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And we’re back for the most important and exciting time of the year. Training time!!!!
MFC page is saying nothing whatsoever about it, and haven’t announced any ‘public welcome’ days as yet so times are not available, but the AFL website has years 1-4 players starting tomorrow with the rest (sans draftees) coming back on the 20th.
The AFL website has this to say on current injuries and reduced training:
Injury list: Co-captain Jack Viney (foot), Dean Kent (shoulder), Tim Smith (navicular bone) and Aaron vandenBerg (heel) will be in the rehab group up to Christmas. Swingman Tom McDonald (ankles) is on a running program and will be integrated into the main group in late December, while Pat McKenna (hamstring) will start on a modified program and Lochie Filipovic will rehab interstate before returning in December. Jesse Hogan(hamstring) will be in the main group from November 20.
If you want to read the whole yada then it is here: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-11-04/complete-guide-to-your-clubs-offseason
So for all things training related, this is your thread. This includes imaginary training, speculation about training, intel about other teams training - particularly if it’s ‘drop-brick-on-head’ style funny intel.
Or perhaps you would just like to tell the board in limited characters why you think training is a good idea for your chance to stand on the perimeter of Gosches Paddock watching Clayton Oliver puff his ventolin and show three medicos a heat rash on his belly.
From AFL.com.au:
Training return: The first-to-fourth year players resume on Monday, November 6, with the rest – except draftees – returning on Monday, November 20. The Demons will again hold their pre-season training camp in Maroochydore in January.
Injury list: Co-captain Jack Viney (foot), Dean Kent (shoulder), Tim Smith (navicular bone) and Aaron vandenBerg (heel) will be in the rehab group up to Christmas. Swingman Tom McDonald (ankles) is on a running program and will be integrated into the main group in late December, while Pat McKenna (hamstring) will start on a modified program and Lochie Filipovic will rehab interstate before returning in December. Jesse Hogan(hamstring) will be in the main group from November 20.
Draft picks: 29, 31, 36, 47, 84, 102
Arrived: Harley Balic (traded from Fremantle), Jake Lever (traded from Adelaide)
Departed: Colin Garland (retired), Liam Hulett (delisted), Ben Kennedy (delisted), Heritier Lumumba (retired), Jake Spencer (delisted), Jack Trengove (delisted), Jack Watts (traded to Port Adelaide), Mitch White (delisted)
Major off-field moves: Jade Rawlings is the Casey Demons' new senior coach, taking over from Justin Plapp, who becomes an assistant with Melbourne's AFL side. Recently retired defender Colin Garland is also moving into various coaching roles at the club, including with the AFL team, Next Generation Academy and AFL Women's, as well as being the VFLW Casey Demons' inaugural senior coach. Melbourne also appointed Peter Maynard as Casey's general manager of football, a role where he will oversee the VFL, VFLW and NGA programs.
Round one: Geelong, MCG, Sunday, March 25, 3.20pm AEDT
Premiership odds: $16 (CrownBet)
We say: The time is now for the Demons, who last played finals in 2006 and missed the 2017 post-season by just 0.5 per cent after a disappointing round 23 loss to Collingwood. Jake Lever's addition will strengthen an already solid defence, and their talented young crop – including Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Angus Brayshaw, Sam Weideman, Jesse Hogan and Jayden Hunt – should be ready to go to another level. The lack of Thursday and Friday night exposure (only one match) is a disappointment, but six of Melbourne's first seven matches are in Victoria and it doesn't have back-to-back six-day breaks or interstate travel. – Marc McGowan
MFC page is saying nothing whatsoever about it, and haven’t announced any ‘public welcome’ days as yet so times are not available, but the AFL website has years 1-4 players starting tomorrow with the rest (sans draftees) coming back on the 20th.
The AFL website has this to say on current injuries and reduced training:
Injury list: Co-captain Jack Viney (foot), Dean Kent (shoulder), Tim Smith (navicular bone) and Aaron vandenBerg (heel) will be in the rehab group up to Christmas. Swingman Tom McDonald (ankles) is on a running program and will be integrated into the main group in late December, while Pat McKenna (hamstring) will start on a modified program and Lochie Filipovic will rehab interstate before returning in December. Jesse Hogan(hamstring) will be in the main group from November 20.
If you want to read the whole yada then it is here: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-11-04/complete-guide-to-your-clubs-offseason
So for all things training related, this is your thread. This includes imaginary training, speculation about training, intel about other teams training - particularly if it’s ‘drop-brick-on-head’ style funny intel.
Or perhaps you would just like to tell the board in limited characters why you think training is a good idea for your chance to stand on the perimeter of Gosches Paddock watching Clayton Oliver puff his ventolin and show three medicos a heat rash on his belly.
From AFL.com.au:
Training return: The first-to-fourth year players resume on Monday, November 6, with the rest – except draftees – returning on Monday, November 20. The Demons will again hold their pre-season training camp in Maroochydore in January.
Injury list: Co-captain Jack Viney (foot), Dean Kent (shoulder), Tim Smith (navicular bone) and Aaron vandenBerg (heel) will be in the rehab group up to Christmas. Swingman Tom McDonald (ankles) is on a running program and will be integrated into the main group in late December, while Pat McKenna (hamstring) will start on a modified program and Lochie Filipovic will rehab interstate before returning in December. Jesse Hogan(hamstring) will be in the main group from November 20.
Draft picks: 29, 31, 36, 47, 84, 102
Arrived: Harley Balic (traded from Fremantle), Jake Lever (traded from Adelaide)
Departed: Colin Garland (retired), Liam Hulett (delisted), Ben Kennedy (delisted), Heritier Lumumba (retired), Jake Spencer (delisted), Jack Trengove (delisted), Jack Watts (traded to Port Adelaide), Mitch White (delisted)
Major off-field moves: Jade Rawlings is the Casey Demons' new senior coach, taking over from Justin Plapp, who becomes an assistant with Melbourne's AFL side. Recently retired defender Colin Garland is also moving into various coaching roles at the club, including with the AFL team, Next Generation Academy and AFL Women's, as well as being the VFLW Casey Demons' inaugural senior coach. Melbourne also appointed Peter Maynard as Casey's general manager of football, a role where he will oversee the VFL, VFLW and NGA programs.
Round one: Geelong, MCG, Sunday, March 25, 3.20pm AEDT
Premiership odds: $16 (CrownBet)
We say: The time is now for the Demons, who last played finals in 2006 and missed the 2017 post-season by just 0.5 per cent after a disappointing round 23 loss to Collingwood. Jake Lever's addition will strengthen an already solid defence, and their talented young crop – including Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Angus Brayshaw, Sam Weideman, Jesse Hogan and Jayden Hunt – should be ready to go to another level. The lack of Thursday and Friday night exposure (only one match) is a disappointment, but six of Melbourne's first seven matches are in Victoria and it doesn't have back-to-back six-day breaks or interstate travel. – Marc McGowan
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