner, Fritsch

F: Chandler, van Rooyen, Jefferson

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Howes, Sparrow, Langford, McAdam

SUB: Billings

EMERG: Lindsay, Laurie, Campbell

Casey

B: Hore, Adams, Bonner

HB: Sestan, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield

C: Lindsay, Laurie, Woewodin

HF: Spargo, Johnson, Brown

F: Melksham, Fullerton, Mentha

FOLL: Campbell, Culley, Hardie

IC: Verrall, Smith, George, Baldi, Yze

 

ILL: Kentfield

SUS: Pickett

INJ: Tholstrup, McVee

Edited February 12 by WERRIDEE

[BAMF 4,477]

4 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

What on earth?! Nobody has insulted you! I said earlier your training reports are really appreciated.
 

But you railed against misinformation from reporters and were then proven to have been guilty of the exact same thing yourself. I’d have pointed this out to any poster that had done the same thing, nobody is out to get you @Ghostwriter!

Saying 'Please don’t flat out make stuff up' is insulting someone's credibility.

 

[Dee Boys 934]

20 minutes ago, BAMF said:

Saying 'Please don’t flat out make stuff up' is insulting someone's credibility.

 

But…the information was made up. Surely they’re just words to live by, for everyone?

Anyway, let’s move on FFS.

Edited February 12 by Dee Boys

[Redleg 42,128]

4 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

What are you talking about? Nobody hates insights, nobody has said they don’t appreciate the insights. Nobody has insulted anybody else!
 

People are just a bit thrown when those “insights” provided are proven to be patently false, that’s all 🤷‍♂️

You are aware that people seeing the same incident, often give different descriptions of it. That is a fact, as proved in Courts and Tests thousands of times.

Some people see parts of an incident that others miss, or simply mistake what they saw.

Maybe we can leave GW alone and just appreciate her contributions, without constant attacks for innocent variations of what might or might not have occurred at training.

Surely the important fact is how long Judd will miss, not how he left the training track.