Demonland

They take risks and it pays off.

My knock on Mitchell has sometimes been that he isn’t damaging enough. He certainly has been tonight.

No gonna lie. Thought Collingwood were gone 25 minutes ago.

Not if you wish physical harm on them

Surely not a second draw

Just a reminder that abuse of players, including opposition players, will not be tolerated.

Surprised the umps aren’t gifting Selwood a free in the crowd.

I would give anything to kick half as accurately as the Cats. They can’t miss.

Geelong can’t buy a point at the moment.

I purchased last year and received the spam email last week.

I do too. But I still received promotional emails from Brisbane & Freo after attending those games. Unsubscribing straight away solved the issue. I purchased the reserved seat for the North game in Round 10 and didn’t receive any spam from them until last week.

My wife did. I assume it was as a result of buying a reserved seat ticket last year on our Ticketmaster/Ticketek (whichever Marvel uses) account. We got similar spam email from Brisbane and Fremantle after buying reserved seats for those games last year. Seems they data mine that info. Best to unsubscribe.

Not that this means anything but you put Steven May Calf into a search on Twitter and results from the past few days from all the reports about the injury come up. You put Steven May Hamstring into the search and all the results are about his heroics in the 2021 Granny.

We need to get to the bottom of this.

KEV MARTIN'S TRAINING REPORT Gorgeous morning at Gosch's. They walk to the paddock in separated groups. A mingled splattering of goal kickers and talkers. Goody and Chapman enter, the whistle blows, and they're away. A tight circle as they hear from Marty (club volunteer) and welcome the debutantes. They hit their straps in a six station drill, and found their voices in the three players running through the centre, passing and running on. A slow motion sim, as players under the ball are given time. Though not much space. The coaches instructing as to who would get the stoppage, or would take the ball with a request or call on the lead. Goody pumped a long kick down the corridor. Chocco leading and trying high skill kicking. Other trainers in as well. McVee hanging with the backline group. Bowey focused. Laurie looked completely ready. Had a great training. He backed up his team-mates a couple of times. Tomlinson is looking fast and tall. Melky barely missed a goal. BBB turning well when switching within the triangles. The park had, Storm with full teams training, and The Victory about to go through their issues. GO DEES

I ventured out to Gosch's Paddock on a beautiful sunny morning to bring you the following observations from this morning's Captain's Run. Only Jack Viney on the track with one of the trainers who is belting balls into him at close range. Viney has no strapping on his knee. May is here. Walking onto the field. Has a slight limp. May is in runners and training tshirt (not jumper). Looks like only named players training (Captain’s Run). Will keep you updated as to what May does or does not do. Of the 4 Emergencies only Melksham is here. (So far). Viney heading back to the rooms. He was doing some longer kicks before he left and he and the trainer seemed happy. Reckon he plays next week. Otherwise Rd 3 vs Swans. Yep definitely only Melksham of the 4 named Emergencies. I’d say he’s a certainty for the Sub. May assisting with training throwing the ball to players. Not moving all that well. No strapping but noticeable limp I can’t see him playing next week but I am not a medical expert. Just my gut feel. Very light training sessions (Captains Run). Drills are short and sharp. May doing some kick to kick with Selwyn Griffiths now. Short and low 25m kicks. Now extended to higher 40m kicks. Looks like one of the TV stations camera men are here filming May so I’m sure we’ll see some vision later today. Melksham will be the Sub. May now kicking to Griffith 50m from out of the square. They’re finished that now. May appears to be walking very gingerly. Perhaps exacerbated by the kicking practice. A few minutes later he was walking a lot better albeit with a slight, noticeable limp. You’d assume it’s a strain and not a tear. Obviously not risking him this week. Perhaps he plays next week but I reckon we’ll be more conservative given his age and it being early in the season and perhaps the new conservative philosophy. Again I am not an expert. I have no medical training and am just going by my own observations and gut feel. I have no idea on timeframes nor the severity of the injury. Just reporting my observations. He was able to kick. He wasn’t running. You could tell he was limping but it wasn’t an overly exaggerated limp. May was kicking well off one step and then when they finished and were walking back to the sidelines he was walking gingerly with a noticeable limp. I’m no expert obviously but perhaps the kick to kick from short pass then to longer passes slightly aggravated his soreness. He’s walking around the boundary a lot better now. Clearly there is a strain to the calf. It’s by no means a long term injury. Team has split up into two separate groups doing the same drill on opposite sides of the ground. 6 on 3 keepings off hand ball drill culminating in kicking to a lone forward in the square. Lone forwards have been Brown, Gawn, Grundy, TMac and Melksham. The 2nds have just come on to the field. They’re just on the sidelines at the moment and I assume they are training separately right after the Captain’s Run. Salem is in training jumper with his trusty wrist strapping so I assume he will be training. Fritsch is in training tshirt perhaps indicating that he won’t be participating in full training. I can’t stay for the entire 2nds training but will Report on whether Bayley trains or not. Salem definitely training with the 2s. Fritsch just having shots on goal. Nailing most of the them. That’s a wrap from Preseason Training. A massive thanks to all of our trackwatchers over the summer. You’ve lifted the bar for future seasons. That’s a wrap from Preseason Training. A massive thanks to all of our trackwatchers over the summer. You’ve lifted the bar for future seasons. Thanks to @kev martin @picket fence @Slartibartfast @george_on_the_outer @Gator @DeelightfulPlay @DeeSpencer @dazzledavey36 @Nudge @Wizard333 @McQueen @Tough Kent @Yokozuna @Dee Zephyr @Stiff Arm @EMDE @Bitter but optimistic @stinga @RedLegs23 @waynewussell @DemonWheels @Deespicable @old dee @dworship @Tim Apologies to anybody I missed.

Has been widely reported as a calf injury. Where did you hear it was a hammy?

Huge out for the Bombers if serious.

Mostly one step.

I’m no expert. I have no idea on timeframes nor the severity of the injury. Just reporting my observations. He was able to kick. He wasn’t running. You could tell he was limping but it wasn’t an exaggerated limp.