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PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday February 28th 2025

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7 minutes ago, kev martin said:

Halfway through training, those that are playing in the Casey game tomorrow left the area. Included were, Tmac, Campbell, Laurie, Jefferson, Mentha, Brown, Verrall.

Maybe a little hint for round 1 that we'll be going with:

Defence - May, Lever and Petty with T Mac missing out.

Forward - JVR, Turner with AJ as the third tall forward/second ruck and then potentially subbed out. Jefferson to miss out.

(JVR to play the entire game as a forward aside from maybe a short Gawn chop out if AJ subbed out)

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    24 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Maybe a little hint for round 1 that we'll be going with:

    Defence - May, Lever and Petty with T Mac missing out.

    Forward - JVR, Turner with AJ as the third tall forward/second ruck and then potentially subbed out. Jefferson to miss out.

    (JVR to play the entire game as a forward aside from maybe a short Gawn chop out if AJ subbed out)

    Reckon you're spot on.

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    42 minutes ago, kev martin said:

    Beautiful morning, not much wind, more than a couple of dozen spectators. 

    The players were up and about, boisterous and having fun.

    One of their last drills were three teams competing in a hard at it, handball game in a small area. Goody was encouraging them in it and to win. He also took them aside a couple of times and talked to them, during the session.

    Halfway through training, those that are playing in the Casey game tomorrow left the area. Included were, Tmac, Campbell, Laurie, Jefferson, Mentha, Brown, Verrall.

    I didn't notice Fullarton or Sestan. Henderson was training but had no number, maybe he will get a run for Casey. Spargo was doing some short runs in runners, it was mentioned that he will play at Casey.

    Those that stayed with the main squad included, Howes, Adams, Lindsay, Langford, Windsor, Salem, Turner, Sharp, Woewodin, Johnson. 

    Viney was running well and getting plenty in the sims (two 5 minute sets).  

    Sparrow looking strong and with good involvement. 

    Wings had Billings, Lindsay, Woewodin and Sharp in those positions.

    Chandler running extensively up and down the field, off half-forward.

    Johnson struggled a bit keeping up with Gawn. At a couple of stages, Gawny was instructing Johnson on the ruck craft.

    Lever intercepting well. Apart from him stopping our thrusts, we showed good overall skills, with fast ball movement and kicking to advantage.

    Adams was getting heavily involved and with good skills.

    Rivers is ready to go, looking very good, as is Bowey.

    Tracc a little rusty, missed some hits when distributing. 

    Oliver continues to push himself, working very hard.

    Windsor was running freely.

    They had cones ten meters in from the boundary line. Looks like that want them to find corridors and not safety. 

    I was told they are flying early tomorrow.

    Culley train??

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    44 minutes ago, kev martin said:

    Beautiful morning, not much wind, more than a couple of dozen spectators. 

    The players were up and about, boisterous and having fun.

    One of their last drills were three teams competing in a hard at it, handball game in a small area. Goody was encouraging them in it and to win. He also took them aside a couple of times and talked to them, during the session.

    Halfway through training, those that are playing in the Casey game tomorrow left the area. Included were, Tmac, Campbell, Laurie, Jefferson, Mentha, Brown, Verrall.

    I didn't notice Fullarton or Sestan. Henderson was training but had no number, maybe he will get a run for Casey. Spargo was doing some short runs in runners, it was mentioned that he will play at Casey.

    Those that stayed with the main squad included, Howes, Adams, Lindsay, Langford, Windsor, Salem, Turner, Sharp, Woewodin, Johnson. 

    Viney was running well and getting plenty in the sims (two 5 minute sets).  

    Sparrow looking strong and with good involvement. 

    Wings had Billings, Lindsay, Woewodin and Sharp in those positions.

    Chandler running extensively up and down the field, off half-forward.

    Johnson struggled a bit keeping up with Gawn. At a couple of stages, Gawny was instructing Johnson on the ruck craft.

    Lever intercepting well. Apart from him stopping our thrusts, we showed good overall skills, with fast ball movement and kicking to advantage.

    Adams was getting heavily involved and with good skills.

    Rivers is ready to go, looking very good, as is Bowey.

    Tracc a little rusty, missed some hits when distributing. 

    Oliver continues to push himself, working very hard.

    Windsor was running freely.

    They had cones ten meters in from the boundary line. Looks like that want them to find corridors and not safety. 

    I was told they are flying early tomorrow.

    Jeffo at Casey????? 🤮What a great confidence booster after showing good signs last week

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    2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Short session today, I didn’t get to talk to many of my faves. The Bison waved from the field and gave me a double thumbs up and a big grin. I reckon he knows what us fans think of him. 😊 👍🏽👍🏽

    Wonderful to hear! ❤️💙

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    20 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Jeffo at Casey????? 🤮What a great confidence booster after showing good signs last week

    Good signs??? You’ve set the bar too low

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    1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

    Good signs??? You’ve set the bar too low

    agreed

    jefferson is just not strong enough in the contest as yet

    good skills from the looks of things, but that's only half the role of a key forward

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    33 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Jeffo at Casey????? 🤮What a great confidence booster after showing good signs last week

    Your proclamation that Goody loved him - completely made up or a fever dream?

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    34 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Jeffo at Casey????? 🤮What a great confidence booster after showing good signs last week

    Sam Weidman 2.0, unless he can dominate at Casey why should he be in the 1s same goes for Fulton last year.

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    42 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Culley train??

    Probably drove 

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    4 hours ago, Beetle said:

    Thank god they've got the lights on, training in such appalling conditions.

    That's actually a party sparkler they inserted into Marty's thumb, which also explains why he is in a good mood.

    I'm really surprised to hear McVee could be back so soon, as I was under the impression his injury was a bit on the horrible side.

    I'm more interested than clear reason call for to know how the mature/SSP selections are going. Could we be seeing Henderson dashing around causing trouble for a few weeks before Pickett is available?

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Culley train??

    Yes Culley was with them, left the paddock with the, I assume are the Casey team.

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    2 hours ago, kev martin said:

    Beautiful morning, not much wind, more than a couple of dozen spectators. 

    The players were up and about, boisterous and having fun.

    One of their last drills were three teams competing in a hard at it, handball game in a small area. Goody was encouraging them in it and to win. He also took them aside a couple of times and talked to them, during the session.

    Halfway through training, those that are playing in the Casey game tomorrow left the area. Included were, Tmac, Campbell, Laurie, Jefferson, Mentha, Brown, Verrall.

    I didn't notice Fullarton or Sestan. Henderson was training but had no number, maybe he will get a run for Casey. Spargo was doing some short runs in runners, it was mentioned that he will play at Casey.

    Those that stayed with the main squad included, Howes, Adams, Lindsay, Langford, Windsor, Salem, Turner, Sharp, Woewodin, Johnson. 

    Viney was running well and getting plenty in the sims (two 5 minute sets).  

    Sparrow looking strong and with good involvement. 

    Wings had Billings, Lindsay, Woewodin and Sharp in those positions.

    Chandler running extensively up and down the field, off half-forward.

    Johnson struggled a bit keeping up with Gawn. At a couple of stages, Gawny was instructing Johnson on the ruck craft.

    Lever intercepting well. Apart from him stopping our thrusts, we showed good overall skills, with fast ball movement and kicking to advantage.

    Adams was getting heavily involved and with good skills.

    Rivers is ready to go, looking very good, as is Bowey.

    Tracc a little rusty, missed some hits when distributing. 

    Oliver continues to push himself, working very hard.

    Windsor was running freely.

    They had cones ten meters in from the boundary line. Looks like that want them to find corridors and not safety. 

    I was told they are flying early tomorrow.

    Looks like they’ve flown up today according to May’s insta story.

    Either way, thank you for the report!

    Edited by Demongirl35

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    6 hours ago, Sideshow Bob said:

    Your lack of punctuation is noted. Next time please use the required comma's, semicolons and full stops, with the  appropriate capitisation after full stops.

    Im sorry, but a true grammarian would've used an exclamation mark to emphasise this point. 

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    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    Jeffo at Casey????? 🤮What a great confidence booster after showing good signs last week

    Well then do it again & again… & again @ Casey. & I'm sure if he does, then he will get a look in. 

    Let’s just trust the coaches on this one  PF.

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    6 hours ago, Mickey said:

    Comma's? Methinks thou doth punctuate too much.

    Never mind the superfluous apostrophe. 

    I'm still trying to come to terms with the neologism that is "capitisation".  

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    29 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said:

    Apparently is more a loading issue😁

    Where's the thinking emoji when you need one!

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    2 minutes ago, binman said:

    Where's the thinking emoji when you need one!

    🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤬

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    4 hours ago, 640MD said:

    Thanks Ghosty,   Can I have some of your frequent flyer points, I need to go back to Europe cheeply,

     

    I have nfi what this means. I’m super curious though. 

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    25 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

    Looks like they’ve flown up today according to May’s insta story.

    Either way, thank you for the report!

    They did fly out today. They have a Captain’s Run at Rushton Park In Mandurah tomorrow. They’ll fly back on Sunday after the match. Then they have a few days off followed by training at Casey on Thursday. 

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    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Your proclamation that Goody loved him - completely made up or a fever dream?

    From a good source, choose whether you want to believe it or not!! 

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