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Must’ve been. Unless they did a time trial yesterday.

I’ve heard Brad Green hasn’t reached out to him yet…. HS planning to run with this tomorrow

Fair enough. From what I saw at training he looked similar to how he has in the past. Obviously I don’t know his GPS numbers though so can’t speak to his aerobic capacity

It’s not good, however to say he’s behind the 8 ball is incorrect and a bit insulting to Trac. He did a heap of work in his off season and has been in full training since essentially the start of training….

They have their own problems it seems with Nick Daicos dealing with plantar fasciitis….

This really would be almost a non-issue if he didn’t have the huge hit last year. Obviously the main concern is his mental capacity after this, but I guess it could go one of two ways, 1. It impacts him negatively mentally or, 2. He took a big hit, went to hospital and this strengthens his confidence. Time will tell. i guess the main concern outside of that is if his rib area is compromised as a result of the hit last year

Would love to see a list of clubs ranked by government funding.... they would surely be right at the very top

I guess it depends what you view as ideal. I actually don’t think the MCG precinct is ideal personally for a home base. I’d much rather setup a community feel in an inner Melbourne suburb than an area that no one really visits outside of sporting events.

The MCG precinct is never going to happen. Understand the middle of a race track thoughts, however it is really only used as a race track on weekends and a few weekdays in racing season….

Everyone I talk to constantly say ‘oh dees on the slide now’ or ‘rebuild time’. I’ve just been playing a straight bat saying we will see. Im happy that everyone no longer rates us… hopefully we prove them wrong.

Why do you think Caulfield is less than ideal?

Instagram shows some of the players turning up to training so definitely on today

PF would be ok with it if you swapped the dog for Jefferson….

Agree, being obsessed with the MCG precinct has held us back. Fingers crossed we can get the funding needed to complete the works!

I don’t think it’s fair to be putting it all on Pert for our lack of home base. This has been going on for 30+ years. The remit when he came in was probably to look at options around the MCG area, but they’ve finally accepted it wasn’t going to be possible so now we are progressing. Maybe we should’ve been looking out at Dingley or something 10 years ago, but most members/supporters would’ve scoffed at that idea. IF we get this Caulfield homebase done I think we will be the envy of all clubs, as it would be the best location in my opinion.

I don’t think Kolt is competing with disco for a spot. I think it’s very possible we play JVR, Turner and Johnson in the one side. The other option will be JVR, Turner and Jeffo and then JVR will ruck. I think Kolt will be best 22 and will be in a half forward role.

I guarantee you we will finish somewhere between 1st and last

Agreed and that’s totally fine. He’s very solid depth, which all strong sides need.

It’s a strange thing to be worried about…‘we’ve got some good news and bad news. Good news is we have a home Base! Bad news is no one can access it.’

I personally think Chandler is underrated for his kicking and Salem at his best is very good (think GF Salem). I get your point though and I agree we aren’t a great kicking side, but I think that’s more to do with who gets the ball for us more than personnel

We have some very good field kicks though. McVee, Bowey, Salem, Chandler, Fritsch, Rivers and Kozzy come to mind who would all be better than Tmac. Plus add Langford and Lindsay who should be above average type kicks.

I’m not so sure about that. We are trying to get stakeholders on board, if they feel like we are only half in and could choose not to proceed, they are going to be less inclined to provide support.

I’ll have a crack at mine, why should Werridee have all the fun? B: Bowey May Salem HB: McVee McDonald Lever C: Langdon Oliver Windsor HF: Petracca Turner Pickett F: Chandler JVR Fritsch R: Gawn Rivers Viney Int: Tholstrup Petty Langford Johnson S: Lindsay Emg: Sparrow Campbell Spargo May look a bit top heavy, however it would allow us to rotate the talls to ensure we always have options. Johnson would second ruck and Petty could be swung back or forward depending on match ups. We would also be able to sub off a tall at 3 quarter time and bring on a small without effecting team structures. If a wet day then you swap one of the talls out for Lindsay and move sparrow to sub.

So would you like us to be running two plans simultaneously, getting two feasibility studies done, then two business plans done and then we choose the best option once both are approved? Not sure what the alternative is to going through the full process with a site, even if it isn’t guaranteed to go through.

CRRT?