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It's a dumb choice, no other way to describe it..

Going to get very wet again

Tbh... I've now watched that half a dozen times the Tiger was NEVER really in the contest... he was in the vicinity and just had his arm up to collect whatever he could. . Thats what I saw... happy to disagree Hard ;)

Dunno about the 'lightning tracker' but the radar has more on the way.

Very ..'sloppy'.. some players... you know... just take opportunities. They're around.

Might as well abandon game if more lightning coming.. ( and it is )

He's talking 💩 15 thousand tons 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Plainly nfi

🤔Also ask is there a tpd ?? 😆

🤔🙄Carlton 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 👌

Irrespective of anything else I do agree Casey is a bit of a bugger. Fine if you're somewhere within cooee. I live on the Bass Coast these days and regularly travel to Frankston as well as use the dreaded Monash ( quite often ) I have a pretty good understanding of the area and roads. Tbh... if I were living where I suspect many players are then I would not relish that trip to Casey. That said its often only once or twice a week at present but if it were closer to a daily grind id seriously start resenting it. Casey imho is ONLY suited to the occasional alternative training day. We are the oldest Footy club going.. F m d ..can't we sort out a decent home ?? I can see the attraction of Caulfield. It ticks a lot of boxes unfortunately it seems to be ticking off some others..... TBH I can't see how a facility on the OTHER side of the racecourse can really be problematic... well..until you understand a lot of people who move in those circles are terribly precious and wholly up themselves. Got time for 'workers, riders and trainers' .. my old dad enjoyed the nags. We even had some at Epson... but the hoi poloi dont want anyone 'ruining' their turf ( literally and figuratively ) . I hope Red is right but I fear Old might get the choccies.

Lets just hypothesise that this is still all a possibility. A 'hurdle' seems to be the dreaded tunnel. Apparently all the OTHERS weren't but this one is ? Is there a need ? I would say yes. If we're to be located in that bottom left corner as it were with playing fields northerly to any other infrastructure then direct , proprietary even, access would imho be desired. This provides quick easy direct access for the club to the training ovals. Tbh the idea of ferrying around players , or they're driving themselves to the inside is a nonsense in the modern day. They come, eat perhaps, change, train inside maybe, team meetings, presentations etc... and out to the grounds... You're NOT mucking around going walkies half a mile up the road. That's not happening. So a tunnel is desirous. Like the trivago bloke, do I really need to say it again... this is EASY. It's just civil construction. You have a plan, you have a schedule... you get to it. The only equipment needed inside the rails as it were are any plant required for terraforming. If were me... id take off the running surface at an appropriate location... store maintain the grass sods ( same as would for the cut / cover tunnel. You lay a heavy wood 'bog mats' over earth substrate. If its an extended time... replace grass whilst plant working... then repeat process to evacuate equipment when finished. As far as the training facility infrastructure goes this would be likely the most 'painful' thing to manage but of itself very straight forward. It's a problem, it's solvable. The rest is just putting up a factory/warehouse type construct with admin area and fit outs. Absolutely nothing new or prohibitive. None of this is hard. Some care to the track requires but again.... there are workarounds. Indeed if you were a bit clever clogs 😉 I'd introduce plant to the inside having dug the trench and ramps for the tunnel. When needing to bring equipment out then refer back to the bog-mat process. If super clever you might not need to truck out much if any spoil just relocate it.. I.e use it as part of 'landscaping '. Any other soils sands required for ovals could be brought in whilst trench open and stockpiled. This is eminently very doable.... just that other little hurdle.... someone saying we can.

Except this isn't really a BIG build... the new school next door .... a much bigger project.

The way some carry on about this 'complex' , about all the things involved, some near seemingly insurmountable... sorry I have to laugh. In the world of civil engineering, the Metro Tunnel is a complex project, a 100 storey building , not as complex ( these days ) as some would suppose... a new Training establishment for the Dees, OUGHT to be a walk in the park ( or a lap of the course or two ) by comparison. There is NOTHING hard or confronting about this at least not as being presented to date. The ONLY thing hard....is finding a spot and someone telling us to start. I seriously dont think the coin is the issue some think. No, the only issue is as of this writing we have nowhere to build. Prospects not looking too flash either.

Nail, head, hit

Disagree .. You'd cut and store the sods. Just like pre grown turf. That can't be the real issue. Not wanting us there... hmm.. some certainly don't.

There is no way in hell you need to shut down for a year for a piddly [censored] tunnel. We're not talking the bloody Metro Loop here. Maybe a dozen sections of precast roof/walls and a poured floor. [censored] .. 2 weeks They dont race there all year. Someone's peddling bu11**** bigtime

A good summation . A very different looking Dees. No longer stop/start...no more slow hesitations allowing defenders all the time in the world to set up. Much better use out of the middle. Much to like. Bodes well imho. Now for some real competition... bring it on.

No fear.... the baby Dees and old farts will clean them up. True dinks 😉

Did we win ?

Wasn't actually the question. Do staff...I.e. Admin want to relocate to Waverley ? They might ... i don't know. Does anyone ? 🤷

Ought to be even more effective now..... now we have some idea of what to do going forward 😉

I've chortled for some whiles now that I dont see 26as all doom and gloom, far from it imho. I still harbour the notion we will surprise a few and it might well emanate from the engine room itself. Oh we will be a bit rusty and clunky to begin but I think as we settle into more of a real rhythm after a handful of games the new- midfield, as it were, might start meshing. Tbh I don't really understand why many if any were overly enmeshed with the midfield of old. It was a far less formidable entity than 20/21/22 era. Most of our real drive came via the half back line... the days of bang bang bang out of the middle were imho very short lived. After that it was more bang crash walloped!! Windsor will be the key here . Steele will offer a steady and knowing guiding hand. The likes of Culley might prove interesting, at least entertaining and speaking of showmen... well.... over to you Kozzie !! I think we might go ok 👍👍👍

The socials are reflecting.... a change in mood ( cue...KITK ).... There's a different feel to the place....

Used to find Queenstown quite fun...🗻🏞 Falls at a push Grolloland if desperate Nice Reds over the Ditch ✈️😉 🍷

When you can have a laugh at yourself you're going ok i reckon. Can't take life too seriously ( and we're very practiced in that 😉🙄 ) Well done Dees Cheers 🧀🍷🎿 That #11 huh ......