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28 players in warm ups, No Marty Hore. All players in boots. Chin right knee strapped. BBB left knee strapped. All players in boots, Melk joining full training. May in with group. No rehab group.

Get absolutely [censored] They won a flag in 2018 and are the richest club in the AFL

According to Professor Wiki, the term “hubris” describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, often in combination with arrogance. Let’s not go too early on this.

Currently on a family roadtrip to SA. Today we stopped at Kingston SE for some fresh lobster and fish n chips for lunch. Turns out the couple that run Lacepede Seafood are massive Dees fans, as discovered when I rocked in wearing my Narrm beanie. Other customers lined up as the bloke and I chatted footy. My kids then started singing Grand Old Flag as we ate succulent fresh lobster and perfectly cooked fish n chips - highly recommend. Oh and his Mrs reckons we’re a shoe-in for the flag. We’ll be on Kangaroo Island tomorrow night, but I’ll shout CARNAFCKNDEES across the water.

Chuck Norris checks under his bed before going to sleep - just to make sure Jack Viney's not there.

expect May to test Walkers back if he tries.

Things are never going as good or as bad as you think they are, so I suggest caution (unless your west coast)

This is the only draught assistance WCE should be getting.

They have known and planned for this 5 day break. I trust that they have a carefully executed plan heading into a bye soon.

Just play the same team oriented way we have been playing and we’ll win by 5 goals. We played what felt like was a big emotional win for the club so hopefully their minds moved on quickly considering it was a 5 day break. We are at our best when we’re team orientated!

I get the feeling training is over, footys getting signed and handed out, autographs, photos, nothing special, only news is Viney not training. No rehab, all players in attendance trained fully. Trac finished session with no strapping. McAdam and Melk doing extra. Tholstrup is big enough to play AFL already!! May still showing signs of discomfort .

They can get picks after they get coached by Mark Neeld for two years.

Weagles need to languish for 2-3+ DECADES before any assistance is considered.

I have no sympathy whatsoever for Ginnivan He needs to stop lifting the arm in tackles, simple

Chin, BBB and TMac all seemed to be moving freely, and at solid pace when needed. All will play, I reckon.

Team doing full ground movement drill, 16 vs 12, everyone involved, moving ball out of backline, seems to be more about finding open player, no contest, every player involved, doesn’t seem to be any issues with injuries. Concentrating on running in waves, which the opposition seemed to do to us a lot last year.

Big game on Thursday night...Adelaide Oval will be bursting at the seams with ferals desperate for their first win and all eyes in the AFL will be on us. Now is a great time to rewatch this mini-doco "Momentum" about our Grand Final win...I hadn't seen this in 2 years and it really pumped me up. Especially seeing Max stand up and Brayshaw's heroics. I love how it delves into how momentum can swing in football, but when you get it the wave can completely overwhelm the opposition. The win against PA last week was epic and I feel we're on the verge of some amazing momentum here.

Ginnivan's problem is that, almost always, his first inclination is to play for the free

I asked Maisie if he would be playing tomorrow. Responded with a cheesy grin: “I think so, if it I get hit it will hurt, but I’ll just have to wear it”. He was involved in a few (light) contested marking drills vs Roo. Roo won most of them, but Maisie appeared to be unhindered. He did seem to struggle a bit when the ball hit the deck, but he often does that. My guess is he’ll play.

Comparing the Crows to Port, it would be tempting to think the Crows are total rubbish having gone 0-3, as opposed to Ports 3-0 prior to playing us, but looking back at Adelaide's losses, none suggest to me they are anything near Hawthorn levels of ineptitude. Loosing last Rd by 35 points in Perth to a Freo that's flying at the moment isn't a huge loss in my mind. Quite wary of this game, particularly considering how sore Trac and Clarry looked to be in parts of the game last week. Season wise, I feel this is a huge game. Win this one and it starts to solidify our top 4 spot before our bye, loose it and we're back with the pack. We look pretty well focused and are playing with alot of fluency and confidence at the moment, so I have alot of faith in where our team is at, but this is yet another test of are we going to be genuine contenders or also rans this season.

Are all players in boots? 😉

acute bronchitis, long covid and dengue fever....he'll be fine.

Thanks Demon Dynasty for posting this. I quite enjoy them. I'm actually more worried about this game than the last one. I guess because Crows are so desperate for a win. And although the umpires were half decent last round, I can't see it happening twice. I'm also worried about the five day break given we played it hot conditions and have not a few injuries. If we come back from SA with eight points I won't whinge about Gather round. Unless we lose over there next year. Hoping to get over there one year. Despite the Port fans, SA is a beautiful state.

One of the quieter Big Footy pre match threads!! General feel over there is they will probably lose or lose by a lot. Some fully resigned, looking to drink as many Chardys as possible to ease the pain. A few trying to keep the faith believing they have a history of playing well against us & just might crack a win. With some of those then slapping themselves immediately after and doing a complete 180 to then predict a loss!? Overall i get the impression this is a pretty diff type of supporter base (no doubt they have exceptions) to last week's darling buds. Expectations generally low. Here's the opening line from the OP's (George Kramer otherwise known as GK) pre-match thread - ... Ok, you doom and gloomers, I have some good news, the Crows will do the unthinkable and win (continues positive rant blah blah blah) LMAO this is not the GK i know. Dees by 50 They just came in, beat port on their home deck and are hanging around here for the week so will be settled for Thursday night, have May back and are in miles better form. Hoping I am wrong but this could be a real thumping and suck whats left of the life out of our season There is a distinct possibility I might have the most beers I’ve ever had a game this Thursday night. I have a hotel in the city so I will be getting blind drunk to help with the pain of another loss or a wild party at the casino to celebrate an unlikely victory. Either way I'm gonna enjoy myself as much as I can. Reality is we are a s**t team and now our expectations for this season are in the gutter the losses won't hurt as much Going to be a very interesting first quarter. Nicks is predictable in his changes and I can almost guarantee we swap to an ultra attacking mindset this week where we go through the corridor every single time. It will be a take the game on gameplan from Nicks. A right royal smacking coming up Keep losing so the blow torch stays under the stubborn and clueless coaching panel A humiliating loss and I can see a lot of the locals not giving a stuff. Good thing we should have more interstate visitors this year, but can't help but think us getting smacked first up will take some of the shine off Gather Round as an Adelaide event. This is exactly the kind of game we'd show up for last year. Not confident though. 10+ goal loss for mine.

Push in the back for me is the absolute worst. I don’t know why or how it came to be so confused, but it honestly gets paid at random. There’s Ginnivan as an issue yes, but Tom Hawkins has been gifted probably 50+ goals throughout his career for pushing in the back. It’s maddening.

Who else thinks the "Viney is ill" rumour is all part of a cunning plan to shake the tag!

Dont believe it’s rushing. If he wasn’t right, he wouldn’t play. If he wants to play and the club tick the relevant boxes keeping him out won’t make a difference in my opinion. He is at no more risk playing this week than next.

Casey has a bye!! What a BASKET CASE of a competition! The sooner we run a reserves comp with AFL teams ONLY the better, just Amateur hour really!

Wouldn't surprise me if Tholstrup is there to soak in the experience with no intention of playing him (as Casey have a bye). I remember them doing this as far back as 2017, taking young squad members who are on the fringe to be part of interstate trips - a good chance to bond with the seniors and also observe the preparation of the senior players in a way you wouldn't get with a match in Melbourne. From all reports, he's not far away! (and I could be wrong too and he plays tomorrow night!)

Covid has the jack

Danger game for sure. A five day break is crazy. Hard to get up physically and mentally. I'd be happy with a low quality, scrappy 7 point win that has fans bagging us for not being able to demolish a team in struggle town.

No Jack Viney because of illness. Club expect him to play.

I actually think we've learned alot from last season LD. We certainly won't be going in taking them lightly that's for sure. The recovery factors are there though. I'm also looking to go next year but hopefully the AFL aren't looking to crucify us for the Tax Payer Park snub and have us playing the two home teams off a 5 day break again! Chris Scott said something decent on that this morning....why are the teams hosting Gather round both getting an extra home game? Just have them play each other in this round. Seems to make sense, except at HQ.

i can't see sideshow bob being rested he's in great form; don't flirt with it

Clayton Oliver closing in on 5,000 disposals (current 4838). Going at >50% contested, too. I suspected that Christian Petracca was closing in on the all-time record for score involvements but then I had a dig around and found that 'they' actually didn't record the stat systematically until exactly when Petracca was drafted. It is basically his personal statistic and everyone else is just visiting. Sorry, Gary. Oooh, fun thing I just discovered - Jack Viney got his 1000th clearance just last week! And Gawn is right on the cusp of a major milestone - his 1st bounce in AFL! Be ready, it could happen at any moment.

I witnessed a shocking decision by the umpire in the North/Carlton game on Friday. I have tried to attach a video of it below. The Carlton player received a free for "high contact". I think this is worthy of being a new topic, since it is such an important digression from the AFL's determined efforts to lessen concussion injuries. Surely the umpire must realise,that by awarding a free to the player who is leading with his head, it will encourage players to adopt this method. The result??? More concussions, even possibly a broken neck. That umpire should be dropped and forgotten. He has no understanding of basic football. Umpire error.MOV

Incredible that May is ready to go The Man is seriously tough

Unless Melbourne rule May out for 6+ weeks, playing him this week over any other poses no more risk than the next. Keeping him out of the Adelaide match then playing him against Brisbane makes absolutely 0 difference to his recovery.

You try flapping your arms non stop for 3h 20m and tell me how you feel.

Just a very stupid idea to be considering rushing back a veteran like May. Petty clearly came back a week too early but luckily it didn't affect the result. Goodwin does this regularly - in 2022 rushing players not 100% or lacking match fitness ie Langdon & Salem & last year playing Gawn in the final with a sore toe. There is no need to do it.

I watched the Adelaide game last weekend They were rubbish. Tried hard, but they had no system. It was all kick and hope. We will win

I think the danger is our inability to control the loose ball inside our defensive 50 which I reckon is where PA got a lot of their score from (I haven’t checked the stats). Adelaide have some quality small forwards so I’d imagine we’ve put a bit of work into them. I also think the mindset of the Club was to win both games so there is little chance of complacency after the PA win despite the emotional high everyone experienced. I reckon the thinking from the moment the siren went against PA was that the first half of the job was done. If Adelaide are to beat us they will have to play pretty well.

There are some things that I just don’t have the power to resist 😉

Just want the four points, nothing more, nothing less.

May for Hore and Tholstrup for Chandler if he doesn't get up

If he cleans up Maynard this week then we can have a knees-up.

We have had 3 games in a row where we have significantly outperformed the expected scores through goal kicking, indicating our form is not as strong as we think. And we are coming off a 5-day break and playing against a team with their season in peril. I am a bit nervous about this one.

Demonlanders also welcome as long as they're supervised by a responsible adult.

I'd go for @Whispering_Jack 's choice because it includes beetroot . How [censored] weak is a burger without beetroot ?