Everything posted by beelzebub
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday 16th January 2026
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 14th January 2026
The only thing I noticed in the sim ( that I watched ) it looked offerings were given both sides... kicker must have some sort of criteria upon which to decide. If this is the case then this is harder to defend. Be novel for us eh... no more Roost it down the left ( they'll never suspect... )
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TRAINING GALLERY: Wednesday 14th of January 2026
Ya back... We're back... Reckon We're already a shoe in for the Meritorious Media Premiership!! Outstanding Ripping stuff .. Lads looked good 👍
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 14th January 2026
He IS a bust Just what is. Not a slight on the lad just an adjudication as to relevance to us going forward. NONE and we move on
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 14th January 2026
This is what it's now all about...... An absolute damning problem with past 'styles' was we gave everyone far too much time to adapt and setup. The amount of stopping and propping in the past would drive me to tearing hair out ( had I any ) This wont be us now. It's not about playing on at all costs as we won't. But we certainly wont be letting opposition's catch their breath. Many of the drills now are about ensuring there are options. You have the ball...GO!! .. something will open up, someone will present..or kick to the 'spot(s)' ... someone will be there. Dont think, don't wait... DO!! It will take time to truly become second nature as well as developing finesse and accuracy but belief will deliver. Can't wait to watch .
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Monday 12th January 2026
I only attended the one session prior to Christmas and things may have evolved otherwise since ( inviting other trackwatchers to interject )... but thinking back in nearly everything I watched... the impetus was on forward movements... can't say I recall any overly lateral time killing stuff. Interesting now I think about it.
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Monday 12th January 2026
Bit like a handover in a relay 😉 Gotta be quick... but got to be fluid and not drop the bloody thing.. See where I'm going
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Monday 12th January 2026
Food for thought... a winning relay team needn't have the fastest runners.... they need the quickest changovers 😉 If we can transition "effectively" with pace we wont need to be the quickest players by foot... but we'll be an absolute handful for opponents. A lot of defending relies on poor inbounding as well as time to setup. Get opponents on the Blackfoot.... get into their heads that one slip up and we're scoring snags... you've half the game won. Good going Kingy...
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Monday 12th January 2026
Wonderful stuff. Listed here are all the things in common with recent game style 1) 2) 3) Hope we have the fitness over the journey to carry it off as it looks a very watchable style of play. Lots to like 👍
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Training Ground?
The problems are not design or elements thereof. Thats just engineering and design. We not inventing the wheel here. It's a nicey nicey warehouse type structure with gyms , offices and a cafeteria.. yep Rocket science right there. A second year Arch student could whip that up in a weekend... an amateur with sketchup could do similar. Seriously this is getting beyond a joke. That no one at the club is saying boo, that its all been 'walked-back' suggests another TFU . Process reporting ought not be sacrosanct. We aren't talking Stealth Fighters here. Honestly, how hard to develop a business plan. They're not a mystery akin to the Pyramids... they're an every day thing that competent people create, and in an designated time frame and contextual brief. That word competent keeps doing drive byes.
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Training Ground?
Far too costly and needless. Cut and stack top surface... Excavate... establish drainage.. sub base. Drop in inverted sections.. . Pour floor. Finish.. off tunnel.. Lay sub strate to race track alignment.. Replace presaved turf.. It's really not hard. Could do in a fortnight. This is not an impediment to design or construction. It's just a bloody tunnel.
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Training Ground?
From an engineering standpoint its ridiculously simple and quick with drop in sections. Done in racing off season the MRC wouldn't even know... be far too busy fizzing off people and talking 💩 File under red-herrings 😉
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Training Ground?
Thanks Harvey, that kind of puts things into a perspective and not a cheerful one. I can promise you no Gov will go out of its way to spend money where there's no gain.. I can see the State happily using the disharmony to effectively walk away from any mou whether that was formalised or not. I'd happily have Caulfield going ahead. Not holding my breath. As big an impediment as any is that we have no real allies in all of this. None I've ever noticed.
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Training Ground?
Sorry.. what they're intending to do with a privately owned piece of land can logically have no impact on what the MFC does in conjunction with a separate entity. Or put another way... this clusterfuch is entirely our own.
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2026 Breakout Players
Be surprised if he isn't.. have others to run the wings.
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2026 Breakout Players
I too would like to see Bill given a fair crack. He either does or doesn't. We "only" ( 🙄 ) need to change our fortunes by an average 4 goals a game to have a very different year. A bit sliding doors in a way but in our favour. First of all we WIlL play different and better. A more natural intuitive game ... reverting back in a fashion to belief and team-first. The likes of Checkers and Steelo will add a bit of consistency. Roo if he pays attention, and forgets speccies ... should return to a more zestful and dangerous player. Reckon Fritta might be the one to benefit most oddly. Some less slap bang wallop and more direction and poise out of the middle will help immensely and across the board. 26 will benefit all the players who have felt shackled and lumbered with a system that was too insular and too limited. Again.... imho we will surprise a few. A few players might surprise themselves... Roll on season 26 😉
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Training Ground?
Red... I get that.. I also know Private schools invariably want and use control over sporting facilities. Given recent events that might be even more relevant. My point isn't about us sharing.... its that they would even desire this.
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Training Ground?
Red... you missed the whole point. There's is private property. Most private schools look to USE their property.
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Training Ground?
Interesting.... raises more questions. Surely they accounted for playing space within the land they BOUGHT ? Now they want to crib ?? 🙄 🤔🤷♂️
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Training Ground?
I was going to say that..... but we're a long way from the 'Bool' .... (.though possibly closer to the bull !! ).
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Training Ground?
No, I'd agree it's not. Appropriate in a fashion we're at a racecourse..... we seem to keep going around and around.
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Annual General Meeting
Honestly... w t f is wrong with our branding ?? 🤷♂️🤷♂️ Lets go waste money.... smh
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Assistant Coaches in 2026
If we go back to a leadership group it will be interesting to see who's in it ( and not ) I think Hoffman is a rather astute addition. In many respects leadership has nothing particular to AFL. It's a mindset. Some lead, some follow. All required. Leadership sets the tone and culture. It's possible this has needed a makeover 🤔🙄 Looking forward to season 26
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Annual General Meeting
Bit like Funeral Insurance 😉 ( imo )
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Training Ground?
And you think THAT is why we haven't turned a sod ? Honest question. Personally I think ineptitude is the culprit not the Ledger