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Tom McDonald vs Mitch Hannan Jeff Garlett vs Billy Stretch Braydon Preuss vs Jayden Hunt

Christian Petracca vs Jake Melksham Tim Smith vs Jordan Lewis Michael Hibberd vs Josh Wagner

Aaron vandenBerg vs Kade Kolodjashnij James Jordon vs Tim Smith Braydon Preuss vs Tom Sparrow Toby Bedford vs Jake Lever Corey Wagner vs Sam Weideman

Mitch Hannan vs Jay Kennedy-Harris Corey Wagner vs Austin Bradtke James Jordon vs Kade Chandler Toby Bedford vs Aaron Nietschke Charlie Spargo vs Declan Keilty

Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker

I'd love to see Gus up there.

I think we should wait until at least the JLT games til we start to put new recruits in the best 22. I think the only exception at the moment is May. KK and Pruess probably get a look in too but the 18 years olds and ex-VFL will have to earn that spot and it's way too early to make those calls.

I'm impressed with how well spoken he is. Surely he should be considered leadership material. Expecting big things from Macca this year.

I'm an ex-Victorian living in SA and I've had an MCC membership since I was 15 and we've always taken out the Melbourne suporters "donation". I don't care that we don't get anything for it although it would be a nice bonus. I'm happy to give it as a donation and I rarely get to go to any games at the G.

Top left has to be Team Speed due to the Flash icon. Bottom left would appear to be Team Indigenous due to the boomerang. Guesses for the other two?

When do they come back from holidays in the New Year? Would love to catch a session if possible while back in the Motherland.

Thanks for the this. It was great to re-live that wonderful season when being a Dees fan in SA was fun for once.

Thanks to all who reported from training today. How are our other recruits from last year tracking? Baker and Petty.

Living and working with Crow fans I can tell you they would want nothing more than to get their hands on Goodwin and bring him home. Give him an extra 2 to 3 years. I truly believe we have a good one. Pardon the terrible pun.

First time (actually second) long time but need to reiterate the thanks as others have done to those dedicate fans that go to training sessions in the pre-season. I live in the excitement hub of Adelaide now (married into a Crow Eater family) and reading the papers here you wouldn't know that there are 16 other teams in the comp. I get laughed at when discussing footy at any family occasion and at work and I find reading this site is now my only link to my number one passion. Having access to these first hand accounts makes living in this hellhole (don't tell my wife) bearable. I've been an avid reader of this website for a long time. I hope I can contribute my thoughts on the Mighty Dees. I'll be back in Melbourne for a week in the new year and I'm making it my mission to get down to training as I'm deeply saddened that the Dees won't be playing in Adelaide next year. Hoping to make it to the QB clash if I can convince the missus. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE RED AND THE BLUE

Thanks for posting this. Loved The Ox. A career cruelled by injury. At his peak was better than Carey. To dream of what could have been.