Preseason Training - 2020

[ledge]

Re: Preseason Training - 2020

Went to both those recent VFL grand finals. Good day out I had at both. A lot of happy fellow supporters at Docklands when I attended the 2016 VFL Grand Final after we won the great prelim the day before.

That was comical in the sense Melbourne were the best team by a mile that year but fell for Jongs tape the wrong shoulder trick with which they focused on and lost the game. Did Jong go on to win the BOG medal that year ? , I remember he played a blinder and they attacked him at the end of one quarter.

[Axe Man]

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Hmmm the game in Geelong was a thing. Would it have made a difference if he was playing for Werribee or Willi? Maybe we were aligned with them then.

The first year of the Footscray VFL team was 2014 which coincided with Bont joining the club in the 2013 draft, so he never played for Williamstown (Werribee alignment ended years earlier).

Either the online records are wrong or you are merging a couple of different memories into one?

[Axe Man]

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That was comical in the sense Melbourne were the best team by a mile that year but fell for Jongs tape the wrong shoulder trick with which they focused on and lost the game. Did Jong go on to win the BOG medal that year ? , I remember he played a blinder and they attacked him at the end of one quarter.

Yep Jong won the Norm Goss (BOG) medal in 2016 and Brett Goodes got it in 2014.

[Twodogs]

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That was comical in the sense Melbourne were the best team by a mile that year but fell for Jongs tape the wrong shoulder trick with which they focused on and lost the game. Did Jong go on to win the BOG medal that year ? , I remember he played a blinder and they attacked him at the end of one quarter.

That's one of those stories that will grow with the telling I reckon until it's an AFL Grand Final, and Jongy had bits of medical tape basically holding him together when he ran and kicked the sealer with his 57th possie.

[Missing Dog]

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The first year of the Footscray VFL team was 2014 which coincided with Bont joining the club in the 2013 draft, so he never played for Williamstown (Werribee alignment ended years earlier).

Either the online records are wrong or you are merging a couple of different memories into one?

Very delicately put Axeman. Thanks for your research - I'm concerned your latter explanation might be correct!!!

[The Adelaide Connection]

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In 2014 Bont played in Geelong in the AFL team (and picked up a Brownlow vote), VFL sides played in the curtain raiser on the same day.

VFL

AFL

Wow some of those names.

Best on for Geeong was a bloke by the name of Joel Hamling.

[westdog54]

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Yep Jong won the Norm Goss (BOG) medal in 2016 and Brett Goodes got it in 2014.

Jong could have easily won both. He had a great GF in 2014 as well.

That's one of those stories that will grow with the telling I reckon until it's an AFL Grand Final, and Jongy had bits of medical tape basically holding him together when he ran and kicked the sealer with his 57th possie.

It is one of the funniest football stories ever. The irony being that there were twitter users that picked up on it watching the coverage but no one from Casey, player, coach or otherwise, ever managed to cotton on to it.

The man won best on ground with his bad shoulder NOT taped up at all.

[Twodogs]

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Jong could have easily won both. He had a great GF in 2014 as well.



It is one of the funniest football stories ever. The irony being that there were twitter users that picked up on it watching the coverage but no one from Casey, player, coach or otherwise, ever managed to cotton on to it.

The man won best on ground with his bad shoulder NOT taped up at all.

Yep it's all "ho ho ho wasnt it funny" but Jongy was running around without his shoulder bandage holding his dislocated shoulder in place.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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Yep it's all "ho ho ho wasnt it funny" but Jongy was running around without his shoulder bandage holding his dislocated shoulder in place.

I am pretty sure it was a broken collarbone, not a dislocated shoulder. Wouldn't really require taping, just don't want blokes smashing into it all day. That kinda makes the tape smokescreen working even funnier.

[ledge]

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I am pretty sure it was a broken collarbone, not a dislocated shoulder. Wouldn't really require taping, just don't want blokes smashing into it all day. That kinda makes the tape smokescreen working even funnier.

If he didn’t have the backing of every bulldog supporter before then he definitely did after it , a sad but happy story if that makes sense, remember he was screaming to try and get in the AFL grand final team. He did everything he could to be named in it.

[Axe Man]

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Training in the rain today.

Is that a new tatt for Libba? It's hard to keep up. Why is he anti bacon and eggs?

[comrade]

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Training in the rain today.

Is that a new tatt for Libba? It's hard to keep up. Why is he anti bacon and eggs?

It would take some Jungian analysis to interpret Libba's tatts.

[Eastdog]

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https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/566265/members-only-practice-match-confirmed

Members-only practice match confirmed

The Western Bulldogs will host a member exclusive intra-club match at VU Whitten Oval on Saturday 29 February.

As preparations for the season ramp up, Bulldogs members will get an inside look at plans for the year ahead.

The team will play two halves of approximately 30 minutes, in between their two Marsh Community Series matches.

Members will be required to show their card to gain entry.

The Bulldogs Shop and Barkers Café will be open from 8am, with the session expected to begin around 9.15am.

A 20 per cent discount storewide* will be available for members in the Bulldogs Shop on the day, plus a 20 per cent discount online for 24 hours.

Memberships will be available for purchase via the ticket booth, with special merchandise deals, activities for kids and a post-match boundary signing session also available on the day.

WHERE: VU Whitten Oval
WHEN: Saturday 29 February
MATCH DETAILS: Approximately 9.15am, two halves

*Some exclusions apply

[mjp]

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Members-only practice match confirmed

The Western Bulldogs will host a member exclusive intra-club match at VU Whitten Oval on Saturday 29 February.

I am:

a) A member
b) Interstate

I guess ultimately that means zero *$&#$'s given...but why would this be members only?

If you want people to show up and sign up, wouldn't you throw the gates open, get some bouncy castles, fire up the band...you know, get a bit of interest and excitement about the place?

I have a membership based business so 100% understand that there are some things for members and some things that are 'open' but once the decision is made to open the gates, aren't the gates open and the costs sunk? Why not try and get a few MORE members out of the whole thing? Or is the thought process that people will be so desperate to see an intraclub game that they will sign-up in order to do so? If so, I think that is very flawed logic...

[soupman]

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I am:

a) A member
b) Interstate

I guess ultimately that means zero *$&#$'s given...but why would this be members only?

If you want people to show up and sign up, wouldn't you throw the gates open, get some bouncy castles, fire up the band...you know, get a bit of interest and excitement about the place?

I have a membership based business so 100% understand that there are some things for members and some things that are 'open' but once the decision is made to open the gates, aren't the gates open and the costs sunk? Why not try and get a few MORE members out of the whole thing? Or is the thought process that people will be so desperate to see an intraclub game that they will sign-up in order to do so? If so, I think that is very flawed logic...

Could it be as simple as a compromise between Beveridge and the club.

As we know by how empty the pre-season thread is of anything that could be deemed "exciting", Beveridge would rather get matching chest tattoos with Jake Stringer than let some random passerby see Riley Garcia run laps of Whitten oval, let alone expose a full blown intraclub match to the unwashed public.

And the club has no doubt gotten sick of spending the last 5 years telling supporters that they aren't allowed passed the black curtain (plus they kind of put everyone offside with the whole "open training" session that was a lap of the ground and then texta work).

I'm tipping the club told Beveridge that they want the intraclub to be open for the fans, and he said no way, so they said ok just for the members then.