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I suspect as many people trained today as had post season surgery last year. Of the latter group Oliver, tmac and omac were all training (and others no doubt). Add to that that this time last year dunkley and Lockhart were nor even at an AFL club. I like it.

Interesting comparison and some excellent points. Is add in addition to fitness technique is critical. In any sport good technique helps performance under fatigue and conversely fatigue exacerbates poor technique.

He is now.

Club is showing some balls.

The key take away from that article for me was Richmond's so called unique approach. Tbat they won a second grand final in three years, having dominated all season in 2018, shows the chip and hold possession style favoured by so many clubs is not the optimal model. Which is in direct opposition to many the on dl who maintained we had an outdated game style and tactically the game had hone past goody. I maintain, whilst there are some differences, goody's preferred game style is, with the doggies, the closest to the tigers. High pressure, move it, forward at all costs, forward half footy. Exciting to watch and often high scoring.

Without wanting to reignite a debate about the impact of surgery and rehab (though I think 99.9% of posters would agree it had a significant impact last season) does anyone know how many players had post (or end of) season surgery? Or the number of players we could conceivablyhave in rehab to start the pre season?

And so it begins.

Seems their no [censored] rule might have some flexibility

Look like it might favor horses on speed. Which is frustrating as for once i didn't put a weighting on on speed horses as i thought with the track chopping up it might suit horse coming wide and from behind. Which it still might but i don't think yuo want to be too far back, like Flit was. Was going to back Miami Bound but ended up going longer on Silent Sovereign (influenced by Mick Sharkie), who was too far back. Frustrating

My best is Flemington race 7 no 1 shadow hero. I expect thought of that will roll along out front and try and grab a break. But will struggle to get the distance. Shadow Hero will camp mid field and storm over the top and win by 3-4 lengths. Soul patch to get into second and I have a feeling thought of that will fade and not run a place. Well overs at 3.10.

By in large i agree with this analysis: MELBOURNE First six weeks It’s hard to look past those first two games: West Coast in Perth and the Giants at the MCG. It opens up a little after that, with games against Fremantle (MCG), St Kilda (Marvel Stadium) and Gold Coast (Metricon Stadium) over the following three weeks. Road to September If the Dees are pushing for finals again, they’ve got a good draw to help them late in the season. In the final month, they’ve got three straight games at the MCG against Sydney, Collingwood and Carlton before finishing their home and away campaign against North Melbourne in Hobart. Double-ups Big tick here. The Demons play just one top-six team from this year twice — Collingwood. They also have two games against struggling Gold Coast, while they also face bottom-10 teams Fremantle, Adelaide and St Kilda twice. Prime time rating Despite their disastrous 2019 campaign, the Demons have managed to hold on to three Friday night games, albeit one of them is the traditional Anzac Eve game and the other is at the Gabba. The Dees had five prime time games last year. Grade A – The Demons have the third-easiest draw, according to Champion Data, primarily due to their favourable double-up tally. Add in a good run home and a generous prime time allocation – considering their 2019 campaign – and it’s a win for the Dees.

I think some confuse endurance with speed.

He will be having his first AFL preseason this year. I suspect that will be huge for him. Same goes for dunkley and fritter will only be having his third.

Except one. They should be made to play their home game against us there.

Pies twice. One being tbe qb game. And bombers - though not as home team. Tiger's anzac game is on a Friday night and if we have a good start to the season we might get 85k. Not so bad.

That was a super interesting half hour of radio. From a dees fan's perspective it was gold. Thanks dazzler. Fascinating stuff and so refreshing to hear to footy media people who actually know their business and have done their work and research. A query (to you dazzler, or anyone who has view). Taylor mentioned that unusually there was couple player's he 'sat on' and that usually he goes quite 'broad'. Am i right in thinking that he means there we re couple of players that he watched more of or focused on more? Cal Twomey responded to that comment that he did see him at a couple of school games, to which Taylor laughed and said they weren't school games. What the hell does that mean?

Agree. If we can snag one of the first two games (both tough - though i well pleased we play the giants at the g not up there) we can bank a few before half way i think. I also expect a top 6 finish. However if we to have the injuries and more importantly the number of players in rehab next season as we did this season we won't make the finals. not an excuse per se. But a reason. That said i simply can't see it happening. For one thing i have only heard of one player going in for post season surgery (Oliver i thought but it could be another player) and the players will have had an extended break to get fresh and ready.

Life changing is the key comment.

This post reminds me of that apocryphal story about Peter Hudson., as per this quote from Sport Australia Hall of fame website: ' Peter Hudson's impact on Australian football is perhaps summed up by this well known story. The question on the board outside a church not far from Glenferrie oval had been aimed at provoking some kind of contemplation. "What would you do if Jesus Christ came to Hawthorn today?" Underneath it some graffiti wit had scrawled, "Move Peter Hudson to centre half forward."'

I was thinking the same thing. As you say he knows this is the last roll of the dice. He sounded completely sincere when he said in the short interview at Perth airport before flying into Melbourne that he would give anything to play AFL football again. I have a good feeling about this. A redemption story. The headline might be: Bennell exorcises his demons at the Demons

Thanks Webber. A couple of questions. I didn't follow Bennll's' effort to get back playing, but my sense is he was training ok but when he ramped it up to get game day ready he inevitably broke down. Am i right in thinking that if that is the case he might have a reasonable fitness base? And i know it is not you area of experise as such but if his calf issue is sorted is there any impediment related to the issues he has had to reaching optimal fitness?

Don't mock his dyslexia

I think we are showing some balls.

From the article: 'Bennell on Wednesday met with the Demons, who put on the full court press in showing him the opportunity in front of him as a half forward at Melbourne. He could see himself fitting in at the club, and felt comfortable after speaking to former teammate May about his prospects. At Melbourne he would also be close to former teammates Dion Prestia and Tom Lynch only a few hundred metres down the road at Punt Road.' Great highlights Dazzler. What stood out for me is how smoothly he moves but most of all how beautiful his kicking is. Perfect technique and arrow straight. Interesting that in that clip most of the footage was of him as half forward, which is where the article suggests he might play with us. Which would make sense given it fills a need and he will take some time to get to his previous fitness (if he ever can). Oh and on that clip, had to laugh with the final comment from Derwayne - "forget the icing on the cake, that is the caviar'. What?