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PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday 21st February 2025

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40 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

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Nice!

Though bittersweet for Shane...

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    2 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

    I must have missed something. What is the issue with Langdon?

    He doesn’t require a b grade hit out in 35 degrees.

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    46 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    My squad prediction:

    B: Lever, Adams, Hore

    HB: Bowey, Petty, Howes

    C: Sharp, Rivers, Billings 

    HF: Pickett, van Rooyen, Sparrow 

    F: Chandler, Jefferson, Turner

    FOLL: Campbell, Oliver, Laurie

    IC: Langford, Lindsay, McDonald, Verrall, Fullerton, Sestan, Mentha, Woewodin, Brown, Johnson

    Was Turner there?

     

    Turner was there, trained freely 

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    1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

    You know who’s really excited to be playing tomorrow? That’d be Harves. He’s rapt.

    So is Bison a nickname for the nickname of Harves?

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    11 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

    I must have missed something. What is the issue with Langdon?

    From the chat I had with the trainers, they are taking load management much more seriously this year.  They talked particularly about Max and Campbell.  Fingers crossed they follow through!

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    2 minutes ago, Travy14 said:

    From the chat I had with the trainers, they are taking load management much more seriously this year.  They talked particularly about Max and Campbell.  Fingers crossed they follow through!

    And Max isn’t allowed to overrule.

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    4 minutes ago, Travy14 said:

    From the chat I had with the trainers, they are taking load management much more seriously this year.  They talked particularly about Max and Campbell.  Fingers crossed they follow through!

    Love to hear it. No point risking the guys said who are missing out against North in that weather. Save em. Protect the older bodies/ guys with injury clouds.

     

    No doubt the majority if not all will be on the plane to play freo next week as well👍🏼

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    1 minute ago, BC_1718_DC said:

    Love to hear it. No point risking the guys said who are missing out against North in that weather. Save em. Protect the older bodies/ guys with injury clouds.

     

    No doubt the majority if not all will be on the plane to play freo next week as well👍🏼

    Yeah I’d say they will treat the Freo game as if it’s a proper game, given it’s our last hit out before round 1

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    51 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    So is Bison a nickname for the nickname of Harves?

    It’d better be! I’ve told him I’d make it happen. But then I told him I’d find him a girlfriend (it’s a long story) and that hasn’t happened so he must know I’m full of empty promises 😅

    edit: I’ve just messaged this nickname info to the DA powers that be, including asking how we can make this happen. Now I await their reply which will likely be along the lines of GW- stop making promises for us to follow through on. 🙃

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    18 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    It’d better be! I’ve told him I’d make it happen. But then I told him I’d find him a girlfriend (it’s a long story) and that hasn’t happened so he must know I’m full of empty promises. 😅

    I love this nickname Bison…. Hope it sticks 😆

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    3 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

    I love this nickname Bison…. Hope it sticks 😆

    The DA props-maker (and one of our triumvirate of leaders) has already got a great idea for a handheld banner. She’s running with it already. Now to convince the entire playing group 🤔 

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    Gorgeous morning, right temperature, no wind, plenty of vibe around (excited, nervous, up), they are ready to hit and compete. 

    The veterans of Trac, Spargo, Gawn, Viney, Langdon, May, Fritsch, Salem, and the new one Henderson, had their own program going. They did join in some main drills. Henderson looks OK, can run and covers the ground smoothly, also has a good kick on him. In a general drill where we hadn't dropped a ball until Henderson let one slip. Good learning curve for him. A few others missed after that. I think, starting in that group of leaders will be good for him.

    The veterans group did an excessive number of run throughs.

    The others were about 28 or so in numbers. Going to be an interesting hit out tomorrow in the sim against North. 

    Goody controlled the training, mainly by himself. The sims had him structuring mostly infront of the ball. The contest weren't there as they kept distance and allowed each other space.

    Kossie heavily involved, as a small forward. Oliver, rotated with him in from the forward to the mid-area.

    JVR getting his hands on it, with Turner as his offsider.

    Jefferson and Johnson at the end that they weren't kicking too.

    Backline being led by Lever who got the intercepts.

    Sharp played high half-forward. 

    Verral and Campbell rucking in different teams.

    H.Langford, looked nervous, fumbled a few. Hope he enjoys his first hit out with team tomorrow. 

    Lindsay is going well, I like that he is quiet, absorbing all he can get, and plays with poise. Will be a good role player for Goody as he is a quick learner.

    They had some goal kicking at the end, Mentha has a good banana shape on his snaps.

    Brad Green was down at training, hanging out with the "brains trust", on the far side. (First time I have noticed him down at the Paddock).

    Edited by kev martin

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    Thx

    Who is Leb?

    is Bison reminiscent of “Rhino” Richards?

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    Big thanks to Ghostwriter, Demonland, Travy14, BC_1718_DC, Kev Martin and all posters and special comments. Great to read your insights and Intel, will be an interesting game tomorrow, we get to see quite a few newbies and our younger brigade.

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    41 minutes ago, kev martin said:

    Goody controlled the training, mainly by himself. The sims had him structuring mostly infront of the ball. The contest weren't there as they kept distance and allowed each other space.

    Kossie heavily involved, as a small forward. Oliver, rotated with him in from the forward to the mid-area.

     

    This is music to my ears or should I say eyes. Now that we are starting to assemble more midfield depth I hope to see Kossie spend the bulk of his time forward. He is such a weapon down there and I think the most dangerous small forward in the game. If we do play with more speed on the ball into a relatively open forward line he will be difficult to stop. 

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    4 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Leb is a very happy lad. He said it’s good to be back in boots. About his injury- listed as a skin infection, he thought it was an ingrown hair at first but the medics said it was likely a spider bite and it became infected. In any case, it’s been cut out. It’s his big toe which is now sporting three stitches and he temporarily can’t bend it. He’s not playing tomorrow but has been told he’ll get a run vs Freo next week. 

    Nice job Cas' 

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    4 hours ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

    Absent: McAdam

    Rehabbing: Melksham and McVee lots of running. Moniz-Wahefield. Tholstrup and Kentfield not doing much.

    Not playing tomorrow: May, Salem, Petracca, Viney, Spargo, Gawn, Langdon, Fritsch, Henderson, Windsor

    Train-on: Roy George (Culley not present).

    Leaves the other 28 available to have a run tomorrow:

    2 van Rooyen
    8 Lever
    13 Oliver
    14 Billings
    16 Laurie
    17 Bowey
    19 Langford
    20 Lindsay
    21 Jefferson
    22 Howes
    24 Rivers
    25 TMac
    26 Adams
    27 Hore
    28 Verrall
    29 Campbell
    30 Sharp
    32 Sparrow
    33 Fullarton
    35 Petty
    36 Pickett
    37 Chandler
    38 Sestan
    39 Mentha
    40 Woewodin
    41 Brown
    42 Johnson
    ? George

     

    Also insert 10 Turner

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    34 minutes ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

    "Banger"

    You've got my vote, notwithstanding that it was Robert Harvey's nick way back when.

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    3 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

    Yeah I’d say they will treat the Freo game as if it’s a proper game, given it’s our last hit out before round 1

    Yeah for sure. Our round 1 team will need plenty of solid minutes against Freo because when we play GWS they'll be 4 quarters ahead of us in preparation.

    I doubt Kozzie will play Freo. Sounds like he's playing tomorrow instead.

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    53 minutes ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

    Why not "Wallbanger"? Too long? - shorten it to "Banger"🙂

    Penny or Tuppenny?

    or the derivation


    “Bunger”

     

    Back in my occasionally errant childhood used to terrorise the neighbours’ letterboxes with those. These days the the ‘hood would be in full lockdown and you’d be getting frogmarched out.

     

     

    Edited by Tarax Club

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    5 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    You know who’s really excited to be playing tomorrow? That’d be Harves. He’s rapt.

    Also, someone on here suggested a change of nickname for him, perhaps Bull or Bison. I ran it by him and he said it’d definitely be “very cool” to be called Bison. I said I’d make it happen which I shouldn’t have said coz how the hell can I make it happen?! 🤷‍♀️ 

    Surely ‘Lego’ gets a look in??!!

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