Ghostwriter

That’s exactly right. Apparently they all have a certain number of kms to complete and this varies from player to player. They also have a set amount of weight training (strength training) to complete, again this varies from player to player. For example, while most of them were off to hit the showers after training, ”Halfway” (Howes) for one was off to the gym to complete his time. Tomorrow morning, like every Saturday morning, they have hill sprints at stupid o’clock (7am I think). In the past you’d only ever hear them moan about this. Not anymore though, haven’t heard a single complaint this preseason. Well, almost no complaints… Steve the property steward was telling me that despite an expected top of 40 degrees on Monday the boys will be training just as hard and for just as long. Spargz was doing stretching exercises behind Steve and must’ve heard our conversation because when Steve said this, he (Spargz) moved his head to the side so as I could see him and mouthed “[censored]!” 😂

You didn’t include Sesto in the rehab group. Did you forget to include him or do you not categorise him as in rehab? Just curious. On that, a while back Sesto said he had a slight hammy issue but it wasn’t serious. Today Goody said that is the case and he’s almost 100% but they’re making sure he’s right before putting him back in with the main group.

I saw that interview being conducted then I watched it on the news that evening. What you see is what you get. TC is very intelligent, well-spoken and humble. He’s grateful for this opportunity and it shows. He is forever upbeat and has a lovely disposition and a broad and friendly smile. I can’t imagine anyone not liking him. Fully agree about Rooey in the ruck… we need to avoid this. He’ll be smashed and bashed just like Max is.

Yeah I reckon that’s something the club was expecting, like an added bonus. You only need to speak with him for a couple of minutes and you see why he’s a close friend of BBB’s, has a similar nature. I can’t imagine a personality clash happening between TC and anyone.

TC (officially his nickname) is a big strong unit. There’s a marked change in terms of muscle definition in the time we’ve had him. He’s been told he’ll be doing what you described above. He puts it as “helping Max out as needed.”

He’s unwell. He’ll be right by Monday.

Yes. I’d go so far as to say we’ll make top four. Of course, I’m delusional and have my head in the sand, a happy clapper if you will, but this year’s preseason is different in so many ways. If I had to pick one word to describe the biggest difference it would be… HUNGER. It’s spread around the entire group, they’re all driven by it.

Moreover, Goody has said he’ll debut EARLY in the season. They’re excited about this.

‘Twill be Shane’s time to shine. He’s been told he’ll play in round one. Goody was more conservative; he said barring any unforeseen issue he’ll be there in round one. Goody said they’re rapt with the work Shane’s been putting in and with the results. He said Shane has lost six kilos, trimmed right down.

Spargz is running well 🥳 He said his Achilles is feeling great 🥳🥳

Everyone’s here and everyone’s out on the field. YAY!!!

watching Storm training rn. They look in great shape but not as fit as our boys. I’m the only spectator which is surprising. They’re super friendly people.

I find Bushman’s too strong as in when inhaled.

I don’t know who I should forewarn first… Jeffo or the Yowies.

All good WJ, I’m across it. Anyone who forgets the Aerogard or sunscreen is welcome to hit me up. I’ll be the one who’s not swatting flies away.

Well you’ve gone and blown the relationship now! You left the word “have” out in your last message.

Lily is from Tasmania. I actually told Judd this was brought up in a fan forum (the suggestion Tassie might come a-hunting for both Lily and him). He laughed and said he’d wanna go to Tasmania as much as Lily would wanna go to WA. 😂

Cheers for the mental image 😳

I thought you were gonna be there today. I looked around the boundary but didn’t see anyone staring lovingly at Jeffo so I knew you weren’t there 😉

I have two jobs SL, but I’m lucky in that I can mostly choose my own hours and that means I can get to training on a regular basis. I work around Demon Army stuff, matches and training coz I want to and coz I can.

It’s definitely a case of orange vest = player in focus. Kozzie’s been training well all along but geez he was killing it while wearing the orange vest. The way he moves… it’s a joy to watch. You can almost feel his confidence rising to an even higher level. On the subject of confidence, Shane’s confidence is building more and more with each session. He’s really come out of himself. His uncle Jeremiah was there along with another family member which made him really happy. They’re visiting from Fitzroy Crossing where Shane is from. Uncle Jeremiah said I should visit sometime. I got sunstroke just thinking about it. 🥵

He’d wanna know why ‘Dirk’ and I don’t know the answer to that. Enlighten me, Layz.

Petts is happy to be a swing man. He likes that he’s useful in both areas of the ground. He has no lingering issues with his foot, it’s totally healed and healed well. He mentioned SpargiPants’s progress. He said “Charles” (that’s what the boys call him) is running at pace and is on a tailored program. Tomorrow is his running day (every Thursday) and so far he’s pulled up well after each session. Petts talked about foot/ankle injuries taking the longest recovery time with (in his opinion) achilles injuries being the “trickiest.” He said Charles is further along in his recovery than we think from just watching him on these whole-team training sessions.

And that gym will be in Victoria 😜 Kalani’s girlfriend is QLD born and bred but wouldn’t have a problem with relocating to Melbourne. She likes warm weather but likes cold weather just as much since she lurves her a warm tracksuit, in particular, warm tracky daks. Melbourne ticks all those boxes 😂 He signs his name with #34 as a “recent addition” Will it be a permanent addition? We’ll have to wait and see. But a smile and a wink speaks volumes, to me anyways. edit: Kalani is staying at Geoff Porz’s house with Luker and Kolt, although Kolt stays at his girlfriend’s place often. Kalani is happy and comfortable living there. He likes that the other two boys live there as well.

No worries whatsoever with Vines. He’s “crook in the guts” according to Richo and Lamby. Apparently he was eating a pizza last night and he ate a prawn knowing the poop shute hadn’t been removed. Richo said if I post on Demonland I’m to tell you all that “silly Jack ate something he should’ve known would make him sick.” As for the limping, they both said there’s nothing in it. Not even a niggle.