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Who are you tipping this week?

Yes. The team is traveling to Adelaide on Wednesday 27/3 and will remain in Adelaide until after our game against the Crows on Thursday 4/4.

If you get to any of the sessions please post some of your observations. In particular who is in any rehab group or on a modified program from the rest of the group. Cheers and enjoy. Go Dees.

MFC TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR ADELAIDE Adelaide Monday, April 1 11:15am - 12:30pm Hisense Stadium (Richmond Oval) Wednesday, April 3 10:00am - 10:45am Hisense Stadium (Richmond) Signing window available post-session.

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Demonland Trackwatchers Demon Dynasty & Kev Martin were trackside at Gosch's Paddock today to bring you their observations from training. DEMON DYNASTY'S TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Kade Chandler's left knee heavily strapped. BBB, Spargs & Jake Lever also in rehab group. Jake Bowey solo running separate kicking/sprint/agility drills. Super fine morning / early arvo at Gosch's for the boys to blow out some cobwebs. Choco initially had the light duties / rehab group consisting of Chandler, BBB, Lever & Charlie Spargo. The boys started on their own. Then Choco joined the fray, initially as an observer. He wasn't happy with their frivolity & banter and told them so ..."stop talking you blokes & watch what you're doing!" They were initially doing HB drills then 15 - 20 meter stab passes where Choco asked them to place their kicking foot down after the kick and toward the target. Everyone followed instructions except Chandler (knee issue? Or just didn't listen lol). The main group (as listed by Kev earlier) went off too the boundary to do their bungy stretchy thingies before blowing some webs out with some half oval runs They then split into approx 3 diff forward focussed drills. Much of it connection boased with kicks coming inside and / or shooting for goal on the run after transversing obstacles etc. Choco was overseeing much of it including the short 30 meter (ish) passing drills into 50. His main emphasis was on accuracy with one instruction "Perfect kicks! Every one of them is a potential goal assist. Perfect kicks!" Choco always driving and asking for high standards never grows old 👏🏼 All in all, outside the light duties group and Bowey (on his own program), all involved in the main group looked to be in tip top shape albeit some were no doubt carrying the usual bumps / bruises from previous encounters. Shane McAdam looks super fit to me and suggested such mentioning he is roughly two weeks away. First time i've seen him live and looks a lot rangier than I figured. His reels suggest he can play tall on the lead which makes sense. How is he at ground level i wonder? Lachie Hunter is one more week away and then a likely starter for Casey the following week apparently (all going well). Melk is in fine shape and very happy with his progress so far and according to WCW on track for a second half appearance (touch wood) As already noted, BBB while obviously on a light program, appeared to be moving / kicking (short passes) without hindrance. Jake Lever same and no way he is continuing through the high knee lift stepping drills if he was uncomfortable in any way imho. Spargo & Chandler restricted to light stuff and probably safe to assume Chin may not make the cut although there's another four full days before Saturday so who knows. Ollie Sestan doing alot of work both with the main group, then the lap work after plus additional stuff after everyone except Bowey had left. The FD must have high hopes for the young fella and see something special here. Tom Sparrow very happy with Saturday and playing back in the middle. Lovely fella to speak to is Tom. Caleb Windsor said he pulled up fine after Saturday also and is right to go. Had the pleasure of meeting WCW (bonus hugs!). Great gal who i'm sure has red & blue running through her veins. Fingers crossed for Saturday. Carn the Mighty Demons! KEV MARTIN'S TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Numbers are down, 24 in the main group. None who played yesterday at Casey are with them. Light duties include, BBB, Jake Lever, Kade Chandler, Charlie Spargo. Shane McAdam is in the main squad, as are Melky, Daniel Turner, and Lachie Hunter. Tom McDonald in runners, though full training. No Steven May. Fairly light run today, as it is the recovery session. Mainly grid work, large and small, with goal kicking to finish. Some of those who didn't play Saturday and have now integrated back into training did extra laps at the end. Tracc and Tom Sparrow also joined them. Lachie Hunter hitting up beautiful kicks. Daniel Turner looks fit. Melky into everything. Jack Viney looked like he has a small niggle. In the run throughs was behind the pack, which is unusual. Harry Petty without restrictions, was kicking goals 50 meters out with accuracy and ease. Shane McAdam and Tom Sparrow joined in as well. Kade Chandler in the rehab has some light strapping on left knee. Tom McDonald didn't do much with the group, mainly running laps. Jake Bowey working hard, running sprints, then laps. Jake Lever was lightly strapped, and did a 30 minute workout with a trainer. Looks good to go. Lever discarding his strapping post training.

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Name Injury Expected Return Ollie Sestan Concussion Test Jake Lever Knee Test Steven May Ribs 1 week Lachie Hunter Calf 1 week Daniel Turner Hip 2 - 3 weeks Charlie Spargo Achilles 2 - 4 weeks Shane McAdam Hamstring 3 - 5 weeks Jake Bowey Shoulder 7 weeks Jake Melksham Knee 12 - 14 weeks

Name Injury Expected Return Ollie Sestan Concussion Test Jake Lever Knee Test Steven May Ribs 1 week Lachie Hunter Calf 1 week Daniel Turner Hip 2 - 3 weeks Charlie Spargo Achilles 2 - 4 weeks Shane McAdam Hamstring 3 - 5 weeks Jake Bowey Shoulder 7 weeks Jake Melksham Knee 12 - 14 weeks

VOTES PLAYER (CLUB) 10 Christian Petracca (MELB) 8 Bayley Fritsch (MELB) 4 Alex Neal-Bullen (MELB) 4 Kysaiah Pickett (MELB) 2 Max Gawn (MELB) 2 Kade Chandler (MELB) LEADERBOARD Interim leaderboard due to byes VOTES PLAYER CLUB 28 Isaac Heeney SYD 21 Tom Green GWS 18 Matt Rowell GCFC 17 Zak Butters PORT 17 Caleb Serong FRE 16 Luke Jackson FRE 15 Jesse Hogan GWS 15 Christian Petracca MELB 14 Sam Taylor GWS 13 Harry McKay CARL 12 Touk Miller GCFC 12 Connor Rozee PORT 11 Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 11 Errol Gulden SYD 10 Marcus Bontempelli WB 10 Archie Perkins ESS 10 Tom Stewart GEEL 10 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera STK 9 Noah Anderson GCFC 9 Max Gawn MELB 9 Brodie Grundy SYD 9 Clayton Oliver MELB 9 Wil Powell GCFC

Light? I’ve seen mummies with lighter strapping. 😜

Perhaps so that the players are more settled and in a normal routine for Game Day than a regular interstate game. Happy to recreate the hub atmosphere that won us a flag if it means we aren't unsettled in these next two weeks.

@Demon Dynasty posted the following photo of Chandler in the Training Thread. Small forward options?

That's some heavy strapping on Chin's knee. If he's out who replaces him?

“Steven was obviously in a lot of pain following that heavy contact in the second quarter of Saturday’s game, so we sent him off to hospital for some scans,” Richardson said. “The results of these showed two fractures to his ribs, and a small transverse process fracture. “At this stage, Steven will miss this week’s match against Port Adelaide. We will continue to monitor his pain and function following that, in the lead up to our Round 4 game.” Fellow defender Jake Lever also sat out the majority of the second half, hindered with a knee concern. The 28-year-old underwent scans on Sunday, which ruled out any significant structural damage. “Pleasingly, Jake has been cleared of major injury to his right knee. He, instead, looks to have irritated a joint under his kneecap,” Richardson said. “We will see how he responds this week at training, but we are optimistic he will be available for Saturday night’s game in Adelaide.” Melbourne will now prepare to face Port Adelaide in five days’ time, for the first of two back-to-back games at Adelaide Oval.

“Steven was obviously in a lot of pain following that heavy contact in the second quarter of Saturday’s game, so we sent him off to hospital for some scans,” Richardson said. “The results of these showed two fractures to his ribs, and a small transverse process fracture. “At this stage, Steven will miss this week’s match against Port Adelaide. We will continue to monitor his pain and function following that, in the lead up to our Round 4 game.” Fellow defender Jake Lever also sat out the majority of the second half, hindered with a knee concern. The 28-year-old underwent scans on Sunday, which ruled out any significant structural damage. “Pleasingly, Jake has been cleared of major injury to his right knee. He, instead, looks to have irritated a joint under his kneecap,” Richardson said. “We will see how he responds this week at training, but we are optimistic he will be available for Saturday night’s game in Adelaide.” Melbourne will now prepare to face Port Adelaide in five days’ time, for the first of two back-to-back games at Adelaide Oval.

I'm going to cut the questions off here as I'm flat chat today. I've put the show notes together already and I think we've adequately covered all the topics. I'm going to lock the thread and reopen it later on.

Training with the rehab group. Who else is in there? Ben Brown and Charlie Spargo and?

This is exactly the point I will be making on the podcast. I have no doubt we can cover the positions albeit not to the exact same levels with May and Lever in the team. What we can't replace is the coaching on the field, the talk and positioning etc.