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  1. Oh my.... Could spell the end for the Footy Show!
    18 points
  2. Why doesn't he just eat a whole steak ?
    11 points
  3. I guess I'll just have to keep watching something else on a Thursday night...
    11 points
  4. I spoke to him yesterday, told me 2 weeks away from rejoining rest of squad, the rehab staff have a program mapped out for him
    10 points
  5. We at Demonland wish Garry a speedy recovery from his illness. We will return to the subject of his health as the circumstances allow but for the time being it's best that discussion be closed.
    9 points
  6. I hope they don't start using mental illness as a 'catch phrase' to cover up behaviour that don't want to discuss. A bitter dispute now turns into a mental illness??? I doubt the illness caused a dispute or is this a way for Gary to be sidelined(suspended) for awhile and no one question it or him on his return??
    9 points
  7. Which, if it happens would prove to be a momentous boost for the standard of Australian television.
    9 points
  8. Not sure how to deal with a topic where Robbo is quoted as the baseline
    8 points
  9. If people have comments about or related to training, please make them here. If you have issues with other posters then make the by PM (and keep it nice) or not at all. Otherwise, be prepared to have your posts blocked (at best) or a for a holiday from posting here for an indeterminate period of time. Thanks.
    8 points
  10. We're all individuals. I've committed this year to avoid the petty barbs with people I've never met and just try and post positively about the club. Cheers to yourself and everyone else who scribes anything about training. I reckon we're in for a cracker of a season.
    7 points
  11. Hey Dazzle, this is why Saty is the best poster on the site. We get information nobody else provides. Just rumble over the stuff you don't like. BTW, no issue with the way you've responded recently to Saty. First class.
    6 points
  12. I was pretty impressed by the intensity and general standard of the match simulation. Our main issue is still going to be hitting targets by foot, but there were some nice passages of play; and the midfield is looking stronger. I'll eat a little humble pie with Frost, as he looked very good today as a leading/marking target in the forward-line. While I much prefer him in defence i was surprised by his forward-line work. His kicking for goal will be a bit hit or miss. Weideman moved very well, but he needs lots more strength in marking contests. A lot to look forward to, but he's a work in progress and I thought Oscar McDonald had his measure. I was impressed with Oscar today. BenKen ran on to some very good crumbs and used his pace. Tyson looks strong and was again prolific. He looks set for a superb season. Viney was fantastic. He turned one over for a goal when he used his right foot in defence, but overall he looked a class above what he was last year. His pace and tackling was first class. He's been freed up and I doubt he'll tag this year. Stretch is coming along nicely. As is Harmes who did some really good things in the midfield. Hunt's pace is an asset and he too found a bit of it. He butchered a couple by foot, but also hit some nice passes. Hoges was Hoges. Gawn was excellent, but he dropped two marks in the goal-square he should have taken. Clunked the third. He should really impact the scoreboard this year. Hulett continues to look a player. Bugg worries me. He turns it over with poor decisions and kicking. He'll get games, but I'm not a fan. Grimes was good. Played midfield. ANB fumbled today. Kent and Garlett did well. Kent has bulked up, but has maintained his pace and evasiveness. And a pat on the back to a player many of us feel is on his last legs. Terlich was very good - again. He gets lots of it and today hardly wasted a disposal. I've been a critic, but credit when it's due. He's been an excellent trainer throughout summer.
    6 points
  13. Went to training today, really good session, mostly the same drills, match simulation had umpires, Jack Viney tackled Tommy Mc again and resisted temptation to face plant him. Frost is definitely looking at being a forward, did match sim as forward and did goal kicking practice at the end of the session whilst rest were running, spoke to him, feellng really good. Stand outs for me today Hogan, Garlett, Grimes, Kent, Hunt and Matt Jones, quicker ball movement is what they are looking for with two or three options by hard running. There was one lovely coast to coast goal with Terlich being the one who had gut run to get himself alone in the centre square and he had options either side. Weideman and the rest of the young guys did some match sim, he put a really nice left foot step on Oscar Mc to round him and kick a nice goal. On the injury front Salem had slight issue with knee, same with Watts, Oliver is still growing so making sure we don't break him, Lumumba and Petracca are both a couple of weeks away from rejoining main group, Newton is back jogging, a few more weeks, Vince is being eased back in with his history of hamstring issues in preseason ... all this info from the players I asked. Will be putting up some pics on Twitter at Demonpk, any questions feel free.
    5 points
  14. Sounds like a serious matter to me... not a FS publicity stunt. I have full respect for GL as a Legend of MFC. Private lives are private. Many of us have made mistakes with relationships and family. I'm not going to cast a stone. The tone of these reports suggest serious personal issues. I choose to step back, without offering an opinion. Gary is an MFC great. We should support him, and his family, as best we can from a distance.
    5 points
  15. Some of the posts on here are despicable , Gary was nearly crippled at the end of his playing days he's one of our all time greats that could've gone to any club in his prime he spilled blood for our jumper some people are a disgrace.
    5 points
  16. All the best on your recovery Garry. You'll always be considered a legend of the club unlike many of the keyboard heroes on here.
    5 points
  17. If true - confirms everything I've thought about Gary for the past 10 years - selfish, arrogant, [censored].
    5 points
  18. I got there early for a short time and Pedo looked good in the set plays where the mids under little pressure where able to deliver the ball into a forward line with fewer defenders, so yes the defensive pressure is less but he did some good things. In the same drill Watts dropped a sitter in front of goal, reminding me of several episodes last year. Again he dropped it because he was looking for the next move before the ball arrived. He was pulled aside and required to mark 20 odd balls kicked at close range by a coach at speed and duly marked every one of them cleanly. Frost was doing the same up the other end and impressed me with his clean hands, evasive moves and his set up for kicking at goal. Much improved from last preseason I thought. But later on shanked a shot at goal that reminded me of some of my efforts on goal. N Jones, Viney, Tyson all stood out as usual but I do like Stretch I think he will be a starter for round 1, just looks balanced, focused, and a good decision maker. The forward setup in the next few years will be intriguing, we seem to have a plethora of tall options, Hogan, Dawes, (in a month) Pedo, Watts, then options like Frost, huellit, weideman, and the M kings, I can't keep up with these new talls. Surely we can manufacture a functioning forward line out of this and add your shorter types, Garlett, Petracca, Kent, JKH and forward mid options, JT, RVanDenberg etc. etc. but yes it all depends on multiple, fast delivery into the forward half. Roosy was standing in the shadows on the Punt Road boundary line near me and was talking away to himself which I thought odd until I realised he was wired up to the other coaches and was commenting on the match simulation. At one stage B MacCarthy wandered over saying "gee Roosy the play has opened up a bit, but that's not a bad thing you know" but from the animated conversation that followed I am not sure Roosy totally agreed. Other observations, Viv Mitchie looked good and a likely starter. During the match sim a high ball came into the forward half next to me and the pack that formed was very willing, I think Oscar got the fist in but collected Garland who ended up prostrate and holding his head. He got up and cracked the shytes with Oscar who said it wasn't me mate! The pack was big so even I didn't see who got him. The match sim I saw I thought their transfer of play was poor, there is little pressure on so you should try it, but I thought they often didn't transfer when they should and other times they transferred when they shouldn't and turned it over horribly. Do that in a match and you won't take the chance again. Anyway it is only preseason. Forgot to add that early on Trengove looked great in the mid field drills but maybe that was just me so happy to see him competing on the park.
    5 points
  19. He'll push through the heartache with a bit the old 'shin-[censored]' spirit.
    4 points
  20. Mark "Robbo" Robinson is genuinely a fat fool. I don't think he's ever expressed a view, on anything, that I've respected. The whole focus of the preseason this year seems to have been on ball movement and introducing an attacking dimension to the game plan. A journalist could research this in less than one minute. It's all over the club's official website. That this fat idiot is seemingly unaware of this shows what a fat, lazy moron he really is. I'm not sure where we will finish this year, but I will be super disappointed with anything less than 9 wins. And I'm actually expecting a couple more than that.
    4 points
  21. Like most, I am genuinely optimistic between January and April when it comes to our beloved Demons. I don't believe we will make finals this year, of course I hope like hell that the club proves me wrong, but I just can't see too many of the other teams above us slipping. I just want to see 2 of the younger bunch (18-24) have huge breakout years. For instance, I want the footy world to be talking about Melbourne as a legitimate threat from 2017 onwards. So, basically, this is what I want to see.... 100% competitive in ALL games 8-11 wins Last year's "break out" players to continue upward trend 2 youngsters to blow the competition away to the point where there is some actual HYPE around our 2017 season (which in turn helps trade prospects) A MFC player to finish Top 5 in the Brownlow A few big signatures on locked in by August If the above happens then it's tissues and lube all round in this household!
    4 points
  22. I think we can - and will - make the 8. No excuses this year, boys are ready. Its finals time.
    4 points
  23. Go and give yourself a good flogging for listening to Mark Robinson....
    4 points
  24. We've supposedly got some of the best development coaches in the league. Why should people be surprised if there's some actual ... development. Yes, even to players who we thought had none left in them.
    4 points
  25. What a smart alec reply. Sniping from your keyboard again. Proud of yourself? Why don't you just refrain from reading his comments and making inane comments so that those of who appreciate Saty's comments can take them on board for what they are worth.
    4 points
  26. Could this possibly mean that the Footy Show might actually present some football personnel who will ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE FOOTY!!?!?? I am one of the rare ones who actually likes Garry Lyon as a footy person and a Melbourne person, but the Footy Show is the worst kind of TV show. Yes, it has a strong history, involves high profile footy people but is such an outdated product which relies on mudraking and piggy-backing onto ex-football juvenile adults that it is simply impossible to wwtch. Excruciating in fact.
    3 points
  27. It is. Gill is CEO but the AFL is run by the commission. That's a big part of the problem. There are a bunch of self-important twerps sitting in a boardroom who don't understand that their job is to facilitate the playing and viewing of the competition, rather than dictate how, when and if it is played. It's the old "polite euphemism," like a young single woman going to visit with relatives in the country. For nine months or so.
    3 points
  28. The naysayers in the media have every reason to doubt us. Our end to last season was poor (pathetic losses to Essendon and Carlton), and masked somewhat by a meaningless final game win against GWS. As far as our list goes, we haven't made any great acquisitions. Ben Ken maybe ok, Bugg isn't a game changer, and the draftees need time, unlike Brayshaw who was ready to go. We've lost Howe, who was best 22 despite what many on here think of him. Structurally, we badly need help for Hogan/Garlett in the forward line, and there are no obvious solutions. They kicked over 40 goals each, and our next best was around 12. We can't pin our hopes on Petracca this year, given his injury history. For us to improve in our win/loss column, all our midfielders need to fire. The kids like Brayshaw, Stretch, ANB, Harmes and AVB need to improve on their impressive efforts last year. Tyson needs to return to 2014 form, and Jones, Viney and Vince need to play at an A level. If Gawn remains fit, he could be our X Factor. As GOTO mentioned, we have a tough draw, and we are simply not good enough to pencil any games in as an easy win.
    3 points
  29. Thanks to the lop-sided AFL fixturing it is going to be difficult for us to move up the ladder this year, despite what I think will be improved performances on-field. As Chelly has shown the bookies have 4 teams below us. We play each of them only once. Maybe that gives us 4 wins Above us in the betting we have Suns, Giants, Adelaide, Collingwood, and Bulldogs. 2 games against Collingwood and the Suns. Adelaide game is fortunately in Melbourne. Can we win half of those games? That gives us 3-4 wins. Win them all? Gives us 7. So beating all these teams gives us 11 wins. I don't think we are at the stage of beating Hawthorn, Fremantle, WCE, or Sydney. To really progress we have to start putting wins up against North, Richmond, Port and Geelong. We have shown we can beat or compete against these. So with our draw we need to beat 2 or 3 of these sides, not drop games against Bulldogs,Adelaide, Suns, Giants and Collingwood, and definitely win against Carlton, Essendon, Saints and Lions. A big call in anyones book.
    3 points
  30. As a North man he should be used to it...
    3 points
  31. You must remember Wiseblood not all of us still live with our mothers, as I have stated before I post for people who want to read it, I teally don't care who doesn't. I used to enjoy jousting with you, but I am bored with it now, a battle of wits with an unarmed man can become tedious, if you want to ask a question about training I will endeavour to answer it, if not would appreciate if you kept your inane comments to yourself, this topic is about training which some of us attend and provide reports, unfortunately some of us don't share the same opinion of some players that you do, you will have to live with it, when you are proved correct about a playetr, which according to you invariably happens you will be allowed to gloat I am waiting with bated something for your first training report for this year, that's if mum will let you out to play with the big boys of course.
    3 points
  32. Couldn't disagree more, and is the major thing that worries me about this season. Hogan is the only legitimate goalkicking tall forward option we have, likewise Garlett as a small/medium forward. Dawes, Pedo and Watts have been round long enough, and can't be relied upon as goalkicking tall options. The rest have no track record, and I'd be over the moon if Frost managed to kick more than 20 goals in a season as a key forward. Unless we get over 20 goals from the likes of Petracca and Kent, and 2-3 mids kicking 15+, I see our attack as being impotent.
    3 points
  33. By the time I arrived at Gosch’s at 10:30 the boys had been training for 45 minutes, so I missed the warm up and drills that followed. However, I did get to see the start of what was essentially an intra-club match (match sim) for the rest of the session. Three ‘quarters’ of approximately 20 minutes each with two AFL umpires officiating, one with curly hair and some other guy. Firstly, I didn’t sight Dawes, Vince, Oliver, Newton, White, or Petracca- not to say that they weren’t there earlier or were on the other side of the ground. Max King, Lumumba and Trengove were in the rehab group in front of where I was watching, over on the Punt Rd side of the ground. The remaining players were split into two teams- Green bibs: Hogan, Watts, Frost, Garlett, Kent, Kennedy-Harris, Gawn, Tyson, Viney, M. Jones, Grimes, Stretch, Hunt, Garland, Wagner, Jetta, O. McDonald. No bibs: Pedersen, Weideman, Hulett, Mitch King, Kennedy, Spencer, N. Jones, vandenBerg, Brayshaw, Michie, Harmes, Bugg, Neal-Bullen, Dunn, T. McDonald, Salem, Terlich. I may have got a couple of those mixed up because I wasn’t taking notes but they’re pretty right. Saty and ProDee have summed it up well. A few other things I noticed: JKH started ‘on the bench’, came on to a contest in the goal-square and went straight off with something wrong with his upper leg/groin. He lasted less than 5 minutes. Terlich was good at buttering up and running out of congestion. A couple of less players on the field seems to suit a player like him. Garland turned the ball over a couple of times- missing kicks to dangerous spots that resulted in rebound goals. As ProDee pointed out, both teams were guilty of this but I guess the one positive was that conversely they were able to take full advantage of the error and quickly move the ball forward for a goal. vandenBerg knows where to run when his teammates have the ball. Gawn continued his great preseason, working hard up and down the ground. Although he may have dropped a couple of marks, he did take a nice contested mark in the goal-square and also took a nonchalant one-hander running into goal on the end of a good passage of play. Hunt and Harmes were good- they tried hard and although they made a few mistakes they kept backing themselves and taking the game on. Selection for the first few rounds is going to be very interesting. Weideman uses his body well in marking contests but just couldn’t hang onto the ball today. Hulett shows promise- he is a natural forward. Viney’s tackle on T.Mac was beautiful. Tommy, as he does quite often, took too long to kick and Viney grabbed his wrist and right hip and just pulled him to ground. Not as brutal as the tackle on Tuesday, but as effective.
    3 points
  34. Give Dawes a break - he got shafted by Collingwood when they recruited Quinten Lynch as their second key forward / ruck (who by the way was injury prone and only played 18 games over two seasons and kicked 18 goals). He has played 44 games and kicked 43 goals and at least is still on an AFL list. He topped our goal kicking in 2014 and has filled a hole for us whilst Jesse developed and busts his guts / gives his all for us when he is out there. I wish him a speedy recovery and hope he can really overcome the injury and show his worth to us all during this year. Personally I'd love to see him kick one after the final siren to beat the Pies by a point on Queens Birthday!
    3 points
  35. “Like a cork in the ocean”One of Dennis Cometti’s most famous lines. It was first delivered after West Coast Eagle Peter Wilson booted an incredible goal in the 1992 grand final.“Nasty situation. He’s caught between A Rock and a hard place.”The line came when a player was caught between former North Meloburne player Anthony Rock and the boundary fence.“It’s like finding fault with Miss Venezuela”Cometti speaking about Adelaide midfielder Rory Sloane.“Alan Didak was Stevie J before Stevie J was Stevie J”On Collingwood player Alan Didak having skills like Geelong’s Steve Johnson.“Metropolis, kicking to the city end”Speaking about former West Coast and Fremantle player Daniel Metropolis.“The guns of Paparone need a bit of work”Speaking about young Brisbane Lions player Marco Paparone.“Barlow to Bateman. The Hawks are attacking alphabetically ...’’On Hawthorn players Kris Barlow and Chance Bateman“How’s that, a two Carr collision, both with the same rego!”When Josh Carr wearing jumper number nine for Port Adelaide, bumped his brother Matthew, wearing number nine for Fremantle.“Parker to Carr … … sounds like a match made in heaven!”Another play on the Carr name.“Brent (Guerra) hates losing and that extends to his hair.”On Hawk Brent Guerra, who did advertisements for The Hair Institute.SOME LINES NEED NO EXPLANATION“Scotty Cummings alone in the square, jumping up and down and waving his arms like they’re playing My Sharona”“Spider had both his legs taken out from under him — leaving only the other six to balance on”“Ling’s running off the ground a little bit gingerly”“Farmer may have an injury to his calf........hmmm, a farmer with a calf problem.”“Kevin Sheedy, who was coaching Essendon 14 years before Adelaide was founded. The team, not the city.”“Collingwood know they’re in trouble, it’s like being in the bathtub with the Loch Ness monster!”“In for the Cats today, David and Steve Johnson. Who better to patch up a line-up than Johnson & Johnson?”“It was like a self-saucing pudding. Players just waiting for the whistle”“Ball in dispute, Lamb, now Yze the meat in the sandwich. Really Lamb should be in the sandwich.”‘He was like a Bombay train. They were hanging off him in all directions.’ ” Hay is bailed up on the boundary line“. ” Cousins runs away from Carr–not the first time we’ve seen that happen this season.” When a huge ruckman fell onto a very small player nicknamed Elvis and then slowly picked himself up, Cometti pronounced“the building has left Elvis’. A player named Gram had his shorts pulled down in a tackle: “strippoGram” deadpanned Dennis. "Tonight is umpire appreciation night.... I give it about 30 seconds""Liam Anthony's birthday this afternoon... Well I guess it was his birthday this morning as well, anytime after midnight actually.""The cats are all around him, like a bowl of milk""Brown looking for black, but gives it to Greene. It's confusing at home, I know""The last 5 scores have been Dogs behinds, pardon the expression""Just need Milne to emerge from the shadows, that's where he operates best""Eddie Betts could hide in that divot... His shorts couldn't, but he could."Bruce: "What has Jack Anthony done for Fremantle? Played 3 games last year." Dennis: "Fair to say he's done Jack""Riewoldt has the same amount of goals as me at the moment""Saints are under pressure like Aaron Sandilands thongs"
    3 points
  36. Odds of leceister city winning the EPL at the start of the season were 500-1 Now top in februray abd likely to win it. Anything can happen ...just saying
    2 points
  37. The thing about bookie odds is that they are relational to the money being wagered. This in turn reflects a parochial perception of what MIGHT happen. As with any horse race it seldom pans out that way.
    2 points
  38. Problem with picking a top 8 is that many think the cats port Collingwood and gws will all step up and push for finals spots. I'm not as convinced. Even some still think the sun's are on the rise - I think their culture is stuffed and players want out. So who falls away ? The pretender tigers, surely norf can't fluke another prelim. Will freo or the swans drop away ? Dogs and crows and west coast could go either way? I could see why we don't necessarily features in anyone's thinking. But I also know that there's always at least one if not two smokeys each year that no one expects. I'm hoping we'll be one if them that takes the comp by surprised. We are primed for this
    2 points
  39. It is highly unlikely to happen but I'm barracking for both Terlich and M. Jones to show significant development and become top 15 players in a rising Melbourne side this year. Some on here have been particularly unkind about these two. For whatever their failings both are competitors who have played well above the pay scale in the past. It would be nice if they could shut up some of their harsher critics
    2 points
  40. You know what im happy for Terlich playing out of his skin. Lets be honest his weaknesses is his kicking skills but one thing he does provide is run and dash out of the backline. He is by far not the worst player thats pulled on the jumper like some on here make out to be. Get his skills and decision making right and Terlich is a pretty handy player when full of confidence.
    2 points
  41. While I agree that it is extremely frustrating I think it is part of the natural progression of a young and developing team. I personally would much rather they concede goals by actually trying something, making the odd mistake and learning from it than playing like they did against Carlton, Essendon and even Brisbane last year. 'Learning from it' being the operative part here. The issue will be if they have the confidence to keep at it- after a long period where a few mistakes led to them shutting up shop for the day, hopefully the way in which the team won some of their games last year will help to instill a sense of belief in the game plan and each other. And although it is only match sim and the pressure is clearly not the same, it is still a step up from the 9 vs 7 and other whole ground drills with only 'implied' pressure that they have done so much of in the last couple of years. There is a bit more space on the outside if you can get it there, but the pressure around the ball is real (guys like Viney, Jones, Brayshaw, Bugg and even Michie make sure of that) and the fact that they are playing shorter quarters with no subs and no proper stoppages keeps them moving, as well as thinking about where they need to be and what they need to be doing. Don't worry, I'm as pessimistic as they come, but I see the groundwork being laid ala Hawthorn circa '05-'07. I'm not predicting we'll win 4 flags in a row or anything, but it would be nice to jag one before the decade is out.
    2 points
  42. I was there for about an hour and a half from 10.30ish and the match sim was under way. Just some observations and a spoiler alert, I can get pretty excited at this time of year, so maybe the hard-boiled cynics should look away. For me, lifes too short to be pessimistic. The coaches seem to want the players to take it on and use the corridor more, I think we may see the team play some really exciting footy at times. There were some ugly turn-overs at times but there didn't seem to be any chastising for mistakes and we were much more effective near goal. Max Gawn was clearly B.O.G for mine. He completely dominated Spencer and before anyone says "so what" Spenser is a big, competitive unit but Max was just too strong and his use of the ball at tap-outs was superb. Just to emphasise the point, last year Max wasn't quite as fit and was not our first choice ruckman, definitely behind Jamar and probably equal with Spense. This year he is the man, he knows he's the man and he looks like he's capable of delivering. His taps and the way he combines with Viney especially will give us first use of the ball in over half our games, a big advantage. We can't help but have a better midfield as a result. I think he's potentially our most important player and if he stays on the park I predict All Australian. Viney was great. He looks super fit, is totally committed and should definitely improve on last year. He can still butcher it by foot and is much better by hand, I would prefer he handballs as much as he kicks, maybe even more. Frost looked good down forward. Kent took a mark on the 50 near the boundary and spotted Frost way over the far side and nailed the pass to Frost who took the ball very high. Later he roved a ball in the pocket and kicked it to a player which ended in a goal. At one stage he cordoned off Jones (chunk) who was trying to get it down the line but rather than just keep Jones honest Frost hunted in on him, caught him and won the free. He looks hard to match up on, he ran and ran and although raw and a bit dodgy by foot he is probably the second tall in the forward line, with Watts third. Our forward line looks O.k. with Hoges, Garlett, Kent, Frost, Watts probably first five in and big Max coming down at times as well. Lastly I was impressed by Wagner. He is tall and a natural defender, he got a bit of it and tackled and punched well at times. He is someone to watch at Casey for the first half of the year and will probably be a chance of a game in the back half of the season.
    2 points
  43. I went along today as well and left after the match sim. Most of it's been covered but I'll toss in a few observations. Really liked the look of the Weed. When he puts on some size he'll waltz straight into the team. Mitch King played a little in the match sim but was on and off a bit. Good kick for a big (skinny) lad and moves well. Like the Weed, he'll be an asset down the track. IMO Max King has put on more kgs (whoever was asking). I thought Salem was very quiet and was going to say he looked underdone but it sounds like a (hopefully minor) knee issue. Smith has a few tricks but looked pretty lost out there. He was getting plenty of coaching throughout, mostly telling him where he should be. Played on the half backline. Grimes was in the midfield (it looked like he was last week to). Seemed to be lead to the ball to me. Makes me think a tagging role might be on the cards. I though Van Demon was outstanding. Perhaps not as prolific as some, but every move, kick etc was spot on. Always took the right option, was creative and executed well. Ben Ken used his speed well. Was a little Kent-like on the end of a slingshot - slotted a couple. Viv was OK with sharp disposal and Wagner looked the goods too with his disposal but lost his opponent once or twice. Viney and Tyson great too. I watched one of the drills where the backs and forwards were jostling for position with the ball coming in from the 50m. Dunn murdered Garlett. Mind you Dunn would've been pinged for holding more than once. Hogan murdered everyone. It was interesting to watch as most players were pretty intense and on the whole, impressive.
    2 points
  44. I saw all of the match sim - but missed the build-up stuff, but concur with most of what has been said and Terlich was probably BOG - Apart from twice intercepting errant Viney kicks, I think he was involved in almost every early goal for the no-bib side - which included the defensive A team. Grimes may have almost shaded him late in the day for BOG, although I'd reckon Viney was the most prolific - most turnovers too. The green bibs side had basically our forward set-up for Port Adelaide game - subject to no injuries. This was Hogan, Frost, Watts, Kent and Garlett. Only 5 because the sixth played up the ground. For those wondering if Hoges being Hoges meant he was starring, then I'm afraid he was having a day like against Carlton last year. In fact he even had to drift back to defence to get a kick or two after a quiet first but pitted against T-Mac or Dunny. The run and dash from Terls, Hunt and Wagner down back meant our B defense team looked pretty slick. The baulk Weeds did on Oscar was pretty nice and shows he knows what he'd doing. Hulet was very prominent and got on the end of a lot of breaknet speed breaks but in my view there was nothing mega special that stood out - he looks to me a very solid citizen though. Salem was good until rested, Watts laid a really strong tackle at one stage and showed he is over his quad setback. Kent led up ground like a full-forward and agree he might be a real livewire for us. One the down side I actually thought both Col and Oscar were very tentative and out of synch with the more-attack minded style Goody is trying to implement. On the positive side, the tackling and more so the ability to stick tackles was the best I have ever seen. This was a practice session and yet almost everyone of our midfielders laid at least a couple of strong tackles - Stretch and Viney laid about 10 each.
    2 points
  45. Im glad someone's there to physically punish McDonald every time he gets caught stuffing around with it. Imagine the player he'll be, when he no longer makes you nervous every time he gets the ball.
    2 points
  46. I doubt it, but we want competition for spots. I can certainly see him getting games this year on the back of injuries. He'll get opportunities in the NAB challenge to press claims. Viney learnt heaps from good players last year, but I hope the tagging is over. Bugg may get these jobs, along with Bernie. Love him. He was great again today and is looking in tip top condition. Marked well and hit every target I saw. He can be a real driver in making us better. Brayshaw, who I didn't mention, was also very good. But let's face it, they're dancing with their Sisters. That said, intensity is good. When he gets good contact there's no problem, but he has an issue with his ball drop. He's a better field kick than set shot at goal. Still, I did see him nail goals in practise.
    2 points
  47. Really well, like Kent, looking fit and strong, a lot of voice from him at training, got a thumbs up from him as he left the session There is going to be some serious competition for spots The intra club is next Friday at Casey, that should show who Roos thinks is best 22 Just a note Terlich has to play out of skin this year, not surprised he is one of the strongest showings in preseason along with Matt Jones (note to Wiseblood, followed advice from a couple of other posters and put you on ignore, so put it away)
    2 points
  48. Looks like someone's hammered the bong this arvo.
    2 points
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