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3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

To be fair, the target market live audience for these rural community games is the people who actually live in those towns. Live attendance isn’t aimed at fans from Melbourne or the surrounding suburbs. The AFL is perfectly content for us to watch from home and keep paying our Kayo or Foxtel subscriptions.

I agree that it is aimed rurally and local audiences, but as other have said, 4:10 on a Friday afternoon is just weird scheduling really.

Had it been on a Saturday then yes, people outside of the area like myself could make a day of it.

Oh well, cant please everyone i suppose.

Got a bit of a sad story on Tassie.

I know an ex player really well from the Daniher era. We got talking about the past players club that is quiet big now within AFL circles and the fantastic job Rod Grinter has done in creating that to what it is now.

Unfortunately it started because word had gotten around that 'Tassie' has been pretty ill for the last couple of years to the point where he had to have a leg amputated. There was some pretty horrific ex VFL injuries that were still giving him grief even after so many years on from his playing days.

Not only that, he was living in an old commission home up on the coast with his wife being his main carer giver with little to no support.

No support or help from the AFLPA, so the past player decided to raise some money and help Tassie and his wife Lyn out with medical expenses as well as equipment and other general items.

Pretty said for such a legend of the footy club.

How did Riley Onley train?

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I doubt that the injury would be of the severity to have him placed on an inactive list which would open up a SPP spot. For that to occur it would have to be long term and virtually season ending.

I saw Bowsa at training on Friday in a moon boot and on crutches and if it’s an ankle ligament requiring surgery, then it would appear to be not dissimilar to what one of my grandsons copped playing in a VAFA C Grade final in September (torn ligament/syndesmosis). He’s been off crutches for a while and out of his moon boot for a couple of weeks but probably won’t get the go ahead to start running until the end of the month. If Bowey’s ready to start his own “preseason” on that basis (he’s a professional athlete and his injury might not be as severe), he won’t be ready to start it until a few weeks into the season. He’s probably out 6 months which is bad but not enough to warrant an SSP replacement.

Well its been confirmed that he will be missing the first 12 games if the year.

They can easily place him on the inactive list from here on as it would be considered a long term injury especially if they want to be extra cautious and give him more time off or even the full 12 months.

1 minute ago, beelzebub said:

He incurred the wrath of Kingy at one point. Expletives were used.. lol

Roo might want to have a bit of a think. Others breathing down his neck 😉

As in copped a bake at training today?

Wonder if this potentially opens up a SPP spot for Boweys injury.

4 minutes ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

Did not pick up on that today, although I saw photos of Scarlett in attendance last week - he is apparently committed to one day per week.

There was a coach I did not recognise working with Whitford and the young ones.

I presume its Rhett Mclennan, Riley Bonnar or Dylan Roberton

Dont tell me thats the dreaded beep test they're doing out there today..

I think for the first we are witnessing how much of a huge loss Todd Patterson is to our AFLW list management..

Maybe Matty Lennan is the succession plan?

Best mates with Luke Beveridge.

Wonder if there will be some form of pulling power there.

Buys stocks on the Gold Coast Suns.

Their list is scary good if there is one man that can bring them their first maiden cup its Dimma.

14 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

Seriously, people go off on tangents all the time and given trackwatchers will use some nicknames in their reports it's a pretty small tangent. Honestly if someone mentions a player's baby or Labradoodle or One Direction T shirt or how they watched The Three Amigos last night or The Flower Drum what's it matter? It's all part of the rich tapestry. And as someone else said you can scroll down. I'm assuming you did anyway - Roosiah and I didn't slide in some tasty morsel about team tactics or Viney's limp in our nickname posts. Just scroll down.

(BTW you must find the jade monkey before the next full moon. Dang! I meant to hide that!)

I have no idea what the [censored] you're talking about to be honest.

2 hours ago, Chelly said:

Yeah, nah. The banter among the players, their nicknames and even their interests all add to the atmosphere at training. It’s good to read about these things and frankly, if you’re not interested, you can always move on to the next post. Easy … peasy.

You're easily pleased.

Good for you.

Id rather good a good detailed training report in a training thread. As I said, if thats for you, go start your own thread.

Thanks @Demonland and the rest of the track watchers who provided a very thorough and detailed training report.

Much appreciated.

To the rest, please start a nicknames thread and leave it on there. Some folks honestly dont give too hoots about nicknames and prefer just to come here and read training reports as per the thread title.

Cheers, knackers.

16 hours ago, rjay said:

Not really...he comes across as a bit of a CH really.

Now if we look at his career, he's lucky the club showed some faith after a very average first season at Casey.

Same...

Yes you can

But there is a lesson to be learnt here and thats never take player on face value from a general supporter perspective.

All along we were told he that he was going to sign and all the journo's like Tom Morris were wrong yada yada..

Behind the scenes is a completely different story. We have now learnt that mid year Judd had pretty much made up his mind on leving to WA exactly the same time we were told he was staying.

I know players from opposition clubs on a personal level that i bump into from time to time mostly in the off season when they're back home that share some great insight into life as an AFL footballer.

One of the bigger resourced training that the AFL have exhausted into the past couple of yearsis extensive media training for players. They're constantly educated on what to say in the general public and in front of camera as well as social media aspect.

Judd has been trained well in this area and he pulled it off well.

In saying that I hope he his career turns to [censored] at Freo.

[censored] him.

Not overly worried. Its going to be short term pain so I have us finishing bottom 4.

Can see us having a mini rebuild type similar to Hawthorn.

Get 60-80 games into the likes of Langford, Lindsay, JVR, Windsor, Turner, Tholstrup, Taylor, Pickett, Howes, Culley and who knows from there!

We'll add two more first round talent next year which is perfect timing before Tassie.

55 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

When Freo Recruit Made the Call to Leave the Dees (SEN)

“Then, in my final year in 2025 I got halfway through the year and decided to pack up and come home. … Freo presented very well to me, I saw the opportunity and thought I’d definitely take it.”

Its funny looking back at the pages on this thread.. lol

13 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The mark of a great midfielder is being able to kick goals. In the modern game it's a must. Oliver was a very creative player, contested beast, great with his hands. But his general kicking and inability to hit the scoreboard has him a level below those guys.

Dusty and Bont are easily a level above Oliver nevermind guys like Ablett, Judd etc Only a one eyed Melbourne supporter would even consider the comparison.

Scary part is that there is a few that genuinely believe this.

I mean, i have now learnt Oliver is better playerthen Wayne Carey and Gary Ablett senior on here.

Anywhere else and the general AFL public would genuinely [censored] themselves laughing at this.

19 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Whispering Jack and I will be heading down to Gosch's Paddock this morning to bring you our observations of this mornings Preseason Training session.

Let us know if there is any player in particular you want us to report our observations on. Often we tend to focus on the new guys and unintentionally forget some of the others.

📆  Friday, December 5
⏰ 10am - 12pm
📍 Gosch's Paddock
🏃‍♂️ Session type: Pre-season training 

If anyone has any information on the dates and times of next week sessions it would be greatly appreciated.

Tholstrup.

Haven't heard much so far and really needs a big year next year.

Hoping to see him take the next step as a half forward, midfielder.

3 minutes ago, Billy said:

I disagree Clarry was every bit as good as Bont Danger & Dusty & way better than Cripps who’s won 2 Brownlows 20-2022

Since his injury mid 2023, he has let himself & the club down massively

I’m happy to support who’s at the club now

Nah.

Bont, Danger and Dusty could also go up forward and kick goals. They had flexibility in their game, Oliver doesn't.

For instance, the highest tallies of goals in one season by Oliver was only 12 and that was back in 2018.

Bont 32 goals in 2024

Dusty 33 goals in 2011

Dangerfield 45 goals in 2017

49 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Invisible Viney

Exactly how Jack plays through injuries according to Wrecker 🤷‍♂️