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Thanks @grazman brilliant read, have to agree with all you’ve suggested. They are a very interesting ‘watch’.

It was great to get down to see the team train this morning – left feeling very enthused and confident about our year ahead. I don’t think I’ve felt as confident as I do now after departing a training session at this time of the year before, would mainly have a few question marks on certain elements of the team but I think our list is in great shape and we’ve got great balance across the whole squad. On top of that it would seem we’re pretty fit and healthy, long may it continue! Highlights: Sparrow – Appeared to me to have an extra step and is really bursting forward once he gets the ball. Signs of Dangerfield / Petracca about him even more after this mornings showing. Just appeared to have a bit more time and was in the thick of it and was always dynamic with what he was doing once he got hands on the ball. Kossi – He was heavily involved when on the ball in the match sim and even more so in the handball drills. Super dynamic and exciting to watch. Again it felt like he was constantly bursting forward like Sparrow and moving past opposition players. JVR – Looks so hungry and keen to impact. He’s a busy player and constantly moving / chasing when not in possession himself. Very impressed with what I’ve seen so far and no idea how that translates into the year ahead but looks like he could really make his mark on the team. Howes – Looked very comfortable across half back and was quite assured in his decision making. Got a bit of it in the match sim from where I was standing. Pretty tough back line to break into but I reckon he’ll offer something a bit different to the others once he gets in. Trac – As others have mentioned he was everywhere, primed for another big year and looking super fit. Schache – Had a bit of a presence up forward and albeit he wasn’t being closely checked he was certainly getting his hands on it. Feel he could have an impact in tandem with Fritsch if BBB falls off a cliff. KEV MARTIN'S TRAINING REPORT GEORGE ON THE OUTER'S TRAINING REPORT DEESPICABLE'S TRAINING REPORT OLD DEE'S TRAINING REPORT

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That's an impressive little highlight reel from one game, very positive. Look forward to seeing him on the track.

Brisbane want to play fast but their players are never in position to do so, never quite forward enough making space. and then to make matters worse their disposal is atrocious.

Hey TopCorner same thing happened to me but I refreshed and turns out the order had gone through. Maybe open another browser and see if you can check your account to see if it went through, good luck

I’ve generally been a 10-12 game per year attendee for the last 15 years but since now having 3.5 and 1.5 year old kids it might be a little while until I can attend again consistently. In my absence my folks have been attending with my Membership and have constantly struggled (this year) with the trains - almost every time it’s taken them 1.5hrs to get home to Oakleigh! And they live virtually next to the station. So many factors are having an influence on crowd numbers and that’s on top of all the bad press the AFL is getting for umpiring, ticket prices, waiting times and pricing for food, etc etc.

Very happy with the win. Was always going to be a bit of a slog - with the conditions seeming to have a significant affect - all the slipping and fumbling bringing the two sides closer together in quality. Glad we blew them away again in the last and hope Bowey has a few panadol and really hope our Footy Dept are looking after Chandler as he was unlucky to find himself in the position he now finds himself in. Decent tackle with no intended malice (in my view anyway), appeared to be just an aggressive football action - all part of the game - best of luck to him.

I’ve got a conspiracy theory: When there is a Goal review (where the goal umpire asks for help from upstairs) quite often the resulting decision from upstairs is made almost instantly after the TV commentators have just given their summation / opinion of what they believe the correct decision will be. It’s literally a couple of seconds. And they’re always now on the same page, having same decision on what has occurred – but in previous years they never used to be.

Excuse my ignorance on this one but is the West Coast team playing today all AFL listed players or do they still have top-ups?

For all the Essendon haters, enjoy: https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/essendon-bombers/afl-news-2022-essendon-ladder-position-david-king-says-bombers-are-uncompetitive-ben-rutten-coach-contract/news-story/cf0db8d361b99824f6f353b8f0a21eb6?fbclid=IwAR1UQeb_HAGSEuLIU06RIYFLABC_sXizP8DsTA4U_LOjkmtr4Ey9RGRMKi4

Yep same issue here - have tried multiple work arounds but nothing has fixed the issue. Have just screengrabbed my QR code and forwarded that on to the recipient.

Need some help: Best AFL radio to listen to while at the ground? Struggling to dial in and made a detour to JB Hi-Fi for the cause

We should win and although the Suns might be plucky and playing at home, I’m feeling somewhat more confident knowing the team had a run on the ground last night, with rain - so basically the same conditions as tonight I imagine. Let’s hope we can crack in like last week and take the game away from them, and then keep going with it.

Certainly interesting games tonight and tomorrow night.

Thanks for posting, very interesting.

Accidental Trackwatcher: Witnessed Jack Viney tearing around an oval doing sprints and laps before sunrise in Hawthorn this morning. Very eager and looks angry – I did not approach.

The Grand Final game day ball with gold printed scores / names etc is now my most prized possession. It is a thing of beauty.

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Just tell me when it’s over, I can’t watch!

Listening to Kane Cornes this morning from Perth he reckons the general support around town is in the Dees favour against the Doggies 80/20. If that translates even to 70/30 or 60/40 at the game then that’s a huge advantage on top of the fact we’ve already played some massive games at the same ground.

This is what I would normally do throughout the year but the Grand Final is only broadcast on Ch 7 and 7 HD. Can these channels be paused?

RADIO: Kingy and Jennings will be doing a full review and dissection of the two Dees v Dogs games from earlier this year on SEN at 11am.

Merritt goes for a few weeks based on what Neal-Bullen got, right?

Great day for it. Hope the boys are hungry, we could really do some damage today with a few players filling their boots and running into some form. Or it could easily be a tight struggle and turn into a stressful game for us all. Looking at Adelaide’s team I will be surprised if that happens as they have got holes all over the park, so we’d really need to be flat for that to happen.