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Richards looks bigger and fitter. Also enjoyed the nice little side step on Bont and a good spot up kick on his wrong side.Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.Comment
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FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Meanwhile Whitten Oval looking good
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Women’s practice match at whitten oval tomorrow if anyone wants a closer look.Bring back the biffComment
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This time last year posters were concerned about Whitten Oval surface.Footscray Football Republic.Comment
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Talking to the facilities manager last year he said the whole surface is too hard and it needs a complete resurface after I complimented him on how the ground looks like a bowling green.
Pretty sure it hasn’t been done yet but he said it was going to be done at some stage, probably when the whole renovation takes place.
No doubt it will be straight after a season is over, with us pretty much having footy all year round I wonder if we will need another ground to Train on at some stage and which ground would we use ?
We used to use skinner reserve , maybe Williamstown or Werribee ?Bring back the biffComment
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I have heard that there is a problem with people spreading their ashes on the playing surface. Apparantly a few players were getting cuts and grazes that just shouldn't have been caused by simple grass burns. So they did a soil analysis and the problem was that when you burn a body not everything gets burned to ash and what was left of the heart pace makers were making the ground really harsh.
So now I am faced with the problem of sneaking in and placing my dad's ashes at the spot we agreed I would spread him. It's not on the playing surface and he didn't have a pacemaker so I don't feel guilty about it at all-I'd feel guiltier if I didn't do it after I promised him that I would.They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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Going head to head
Team White scored a four-point win over Team Blue as the Bulldogs were put through an intensive match simulation session on the Sunshine Coast today.
In hot, sweaty conditions on a slippery outfield due to morning rain, the two sides played four 20-minute quarters, with a number of players switching sides throughout the game.
Team White controlled proceedings in the first half, as players battled to get a handle on the slippery ball.
New skipper Marcus Bontempelli was arguably best afield, finding plenty of the ball for Team White against a Team Blue midfield led by fellow All Australian Jack Macrae.
Team White went into half-time leading by 24 points, 33 to nine.
Team Blue had Josh Bruce, Aaron Naughton and Josh Schache all inside forward 50, but they were well held early by a Team White defence which had Alex Keath, Zaine Cordy and Easton Wood guarding the talls, and Jason Johannisen, Hayden Crozier and Caleb Daniel providing plenty of rebound.
Rhylee West and Ben Cavarra were both in the thick of the action, kicking a goal apiece in the first half, while a Johannisen long range goal from outside 50 late in the second term was among the highlights.
After half-time, the match opened up and there was some slick ball movement.
Team Blue clicked into gear with four consecutive goals – Lachie Hunter launching from outside 50, before Roarke Smith bobbed up andNaughton came into the game with a big mark and a pair of goals.
Draftee Cody Weightman bobbed up with a goal for Team White late in the third term, before the impressive Lin Jong ran into an open goal on the stroke of three quarter time.
Schache found his range at the start of the final term, before Weightman equalised for Team White. Bailey Dale found another for the Blue side to reduce the margin to six points halfway through the final term, but neither side could split the big sticks from there.
Forty players took part in the match simulation session, as competition for spots ramps up with a fit list ahead of Round 1.
Naughton played three quarters before sitting out the last, while Keath featured throughout the whole game having returned to full training over the past fortnight.
TEAM WHITE 7.13 (55)
TEAM BLUE 7.9 (51)
Blue Goals: Naughton 2, Dale, Hunter, R. Smith, Schache, Dale
White Goals: Weightman 2, West, Cavarra, Johannisen, McLean, JongFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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From that photo it looks like English is starting to put on some bulk in the arms.Bring back the biffComment
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It will be at the Geelong rd end just to one side of the goalposts. It's where dad and I worked at games as ground attendants.
It's his legs and hips we want to grow so her doesn't get shoved out of contests like Ayce Cordy did.They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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