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It was about it been a beautiful day. We also had a chat on Wednesday when he told me that we will be good.

I attended some of the training. I was very impressed with how Jefferson was moving, and looked. It was good to see Clarry training. Richo came over for a chat.

We played St kilda at Alice Springs in 2020. We won by 3 points.

I attended some of the training today. Richo spoke to me and said not to believe what is in the media, as we will good this year. Jefferson and Kentfield looked big and strong. Petty was doing all the training. Adams looked like he was in rehab.

Former Melbourne player Sam Weideman has been delisted by Essendon.

29,000 is the capacity of AAMI Park, so therefore could not fit any more people in. The Storm have bigger crowds at Marvel Stadium when they played there before. Can you explain how 29,000 is not killing it, when it was a sell out? I am sure that more people would have attended if the venue held more.

Actually Storm has very good attendance at most home games, and it was a sell out last night. I am a member of the Melbourne Storm as well as the Demons.

It was a great day. I was lucky enough to have some photos taken with the cup in Miller room during the 2022 season.

RIP Ken, and my deepest sympathies to Ken's family and friends.

Well done WalkingCivilWar on taking no rubbish from the media. Keep up the great work you do.

Thank you for all the great reports over the season, and I will see you at preseason at Ghoshs Paddock.

I was told that Nibber had already gone to Adelaide for personal reasons. I was not told how long for.

Ben Brown was at training today, but was not training with main group. He was working with rehab group.

I attended training and said to trac "trac I hope that you get better soon." He replied thank you. Chin, Petty, Salem, and Lever were doing rehab on boundary. Steven May was training, but wearing a hat. The training was an easy session with a lot of kicking soccer balls, goal kicking from angles under control of Mark Williams, and kick to kick. I assume this to help with recovery from in the heat on Saturday. It is easy for me to get to training as I live in Richmond, and can walk there.

Yes.

Yes, it is school holidays.

Yes, I would agree that there was about 2000 fans. It was great to see on a cold day.

Also Lever was in rehab group.

Salem and Bowser did some training, but were mainly in rehab group. Jack Viney was in rehab group as well. Petty was in rehab group, but did run several laps of the oval, and was moving well. There is still 6 days to game, which may be needed for some of this group.

The pleasing thing from trading is that Melksham was doing full training and was moving well.

I would like to thank WalkingCivalWar as the food from the BBQ was beautiful.

Please everyone who is going can they barrack as twice as loud, because I am unable to go because my back is putting great pressure on my groin, which is causing a lot of pain, and making it hard to walk. I am using a walker to walk, and taking pain killers. I am seeing a physio who is very happy with progress. Too hard to go with walker, and I doing exercises and plenty of walking to get better. This is the first Melbourne game I have missed at the Mcg for many years.

I was going for my afternoon walk to Ghoshs Paddock and saw Mark Williams conducting what looked like a goal kicking drill with several players. The players included Gawn, Trac, Brayshaw, Spargo, and Laurie. Some ladies from Korea were watching and all the players had a photo taken with the ladies after the drill finished. Mark Williams was then had a good talk with the Korean ladies.

I was going for an afternoon walk through Ghoshs Paddock and saw Clarry Oliver training on Melbourne's training ground. He was running laps and seemed in good spirits as he replied to me that he was going well. He was there with someone else and they had footballs with them. He looked in good spirits, but I am unsure how far he is behind everyone else in conditioning.

Merry Christmas to everyone on Demonland. Thank you to Andy and team for running such a great site.