Kev

Great coaching. Stopped their inside change of angle, balls. Amazed by some of our reading of that play. Our pressure was there for the 4 quarters. They were so confused about how to play against our structures. Playing the game in the forward area, with the defenders intercepting or halving their rebound, forced that. They had to use the boundaries most of the time when they had it. Hard and desperate footy. Late in the 1st quarter we started taking control and answered their goals, so they didn't get too far away from us. Was worried when we hit the front, that the Woods would start going harder. They didn't or couldn't find that gear. Good hard game, had them hearing steps, and double guessing themselves. Forcing the other to play ugly, which they aren't used to. We will win ugly, with smiles on our faces.

At the end of the game, JJ was running laps, and Oliver and Woewodin were doing some running, loading and ball work in the middle of the "G". Great signs, Oliver must have been close. I imagine he was up in the coaches box learning some finer points of the KB game.

Goody has also introduced a bit of vernacular into the lexicon of the AFL, like, brand, connection, corridor, process. The modern coach, which Goody has had a hand in developing and exemplifies, keeps a cool exterior, is focused on the positive, treats his players as adults, and empathises family inclusion as much as possible.

You'd think if Woey was in as a sub, there would be a bit more of a build up. I imagine his dad would be presenting the jersey, or at least hanging around the club. JJ as sub, Woey as emergency.

Sometimes I need to close and open the app, to make sure it is recognising the chromecast signal. Goodluck.

I can only get the AFL live to cast VFL, when I use the app and not the website. The other way is to screen mirror. Try and download the "AFL live" app. The little tv type icon in the top right corner, starts the cast menu, when you watch live the game selected.

Good news. He is there. Sorry @Redleg

No, is not Hibbo at training. @Redleg Pardon, Hibbo is at training. He must have snuck on late.

They are set up, just waiting for the players. The wingers are first out. Gus, Langdon, Hunter, Woewodin, JJ. Next, travelling by himself Grundy. The group follows, Lever, Max, Tomlinson, May, Spargo, Pickett, JVR, Fritta, J.Smith, ANB, Chandler, Viney, Rivers, McVee, Pettracca, Sparrow, Hibberd and Salem. Broken into their lines. Gus is with the mids, as is Woey and JJ. Max is with the fwds. Grundy's brother has jumped the fence and giving him some "pointers" as he lines up for goal kicking. Two other family members are also down here for support.

Good test for Adams.

Pretty sure the 7+ app doesn't stream the AFL games. (I think they are changing next year and may stream.) @ElDiablo14

Good to see Dunstan in. Gets plenty of ball, and his leadership is important at this level.

Imitation by others means his tactics have been innovative. Like structuring a backline to create intercepts. Pushing high up the field to make multiple forward entries. Prolific scoring from the centre bounce (though has dried up a bit). Holding the ball in the forward 50. We've tried holding the ball in the defensive 50 and slinging, though it didn't work well. Making a midfield swarm. The chaos ball, has fugazi been implemented this season. Perhaps that was the point of having Collingwood themes blasting at training. Role playing by many of the team. Transitional game, holding the wings wide and running the rails. Goody is a strategist and I believe this week he will have a structure from stoppages that will be looking inside for runners and so creating quick entries. He is also building our extra time game. Has been making others play to our way, and not really much the other way round.

Early in the season, it appeared that some of our entries into the 50 were aimed at getting the ball over the back. We haven't deployed that strategy lately. Perhaps pushing the forward line higher is difficult to coordinate, and a defender could still hang back as the goalkeeper/quarterback/intercepter anyway. I would like to see it again, as it shows a dynamic group. Different plays will keep the defence guessing, we need to be leading in all 360° angles, and the forward congestion and competing against each other (how we play lately) creates less scoring opportunities, though it makes it easier to hold the ball in the forward area. Unfortunately, if we don't take our scoring opportunities, it leaves the others with a sniff, especially if countered by some of the better skilled clubs.

I think it is because hard training puts a fair bit of stress on the body and that stress can effect the immune response.

Part of this thread was about our lack of vocal support for the benefit of the players. My comment was an attempt to explain that. Well done The Army, I hear you at well timed periods. Being outnumbered has never quietened me, but aggression has. I also like sitting higher so I can observe the nuisances of the game.

I am not suffering, the small amount I have is enough, the system cannot victimise me. I am a frugal person, living within my means and consumption doesn't interest me. The Dee's give me something like a hobby, gets me out and about, and emotional drama. Just hope the price for attending doesn't get much more expensive, that the cheap seats aren't pushed too far away from the action, or the aggression from the division between opposition supporters becomes less "boo" and hate, and more "good play, well done" by one team to the other. Otherwise, a fence will have to be built between the greater AFL community. One last thing, perhaps it is harder for Dee supporters (noise volume) as we in the outer are often out numbered.

Yes, though I haven’t seen any main session this season, but last time I saw a main session the focus was more on sims and execution of structures and processes. Could be because of the long break and they can push them, without game day fatigue. They were working them very hard. A few looked like they needed it, given some gasping, slouching and drop outs. Also appeared not like it too much, they went quiet and resigned to getting through it. Thought it was useful bonding being all in it together, and the congratulations and support they showed to each other after completion. The trainer (Selwyn) didn't inform them of how many sprints they were doing, showing lots of trust of him by them. Ended up going at about 3 sets, each 6×150 meters under 20 sec, with a 10 sec break between runs. The players had groupings that ran to various distanced coloured cones. There was also another set of sprints in between drills and some laps as a warm before drills.

I could do some poverty virtue signalling, like 38 m2 apartment, income of $8000 a year (no welfare) for two of us, no car etcetera, but the main reason I choose the area is a bit similar to why you are in the MCC members area, safety and facilities. Not much social housing here and the associated turmoil, well lit streets that have plenty of people around at all times, not too close to night spaces and the associated inebriated. Then there is easy access to necessary infrastructure, CBD, botanical gardens, art gallery, MCG and shops. The cost of apartments are about the same price, wherever they are built. Some areas of Melbourne have now become dangerous due to poverty, deprivation, lack of opportunities and aspirations of those living there. Has Ballarat got that? Society is splitting. Two tiered education and health systems, social/entertainment events where access and quality is based on financial capacity, plus a huge wealth gap that determines opportunities.

Hibbo was doing the full running program with everyone else. Though, a little bit behind some of the others. He and Lever were gasping, so was Tracc (who may have been "bunging" it on). A couple of the young ones dropped out, as well as Fritta (I think), close to the end.

The captain's run is usually on Gosch's the day before the game. Sunday 11th at 9.30am. Will the main Casey training be, Thursday or Friday? Probably, Thursday the 8th. Then it's a ten day break till the next game, Thursday night. So I assume something like this break. Three days off, would make it Friday 16th, 11 or 11.30 am, for the recovery and review at Gosch's (unless it is Saturday), Monday 19th for the main session at Casey, then captain's run on Wednesday 21st 9.30 am, Gosch's.

There was a lot of running today. Perhaps they thought it best not to put him out there, as his competitive nature may have had him pushing too much.

The players were on the paddock early, so it was difficult to see who had light duties as most are already in the main group. Harry Petty running and kicking in his rehab phase, though still in runners. K.Turner in boots, but still in his running program. Hibbo training. Will Verrall training. James Harmes training. I cannot see Clayton Oliver. No BBB. No Jake Bowey, asked a staff member, and they said progressing well in the concussion protocols. He also said, they know they won ugly against Carlton and expect a close one against Collingwood. Extensive training session. Plenty of running and a drill I haven't seen before. They play keeping off, using an outside circle of players with the defenders inside. A kind of soccer warm up formation, but a larger area. Ball movement drills using 3/4 of the field. One group with the mids passing it round by hand, till a whistle and they find an outside runner that comes from the defensive group, who delivers to leading forwards. Two groups, one looking inside, the other towards the boundary for the runners. They are finishing up with more running. "Another ten and we go again". Tmac is observing from a wheelie frame, as his foot is heavily bandaged. End of the session. A few stay back, goal kicking and some pair up for ball handling, Sparrow and Laurie, Salem and McVee, and Verrall in for some extra running with a trainer on his shoulder.

The world has become a two teared system. Those who can afford to get through the doors into comfortable areas, and the others. I am of the "other", and I feel aggrieved that money makes such a difference to participation and perks. The world is no longer egalitarian and what social class one is born into is the greatest marker for having a seat in the members area, corporate box or in the outer (metaphor for life experiences). The higher social class gives members in that family so many more opportunities and ease to success, than the majority, is amazing to me. The main quality difference appears to be greed. Given I have had to pay to upgrade my GA tickets, and the seat is not any better, it is making even a H&A game an expensive experience. Your experiences are different to mine. I feel I have no power to change that, and that it is in the hand of your class to impact and tear down the walls. Within that structural separation, I wonder if I can still call you my brother or sister. Tempted to call you "boss" or "master", as the lower classes slip further away from the Aussie dream of egalitarianism. I know I have unrealistic expectations but, the world is accelerating towards a greater separation of us.

I've found that as well. An example was in our loss to Freo, a supporter was claiming loudly that "if Lever plays again, he will never watch again". I am bewildered. Really unhappy people, or have such high expectations, or maybe entitlements. Where we have have been in the past 50 years, and where we are at the moment. That way of support doesn't add up?