Men’s and women’s teams both out on the park together. Training separately but geez it’s good to see them all out there.

The boys are all in trakkies and puffas, the girls are in shorts and sleeveless guernseys. Just sayin’ 😉

Tahls ☹️

She’s in really good spirits. She said she’s happy to be only missing half the season, not the whole season. Now there’s a glass half-full person if ever I saw one.

@binman Kolt, Sharpie and Jai qualify for Casey finals. If Howes plays next week (vs Collingwood) he won’t qualify. This is according to Sharpie and confirmed by Chappy, except Chappy wasn’t sure about Howes.

Great news…

NO SOCCER BALLS!!!

11 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Men’s and women’s teams both out on the park together. Training separately but geez it’s good to see them all out there.

The boys are all in trakkies and puffas, the girls are in shorts and sleeveless guernseys. Just sayin’ 😉

My heart!!!

8 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

My heart!!!

I gave Gabs a big hug from you 💕

Just now, Ghostwriter said:

I gave Gabs a big hug from you 💕

Thank you! How's she going? Did she say anything about her knee?

11 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Thank you! How's she going? Did she say anything about her knee?

She didn’t mention it and I didn’t ask about it. She trained separately though. She’s her usual awesome bubbly self.

Had a chat with our #33 Lily Johnson. She’s loving being a Demon and loves living in Melbourne. Her partner feels the same way

😉

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

@binman Kolt, Sharpie and Jai qualify for Casey finals. If Howes plays next week (vs Collingwood) he won’t qualify. This is according to Sharpie and confirmed by Chappy, except Chappy wasn’t sure about Howes.

Sharp is playing his 17th AFL game this week - I'm pretty sure the limit is 12 to be eligible for VFL finals.

I would have thought Howes would be okay either way as he has only played 10 AFL games, but perhaps the rule is less than 12 AFL games.

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

Had a chat with our #33 Lily Johnson. She’s loving being a Demon and loves living in Melbourne. Her partner feels the same way

😉

need to get these 2 on a breeding programme... and one of them over the threshold of games. cmon Lily, start making Father/Mother/Daugher/Sons 😂

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45 minutes ago, poita said:

Sharp is playing his 17th AFL game this week - I'm pretty sure the limit is 12 to be eligible for VFL finals.

I would have thought Howes would be okay either way as he has only played 10 AFL games, but perhaps the rule is less than 12 AFL games.

Someone should tell Sharpie 😂

He was very confident about the fact that he qualifies and he’s not even close

Right in behind Ghosty.

WOMEN

Of the named 21, no Lauren Pearce (but that's not unusual for Loz). Molly O'Hehir on the bike, in trainers and didn't train but another trackwatcher chatted to her and she said she is playing (perhaps a corkie from training yesterday?). Kate Hore also did not join the main group but was moving more freely than on Wednesday. I reckon she will still be a "test" for tomorrow. I reckon if either of the two don't get up perhaps Goldie comes in?

No soccer balls for the women but they played short-field American Football! Loads of rehabbers working away.

MEN

The named team all present and didn't spot any of the emergencies - Billings, Adams or AJ - maybe they will all have preferred a full training day with Casey? No rehabbers.

This isn't Ghostwriter-level insight, but I did see Georgia Gall down the local shops a few days ago and my medical diagnosis based on "casually strolling around a shopping centre with a teammate" is that she'll be good to go next week. This is the most intel I've ever been able to contribute and definitely my most random "Demons in the wild" encounter for some time.

And good intel on Georgia as well. She trained apart from the group and looked very comfortable joining in main training towards the end. Harvey will be sad to hear that after he left the soccer ball did come out and they had the choice between American Footy and soccer. Kate Hore appeared to be doing a fitness test but the result wasn't evident although she looked pretty comfortable to me.

The training session for the women went for longer than I could stay, and I left at 11.30. Lots of low kicks into a net about chest marking height.

There is a fantastic spirit amongst the girls, it's great to see.

There was also a young (from my perspective) lady having her 14 birthday today with a sign asking for a pair of boots (something I've never really understood), and she got them! Thanks Kossie, you've made someone's day!

1 hour ago, Slartibartfast said:

There is a fantastic spirit amongst the girls, it's great to see.

You wouldn’t have known it was cold and damp such was their gaiety. When they came to the boundary for a team huddle or a water break they were actually singing. And whenever they had to wait for, say, the field to be set up, instead of just standing there, they’d spontaneously start dancing. Endless energy and enthusiasm. They’re an absolute joy to watch.

I hope the men’s team stink doesn’t rub off on the women’s team.

The AFLW team is far more mature to let that happen, but it does have an ability to sneak up on you.