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Thought it would be nice to have a thread to discuss / organise / troubleshoot travelling for games this season. Although there is some self interest... I'm planning on going to Round 16 at Traeger Park, NT. Anybody got a crystal ball for likely game date? It'll have to be between 29 June and 2 July (rip for those of us pinned down by EOFY). Who else has travel plans?

Needed this rec a few weeks ago when looking for something to do! Now there's too much footy to focus on haha

A week or two out from the first practice match would be worst week imo. People are still slow (from the end of last year) and whilst interest is picking up there's a lot of barrel scraping for content. It also feels agonisingly far away from the proper start of things.

After telling myself that I'm making the effort to go to the Brisbane game and that I needn't watch Round 1 in person... yesterday I caved and used my railway pass to arrange a 10 hr trip down to Melbourne from Syd on Thursday night. I'll crash with some family, work the Friday, and then on Saturday prepare for all things Dees at the G!

I am excited for Richmond to have a decidedly terrible season... Mainly because in 2022 the first thing my very senior coworker (pro Tiges) said to me was that Dee fans are obnoxious, can't go the distance and we won't win again for another 57 years ...No, I'm not bitter on the daily about this, why do you ask?

Poor Spargs spent half his time giving an injury report! Interesting to hear a little about his "professional lifestyle". Starts at 1 hr 11 min mark for those looking

Love the interview! He seems very personable too

I think some people probably go under the radar... we even have a few non-binary people I believe!

Same, loved how he said he'd even go sit on the bench if it was going to help us to premiership. So humble! Good to hear Max will be focusing on improving his forward craft, and in particular how he will work with T Mac and BBB.

Et tu!

Gotta love a bit of late night Latin 😉

Kings 👑

Nothing much except to echo this question! We seem to be off to a good pre-start and the team seems more cohesive than last year. Would love to hear any analysis which confirms or denies this gut feel

This threads a cracking read - can't wait to watch the game this afternoon finally! Thanks all for your comments God I'm so excited for the season ❤💙

Maybe one the trackwatchers should take bio oil to the next training for Clarry 😂 Poor thing

One of the ugliest aspects of football is the players who deliberately injure others! I alternate between disgust and fury, and sadness for our boys on this front Glad it's not really seen in AFLW and hope it never is!

This was discussed on another thread. Fritsch's foot was stomped on by accident in training a few weeks back. They're managing it conservatively and letting him heal (which is going well apparently). It's not on the website because this is the kind of injury that teams will exploit / target Fritsch for

By now we'd all guessed as much that something was wrong with Max, but that sounds really quite harsh. Not that there was much choice around finals. Glad we're treating Max and his aging body more carefully this year

Let it be known that on this same night, I also wished and hoped for Kozzie to stay.

Sad about JJ bring so far down the picking order. Bit surprised to see Laurie up (but happy for Laurie to have an opportunity)

Honestly I prefer to be sober and stuck in tortured brain loops too, especially if engaging in convos on demonland. Probably helps that ordinarily I'm not in a sports bar! The next day was quite hellish

For anyone without Spotify, trying to limit Kane/King exposure and wondering at what point Richo starts, it is at 1 hr 30 min mark.

For me too. Emotionally it lingers, even if I can't actually remember much thanks to a few hasty glasses of whisky in the sports bar. Although my memory of the game is gone, I remember sobbing as one of two Dees supporters, silhouetted against a tv screen as large as a wall and surrounded by a sea of agnostic NRL fans 😭 Tres dramatique!

Or peel and freeze them, and then blitz them in the food processor for banana ice cream!

So excited for the podcast! Thanks for the new ep. I always listen once clear and then another time while working (don't tell the bossman)