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PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 12th February 2025

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5 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

The mood is sky-high! The energy is electric. It’s such a great place to be this morning, more so than usual. I can even hear a couple of the boys singing along with the music in the tent. In case anyone is wondering, the song is called “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom” by Venga Boys (I had to Shazam it). 

So are you gonna get on the Vengabus? 🤣

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    4 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

    Jefferson Airplane!

    He'll end up just being called Starship!

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    2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    He wasn’t “carried” from the field. He came off under his own steam. He didn’t even have his arms around the doc and the physio. These exaggerations are so annoying. 

    Huh?

     

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    11 minutes ago, adonski said:

    Could be photoshop ?

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

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    50 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Your comical ribbing of the track reporters is gold!

    If you make it down to training you will be jumped on hard so bring a notepad  :-)

    What the other track watchers will do if @Roost it far gets down to training...

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    As a trackwatcher, I can definitely confirm Judd got assisted/carried from the field by two trainers. Initially he could not put any weight through the leg (it initially looked like it could be an ankle because of this). He looked in a lot of pain. Once he got the the sidelines he was slowly able to put some wait through the leg, and the pain seemed to ease slowly. It didn't look good live, but let's hope GW's inside word from the trainers is correct. Fingers crossed he is okay!!

    Taj also got assessed by the trainer for some shoulder/neck discomfort after a big collision. He did not return to the match sim (there was not long left to go), although he was happily taking snaps at goal from the boundary line at the conclusion of training. Hopefully a non-issue.

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    2 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    stop replying to him, stop engaging with him, stop quoting him

    put him on ignore

    Yeah put me on ignore! I was merely responding to your invitation! Couldn't care less!

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    2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Yeah put me on ignore! I was merely responding to your invitation! Couldn't care less!

    Oh one other thing, when this was reported I said nothing. It was only after you commented and poked the bear that I responded! And I might add pretty tamely!

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    55 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

    So are you gonna get on the Vengabus? 🤣

    Hmmmm lemme think abou…

    HELL NO!!!

    The young guys have the schittiest taste in music and they’re always the ones that select it, but it’s because the older guys don’t care what’s being played. 

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    45 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

    Huh?

     

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    That’s NOT being carried off. As our medical update says, he was helped off. Big difference 

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    5 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

    Jefferson Airplane!

    Jefferson Starship is the matured version.

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    5 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Hmmmm lemme think abou…

    HELL NO!!!

    The young guys have the schittiest taste in music and they’re always the ones that select it, but it’s because the older guys don’t care what’s being played. 

    While I'm also becoming an old fart lamenting Autotune and melody-less hiphop chants etc in recent years the equally awful Eurotrash Vengaboys group were a big thing in 98/99. Half the team wouldn't have been alive when the Vengaboys' cheesy rubbish was piping though shopping malls and coin arcades.

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    A hot day down at Gosch's Paddock.

    They are working the squad hard, plenty of running and for a longer time of exertion than early preseason runs.

    A few suffered brain fades in the heat.

    The overall skin folds are minimal, their bodies are top light, they are ready to run.

    Great to see Spargo with the squad, he participated in the non-contact drills, the same for Tracc, who ran numerous laps, when they did sims.

    Fullarton is now in full training as is Lever, and McAdam.

    No shows, included Viney, Windsor, Bowey, Salem, Tholstrup and Kentfield.

    Goody and Chaplin were very vocal, mainly about the structural forms.

    The sims were dedicated to last few minutes, perhaps 10 sets were performed. The team in front, played behind the ball. The lead changed numerous times. They finished with the 30-second board being shown from the boundary, the ones in front protected the ball and the defensive had to match up. The ones in front managed easily.

    Langdon is flourishing as an on baller. Plenty of touches, a few inside the forward 50.

    Lindsay and Billings on one wing with Woewodin and Sharp the other side. They were making lots of connections boundary side for the back to the forwards.

    Chandler and Sparrow in the half-forward area, though not much involvement.

    Petty running the full ground from back to forward area, with Hore in tow.

    Jefferson started down back, fluffed a couple of easy marks, they moved him forward and he did much better.

    Sestan off halfback is doing well and Verrall had a good session up forward.

    AMW has poise and making good decisions with the ball.

    Kossie is looking good, ripping through the traffic with turns and bluffs.

    Campbell is giving Gawn some resistance in ruck and around the field, he is competing well against him. Gawn is doing more leadership now, vocal and supportive to the others. Actually, most of them are getting into the encouragement and congratulations.

    Poor Juddy, when he did 'it', he started crawling off to the boundary, team first attitude, get out of the way of others, while spasms and pain hit him.

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    Just now, Greg Schneider said:

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    Yeah I meant for most of the walk. As they neared the boundary the Doc and the physio got under his arms. Point is, he was walking. 

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    28 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    That’s NOT being carried off. As our medical update says, he was helped off. Big difference 

    I was responding to your direct quote:

    He didn’t even have his arms around the doc and the physio

    Your insights from training are really appreciated, but please don’t flat out make stuff up otherwise people will start to doubt other things you say.

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    It’s kinda irrelevant how he went off

    It’s not gonna impact the xx weeks until he is back 🤷‍♂️

    Keep up the great reports all.

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    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    Your comical ribbing of the track reporters is gold!

    If you make it down to training you will be jumped on hard so bring a notepad  :-)

    I’ll be there in the next few weeks

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    49 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

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    sure looks like being helped off the ground to me...

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    are you blind @Ghostwriter or just sharing misinformation?

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    Really? REALLY?!!! God I hope you’re joking but even if you are joking, it’s not funny. I said he was helped off the field… HELPED not CARRIED. The pics you went to the trouble of posting show exactly that… he was HELPED not CARRIED. Moreover, within a few minutes of these pics being taken he was walking unaided and clearly not in as much pain.

    So I’m either “blind” or have chosen to “share misinformation,” yeah? Wow. Would expect it from certain others, so disappointed to hear it from you. 

    Right now I’m asking myself why I even bother to post on here. 

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    13 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

    I was responding to your direct quote:

    He didn’t even have his arms around the doc and the physio

    Your insights from training are really appreciated, but please don’t flat out make stuff up otherwise people will start to doubt other things you say.

    Omfg am I being pranked? Cannot believe how big a deal this has become. AT FIRST THEY WERE FLANKING HIM HOLDING HIS ELBOWS. AS THEY NEARED THE BOUNDARY THEY PUT HIS ARMS AROUND THEIR SHOULDERS.

    Not gonna repeat this again. Three times is two times too many. In fact not gonna post for a while. [censored] if I’m gonna let anyone insult me when I’m trying my best to relay things as they’re happening while there’s so much else going on. So go ahead and doubt anything or even everything I say.

    GW out. 

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    4 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I’ll be there in the next few weeks

    Pulitzer award-winning report coming up!

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