Harvey Wallbanger

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....

OK, so you're sure Ainsworth wasn't just being given the green light to proceed to the new mark (with 50 meters )to take his kick. Often players do that so as to register the score quickly and therefore avoid a reversal from any infringement in the melee.

Good question - yes we were also worried, but Disco seemed to be moving OK and participated in the soccer with the main group.

Are we sure the umpire did not award a 50 meter penalty for late contact after the mark was taken (even if momentarily)?

Our healthy list not so healthy this week. Absent: Lever, Melksham, Howes, Hore and Petty. Rehabbing: AJ, working on the ankle, and Spargs, who arrived late, on his shoulder. Campbell, Billings and Sestan kept away from (yes) the soccer. Nice to see both McAdam and AMW present (no soccer), with Riley Bonner, who we understand is taking on a development role. More goal-kicking practice (Max again trying the "around the corner" shots from short range with reasonable success). With Howes and Petty unavailable, we are unlikely to see 17 AFL-listed playing for Casey (as we saw on the Gold Coast). The mood was OK, but no bubble.

Don't do it.....climb down!

Maybe the umpire had awarded a 50 metre penalty (hence no bounce) and Ainswerth was just getting it over with....

Good on ya' Ghosty. A few other hardy track-watchers in attendance - we expect Kev's views shortly. All present and accounted for today, other than AMW and Shane McAdam (unsurprisingly). Re rehabbers - Spargo was doing some serious grappling work so, as Ghosty said, it looks like he is close to a return from that shoulder. Hore and Windsor did their warm-up work together. Hore carrying a corkie makes sense. Windsor then did a number of laps solo. The foursome of AJ, Campbell, Lever and Sestan did simple handball work away from the soccer. Lever and Campbell often avoid the soccer, rumour is that AJ has "a little ankle" and the Club has advised officially previously that Sestan re-injured his hamstring. So possibly all (other than Sestan) available for selectionthis Saturday in the two games on the Gold Coast. I reckon that's the smallest injury list in the AFL? The session itself was soccer, then some run-throughs then goal-kicking practice. Very gentle. Interesting to note Max trying some "around the corner" shots from short distance, Sam Draper style. Maybe that's the answer?