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Oh my god. Adam Tomlinson just arrived and now my day is complete. 🥹 He’s really happy and is looking in great shape. He came to watch training and hang with the boys for a bit

Not a pleasant sight to see, Vines limping across from the rooms. And not just a slight limp, a prominent one. All good though, he’s just had an injection in his foot so it’s very tender. He’s here to support the boys.

Re Tommy M… amazing news I just heard. He’ll be fit for selection by round one. Pete is the head physio and he’d know.

Tmac first person out. Very early and very keen

Who cares. JK. I care. I guess I have to care. 🙃

Scheduled for 10am start

I’m not sure when, but he has had surgery and wouldn’t that also make a difference to recovery time?

Cream has been picked up by VFL club Williamstown, the Seagulls.

It was scheduled to be from 10am ‘til 11:30am but it started at 9:40am and finished just after midday.

I called Thomas Matthews “Tommy” and he said he likes being called Tommy and that’s what he wants to go by but he’s not the only Tom in the side. I said it’s all good because the other Toms are usually called Tmac, Spaz and TC. I told him he’ll no doubt be given a nickname by his teammates. Or will he? Before training started I was asked if I’d met the new guys yet. I said I’ve only met XT so far. Langers said ‘“XT”? I like it!’ Then Salo and Rooey agreed. Our team’s nickname game is poor 🙃

It’ll be good to have you back! We need more folks who rock a tie-dye/MFC combo and pull it off brilliantly. #HippiesNeverDie 😁

Something I didn’t know about Riley is that he’s of Albanian descent. This comes as no surprise though since there’s a big Albanian enclave in Shepparton. Roo’s girlfriend is a “Shepp girl” and she’s Albanian.

Wow. This must be a recent rule change. I got photos with several of the Victory players earlier this year (also for a young soccer fan). They must wonder why literally no one shows up to watch them train. Their open training this year was a sad sight. A smattering of people turned up. Similar thing with Storm, hardly ever any fans watching them train.

‘Tis. No training but the players will be there for photos and autographs. Kick-to-kick is also available once the players have left. Apparently Santa will be there, too. And we can’t forget the highlight of the day, that being the… DEMON ARMY SAUSAGE SIZZLE! PS: I’ll see your Gussy boy and raise you a Kingy 😉

After training the boys were going back to AAMI for lunch (together). After lunch it’s gym time (all together), then they break off into groups; some do more running, some in the pool, some do extra gym work. They get Thursdays and Sundays off. On Saturdays they do hill-running. It was interesting hearing about this from XT who can’t compare it to previous years. He talked about it in a very matter-of-fact way. I asked him if he finds any part of it challenging or even difficult and he said not at all. Vines on the other hand said training is “very different now.” He said it’s more intense and more specialised, but that “we love it.” Probs easier for him to say that while he’s on light duties 😁 Edit: I forgot to mention that XT showed me his little “Demon” tattoo. I asked why he got it done (as a Richmond supporter) and was it just because he liked the design. He said he didn’t know what it was about it that he liked when he chose it but that when he was selected by us his first thought was “it’s meant to be.” I said “you really mean that, don’t you.” He said, “100 percent, this is my destiny.” I think we should keep him 😁

ROOEY LIP UPDATE: Turns out one of his bottom teeth went through his lip. He’s fine but it was starting to hurt a little after training. He said everything’s all good so long as he can still eat. 😅

Kalani is 200cm and hopes to grow “heaps more.”

I’m pretty sure they finish up on Wednesday the 17th, Harves.

Four seasons? Three of them were a no-show. Winter trained the house down. A strange sight was the Storm marquee breaking its moorings and rolling across the field towards our oval at quite the speed. Winter was in a cheeky mood indeed.

[censored] freezing, Dingo. I’ve just started to get the feeling back in my hands. My toes are a lost cause, they’re gonna have to wait ‘til we’re on the train.

Vines has an achilles issue (not serious) which is why he’s not training

I lied. Not everyone is here. Jadams is not here.

Tommy Mathews is rehabbing his knee injury. He said he expects to be running “well before Chrissy.”

Rooey’s on the boundary spitting out blood. Must’ve copped a hit to the mouth. Quite a bit of blood coming out. Now he’s being taken back to the rooms.

I told Wheels about this photo and he said he hasn’t seen it. So I showed it to him. He loves it and asked where he could find it. I said idk but I saw it on Demonland. He said, “Oh if it’s on Demonland I’ll see it anyway.” 😳