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PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday 21st February 2025

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5 hours ago, Travy14 said:

...  And they did bulk running at the end of training.  Not ideal for a game at 10 tomorrow morning.

This was:

Trac, May, Langdon, Gawn, Salem, Spargo, Viney.

Better time than 10am on a Friday morning during school time like Sydney v GWS TODAY.

Do they seriously get funds for growing the game in NSW? 

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    3 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    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 🤔 

    I vote for  - & Co

    Oliver, Petracca & Co

     

    Not my idea, can't remember who thought of it.

    Probably ends up Anco

     

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    4 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    "Bison" is Mitch Marsh.  Langford deserves a nickname of his own.

    With a name like ‘Harvey’, I’d suggest ‘Rabbit’ as a nickname.

    Edited by hardtack

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    5 hours 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 😅

    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. 🙃

    Could always use a megaphone 📣 and start shouting things like, "kick it to Bison", "nice kick, Bison" and initially you will see confusion amongst the team, especially Bison, but persist, and especially get excited when he puts it through the big sticks, "nice goal, Bison!" Doing it in a positive reinforcement way will make the name stick. I also want this filmed for the socials.

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    6 hours 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👍🏼

    I would like to see the player management like the Cats did in 2022. They did a superb job of it that year in particular with their 'older' players.

     

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    6 hours ago, radar said:

    Thx

    Who is Leb?

    is Bison reminiscent of “Rhino” Richards?

    Caleb Windsor

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    3 hours ago, Lexinator said:

    Could always use a megaphone 📣 and start shouting things like, "kick it to Bison", "nice kick, Bison" and initially you will see confusion amongst the team, especially Bison, but persist, and especially get excited when he puts it through the big sticks, "nice goal, Bison!" Doing it in a positive reinforcement way will make the name stick. I also want this filmed for the socials.

    A confused Bison can’t be a good thing.

    But thanks for the suggestions, especially the megaphone. However, we had to apply to the AFL for permission to use a drum, I just can’t see them signing off on a megaphone. 

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    2 hours ago, Superunknown said:

    Good to have Ghostie on board

    seriously funny

     

    Yeah yeah😇😍

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    15 hours 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 😅

    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. 🙃

    Maybe all the 18yo women Demonlanders can step forward and help you out. 😁

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    17 hours ago, forever demons said:

    I would have replied “Clayton who”!

    And "What do you do here?"

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    1 hour ago, Go Ds said:

    Maybe all the 18yo women Demonlanders can step forward and help you out. 😁

    Yeah coz there’s a multitude of them on here 🙄 

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    11 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

    s Bison reminiscent of “Rhino” Richards?

    Tough nut, that one. Hurt many an opposition player ... 

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    On 21/02/2025 at 10:48, Ghostwriter said:

     It’s his big toe which is now sporting three stitches and he temporarily can’t bend it. 

    Leb’s Big Toe Update…

    He can now bend it!!! 🥳

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    14 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Yeah coz there’s a multitude of them on here 🙄 

     I gleaned that. 😄 Maybe 5 or 10 years ago someone wrote an article (in a newspaper I think) suggesting that AFL teams should go out of their way to find attractive local ladies to win the hearts of interstate recruits and thus stop them wanting to return home. Sure, love doesn't work as smoothly as that, and Harvey is local anyway. But it was an interesting and amusing idea (and probably sometimes these interstate romances happen anyway.)

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