Hopefully he can torch that mob for the next 10 Easter Mondays.
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Training 2026 Off-Season & Preseason reports and discussion
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You've forgotten about Finn, he can play the HHF role and rotate with Croc.
Comes from strong Geelong lineage. I hate Geelongs guts as much as anyone, imagine if he keeps the same look and blows Geelong apart haha, him and wizard dancing through em haha.
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What am I missing? Why would we mark out Alphabet park? Are we playing a practice game at that shit heap? I'd much rather we mark out UTAS or Adelaide oval.
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Yeh definitely weird considering we aren't playing there next year.
I went to the practice/match Sim they had their this year, it was good! Nice sunny day stadium looked good, but they only opened 1 bloody stand and it was packed out, almost ruined it for me!
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I reckon we deploy him Easter Monday.. probably gets a few sneaky intercepts via mistaken identity
Oh and he can smash that baz f***
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We've played away games at Alphabet Park 3 years running. I guess we're expecting it to be a permanent fixture every year.
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Taller, bigger, stronger.... better?
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This draft could elevate MM to legendary status.
I can feel something special about this group.
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I think it's that you can make a good case that each of them will make it (of course that's probably not going to be the case).
Each of them has an elite trait that they can build on (Dalton's endurance, Nairns marking, etc).
Will be fun to watch them develop at any rate.
Could the inside line be a 400m track?
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You could mistake him for Ollie Dempsey, than you get a closer look and you notice he's taller and bigger already than Ollie.
That Day had only played 6 games this year was a surprise. So it got me to think about the 10% improvement we need to find to stay in touch with the ladder leaders. We need that top 4 finish!!!
Day, Dear, Lewis, Mackenzie and Butler get a full preseason and start with a pretty clean injury slate.
Our back 7 is close to the best in the league, there will be no time lag in connection this year, been there done that.
Our Midfield gets Day, Butler, HH and Mackenzie to add to Newcombe, Ward and Nash plus who ever else Sam throws in there. 2 solid rucks to rotate within games, or as needed, to keep our big guys fresh. PLUS Weddle on the wing, swinging thru the guts, now I'd like to see that.
Our forward line is now stacked with a full pre season to connect, go on a few group dates, organize running patterns, only the best get a game, happy ffing days.
The attention that Watson, Massimo, Newcombe and Moore got will come again but they will be better prepared.
All of this with the natural progression in most, not all! (I am a realist.)
We will be a better team 2026, looking forward to the challenge.
Day, Dear, Lewis, Mackenzie and Butler get a full preseason and start with a pretty clean injury slate.
Our back 7 is close to the best in the league, there will be no time lag in connection this year, been there done that.
Our Midfield gets Day, Butler, HH and Mackenzie to add to Newcombe, Ward and Nash plus who ever else Sam throws in there. 2 solid rucks to rotate within games, or as needed, to keep our big guys fresh. PLUS Weddle on the wing, swinging thru the guts, now I'd like to see that.
Our forward line is now stacked with a full pre season to connect, go on a few group dates, organize running patterns, only the best get a game, happy ffing days.
The attention that Watson, Massimo, Newcombe and Moore got will come again but they will be better prepared.
All of this with the natural progression in most, not all! (I am a realist.)
We will be a better team 2026, looking forward to the challenge.
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Hopefully the umps, mistake him for a Geelong player, so we get paid some free kicks against them for a change…
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Chol, Ginni, Karl, TB, Sic all on deck today.
Only player not spotted, Stanley
Only player not spotted, Stanley
Was DeClase there? Maybe swapped Box Hill train ons?
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I think he's related to Carij Greeves (the person their bnf medal is named after). Would be a good spectacle to roll him out on Easter Monday
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First day of Summer, and we literally have to contend with hail stones… 
A fairly sharp session today, although the wind once again provided a couple of challenges for the players out there.
Shortly after coming down the players split into four groups and ran around the newly placed 400 m track/line.
Nairn, Schu, Dalton and Leray were up in the top few of each of their groups however, it was the senior players and our best runners all in one group which provided the most interest.
Finn went out strong and at one point was at least 50m in front of the rest(within 20m of the run starting Sam was sledging the group “oh you all forgot about Finn, didn’t you?!”, but Ward had other ideas as the session went on and both he and Moore really went hard in the last minute or two of the running and completely swamped Finn.
Frenchy and Cody were strong in their groups, and Frenchy’s kicking in the breeze was again impressive.
Butler, Karl and Joe Webbles all do the major majority of the drills, but will also head off and do their own separate running at different points during the session. I find it interesting how players will be in the main session, then they’re off running 200m, then they’re back with the main group again.
Newc, Day, Sic, Calsh annd JUH all in the modified or rehab group, doing lots of running and generally taking it easy with the occasional kick to kick.
Newc does his own running late, lap after lap before heading in. Day does this too, but has a shorter session. Sic and Calsher buddy up and run together.
Was good to see the Chols Royce out there today as well as Ginni who looks superfit, and went out hard in the running before dropping back.
Mitch Lewis is looking lean and really focused and was really making it hard for Blankey in the forwards v defenders drills. Similarly Cholly got the upper hand on Mraz a few times, but Mraz is quite tenacious and does not give in, and was also very strong in the running.
Leray for a draftee has quite a bit of size about him and although he’s not toned or muscular, he looks like he’s not gonna take much to turn that frame muscle. His kicking off both feet is quite good and he was the leader of his running group, really pushing himself.
McLaughlin doesn’t look out of place at all, and is a very strong runner. Poor guy was paired up against Meek in the forwards v defenders drill at one point and struggle to move Meeky, which I think we all would.
DeClasse did most of the session, but also some running but himself.
I find myself watching the newer players and the draftees a lot more than the senior players so that’s why I kind of report on how they’re looking and what they are doing that is impressing.
Morrison, Hardwick, Jars, Battle, Wiz, Moore, Finn, Nash, Mass, Meek and even Gunna are all training really strongly and it looks like Jack in particular is quite keen to carry on from his 2025 year and do everything that he can over the summer to go again, which doesn’t surprise me at all but I did half expect him to be taking it quite easy at this time of the year. He’s doing everything.
Hilly bringing up the rear of the running groups with his shuffling, really only has two competitors when it comes to being last and that’s Noodle and Greeves. It was Noodles first session today, so he didn’t do the full session and also did some running by himself.
The hail(only small)came just as most of the players had finished up and gone into the gym but Frenchy, Huss, Croc, Greeves, Ward, Morrison who were still out in the middle working on ground balls and clearances, absolutely copped it, before sprinting to the shed on the wing for cover with all the assistants and then heading inside.
All players could then be seen in the indoors space, doing more ball work, contests and ground balls.
A fairly sharp session today, although the wind once again provided a couple of challenges for the players out there.
Shortly after coming down the players split into four groups and ran around the newly placed 400 m track/line.
Nairn, Schu, Dalton and Leray were up in the top few of each of their groups however, it was the senior players and our best runners all in one group which provided the most interest.
Finn went out strong and at one point was at least 50m in front of the rest(within 20m of the run starting Sam was sledging the group “oh you all forgot about Finn, didn’t you?!”, but Ward had other ideas as the session went on and both he and Moore really went hard in the last minute or two of the running and completely swamped Finn.
Frenchy and Cody were strong in their groups, and Frenchy’s kicking in the breeze was again impressive.
Butler, Karl and Joe Webbles all do the major majority of the drills, but will also head off and do their own separate running at different points during the session. I find it interesting how players will be in the main session, then they’re off running 200m, then they’re back with the main group again.
Newc, Day, Sic, Calsh annd JUH all in the modified or rehab group, doing lots of running and generally taking it easy with the occasional kick to kick.
Newc does his own running late, lap after lap before heading in. Day does this too, but has a shorter session. Sic and Calsher buddy up and run together.
Was good to see the Chols Royce out there today as well as Ginni who looks superfit, and went out hard in the running before dropping back.
Mitch Lewis is looking lean and really focused and was really making it hard for Blankey in the forwards v defenders drills. Similarly Cholly got the upper hand on Mraz a few times, but Mraz is quite tenacious and does not give in, and was also very strong in the running.
Leray for a draftee has quite a bit of size about him and although he’s not toned or muscular, he looks like he’s not gonna take much to turn that frame muscle. His kicking off both feet is quite good and he was the leader of his running group, really pushing himself.
McLaughlin doesn’t look out of place at all, and is a very strong runner. Poor guy was paired up against Meek in the forwards v defenders drill at one point and struggle to move Meeky, which I think we all would.
DeClasse did most of the session, but also some running but himself.
I find myself watching the newer players and the draftees a lot more than the senior players so that’s why I kind of report on how they’re looking and what they are doing that is impressing.
Morrison, Hardwick, Jars, Battle, Wiz, Moore, Finn, Nash, Mass, Meek and even Gunna are all training really strongly and it looks like Jack in particular is quite keen to carry on from his 2025 year and do everything that he can over the summer to go again, which doesn’t surprise me at all but I did half expect him to be taking it quite easy at this time of the year. He’s doing everything.
Hilly bringing up the rear of the running groups with his shuffling, really only has two competitors when it comes to being last and that’s Noodle and Greeves. It was Noodles first session today, so he didn’t do the full session and also did some running by himself.
The hail(only small)came just as most of the players had finished up and gone into the gym but Frenchy, Huss, Croc, Greeves, Ward, Morrison who were still out in the middle working on ground balls and clearances, absolutely copped it, before sprinting to the shed on the wing for cover with all the assistants and then heading inside.
All players could then be seen in the indoors space, doing more ball work, contests and ground balls.
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The Reeves brothers - Ned and Oleg - bringing up the rear in the running again. Hilly doesn't seem to have anything like Brad's running ability.
