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Freo signing Dudley reeks of complete desperation by them. If they're desperate, then they can cough up two early first round picks as a starting point.

Worth noting that Jai Culley had no pre season this time last year as he was coming back from an ACL injury. I believe he's been able to do every session so far?

I've been Roy George all the way but I take into account what the regular track watchers have been observing, and that is majority support Jai Culley as the one who has impressed the most. If that's the case then I'm happy with him as a replacement.

I know his folks well from junior days. Bump into them all the time up here especially his old man through work every now and then. After the trade period the club had a meeting with his family and manager just to reassure them especially after the whole trade saga thing went down where his family were understandably quite disappointed with the club when news broke out. One of the things the footy club did acknowledge was their mismanagement of Oliver in terms of rushing him back into AFL level. If they had their time again they would have put him through a 4-5 week intense training block to build his fitness up which in their opinion, would have set him up far better for the year then what actually transpired. This has nothing to being isolated or left out. He was well supported by everyone at the club including the coaches. The club got it wrong in this instance and they've acknowledged it.

Is there any word on Kentfields health? Complications of pneumonia isn't something to take lightly either.

On McAdam, I feel incredibly sad for him.. he's clearly worked hard over the off season and we saw glimpse of reward in that match simulation footage. I was looking forward to seeing him fit for round 1. Really thought he would have added a completely different and unpredictable element to our forward line. Unfortunately I hate to also say it but rupturing your Achilles at his age could mean the end of his career. Absolute [censored] of a thing come back from when you're trying to integrate back into sport full time.

You've taken a guess here based off no facts whatsoever lol.. and you reckon I'm spinning it? Clarry would have felt just as supported playing at Casey for a number of weeks without all the pressure and scrutiny from the media with the focus of getting his fitness levels up scratch. Our welfare and off field support is one of the best in the business in my opinion. They would have/looked after him just fine. If he was getting game based on the merit that he needed to not feel left out or isolated then you'd have 10 blokes lining up at Goodwins office demanding a game based off this excuse. Look at the way the club treated Jake Melksham and Charlie Spargo in keeping them connected to the playing by giving then a role on the bench on game days whilst dealing with their injuries. The point of my argument is that it doesn't matter if you're a seasoned pro or not. If you miss a number of weeks in pre season, especially match simulations, then it's going to take some time in getting up to match fitness conditioning. Viney still should be fine as he completely majority of the work until last week but Petracca will take a while to get going because he hasn't fully trained since the second week of January. Take into account that he hasn't played a game of footy since June last year. We are not going to see him at his optimum level probably until well into the season. I stated this in the 'Are practice games worth it' thread that getting in the match conditioning into your legs makes a significant difference then your standard fitness and ball work that everyone else does during those pre season sessions.

Bit like Clarry last yeah huh?

Really disappointing to hear regarding food and BBQ. Sooner we get Caufield up and running the less we have to deal with going all the way out to that [censored] And seriously, sort your scheduling out MFC!

That's incredibly disappointing. Unfortunately for many years this is an area the club is incredibly poor at. For such a professional organisation we really do lack in this department.

Culley found a stack of the footy at stoppages as well as around the ground and even kicked a centre-clearance goal on the run from outside 50. Culley has been training at Melbourne but is unable to sign with the Demons through SSP unless a player is put on the long-term injury list.

I was all team Roy George but it seems Jai Culley is one who's been the most impressive out of the train ons.

Freo have now offered Kozzie's cousin a spot on their senior list.

No i am, you're just living in a sense of denial. Even @Dannyz who has one of the best sources at the club has confirmed that he's super intent in joining Freo. I take his word for it.

It's very concerning with the injuries that are starting to mount up.

No, he put himself under the spotlight by going on a Fremantle docker fan page and liking comments of him wanting to be at Freo next year. Its not a once off incident because he continued on liking several other comments linking him to Freo. And remembering these are comments from relatives of his as well..

Roy george?

Lol he's a funny one koz.. you can tell he's obviously told his freo brothers that he's keen to join the club. Didn't exactly shut it down or deny. But he's contracted to the end of 2027 and I expect him to see that out.

Honestly a weird start time for a family event considering that's still around the same time of school still on/pick ups.

What on earth are you on about? Before you start screaming at the clouds, take a breather and have another attempt at reading what I actually wrote. You're all over the shop.

Neita out of all people to give the free away..

I still haven't gotten over Jeff Farmer leaving for Freo. Shattered, distraught as a 11 year old, you name it. I sincerely reckon we could have Western Bulldogs 2016 a flag in the mid 2000's had Farmer stayed.... And yes, I stand by that.

Matter of fact @Dee Boys does get down to training regularly on a Wednesdays. What are you providing again sorry? And remind me why are we encouraging people to leave this forum because you simply disagree with his comment? Sensitive much... I appreciate anyone who makes the time and effort in getting down to training and providing a report, I wish i could on a regular basis as a return of favour, but location wise i can't. What happens in between those training reports is up to those individuals. Time to move on. Everyone is an adult here, they'll get over it.