Windsor rejoined one of the groups but a few minutes later returned to the same trainer on the boundary with what looks like some complaint with the legs/foot/ankle.

Physio twisting Windsor foot to test out the ligaments in the ankle.

Windsor back with the main group. Watch this space. 

5 (red) on 5 (yellow) handball keeping’s off drill with ferocious tackling with 3 pink vest players in the mix one at either end of the drill area and one in the middle playing both sides. 

Jonesy and Chaplin taking control of this drill while King watches on.

Henderson and Johnson running laps together  

As are Mentha Jnr and Oscar Berry. 

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

It’s 8:33am and they’re already out there!

Ima hafta

55 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

??? Please translate.

28 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

You tryna be funny? Surely you can see it means 'I'm going to have to .... "

"Carpe diem, Illud virum pulchrum nunc amplecti debeo."

Pickett’s ball movement is sublime, some very fancy footwork.

Tholstrup definitely looks leaner; agree with previous observations.

Chaplin: “as soon as the ball comes back (into the forward line) we move with speed! Move with intensity.”

Current exercise is a full ball movement exercise.

Fritsch just slotted a pearler from the boundary.

Jefferson with a lovely pass to JVR who was sprinting at full pace. JVR looked far quicker to an I’ve previously noticed, though I doubt the offseason has made any difference.

Chandler’s kicking has stood out for me, some lovely passes that have hit targets in the f50.

Constant encouragement from the line staff to “get to the cones”.

McDonald being used as a linking player outside of the D50 along the win. Being told to “get forward”.

Almost end to end (from half back) drill Red vs Blue bibs.

When red are attacking the order of the day is very quick ball movement with lots of forward hand balling to players running.

When Blues bibs have it’s a lot slower and more controlled movement of the ball back to the other end.

JVR looks remarkably more confident marking. Taking quite a few nice marks at full stretch.

Windsor being used as the link man at half back. Kolt substituting with him when Windsor resting.

10 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

Constant encouragement from the line staff to “get to the cones”.

That was my usual reaction to watching us this year.

Ending the session with sprints up and down the Centre Square.

That’s a wrap on the first week of Preseason Training for the 2026 Season.

We’ll be back next week.

📆  Monday, November 17
⏰ 10:00am - 11:30am
📍 Gosch's Paddock
🏃‍♂️ Session type: Training

Thanks for the reports all!

Not even a single house burnt down yet, should we panic?

Encouragement, leadership and voice from XL is astounding for such a young player.

JVR continues to impress with his pace, led most laps comfortably for his running group.

Heath already looks fully integrated and one of the boys already.

Langford wearing #4; also looks slimmer than last season.

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Interestingly Fritsch playing more on the wing/half back as a link player on the wing utilizing his kicking skills. 

Could just be for lack of numbers and personnel as the two key (only) forwards at either end are JVR/Jefferson & Kentfield/Heath. 

Cos that woked out so wel last time... 😆

2 hours ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

My remote drone informs me that Tholstrup and Mentha are also there Andy...

Don’t talk about your wife like that Harvey

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

That was my usual reaction to watching us this year.

Yep! I have fond memories of leaving the ground to get a Mr Whippy cone at half-time. 😉

54 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

How's Kosi? Did he have a good break? Is he raring to go for preseason?

He’s great. He’s full of smiles and super pumped. Two of his sisters, his little brother and little nephew were here, visiting from the Pilbara region. His sisters told me that Koz loves the MFC and despite all the talk of him leaving and the homesickness thing (which they said is totally overblown), he’s happy with us and his little family is settled here.

Kozzie’s little brother and his nephew didn’t engage in the convo until they heard I’m in the cheer squad and then it was on like Donkey Kong 😁 We’ve made plans for when they come to the ‘G at some point next season. They both wanna sit with me and I’ve promised them they can hold up Kozzie’s giant head, however, despite Koz being their brother/uncle, they were both more interested in being on a flogger 😅

3 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

He’s great. He’s full of smiles and super pumped. Two of his sisters, his little brother and little nephew were here, visiting from the Pilbara region. His sisters told me that Koz loves the MFC and despite all the talk of him leaving and the homesickness thing (which they said is totally overblown), he’s happy with us and his little family is settled here.

Kozzie’s little brother and his nephew didn’t engage in the convo until they heard I’m in the cheer squad and then it was on like Donkey Kong 😁 We’ve made plans for when they come to the ‘G at some point next season. They both wanna sit with me and I’ve promised them they can hold up Kozzie’s giant head, however, despite Koz being their brother/uncle, they were both more interested in being on a flogger 😅

Im guessing the nephew's pretty young. When he sits with you it should be a great memory for him.

Just now, Go Ds said:

Im guessing the nephew's pretty young. When he sits with you it should be a great memory for him.

Yes, Chase is about 12yo and was genuinely excited at the prospect of sitting with the DA.

Kingy introduced me to Rhett, our new Casey head coach. He’s a lovely person and is really keen to “get cracking” next season. I told him not to get too attached to Luker since he may not have a lot to do with him next season 😝

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

"Carpe diem, Illud virum pulchrum nunc amplecti debeo."

*Google Translates Little Goffy’s Latin phrase

*Laughs her arze off coz hella fitting 🤣

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Ghostwriter