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    Family Day 2018

    Got there early today and bumped into WOOF member Josie.

    Had a close look at training and talked to a few club officials

    Younger players:
    Naughton looks massive now and has added considerable size. His arms are now particularly muscular. A noticeable difference in just 12 months
    Lipinski has also put in a lot of work and as a few of us have previously mentioned he is no longer a skinny kid
    English has really filled out, his legs and arms are substantially bigger than hen he first arrived. There is a fair bit of faith by the club that he is very close to being a regular senior player in 2019. He and Naughton did a few kicking drills early on and both seem to have modified their kicking actions just a bit
    In running drills, Greene was right up in the front group. He's done a lot of work with his fitness which might be a sign that he could be considered with some rotations in the midfield
    Schache's legs have really filled out. He is such a smooth mover for a big man
    West is also very noticeable with his running and his neat kicking skills. Expect him to play some senior footy in 2019
    Lachlan Young is a nice kick. Khamis seems to be on a modified running program and was very much in the back of a small group of players in some running drills. Cavarra looks like a natural player with an easy and efficient kicking action

    Senior players:
    Wallis was right in the front group on all the running drills, he seemed to be the one setting and pushing the pace
    Great to see Dickson with the group as I was told this is the first time in 3 years he's had completed a lot of work by this time of the year. Trengove missed a few sessions and camps last year with the arrival of twins and then had some injury challenges and I believe he is also further advanced than 12 months ago.
    Bontempelli and Dunkley were very prominent in the running sessions. Dunks seems to also be well advanced on previous years. Bontempelli on a slightly modified program.
    I was told the club was particularly pleased about getting Duryea and Lloyd and that they will add a lot of depth to us
    It was interesting talking to a couple of people, no one can quite agree where Bailey Williams should player but everyone is bullish on his 2019 season

    I'll add a bit more later on
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    I thought in the past, Family Day was in January/February?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    I thought in the past, Family Day was in January/February?
    I think they run a couple but I suspect there are some camp's after the Xmas break
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    Thanks GVGjr. I was there this morning but missed the early morning training sesssion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    I thought in the past, Family Day was in January/February?
    Yeah East West Day used to be in January. If there is another fan day like this in Feb hopefully I’ll catch the training session but still always good to go out to the Whitten Oval again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eastdog View Post
    Yeah East West Day used to be in January. If there is another fan day like this in Feb hopefully I’ll catch the training session but still always good to go out to the Whitten Oval again.
    Just looked up a few:

    2016 - February -https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?15344-Western-Bulldogs-Family-Day-2016&highlight=family+day

    2014 - february - https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...ght=family+day

    2009 - March - https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...ght=family+day

    Not sure why they have changed this to before Christmas?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Just looked up a few:

    2016 - February -https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?15344-Western-Bulldogs-Family-Day-2016&highlight=family+day

    2014 - february - https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...ght=family+day

    2009 - March - https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...ght=family+day

    Not sure why they have changed this to before Christmas?
    Quite a few events now in December. Probably linked to the player association rules I’m guessing but not 100% sure.
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    Couldn’t get there today , but thanks for the reports

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    When I got Dale Morris signature I thanked him for signing on again. The line for Bont was huge again as I remember it was big in February when I was there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eastdog View Post
    When I got Dale Morris signature I thanked him for signing on again. The line for Bont was huge again as I remember it was big in February when I was there.
    His the Bont, his the (very good looking) face of the club whether he likes it or not, when people think Bulldogs they think Bont.

    Although in my household the women think Easton is a much better looking lad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    Got there early today and bumped into WOOF member Josie.

    Had a close look at training and talked to a few club officials

    Younger players:
    Naughton looks massive now and has added considerable size. His arms are now particularly muscular. A noticeable difference in just 12 months
    Lipinski has also put in a lot of work and as a few of us have previously mentioned he is no longer a skinny kid
    English has really filled out, his legs and arms are substantially bigger than hen he first arrived. There is a fair bit of faith by the club that he is very close to being a regular senior player in 2019. He and Naughton did a few kicking drills early on and both seem to have modified their kicking actions just a bit
    In running drills, Greene was right up in the front group. He's done a lot of work with his fitness which might be a sign that he could be considered with some rotations in the midfield
    Schache's legs have really filled out. He is such a smooth mover for a big man
    West is also very noticeable with his running and his neat kicking skills. Expect him to play some senior footy in 2019
    Lachlan Young is a nice kick. Khamis seems to be on a modified running program and was very much in the back of a small group of players in some running drills. Cavarra looks like a natural player with an easy and efficient kicking action

    Senior players:
    Wallis was right in the front group on all the running drills, he seemed to be the one setting and pushing the pace
    Great to see Dickson with the group as I was told this is the first time in 3 years he's had completed a lot of work by this time of the year. Trengove missed a few sessions and camps last year with the arrival of twins and then had some injury challenges and I believe he is also further advanced than 12 months ago.
    Bontempelli and Dunkley were very prominent in the running sessions. Dunks seems to also be well advanced on previous years. Bontempelli on a slightly modified program.
    I was told the club was particularly pleased about getting Duryea and Lloyd and that they will add a lot of depth to us
    It was interesting talking to a couple of people, no one can quite agree where Bailey Williams should player but everyone is bullish on his 2019 season

    I'll add a bit more later on
    Thank you very much for sharing this! Exactly the type of info its great to stay abreast of which you can’t get anywhere else

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    Quote Originally Posted by AshMac View Post
    Thank you very much for sharing this! Exactly the type of info its great to stay abreast of which you can’t get anywhere else
    Really good particular for woofers who went on Saturday but either missed or didn’t watch the training sesssion very well. GVGjr and Smads57 give very high quality reports. Much appreciated.
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    Re: Family Day 2018

    This was signed by Dunks at the East West Day in Glen Waverley a week before the main Family day at Whitten Oval. Like how he signed it with the number 20 as this was my Bulldogs premiers footy.

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