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Schache marks in front of Lever. McDonald has been very good in everything this morning. Big Max brings Kossie to ground with a strong tackle. Jefferson’s pass to Seston off!

Full ground sim now. JVR reads ball better and snaps a goal v May & Lever

Hibberd contesting well, Brayshaw so laconic… lacking precision, no one is worried!

Sparrow impressive in one of the handball / kick forward groups

Petracca now dominant. Seeing much more of Max than Grundy. First fumble by JVR. Howes marking and kicking well.

Watching full length competitive Blue v Red, using all but Punt Road flank. Kossie brilliant midfield to forward… golden moment when he confronted Viney, bounced off him with ball and nailed a 50 metre kick to Harmes

JVR stand out in team pressure ball carrier/ break free / handball to outside runner activity. He is quick, follows up, sure by hand Kossie un-tackleable in same activity

Harmes, Verall, & Adams doing agility, ball handling

Younger players tending to float short passes to leading forward (D Smith, 33, 39, KF-S) while Petracca, Viney, Kossie, ANB shoot hard and low bullets

J Smith striding out in rehab. BB taking lots of shots on goal after session marking in goal square v Stafford

Petracca here!

COMPILATION OF ALL OF WAYNEWUSSELL'S POSTS FROM TRAINING Haven’t noticed Oliver, Petracca and Hunter, just about everyone else accounted for. Petracca here! J Smith striding out in rehab. BB taking lots of shots on goal after session marking in goal square v Stafford Younger players tending to float short passes to leading forward (D Smith, 33, 39, KF-S) while Petracca, Viney, Kossie, ANB shoot hard and low bullets Harmes, Verall, & Adams doing agility, ball handling JVR stand out in team pressure ball carrier/ break free / handball to outside runner activity. He is quick, follows up, sure by hand Kossie un-tackleable in same activity Watching full length competitive Blue v Red, using all but Punt Road flank. Kossie brilliant midfield to forward… golden moment when he confronted Viney, bounced off him with ball and nailed a 50 metre kick to Harmes Petracca now dominant. Seeing much more of Max than Grundy. First fumble by JVR. Howes marking and kicking well. Sparrow impressive in one of the handball / kick forward groups Hibberd contesting well, Brayshaw so laconic… lacking precision, no one is worried! Full ground sim now. JVR reads ball better and snaps a goal v May & Lever Schache marks in front of Lever. McDonald has been very good in everything this morning. Big Max brings Kossie to ground with a strong tackle. Jefferson’s pass to Seston off! Haven’t seen Petty for quite a while! Ed doing what Ed does! Beautiful pass by Viney to Schache, who is prominent close to goal Match sim was so exciting to watch… speed ball taken to the next level! Boys back in small group skill activities, which are a bit boring by comparison (but essential of course!) It’s 11:10 and I’m about to check out… If I was picking 23 on today’s training… Max, Petracca, Viney, Langdon, Kossie, McDonald, Fritsch, JVR, Rivers, May, Harmes, ANB, Schache, Howes, Sparrow, Lever, Brayshaw, Hibberd, Melksham, Jordan, Dunstan, Spargo, Grundy DEELIGHTFULPLAY'S TRAINING REPORT DEESPENCER'S TRAINING REPORT SLARTIBARTFAST'S TRAINING REPORT DEMONWHEELS' TRAINING REPORT KEV MARTIN'S TRAINING REPORT GEORGE ON THE OUTER'S TRAINING REPORT DEESPICABLE'S TRAINING REPORT OLD DEE'S TRAINING REPORT

Our real, and immediate goal should be to make our own home ground a win for us!

My view on Kardinia Park is this... the more our current list plays there the better equiped they will be to win there!

Deserving of more games than he got, he performed well in the few he was given. Hard at it, four quarter effort. Kicking, particularly distance, better than suggested around here. Gets in good places and not intimidated by physical contact. I think he is important in our current profile.

Showed his grit in the Casey Premiership win! After a shaky start, in atrocious conditions, Oskar fought his way into the game with determination and grunt running. By the final quarter he had become central to Casey's relentless movement of the ball going forward. I think he will be picked up, and I believe well worth the risk. Best wishes Oskar, football teams need blokes of your quality!

Got the following insight from a mate who is a lifelong Bulldogs supporter. “Schache under the right coach could be better than both McDonald and Brown as a tall marking forward option. Matthew Lloyd reckons he has the best set shot kicking action of anyone he coached at the AIS. Schache was kicking bags of goals in VFL ( 6 & 8 goal games) at the end of 2022 season. But Bevo only played him sporadically in 2022 and mostly as an intercept marking back (he was quite good) and backup ruck (also quite good) but rarely gave him a chance as a key forward. Like most tall players, Schache is a late developer but a valuable pick up for the Dees.”

Got the following insight from a mate who is a lifelong Bulldogs supporter. “Hunter is a gun winger (left footer) and premiership player (he has heaps of finals experience and 2 grannies under his belt). Bevo stuffed him around putting him on a half forward flank with only partial success so Hunter fell out of favour with Bevo. A couple of minor off field indiscretions and Hunter was banished to the VFL until we had so many injuries Bevo was forced to bring him back. If played on the wing he will give you heaps of gut running, marks, tackling and elite delivery to leading forwards… and Bulldogs are paying part of Hunter’s salary!!!”

This is a list of VFL / AFL clubs that won a Premiership two years after a previous Premiership 1934 Richmond 1947 Carlton 1959 Melbourne 1969 Richmond 1970 Carlton 1972 Carlton 1977 Nth Melbourne 1978 Hawthorn 1981 Carlton 1988 Hawthorn 1991 Hawthorn 1994 West Coast 2009 Geelong 2011 Geelong 2019 Richmond 2023 Melbourne

Gawn, Langdon, Brown, McDonald, Neal-Bullen and Hibberd weren't disgraced on the day either!

Best not to get too obsessive over draft order! Here is the 2021 Premiership draft profile Petracca 2 Jackson 3 Brayshaw 3 Oliver 4 May priority selection Salem 9 Picket 12 Lever 14 Bowey 21 Viney fs 26 Sparrow 27 Spargo 29 Fritsch 31 Rivers 32 Jordan 33 Gawn 34 Petty 37 Neal-Bullen 40 Brown 47 McDonald 53 Langdon 54 Hibberd 4 pre-season Harmes 2 Rookie

Yep, Kossie will go to Port to be closer to Dogga and Toby… wait, what?

I watched every Casey game and recorded them for my research. Somebody must have been playing well down back! The average score against Casey for home and away, plus finals, was just over 56 points... less than 10 goals! Only one oppo player got off the chain across the season; Evans kicked 5 v Geelong. Only four oppo players managed 3 goals against Casey across the rest of the season. In 5 games the highest opposition goalkicker was a single goal! I think Tomlinson played 14 games for Casey. In those outings he was the Rock around which the full defence was built. Undervaluing his contribution to the VFL Premiership is mean spirited! Should he be kept on the list? Should he be playing for an AFL club in 2023? Time will tell, but his form in 2022 was solid.

Tomlinson is far from a spent force. He mightn't pull much interest from other clubs, but he progressed steadily from that ACL to the point where he was on the verge of a recall. His dominance at VFL level confirms his worth. He is ready to go if injury or player movements open up a tall defender opportunity in the next three years. I'd be happy to see him on our list over that time span.

G Lyon says his mail is that it didn't happen (yet)!