Autopsy Season on the line this Sunday against Fremantle

Predictions?

  • WC wins

    Votes: 4 12.9%
  • WC folds

    Votes: 27 87.1%

  • Total voters
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Anyone got any training reports leading up to this match?
Went to Mineral Resources Park last weekend, here's my observations:
  • Gee Venables has some skills. He mainly jogged laps before spending the last half hour or so on set shots - curled a few beauties from behind the boundary line at the end for a bit of fun. Hardly saw him miss a kick.
  • What interested me the most was that McGovern split his time between the defenders and the forwards, could be seeing a swingman role in 2018. He was his usual dominant self down back in some match simulation drills before going head-to-head with Mackenzie in a forward role.
  • Bayok is very fast - Cripps was in most of the drills with him and couldn't keep up.
  • Nelson is pale as buggery and still doesn't really have the body shape you'd expect of an AFL player.
  • There was a big bloke who pulled up next to me and I could have sworn it was Suma, but I'm sure I was wrong...
  • Masto was the player picked to kick the goal at the end today and nailed it. Celebrations were huge.
  • No sign of Cole, Parto or Hill. Couldn't tell you why.
  • Sheed kicked on his right foot for 80% of the session, I reckon. Nice to see players working on their non-preferred so readily.
  • Mitchell looked a class above the other midfielders bar Priddis. Just knew how to find the footy and wouldn't miss a target all session. Shuey was very quiet and seemed to be taking direction from Mitchell. Doesn't bode well for his captaincy credentials, maybe he doesn't want the gig?
  • Duggan looked on and was hitting targets left and right. Set for a huge 2018.
  • Giles went up against Vardy in the ruck contests and I'd say that Giles has the inside running at the moment.
  • Won't say too much about it in case I was just reading too much into it, but Rioli looked as though he'd enjoyed the Christmas break a bit too much. A few of the coaches pulled him aside and they were having quite an animated conversation before Rioli was sent to do laps for the rest of the session. Good news for Le Cras, I suppose.
  • A lot of running work again, clearly a focus even in the heat.
  • Petrie looked like he was doing a great job 'coaching' the younger forwards in between the drills. Darling in particular seemed to be following him around.
 

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Team list:

2 Jake Waterman
3 Andrew Gaff
4 Dom Sheed
6 Elliot Yeo
7 Zac Langdon
8 Jack Redden
9 Nic Naitanui
11 Tim Kelly
17 Josh Kennedy
18 Campbell Chesser
19 Brady Hough
20 Jeremy McGovern (c)
21 Jack Petruccelle
22 Isiah Winder
23 Alex Witherden
24 Xavier O’Neill
25 Shannon Hurn
29 Luke Foley
30 Jackson Nelson
31 Jamaine Jones
32 Bailey Williams
33 Tom Blechynden *
35 Josh Rotham
36 Connor West
37 Tom Barrass
38 Toby McQuilkin *
40 Callum Jamieson
41 Hugh Dixon *
42 Harry Edwards
43 Tyler Keitel *
44 Willie Riol
 
apologies to post something that isnt an inside joke for a moment...

does anyone know if fans are able to attend tomorrow? or is it a behind-closed-doors type scenario where even people outside the fence get shooed away?

oh yea uhh, Chesser already our best player, etc
 
Hugh Dixon against the team that didn’t want him*








* probably only applies if he goes on to actually do something for West Coast, and that is a massive if I would think.
 
apologies to post something that isnt an inside joke for a moment...

does anyone know if fans are able to attend tomorrow? or is it a behind-closed-doors type scenario where even people outside the fence get shooed away?

oh yea uhh, Chesser already our best player, etc

Take a punt. Good chance they'll shift you on though I think.
 
apologies to post something that isnt an inside joke for a moment...

does anyone know if fans are able to attend tomorrow? or is it a behind-closed-doors type scenario where even people outside the fence get shooed away?

oh yea uhh, Chesser already our best player, etc
No crowds. You can always rock up with a pair of binoculars though and see what you can spy through the fence, Keys style.
 
It's amazing how the cops will believe you're watching the footy in Lathlain from afar if you're just carrying binoculars. It's worked for me at least a half a dozen times despite being up in a tree in Morley at 2am.
 

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