Harvey Wallbanger

The named 23 plus Tom Campbell all in attendance today, other than Steven May. TMac (although named for Casey yesterday) was present also. So it is likely TMac will be in for May, unless they are waiting to see how May presents tomorrow? Perhaps we are fortunate Larkey is not playing - TMac a pretty good match up for Darling. The other notable absentee was the Ghostwriter. Hope all is good with you Ghosty!

Not you - Titan Uranus. Gee, that doesn't read well.....🙃

Goody sounded pretty confident in his presser that the deal will get done - I guess we should expect no other response to the question he got...saying "we knew Judd would take time before re-signing".

Appreciate that, but 1 in 14 sounds a lot worse than 2 in 15. I guess that was the point....

You're not counting 2011?

Howes and Henderson selected for Casey from the AFL emergencies, but not Campbell. Maybe Max sore, or ill?

That touches on the most interesting thing about this edition for me. Adrian, who runs the pod, normally "toes the party line" which no doubt assists with access to Club officers and employees. They have reached an anti-Simon view and he was happy for that to be aired.....

From last year's Annual Report: "An external governance review has provided clear recommendations for the future, including the establishment of a High-Performance Committee and a Member Engagement Committee. These initiatives will strengthen our leadership......"

Gates 3,4 or 5 - sometimes Gate 4 is not open for the "smaller" games.....

And now the cheating continues. Keays (who kicked that goal) and Rachele have been fined for wearing metal studs. If Keays didn't have those studs on he wouldn't have made contact with the ball....more robbing😉

2 goals and 8 Coaches' votes! Nice tagging JJ.

LDU and Wardlaw are out. Larkey, Darling, McDonald and Parker are all "tests".

Today it was Viney!

I've heard a rumour the Club has asked whether we can train at AAMI so that we can use a rectangular pitch, with proper goals and all...🙂

Cold and windy, but soccer was still the go - the boys loved it and the Captain and Vice Captain combined for the winning goal! Quite a few absentees today: May, Lever, Spargo, Turner, Melksham, Langford, Lindsay, Howes, Campbell,Fullarton, Petty, Pickett and Henderson. Hore (out for the year) and MacAdam also absent, but AMW was present for a short period. Goal-kicking practice again and Trac, as usual, was last from the field - certainly trying hard that boy.

It would be interesting to get the stat of the scoring for the period Max was off the ground - I sense it was meaningful, given the minutes involved - although Max lost the hit-outs on the day......might frame this argument well.

I am told to ignore how the team is selected, but I am hoping to see (as named) Langdon and Lindsay on the wings today and Viney forward, with Langford going through the midfield - looks like Sparrow might also go through the middle (because of the Viney move). Great day for footy in Adelaide. Apparently we have beaten this lot 5 of the last 6 times we have played them here. Go Dees!

Surely Nibbins-Hargreaves has to play for us? The new hyphenated replacement for "Nibbler".

Yep, as I posted earlier he is "chunky" - solidly built. Not "gangly". Sorry for the technical terms....

Now that you mention all those traits....

Athletic. Determined. But I am no Jason Taylor.

A thousand apologies - reckon his little cameo happened after training and as you know some of us track-watchers hang around to dissect the problems of the universe. Didn't give it another thought until I saw the press about this possible Cat B rookie.

I regard Roan as a very similar player to Henderson, and we went in the Henderson direction. Pretty amazing that Roan is already in the Pies' side. I guess time will tell on this one?

We actually watched him doing a few run-throughs and simple skills drills down at Gosch's a few weeks ago - we actually thought he was an Irish prospect. He was very athletic and has quite a stocky build for a basketballer. We are starting glass half-full, unusual for DL I know, but you heard it here first....Go Oscar!

Yes - two hamstring injuries if I recall correctly....