Katrina Dee Fan

According to Ghostwriter, Harry Sharp is there, but Aidan “Peaches” Johnson isn’t. Probably has to clear things up with his job today.  

Update - Trac’s here! The new boys look nervous. 

Early scoop from The Ghostwriter:

Hey Katnip,

Some early info…

It’s bloody hot already. It’s only 9am and Vines is running laps, he has to leave training early for a family function. The new boys will be here this morning but not participating in training per se. 

According to Goody we will “high likely”be picking up Ricky Mentha tonight 

As you know, Kat, despite being described as “… an athletic brute who imposes himself on the contest” Aidan’s nickname is Peaches. 

The new boys will be going to the Mansfield camp.

JT is looking pretty damn happy with himself… And so he should.

More to come.

11 hours ago, Sideshow Bob said:

If i read this correctly we have 2 available senior list spots, 1 cat a rookie and 1 cat b that we could fill.

So Potentially upgrade a rookie or 2 and open more rookie spots before rookie draft or SSP or delisted FA signing x 1- 2 or just leave as is

 

Maximum on the list is 44.  We can only go to 38 senior players if we don't use up the two spare rookie spots.  

19 hours ago, hardtack said:

Social Media has been a godsend, but at the same time, it’s been one of the worst things to happen to society, in living memory (and for me, that’s a very loooong time).

I love that I’ve been able to reestablish friendships that had been lost for decades, I love that I have a platform on which I can promote my band and share my music and photography etc, and I love that I’ve been able to build a great network of newly established friendships, particularly in the music arena (did I mention that I have a couple of my band’s t-shirt designs that I’m selling?🤣)

That’s all great, however, there is also so much to dislike about social media.

I dislike that it has given a platform to all manner of hate groups, empowering and emboldening them. Due to the fact that there is little done in the way of regulation (how do you effectively regulate a global platform?), all manner of conspiracy theorists, racists, homophobes, and every other lunatic with an axe to grind, now have a place not only to gather ‘virtually’, but to then organise and ‘take it to the streets’. Facebook and even Instagram do this to a degree, but X (and previously, Twitter) is a playground for them, with seeming impunity.

I also dislike the ‘look at me’ attitude that seems to have been taken to new levels with the advent of the ‘new’ social media like Tik Tok. It’s become a [censored] vanity parade, but that’s just my personal take and why I dislike it.

in terms of what this topic was started for, I don’t think that social media sites, and particularly Tik Tok, have much bearing on club membership numbers. I would hazard a guess that while some individual players may have large followings, the majority of Tik Tok users are not going to part with their hard earned (or pocket money - is that still a thing?) on memberships and club paraphernalia. Other than a relative handful of popular Tik Tok personalities, popularity is a very fleeting thing on such platforms… it’s just consumerism based on whatever is trending on any given day.

Facebook has become a wasteland, for the most part deserted by the younger generation and populated by us wrinklies (thanks 3DB), so any promotion there, is just preaching to the converted (and attracts the usual attention seeking keyboard warriors), and Instagram is not, for the most part, a platform that people visit for information or sales pitches… it’s mostly for sharing photographs, short videos and memes memes memes (oh how I hate memes).  

The best promotion for our, and any other club for that matter, is to perform on the field.

You have pretty much capture every bit of my thoughts there.  Did you invade my thoughts or something?

And I'm sure all the first three options can be found at the fourth!

1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Often with borderline F/S or NGA a club says if not selected in the draft we will take you as a rookie but unlikely to match a bid and wish you well.  Gives the player reassurance of being on a list.

For a player reckon they would rather be selected outright.  Reckon Riak would be chuffed at being selected at #55 in such an even draft.

I noticed Sydney looked quite bemused that we didn't match!

 

ps hope you feel better about it having slept on it.

I just hope we made the right choice of Aidan Johnson over Riak. At the moment I'm in two minds.

21 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Cal Twomey saying Melbourne passing in Andrews was expected and had been the communication with the family.

What was the communication? Coz right now I’m livid. 

3 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

In the words of Harry Connick Jr

It had to be you

I wondered around and finally found

The somebody who

Picks out random grammatical errors in posts.....

(BTW it would be more authentic to say Frank Sinatra instead of Harry Connick Jnr. But that's simply my version of pedantic :) )

On the club's socials this morning they put up interviews with both boys.  Harvey said he'd trained with Melbourne during the year, and was expecting to be drafted by Melbourne. He expressed he's excited about joining Melbourne, and that his favourite player to watch growing up was Petracca.  I don't think we have much to worry about.

17 hours ago, Jibroni said:

Other sports must laugh at the way AFL does things.

Why not?  We do!

Banno was dudded, I reckon.

A quick look at his Insta, his responses are about as monosyllabic as his interview last night. He's simply a man of few words.

2 hours ago, Roost it far said:

Do the new draftees go on the training camp?

 I would think so, yes. Great opportunity to meet the new teammates.

I didn't really get he was unhappy with being selected, I just got that he's a teenager still going through the non-communicative grunty teenage boy phase that they all seem to experience at some stage.

1 hour ago, forever demons said:

Hi Katy is this you posting or your ghost writer

Me, Katrina.  I'm the TikTok content creator for Demon Army.

Some in the Demon Army came across a feel good story about Harvey.  Apparently he and Caleb Windsor grew up together and are close mates, their dads were mates playing for Knox for many years.  So I'm sure he'll feel right at home at the club alongside Leb :)

12 hours ago, manny100 said:

Great pick up by the Dees. Go Dee's.

Now we have a Langers to go with our Langers.

I would have thought it's Lingers and Langers.  Either way, they could probably consider going into business with a potential business name like that 🤣

15 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Who is Allan?

 

Wasn't Ed Langdon there last week?

Ghostwriter report -

Hey Katness,

Some tidbits…

Tom Campbell finally has his kit. Doesn’t know his jumper number yet. Incidentally, he’s 6ft7 (204cm)!!!

Selwyn takes perverse pleasure in making the boys run… A LOT (his words not mine, and said with a smile and a wink as in joking but at the same time totally not joking).

Tmac didn’t train on Monday because he was sick as a dog. He became unwell on Friday and was put on antibiotics. He was much improved by Monday but they advised against training because he’d lost a significant amount of weight. He weighed himself before and after today’s session as ordered by Peter, the head physio, who needs to insure he’s re-gained what he lost. 

Tmac’s baby girl is due around Xmas time but he’s sure she’ll come earlier than that because she’s “tracking well ahead of time.” Such a footy player way to put it. 😁

Goody said Jeffo to definitely debut early in the season. Sesto still a while off since he’s not quite ready yet, but is close. Sesto’s hammy nothing to worry about, they’re just being super cautious. 

Roo likes being described as having a bit of mongrel but he doesn’t think he has and hopes to develop it.

Despite being listed as 195cm on the MFC website, Jeffo is actually 197cm. 

All-time favourite songs:
Jeffo- Thunderstruck, AC/DC
Bill Laurie- Californication, RHCP
Marty Hore- You Were Right, Rufus
Roo- (needs more time to think but for now)  Black Betty
Pup Brown- any and everything Drake
Will V- Back In Black, AC/DC

Future training (at this stage)…

This Friday Gosch’s 10am-midday

Next week Mansfield

The following week beginning Monday 2nd December Gosch’s on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with the final session on Weds 18th December.

Post-Xmas training begins on either the 7th or the 14th of January (yet to be announced). 

Note: no training at Casey Fields for now because the surface is being worked on.

That is all 👍🏽

17 hours ago, daisycutter said:

you do realise though that tiktok and its ugly sisters is soon to be banned for kids by the federal government

though personally i can't see how it will be adequately enforced

The largest users of those social media apps are still young people aged 16-30.  It's not going to be banned for them. And this market is just as valuable, perhaps more so, because they have disposable income.

argh, how's this or annoying.  I was wondering why my pack wasn't coming yet, and then yesterday I got an email saying my November 1st payment didn't go through.  As it turned out I forgot to inform the club of my new card details!  All fixed now but it means my pack will be coming in a few weeks' time 😩

1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Keep ya blasted tok tiks and put an ad in the weekend herald. 

Do you need to take a Bex and have a lie down, there, old champ? 

This is an example of the kind of stuff I’ve created for Demon Army TikTok https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSjm8uVaj/
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1 hour ago, Kiss of Death said:

Saw a bunch of the Hawks material, a lot of it was pure hokball brainrot - sadly that’s what attracts people these days 

I think their social media creator is yet to graduate primary school, going by the type of content they're creating.  Pure cringe.