Moonshadow

Try and keep on topic or start your own wine appreciation thread on the general board Bitty. Actually, that's not such a bad idea. Anyway, you're a very naughty boy. Bad, very bad. Thank you.

Back pedalling so fast it was hard to see your legs moving Bitty

Cost about $80 for 12 mths. Watched on my iPad last year. Found it reasonable but not great. No issue with connection. For the price, it was ok. A lot cheaper than Foxtel or buying a beer in a sh itty pub each week to watch a game if i cant make it to the ground. Depends. Do you have to see HD on your big screen or are you prepared to watch it on an tablet device?

Trained in the rehab group.

Clark's contract is up Oct 2015.

As opposed you you Bitty.....

666 you are way too sensible to be on this forum!

contracted till 2015 old.

Does Coopers not work in a Shandy, Bossdog?

Not to mention Biff's liking of a night on the tiles on a regular basis.

Maybe deeko could woo her at the footy with a luke warm pie and a light beer in a plastic cup? I don't have Foxtel. Is it live on the AFL subscribers app?

Isn't there one or two Grimes bros yet to come? IIRC someone on here posted that one of them was meant to be a beauty. Not sure.

Hope there's no pitching woo either dc.

I mentioned in a training report that he has massive upper body and arms but what appears to be skinny chicken legs. Looks like he needs a lot of running in his legs. Although this observation might be seen by some as fowl.

Photo from last year carrot. Has webjet logo on his top. Really like this quote from Roos about Salem: "His last four weeks have been exceptional. I must admit I would like not to play him (early). I don't rule him out, but I like the idea of young players learning the craft early and getting good habits. We are at a club which has been scarred with early draft picks and the hype around them.... But my expectations, I am not judging you on games you play in your first year, it's your habits and work ethic and relationships." I fear Bails and Neeld would have thrown Salem to the wolves.

Thought that was the most interesting part of the article. Much of the rest of it was broad brush waffle. Actually though it was poorly written, jumps around a lot. But I guess it's not an English class......

I did think today that Strauss looked broader across the chest and shoulders than I remembered last year. Saw him take his jumper off, he's in good knick. Agreed about Jack Viney. Has the perfect body shape for the style of player he is.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! Sooooooo predictable.

Lebanese?

At one stage late in the game, Bail was being screamed at by the assistant coaches from the boundary. Seems he was not running hard enough to where the ball was, from what I could hear. They wanted him to hit the contest at centre bounces from his starting point on the edge of the square. He was jogging in when the ball was thrown up. His opponent was running in hard.

That half volley pick up on the lead, turn and pinpoint kick to the leading fwd was great to watch. Salem is a clean, one touch player with beautiful foot skills. Would think he need not be rushed, though. 10 yr player.

Had the morning off so went today. Been a while since I've gone to training. Was hot and windy, but not too bad in the shade. Gosch's Paddock turf is in immaculate condition. Very good supporter turn out, maybe a couple of hundred around the ground. Good to see Don McLardy there shaking lots of hands and smiling. I stood near the MFC tent and van where the assistants and players stood at the boundary. Rehab/lighter duties group: Tappy, Riley, Viney, Dawes, Clark. Garland there but not doing anything. Riley is big across the arms and shoulders, and is focussing on building his tank. He struggled in the heat, Tappy and Viney showed little discomfort in comparison. Tappy simply is a tank. Dawes ran lots of laps, did the warm up drills before the prac match. Didn't see Clark do much, but I only got there just before the match. Clark is big in the upper body, but has chicken legs, of sorts. Absent: Watts and Hunt both have gastro apparently and were told to stay at home. Possible injuries today: Nico rolled left ankle at the bottom of a tackle. Got iced up on outside of ankle. Jetta was dumped in a tackle and appeared to come off with a sore right shoulder, wasn't iced. I did notice JKH get dumped in a tackle (by Spencer IIRC) and come up gingerly holding his right shoulder. Kept playing on though. Heard a trainer say he had a 'stinger', whatever that is. Sounds like a rum cocktail he might have had in his drink bottle. I'm going to pick 3 players to comment on, as suggested earlier in the thread. I like that idea. Hogan... A beast, pure and simple. Still got a bit of work to do on body definition to further increase strength (especially in comparison to Dawes, for example, who is a big, well defined unit), but for a teenager, he's unbelievable. Leaps and marks well, sometimes two grabs when should have maybe been one. Runs and presents VERY well. Wants the footy, all over it when in his area. Ferocious attack on the contest. Not convinced about his set shot kicking action. Has the stutter run up and drops the ball down with the ball on an angle pointing to his right, then swings his leg around in the kicking action. Doesn't look simple or fluid. Missed several set shots that weren't difficult. Having said that, at the very end of the match he took a mark on the lead near the boundary about 40m out. Roos (umpire) blew the whistle for 'full time' and as Hoges was walking back to take his shot, Roos yelled out several times "you're one point down, need a goal to win!" The players gathered around, so he was under a bit of pressure... slotted it right through the middle, to the crowd's delight. End justifies the means, I guess. Nico... Honest trier, foot soldier, hard runner. Can get a bit of the ball, and generally knows where to go to, but his disposal is horrid most of the time. By hand or foot. I saw at least two turn over handballs and two significant turnover kicks. Opposition teams are going to love him having the ball in the back 50 because they know a turn over is likely. I hope his turned ankle is not serious. JKH..... He's a little gem. Busy around the packs, loves to take the ball and run, has a great side step/side movement which wrong foots the opponent nearly every time. Hard running, regularly saw opponents try and block him or bump as he was running fwd to make the play. He's going to have to get used to more of that. Good disposal by hand and foot. Needs to get his short kicks going flat and hard (like Jones, Toumpas and Tyson), rather than chipping the kick upward. Loves to be in the action, but can go missing at times, but he is only young. Very good acquisition so far, will be interested to see how he develops. Other notables: Spencer is a huge monster. Hungry and demanding more of the ball around the ground. Leading hard and even took on a 50 m run into the fwd 50, bounced the ball on the run (didn't look pretty) and kicked on the run to the marking forward in front of goals. Toumpas continuing to improve, kicked a number of creative goals in 1st half. Dom Tyson oozes poise and class. Great pick up. Viv Michie is a big boy. Gets the ball, uses it well. Strauss did very well today. Should kick it more and handball less. King has a very long way to go, as does Westrupp. That's ok, they require time to develop. Cross will prove to be a handy mid this year. His experience was telling today. Chip was his usual effective Chip. Hope he stays. Happy to answer qstns. Was chatting to other spectators a bit so may not have noticed other things.

One too many lord?

Hit that 6-12 month age when they don't sleep much, especially on hot nights, and you jump at anything that moves??? The missus is on edge, you can't put a foot right and you're wondering why parenthood is so easy for everyone else?........ Oh, hang on, that's just me....... Did I say that out loud?......

Post less, think more Toady. Quality over quantity.