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Membrey and Bruce always seem to trouble us.

Interesting that ANB is listed as rested and not injured.

Melbourne v St Kilda at Casey Fields, 7.05pm AEDT MELBOURNE B: J.Wagner, O.McDonald, M.Hibberd HB: J.Hunt, J.Lever, N.Jetta C: C.Salem, C.Petracca, B.Stretch HF: J.Garlett, C.Pedersen, J.Melksham F: B.Fritsch, J.Hogan, M.Hannan Foll: M.Gawn, C.Oliver, N.Jones I/C: J.Harmes, A.Brayshaw, D.Tyson, S.Frost, C.Maynard, B.Vince, T.McDonald, T.Bugg Emerg: C.Spargo, D.Kent, J.Kennedy Harris, D.Keilty In: N.Jetta, J.Garlett, D.Tyson, S.Frost Out: J.Lewis (Injured), A.Neal-Bullen (rested) Notable absentees: Jack Viney, Jordan Lewis, Alex Neal-Bullen, Note that Melbourne is listed as four ins/two outs as 24 players took the field in its last JLT match v North Melbourne. ST KILDA B: J.Geary, N.Brown, D.Roberton HB: J.Webster, J.Carlisle, S.Savage C: J.Newnes, D.Armitage, J.Sinclair HF: J.Billings, P.McCartin, J.Steele F: J.Gresham, T.Membrey, J.Bruce Foll: T.Hickey, S.Ross, J.Steven I/C: L.Dunstan, B.Acres, K.Stevens, M.Weller, S.Gilbert, N.Coffield, H.Clark, R.Marshall Emerg: J.Lonie, N.Wright, B.White, L.Austin In: J.Billings, J.Bruce, T.Hickey, K.Stevens Out: B.Long, B.Longer (injured), J.Lonie, N.Wright Notable absentees: Billy Longer, Jack Lonie, Josh Battle, Hugh Goddard

Another one locked in.

Anyone interested in doing AFL Fantasy (official AFL comp) this year? https://fantasy.afl.com.au/ I will start a league if we get enough interest. I believe @Drunkn167 and @Docs Demons are keen. Anyone else?

I'll start a separate thread and see if there is interest.

I'm happy to start a league if there is interest.

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Joined the Barassi League.

Re: ANB injury from Training Thread.

According to the brief training report from DeeSpencer in the Training Thread Jetta, Lewis, Neal-Bullen, Vanders and McKenna didn't train. Harmes was doing kicking and laps away from the main group. Most likely none of them will play in JLT 2. Watch this space for Round 1.

Since it's going to be peer reviewed I guess it will have to be scientific.

I'm going to need hard facts. I hope you kept a journal.

I wonder if this is related to Harmes not being at the family day yesterday?

Did any intrepid Demonlanders head down to training today? Photographer Wayne Ludbey was there.

hahaha. They haven't fixed that up from last week.

He is still there at the bottom of the list. Did you mean Tim Smith?

According to the Herald Sun today this is our current injury list. MELBOURNE INJURY LIST Jack Viney (foot) Jordan Lewis (calf) Dom Tyson (calf) Jeff Garlett (rib) Dean Kent (shoulder) Aaron vandenBerg (foot) Joel Smith (left) Jordan Lewis will miss Thursday’s night clash with St Kilda at Casey Fields as he battles a calf issue. The former Hawk suffered a minor strain in his team’s first JLT clash over North Melbourne. “Scans have shown a minor strain and at this stage we won’t take any risks during this period and he won’t play JLT two,” Demons footy boss Josh Mahoney said. “But we’re confident he’ll be available for round one, as he’s done a full pre-season, has got a lot of confidence in his legs and he’s an experienced player.” The Dees are hopeful Jack Viney will be fit to face the Cats in Round 1, while Dom Tyson will be assessed before the club decides whether he’ll play the Saints. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/collingwood-to-miss-host-of-big-names-for-opening-jlt-series-clash/news-story/364f74292badef582535bc48c0fd5e63 Pat McKenna always gets forgotten. Anyone else need to be added to this list? Opposition Watch for JLT #2: ST KILDA INJURY LIST Jack Billings (hamstring) Nathan Freeman (hamstring) Jimmy Webster (hip) Saints fans will hope to see Jack Billings in the club’s second JLT clash on Thursday night. St Kida faces Melbourne at Casey Fields and Alan Richardson’s team will hope to hit back after an ordinary first-up outing against Carlton. Jarryn Geary sat out much of his side’s loss to the Blues on Wednesday night, but there weren’t any other concerns for the Saints. Just three first-choice St Kilda players weren’t available for the Blues clash. Nathan Freeman’s latest hamstring setback will see him put on ice for some time. Paddy McCartin and David Armitage made impressive returns to footy at Ikon Park last week, while top draft picks Hunter Clark and Nick Coffield also impressed coach Alan Richardson. Opposition Watch for Round 1: GEELONG INJURY LIST Gary Ablett (hamstring) Scott Selwood (ankle) Patrick Dangerfield (sore back) Lachie Henderson (knee) Lincoln McCarthy (groin/hip) Tim Kelly (leg) Youngster Tim Kelly firmed for a Round 1 debut after an impressive display against the Suns, although he will be sore this week after copping a knock to the knee. Cats assistant Matthew Knights wasn’t worried about the injury, declaring after the game Kelly could have played out the match. The Cats fielded an inexperienced team that was without Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood, Gary Ablett and Harry Taylor. Of that quartet, only Ablett is doubtful for Geelong’s second JLT match against Essendon this Sunday. Lachie Henderson and Scott Selwood are still recovering from their respective injuries. However, mature-aged rookie Stewart Crameri is a chance to play his former club, and Brandan Parfitt is also in the mix.

We are blessed to have Max at the club. His popularity transcends the MFC and he would be just as popular at a mixed team event with opposition fans. I can't remember having such a widely popular player in the modern era. Jimmy perhaps.

I never realised I could actually leave. I wonder if my resulting absence would have changed any of the results. Now we'll never know. I would love to be able to watch Casey play before the game even if only a couple of times a year. I still maintain they should have played the women's competition in it's first few years as curtain raisers.

I think it was disappointing that there were no rides there. I promised my 9 year old that there would be rides. Not sure I will be able to get her to go next year without rides. I agree with what someone said earlier that there should be an autograph station where select players are at a table and you only need to line up once. Queues are not kid friendly and if you have to queue up for 10 players each the waiting adds up. I think that having the players at the head of the line for activities is a great idea too.

I'm sure it will be a case of Club X comes out 1:53 and Club Y comes out at 1:56.

Yes. I believe the Bulldogs pioneered this. I can't remember if it was controversial at the time but all clubs soon followed suit. I think it makes sense to do some warmup out on the field but I understand that if they are going to play curtain raisers or have some real entertainment then they will have to warmup indoors. However I have a feeling that for the majority of the year we'll be watching grass grow.

One of the reasons for this to accommodate curtain raisers to some matches which could be a good thing. I like the pre-game warmup because I am conducting an unscientific study on the correlation between warmup kicking for goals and the in-game goal kicking to see if the warmup is an accurate guage. Results so far are inconclusive.